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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 79 58
Rank change year-on-year +65 -21 +22
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 440 109 212
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 6.93% 3.47% 3.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.81% 3.78% 4.09%
Number of salaries quoted 224 78 158
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,575 £25,675
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £36,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.84% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,313 £66,875 £65,670
90th Percentile £80,000 £91,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -8.59%

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 4,483 2,882 5,181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 70.63% 91.70% 77.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,094 1,464 3,864
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,977 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,200 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 26 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 26 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
Cambridgeshire +25 106 £50,000 -19.03% 43
Hertfordshire +35 91 £65,000 +55.60% 41
Bedfordshire +41 70 £30,000 -36.84% 8
Essex +23 70 £35,000 -30.00% 29
Norfolk +9 55 £52,500 +16.67% 12
Suffolk +35 48 £34,875 -26.58% 7
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 36 (8.18%) SharePoint
2 32 (7.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.59%) CMS
4 3 (0.68%) SAS
5 1 (0.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.45%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.91%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 210 (47.73%) Azure
2 91 (20.68%) Microsoft 365
3 67 (15.23%) Entra ID
4 21 (4.77%) AWS
5 11 (2.50%) Power Platform
5 11 (2.50%) PowerApps
6 10 (2.27%) OneDrive
7 6 (1.36%) SaaS
8 4 (0.91%) IaaS
8 4 (0.91%) PaaS
9 3 (0.68%) GitHub
9 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (0.68%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.23%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.23%) AWS CodePipeline
11 1 (0.23%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.23%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.23%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.23%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 64 (14.55%) Firewall
2 35 (7.95%) VPN
3 28 (6.36%) DNS
4 24 (5.45%) DHCP
5 22 (5.00%) LAN
5 22 (5.00%) TCP/IP
6 19 (4.32%) WAN
6 19 (4.32%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (4.09%) VLAN
8 14 (3.18%) Network Security
9 8 (1.82%) FTP
9 8 (1.82%) HTTP
9 8 (1.82%) SMTP
9 8 (1.82%) Wireless
10 5 (1.14%) DMZ
10 5 (1.14%) Internet
10 5 (1.14%) VoIP
11 4 (0.91%) WLAN
12 3 (0.68%) NAS
13 2 (0.45%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.27%) Power BI
2 4 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.68%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 7 (1.59%) JIRA
2 1 (0.23%) Git
General
1 193 (43.86%) Social Skills
2 36 (8.18%) Finance
3 30 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (4.77%) Public Sector
5 17 (3.86%) Manufacturing
6 15 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (3.18%) Billing
8 12 (2.73%) Aerospace
8 12 (2.73%) Law
8 12 (2.73%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.50%) Marketing
10 10 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.27%) Legal
10 10 (2.27%) Retail
11 8 (1.82%) Games
12 6 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.91%) Banking
13 4 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.68%) Electronics
15 2 (0.45%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 102 (23.18%) Analyst
2 81 (18.41%) Security Analyst
3 69 (15.68%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 67 (15.23%) Junior
5 64 (14.55%) Junior Analyst
5 64 (14.55%) Junior Security Analyst
6 60 (13.64%) Ethical Hacker
7 50 (11.36%) IT Support
8 40 (9.09%) IT Engineer
9 29 (6.59%) Administrator
10 25 (5.68%) IT Support Engineer
10 25 (5.68%) Support Engineer
11 21 (4.77%) IT Manager
12 19 (4.32%) Consultant
12 19 (4.32%) IT Analyst
13 16 (3.64%) Senior
14 14 (3.18%) Service Manager
14 14 (3.18%) Systems Engineer
15 13 (2.95%) Lead
16 12 (2.73%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.82%) LDAP
2 2 (0.45%) Middleware
2 2 (0.45%) Web Services
3 1 (0.23%) CSS
3 1 (0.23%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (13.64%) Cyberattack
2 24 (5.45%) Onboarding
3 21 (4.77%) Cyber Threat
4 17 (3.86%) Security Operations Centre
4 17 (3.86%) Security Posture
5 11 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.82%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.59%) Client/Server
7 7 (1.59%) Robotics
8 6 (1.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 6 (1.36%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.14%) Blog
9 5 (1.14%) CCTV
9 5 (1.14%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (1.14%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.14%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.14%) PKI
10 4 (0.91%) Social Network
11 3 (0.68%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 69 (15.68%) Windows
2 41 (9.32%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.82%) Android
3 8 (1.82%) Mac OS
3 8 (1.82%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.59%) Linux
5 4 (0.91%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.91%) VMS
5 4 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (18.18%) Mentoring
2 75 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (14.32%) Ethical Hacking
4 37 (8.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (6.82%) AI
6 25 (5.68%) ITIL
6 25 (5.68%) SIEM
7 23 (5.23%) Security Operations
8 22 (5.00%) Service Delivery
9 21 (4.77%) Disaster Recovery
10 18 (4.09%) ERP
11 17 (3.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 17 (3.86%) Use Case
12 16 (3.64%) Stakeholder Management
12 16 (3.64%) User Experience
13 15 (3.41%) Cloud Security
13 15 (3.41%) Customer Service
13 15 (3.41%) Project Delivery
14 14 (3.18%) Decision-Making
14 14 (3.18%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (6.36%) PowerShell
2 18 (4.09%) Python
3 13 (2.95%) C++
4 7 (1.59%) Bash
5 6 (1.36%) Perl
6 5 (1.14%) Java
7 4 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (0.91%) Search Processing Language
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%) Rust
8 2 (0.45%) SQL
9 1 (0.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 133 (30.23%) Azure Certification
2 76 (17.27%) CompTIA Security+
3 73 (16.59%) CEH
4 65 (14.77%) CompTIA CySA+
5 40 (9.09%) Security Cleared
6 36 (8.18%) Degree
7 26 (5.91%) DV Cleared
8 18 (4.09%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (3.18%) CISSP
9 14 (3.18%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (2.95%) SC Cleared
11 12 (2.73%) CCNA
12 9 (2.05%) CCNP
13 7 (1.59%) CISM
13 7 (1.59%) CREST Certified
14 6 (1.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (1.36%) Network+ Certification
15 5 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (0.91%) DBS Check
17 3 (0.68%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (4.09%) GRC
3 16 (3.64%) NIST
4 14 (3.18%) PCI DSS
5 11 (2.50%) GDPR
6 9 (2.05%) SLA
7 8 (1.82%) NCSC
8 6 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.36%) JSP 440
9 5 (1.14%) Data Quality
9 5 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 4 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.91%) QA
10 4 (0.91%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.68%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.68%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.45%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.45%) Automotive SPICE
13 1 (0.23%) IASME
13 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 74 (16.82%) Active Directory
2 19 (4.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.59%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.91%) vSphere
6 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.45%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 22 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.59%) QRadar
2 7 (1.59%) Terraform
3 5 (1.14%) FTK
4 4 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (0.91%) Ansible
4 4 (0.91%) SolarWinds Orion
4 4 (0.91%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.45%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.45%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.23%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 239 (54.32%) Microsoft
2 124 (28.18%) ForeScout
3 22 (5.00%) VMware
4 14 (3.18%) Cisco
5 13 (2.95%) Splunk
6 9 (2.05%) Epicor
7 8 (1.82%) Apple
7 8 (1.82%) SolarWinds
8 6 (1.36%) Fortinet
8 6 (1.36%) Sophos
8 6 (1.36%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (1.14%) Cellebrite
9 5 (1.14%) CrowdStrike
9 5 (1.14%) Dell
9 5 (1.14%) Veeam
10 4 (0.91%) Aruba
10 4 (0.91%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.91%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.68%) Meraki
11 3 (0.68%) Synology