Cyberattack Job Trends in England

Cyberattack
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyberattack in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyberattack over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 554 427 424
Rank change year-on-year -127 -3 -18
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 48 248 268
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.090% 0.51% 0.55%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.26% 1.37% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 17 29 113
10th Percentile £43,285 £40,500 £44,538
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,564 £58,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.11% -10.00% +23.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £94,200 £85,000 £86,750
UK median annual salary £45,564 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -24.06% -7.69% +17.72%

All Generic Skills
England

Cyberattack falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,582 18,054 17,803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.00% 37.44% 36.28%
Number of salaries quoted 9,413 8,499 13,221
10th Percentile £27,787 £34,000 £31,549
25th Percentile £36,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Cyberattack
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyberattack relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Cyberattack job vacancy trend in England

Cyberattack
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cyberattack.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cyberattack

Cyberattack
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyberattack in England over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cyberattack in England

Cyberattack
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyberattack within the England region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
London -30 25 £85,000 +45.61% 53
North of England -14 14 £45,000 -25.00% 34
Yorkshire -9 8 £45,000 -25.00% 9
North West -5 6 £50,000 -3.38% 23
South West -19 6 £45,564 -14.03% 20
South East 0 2 £77,500 +29.17% 49
Midlands +13 1 - - 14
East Midlands -12 1 - - 11
Cyberattack
UK

Cyberattack
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (37.50%) Azure
2 13 (27.08%) Entra ID
3 12 (25.00%) Google Workspace
4 7 (14.58%) AWS
5 5 (10.42%) GCP
6 1 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.08%) GitHub
6 1 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.08%) SaaS
6 1 (2.08%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (27.08%) Broadband
2 3 (6.25%) Firewall
3 2 (4.17%) Internet
4 1 (2.08%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.08%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Artifactory
General
1 15 (31.25%) Finance
2 14 (29.17%) Organisational Skills
2 14 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 6 (12.50%) Retail
4 5 (10.42%) Banking
4 5 (10.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (10.42%) Law
5 4 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.33%) Financial Institution
6 2 (4.17%) Military
7 1 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Legal
7 1 (2.08%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (33.33%) Senior
2 6 (12.50%) Sales Representative
3 5 (10.42%) Developer
3 5 (10.42%) IAM Developer
4 4 (8.33%) Senior Sales Representative
4 4 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Analyst
5 3 (6.25%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 3 (6.25%) Cyber Threat Specialist
5 3 (6.25%) Senior Developer
5 3 (6.25%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
6 2 (4.17%) Head of Cybersecurity
6 2 (4.17%) Head of Security
6 2 (4.17%) Head of Technology
6 2 (4.17%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Security Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 2 (4.17%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (25.00%) GraphQL
1 12 (25.00%) LDAP
1 12 (25.00%) OAuth
1 12 (25.00%) OpenID
1 12 (25.00%) REST
1 12 (25.00%) SAML
1 12 (25.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 27 (56.25%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
2 8 (16.67%) Virtual Team
3 5 (10.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 4 (8.33%) Insider Threat
5 3 (6.25%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.08%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (2.08%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (2.08%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.58%) Windows
2 6 (12.50%) Linux
3 4 (8.33%) Mac OS
4 3 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (77.08%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (39.58%) Incident Response
2 19 (39.58%) Mentoring
3 17 (35.42%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 16 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
5 13 (27.08%) Programme Delivery
5 13 (27.08%) Regulatory Compliance
6 12 (25.00%) Change Control
6 12 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
6 12 (25.00%) Roadmaps
7 9 (18.75%) Security Operations
7 9 (18.75%) Vulnerability Management
8 8 (16.67%) Cyber Intelligence
8 8 (16.67%) Virtual Team Management
9 6 (12.50%) Red Team
10 5 (10.42%) Cyber Resilience
10 5 (10.42%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (10.42%) Purple Team
10 5 (10.42%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 13 (27.08%) PowerShell
2 12 (25.00%) Bash
2 12 (25.00%) SQL
2 12 (25.00%) T-SQL
3 4 (8.33%) Java
3 4 (8.33%) Kotlin
4 1 (2.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (12.50%) CREST Certified
2 5 (10.42%) OSCP
3 4 (8.33%) Azure Certification
3 4 (8.33%) OSCE
4 3 (6.25%) CISSP
4 3 (6.25%) Degree
4 3 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.25%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (4.17%) GCIA
5 2 (4.17%) GCIH
6 1 (2.08%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.08%) CEH
6 1 (2.08%) CHECK Team Member
6 1 (2.08%) CISM
6 1 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.08%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (47.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (29.17%) NIST
3 12 (25.00%) NCSC
4 9 (18.75%) GDPR
5 5 (10.42%) SLA
6 4 (8.33%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (8.33%) EU AI Act
6 4 (8.33%) PCI DSS
6 4 (8.33%) QA
7 1 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.08%) NIST 800
System Software
1 15 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.08%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) CSIRT
1 1 (2.08%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (2.08%) Qualys
1 1 (2.08%) Splunk
1 1 (2.08%) Spotify
1 1 (2.08%) Tenable
1 1 (2.08%) Veeam
1 1 (2.08%) VMware