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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 57 43
Rank change year-on-year +48 -14 +5
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 387 153 101
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 11.31% 3.67% 4.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.69% 4.69% 5.15%
Number of salaries quoted 130 83 74
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,250 £39,675
25th Percentile £28,750 £45,000 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,875 £50,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.25% -17.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £84,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -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 2,826 3,260 1,962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 82.58% 78.18% 92.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,716 1,385 1,324
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,600 £26,475
25th Percentile £31,250 £43,750 £38,569
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £84,275
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - 0.00%

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 11 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 11 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
Hertfordshire +30 160 £43,085 -28.19% 42
Essex +40 101 £28,000 -47.91% 35
Cambridgeshire +30 49 £34,000 -24.44% 25
Suffolk +4 48 £72,500 -9.38% 7
Norfolk +23 15 £45,000 +32.35% 12
Bedfordshire +20 14 £34,625 -27.11% 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 29 (7.49%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.03%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.52%) Apache Solr
4 2 (0.52%) CMS
Applications
1 24 (6.20%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.55%) AutoCAD
2 6 (1.55%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.03%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 216 (55.81%) Cloud Computing
2 32 (8.27%) Entra ID
3 29 (7.49%) Azure
4 25 (6.46%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (2.58%) AWS
6 6 (1.55%) OneDrive
7 4 (1.03%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.03%) PowerApps
7 4 (1.03%) SaaS
8 3 (0.78%) GitHub
9 2 (0.52%) Cloudflare
9 2 (0.52%) IaaS
9 2 (0.52%) PaaS
10 1 (0.26%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.26%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.26%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 219 (56.59%) Internet
2 30 (7.75%) Network Security
3 25 (6.46%) TCP/IP
4 22 (5.68%) Firewall
5 15 (3.88%) DNS
5 15 (3.88%) VoIP
6 14 (3.62%) DHCP
7 11 (2.84%) LAN
8 10 (2.58%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (1.81%) SD-WAN
10 6 (1.55%) HSRP
10 6 (1.55%) VRRP
11 5 (1.29%) VPN
11 5 (1.29%) WAN
12 4 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (1.03%) SAN
12 4 (1.03%) WLAN
13 3 (0.78%) NGFW
14 1 (0.26%) SSL
14 1 (0.26%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.03%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (1.03%) MS Access
2 4 (1.03%) SAP Data Services
2 4 (1.03%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.29%) Git
2 4 (1.03%) Toad
3 3 (0.78%) JIRA
General
1 295 (76.23%) Social Skills
2 215 (55.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 213 (55.04%) Banking
4 32 (8.27%) Marketing
5 20 (5.17%) Finance
6 15 (3.88%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (3.36%) Multimedia
8 11 (2.84%) Legal
9 10 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.81%) Public Sector
10 7 (1.81%) Retail
11 5 (1.29%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.29%) Local Government
11 5 (1.29%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.78%) Electronics
13 3 (0.78%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.26%) Automotive
14 1 (0.26%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 184 (47.55%) Lecturer
2 18 (4.65%) IT Support
3 14 (3.62%) Business Development Manager
3 14 (3.62%) Business Manager
3 14 (3.62%) Development Manager
3 14 (3.62%) Trainee
4 13 (3.36%) Support Engineer
5 11 (2.84%) Senior
6 10 (2.58%) Technical Engineer
7 9 (2.33%) Graduate
7 9 (2.33%) IT Support Specialist
7 9 (2.33%) Support Specialist
8 8 (2.07%) Analyst
9 6 (1.55%) Network Manager
9 6 (1.55%) New Business Development Manager
9 6 (1.55%) Technical Manager
10 5 (1.29%) IT Administrator
10 5 (1.29%) IT Engineer
10 5 (1.29%) IT Support Engineer
10 5 (1.29%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.78%) CSS
1 3 (0.78%) HTML
2 1 (0.26%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 239 (61.76%) IoT
2 17 (4.39%) Web Conferencing
3 16 (4.13%) Data Centre
4 14 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.84%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.33%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.03%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.03%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.78%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.78%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.78%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.52%) Cyber Threat
12 1 (0.26%) Cloud Native
12 1 (0.26%) CSOC
12 1 (0.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 1 (0.26%) MISP
12 1 (0.26%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 41 (10.59%) Windows
2 25 (6.46%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.10%) Mac OS
4 10 (2.58%) Linux
5 4 (1.03%) Unix
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (57.88%) AI
2 215 (55.56%) User Experience
3 213 (55.04%) Machine Learning
3 213 (55.04%) Web Development
4 37 (9.56%) Customer Service
5 33 (8.53%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (7.24%) Decision-Making
7 20 (5.17%) Mentoring
8 18 (4.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (4.39%) Business Development
10 16 (4.13%) B2B
11 15 (3.88%) Business Enablement
11 15 (3.88%) Technology Enablement
12 14 (3.62%) Budgeting
13 12 (3.10%) ITIL
13 12 (3.10%) Line Management
14 11 (2.84%) Ethical Hacking
14 11 (2.84%) Incident Response
14 11 (2.84%) Information Security
14 11 (2.84%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.84%) Python
2 10 (2.58%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.29%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.03%) Shell Script
4 4 (1.03%) SQL
4 4 (1.03%) VB
5 3 (0.78%) C++
5 3 (0.78%) Java
6 1 (0.26%) Bicep
6 1 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 235 (60.72%) Degree
2 222 (57.36%) Master's Degree
3 213 (55.04%) PhD
3 213 (55.04%) Postgraduate
4 16 (4.13%) CompTIA Security+
5 15 (3.88%) CEH
6 12 (3.10%) CCNA
6 12 (3.10%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (3.10%) Security Cleared
7 11 (2.84%) A+ Certification
7 11 (2.84%) CCNP
7 11 (2.84%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (2.84%) SC Cleared
8 7 (1.81%) CISM
8 7 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.55%) CISSP
10 5 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.78%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (3.10%) GDPR
3 11 (2.84%) NIST
4 9 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.78%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.26%) GRC
6 1 (0.26%) QA
6 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (8.27%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.03%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.03%) vSphere
4 3 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.52%) Docker
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.26%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (8.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (1.03%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.26%) Ansible
3 1 (0.26%) Computer Incident Response Team
3 1 (0.26%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.26%) QRadar
3 1 (0.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 82 (21.19%) Microsoft
2 11 (2.84%) Cisco
3 10 (2.58%) CrowdStrike
3 10 (2.58%) Palo Alto
4 9 (2.33%) Broadcom
4 9 (2.33%) Fortinet
4 9 (2.33%) Mitel
5 8 (2.07%) Sophos
5 8 (2.07%) VMware
5 8 (2.07%) YouTube
6 7 (1.81%) SAP
7 6 (1.55%) Avaya
7 6 (1.55%) Extreme Networks
8 5 (1.29%) Veeam
9 4 (1.03%) Dell
9 4 (1.03%) NEC
9 4 (1.03%) Oracle
10 2 (0.52%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.52%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.26%) Aruba