Cybersecurity Job Trends in England

Cybersecurity
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 33 37
Rank change year-on-year +11 +4 +2
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,826 2,681 3,410
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.62% 6.26% 5.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.65% 7.03% 6.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,843 1,563 1,763
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,188 £35,536 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -7.08% -7.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76,170 38,152 55,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.53% 89.06% 82.25%
Number of salaries quoted 53,672 21,624 29,977
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,215 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,000 £78,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in England

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in England over the 6 months to 29 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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
London +5 1,533 £80,000 +14.29% 1,822
North of England +16 1,160 £51,500 +8.21% 659
South East +12 1,056 £55,000 +10.00% 647
Midlands +16 1,026 £55,000 +15.79% 376
North West +29 620 £60,000 +25.83% 376
South West 0 579 £55,000 +10.00% 361
West Midlands +7 529 £55,000 +10.00% 238
East Midlands +39 497 £55,000 +46.67% 138
East of England +40 446 £49,000 +8.89% 197
Yorkshire +9 406 £42,500 +10.39% 198
North East +3 134 £50,000 -26.95% 88
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
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
1 249 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 237 (4.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (0.48%) IIS
4 21 (0.36%) Apache
5 11 (0.19%) Confluence
6 9 (0.15%) SAS
7 6 (0.10%) CMS
8 5 (0.086%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.086%) WordPress
9 3 (0.051%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.017%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 94 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.31%) Simulink
5 15 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.086%) CATIA
8 4 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.034%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.034%) SmartSuite
10 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.017%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 24 (0.41%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.086%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.086%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.069%) Infor CloudSuite
7 4 (0.069%) Infor M3
7 4 (0.069%) SystmOne
8 3 (0.051%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.051%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.051%) Infor LN
8 3 (0.051%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.051%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.034%) Eikon
9 2 (0.034%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 2 (0.034%) Teamcenter
10 1 (0.017%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,474 (25.30%) Azure
2 847 (14.54%) Microsoft 365
3 511 (8.77%) Entra ID
4 459 (7.88%) AWS
5 200 (3.43%) SaaS
6 160 (2.75%) GCP
7 102 (1.75%) Power Platform
8 93 (1.60%) OneDrive
9 88 (1.51%) Azure Sentinel
9 88 (1.51%) Microsoft Purview
10 60 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
11 59 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
12 57 (0.98%) Serverless
13 45 (0.77%) Mimecast
14 42 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
15 35 (0.60%) Power Automate
16 34 (0.58%) GitHub
17 31 (0.53%) Google Workspace
18 29 (0.50%) Azure Logic Apps
19 28 (0.48%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 517 (8.87%) Firewall
2 272 (4.67%) DNS
3 246 (4.22%) VPN
4 242 (4.15%) Network Security
5 197 (3.38%) DHCP
6 190 (3.26%) TCP/IP
7 186 (3.19%) WAN
8 166 (2.85%) Wi-Fi
9 164 (2.81%) LAN
10 127 (2.18%) VLAN
11 101 (1.73%) Internet
12 89 (1.53%) Wireless
13 86 (1.48%) VoIP
14 58 (1.00%) Cisco Nexus
15 49 (0.84%) HTTP
16 48 (0.82%) SSL
17 43 (0.74%) Unified Communications
18 37 (0.64%) Wireshark
19 32 (0.55%) SD-WAN
20 30 (0.51%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (1.00%) Power BI
2 55 (0.94%) SQL Server
3 17 (0.29%) Big Data
3 17 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (0.24%) GIS
5 13 (0.22%) MySQL
6 12 (0.21%) MongoDB
6 12 (0.21%) Tableau
7 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.14%) Metadata
9 7 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (0.12%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.12%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.10%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.086%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.069%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (0.069%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.051%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 51 (0.88%) JIRA
2 42 (0.72%) Git
3 31 (0.53%) Burp Suite
4 29 (0.50%) Metasploit
5 27 (0.46%) Snyk
6 21 (0.36%) Jenkins
7 20 (0.34%) GitLab
8 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
9 9 (0.15%) Eclipse
10 8 (0.14%) LabVIEW
11 6 (0.10%) Rational DOORS
12 5 (0.086%) VersionOne
13 4 (0.069%) Apache Continuum
13 4 (0.069%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.069%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.069%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.051%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.051%) Maven
14 3 (0.051%) Team Foundation Server
15 2 (0.034%) Xcode
General
1 1,813 (31.12%) Social Skills
2 614 (10.54%) Finance
3 455 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
4 390 (6.69%) Public Sector
5 340 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 204 (3.50%) Legal
7 196 (3.36%) Marketing
8 195 (3.35%) Retail
9 193 (3.31%) Law
10 185 (3.18%) Manufacturing
10 185 (3.18%) Telecoms
11 163 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
12 137 (2.35%) Aerospace
13 133 (2.28%) Banking
14 127 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
15 64 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
16 52 (0.89%) Advertising
17 48 (0.82%) Local Government
18 46 (0.79%) Aviation
19 37 (0.64%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 816 (14.01%) Analyst
2 713 (12.24%) Senior
3 590 (10.13%) Security Analyst
4 534 (9.17%) Consultant
5 498 (8.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 397 (6.81%) Architect
7 396 (6.80%) Lead
8 334 (5.73%) Security Manager
9 329 (5.65%) Junior
10 325 (5.58%) IT Support
11 317 (5.44%) Security Consultant
12 281 (4.82%) Security Engineer
13 269 (4.62%) Security Architect
14 251 (4.31%) Junior Analyst
15 247 (4.24%) IT Manager
16 245 (4.21%) IT Engineer
17 241 (4.14%) Junior Security Analyst
18 235 (4.03%) Ethical Hacker
19 234 (4.02%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 208 (3.57%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (1.49%) Terraform
2 52 (0.89%) LDAP
2 52 (0.89%) SAML
3 50 (0.86%) OAuth
4 44 (0.76%) REST
5 42 (0.72%) OpenID
6 32 (0.55%) .NET
7 24 (0.41%) JSON
8 22 (0.38%) React
9 20 (0.34%) Node.js
10 19 (0.33%) HTML
11 18 (0.31%) Kafka
12 17 (0.29%) XML
13 16 (0.27%) RESTful
13 16 (0.27%) SailPoint
14 15 (0.26%) CSS
14 15 (0.26%) FastAPI
14 15 (0.26%) Middleware
15 13 (0.22%) AngularJS
16 11 (0.19%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 359 (6.16%) Security Posture
2 333 (5.72%) Cyberattack
3 322 (5.53%) Cyber Threat
4 276 (4.74%) Onboarding
5 246 (4.22%) Management Information System
6 191 (3.28%) Driving Licence
7 179 (3.07%) Operational Technology
8 163 (2.80%) Security Operations Centre
9 141 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
10 108 (1.85%) Data Centre
11 105 (1.80%) Cyber Defence
12 104 (1.79%) Cloud Native
13 80 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
14 60 (1.03%) PKI
15 56 (0.96%) SCADA
16 52 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
17 44 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
18 41 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
19 38 (0.65%) CSOC
19 38 (0.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 647 (11.11%) Windows
2 309 (5.30%) Windows Server
3 236 (4.05%) Linux
4 82 (1.41%) Mac OS
5 41 (0.70%) Windows 10
6 39 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
7 29 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
8 28 (0.48%) Apple iOS
9 27 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 22 (0.38%) Android
11 13 (0.22%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.10%) Unix
12 6 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.086%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.069%) VMS
15 3 (0.051%) CentOS
15 3 (0.051%) Rocky
16 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
16 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
16 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 763 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
2 729 (12.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 643 (11.04%) Mentoring
4 620 (10.64%) AI
5 578 (9.92%) Information Security
6 552 (9.47%) Incident Response
7 543 (9.32%) Security Operations
8 534 (9.17%) Risk Management
9 492 (8.44%) Stakeholder Management
10 480 (8.24%) Vulnerability Management
11 460 (7.90%) SIEM
12 428 (7.35%) Cloud Security
13 401 (6.88%) Decision-Making
14 386 (6.63%) Disaster Recovery
15 335 (5.75%) Roadmaps
16 324 (5.56%) Data Protection
17 311 (5.34%) Service Delivery
18 308 (5.29%) ITIL
19 282 (4.84%) Business Continuity
19 282 (4.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 341 (5.85%) Python
2 247 (4.24%) PowerShell
3 101 (1.73%) SQL
4 80 (1.37%) C++
5 63 (1.08%) Bash
6 58 (1.00%) JavaScript
7 56 (0.96%) Java
7 56 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
8 40 (0.69%) C#
9 38 (0.65%) Rust
10 30 (0.51%) Go
11 29 (0.50%) C
12 24 (0.41%) TypeScript
13 20 (0.34%) MATLAB
14 17 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
15 16 (0.27%) Embedded C
16 12 (0.21%) Perl
17 9 (0.15%) Bicep
18 8 (0.14%) Shell Script
19 4 (0.069%) Swift
Qualifications
1 769 (13.20%) Security Cleared
2 580 (9.96%) Degree
3 557 (9.56%) Azure Certification
4 526 (9.03%) SC Cleared
5 476 (8.17%) CISSP
6 366 (6.28%) CompTIA Security+
7 314 (5.39%) CISM
8 301 (5.17%) CEH
9 278 (4.77%) CompTIA CySA+
10 239 (4.10%) DV Cleared
11 157 (2.69%) Cisco Certification
12 133 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
13 108 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
14 103 (1.77%) CRISC
15 101 (1.73%) Master's Degree
16 87 (1.49%) CISA
17 84 (1.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 78 (1.34%) CREST Certified
19 76 (1.30%) AWS Certification
20 74 (1.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 686 (11.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 523 (8.98%) NIST
3 359 (6.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 326 (5.60%) GDPR
5 318 (5.46%) GRC
6 150 (2.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 138 (2.37%) PCI DSS
8 130 (2.23%) NCSC
9 97 (1.66%) QA
10 55 (0.94%) SLA
11 53 (0.91%) SOC 2
12 47 (0.81%) Accessibility
13 45 (0.77%) NIST 800
14 37 (0.64%) Data Quality
15 35 (0.60%) COBIT
16 31 (0.53%) JSP 440
17 29 (0.50%) ISO 22301
17 29 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 23 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
19 20 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 488 (8.38%) Active Directory
2 164 (2.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 142 (2.44%) Hyper-V
4 69 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 54 (0.93%) Docker
6 41 (0.70%) Firmware
7 27 (0.46%) vSphere
8 19 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
10 12 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
11 10 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 9 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
13 6 (0.10%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.086%) ClearTrust
14 5 (0.086%) IAG
15 3 (0.051%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.034%) BitLocker
16 2 (0.034%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.034%) NFS
16 2 (0.034%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 292 (5.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 79 (1.36%) Kubernetes
3 73 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
4 48 (0.82%) Ansible
5 26 (0.45%) Grafana
5 26 (0.45%) Nmap
6 24 (0.41%) Nessus
6 24 (0.41%) QRadar
7 22 (0.38%) CASB
8 21 (0.36%) FortiGate
9 20 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
9 20 (0.34%) SCCM
10 17 (0.29%) Functional Safety
11 14 (0.24%) Prometheus
12 9 (0.15%) Kibana
13 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
14 7 (0.12%) Graylog
14 7 (0.12%) Progress Chef
15 6 (0.10%) WSUS
16 5 (0.086%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 1,809 (31.05%) Microsoft
2 470 (8.07%) ForeScout
3 231 (3.96%) Cisco
4 216 (3.71%) VMware
5 169 (2.90%) Palo Alto
6 110 (1.89%) Splunk
7 98 (1.68%) CrowdStrike
8 86 (1.48%) Google
9 79 (1.36%) Qualys
10 72 (1.24%) ServiceNow
11 69 (1.18%) Aruba
12 68 (1.17%) Salesforce
13 63 (1.08%) Apple
14 60 (1.03%) Tenable
15 55 (0.94%) Fortinet
16 51 (0.88%) Veeam
17 48 (0.82%) Meraki
18 43 (0.74%) SAP
19 42 (0.72%) Adobe
20 40 (0.69%) SonicWALL