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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 66 57
Rank change year-on-year +46 -9 -1
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 446 136 151
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 5.43% 4.05% 3.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.76% 4.69% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 321 83 90
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,000 £28,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,212 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £45,000 £55,162
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% -18.42% -8.82%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £80,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%

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 5,746 2,898 3,396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 69.97% 86.40% 75.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,211 1,526 1,672
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,025
25th Percentile £37,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £45,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -16.67% -1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -4.03%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 +25 156 £65,000 -3.70% 66
Hertfordshire +19 98 £52,500 +24.75% 54
Bedfordshire +27 76 £30,000 -36.84% 14
Norfolk +5 46 £30,000 -33.33% 16
Essex +2 45 £43,322 +23.78% 29
Suffolk +5 25 £33,125 -54.31% 13
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 (9.87%) SharePoint
2 36 (8.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.67%) CMS
3 3 (0.67%) SAS
4 1 (0.22%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.45%) Simulink
3 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 115 (25.78%) Azure
2 94 (21.08%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (12.11%) Entra ID
4 20 (4.48%) AWS
5 16 (3.59%) OneDrive
6 7 (1.57%) GCP
7 6 (1.35%) SaaS
8 5 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (0.90%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.90%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.90%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.45%) GitHub
11 2 (0.45%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.45%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.22%) Amazon S3
12 1 (0.22%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.22%) AWS CodePipeline
12 1 (0.22%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 65 (14.57%) Firewall
2 34 (7.62%) TCP/IP
3 33 (7.40%) DNS
4 31 (6.95%) VPN
5 30 (6.73%) DHCP
6 19 (4.26%) WAN
7 18 (4.04%) LAN
8 17 (3.81%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (2.69%) VLAN
9 12 (2.69%) Wireless
10 11 (2.47%) Network Security
11 9 (2.02%) HTTP
12 8 (1.79%) FTP
12 8 (1.79%) SMTP
13 5 (1.12%) Internet
14 4 (0.90%) DMZ
14 4 (0.90%) NAS
14 4 (0.90%) VoIP
15 3 (0.67%) OSPF
15 3 (0.67%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.90%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.67%) Power BI
3 1 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 4 (0.90%) JIRA
2 1 (0.22%) Git
General
1 143 (32.06%) Social Skills
2 35 (7.85%) Aerospace
2 35 (7.85%) Finance
3 27 (6.05%) Public Sector
4 20 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (3.14%) Legal
7 12 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.69%) Retail
8 10 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (1.57%) Law
10 5 (1.12%) Electronics
10 5 (1.12%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.90%) Back Office
11 4 (0.90%) Billing
11 4 (0.90%) Games
12 3 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.67%) Local Government
12 3 (0.67%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 55 (12.33%) Analyst
2 45 (10.09%) IT Support
3 44 (9.87%) Senior
4 40 (8.97%) Security Analyst
5 38 (8.52%) Consultant
6 37 (8.30%) Junior
6 37 (8.30%) Software Engineer
7 33 (7.40%) IT Engineer
8 31 (6.95%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 26 (5.83%) IT Manager
9 26 (5.83%) IT Support Engineer
9 26 (5.83%) Lead
9 26 (5.83%) Support Engineer
10 25 (5.61%) Developer
10 25 (5.61%) Python Developer
11 24 (5.38%) Python Engineer
11 24 (5.38%) Python Software Engineer
12 21 (4.71%) Junior Analyst
12 21 (4.71%) Junior Security Analyst
13 20 (4.48%) Ethical Hacker
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.24%) Terraform
2 9 (2.02%) LDAP
3 3 (0.67%) EDI
4 2 (0.45%) Middleware
5 1 (0.22%) FHIR
5 1 (0.22%) JSON
5 1 (0.22%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 81 (18.16%) Cyber Threat
2 36 (8.07%) Onboarding
3 21 (4.71%) Security Operations Centre
3 21 (4.71%) Security Posture
4 20 (4.48%) Cyberattack
5 16 (3.59%) Driving Licence
6 13 (2.91%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.24%) Client/Server
8 8 (1.79%) Clustering
8 8 (1.79%) Operational Technology
9 7 (1.57%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.35%) CCTV
10 6 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
10 6 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (0.90%) Blog
12 4 (0.90%) Cloud Security Posture
12 4 (0.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (0.90%) PKI
13 3 (0.67%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 55 (12.33%) Windows
2 30 (6.73%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.02%) Linux
4 6 (1.35%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (24.22%) Problem-Solving
2 77 (17.26%) AI
3 68 (15.25%) Software Engineering
4 55 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (8.97%) Mentoring
6 37 (8.30%) Security Operations
7 35 (7.85%) SIEM
8 32 (7.17%) Service Delivery
9 29 (6.50%) Disaster Recovery
10 26 (5.83%) Stakeholder Management
11 25 (5.61%) ITIL
12 23 (5.16%) Information Security
13 22 (4.93%) Vulnerability Management
14 21 (4.71%) Ethical Hacking
14 21 (4.71%) Incident Response
15 20 (4.48%) Business Continuity
16 19 (4.26%) Customer Service
16 19 (4.26%) Data Protection
16 19 (4.26%) Risk Management
17 18 (4.04%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 59 (13.23%) Python
2 29 (6.50%) C++
3 24 (5.38%) PowerShell
4 15 (3.36%) Rust
5 9 (2.02%) TypeScript
6 7 (1.57%) Bash
6 7 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
6 7 (1.57%) Search Processing Language
7 6 (1.35%) Perl
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%) SQL
9 1 (0.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 66 (14.80%) Security Cleared
2 47 (10.54%) Azure Certification
2 47 (10.54%) DV Cleared
3 36 (8.07%) Degree
4 32 (7.17%) CompTIA Security+
5 30 (6.73%) CEH
6 26 (5.83%) SC Cleared
7 20 (4.48%) CompTIA CySA+
8 15 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (2.69%) CISSP
9 12 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (1.57%) CCNP
10 7 (1.57%) CISM
11 6 (1.35%) CREST Certified
12 5 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.12%) CCSK
12 5 (1.12%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.90%) CCNA
13 4 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (8.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (6.50%) GRC
3 21 (4.71%) Cyber Essentials
3 21 (4.71%) NIST
4 17 (3.81%) GDPR
5 16 (3.59%) SLA
6 14 (3.14%) PCI DSS
7 10 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 10 (2.24%) NCSC
8 9 (2.02%) Data Quality
9 6 (1.35%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.35%) QA
10 5 (1.12%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.90%) COBIT
11 4 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.67%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.67%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.45%) Automotive SPICE
13 2 (0.45%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.22%) IASME
System Software
1 58 (13.00%) Active Directory
2 23 (5.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.91%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.35%) Firmware
5 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.67%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.67%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.45%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.22%) Docker
9 1 (0.22%) NFS
Systems Management
1 17 (3.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.57%) Ansible
3 6 (1.35%) QRadar
4 4 (0.90%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.45%) Autotask
5 2 (0.45%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.22%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 152 (34.08%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.97%) ForeScout
3 26 (5.83%) VMware
4 16 (3.59%) Splunk
5 11 (2.47%) Cisco
6 6 (1.35%) SonicWALL
7 5 (1.12%) Ubiquiti
8 4 (0.90%) Apple
8 4 (0.90%) Sophos
8 4 (0.90%) Veeam
9 3 (0.67%) ConnectWise
9 3 (0.67%) Forcepoint
9 3 (0.67%) Google
9 3 (0.67%) Juniper
9 3 (0.67%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.67%) Sage
10 2 (0.45%) Epicor
10 2 (0.45%) Facebook
10 2 (0.45%) Meraki
10 2 (0.45%) Synology