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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 73 63
Rank change year-on-year +59 -10 +1
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 481 124 148
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 6.97% 3.58% 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.86% 4.03% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 275 89 115
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,424 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £68,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,200 £78,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.25%

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 4,878 3,076 3,824
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 70.68% 88.75% 75.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,454 1,648 2,618
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,525 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £89,850 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,185 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.79% +2.16% -11.29%

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 July 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 July 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 +33 138 £65,000 -1.89% 35
Hertfordshire +32 84 £55,000 +31.66% 40
Bedfordshire +40 79 £30,000 -36.84% 11
Essex +25 68 £35,000 -30.00% 22
Norfolk +9 65 £37,500 -16.67% 15
Suffolk +28 47 £34,750 -36.82% 9
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 44 (9.15%) SharePoint
2 38 (7.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.46%) CMS
4 3 (0.62%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.42%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.83%) Dynamics GP
2 4 (0.83%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 203 (42.20%) Azure
2 97 (20.17%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (13.51%) Entra ID
4 19 (3.95%) AWS
5 14 (2.91%) OneDrive
6 9 (1.87%) Power Platform
6 9 (1.87%) PowerApps
7 6 (1.25%) SaaS
8 4 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.62%) GCP
9 3 (0.62%) GitHub
9 3 (0.62%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.21%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.21%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.21%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.21%) Boomi
10 1 (0.21%) IaaS
10 1 (0.21%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 63 (13.10%) Firewall
2 30 (6.24%) VPN
3 25 (5.20%) DNS
3 25 (5.20%) TCP/IP
4 21 (4.37%) DHCP
5 18 (3.74%) LAN
6 17 (3.53%) WAN
7 16 (3.33%) VLAN
8 15 (3.12%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (2.49%) Network Security
10 10 (2.08%) Wireless
11 8 (1.66%) FTP
11 8 (1.66%) HTTP
11 8 (1.66%) SMTP
12 5 (1.04%) Internet
12 5 (1.04%) VoIP
13 4 (0.83%) NAS
14 3 (0.62%) DMZ
15 2 (0.42%) L2TP
15 2 (0.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.66%) Power BI
2 4 (0.83%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 4 (0.83%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Git
General
1 206 (42.83%) Social Skills
2 42 (8.73%) Finance
3 25 (5.20%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (5.20%) Public Sector
4 24 (4.99%) Aerospace
5 14 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (2.70%) Retail
7 12 (2.49%) Legal
8 11 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.29%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.08%) Billing
9 10 (2.08%) Law
9 10 (2.08%) Marketing
10 7 (1.46%) Games
10 7 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.04%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.83%) Banking
13 3 (0.62%) Electronics
14 2 (0.42%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 100 (20.79%) Analyst
2 77 (16.01%) Security Analyst
3 73 (15.18%) Junior
4 67 (13.93%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 60 (12.47%) Ethical Hacker
5 60 (12.47%) Junior Analyst
5 60 (12.47%) Junior Security Analyst
6 50 (10.40%) IT Support
7 37 (7.69%) IT Engineer
8 30 (6.24%) Senior
9 28 (5.82%) IT Manager
10 26 (5.41%) Administrator
11 25 (5.20%) Consultant
12 23 (4.78%) IT Support Engineer
12 23 (4.78%) Support Engineer
13 20 (4.16%) Software Engineer
14 19 (3.95%) IT Analyst
15 16 (3.33%) Lead
16 14 (2.91%) Service Manager
17 13 (2.70%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.66%) LDAP
2 2 (0.42%) Middleware
2 2 (0.42%) Web Services
3 1 (0.21%) CSS
3 1 (0.21%) FHIR
3 1 (0.21%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (12.47%) Cyberattack
2 50 (10.40%) Cyber Threat
3 32 (6.65%) Onboarding
4 21 (4.37%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (2.91%) Driving Licence
6 13 (2.70%) Security Posture
7 11 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.08%) Client/Server
8 10 (2.08%) Operational Technology
9 8 (1.66%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.25%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.25%) Cyber Defence
10 6 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.04%) Clustering
11 5 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (1.04%) Robotics
12 4 (0.83%) CCTV
12 4 (0.83%) Social Network
13 3 (0.62%) Blog
13 3 (0.62%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 67 (13.93%) Windows
2 33 (6.86%) Windows Server
3 11 (2.29%) Linux
4 8 (1.66%) Android
5 7 (1.46%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.25%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.83%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.21%) VMS
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (16.42%) Mentoring
3 61 (12.68%) Ethical Hacking
4 51 (10.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 49 (10.19%) AI
6 37 (7.69%) Software Engineering
7 33 (6.86%) Security Operations
8 32 (6.65%) SIEM
9 31 (6.44%) ITIL
10 28 (5.82%) Disaster Recovery
11 27 (5.61%) Service Delivery
12 20 (4.16%) Business Continuity
12 20 (4.16%) Information Security
13 19 (3.95%) Incident Response
13 19 (3.95%) Stakeholder Management
14 18 (3.74%) Customer Service
15 17 (3.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 17 (3.53%) Project Delivery
15 17 (3.53%) Roadmaps
15 17 (3.53%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 35 (7.28%) Python
2 24 (4.99%) PowerShell
3 22 (4.57%) C++
4 8 (1.66%) Rust
5 7 (1.46%) Bash
6 6 (1.25%) Perl
7 5 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (1.04%) Search Processing Language
7 5 (1.04%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.62%) Java
9 2 (0.42%) C
9 2 (0.42%) Embedded C
9 2 (0.42%) Embedded C++
9 2 (0.42%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.42%) SQL
10 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 126 (26.20%) Azure Certification
2 71 (14.76%) CEH
2 71 (14.76%) CompTIA Security+
3 60 (12.47%) CompTIA CySA+
4 53 (11.02%) Security Cleared
5 44 (9.15%) Degree
6 34 (7.07%) DV Cleared
7 23 (4.78%) SC Cleared
8 17 (3.53%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (2.29%) CCNA
10 11 (2.29%) CISSP
11 9 (1.87%) CCNP
12 7 (1.46%) CISM
12 7 (1.46%) CREST Certified
13 6 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (1.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 4 (0.83%) DBS Check
16 3 (0.62%) CISA
16 3 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (4.99%) GRC
3 16 (3.33%) NIST
4 13 (2.70%) PCI DSS
5 9 (1.87%) GDPR
6 8 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.66%) SLA
7 7 (1.46%) Data Quality
7 7 (1.46%) NCSC
8 6 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.04%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.83%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.83%) QA
10 4 (0.83%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.62%) COBIT
11 3 (0.62%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (0.62%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.42%) Automotive SPICE
13 1 (0.21%) IASME
System Software
1 72 (14.97%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.66%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.62%) Firmware
6 3 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.62%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (4.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.66%) Terraform
3 6 (1.25%) QRadar
4 5 (1.04%) Ansible
5 3 (0.62%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.62%) FTK
6 2 (0.42%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.21%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.21%) SCCM
7 1 (0.21%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 232 (48.23%) Microsoft
2 120 (24.95%) ForeScout
3 22 (4.57%) VMware
4 14 (2.91%) Cisco
5 13 (2.70%) Splunk
6 9 (1.87%) Apple
7 7 (1.46%) Epicor
8 6 (1.25%) Sophos
8 6 (1.25%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (1.04%) Dell
9 5 (1.04%) SolarWinds
9 5 (1.04%) Veeam
10 4 (0.83%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.83%) SonicWALL
11 3 (0.62%) Adobe
11 3 (0.62%) Cellebrite
11 3 (0.62%) ConnectWise
11 3 (0.62%) Meraki
11 3 (0.62%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.62%) Synology