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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 63 52
Rank change year-on-year +43 -11 -2
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 447 135 149
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 5.42% 4.05% 3.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.74% 4.68% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 321 82 88
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,000 £28,350
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,424 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% -14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £81,500
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 5,772 2,884 3,340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 69.96% 86.50% 75.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,232 1,511 1,623
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -16.67% -1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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 30 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 30 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 +27 157 £65,000 -3.70% 69
Hertfordshire +17 100 £50,000 +18.81% 54
Bedfordshire +28 75 £30,000 -36.84% 15
Norfolk +4 46 £30,000 -33.33% 17
Essex +5 45 £43,322 +37.53% 24
Suffolk +6 24 £31,500 -56.55% 14
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 42 (9.40%) SharePoint
2 34 (7.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.67%) CMS
3 3 (0.67%) SAS
4 2 (0.45%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.45%) Simulink
3 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 114 (25.50%) Azure
2 92 (20.58%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (11.63%) Entra ID
4 20 (4.47%) AWS
5 16 (3.58%) OneDrive
6 7 (1.57%) GCP
7 6 (1.34%) SaaS
8 5 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (0.89%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.89%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.89%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.45%) GitHub
11 2 (0.45%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.45%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.22%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.22%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.22%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.22%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 64 (14.32%) Firewall
2 34 (7.61%) TCP/IP
3 31 (6.94%) DNS
3 31 (6.94%) VPN
4 29 (6.49%) DHCP
5 19 (4.25%) WAN
6 18 (4.03%) LAN
7 16 (3.58%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (2.68%) VLAN
8 12 (2.68%) Wireless
9 11 (2.46%) Network Security
10 10 (2.24%) HTTP
11 8 (1.79%) FTP
11 8 (1.79%) SMTP
12 4 (0.89%) DMZ
12 4 (0.89%) Internet
12 4 (0.89%) NAS
12 4 (0.89%) VoIP
13 3 (0.67%) BGP
13 3 (0.67%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.89%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.67%) Power BI
3 1 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 4 (0.89%) JIRA
2 1 (0.22%) Git
General
1 143 (31.99%) Social Skills
2 35 (7.83%) Aerospace
2 35 (7.83%) Finance
3 27 (6.04%) Public Sector
4 20 (4.47%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (3.13%) Legal
7 12 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.46%) Retail
9 10 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.57%) Law
11 5 (1.12%) Back Office
11 5 (1.12%) Electronics
11 5 (1.12%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.89%) Billing
12 4 (0.89%) Games
13 3 (0.67%) Local Government
13 3 (0.67%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.67%) Marketing
13 3 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (12.53%) Analyst
2 44 (9.84%) Senior
3 43 (9.62%) IT Support
4 41 (9.17%) Security Analyst
5 38 (8.50%) Consultant
6 37 (8.28%) Junior
6 37 (8.28%) Software Engineer
7 32 (7.16%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 32 (7.16%) IT Engineer
8 26 (5.82%) Developer
8 26 (5.82%) IT Manager
8 26 (5.82%) Lead
9 25 (5.59%) IT Support Engineer
9 25 (5.59%) Python Developer
9 25 (5.59%) Support Engineer
10 24 (5.37%) Python Engineer
10 24 (5.37%) Python Software Engineer
11 21 (4.70%) Junior Analyst
11 21 (4.70%) Junior Security Analyst
12 20 (4.47%) Ethical Hacker
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.24%) LDAP
1 10 (2.24%) Terraform
2 3 (0.67%) EDI
3 2 (0.45%) JSON
3 2 (0.45%) Middleware
3 2 (0.45%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.22%) FHIR
4 1 (0.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 83 (18.57%) Cyber Threat
2 35 (7.83%) Onboarding
3 22 (4.92%) Security Operations Centre
4 21 (4.70%) Security Posture
5 20 (4.47%) Cyberattack
6 16 (3.58%) Driving Licence
7 13 (2.91%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.24%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.79%) Clustering
9 8 (1.79%) Operational Technology
10 7 (1.57%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.34%) CCTV
11 6 (1.34%) Cyber Defence
11 6 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (0.89%) Blog
13 4 (0.89%) Cloud Security Posture
13 4 (0.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 4 (0.89%) PKI
14 3 (0.67%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 55 (12.30%) Windows
2 29 (6.49%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.01%) Linux
4 6 (1.34%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (24.16%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (17.67%) AI
3 69 (15.44%) Software Engineering
4 54 (12.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (8.95%) Mentoring
6 38 (8.50%) Security Operations
7 36 (8.05%) SIEM
8 32 (7.16%) Service Delivery
9 29 (6.49%) Disaster Recovery
10 26 (5.82%) Stakeholder Management
11 24 (5.37%) ITIL
12 23 (5.15%) Information Security
13 22 (4.92%) Vulnerability Management
14 21 (4.70%) Ethical Hacking
14 21 (4.70%) Incident Response
15 20 (4.47%) Business Continuity
16 19 (4.25%) Customer Service
16 19 (4.25%) Data Protection
16 19 (4.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 19 (4.25%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (13.42%) Python
2 29 (6.49%) C++
3 24 (5.37%) PowerShell
4 15 (3.36%) Rust
5 10 (2.24%) TypeScript
6 7 (1.57%) Bash
6 7 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
6 7 (1.57%) Search Processing Language
7 6 (1.34%) Perl
8 2 (0.45%) C
8 2 (0.45%) Embedded C
8 2 (0.45%) Embedded C++
8 2 (0.45%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.45%) SQL
9 1 (0.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 66 (14.77%) Security Cleared
2 47 (10.51%) Azure Certification
2 47 (10.51%) DV Cleared
3 35 (7.83%) Degree
4 32 (7.16%) CompTIA Security+
5 30 (6.71%) CEH
6 26 (5.82%) SC Cleared
7 20 (4.47%) CompTIA CySA+
8 15 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (2.68%) CISSP
10 11 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (1.57%) CCNP
11 7 (1.57%) CISM
12 6 (1.34%) CREST Certified
13 5 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.12%) CCSK
13 5 (1.12%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.89%) CCNA
14 4 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (8.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (6.49%) GRC
3 21 (4.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 21 (4.70%) NIST
4 17 (3.80%) GDPR
5 16 (3.58%) SLA
6 14 (3.13%) PCI DSS
7 10 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 10 (2.24%) NCSC
8 9 (2.01%) Data Quality
9 6 (1.34%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.34%) QA
10 5 (1.12%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.89%) COBIT
11 4 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.67%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.67%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.45%) Automotive SPICE
13 2 (0.45%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.22%) IASME
System Software
1 58 (12.98%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.13%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.34%) Firmware
4 6 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.67%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.67%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.45%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.45%) NFS
9 1 (0.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (3.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.57%) Ansible
3 6 (1.34%) QRadar
4 4 (0.89%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.45%) Autotask
5 2 (0.45%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.22%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 151 (33.78%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.95%) ForeScout
3 27 (6.04%) VMware
4 16 (3.58%) Splunk
5 11 (2.46%) Cisco
6 6 (1.34%) SonicWALL
7 5 (1.12%) Ubiquiti
8 4 (0.89%) Apple
8 4 (0.89%) Sophos
8 4 (0.89%) Veeam
9 3 (0.67%) ConnectWise
9 3 (0.67%) Forcepoint
9 3 (0.67%) Google
9 3 (0.67%) Juniper
9 3 (0.67%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.67%) Sage
10 2 (0.45%) Facebook
10 2 (0.45%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.45%) Meraki
10 2 (0.45%) Synology