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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 52 36
Rank change year-on-year +47 -16 +6
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 566 163 110
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 13.55% 4.47% 5.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.78% 5.17% 6.19%
Number of salaries quoted 138 94 92
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,825 £41,125
25th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.00% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £84,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -23.08% +4.00% -3.85%

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 3,184 3,151 1,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 76.25% 86.40% 90.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,861 1,274 1,268
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £43,750 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 24 December 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 24 December 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
Hertfordshire +32 230 £45,000 -25.00% 63
Essex +33 173 £28,000 -41.05% 49
Cambridgeshire +33 59 £34,000 +19.30% 36
Suffolk +9 57 £72,500 -9.38% 19
Norfolk +29 33 £45,000 +32.35% 16
Bedfordshire +28 14 £34,625 -27.11% 31
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 28 (4.95%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.18%) CMS
Applications
1 22 (3.89%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.06%) AutoCAD
3 6 (1.06%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.71%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 359 (63.43%) Cloud Computing
2 51 (9.01%) Azure
3 33 (5.83%) Entra ID
4 26 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (2.65%) AWS
6 5 (0.88%) GitHub
6 5 (0.88%) OneDrive
7 4 (0.71%) Power Platform
7 4 (0.71%) PowerApps
7 4 (0.71%) SaaS
8 2 (0.35%) IaaS
8 2 (0.35%) PaaS
9 1 (0.18%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.18%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.18%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 366 (64.66%) Internet
2 30 (5.30%) Network Security
3 22 (3.89%) TCP/IP
4 21 (3.71%) Firewall
5 15 (2.65%) VoIP
6 13 (2.30%) DNS
7 12 (2.12%) DHCP
8 11 (1.94%) LAN
9 10 (1.77%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (1.24%) SD-WAN
11 6 (1.06%) HSRP
11 6 (1.06%) VRRP
12 5 (0.88%) VPN
12 5 (0.88%) WAN
13 4 (0.71%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (0.71%) SAN
13 4 (0.71%) WLAN
14 2 (0.35%) DMZ
15 1 (0.18%) SMTP
15 1 (0.18%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (0.71%) MS Access
2 4 (0.71%) SAP Data Services
2 4 (0.71%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.18%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.18%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (1.06%) Git
2 4 (0.71%) Toad
3 2 (0.35%) JIRA
General
1 462 (81.63%) Social Skills
2 359 (63.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 358 (63.25%) Banking
4 31 (5.48%) Finance
5 25 (4.42%) Marketing
6 23 (4.06%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (2.65%) Multimedia
8 10 (1.77%) Public Sector
9 9 (1.59%) Legal
10 8 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.24%) Retail
12 6 (1.06%) Local Government
13 5 (0.88%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.88%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.71%) Billing
14 4 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.53%) Electronics
15 3 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.53%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.18%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 286 (50.53%) Lecturer
2 28 (4.95%) Analyst
3 24 (4.24%) Security Analyst
4 20 (3.53%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 20 (3.53%) Junior
4 20 (3.53%) Junior Analyst
4 20 (3.53%) Junior Security Analyst
5 18 (3.18%) IT Support
6 16 (2.83%) Trainee
7 13 (2.30%) Administrator
7 13 (2.30%) IT Administrator
7 13 (2.30%) Senior
7 13 (2.30%) Support Engineer
8 10 (1.77%) Technical Engineer
9 9 (1.59%) IT Support Specialist
9 9 (1.59%) Support Specialist
10 7 (1.24%) Graduate
11 6 (1.06%) Network Manager
12 5 (0.88%) IT Support Engineer
12 5 (0.88%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.88%) CSS
1 5 (0.88%) HTML
2 1 (0.18%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 384 (67.84%) IoT
2 15 (2.65%) Data Centre
3 14 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (1.59%) Management Information System
6 9 (1.59%) Onboarding
6 9 (1.59%) Web Conferencing
7 7 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.06%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.71%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (0.53%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 2 (0.35%) Blog
11 2 (0.35%) Cloud Security Posture
11 2 (0.35%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.35%) PKI
12 1 (0.18%) CSOC
12 1 (0.18%) MISP
12 1 (0.18%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 40 (7.07%) Windows
2 23 (4.06%) Windows Server
3 12 (2.12%) Mac OS
4 10 (1.77%) Linux
5 4 (0.71%) Unix
6 2 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (65.72%) AI
2 360 (63.60%) User Experience
3 358 (63.25%) Machine Learning
3 358 (63.25%) Web Development
4 44 (7.77%) Mentoring
5 39 (6.89%) Customer Service
6 33 (5.83%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (4.59%) Decision-Making
8 21 (3.71%) Budgeting
9 18 (3.18%) Process Improvement
10 17 (3.00%) B2B
10 17 (3.00%) Data Protection
11 16 (2.83%) Information Security
12 15 (2.65%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 15 (2.65%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (2.47%) ITIL
14 12 (2.12%) B2B Sales
14 12 (2.12%) Line Management
15 11 (1.94%) CRM
15 11 (1.94%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (2.12%) Python
2 11 (1.94%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.06%) JavaScript
4 4 (0.71%) Shell Script
4 4 (0.71%) SQL
4 4 (0.71%) VB
5 3 (0.53%) C++
5 3 (0.53%) Java
6 1 (0.18%) Bash
6 1 (0.18%) Bicep
6 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 380 (67.14%) Degree
2 365 (64.49%) Master's Degree
3 358 (63.25%) PhD
3 358 (63.25%) Postgraduate
4 36 (6.36%) CompTIA Security+
5 25 (4.42%) Azure Certification
6 22 (3.89%) CompTIA CySA+
7 15 (2.65%) CEH
8 13 (2.30%) A+ Certification
8 13 (2.30%) Security Cleared
9 11 (1.94%) CCNA
9 11 (1.94%) CCNP
9 11 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.94%) Network+ Certification
10 10 (1.77%) SC Cleared
11 9 (1.59%) CISM
12 8 (1.41%) CISSP
13 5 (0.88%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
1 15 (2.65%) GDPR
2 13 (2.30%) NIST
3 12 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.06%) GRC
5 5 (0.88%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 2 (0.35%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.35%) NCSC
7 1 (0.18%) QA
7 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (5.30%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.71%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.71%) vSphere
4 2 (0.35%) Docker
4 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.18%) Terminal Server
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 32 (5.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (0.71%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.18%) Ansible
3 1 (0.18%) Computer Incident Response Team
3 1 (0.18%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.18%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.18%) QRadar
3 1 (0.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 99 (17.49%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.53%) ForeScout
3 10 (1.77%) Cisco
3 10 (1.77%) CrowdStrike
3 10 (1.77%) Palo Alto
4 9 (1.59%) Fortinet
4 9 (1.59%) Mitel
5 8 (1.41%) VMware
6 7 (1.24%) Broadcom
6 7 (1.24%) SAP
7 6 (1.06%) Avaya
7 6 (1.06%) Extreme Networks
8 5 (0.88%) Veeam
9 4 (0.71%) Dell
9 4 (0.71%) NEC
9 4 (0.71%) Oracle
10 3 (0.53%) Apple
11 2 (0.35%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.35%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.35%) Sophos