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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 51 54
Rank change year-on-year +46 +3 +19
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 717 115 219
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 12.86% 4.48% 3.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.83% 4.85% 4.76%
Number of salaries quoted 175 87 174
10th Percentile £27,100 £27,000 £25,759
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -12.04% +2.86%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £66,875
90th Percentile £78,250 £89,500 £77,125
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -12.50% +0.80% -8.42%

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 4,021 2,371 4,599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 72.13% 92.29% 82.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,353 1,349 3,482
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,900 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,040 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.27% +9.09% -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 28 March 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 March 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
Hertfordshire +42 267 £62,500 +47.06% 29
Essex +29 200 £32,500 -31.58% 22
Cambridgeshire +33 96 £34,000 -32.00% 25
Norfolk +20 62 £40,000 +18.52% 11
Suffolk +30 61 £40,000 -15.79% 13
Bedfordshire +30 31 £30,500 -57.93% 8
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 39 (5.44%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.56%) CMS
4 1 (0.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.56%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 358 (49.93%) Cloud Computing
2 165 (23.01%) Azure
3 66 (9.21%) Entra ID
4 56 (7.81%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (2.23%) AWS
6 12 (1.67%) Power Platform
6 12 (1.67%) PowerApps
7 6 (0.84%) OneDrive
8 5 (0.70%) GitHub
8 5 (0.70%) IaaS
8 5 (0.70%) PaaS
9 3 (0.42%) SaaS
10 1 (0.14%) Boomi
10 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.14%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.14%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.14%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 364 (50.77%) Internet
2 40 (5.58%) Firewall
3 30 (4.18%) Network Security
4 19 (2.65%) VPN
5 15 (2.09%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (1.81%) DNS
7 12 (1.67%) DHCP
7 12 (1.67%) LAN
8 10 (1.39%) VLAN
9 9 (1.26%) TCP/IP
10 8 (1.12%) WAN
11 4 (0.56%) DMZ
11 4 (0.56%) WLAN
12 3 (0.42%) 5G
13 2 (0.28%) Ethernet
13 2 (0.28%) Modbus
13 2 (0.28%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.28%) VoIP
13 2 (0.28%) Wireshark
14 1 (0.14%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (1.12%) Power BI
2 1 (0.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (0.70%) Git
1 5 (0.70%) JIRA
General
1 531 (74.06%) Social Skills
2 367 (51.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 362 (50.49%) Banking
4 43 (6.00%) Finance
5 29 (4.04%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (2.65%) Marketing
7 16 (2.23%) Manufacturing
8 15 (2.09%) Billing
9 14 (1.95%) Multimedia
10 13 (1.81%) Public Sector
11 10 (1.39%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.12%) Law
13 7 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.84%) Retail
15 4 (0.56%) Games
15 4 (0.56%) Local Government
15 4 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
17 2 (0.28%) Presentation Skills
18 1 (0.14%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 286 (39.89%) Lecturer
2 83 (11.58%) Analyst
3 73 (10.18%) Security Analyst
4 65 (9.07%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 65 (9.07%) Junior
5 64 (8.93%) Junior Analyst
5 64 (8.93%) Junior Security Analyst
6 40 (5.58%) Ethical Hacker
7 37 (5.16%) IT Support
8 25 (3.49%) IT Engineer
9 24 (3.35%) Administrator
10 19 (2.65%) Support Engineer
11 18 (2.51%) Trainee
12 16 (2.23%) IT Support Engineer
13 15 (2.09%) IT Administrator
14 13 (1.81%) Senior
15 12 (1.67%) Consultant
16 10 (1.39%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 10 (1.39%) IT Manager
17 9 (1.26%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.70%) CSS
1 5 (0.70%) HTML
2 1 (0.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 382 (53.28%) IoT
2 40 (5.58%) Cyberattack
3 16 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (1.53%) Security Posture
6 10 (1.39%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (0.84%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 6 (0.84%) Robotics
10 5 (0.70%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.56%) Blog
11 4 (0.56%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.56%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (0.56%) PKI
12 3 (0.42%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (0.42%) PropTech
13 2 (0.28%) Data Centre
13 2 (0.28%) Fibre Optics
13 2 (0.28%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 58 (8.09%) Windows
2 36 (5.02%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.12%) Android
3 8 (1.12%) Linux
3 8 (1.12%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.84%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.56%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.56%) VMS
5 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (52.72%) AI
2 363 (50.63%) User Experience
3 358 (49.93%) Machine Learning
3 358 (49.93%) Web Development
4 90 (12.55%) Mentoring
5 51 (7.11%) Ethical Hacking
6 39 (5.44%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (5.02%) Customer Service
8 26 (3.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (3.07%) Data Protection
10 19 (2.65%) B2B
11 18 (2.51%) ITIL
11 18 (2.51%) Service Delivery
12 17 (2.37%) CRM
13 16 (2.23%) Budgeting
13 16 (2.23%) ERP
14 15 (2.09%) Budgeting and Forecasting
15 14 (1.95%) Decision-Making
16 13 (1.81%) Information Security
16 13 (1.81%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (2.23%) PowerShell
2 14 (1.95%) Python
3 5 (0.70%) Java
3 5 (0.70%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.14%) Bash
Qualifications
1 379 (52.86%) Degree
2 358 (49.93%) Master's Degree
2 358 (49.93%) PhD
2 358 (49.93%) Postgraduate
3 113 (15.76%) Azure Certification
4 76 (10.60%) CompTIA Security+
5 67 (9.34%) CompTIA CySA+
6 52 (7.25%) CEH
7 16 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (1.95%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (1.67%) Security Cleared
10 10 (1.39%) A+ Certification
10 10 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.26%) CCNA
11 9 (1.26%) CISSP
12 7 (0.98%) CCNP
12 7 (0.98%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.70%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 4 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.09%) GRC
2 14 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (0.84%) NIST
4 5 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (0.70%) GDPR
5 4 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 4 (0.56%) JSP 440
5 4 (0.56%) NCSC
5 4 (0.56%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.42%) SLA
7 2 (0.28%) QA
8 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.14%) JTAG
8 1 (0.14%) PMO
8 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 57 (7.95%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.56%) vSphere
5 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.14%) Docker
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 44 (6.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.70%) FTK
3 4 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (0.56%) SolarWinds Orion
3 4 (0.56%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.28%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 2 (0.28%) QRadar
5 1 (0.14%) Ansible
5 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 210 (29.29%) Microsoft
2 104 (14.50%) ForeScout
3 11 (1.53%) Apple
4 9 (1.26%) VMware
5 8 (1.12%) Cisco
5 8 (1.12%) SolarWinds
6 7 (0.98%) Epicor
7 6 (0.84%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (0.70%) Aruba
8 5 (0.70%) Cellebrite
8 5 (0.70%) Dell
8 5 (0.70%) Fortinet
8 5 (0.70%) Palo Alto
8 5 (0.70%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.28%) Computacenter
9 2 (0.28%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.28%) Sophos
9 2 (0.28%) Splunk
9 2 (0.28%) Veeam
10 1 (0.14%) Meraki