Cybersecurity Job Trends in the East of England

Cybersecurity
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 72 57
Rank change year-on-year +63 -15 +28
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 531 117 216
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 8.52% 3.92% 3.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.34% 4.20% 4.39%
Number of salaries quoted 168 86 169
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,210 £34,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -12.04% +8.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £68,000
90th Percentile £79,535 £88,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £59,490 £58,950 £59,526
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.97% -8.42%

All Process & 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 4,303 2,784 4,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 69.02% 93.36% 80.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,730 1,426 3,693
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £25,809
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in the East of England

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

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 16 May 2026. 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
Hertfordshire +38 135 £65,000 +54.45% 35
Essex +30 126 £35,000 - 12
Cambridgeshire +13 95 £50,000 -2.76% 31
Norfolk +17 68 £60,000 +54.47% 9
Suffolk +38 59 £37,500 -21.05% 14
Bedfordshire +43 48 £30,000 -41.46% 10
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 24 (4.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 24 (4.52%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.75%) CMS
3 1 (0.19%) Confluence
3 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.13%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.75%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 215 (40.49%) Azure
2 131 (24.67%) Cloud Computing
3 64 (12.05%) Microsoft 365
4 53 (9.98%) Entra ID
5 20 (3.77%) AWS
6 11 (2.07%) Power Platform
6 11 (2.07%) PowerApps
7 5 (0.94%) OneDrive
8 4 (0.75%) GitHub
8 4 (0.75%) IaaS
8 4 (0.75%) PaaS
8 4 (0.75%) SaaS
9 3 (0.56%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.19%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.19%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.19%) AWS CodePipeline
10 1 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.19%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.19%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 138 (25.99%) Internet
2 52 (9.79%) Firewall
3 25 (4.71%) VPN
4 18 (3.39%) DNS
4 18 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (2.82%) LAN
6 14 (2.64%) DHCP
7 12 (2.26%) Network Security
7 12 (2.26%) WAN
8 10 (1.88%) VLAN
9 9 (1.69%) TCP/IP
10 6 (1.13%) DMZ
11 5 (0.94%) Wireless
12 4 (0.75%) FTP
12 4 (0.75%) HTTP
12 4 (0.75%) SMTP
12 4 (0.75%) WLAN
13 3 (0.56%) 5G
13 3 (0.56%) NAS
13 3 (0.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.88%) Power BI
2 4 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.56%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 4 (0.75%) JIRA
2 3 (0.56%) Git
General
1 320 (60.26%) Social Skills
2 144 (27.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 135 (25.42%) Banking
4 40 (7.53%) Finance
5 30 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (3.58%) Billing
6 19 (3.58%) Public Sector
7 16 (3.01%) Manufacturing
8 12 (2.26%) Marketing
8 12 (2.26%) Telecoms
9 10 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.69%) Law
10 9 (1.69%) Retail
11 6 (1.13%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.94%) Games
12 5 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.75%) Legal
13 4 (0.75%) Local Government
13 4 (0.75%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 111 (20.90%) Analyst
2 102 (19.21%) Lecturer
3 97 (18.27%) Security Analyst
4 85 (16.01%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 85 (16.01%) Junior
5 84 (15.82%) Junior Analyst
5 84 (15.82%) Junior Security Analyst
6 60 (11.30%) Ethical Hacker
7 43 (8.10%) IT Support
8 35 (6.59%) IT Engineer
9 26 (4.90%) Administrator
10 22 (4.14%) IT Support Engineer
10 22 (4.14%) Support Engineer
11 17 (3.20%) Consultant
12 15 (2.82%) IT Analyst
13 11 (2.07%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 11 (2.07%) Network Engineer
13 11 (2.07%) Security Manager
13 11 (2.07%) Senior
13 11 (2.07%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.75%) LDAP
2 3 (0.56%) CSS
2 3 (0.56%) HTML
3 1 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 132 (24.86%) IoT
2 60 (11.30%) Cyberattack
3 16 (3.01%) Onboarding
4 13 (2.45%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (2.26%) Security Posture
6 10 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.32%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 7 (1.32%) Operational Technology
7 7 (1.32%) Robotics
8 6 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.13%) Blog
8 6 (1.13%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.13%) PKI
8 6 (1.13%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (0.75%) CCTV
9 4 (0.75%) Client/Server
9 4 (0.75%) Social Network
10 3 (0.56%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 52 (9.79%) Windows
2 29 (5.46%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.51%) Android
3 8 (1.51%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.32%) Linux
4 7 (1.32%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.75%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.75%) VMS
5 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (29.19%) AI
2 139 (26.18%) User Experience
3 131 (24.67%) Machine Learning
3 131 (24.67%) Web Development
4 97 (18.27%) Mentoring
5 63 (11.86%) Ethical Hacking
6 42 (7.91%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (4.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (3.95%) ITIL
9 18 (3.39%) ERP
10 17 (3.20%) Data Protection
11 15 (2.82%) Risk Management
12 14 (2.64%) Cloud Security
13 13 (2.45%) CRM
13 13 (2.45%) SIEM
13 13 (2.45%) Stakeholder Management
14 12 (2.26%) Information Security
15 11 (2.07%) Asset Management
15 11 (2.07%) Service Delivery
15 11 (2.07%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 22 (4.14%) PowerShell
2 15 (2.82%) Python
3 6 (1.13%) Bash
4 5 (0.94%) Java
5 4 (0.75%) C++
5 4 (0.75%) Perl
6 3 (0.56%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.19%) SQL
Qualifications
1 160 (30.13%) Degree
2 153 (28.81%) Azure Certification
3 132 (24.86%) Master's Degree
4 131 (24.67%) PhD
4 131 (24.67%) Postgraduate
5 93 (17.51%) CompTIA Security+
6 85 (16.01%) CompTIA CySA+
7 70 (13.18%) CEH
8 25 (4.71%) Security Cleared
9 17 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (2.64%) CISSP
10 14 (2.64%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.88%) CCNA
12 9 (1.69%) SC Cleared
13 8 (1.51%) CISM
14 7 (1.32%) CCNP
15 6 (1.13%) Network+ Certification
16 5 (0.94%) CREST Certified
16 5 (0.94%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.77%) GRC
2 19 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (2.45%) NIST
4 9 (1.69%) GDPR
5 8 (1.51%) NCSC
5 8 (1.51%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 6 (1.13%) JSP 440
7 4 (0.75%) SLA
7 4 (0.75%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.56%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.38%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.38%) QA
10 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.19%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.19%) JTAG
10 1 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 56 (10.55%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.75%) vSphere
4 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.19%) Docker
4 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (3.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.94%) FTK
2 5 (0.94%) QRadar
3 4 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (0.75%) SolarWinds Orion
3 4 (0.75%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.38%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.38%) Terraform
5 1 (0.19%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 230 (43.31%) Microsoft
2 144 (27.12%) ForeScout
3 14 (2.64%) VMware
4 12 (2.26%) Cisco
5 10 (1.88%) Apple
6 9 (1.69%) Epicor
7 8 (1.51%) SolarWinds
8 6 (1.13%) Fortinet
8 6 (1.13%) Sophos
9 5 (0.94%) Cellebrite
9 5 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
9 5 (0.94%) Dell
9 5 (0.94%) Splunk
10 4 (0.75%) Aruba
10 4 (0.75%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.75%) Veeam
11 3 (0.56%) Adobe
11 3 (0.56%) Meraki
11 3 (0.56%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.56%) Ubiquiti