Cybersecurity Jobs in the East of England

Cybersecurity
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 64 75
Rank change year-on-year +6 +11 +22
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 163 211 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 4.83% 3.10% 3.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.18% 4.01% 3.79%
Number of salaries quoted 113 160 88
10th Percentile £31,900 £25,725 £25,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,563 £37,656
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -4.76% -19.23%
75th Percentile £55,000 £66,295 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,200 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £53,125 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.61% -11.54% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,149 5,263 4,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 93.36% 77.25% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,444 3,925 2,008
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £32,875 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,100 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the East of England

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the East of England.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the East of England

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the East of England

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the East of England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Norfolk +51 53 £47,683 +5.96% 8
Suffolk -11 28 £47,500 +29.70% 10
Hertfordshire -25 27 £41,773 -24.05% 62
Cambridgeshire +31 26 £57,500 -0.86% 52
Essex +24 18 £35,000 +32.72% 17
Bedfordshire -13 11 £47,500 +12.43% 23
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (4.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.45%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.23%) Apache Solr
3 2 (1.23%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (16.56%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (11.66%) AWS
3 18 (11.04%) Azure
4 12 (7.36%) AWS Lambda
4 12 (7.36%) Serverless
5 7 (4.29%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (3.07%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.45%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.23%) Cloudflare
8 2 (1.23%) GCP
9 1 (0.61%) Boomi
9 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.61%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (17.18%) Firewall
2 17 (10.43%) TCP/IP
3 12 (7.36%) Broadband
3 12 (7.36%) SSH
3 12 (7.36%) SSL
4 10 (6.13%) VLAN
4 10 (6.13%) WAN
5 9 (5.52%) DHCP
5 9 (5.52%) DNS
5 9 (5.52%) LAN
6 7 (4.29%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (3.68%) Intranet
7 6 (3.68%) Network Security
8 5 (3.07%) NGFW
9 4 (2.45%) VPN
10 3 (1.84%) HTTP
11 2 (1.23%) SD-WAN
11 2 (1.23%) Spanning Tree
11 2 (1.23%) Unified Communications
11 2 (1.23%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.45%) MySQL
2 3 (1.84%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.61%) Big Data
4 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Git
1 2 (1.23%) JIRA
2 1 (0.61%) Bitbucket
General
1 49 (30.06%) Presentation Skills
1 49 (30.06%) Social Skills
2 12 (7.36%) Legal
2 12 (7.36%) Marketing
3 9 (5.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (4.91%) Finance
4 8 (4.91%) Law
5 6 (3.68%) Local Government
6 5 (3.07%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.23%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.23%) Automotive
7 2 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.23%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.61%) Aviation
8 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.61%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (28.83%) Systems Engineer
2 19 (11.66%) IT Support
3 14 (8.59%) Analyst
3 14 (8.59%) Cloud Engineer
4 12 (7.36%) Business Manager
4 12 (7.36%) DevOps Engineer
5 11 (6.75%) IT Support Specialist
5 11 (6.75%) Support Specialist
6 10 (6.13%) Business Development Manager
6 10 (6.13%) Development Manager
7 8 (4.91%) Consultant
7 8 (4.91%) Security Analyst
7 8 (4.91%) Security Engineer
8 7 (4.29%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (4.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 7 (4.29%) Lead
8 7 (4.29%) Senior
9 6 (3.68%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 5 (3.07%) Security Manager
11 4 (2.45%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.98%) Web Services
2 12 (7.36%) RESTful
3 1 (0.61%) Akka
3 1 (0.61%) REST
3 1 (0.61%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.66%) Cyber Threat
1 19 (11.66%) Cyberattack
1 19 (11.66%) Management Information System
2 17 (10.43%) Onboarding
3 12 (7.36%) Data Centre
3 12 (7.36%) PKI
4 9 (5.52%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (4.91%) Driving Licence
6 7 (4.29%) Security Posture
7 5 (3.07%) Data Structures
8 4 (2.45%) Algorithms
8 4 (2.45%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.84%) Robotics
10 2 (1.23%) Biopharmaceutical
10 2 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.61%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.61%) CMDB
11 1 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (21.47%) Windows
2 15 (9.20%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.91%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.45%) Linux
5 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (29.45%) Agile
2 46 (28.22%) MODAF
2 46 (28.22%) SysML
2 46 (28.22%) Systems Engineering
2 46 (28.22%) UML
3 29 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (12.27%) Roadmaps
5 16 (9.82%) Incident Response
6 13 (7.98%) Business Development
6 13 (7.98%) Computer Science
6 13 (7.98%) Customer Service
6 13 (7.98%) Use Case
7 12 (7.36%) Deployment Automation
7 12 (7.36%) DevOps
7 12 (7.36%) Key Management
7 12 (7.36%) Programme Delivery
7 12 (7.36%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 11 (6.75%) ITIL
8 11 (6.75%) Risk Management
9 10 (6.13%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 46 (28.22%) MATLAB
2 20 (12.27%) Python
3 5 (3.07%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.45%) TypeScript
5 3 (1.84%) Bash
5 3 (1.84%) SQL
6 2 (1.23%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.61%) PHP
Qualifications
1 63 (38.65%) Degree
2 46 (28.22%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (5.52%) CISM
3 9 (5.52%) CISSP
4 6 (3.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 5 (3.07%) CREST Certified
5 5 (3.07%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.45%) CEH
6 4 (2.45%) GIAC
6 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.84%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.84%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.23%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.23%) GCIA
8 2 (1.23%) PMP
8 2 (1.23%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.61%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.61%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 19 (11.66%) NIST
2 11 (6.75%) NCSC
3 6 (3.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.23%) GDPR
4 2 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.61%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.61%) QA
System Software
1 32 (19.63%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.29%) Docker
4 3 (1.84%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (7.36%) Terraform
2 4 (2.45%) FortiGate
2 4 (2.45%) Nessus
3 3 (1.84%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.23%) Ansible
4 2 (1.23%) QRadar
4 2 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.61%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 46 (28.22%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.36%) Thales
3 10 (6.13%) VMware
4 9 (5.52%) Sophos
4 9 (5.52%) YouTube
5 4 (2.45%) Qualys
5 4 (2.45%) Tenable
6 3 (1.84%) Cisco
6 3 (1.84%) Splunk
7 2 (1.23%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.23%) HP
7 2 (1.23%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.23%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.23%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.61%) Broadcom
8 1 (0.61%) Informatica
8 1 (0.61%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.61%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.61%) Oracle
8 1 (0.61%) Talend