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 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 34 38
Rank change year-on-year +13 +4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,984 2,752 3,579
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.32% 6.28% 4.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.58% 7.03% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,590 1,667 2,409
10th Percentile £30,250 £26,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £75,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,250 £59,500
% change year-on-year +4.80% -3.78% -8.11%

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 69,735 39,168 58,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.70% 89.33% 81.21%
Number of salaries quoted 49,222 22,629 38,358
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,259 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 16 August 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 16 August 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 +12 1,475 £75,000 +3.45% 1,072
North of England +17 1,308 £50,000 - 462
South East +11 1,086 £55,000 +10.00% 496
Midlands +19 1,033 £55,000 +15.79% 252
North West +29 638 £57,000 +3.64% 253
South West +8 590 £55,000 +14.58% 279
West Midlands +8 518 £56,250 +8.41% 148
East Midlands +37 514 £55,000 +57.14% 104
Yorkshire +11 514 £43,000 +30.30% 160
East of England +51 474 £45,000 -5.26% 150
North East +14 156 £50,000 -27.94% 53
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
1 190 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
1 190 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 19 (0.32%) Apache
2 19 (0.32%) IIS
3 9 (0.15%) CMS
3 9 (0.15%) Confluence
3 9 (0.15%) SAS
4 5 (0.084%) WordPress
5 4 (0.067%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.050%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.033%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 83 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.18%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.10%) CATIA
6 6 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.033%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
9 1 (0.017%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.084%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.084%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.067%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.050%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.050%) Infor LN
8 3 (0.050%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.050%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.050%) SystmOne
9 2 (0.033%) Eikon
9 2 (0.033%) Shopify
9 2 (0.033%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2,054 (34.32%) Azure
2 735 (12.28%) Microsoft 365
3 469 (7.84%) AWS
4 393 (6.57%) Entra ID
5 189 (3.16%) SaaS
6 151 (2.52%) GCP
7 81 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
8 74 (1.24%) Power Platform
9 66 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
9 66 (1.10%) OneDrive
10 53 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
11 44 (0.74%) Serverless
12 43 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
13 40 (0.67%) Mimecast
14 34 (0.57%) GitHub
15 28 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
16 26 (0.43%) PaaS
17 24 (0.40%) Google Workspace
18 23 (0.38%) IaaS
19 21 (0.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 488 (8.16%) Firewall
2 239 (3.99%) Network Security
3 204 (3.41%) DNS
4 199 (3.33%) VPN
5 169 (2.82%) WAN
6 149 (2.49%) LAN
7 147 (2.46%) Wi-Fi
8 135 (2.26%) DHCP
9 133 (2.22%) TCP/IP
10 111 (1.85%) VLAN
11 90 (1.50%) Internet
12 69 (1.15%) VoIP
13 63 (1.05%) Wireless
14 47 (0.79%) Cisco Nexus
15 45 (0.75%) Unified Communications
16 44 (0.74%) HTTP
17 37 (0.62%) SSL
18 33 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
19 29 (0.48%) SD-WAN
20 28 (0.47%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (0.80%) Power BI
2 44 (0.74%) SQL Server
3 14 (0.23%) Big Data
3 14 (0.23%) MongoDB
4 13 (0.22%) MySQL
4 13 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (0.18%) GIS
6 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (0.15%) Tableau
7 6 (0.10%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.10%) Metadata
7 6 (0.10%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.10%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.084%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.067%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.050%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.050%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.050%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 46 (0.77%) Git
2 44 (0.74%) JIRA
3 28 (0.47%) GitLab
4 27 (0.45%) Snyk
5 26 (0.43%) Burp Suite
6 25 (0.42%) Metasploit
7 17 (0.28%) Jenkins
8 12 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
9 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
10 6 (0.10%) Apache Continuum
11 5 (0.084%) JMeter
11 5 (0.084%) VersionOne
12 4 (0.067%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.067%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.067%) Locust
12 4 (0.067%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.067%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.050%) Bitbucket
14 2 (0.033%) git-flow
14 2 (0.033%) Zephyr
General
1 2,288 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 562 (9.39%) Finance
3 444 (7.42%) Analytical Skills
4 327 (5.46%) Public Sector
5 321 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 178 (2.97%) Law
6 178 (2.97%) Marketing
7 171 (2.86%) Retail
8 169 (2.82%) Legal
9 166 (2.77%) Telecoms
10 140 (2.34%) Manufacturing
11 128 (2.14%) Banking
12 124 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
13 106 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
14 96 (1.60%) Aerospace
15 59 (0.99%) Local Government
16 55 (0.92%) Advertising
17 44 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
18 37 (0.62%) Multimedia
19 32 (0.53%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,100 (18.38%) Analyst
2 912 (15.24%) Security Analyst
3 813 (13.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 647 (10.81%) Junior
5 634 (10.59%) Senior
6 578 (9.66%) Junior Analyst
7 568 (9.49%) Junior Security Analyst
8 564 (9.43%) Ethical Hacker
9 483 (8.07%) Consultant
10 367 (6.13%) Architect
11 350 (5.85%) Lead
12 306 (5.11%) Security Consultant
13 282 (4.71%) Security Manager
14 274 (4.58%) IT Support
15 258 (4.31%) IT Manager
16 253 (4.23%) Security Architect
17 237 (3.96%) Security Engineer
18 208 (3.48%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 199 (3.33%) IT Engineer
20 196 (3.28%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (0.82%) SAML
2 44 (0.74%) LDAP
2 44 (0.74%) OAuth
3 38 (0.64%) OpenID
4 37 (0.62%) REST
5 30 (0.50%) HTML
6 23 (0.38%) CSS
6 23 (0.38%) React
7 22 (0.37%) .NET
8 21 (0.35%) Kafka
9 19 (0.32%) JSON
9 19 (0.32%) Node.js
10 17 (0.28%) SailPoint
11 15 (0.25%) FastAPI
11 15 (0.25%) RESTful
11 15 (0.25%) XML
12 13 (0.22%) XMPP
13 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
13 12 (0.20%) Middleware
14 10 (0.17%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 660 (11.03%) Cyberattack
2 342 (5.72%) Security Posture
3 255 (4.26%) Cyber Threat
4 231 (3.86%) Management Information System
5 230 (3.84%) Onboarding
6 163 (2.72%) Security Operations Centre
7 162 (2.71%) Driving Licence
8 138 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
9 121 (2.02%) Operational Technology
10 105 (1.75%) Cyber Defence
11 97 (1.62%) Cloud Native
12 92 (1.54%) Data Centre
13 62 (1.04%) PKI
14 58 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
15 48 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
16 44 (0.74%) Cyber Security Posture
17 40 (0.67%) CSOC
18 35 (0.58%) Blog
19 34 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
20 29 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 569 (9.51%) Windows
2 277 (4.63%) Windows Server
3 210 (3.51%) Linux
4 70 (1.17%) Mac OS
5 33 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 26 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 26 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
8 22 (0.37%) Apple iOS
9 20 (0.33%) Android
10 15 (0.25%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.10%) CentOS
12 4 (0.067%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.050%) Unix
13 3 (0.050%) VMS
14 2 (0.033%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.033%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.033%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.017%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 989 (16.53%) Mentoring
2 672 (11.23%) Problem-Solving
3 638 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
4 597 (9.98%) Ethical Hacking
5 544 (9.09%) Information Security
6 520 (8.69%) Incident Response
7 501 (8.37%) Risk Management
8 488 (8.16%) AI
9 473 (7.90%) Security Operations
10 445 (7.44%) SIEM
11 425 (7.10%) Vulnerability Management
12 413 (6.90%) Cloud Security
13 368 (6.15%) Disaster Recovery
14 357 (5.97%) Stakeholder Management
15 349 (5.83%) Decision-Making
16 299 (5.00%) Roadmaps
17 283 (4.73%) Service Delivery
18 277 (4.63%) Agile
19 273 (4.56%) Data Protection
20 264 (4.41%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 318 (5.31%) Python
2 236 (3.94%) PowerShell
3 93 (1.55%) SQL
4 73 (1.22%) C++
5 68 (1.14%) JavaScript
6 59 (0.99%) Bash
7 43 (0.72%) Java
7 43 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
8 32 (0.53%) Rust
9 31 (0.52%) C#
10 22 (0.37%) Go
10 22 (0.37%) TypeScript
11 19 (0.32%) C
12 16 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
13 15 (0.25%) MATLAB
14 12 (0.20%) Perl
15 7 (0.12%) Embedded C
16 5 (0.084%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.067%) Ada
17 4 (0.067%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1,207 (20.17%) Azure Certification
2 730 (12.20%) CompTIA Security+
3 658 (11.00%) Security Cleared
4 656 (10.96%) CEH
5 605 (10.11%) CompTIA CySA+
6 495 (8.27%) Degree
7 458 (7.65%) CISSP
8 450 (7.52%) SC Cleared
9 293 (4.90%) CISM
10 217 (3.63%) DV Cleared
11 165 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
12 107 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
13 100 (1.67%) CRISC
14 91 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 88 (1.47%) CISA
16 81 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
17 80 (1.34%) AWS Certification
18 73 (1.22%) CREST Certified
18 73 (1.22%) Master's Degree
19 67 (1.12%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 629 (10.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 515 (8.61%) NIST
3 325 (5.43%) GDPR
4 299 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 291 (4.86%) GRC
6 143 (2.39%) PCI DSS
7 140 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 108 (1.80%) QA
9 87 (1.45%) NCSC
10 62 (1.04%) SOC 2
11 43 (0.72%) Accessibility
12 41 (0.69%) NIST 800
12 41 (0.69%) SLA
13 39 (0.65%) COBIT
14 37 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 32 (0.53%) JSP 440
16 29 (0.48%) Data Quality
17 22 (0.37%) ISO 22301
17 22 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 20 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 438 (7.32%) Active Directory
2 154 (2.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 119 (1.99%) Hyper-V
4 54 (0.90%) Docker
4 54 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
5 32 (0.53%) Firmware
6 29 (0.48%) vSphere
7 16 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
8 15 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 14 (0.23%) IAG
10 11 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
11 8 (0.13%) VMware NSX
12 6 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
13 5 (0.084%) ClearTrust
14 3 (0.050%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.033%) Embedded Firmware
15 2 (0.033%) ProxySG
16 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
16 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 232 (3.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 85 (1.42%) Terraform
3 78 (1.30%) Kubernetes
4 49 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
5 46 (0.77%) Ansible
6 29 (0.48%) Grafana
7 22 (0.37%) FortiGate
7 22 (0.37%) Nmap
7 22 (0.37%) QRadar
8 20 (0.33%) Nessus
9 18 (0.30%) SCCM
10 17 (0.28%) CASB
11 15 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
11 15 (0.25%) Prometheus
12 10 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.15%) Kibana
14 8 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
15 7 (0.12%) Functional Safety
16 6 (0.10%) Graylog
16 6 (0.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2,322 (38.80%) Microsoft
2 1,128 (18.85%) ForeScout
3 210 (3.51%) Cisco
4 199 (3.33%) VMware
5 167 (2.79%) Palo Alto
6 115 (1.92%) Splunk
7 100 (1.67%) CrowdStrike
8 74 (1.24%) Google
9 71 (1.19%) Qualys
10 66 (1.10%) Fortinet
11 64 (1.07%) Apple
11 64 (1.07%) ServiceNow
12 61 (1.02%) Aruba
13 59 (0.99%) Tenable
14 55 (0.92%) Salesforce
15 42 (0.70%) SAP
16 40 (0.67%) Veeam
17 38 (0.64%) Adobe
18 37 (0.62%) CyberArk
19 32 (0.53%) SonicWALL