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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 68 65
Rank change year-on-year +52 -3 +7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 482 130 131
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 6.67% 3.78% 2.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.43% 4.30% 3.74%
Number of salaries quoted 302 91 95
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £28,200
25th Percentile £30,000 £39,337 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,375 £68,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%

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 5,112 3,023 3,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 70.70% 87.85% 74.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,647 1,620 2,253
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,117
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £46,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.30% -6.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £81,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 12 August 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 12 August 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 +36 139 £65,000 -3.70% 52
Hertfordshire +28 95 £61,250 +59.56% 54
Bedfordshire +34 80 £30,000 -36.84% 20
Norfolk +7 64 £30,000 -33.33% 16
Essex +21 63 £35,000 -30.00% 37
Suffolk +16 41 £34,750 -36.82% 12
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 47 (9.75%) SharePoint
2 42 (8.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.24%) CMS
4 3 (0.62%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.41%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.62%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 181 (37.55%) Azure
2 96 (19.92%) Microsoft 365
3 66 (13.69%) Entra ID
4 16 (3.32%) AWS
4 16 (3.32%) OneDrive
5 8 (1.66%) Power Platform
5 8 (1.66%) PowerApps
6 5 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (1.04%) SaaS
7 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.62%) GCP
8 3 (0.62%) GitHub
8 3 (0.62%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.21%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.21%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.21%) AWS CodePipeline
9 1 (0.21%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.21%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.21%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 67 (13.90%) Firewall
2 31 (6.43%) VPN
3 29 (6.02%) DNS
4 25 (5.19%) DHCP
4 25 (5.19%) TCP/IP
5 18 (3.73%) LAN
5 18 (3.73%) WAN
6 17 (3.53%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (3.11%) VLAN
8 13 (2.70%) Network Security
9 11 (2.28%) Wireless
10 8 (1.66%) FTP
10 8 (1.66%) HTTP
10 8 (1.66%) SMTP
11 5 (1.04%) Internet
11 5 (1.04%) NAS
12 4 (0.83%) VoIP
13 3 (0.62%) BGP
13 3 (0.62%) DMZ
13 3 (0.62%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.45%) Power BI
2 4 (0.83%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 4 (0.83%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Git
General
1 193 (40.04%) Social Skills
2 41 (8.51%) Finance
3 30 (6.22%) Aerospace
4 26 (5.39%) Public Sector
5 23 (4.77%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.49%) Legal
7 12 (2.49%) Retail
8 10 (2.07%) Billing
9 9 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (1.66%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.45%) Law
11 7 (1.45%) Marketing
12 6 (1.24%) Games
13 5 (1.04%) Electronics
13 5 (1.04%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.62%) Banking
16 2 (0.41%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 89 (18.46%) Analyst
2 68 (14.11%) Security Analyst
3 64 (13.28%) Junior
4 58 (12.03%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 52 (10.79%) Ethical Hacker
6 48 (9.96%) Junior Analyst
6 48 (9.96%) Junior Security Analyst
7 47 (9.75%) IT Support
8 36 (7.47%) IT Engineer
9 33 (6.85%) Senior
10 28 (5.81%) Consultant
10 28 (5.81%) IT Manager
11 25 (5.19%) Administrator
12 23 (4.77%) IT Support Engineer
12 23 (4.77%) Support Engineer
13 21 (4.36%) Software Engineer
14 19 (3.94%) IT Analyst
14 19 (3.94%) Lead
15 16 (3.32%) Developer
16 15 (3.11%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.66%) LDAP
2 2 (0.41%) Middleware
2 2 (0.41%) Web Services
3 1 (0.21%) CSS
3 1 (0.21%) FHIR
3 1 (0.21%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (11.83%) Cyber Threat
2 52 (10.79%) Cyberattack
3 35 (7.26%) Onboarding
4 20 (4.15%) Security Operations Centre
5 17 (3.53%) Security Posture
6 16 (3.32%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.28%) Operational Technology
8 10 (2.07%) Client/Server
8 10 (2.07%) Management Information System
9 9 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.66%) Clustering
11 6 (1.24%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.24%) Cyber Defence
12 5 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.83%) Social Network
14 3 (0.62%) CCTV
14 3 (0.62%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 3 (0.62%) FMCG
14 3 (0.62%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 65 (13.49%) Windows
2 32 (6.64%) Windows Server
3 11 (2.28%) Linux
4 7 (1.45%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.24%) Android
5 6 (1.24%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.62%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (21.16%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (14.52%) Mentoring
3 53 (11.00%) Ethical Hacking
4 51 (10.58%) AI
5 48 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 42 (8.71%) Software Engineering
7 36 (7.47%) SIEM
8 34 (7.05%) Security Operations
9 33 (6.85%) Disaster Recovery
9 33 (6.85%) ITIL
9 33 (6.85%) Service Delivery
10 21 (4.36%) Customer Service
10 21 (4.36%) Information Security
11 20 (4.15%) Incident Response
11 20 (4.15%) Stakeholder Management
12 19 (3.94%) Business Continuity
13 18 (3.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 18 (3.73%) Roadmaps
13 18 (3.73%) User Experience
13 18 (3.73%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (7.68%) Python
2 26 (5.39%) PowerShell
3 23 (4.77%) C++
4 8 (1.66%) Rust
5 7 (1.45%) Bash
5 7 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
5 7 (1.45%) Search Processing Language
6 6 (1.24%) Perl
7 5 (1.04%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.41%) C
8 2 (0.41%) Embedded C
8 2 (0.41%) Embedded C++
8 2 (0.41%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.41%) SQL
9 1 (0.21%) Java
9 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 107 (22.20%) Azure Certification
2 63 (13.07%) CEH
3 60 (12.45%) CompTIA Security+
4 59 (12.24%) Security Cleared
5 48 (9.96%) CompTIA CySA+
6 44 (9.13%) Degree
7 40 (8.30%) DV Cleared
8 25 (5.19%) SC Cleared
9 18 (3.73%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (2.28%) CISSP
12 9 (1.87%) CCNA
12 9 (1.87%) CCNP
13 7 (1.45%) CREST Certified
14 6 (1.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (1.24%) CISM
15 5 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
16 4 (0.83%) CCSK
16 4 (0.83%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (5.19%) GRC
3 17 (3.53%) NIST
4 13 (2.70%) PCI DSS
4 13 (2.70%) SLA
5 10 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (2.07%) GDPR
6 9 (1.87%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.66%) NCSC
8 7 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (1.24%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.83%) COBIT
10 4 (0.83%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.83%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.62%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (0.62%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.62%) QA
12 2 (0.41%) Automotive SPICE
13 1 (0.21%) IASME
System Software
1 72 (14.94%) Active Directory
2 22 (4.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.28%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.24%) Firmware
5 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.62%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.62%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 23 (4.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.07%) Terraform
3 7 (1.45%) Ansible
4 6 (1.24%) QRadar
5 5 (1.04%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.41%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.21%) FTK
7 1 (0.21%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 209 (43.36%) Microsoft
2 100 (20.75%) ForeScout
3 25 (5.19%) VMware
4 16 (3.32%) Splunk
5 15 (3.11%) Cisco
6 9 (1.87%) Apple
7 6 (1.24%) Epicor
7 6 (1.24%) SonicWALL
7 6 (1.24%) Ubiquiti
8 5 (1.04%) Dell
8 5 (1.04%) Sophos
8 5 (1.04%) Veeam
9 3 (0.62%) Adobe
9 3 (0.62%) ConnectWise
9 3 (0.62%) Forcepoint
9 3 (0.62%) Juniper
9 3 (0.62%) Meraki
9 3 (0.62%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.62%) SolarWinds
9 3 (0.62%) Synology