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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 52 59
Rank change year-on-year -16 +7 +6
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 131 140 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 3.87% 3.18% 3.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.47% 4.31% 4.20%
Number of salaries quoted 82 90 75
10th Percentile £27,125 £29,625 £35,950
25th Percentile £37,424 £45,000 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £78,875 £75,000
England median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £63,146
% change year-on-year -5.83% -4.98% -2.85%

All Process and 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 2,933 3,246 2,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 86.67% 73.71% 92.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,558 1,799 1,400
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,375 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,312 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.59% -1.27% +2.86%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,004
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.26% +3.34%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity 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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 2025. 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
Suffolk -12 36 £72,500 +97.97% 16
Hertfordshire -17 30 £42,085 -35.25% 34
Cambridgeshire +9 27 £67,500 +50.00% 38
Essex +8 21 £35,000 -36.51% 46
Bedfordshire -16 9 £47,500 - 19
Norfolk +19 8 £45,000 - 13
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (9.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.05%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (2.29%) Apache Solr
3 3 (2.29%) CMS
3 3 (2.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (12.21%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.58%) AutoCAD
2 6 (4.58%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.05%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 16 (12.21%) Azure
1 16 (12.21%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (6.11%) AWS
3 4 (3.05%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (3.05%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.29%) Cloudflare
4 3 (2.29%) SaaS
5 2 (1.53%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.76%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.76%) GitHub
6 1 (0.76%) IaaS
6 1 (0.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (16.79%) TCP/IP
2 19 (14.50%) Firewall
3 14 (10.69%) LAN
4 12 (9.16%) DNS
4 12 (9.16%) VoIP
5 11 (8.40%) DHCP
6 9 (6.87%) Network Security
7 8 (6.11%) WAN
8 6 (4.58%) HSRP
8 6 (4.58%) Intranet
8 6 (4.58%) SD-WAN
8 6 (4.58%) VRRP
8 6 (4.58%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (3.05%) Internet
9 4 (3.05%) NGFW
9 4 (3.05%) SAN
9 4 (3.05%) VPN
10 2 (1.53%) FTP
10 2 (1.53%) HTTP
10 2 (1.53%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.05%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (3.05%) MS Access
1 4 (3.05%) SAP Data Services
1 4 (3.05%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.29%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (2.29%) MySQL
3 2 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (3.05%) Git
1 4 (3.05%) Toad
2 2 (1.53%) JIRA
General
1 50 (38.17%) Social Skills
2 28 (21.37%) Marketing
3 19 (14.50%) Legal
4 18 (13.74%) Finance
5 11 (8.40%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (6.87%) Local Government
8 7 (5.34%) Law
8 7 (5.34%) Public Sector
8 7 (5.34%) Retail
9 6 (4.58%) Aerospace
10 5 (3.82%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.29%) Electronics
11 3 (2.29%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.53%) Multimedia
12 2 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.76%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 20 (15.27%) Business Manager
2 18 (13.74%) Business Development Manager
2 18 (13.74%) Development Manager
3 14 (10.69%) IT Support
4 13 (9.92%) IT Support Specialist
4 13 (9.92%) Senior
4 13 (9.92%) Support Specialist
5 8 (6.11%) Graduate
6 7 (5.34%) Analyst
6 7 (5.34%) Consultant
6 7 (5.34%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 7 (5.34%) Security Engineer
7 6 (4.58%) Network Manager
7 6 (4.58%) New Business Development Manager
7 6 (4.58%) Senior Security Engineer
7 6 (4.58%) Support Engineer
7 6 (4.58%) Technical Engineer
7 6 (4.58%) Technical Manager
8 5 (3.82%) Infrastructure Manager
9 4 (3.05%) Applications Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.76%) CSS
1 1 (0.76%) HTML
1 1 (0.76%) LDAP
1 1 (0.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.45%) Data Centre
2 12 (9.16%) Management Information System
3 7 (5.34%) Cyberattack
3 7 (5.34%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (5.34%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.82%) Algorithms
4 5 (3.82%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.82%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.05%) Enterprise Storage
6 3 (2.29%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.29%) IoT
7 2 (1.53%) Robotics
8 1 (0.76%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.76%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.76%) CMDB
8 1 (0.76%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.76%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 35 (26.72%) Windows
2 14 (10.69%) Windows Server
3 9 (6.87%) Linux
4 8 (6.11%) Mac OS
5 6 (4.58%) Windows 10
6 4 (3.05%) Unix
7 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (29.01%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (16.03%) Business Development
3 19 (14.50%) Business Enablement
3 19 (14.50%) Decision-Making
3 19 (14.50%) Technology Enablement
4 15 (11.45%) Incident Response
5 14 (10.69%) Artificial Intelligence
5 14 (10.69%) Computer Science
5 14 (10.69%) ITIL
6 13 (9.92%) Network Management
7 11 (8.40%) Incident Management
7 11 (8.40%) Security Operations
7 11 (8.40%) Vulnerability Management
8 10 (7.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (7.63%) Line Management
8 10 (7.63%) Risk Management
9 9 (6.87%) Customer Service
9 9 (6.87%) SIEM
10 8 (6.11%) Information Security
10 8 (6.11%) Sales Enablement
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.11%) PowerShell
1 8 (6.11%) Python
2 4 (3.05%) JavaScript
2 4 (3.05%) Shell Script
2 4 (3.05%) SQL
2 4 (3.05%) VB
3 3 (2.29%) C++
3 3 (2.29%) Java
4 1 (0.76%) Bash
4 1 (0.76%) Bicep
4 1 (0.76%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.76%) R
Qualifications
1 31 (23.66%) Degree
2 11 (8.40%) CISM
2 11 (8.40%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.63%) CISSP
3 10 (7.63%) Master's Degree
4 9 (6.87%) CCNA
4 9 (6.87%) CEH
4 9 (6.87%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (6.87%) SC Cleared
5 8 (6.11%) CCNP
5 8 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (4.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (3.82%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (3.82%) CREST Certified
8 4 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (3.05%) GIAC
8 4 (3.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (3.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.53%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.53%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (10.69%) NIST
3 11 (8.40%) GDPR
3 11 (8.40%) NCSC
4 9 (6.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.29%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.53%) QA
7 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.76%) GRC
7 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (14.50%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.05%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.05%) vSphere
4 3 (2.29%) Docker
5 2 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.76%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 6 (4.58%) FortiGate
2 4 (3.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (3.05%) Nessus
3 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.76%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.76%) QRadar
4 1 (0.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 48 (36.64%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.92%) Sophos
2 13 (9.92%) YouTube
3 9 (6.87%) Cisco
3 9 (6.87%) VMware
4 8 (6.11%) Broadcom
5 7 (5.34%) CrowdStrike
5 7 (5.34%) Fortinet
5 7 (5.34%) Palo Alto
5 7 (5.34%) SAP
6 6 (4.58%) Avaya
6 6 (4.58%) Extreme Networks
6 6 (4.58%) Mitel
7 4 (3.05%) Dell
7 4 (3.05%) NEC
7 4 (3.05%) Oracle
7 4 (3.05%) Qualys
7 4 (3.05%) Tenable
7 4 (3.05%) Veeam
8 2 (1.53%) HubSpot