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 14 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 63 58
Rank change year-on-year 0 -5 +30
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 168 203 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 4.43% 3.15% 4.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.91% 4.07% 4.27%
Number of salaries quoted 114 152 81
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,525 £26,250
25th Percentile £41,280 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £63,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% -9.45% -2.31%

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 3,423 4,988 3,796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 90.22% 77.32% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,699 3,644 1,835
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £33,226 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -9.09% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -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 14 July 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 14 July 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 +55 50 £47,683 +5.96% 25
Suffolk -11 34 £47,500 +23.98% 21
Hertfordshire -27 31 £40,000 -27.27% 47
Cambridgeshire +19 22 £60,000 +4.35% 65
Essex +10 21 £50,000 +89.60% 49
Bedfordshire -12 10 £47,500 - 24
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 9 (5.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.98%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.79%) Apache Solr
3 3 (1.79%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (2.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 27 (16.07%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (11.31%) Azure
3 18 (10.71%) AWS
4 12 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
4 12 (7.14%) Serverless
5 7 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (2.98%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.79%) Cloudflare
8 2 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.19%) GCP
8 2 (1.19%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.60%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.60%) Boomi
9 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.60%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (14.88%) Firewall
2 18 (10.71%) TCP/IP
3 12 (7.14%) Broadband
3 12 (7.14%) SSH
3 12 (7.14%) SSL
4 9 (5.36%) DHCP
4 9 (5.36%) DNS
5 8 (4.76%) WAN
6 7 (4.17%) LAN
7 6 (3.57%) Intranet
7 6 (3.57%) Network Security
7 6 (3.57%) VLAN
8 5 (2.98%) NGFW
8 5 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.19%) OSPF
9 2 (1.19%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.19%) Spanning Tree
9 2 (1.19%) Unified Communications
9 2 (1.19%) VPN
9 2 (1.19%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.98%) MySQL
2 3 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.60%) Big Data
4 1 (0.60%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.79%) Git
2 2 (1.19%) JIRA
3 1 (0.60%) Bitbucket
General
1 54 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 44 (26.19%) Presentation Skills
3 18 (10.71%) Marketing
4 14 (8.33%) Legal
5 10 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (5.36%) Finance
7 8 (4.76%) Law
8 6 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (3.57%) Local Government
9 3 (1.79%) Automotive
10 2 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.19%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.60%) Aviation
11 1 (0.60%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.60%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (23.21%) Systems Engineer
2 19 (11.31%) Business Manager
3 18 (10.71%) IT Support
4 17 (10.12%) Business Development Manager
4 17 (10.12%) Development Manager
5 14 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
6 12 (7.14%) Analyst
6 12 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
7 11 (6.55%) IT Support Specialist
7 11 (6.55%) Support Specialist
8 8 (4.76%) Consultant
8 8 (4.76%) Security Engineer
8 8 (4.76%) Senior
9 6 (3.57%) 2nd Line Support
9 6 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 6 (3.57%) New Business Development Manager
9 6 (3.57%) Security Analyst
9 6 (3.57%) Security Manager
10 5 (2.98%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 5 (2.98%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.74%) Web Services
2 12 (7.14%) RESTful
3 1 (0.60%) Akka
3 1 (0.60%) REST
3 1 (0.60%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.31%) Cyberattack
2 18 (10.71%) Management Information System
3 17 (10.12%) Cyber Threat
3 17 (10.12%) Onboarding
4 12 (7.14%) PKI
5 10 (5.95%) Data Centre
6 8 (4.76%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (3.57%) Data Structures
7 6 (3.57%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.98%) Algorithms
8 5 (2.98%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.38%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (1.79%) Robotics
11 2 (1.19%) Cyber Defence
12 1 (0.60%) Client/Server
12 1 (0.60%) CMDB
12 1 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.60%) PMI
12 1 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (20.24%) Windows
2 14 (8.33%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.57%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.79%) Linux
5 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (23.81%) Agile
2 38 (22.62%) MODAF
2 38 (22.62%) SysML
2 38 (22.62%) Systems Engineering
2 38 (22.62%) UML
3 33 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (11.90%) Business Development
5 19 (11.31%) Roadmaps
6 16 (9.52%) Incident Response
7 14 (8.33%) Computer Science
8 13 (7.74%) Use Case
9 12 (7.14%) Business Enablement
9 12 (7.14%) Customer Service
9 12 (7.14%) Deployment Automation
9 12 (7.14%) DevOps
9 12 (7.14%) Key Management
9 12 (7.14%) Programme Delivery
9 12 (7.14%) Technology Enablement
9 12 (7.14%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 11 (6.55%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 38 (22.62%) MATLAB
2 21 (12.50%) Python
3 4 (2.38%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.38%) TypeScript
4 3 (1.79%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.60%) Bash
5 1 (0.60%) PHP
5 1 (0.60%) SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (34.52%) Degree
2 38 (22.62%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (5.36%) CISSP
4 8 (4.76%) CISM
5 6 (3.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 6 (3.57%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.98%) CEH
6 5 (2.98%) CREST Certified
6 5 (2.98%) Security Cleared
7 4 (2.38%) GIAC
7 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.79%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.19%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.19%) GCIA
9 2 (1.19%) PMP
9 2 (1.19%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.60%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (10.12%) NIST
3 11 (6.55%) NCSC
4 8 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.60%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.60%) GDPR
6 1 (0.60%) GRC
6 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.60%) QA
System Software
1 31 (18.45%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.76%) Docker
4 3 (1.79%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.60%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 12 (7.14%) Terraform
2 4 (2.38%) FortiGate
2 4 (2.38%) Nessus
3 3 (1.79%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.19%) Ansible
5 1 (0.60%) QRadar
Vendors
1 49 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.14%) Sophos
2 12 (7.14%) Thales
2 12 (7.14%) YouTube
3 9 (5.36%) VMware
4 4 (2.38%) Broadcom
4 4 (2.38%) Qualys
4 4 (2.38%) Tenable
5 3 (1.79%) Cisco
6 2 (1.19%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.19%) HP
6 2 (1.19%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.19%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.19%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.19%) Splunk
7 1 (0.60%) Adobe
7 1 (0.60%) Google
7 1 (0.60%) Informatica
7 1 (0.60%) Oracle
7 1 (0.60%) Talend