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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 38 30
Rank change year-on-year +31 -8 +25
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 9,500 2,413 4,773
As % of all permanent jobs in England 11.67% 6.17% 5.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.64% 6.62% 6.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,778 1,559 3,560
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,400 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% -0.21% -8.42%
75th Percentile £78,800 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,239 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -4.60% +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 60,747 36,431 71,585
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.63% 93.15% 85.51%
Number of salaries quoted 38,643 20,635 53,886
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,580 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £59,773 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% +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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +36 2,947 £45,000 -13.88% 282
North West +35 2,046 £50,000 -9.09% 154
Midlands +31 1,933 £50,000 -6.87% 174
London +26 1,679 £70,000 -6.67% 465
South East +31 1,515 £50,000 -9.09% 332
West Midlands +26 1,394 £47,500 -20.83% 90
Yorkshire +37 752 £42,500 -5.56% 93
East of England +66 748 £40,000 -15.79% 108
South West +25 625 £58,500 +30.00% 130
East Midlands +43 550 £51,500 +44.05% 83
North East +37 149 £42,417 +5.96% 36
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
1 113 (1.19%) SharePoint
2 89 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.095%) CMS
4 8 (0.084%) WordPress
5 6 (0.063%) Apache
6 5 (0.053%) nginx
7 4 (0.042%) Drupal
7 4 (0.042%) IIS
8 3 (0.032%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.032%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.021%) Confluence
9 2 (0.021%) SAS
10 1 (0.011%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 83 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.26%) Simulink
5 14 (0.15%) Maya
6 8 (0.084%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.053%) CATIA
8 4 (0.042%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.042%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.032%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.021%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.011%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 26 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.20%) Cloudability
3 16 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.084%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.053%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.042%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.042%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.042%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.032%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.032%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.032%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.032%) Shopify
8 2 (0.021%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.011%) Maximo
9 1 (0.011%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.011%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.011%) SAP CX
9 1 (0.011%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.011%) SAP FS
9 1 (0.011%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 4,044 (42.57%) Cloud Computing
2 2,584 (27.20%) Azure
3 516 (5.43%) AWS
4 490 (5.16%) Microsoft 365
5 285 (3.00%) Entra ID
6 143 (1.51%) GitHub
7 119 (1.25%) SaaS
8 113 (1.19%) GCP
9 68 (0.72%) Power Platform
10 66 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
11 65 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
12 36 (0.38%) Google Workspace
13 35 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
14 32 (0.34%) Serverless
15 29 (0.31%) Mimecast
15 29 (0.31%) Nutanix
15 29 (0.31%) PaaS
16 28 (0.29%) AWS CloudFormation
17 27 (0.28%) IaaS
18 26 (0.27%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4,158 (43.77%) Internet
2 347 (3.65%) Firewall
3 155 (1.63%) Network Security
4 131 (1.38%) VPN
5 107 (1.13%) DNS
6 77 (0.81%) WAN
7 74 (0.78%) DHCP
8 67 (0.71%) LAN
9 64 (0.67%) VLAN
10 62 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
11 57 (0.60%) TCP/IP
12 39 (0.41%) Broadband
13 35 (0.37%) VoIP
14 31 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
15 28 (0.29%) Wireless
16 26 (0.27%) CHAP
16 26 (0.27%) Unified Communications
17 19 (0.20%) SD-WAN
18 17 (0.18%) SSL
19 15 (0.16%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (0.42%) Power BI
2 26 (0.27%) Big Data
3 22 (0.23%) SQL Server
4 21 (0.22%) Tableau
5 20 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
6 15 (0.16%) Neo4j
7 13 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.084%) MySQL
10 6 (0.063%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.063%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.053%) Metadata
12 4 (0.042%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.042%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.032%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.032%) Relational Database
14 2 (0.021%) Apache Hive
14 2 (0.021%) ClickHouse
14 2 (0.021%) Impala
14 2 (0.021%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 143 (1.51%) Git
2 33 (0.35%) GitLab
3 30 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
4 18 (0.19%) JIRA
4 18 (0.19%) Snyk
5 13 (0.14%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.074%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.053%) Apache Continuum
7 5 (0.053%) Burp Suite
7 5 (0.053%) Metasploit
7 5 (0.053%) VersionOne
8 4 (0.042%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.042%) JMeter
8 4 (0.042%) Locust
8 4 (0.042%) MLflow
9 3 (0.032%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.032%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.032%) Yeoman
10 2 (0.021%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.011%) GDB
General
1 6,560 (69.05%) Social Skills
2 4,286 (45.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,148 (43.66%) Banking
4 534 (5.62%) Finance
5 376 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
6 261 (2.75%) Multimedia
7 206 (2.17%) Public Sector
8 156 (1.64%) Marketing
9 152 (1.60%) Retail
10 139 (1.46%) Law
11 126 (1.33%) Telecoms
12 110 (1.16%) Legal
13 108 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
14 99 (1.04%) Manufacturing
15 70 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
16 61 (0.64%) Local Government
17 40 (0.42%) Aviation
18 39 (0.41%) Aerospace
19 38 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
19 38 (0.40%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3,141 (33.06%) Lecturer
2 1,364 (14.36%) Analyst
3 1,215 (12.79%) Security Analyst
4 1,137 (11.97%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1,021 (10.75%) Junior
6 990 (10.42%) Junior Analyst
7 989 (10.41%) Junior Security Analyst
8 705 (7.42%) Ethical Hacker
9 482 (5.07%) Senior
10 288 (3.03%) Architect
11 286 (3.01%) Consultant
12 281 (2.96%) Trainee
13 243 (2.56%) Security Manager
14 231 (2.43%) Lead
15 197 (2.07%) Security Architect
16 192 (2.02%) IT Support
16 192 (2.02%) Security Engineer
17 172 (1.81%) Security Consultant
18 166 (1.75%) Cybersecurity Manager
19 162 (1.71%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (1.57%) CSS
1 149 (1.57%) HTML
2 50 (0.53%) REST
3 45 (0.47%) OAuth
3 45 (0.47%) SAML
4 43 (0.45%) OpenID
5 41 (0.43%) LDAP
6 36 (0.38%) React
7 31 (0.33%) SOAP
8 26 (0.27%) GraphQL
9 15 (0.16%) AngularJS
10 14 (0.15%) RESTful
10 14 (0.15%) SailPoint
11 13 (0.14%) FastAPI
11 13 (0.14%) Middleware
12 12 (0.13%) Kafka
12 12 (0.13%) MERN Stack
12 12 (0.13%) SAP CAF
13 11 (0.12%) Node.js
14 10 (0.11%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 4,026 (42.38%) IoT
2 799 (8.41%) Cyberattack
3 245 (2.58%) Security Posture
4 197 (2.07%) Management Information System
5 154 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
6 148 (1.56%) Onboarding
7 112 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
8 93 (0.98%) Driving Licence
9 91 (0.96%) Cyber Defence
10 87 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
11 83 (0.87%) Data Centre
11 83 (0.87%) Operational Technology
12 66 (0.69%) Cloud Native
13 60 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
14 53 (0.56%) Blog
15 51 (0.54%) PKI
16 44 (0.46%) Cyber Security Posture
16 44 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
17 38 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
18 33 (0.35%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 382 (4.02%) Windows
2 173 (1.82%) Windows Server
3 154 (1.62%) Linux
4 63 (0.66%) Windows 10
5 40 (0.42%) Mac OS
6 28 (0.29%) Android
7 20 (0.21%) Apple iOS
8 18 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (0.095%) Ubuntu
11 8 (0.084%) Windows Server 2019
12 6 (0.063%) CentOS
12 6 (0.063%) Unix
13 5 (0.053%) VMS
14 2 (0.021%) Amazon Linux
15 1 (0.011%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.011%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.011%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,280 (45.05%) AI
2 4,048 (42.61%) Machine Learning
3 4,034 (42.46%) User Experience
4 4,023 (42.35%) Web Development
5 1,555 (16.37%) Mentoring
6 837 (8.81%) Ethical Hacking
7 456 (4.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 427 (4.49%) Information Security
9 421 (4.43%) Problem-Solving
10 420 (4.42%) Incident Response
11 395 (4.16%) Risk Management
12 287 (3.02%) SIEM
13 277 (2.92%) Security Operations
14 274 (2.88%) Cloud Security
15 252 (2.65%) Agile
16 219 (2.31%) Roadmaps
17 218 (2.29%) Vulnerability Management
18 214 (2.25%) Data Protection
18 214 (2.25%) Disaster Recovery
19 205 (2.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 397 (4.18%) Python
2 228 (2.40%) PowerShell
3 198 (2.08%) JavaScript
4 106 (1.12%) SQL
5 81 (0.85%) Bash
6 69 (0.73%) R
7 39 (0.41%) C++
8 38 (0.40%) Java
9 29 (0.31%) MATLAB
10 28 (0.29%) C#
10 28 (0.29%) TypeScript
11 25 (0.26%) T-SQL
12 19 (0.20%) C
13 17 (0.18%) Go
14 13 (0.14%) Rust
15 12 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
16 6 (0.063%) PHP
17 4 (0.042%) Bicep
17 4 (0.042%) Perl
17 4 (0.042%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4,436 (46.69%) Degree
2 4,071 (42.85%) Master's Degree
3 4,000 (42.11%) PhD
4 3,997 (42.07%) Postgraduate
5 1,861 (19.59%) Azure Certification
6 1,192 (12.55%) CompTIA Security+
7 1,037 (10.92%) CompTIA CySA+
8 888 (9.35%) CEH
9 420 (4.42%) Security Cleared
10 394 (4.15%) CISSP
11 291 (3.06%) SC Cleared
12 260 (2.74%) CISM
13 204 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
14 197 (2.07%) AWS Certification
15 150 (1.58%) Network+ Certification
16 144 (1.52%) A+ Certification
17 137 (1.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 122 (1.28%) DV Cleared
19 114 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
20 110 (1.16%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 527 (5.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 500 (5.26%) NIST
3 292 (3.07%) GDPR
4 243 (2.56%) GRC
5 234 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 129 (1.36%) PCI DSS
7 122 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 99 (1.04%) NCSC
9 93 (0.98%) QA
10 55 (0.58%) SOC 2
11 45 (0.47%) NIST 800
12 44 (0.46%) SLA
13 42 (0.44%) COBIT
14 36 (0.38%) Accessibility
15 25 (0.26%) Data Quality
16 24 (0.25%) JSP 440
17 23 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
18 20 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 18 (0.19%) HIPAA
19 18 (0.19%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 311 (3.27%) Active Directory
2 79 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (0.58%) Docker
3 55 (0.58%) Hyper-V
4 35 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (0.24%) vSphere
6 12 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (0.12%) Firmware
8 10 (0.11%) IAG
9 8 (0.084%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (0.063%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.053%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.032%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.021%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.021%) GPFS
13 2 (0.021%) Lustre
13 2 (0.021%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.011%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.011%) KVM
Systems Management
1 135 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 79 (0.83%) Terraform
3 68 (0.72%) Kubernetes
4 37 (0.39%) Ansible
5 34 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
6 23 (0.24%) Grafana
7 15 (0.16%) SCCM
8 14 (0.15%) CASB
9 12 (0.13%) CSIRT
10 11 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 11 (0.12%) Prometheus
10 11 (0.12%) QRadar
11 10 (0.11%) FortiGate
12 9 (0.095%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 8 (0.084%) Cisco CUCM
14 7 (0.074%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (0.074%) Nessus
14 7 (0.074%) RSA Archer
14 7 (0.074%) vCenter Server
14 7 (0.074%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,627 (27.65%) Microsoft
2 1,693 (17.82%) ForeScout
3 120 (1.26%) VMware
4 111 (1.17%) Cisco
5 104 (1.09%) CrowdStrike
6 85 (0.89%) Palo Alto
7 69 (0.73%) Apple
8 65 (0.68%) Fortinet
9 55 (0.58%) Splunk
10 52 (0.55%) Adobe
10 52 (0.55%) Google
11 50 (0.53%) Tenable
12 46 (0.48%) SAP
13 42 (0.44%) Salesforce
14 40 (0.42%) ServiceNow
15 34 (0.36%) Dell
16 28 (0.29%) CyberArk
16 28 (0.29%) Siemens
17 18 (0.19%) Meraki
17 18 (0.19%) Veeam