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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 79 63
Rank change year-on-year +70 -16 +20
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 537 105 210
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 8.55% 3.57% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.21% 3.83% 4.11%
Number of salaries quoted 182 76 160
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £25,725
25th Percentile £30,523 £35,938 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,800 £92,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,670 £59,400
% change year-on-year +4.04% -2.91% -8.62%

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 4,399 2,745 5,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 70.00% 93.40% 78.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,883 1,366 3,819
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,200 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 3 June 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 3 June 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 +45 144 £65,000 +55.02% 38
Essex +34 122 £35,000 - 24
Cambridgeshire +15 94 £49,000 -4.71% 38
Norfolk +17 65 £60,000 +54.47% 16
Suffolk +35 58 £34,875 -26.58% 17
Bedfordshire +32 54 £30,000 -36.84% 19
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 30 (5.59%) SharePoint
2 25 (4.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.12%) CMS
4 3 (0.56%) SAS
5 1 (0.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.74%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 210 (39.11%) Azure
2 129 (24.02%) Cloud Computing
3 74 (13.78%) Microsoft 365
4 59 (10.99%) Entra ID
5 21 (3.91%) AWS
6 11 (2.05%) Power Platform
6 11 (2.05%) PowerApps
7 7 (1.30%) OneDrive
8 5 (0.93%) SaaS
9 4 (0.74%) GitHub
9 4 (0.74%) IaaS
9 4 (0.74%) PaaS
10 3 (0.56%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.19%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.19%) AWS CodePipeline
12 1 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.19%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.19%) Boomi
12 1 (0.19%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 135 (25.14%) Internet
2 55 (10.24%) Firewall
3 31 (5.77%) VPN
4 22 (4.10%) DNS
5 19 (3.54%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (3.35%) DHCP
6 18 (3.35%) LAN
7 15 (2.79%) WAN
8 14 (2.61%) TCP/IP
9 12 (2.23%) Network Security
10 10 (1.86%) VLAN
11 7 (1.30%) FTP
11 7 (1.30%) HTTP
11 7 (1.30%) SMTP
12 6 (1.12%) DMZ
13 5 (0.93%) Wireless
14 4 (0.74%) VoIP
14 4 (0.74%) WLAN
15 3 (0.56%) 5G
15 3 (0.56%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.86%) Power BI
2 4 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.56%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 7 (1.30%) JIRA
2 2 (0.37%) Git
General
1 313 (58.29%) Social Skills
2 144 (26.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 133 (24.77%) Banking
4 41 (7.64%) Finance
5 31 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (4.10%) Public Sector
7 19 (3.54%) Billing
8 17 (3.17%) Manufacturing
9 12 (2.23%) Marketing
9 12 (2.23%) Telecoms
10 11 (2.05%) Law
11 10 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.68%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.68%) Legal
12 9 (1.68%) Retail
13 8 (1.49%) Games
14 4 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.74%) Local Government
15 3 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 105 (19.55%) Analyst
2 102 (18.99%) Lecturer
3 85 (15.83%) Security Analyst
4 75 (13.97%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 73 (13.59%) Junior
6 72 (13.41%) Junior Analyst
6 72 (13.41%) Junior Security Analyst
7 60 (11.17%) Ethical Hacker
8 48 (8.94%) IT Support
9 38 (7.08%) IT Engineer
10 26 (4.84%) Administrator
11 25 (4.66%) IT Support Engineer
11 25 (4.66%) Support Engineer
12 19 (3.54%) Consultant
13 17 (3.17%) IT Analyst
14 12 (2.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 12 (2.23%) Senior
14 12 (2.23%) Systems Engineer
15 11 (2.05%) Network Engineer
15 11 (2.05%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.30%) LDAP
2 2 (0.37%) CSS
2 2 (0.37%) HTML
2 2 (0.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 130 (24.21%) IoT
2 60 (11.17%) Cyberattack
3 20 (3.72%) Onboarding
4 13 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (2.42%) Security Posture
5 10 (1.86%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.49%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 7 (1.30%) Robotics
8 6 (1.12%) Blog
8 6 (1.12%) Client/Server
8 6 (1.12%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.12%) PKI
9 5 (0.93%) Operational Technology
10 4 (0.74%) CCTV
10 4 (0.74%) Social Network
11 3 (0.56%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (0.56%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 56 (10.43%) Windows
2 30 (5.59%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.49%) Android
4 7 (1.30%) Mac OS
4 7 (1.30%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.12%) Linux
6 4 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.74%) VMS
6 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (28.12%) AI
2 141 (26.26%) User Experience
3 129 (24.02%) Machine Learning
3 129 (24.02%) Web Development
4 85 (15.83%) Mentoring
5 63 (11.73%) Ethical Hacking
6 50 (9.31%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (4.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (4.47%) ITIL
9 18 (3.35%) ERP
10 17 (3.17%) SIEM
11 16 (2.98%) Cloud Security
12 15 (2.79%) Risk Management
12 15 (2.79%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (2.61%) Service Delivery
13 14 (2.61%) Use Case
14 13 (2.42%) CRM
14 13 (2.42%) Data Protection
15 12 (2.23%) Computer Science
15 12 (2.23%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 23 (4.28%) PowerShell
2 16 (2.98%) Python
3 7 (1.30%) Bash
4 6 (1.12%) C++
4 6 (1.12%) Perl
5 5 (0.93%) Java
6 2 (0.37%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.19%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (0.19%) SQL
Qualifications
1 161 (29.98%) Degree
2 142 (26.44%) Azure Certification
3 130 (24.21%) Master's Degree
4 129 (24.02%) PhD
4 129 (24.02%) Postgraduate
5 83 (15.46%) CompTIA Security+
6 73 (13.59%) CompTIA CySA+
7 72 (13.41%) CEH
8 33 (6.15%) Security Cleared
9 19 (3.54%) DV Cleared
10 16 (2.98%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (2.61%) CISSP
13 12 (2.23%) SC Cleared
14 10 (1.86%) CCNA
15 7 (1.30%) CCNP
15 7 (1.30%) CISM
15 7 (1.30%) CREST Certified
16 6 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 6 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.28%) GRC
2 21 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (2.98%) NIST
4 10 (1.86%) PCI DSS
5 9 (1.68%) GDPR
5 9 (1.68%) NCSC
6 7 (1.30%) JSP 440
6 7 (1.30%) SLA
7 6 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 4 (0.74%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.56%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.56%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.56%) QA
10 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.37%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.19%) IASME
11 1 (0.19%) JTAG
11 1 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 62 (11.55%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.74%) vSphere
4 3 (0.56%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 22 (4.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.30%) QRadar
3 5 (0.93%) FTK
4 4 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (0.74%) SolarWinds Orion
4 4 (0.74%) Terraform
4 4 (0.74%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.37%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.19%) Ansible
6 1 (0.19%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 1 (0.19%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 228 (42.46%) Microsoft
2 132 (24.58%) ForeScout
3 14 (2.61%) Cisco
3 14 (2.61%) VMware
4 9 (1.68%) Apple
4 9 (1.68%) Epicor
4 9 (1.68%) Splunk
5 8 (1.49%) SolarWinds
6 6 (1.12%) Fortinet
6 6 (1.12%) Sophos
7 5 (0.93%) Cellebrite
7 5 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
7 5 (0.93%) Dell
7 5 (0.93%) Veeam
8 4 (0.74%) Aruba
8 4 (0.74%) Palo Alto
8 4 (0.74%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.56%) Adobe
9 3 (0.56%) Meraki
9 3 (0.56%) SonicWALL