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 21 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 158 549
Rank change year-on-year -36 +391 -121
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 836 753 277
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.07% 2.02% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.70% 5.10% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 80 24 203
10th Percentile £28,000 - £41,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £42,000 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -12.41% +30.48%
75th Percentile £60,475 £68,438 £76,875
90th Percentile £75,754 £88,125 £91,991
UK median annual salary £52,500 £59,250 £68,500
% change year-on-year -11.39% -13.50% +18.10%

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 22,571 14,773 28,992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.98% 39.54% 35.22%
Number of salaries quoted 11,721 8,279 20,667
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

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 21 April 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 21 April 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
North of England -80 273 £30,000 -50.00% 12
Midlands +85 171 £38,500 -8.33% 8
Yorkshire +59 165 £30,000 -50.00% 8
South East +53 153 - - 29
South West +20 133 £58,722 - 11
East Midlands +11 96 £38,500 - 5
North West -129 78 £55,000 -10.93% 2
West Midlands +36 75 - - 3
East of England -2 60 - - 16
London -60 53 £60,000 -7.69% 32
North East -10 30 - - 2
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 3 (0.36%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.24%) IIS
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 745 (89.11%) Azure
2 31 (3.71%) Entra ID
3 25 (2.99%) Google Workspace
4 11 (1.32%) AWS
5 8 (0.96%) GCP
6 6 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (0.36%) Cloudflare
7 3 (0.36%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.24%) IaaS
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.24%) PaaS
9 1 (0.12%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.19%) Broadband
2 6 (0.72%) Firewall
2 6 (0.72%) VPN
3 5 (0.60%) DHCP
3 5 (0.60%) DNS
3 5 (0.60%) Internet
4 4 (0.48%) SSH
4 4 (0.48%) SSL
5 3 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (0.36%) Network Security
6 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 5 (0.60%) Git
1 5 (0.60%) Jenkins
General
1 749 (89.59%) Social Skills
2 38 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 27 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (1.67%) Law
5 13 (1.56%) Finance
6 10 (1.20%) Retail
7 9 (1.08%) Legal
8 6 (0.72%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (0.72%) Police
9 2 (0.24%) Banking
9 2 (0.24%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.24%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.24%) Military
10 1 (0.12%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 705 (84.33%) Ethical Hacker
2 42 (5.02%) Senior
3 28 (3.35%) Architect
4 27 (3.23%) Sales Representative
5 21 (2.51%) Solutions Architect
6 16 (1.91%) Senior Sales Representative
7 10 (1.20%) Analyst
8 9 (1.08%) Developer
8 9 (1.08%) IAM Developer
8 9 (1.08%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 8 (0.96%) Systems Engineer
10 7 (0.84%) Consultant
10 7 (0.84%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 7 (0.84%) IT Analyst
10 7 (0.84%) IT Security Analyst
10 7 (0.84%) Lead
10 7 (0.84%) Security Analyst
11 6 (0.72%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
11 6 (0.72%) Cyber Threat Specialist
11 6 (0.72%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.59%) OAuth
1 30 (3.59%) OpenID
1 30 (3.59%) SAML
2 25 (2.99%) GraphQL
2 25 (2.99%) LDAP
2 25 (2.99%) REST
2 25 (2.99%) SOAP
3 6 (0.72%) Regular Expression
4 4 (0.48%) RESTful
5 1 (0.12%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 41 (4.90%) Cyber Threat
2 12 (1.44%) Onboarding
3 10 (1.20%) Management Information System
3 10 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (0.72%) Low-Code
5 5 (0.60%) Cloud Native
6 4 (0.48%) CSOC
6 4 (0.48%) PKI
7 3 (0.36%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (0.24%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.44%) Linux
2 10 (1.20%) Windows
3 3 (0.36%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 791 (94.62%) Cybersecurity
2 708 (84.69%) Ethical Hacking
3 47 (5.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 42 (5.02%) Roadmaps
5 36 (4.31%) Programme Delivery
6 35 (4.19%) Mentoring
7 26 (3.11%) Regulatory Compliance
8 25 (2.99%) Change Control
8 25 (2.99%) Identity Access Management
9 23 (2.75%) TOGAF
10 22 (2.63%) ITIL
10 22 (2.63%) Problem-Solving
11 21 (2.51%) Time Management
12 15 (1.79%) DevOps
13 14 (1.67%) Incident Response
14 13 (1.56%) SIEM
15 12 (1.44%) Critical Thinking
15 12 (1.44%) Line Management
15 12 (1.44%) Software Engineering
16 11 (1.32%) Creative Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 34 (4.07%) PowerShell
2 27 (3.23%) SQL
3 25 (2.99%) Bash
3 25 (2.99%) T-SQL
4 7 (0.84%) Python
5 2 (0.24%) Java
5 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.12%) C
6 1 (0.12%) C#
6 1 (0.12%) C++
Qualifications
1 707 (84.57%) Azure Certification
2 706 (84.45%) CEH
3 20 (2.39%) Degree
4 18 (2.15%) Security Cleared
5 12 (1.44%) SC Cleared
6 9 (1.08%) SANS
7 7 (0.84%) CISSP
8 6 (0.72%) GIAC
9 5 (0.60%) ISACA
10 4 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (0.48%) CREST Certified
11 3 (0.36%) OSCE
11 3 (0.36%) OSCP
12 2 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.12%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.12%) CCSAS
13 1 (0.12%) GCIA
13 1 (0.12%) GPEN
13 1 (0.12%) GXPN
13 1 (0.12%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (6.70%) NIST
2 34 (4.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (2.99%) NCSC
4 8 (0.96%) GDPR
5 5 (0.60%) SLA
6 3 (0.36%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.24%) EU AI Act
7 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 36 (4.31%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.60%) Docker
3 3 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (0.60%) Ansible
1 5 (0.60%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 724 (86.60%) Microsoft
2 705 (84.33%) ForeScout
3 6 (0.72%) Checkmarx
4 5 (0.60%) ForgeRock
4 5 (0.60%) Google
4 5 (0.60%) Okta
5 4 (0.48%) Thales
6 3 (0.36%) Meraki
6 3 (0.36%) VMware
7 1 (0.12%) Spotify
7 1 (0.12%) Tenable
7 1 (0.12%) Veeam