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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 39 29
Rank change year-on-year +33 -10 +22
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 9,303 2,298 4,725
As % of all permanent jobs in England 12.01% 6.15% 5.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.92% 6.61% 6.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,693 1,529 3,533
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -8.42%

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 58,442 34,771 70,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 75.43% 93.07% 85.83%
Number of salaries quoted 36,878 20,602 53,608
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 20 April 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 20 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 +44 2,919 £43,500 -16.75% 519
North West +40 2,027 £45,000 -18.18% 358
Midlands +28 1,873 £45,000 -18.18% 193
London +25 1,615 £71,000 -3.24% 823
South East +34 1,487 £50,000 -9.09% 506
West Midlands +25 1,383 £45,000 -28.00% 83
East of England +47 748 £38,250 -19.47% 220
Yorkshire +36 744 £40,000 -11.11% 123
South West +24 610 £59,250 +31.67% 169
East Midlands +26 501 £50,000 +33.33% 109
North East +31 148 £40,000 +5.44% 41
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
1 119 (1.28%) SharePoint
2 86 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.12%) CMS
4 9 (0.097%) WordPress
5 8 (0.086%) Confluence
6 6 (0.064%) Apache
6 6 (0.064%) nginx
7 5 (0.054%) Drupal
8 4 (0.043%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.043%) IIS
9 3 (0.032%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.021%) Oracle Coherence
10 2 (0.021%) SAS
11 1 (0.011%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 87 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.27%) Simulink
5 18 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 14 (0.15%) Maya
7 8 (0.086%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.054%) CATIA
8 5 (0.054%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.054%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.032%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.021%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.021%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 12 (0.13%) Cloudability
4 5 (0.054%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.043%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.043%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.043%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.043%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.043%) Shopify
5 4 (0.043%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.032%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 3 (0.032%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.032%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.021%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.021%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.021%) Yoast SEO
8 1 (0.011%) Maximo
8 1 (0.011%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.011%) SAP CX
8 1 (0.011%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 4,045 (43.48%) Cloud Computing
2 2,523 (27.12%) Azure
3 552 (5.93%) AWS
4 484 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
5 289 (3.11%) Entra ID
6 178 (1.91%) GitHub
7 116 (1.25%) SaaS
8 101 (1.09%) GCP
9 69 (0.74%) Power Platform
10 61 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
11 58 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
12 39 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
12 39 (0.42%) PaaS
13 36 (0.39%) Google Workspace
14 33 (0.35%) Nutanix
15 30 (0.32%) Mimecast
16 29 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
17 28 (0.30%) IaaS
18 26 (0.28%) Serverless
19 25 (0.27%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4,190 (45.04%) Internet
2 337 (3.62%) Firewall
3 142 (1.53%) Network Security
4 120 (1.29%) VPN
5 103 (1.11%) DNS
6 80 (0.86%) DHCP
7 78 (0.84%) WAN
8 70 (0.75%) LAN
8 70 (0.75%) VLAN
9 65 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
10 54 (0.58%) TCP/IP
11 37 (0.40%) Broadband
12 34 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
13 32 (0.34%) VoIP
14 28 (0.30%) Wireless
15 24 (0.26%) CHAP
16 21 (0.23%) SD-WAN
17 20 (0.21%) Unified Communications
18 14 (0.15%) Cisco ASA
18 14 (0.15%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (0.42%) Power BI
2 24 (0.26%) Big Data
2 24 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
3 22 (0.24%) SQL Server
4 20 (0.21%) Neo4j
5 18 (0.19%) Tableau
6 13 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.086%) MySQL
8 7 (0.075%) Metadata
8 7 (0.075%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.064%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.054%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.054%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.043%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.043%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.043%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.021%) Apache Hive
12 2 (0.021%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.021%) Impala
Development Applications
1 177 (1.90%) Git
2 30 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
3 26 (0.28%) GitLab
3 26 (0.28%) JIRA
4 13 (0.14%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.14%) Snyk
5 12 (0.13%) Cucumber
6 8 (0.086%) JMeter
6 8 (0.086%) Locust
7 5 (0.054%) Apache Continuum
7 5 (0.054%) Burp Suite
7 5 (0.054%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.043%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.043%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.043%) MLflow
8 4 (0.043%) VersionOne
9 1 (0.011%) GDB
9 1 (0.011%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.011%) WinDbg
9 1 (0.011%) Yeoman
General
1 6,488 (69.74%) Social Skills
2 4,261 (45.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,171 (44.83%) Banking
4 560 (6.02%) Finance
5 362 (3.89%) Analytical Skills
6 318 (3.42%) Multimedia
7 198 (2.13%) Public Sector
8 154 (1.66%) Marketing
9 152 (1.63%) Retail
10 151 (1.62%) Legal
11 150 (1.61%) Law
12 130 (1.40%) Telecoms
13 115 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
14 98 (1.05%) Manufacturing
15 72 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
16 57 (0.61%) Local Government
17 49 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
18 40 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
19 39 (0.42%) Electronics
20 38 (0.41%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3,141 (33.76%) Lecturer
2 1,284 (13.80%) Analyst
3 1,142 (12.28%) Security Analyst
4 1,066 (11.46%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 973 (10.46%) Junior
6 943 (10.14%) Junior Analyst
7 942 (10.13%) Junior Security Analyst
8 658 (7.07%) Ethical Hacker
9 461 (4.96%) Senior
10 334 (3.59%) Trainee
11 275 (2.96%) Consultant
12 267 (2.87%) Architect
13 238 (2.56%) Lead
14 213 (2.29%) IT Support
15 208 (2.24%) Security Manager
16 178 (1.91%) Security Engineer
17 176 (1.89%) Security Architect
18 164 (1.76%) Security Consultant
19 158 (1.70%) IT Manager
20 150 (1.61%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (1.98%) HTML
2 183 (1.97%) CSS
3 48 (0.52%) REST
4 43 (0.46%) OAuth
4 43 (0.46%) SAML
5 40 (0.43%) OpenID
6 39 (0.42%) LDAP
7 38 (0.41%) React
8 30 (0.32%) SOAP
9 26 (0.28%) GraphQL
10 20 (0.21%) AngularJS
11 17 (0.18%) MERN Stack
12 14 (0.15%) SailPoint
12 14 (0.15%) SAP CAF
13 11 (0.12%) Node.js
14 10 (0.11%) FastAPI
14 10 (0.11%) Kafka
14 10 (0.11%) Middleware
14 10 (0.11%) RESTful
14 10 (0.11%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 4,039 (43.42%) IoT
2 740 (7.95%) Cyberattack
3 238 (2.56%) Security Posture
4 181 (1.95%) Management Information System
5 135 (1.45%) Onboarding
6 125 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
7 104 (1.12%) Driving Licence
8 94 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
9 85 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
10 75 (0.81%) Data Centre
11 72 (0.77%) Cyber Defence
12 71 (0.76%) Operational Technology
13 62 (0.67%) Cloud Native
13 62 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
14 56 (0.60%) Blog
15 45 (0.48%) Hybrid Cloud
16 44 (0.47%) PKI
17 43 (0.46%) Cyber Security Posture
18 36 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
19 32 (0.34%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 383 (4.12%) Windows
2 177 (1.90%) Windows Server
3 138 (1.48%) Linux
4 65 (0.70%) Windows 10
5 44 (0.47%) Mac OS
6 28 (0.30%) Android
7 21 (0.23%) Apple iOS
8 16 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (0.086%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.075%) Unix
12 6 (0.064%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.043%) CentOS
13 4 (0.043%) VMS
14 2 (0.021%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.011%) Debian
15 1 (0.011%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.011%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.011%) OpenWrt
15 1 (0.011%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,267 (45.87%) AI
2 4,046 (43.49%) User Experience
3 4,041 (43.44%) Machine Learning
4 4,025 (43.27%) Web Development
5 1,561 (16.78%) Mentoring
6 816 (8.77%) Ethical Hacking
7 459 (4.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 435 (4.68%) Problem-Solving
9 405 (4.35%) Information Security
10 385 (4.14%) Incident Response
11 382 (4.11%) Risk Management
12 268 (2.88%) Agile
13 266 (2.86%) SIEM
14 258 (2.77%) Cloud Security
15 230 (2.47%) Security Operations
16 216 (2.32%) Data Protection
17 210 (2.26%) Roadmaps
18 208 (2.24%) ITIL
19 204 (2.19%) Disaster Recovery
20 196 (2.11%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 416 (4.47%) Python
2 233 (2.50%) JavaScript
3 218 (2.34%) PowerShell
4 109 (1.17%) SQL
5 86 (0.92%) R
6 73 (0.78%) Bash
7 45 (0.48%) Java
8 38 (0.41%) C++
9 33 (0.35%) TypeScript
10 29 (0.31%) MATLAB
11 25 (0.27%) T-SQL
12 24 (0.26%) C#
13 23 (0.25%) C
14 14 (0.15%) Go
15 11 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (0.11%) Rust
17 6 (0.064%) PHP
18 4 (0.043%) Bicep
18 4 (0.043%) Kotlin
18 4 (0.043%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4,437 (47.69%) Degree
2 4,063 (43.67%) Master's Degree
3 3,998 (42.98%) PhD
3 3,998 (42.98%) Postgraduate
4 1,803 (19.38%) Azure Certification
5 1,163 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
6 989 (10.63%) CompTIA CySA+
7 866 (9.31%) CEH
8 391 (4.20%) CISSP
9 371 (3.99%) Security Cleared
10 257 (2.76%) CISM
11 252 (2.71%) SC Cleared
12 239 (2.57%) Microsoft Certification
13 225 (2.42%) AWS Certification
14 173 (1.86%) Network+ Certification
15 171 (1.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 166 (1.78%) A+ Certification
17 117 (1.26%) DV Cleared
18 112 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
19 103 (1.11%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 510 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 477 (5.13%) NIST
3 295 (3.17%) GDPR
4 235 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 216 (2.32%) GRC
6 126 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 126 (1.35%) PCI DSS
7 105 (1.13%) NCSC
8 95 (1.02%) QA
9 55 (0.59%) SOC 2
10 44 (0.47%) NIST 800
11 42 (0.45%) COBIT
12 39 (0.42%) SLA
13 38 (0.41%) Accessibility
14 23 (0.25%) Data Quality
15 22 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 21 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
16 21 (0.23%) JSP 440
17 17 (0.18%) ISO 22301
17 17 (0.18%) SOC 3
System Software
1 311 (3.34%) Active Directory
2 77 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (0.67%) Docker
4 55 (0.59%) Hyper-V
5 41 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (0.25%) vSphere
7 10 (0.11%) Firmware
7 10 (0.11%) IAG
8 9 (0.097%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (0.097%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.064%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.064%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.032%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 3 (0.032%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.021%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.021%) GPFS
11 2 (0.021%) Lustre
12 1 (0.011%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.011%) iptables
12 1 (0.011%) KVM
Systems Management
1 151 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 74 (0.80%) Terraform
3 71 (0.76%) Kubernetes
4 39 (0.42%) Ansible
5 27 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
6 26 (0.28%) Grafana
7 15 (0.16%) CASB
8 14 (0.15%) SCCM
9 12 (0.13%) CSIRT
9 12 (0.13%) QRadar
10 11 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
11 10 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (0.11%) FortiGate
12 9 (0.097%) Prometheus
13 8 (0.086%) Cisco CUCM
13 8 (0.086%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 7 (0.075%) Nessus
14 7 (0.075%) RSA Archer
14 7 (0.075%) vCenter Server
14 7 (0.075%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,553 (27.44%) Microsoft
2 1,599 (17.19%) ForeScout
3 123 (1.32%) VMware
4 103 (1.11%) Cisco
5 93 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
6 79 (0.85%) Palo Alto
7 67 (0.72%) Apple
8 65 (0.70%) Fortinet
9 53 (0.57%) Splunk
10 51 (0.55%) Google
11 47 (0.51%) SAP
12 45 (0.48%) Adobe
12 45 (0.48%) Tenable
13 44 (0.47%) ServiceNow
14 41 (0.44%) Salesforce
15 32 (0.34%) Dell
16 30 (0.32%) Siemens
17 29 (0.31%) CyberArk
18 24 (0.26%) Oracle
19 20 (0.21%) Veeam