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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 65 57
Rank change year-on-year +45 -8 +1
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 457 135 142
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 5.73% 3.98% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.20% 4.60% 4.30%
Number of salaries quoted 322 84 90
10th Percentile £29,775 £27,000 £29,625
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,818 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £78,875
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -5.62%

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 5,576 2,937 3,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 69.89% 86.64% 74.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4,084 1,562 1,783
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -15.49% -1.39%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £89,850 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

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 September 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 September 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
Cambridgeshire +34 153 £65,000 -3.70% 91
Hertfordshire +20 96 £57,500 +36.63% 78
Bedfordshire +29 76 £30,000 -36.84% 23
Norfolk +8 52 £30,000 -33.33% 20
Essex +5 51 £40,000 +14.29% 50
Suffolk +12 29 £33,125 -54.31% 11
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 43 (9.41%) SharePoint
2 37 (8.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.66%) CMS
3 3 (0.66%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.44%) Simulink
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 134 (29.32%) Azure
2 96 (21.01%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (12.91%) Entra ID
4 17 (3.72%) AWS
4 17 (3.72%) OneDrive
5 6 (1.31%) Power Platform
5 6 (1.31%) PowerApps
5 6 (1.31%) SaaS
6 5 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (0.88%) GCP
7 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.66%) Mimecast
8 3 (0.66%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.44%) GitHub
10 1 (0.22%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.22%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.22%) AWS CodePipeline
10 1 (0.22%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.22%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 70 (15.32%) Firewall
2 32 (7.00%) DNS
2 32 (7.00%) VPN
3 30 (6.56%) TCP/IP
4 28 (6.13%) DHCP
5 19 (4.16%) WAN
6 18 (3.94%) LAN
7 16 (3.50%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (2.84%) Network Security
9 12 (2.63%) VLAN
10 11 (2.41%) Wireless
11 8 (1.75%) FTP
11 8 (1.75%) HTTP
11 8 (1.75%) SMTP
12 5 (1.09%) Internet
12 5 (1.09%) NAS
13 4 (0.88%) DMZ
13 4 (0.88%) VoIP
14 3 (0.66%) BGP
14 3 (0.66%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.09%) Power BI
2 4 (0.88%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 4 (0.88%) JIRA
General
1 157 (34.35%) Social Skills
2 38 (8.32%) Finance
3 35 (7.66%) Aerospace
4 27 (5.91%) Public Sector
5 22 (4.81%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (3.06%) Legal
6 14 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.63%) Retail
8 10 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (1.97%) Law
10 6 (1.31%) Billing
11 5 (1.09%) Electronics
11 5 (1.09%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.09%) Marketing
12 4 (0.88%) Back Office
12 4 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.88%) Games
12 4 (0.88%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (13.79%) Analyst
2 48 (10.50%) Security Analyst
3 46 (10.07%) Junior
4 44 (9.63%) IT Support
5 40 (8.75%) Senior
6 39 (8.53%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 37 (8.10%) IT Engineer
8 36 (7.88%) Consultant
9 29 (6.35%) Junior Analyst
9 29 (6.35%) Junior Security Analyst
9 29 (6.35%) Software Engineer
10 28 (6.13%) Ethical Hacker
11 27 (5.91%) IT Manager
12 26 (5.69%) IT Support Engineer
12 26 (5.69%) Support Engineer
13 25 (5.47%) Lead
14 24 (5.25%) Developer
14 24 (5.25%) Python Developer
15 20 (4.38%) Administrator
16 19 (4.16%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.19%) Terraform
2 8 (1.75%) LDAP
3 3 (0.66%) EDI
4 2 (0.44%) Middleware
5 1 (0.22%) FHIR
5 1 (0.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 72 (15.75%) Cyber Threat
2 36 (7.88%) Onboarding
3 28 (6.13%) Cyberattack
4 21 (4.60%) Security Posture
5 20 (4.38%) Security Operations Centre
6 16 (3.50%) Driving Licence
7 13 (2.84%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.19%) Client/Server
8 10 (2.19%) Operational Technology
9 8 (1.75%) Clustering
10 7 (1.53%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.31%) Cyber Defence
12 5 (1.09%) CCTV
12 5 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (0.88%) Blog
13 4 (0.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 4 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.88%) PKI
13 4 (0.88%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 55 (12.04%) Windows
2 30 (6.56%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.19%) Linux
4 6 (1.31%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (22.76%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (14.66%) AI
3 59 (12.91%) Software Engineering
4 55 (12.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 47 (10.28%) Mentoring
6 36 (7.88%) Security Operations
7 35 (7.66%) Service Delivery
7 35 (7.66%) SIEM
8 32 (7.00%) Disaster Recovery
9 29 (6.35%) Ethical Hacking
10 27 (5.91%) ITIL
11 26 (5.69%) Stakeholder Management
12 23 (5.03%) Information Security
13 21 (4.60%) Business Continuity
13 21 (4.60%) Incident Response
13 21 (4.60%) Risk Management
13 21 (4.60%) Vulnerability Management
14 20 (4.38%) Data Protection
15 18 (3.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 18 (3.94%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 52 (11.38%) Python
2 24 (5.25%) C++
2 24 (5.25%) PowerShell
3 12 (2.63%) Rust
4 7 (1.53%) Bash
4 7 (1.53%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (1.53%) Search Processing Language
5 6 (1.31%) Perl
5 6 (1.31%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.44%) C
6 2 (0.44%) Embedded C
6 2 (0.44%) Embedded C++
6 2 (0.44%) MATLAB
6 2 (0.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (14.44%) Security Cleared
2 63 (13.79%) Azure Certification
3 47 (10.28%) DV Cleared
4 41 (8.97%) CompTIA Security+
5 39 (8.53%) CEH
6 37 (8.10%) Degree
7 28 (6.13%) CompTIA CySA+
8 26 (5.69%) SC Cleared
9 17 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (2.63%) CISSP
10 12 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.75%) CCNP
12 7 (1.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (1.53%) CCNA
12 7 (1.53%) CISM
13 6 (1.31%) CREST Certified
14 5 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (1.09%) CCSK
14 5 (1.09%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (6.78%) GRC
3 21 (4.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 20 (4.38%) NIST
5 17 (3.72%) GDPR
6 14 (3.06%) PCI DSS
6 14 (3.06%) SLA
7 10 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 10 (2.19%) NCSC
8 9 (1.97%) Data Quality
9 6 (1.31%) Accessibility
10 5 (1.09%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.88%) COBIT
11 4 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.66%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.66%) QA
12 3 (0.66%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.44%) Automotive SPICE
13 2 (0.44%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.22%) IASME
System Software
1 61 (13.35%) Active Directory
2 23 (5.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.63%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.31%) Firmware
5 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (1.09%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.66%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.66%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.66%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 19 (4.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.53%) Ansible
3 6 (1.31%) QRadar
4 4 (0.88%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.44%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.22%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 168 (36.76%) Microsoft
2 56 (12.25%) ForeScout
3 26 (5.69%) VMware
4 16 (3.50%) Splunk
5 13 (2.84%) Cisco
6 6 (1.31%) SonicWALL
6 6 (1.31%) Ubiquiti
7 5 (1.09%) Apple
7 5 (1.09%) Sophos
8 4 (0.88%) Epicor
8 4 (0.88%) Veeam
9 3 (0.66%) Adobe
9 3 (0.66%) ConnectWise
9 3 (0.66%) Forcepoint
9 3 (0.66%) Juniper
9 3 (0.66%) Meraki
9 3 (0.66%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.66%) Synology
10 2 (0.44%) Google
10 2 (0.44%) Sage