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 4 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 48 55
Rank change year-on-year +43 +7 +17
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 728 116 220
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 12.67% 4.50% 3.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.65% 4.88% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 178 88 175
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,000 £25,759
25th Percentile £31,063 £35,938 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -12.04% +2.86%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,875 £88,100 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 4,125 2,379 4,731
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 71.79% 92.32% 82.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,426 1,395 3,568
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 4 April 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 4 April 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 +36 268 £62,500 +47.06% 29
Essex +29 202 £34,000 -17.58% 22
Cambridgeshire +23 97 £34,000 -32.00% 25
Norfolk +19 65 £50,000 +48.15% 11
Suffolk +31 64 £40,000 -15.79% 13
Bedfordshire +28 32 £30,500 -57.93% 8
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 41 (5.63%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.55%) CMS
4 1 (0.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.55%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 358 (49.18%) Cloud Computing
2 174 (23.90%) Azure
3 69 (9.48%) Entra ID
4 58 (7.97%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (2.20%) AWS
6 13 (1.79%) Power Platform
6 13 (1.79%) PowerApps
7 6 (0.82%) OneDrive
8 5 (0.69%) GitHub
9 4 (0.55%) IaaS
9 4 (0.55%) PaaS
10 2 (0.27%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.27%) SaaS
11 1 (0.14%) Boomi
11 1 (0.14%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 365 (50.14%) Internet
2 43 (5.91%) Firewall
3 31 (4.26%) Network Security
4 18 (2.47%) VPN
5 16 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (1.79%) DNS
7 12 (1.65%) LAN
8 11 (1.51%) DHCP
9 10 (1.37%) VLAN
10 9 (1.24%) WAN
11 8 (1.10%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.55%) DMZ
12 4 (0.55%) WLAN
13 3 (0.41%) 5G
13 3 (0.41%) SD-WAN
14 2 (0.27%) Ethernet
14 2 (0.27%) Modbus
14 2 (0.27%) NAS
14 2 (0.27%) Wireshark
15 1 (0.14%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.24%) Power BI
2 8 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (0.69%) Git
1 5 (0.69%) JIRA
General
1 541 (74.31%) Social Skills
2 367 (50.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 362 (49.73%) Banking
4 44 (6.04%) Finance
5 30 (4.12%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (2.61%) Marketing
7 16 (2.20%) Billing
7 16 (2.20%) Manufacturing
8 13 (1.79%) Multimedia
8 13 (1.79%) Public Sector
9 10 (1.37%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.10%) Law
11 7 (0.96%) Retail
12 4 (0.55%) Games
12 4 (0.55%) Local Government
12 4 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.14%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 286 (39.29%) Lecturer
2 86 (11.81%) Analyst
3 77 (10.58%) Security Analyst
4 69 (9.48%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 69 (9.48%) Junior
5 68 (9.34%) Junior Analyst
5 68 (9.34%) Junior Security Analyst
6 44 (6.04%) Ethical Hacker
7 38 (5.22%) IT Support
8 27 (3.71%) IT Engineer
9 24 (3.30%) Administrator
10 19 (2.61%) Support Engineer
11 17 (2.34%) IT Support Engineer
11 17 (2.34%) Trainee
12 15 (2.06%) IT Administrator
13 12 (1.65%) Consultant
13 12 (1.65%) Senior
14 11 (1.51%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 11 (1.51%) IT Manager
15 10 (1.37%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.69%) CSS
1 5 (0.69%) HTML
2 1 (0.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 382 (52.47%) IoT
2 44 (6.04%) Cyberattack
3 16 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (1.51%) Security Posture
6 10 (1.37%) Onboarding
7 9 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (0.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 6 (0.82%) Robotics
10 5 (0.69%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.55%) Blog
11 4 (0.55%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.55%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (0.55%) PKI
12 3 (0.41%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (0.41%) PropTech
13 2 (0.27%) Data Centre
13 2 (0.27%) Fibre Optics
13 2 (0.27%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 58 (7.97%) Windows
2 37 (5.08%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.10%) Android
3 8 (1.10%) Linux
3 8 (1.10%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.82%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.55%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.55%) VMS
5 4 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (51.92%) AI
2 364 (50.00%) User Experience
3 358 (49.18%) Machine Learning
3 358 (49.18%) Web Development
4 94 (12.91%) Mentoring
5 55 (7.55%) Ethical Hacking
6 40 (5.49%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (4.81%) Customer Service
8 27 (3.71%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (3.02%) Data Protection
10 19 (2.61%) ITIL
11 18 (2.47%) B2B
11 18 (2.47%) Service Delivery
12 17 (2.34%) CRM
12 17 (2.34%) ERP
13 16 (2.20%) Budgeting
14 15 (2.06%) Budgeting and Forecasting
15 13 (1.79%) Information Security
15 13 (1.79%) Process Improvement
15 13 (1.79%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (2.34%) PowerShell
2 14 (1.92%) Python
3 5 (0.69%) Java
3 5 (0.69%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.14%) Bash
Qualifications
1 381 (52.34%) Degree
2 358 (49.18%) Master's Degree
2 358 (49.18%) PhD
2 358 (49.18%) Postgraduate
3 121 (16.62%) Azure Certification
4 79 (10.85%) CompTIA Security+
5 71 (9.75%) CompTIA CySA+
6 56 (7.69%) CEH
7 17 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (1.65%) Security Cleared
10 11 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.51%) CISSP
11 10 (1.37%) CCNA
12 9 (1.24%) A+ Certification
13 7 (0.96%) CCNP
13 7 (0.96%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.69%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 5 (0.69%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.06%) GRC
2 14 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (0.82%) NIST
4 5 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (0.69%) GDPR
5 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 4 (0.55%) JSP 440
5 4 (0.55%) NCSC
5 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.41%) SLA
7 2 (0.27%) QA
8 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.14%) JTAG
8 1 (0.14%) PMO
8 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 57 (7.83%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.55%) vSphere
4 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.14%) Docker
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 44 (6.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.69%) FTK
3 4 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (0.55%) SolarWinds Orion
3 4 (0.55%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 2 (0.27%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.27%) QRadar
5 1 (0.14%) Ansible
5 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 219 (30.08%) Microsoft
2 112 (15.38%) ForeScout
3 10 (1.37%) Apple
4 9 (1.24%) Cisco
4 9 (1.24%) VMware
5 8 (1.10%) Epicor
5 8 (1.10%) SolarWinds
6 6 (0.82%) CrowdStrike
6 6 (0.82%) Fortinet
7 5 (0.69%) Aruba
7 5 (0.69%) Cellebrite
7 5 (0.69%) Dell
7 5 (0.69%) Palo Alto
7 5 (0.69%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.41%) Sophos
9 2 (0.27%) Adobe
9 2 (0.27%) Computacenter
9 2 (0.27%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.27%) Meraki
9 2 (0.27%) Splunk