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 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 61 44
Rank change year-on-year +57 -17 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 651 131 210
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 13.79% 3.98% 4.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.74% 4.42% 5.50%
Number of salaries quoted 160 72 167
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £25,759
25th Percentile £30,000 £39,063 £40,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.67% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £59,063 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £87,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +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 3,474 2,965 3,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 73.59% 90.01% 84.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,055 1,213 3,022
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £35,000
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 £70,000 £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 17 February 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 17 February 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 +24 262 £52,500 -12.50% 38
Essex +36 183 £28,250 -40.53% 25
Cambridgeshire +38 83 £34,000 -15.45% 27
Suffolk +37 53 £43,750 - 14
Norfolk +30 42 £40,000 -6.08% 12
Bedfordshire +48 28 £30,500 -57.93% 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 32 (4.92%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.61%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.31%) CMS
5 1 (0.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (0.61%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 358 (54.99%) Cloud Computing
2 100 (15.36%) Azure
3 49 (7.53%) Entra ID
4 45 (6.91%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (2.92%) AWS
6 8 (1.23%) Power Platform
6 8 (1.23%) PowerApps
7 6 (0.92%) IaaS
7 6 (0.92%) PaaS
8 5 (0.77%) GitHub
8 5 (0.77%) OneDrive
9 4 (0.61%) SaaS
10 1 (0.15%) Boomi
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.15%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.15%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 366 (56.22%) Internet
2 33 (5.07%) Firewall
3 31 (4.76%) Network Security
4 19 (2.92%) DNS
5 18 (2.76%) DHCP
5 18 (2.76%) TCP/IP
6 17 (2.61%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (2.46%) LAN
8 15 (2.30%) VPN
9 11 (1.69%) WAN
10 10 (1.54%) VoIP
11 8 (1.23%) VLAN
11 8 (1.23%) WLAN
12 4 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.61%) DMZ
13 3 (0.46%) 5G
14 2 (0.31%) SD-WAN
14 2 (0.31%) Wireshark
15 1 (0.15%) SAN
15 1 (0.15%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (0.77%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (0.61%) MS Access
3 4 (0.61%) Power BI
3 4 (0.61%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 5 (0.77%) Git
1 5 (0.77%) JIRA
2 4 (0.61%) Toad
General
1 491 (75.42%) Social Skills
2 367 (56.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 360 (55.30%) Banking
4 40 (6.14%) Finance
5 28 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (3.38%) Marketing
7 18 (2.76%) Public Sector
8 17 (2.61%) Manufacturing
9 16 (2.46%) Multimedia
10 9 (1.38%) Billing
10 9 (1.38%) Local Government
10 9 (1.38%) Telecoms
11 6 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (0.92%) Law
12 5 (0.77%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.77%) Retail
13 4 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.46%) Electronics
14 3 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 286 (43.93%) Lecturer
2 50 (7.68%) Analyst
3 42 (6.45%) Security Analyst
4 36 (5.53%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 36 (5.53%) Junior
4 36 (5.53%) Junior Analyst
4 36 (5.53%) Junior Security Analyst
5 35 (5.38%) IT Support
6 23 (3.53%) Support Engineer
7 20 (3.07%) Administrator
8 18 (2.76%) IT Engineer
8 18 (2.76%) Trainee
9 17 (2.61%) Senior
10 15 (2.30%) IT Administrator
10 15 (2.30%) IT Support Engineer
11 12 (1.84%) Consultant
11 12 (1.84%) Ethical Hacker
12 9 (1.38%) IT Support Specialist
12 9 (1.38%) Support Specialist
13 8 (1.23%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.77%) CSS
1 5 (0.77%) HTML
2 1 (0.15%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 384 (58.99%) IoT
2 18 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (1.84%) Cyberattack
3 12 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (1.69%) Onboarding
4 11 (1.69%) Security Posture
5 9 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (1.08%) Data Centre
7 6 (0.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (0.92%) Robotics
8 5 (0.77%) Cloud Native
9 4 (0.61%) Blog
9 4 (0.61%) Cloud Security Posture
9 4 (0.61%) PKI
10 3 (0.46%) PropTech
10 3 (0.46%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.31%) Cyber Security Posture
11 2 (0.31%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.31%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 55 (8.45%) Windows
2 35 (5.38%) Windows Server
3 12 (1.84%) Mac OS
4 7 (1.08%) Linux
5 6 (0.92%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.61%) Android
6 4 (0.61%) Unix
6 4 (0.61%) VMS
6 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (58.53%) AI
2 361 (55.45%) User Experience
3 358 (54.99%) Machine Learning
3 358 (54.99%) Web Development
4 61 (9.37%) Mentoring
5 41 (6.30%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (5.99%) Customer Service
7 27 (4.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (3.84%) Decision-Making
8 25 (3.84%) Ethical Hacking
9 22 (3.38%) Data Protection
10 20 (3.07%) B2B
11 17 (2.61%) Budgeting
12 15 (2.30%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 15 (2.30%) CRM
13 14 (2.15%) Information Security
13 14 (2.15%) ITIL
13 14 (2.15%) Process Improvement
14 13 (2.00%) Service Delivery
15 12 (1.84%) B2B Sales
Programming Languages
1 18 (2.76%) PowerShell
2 17 (2.61%) Python
3 8 (1.23%) Java
4 5 (0.77%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.61%) Shell Script
5 4 (0.61%) SQL
5 4 (0.61%) VB
6 3 (0.46%) C++
7 1 (0.15%) Bash
7 1 (0.15%) Bicep
7 1 (0.15%) R
Qualifications
1 381 (58.53%) Degree
2 360 (55.30%) Master's Degree
3 358 (54.99%) PhD
3 358 (54.99%) Postgraduate
4 57 (8.76%) Azure Certification
5 49 (7.53%) CompTIA Security+
6 39 (5.99%) CompTIA CySA+
7 25 (3.84%) CEH
8 23 (3.53%) Security Cleared
9 14 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (2.15%) Network+ Certification
10 13 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (1.84%) A+ Certification
11 12 (1.84%) CCNA
11 12 (1.84%) CCNP
12 11 (1.69%) SC Cleared
13 10 (1.54%) CISSP
14 8 (1.23%) DV Cleared
15 7 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (1.08%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (1.54%) GDPR
2 10 (1.54%) GRC
2 10 (1.54%) NIST
3 4 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 4 (0.61%) JSP 440
3 4 (0.61%) NCSC
3 4 (0.61%) PCI DSS
3 4 (0.61%) SLA
4 2 (0.31%) QA
5 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 46 (7.07%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.77%) vSphere
5 1 (0.15%) Docker
5 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 37 (5.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 5 (0.77%) FTK
3 4 (0.61%) FortiGate
3 4 (0.61%) SolarWinds Orion
3 4 (0.61%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.31%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 2 (0.31%) QRadar
5 1 (0.15%) Ansible
5 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 150 (23.04%) Microsoft
2 48 (7.37%) ForeScout
3 12 (1.84%) CrowdStrike
4 11 (1.69%) Palo Alto
5 10 (1.54%) Fortinet
6 9 (1.38%) Cisco
6 9 (1.38%) VMware
7 8 (1.23%) Mitel
8 7 (1.08%) SAP
9 6 (0.92%) SolarWinds
10 5 (0.77%) Apple
10 5 (0.77%) Aruba
10 5 (0.77%) Cellebrite
11 4 (0.61%) Dell
11 4 (0.61%) NEC
11 4 (0.61%) Oracle
11 4 (0.61%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.46%) Epicor
13 2 (0.31%) Splunk
13 2 (0.31%) Veeam