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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 54 49
Rank change year-on-year +50 -5 +12
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 673 125 208
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 13.43% 4.11% 4.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.47% 4.50% 5.03%
Number of salaries quoted 157 78 166
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,775 £25,759
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £50,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £74,750 £89,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £51,125 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -21.35% +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 3,644 2,778 4,133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 72.69% 91.41% 84.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,114 1,236 3,176
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £34,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 6 March 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 6 March 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 +32 264 £52,500 -12.50% 28
Essex +34 188 £28,500 -40.00% 30
Cambridgeshire +28 85 £34,000 -32.00% 26
Suffolk +33 57 £40,000 -15.79% 17
Norfolk +28 50 £40,000 +18.52% 15
Bedfordshire +48 29 £30,500 -66.11% 15
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 36 (5.35%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.59%) CMS
4 1 (0.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.59%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 358 (53.19%) Cloud Computing
2 126 (18.72%) Azure
3 54 (8.02%) Entra ID
4 48 (7.13%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (2.38%) AWS
6 9 (1.34%) Power Platform
6 9 (1.34%) PowerApps
7 5 (0.74%) GitHub
7 5 (0.74%) IaaS
7 5 (0.74%) OneDrive
7 5 (0.74%) PaaS
8 3 (0.45%) SaaS
9 1 (0.15%) Boomi
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.15%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.15%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 366 (54.38%) Internet
2 34 (5.05%) Firewall
3 27 (4.01%) Network Security
4 17 (2.53%) VPN
5 16 (2.38%) DHCP
5 16 (2.38%) DNS
5 16 (2.38%) LAN
5 16 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (2.08%) TCP/IP
7 11 (1.63%) WAN
8 10 (1.49%) VLAN
9 8 (1.19%) WLAN
10 7 (1.04%) VoIP
11 4 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (0.59%) DMZ
12 3 (0.45%) 5G
13 2 (0.30%) Wireshark
14 1 (0.15%) 4G
14 1 (0.15%) Cisco IOS
14 1 (0.15%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (0.74%) Power BI
3 1 (0.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (0.74%) Git
1 5 (0.74%) JIRA
General
1 509 (75.63%) Social Skills
2 367 (54.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 362 (53.79%) Banking
4 39 (5.79%) Finance
5 29 (4.31%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (2.97%) Marketing
7 15 (2.23%) Multimedia
8 14 (2.08%) Manufacturing
9 13 (1.93%) Public Sector
10 9 (1.34%) Billing
11 8 (1.19%) Telecoms
12 6 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.89%) Law
13 5 (0.74%) Local Government
13 5 (0.74%) Retail
14 4 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.45%) Games
15 3 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.45%) Legal
15 3 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 286 (42.50%) Lecturer
2 66 (9.81%) Analyst
3 55 (8.17%) Security Analyst
4 48 (7.13%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 48 (7.13%) Junior
4 48 (7.13%) Junior Analyst
4 48 (7.13%) Junior Security Analyst
5 38 (5.65%) IT Support
6 24 (3.57%) Administrator
6 24 (3.57%) Ethical Hacker
7 19 (2.82%) IT Engineer
8 18 (2.67%) Support Engineer
8 18 (2.67%) Trainee
9 15 (2.23%) IT Administrator
9 15 (2.23%) IT Support Engineer
10 13 (1.93%) Senior
11 11 (1.63%) Consultant
12 9 (1.34%) 2nd Line Support
12 9 (1.34%) IT Analyst
12 9 (1.34%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.74%) CSS
1 5 (0.74%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 384 (57.06%) IoT
2 24 (3.57%) Cyberattack
3 22 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (1.63%) Onboarding
6 10 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (1.49%) Security Posture
7 8 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (0.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 6 (0.89%) Robotics
9 5 (0.74%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.59%) Blog
10 4 (0.59%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.59%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (0.59%) PKI
11 3 (0.45%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.45%) PropTech
12 2 (0.30%) Cyber Security Posture
12 2 (0.30%) Security Operations Centre
12 2 (0.30%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 53 (7.88%) Windows
2 32 (4.75%) Windows Server
3 9 (1.34%) Mac OS
4 8 (1.19%) Android
5 7 (1.04%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.74%) Linux
7 4 (0.59%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.59%) VMS
7 4 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (56.46%) AI
2 361 (53.64%) User Experience
3 358 (53.19%) Machine Learning
3 358 (53.19%) Web Development
4 71 (10.55%) Mentoring
5 41 (6.09%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (5.79%) Customer Service
7 36 (5.35%) Ethical Hacking
8 25 (3.71%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (3.42%) Decision-Making
10 22 (3.27%) B2B
11 21 (3.12%) Data Protection
12 19 (2.82%) CRM
13 16 (2.38%) Budgeting
13 16 (2.38%) ITIL
14 15 (2.23%) Budgeting and Forecasting
15 14 (2.08%) Service Delivery
16 13 (1.93%) ERP
16 13 (1.93%) Information Security
17 12 (1.78%) B2B Sales
Programming Languages
1 17 (2.53%) Python
2 15 (2.23%) PowerShell
3 8 (1.19%) Java
4 5 (0.74%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.45%) C++
6 1 (0.15%) Bash
6 1 (0.15%) R
Qualifications
1 379 (56.32%) Degree
2 360 (53.49%) Master's Degree
3 358 (53.19%) PhD
3 358 (53.19%) Postgraduate
4 81 (12.04%) Azure Certification
5 60 (8.92%) CompTIA Security+
6 51 (7.58%) CompTIA CySA+
7 36 (5.35%) CEH
8 19 (2.82%) Security Cleared
9 15 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (1.93%) Network+ Certification
11 12 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (1.63%) A+ Certification
12 11 (1.63%) CCNA
12 11 (1.63%) CCNP
13 8 (1.19%) SC Cleared
14 7 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (1.04%) CISSP
14 7 (1.04%) DV Cleared
15 5 (0.74%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (1.63%) GRC
3 8 (1.19%) NIST
4 7 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (1.04%) GDPR
5 4 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 4 (0.59%) JSP 440
5 4 (0.59%) NCSC
5 4 (0.59%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.59%) SLA
6 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.15%) PMO
6 1 (0.15%) QA
6 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 50 (7.43%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.59%) vSphere
5 1 (0.15%) Docker
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 41 (6.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.74%) FTK
3 4 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (0.59%) FortiGate
3 4 (0.59%) SolarWinds Orion
3 4 (0.59%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.30%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 2 (0.30%) QRadar
5 1 (0.15%) Ansible
5 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 177 (26.30%) Microsoft
2 72 (10.70%) ForeScout
3 10 (1.49%) CrowdStrike
4 9 (1.34%) Cisco
4 9 (1.34%) Palo Alto
5 8 (1.19%) Fortinet
5 8 (1.19%) SolarWinds
5 8 (1.19%) VMware
6 7 (1.04%) Apple
7 6 (0.89%) Mitel
8 5 (0.74%) Aruba
8 5 (0.74%) Cellebrite
8 5 (0.74%) Dell
9 4 (0.59%) Epicor
9 4 (0.59%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.30%) Broadcom
10 2 (0.30%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.30%) Splunk
11 1 (0.15%) ForgeRock
11 1 (0.15%) MuleSoft