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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 58 40
Rank change year-on-year +26 -18 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 169 154 104
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 5.37% 3.67% 4.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.50% 4.74% 5.33%
Number of salaries quoted 124 84 76
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,375 £39,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,375 £51,250 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.17% -15.29% +10.00%
75th Percentile £52,188 £67,813 £73,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £84,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,600 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -19.04% - -3.85%

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 2,601 3,252 1,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 82.60% 77.56% 92.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,670 1,411 1,316
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £43,750 £37,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +1.85% +2.86%
75th Percentile £60,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 November 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 4 November 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
Cambridgeshire +30 49 £34,000 -24.44% 24
Suffolk 0 41 £72,500 -9.38% 13
Hertfordshire -8 34 £43,085 -28.19% 84
Essex +7 22 £28,000 -47.91% 40
Bedfordshire +15 14 £34,625 -27.11% 12
Norfolk +20 9 £45,000 +32.35% 16
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 28 (16.57%) SharePoint
2 18 (10.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.37%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (1.18%) Apache Solr
4 2 (1.18%) CMS
Applications
1 23 (13.61%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.55%) AutoCAD
2 6 (3.55%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.37%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 32 (18.93%) Entra ID
2 28 (16.57%) Azure
3 23 (13.61%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (5.92%) AWS
5 5 (2.96%) OneDrive
6 4 (2.37%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.37%) PowerApps
6 4 (2.37%) SaaS
7 3 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.78%) GitHub
8 2 (1.18%) Cloudflare
8 2 (1.18%) IaaS
8 2 (1.18%) PaaS
9 1 (0.59%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.59%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.59%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 30 (17.75%) Network Security
2 24 (14.20%) TCP/IP
3 20 (11.83%) Firewall
4 15 (8.88%) DNS
4 15 (8.88%) VoIP
5 14 (8.28%) DHCP
6 11 (6.51%) LAN
7 10 (5.92%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (4.14%) SD-WAN
9 6 (3.55%) HSRP
9 6 (3.55%) Internet
9 6 (3.55%) VRRP
10 5 (2.96%) VPN
10 5 (2.96%) WAN
11 4 (2.37%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (2.37%) SAN
11 4 (2.37%) WLAN
12 3 (1.78%) NGFW
13 1 (0.59%) SSL
13 1 (0.59%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.96%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.37%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (2.37%) MS Access
2 4 (2.37%) SAP Data Services
2 4 (2.37%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.18%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.96%) Git
2 4 (2.37%) Toad
3 2 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 80 (47.34%) Social Skills
2 33 (19.53%) Marketing
3 19 (11.24%) Finance
4 14 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (7.10%) Multimedia
6 11 (6.51%) Legal
7 10 (5.92%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (4.14%) Public Sector
8 7 (4.14%) Retail
9 5 (2.96%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.96%) Local Government
9 5 (2.96%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.78%) Electronics
11 3 (1.78%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.59%) Automotive
13 1 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (10.06%) IT Support
2 16 (9.47%) Business Development Manager
2 16 (9.47%) Business Manager
2 16 (9.47%) Development Manager
3 13 (7.69%) Trainee
4 12 (7.10%) Support Engineer
5 11 (6.51%) Senior
6 10 (5.92%) Technical Engineer
7 9 (5.33%) Graduate
7 9 (5.33%) IT Support Specialist
7 9 (5.33%) Support Specialist
8 7 (4.14%) Analyst
9 6 (3.55%) Network Manager
9 6 (3.55%) New Business Development Manager
9 6 (3.55%) Technical Manager
10 5 (2.96%) Applications Engineer
10 5 (2.96%) IT Manager
10 5 (2.96%) Network Engineer
10 5 (2.96%) Sales Manager
10 5 (2.96%) Senior Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.78%) CSS
1 3 (1.78%) HTML
2 1 (0.59%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (15.38%) IoT
2 19 (11.24%) Web Conferencing
3 16 (9.47%) Data Centre
4 13 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (6.51%) Management Information System
6 10 (5.92%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (5.33%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.37%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (1.78%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.78%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.78%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.78%) Security Posture
10 2 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.59%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.59%) CSOC
11 1 (0.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 1 (0.59%) MISP
11 1 (0.59%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 40 (23.67%) Windows
2 24 (14.20%) Windows Server
3 12 (7.10%) Mac OS
4 10 (5.92%) Linux
5 4 (2.37%) Unix
6 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (21.89%) Customer Service
2 35 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (15.98%) Decision-Making
4 19 (11.24%) Mentoring
5 18 (10.65%) Business Development
6 17 (10.06%) Business Enablement
6 17 (10.06%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (10.06%) Technology Enablement
7 14 (8.28%) B2B
8 12 (7.10%) Budgeting
9 11 (6.51%) AI
9 11 (6.51%) Information Security
9 11 (6.51%) ITIL
9 11 (6.51%) Line Management
9 11 (6.51%) Security Operations
10 10 (5.92%) B2B Sales
10 10 (5.92%) Incident Management
10 10 (5.92%) IT Governance
10 10 (5.92%) Network Management
10 10 (5.92%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.92%) Python
2 9 (5.33%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.96%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.37%) Shell Script
4 4 (2.37%) SQL
4 4 (2.37%) VB
5 3 (1.78%) C++
5 3 (1.78%) Java
6 1 (0.59%) Bicep
6 1 (0.59%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (13.02%) Degree
2 14 (8.28%) CEH
2 14 (8.28%) CompTIA Security+
3 12 (7.10%) CCNA
3 12 (7.10%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (7.10%) Security Cleared
4 11 (6.51%) CCNP
4 11 (6.51%) SC Cleared
5 10 (5.92%) A+ Certification
5 10 (5.92%) Network+ Certification
6 9 (5.33%) Master's Degree
7 7 (4.14%) CISM
7 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (3.55%) CISSP
9 5 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (2.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.78%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (1.78%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.47%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (7.10%) GDPR
3 11 (6.51%) NIST
4 9 (5.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.78%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.59%) GRC
6 1 (0.59%) QA
6 1 (0.59%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (18.34%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.37%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.37%) vSphere
4 3 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.18%) Docker
6 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.59%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (17.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (2.37%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.59%) Ansible
3 1 (0.59%) Computer Incident Response Team
3 1 (0.59%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.59%) QRadar
3 1 (0.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 79 (46.75%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.51%) Cisco
3 10 (5.92%) CrowdStrike
3 10 (5.92%) Palo Alto
3 10 (5.92%) Sophos
3 10 (5.92%) YouTube
4 9 (5.33%) Broadcom
4 9 (5.33%) Fortinet
4 9 (5.33%) Mitel
5 7 (4.14%) SAP
5 7 (4.14%) VMware
6 6 (3.55%) Avaya
6 6 (3.55%) Extreme Networks
7 5 (2.96%) Veeam
8 4 (2.37%) Dell
8 4 (2.37%) NEC
8 4 (2.37%) Oracle
9 2 (1.18%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.59%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.59%) Xero