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 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 32 36
Rank change year-on-year +11 +4 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,882 2,721 3,521
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.87% 6.27% 5.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.03% 7.07% 6.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,764 1,609 2,004
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,235 £36,250 £46,250
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 £76,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -6.98%

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 73,237 38,492 56,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.14% 88.72% 81.33%
Number of salaries quoted 52,109 22,148 32,740
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,863
25th Percentile £42,215 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 13 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 13 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 +9 1,491 £78,500 +12.14% 1,498
North of England +16 1,218 £52,000 +9.47% 495
South East +14 1,056 £55,000 +10.00% 627
Midlands +14 1,030 £55,000 +27.60% 325
North West +24 610 £59,500 +14.95% 266
South West +6 600 £55,000 +10.00% 283
West Midlands +5 519 £55,000 +10.00% 179
East Midlands +39 511 £55,000 +57.14% 146
Yorkshire +12 463 £45,000 +36.36% 168
East of England +49 462 £45,000 -5.26% 189
North East +16 145 £50,000 -25.93% 69
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
1 235 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 222 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (0.41%) IIS
4 19 (0.32%) Apache
5 9 (0.15%) Confluence
5 9 (0.15%) SAS
6 5 (0.085%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.085%) CMS
6 5 (0.085%) WordPress
7 3 (0.051%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
Applications
1 86 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 64 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.24%) Simulink
5 8 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.068%) CATIA
8 2 (0.034%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 24 (0.41%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.085%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.085%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.068%) SystmOne
8 3 (0.051%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 3 (0.051%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.051%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.051%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.051%) Infor LN
8 3 (0.051%) Infor M3
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
10 1 (0.017%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 1,695 (28.82%) Azure
2 807 (13.72%) Microsoft 365
3 469 (7.97%) Entra ID
4 448 (7.62%) AWS
5 191 (3.25%) SaaS
6 146 (2.48%) GCP
7 87 (1.48%) Azure Sentinel
8 85 (1.45%) Power Platform
9 84 (1.43%) OneDrive
10 79 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
11 58 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
12 54 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
13 53 (0.90%) Serverless
14 45 (0.77%) Mimecast
15 28 (0.48%) Azure DevOps
16 27 (0.46%) GitHub
16 27 (0.46%) IaaS
16 27 (0.46%) PaaS
16 27 (0.46%) Power Automate
17 26 (0.44%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 525 (8.93%) Firewall
2 254 (4.32%) DNS
3 243 (4.13%) Network Security
4 229 (3.89%) VPN
5 179 (3.04%) DHCP
6 175 (2.98%) WAN
7 171 (2.91%) TCP/IP
8 159 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
9 151 (2.57%) LAN
10 129 (2.19%) VLAN
11 94 (1.60%) Internet
12 89 (1.51%) VoIP
13 83 (1.41%) Wireless
14 57 (0.97%) Cisco Nexus
15 47 (0.80%) Unified Communications
16 44 (0.75%) HTTP
17 43 (0.73%) SSL
18 34 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
19 33 (0.56%) Wireshark
20 32 (0.54%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (0.90%) SQL Server
2 50 (0.85%) Power BI
3 14 (0.24%) Big Data
3 14 (0.24%) GIS
3 14 (0.24%) MySQL
4 13 (0.22%) MongoDB
4 13 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (0.15%) Tableau
6 6 (0.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.085%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.085%) Metadata
7 5 (0.085%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.068%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.068%) Crystal Reports
8 4 (0.068%) Neo4j
8 4 (0.068%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.068%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 43 (0.73%) JIRA
2 40 (0.68%) Git
3 30 (0.51%) Burp Suite
4 28 (0.48%) Metasploit
5 27 (0.46%) Snyk
6 21 (0.36%) GitLab
7 20 (0.34%) Jenkins
8 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
9 7 (0.12%) Eclipse
10 5 (0.085%) LabVIEW
10 5 (0.085%) Rational DOORS
10 5 (0.085%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.068%) Apache Continuum
11 4 (0.068%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.068%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.068%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.068%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.051%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.034%) git-flow
13 2 (0.034%) Zephyr
General
1 2,010 (34.17%) Social Skills
2 569 (9.67%) Finance
3 447 (7.60%) Analytical Skills
4 359 (6.10%) Public Sector
5 335 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 188 (3.20%) Legal
6 188 (3.20%) Retail
7 184 (3.13%) Law
8 183 (3.11%) Marketing
9 179 (3.04%) Telecoms
10 164 (2.79%) Manufacturing
11 141 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
12 132 (2.24%) Banking
13 120 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
14 119 (2.02%) Aerospace
15 58 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
16 54 (0.92%) Local Government
17 53 (0.90%) Advertising
18 47 (0.80%) Aviation
19 30 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 927 (15.76%) Analyst
2 718 (12.21%) Security Analyst
3 680 (11.56%) Senior
4 625 (10.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 526 (8.94%) Consultant
6 468 (7.96%) Junior
7 393 (6.68%) Junior Analyst
8 383 (6.51%) Junior Security Analyst
9 380 (6.46%) Lead
10 376 (6.39%) Ethical Hacker
11 368 (6.26%) Architect
12 321 (5.46%) Security Consultant
13 319 (5.42%) Security Manager
14 310 (5.27%) IT Support
15 272 (4.62%) Security Engineer
16 262 (4.45%) Security Architect
17 255 (4.34%) IT Manager
18 237 (4.03%) IT Engineer
19 226 (3.84%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 207 (3.52%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (1.34%) Terraform
2 48 (0.82%) SAML
3 45 (0.77%) LDAP
4 42 (0.71%) OAuth
5 36 (0.61%) OpenID
6 35 (0.60%) REST
7 26 (0.44%) .NET
8 21 (0.36%) React
9 20 (0.34%) JSON
10 19 (0.32%) Node.js
11 18 (0.31%) Kafka
12 15 (0.26%) HTML
12 15 (0.26%) RESTful
12 15 (0.26%) SailPoint
12 15 (0.26%) XML
13 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
14 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
15 11 (0.19%) Middleware
16 10 (0.17%) CSS
16 10 (0.17%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 473 (8.04%) Cyberattack
2 357 (6.07%) Security Posture
3 295 (5.02%) Cyber Threat
4 255 (4.34%) Onboarding
5 234 (3.98%) Management Information System
6 184 (3.13%) Driving Licence
7 164 (2.79%) Operational Technology
8 160 (2.72%) Security Operations Centre
9 138 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
10 104 (1.77%) Cyber Defence
11 103 (1.75%) Data Centre
12 98 (1.67%) Cloud Native
13 64 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
14 58 (0.99%) PKI
15 51 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
16 44 (0.75%) Cyber Security Posture
17 40 (0.68%) SCADA
18 39 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
19 35 (0.60%) CSOC
20 34 (0.58%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 611 (10.39%) Windows
2 300 (5.10%) Windows Server
3 228 (3.88%) Linux
4 77 (1.31%) Mac OS
5 38 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 37 (0.63%) Windows 10
7 29 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 28 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
9 24 (0.41%) Apple iOS
10 19 (0.32%) Android
11 17 (0.29%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.10%) CentOS
12 6 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.085%) Unix
14 4 (0.068%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.068%) VMS
15 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
15 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.017%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 770 (13.09%) Mentoring
2 720 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
3 680 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 567 (9.64%) AI
5 552 (9.38%) Information Security
6 531 (9.03%) Incident Response
7 521 (8.86%) Risk Management
8 511 (8.69%) Security Operations
9 458 (7.79%) SIEM
10 456 (7.75%) Vulnerability Management
11 432 (7.34%) Stakeholder Management
12 418 (7.11%) Cloud Security
13 384 (6.53%) Disaster Recovery
14 383 (6.51%) Ethical Hacking
15 374 (6.36%) Decision-Making
16 318 (5.41%) Roadmaps
17 309 (5.25%) Service Delivery
18 306 (5.20%) Data Protection
19 290 (4.93%) ITIL
20 281 (4.78%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 311 (5.29%) Python
2 235 (4.00%) PowerShell
3 95 (1.62%) SQL
4 72 (1.22%) C++
5 58 (0.99%) Bash
6 53 (0.90%) JavaScript
7 49 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
8 48 (0.82%) Java
9 36 (0.61%) C#
10 33 (0.56%) Rust
11 28 (0.48%) Go
12 24 (0.41%) C
13 21 (0.36%) TypeScript
14 17 (0.29%) MATLAB
15 16 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
16 13 (0.22%) Embedded C
17 12 (0.20%) Perl
18 6 (0.10%) Shell Script
19 4 (0.068%) Ada
19 4 (0.068%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 828 (14.08%) Azure Certification
2 718 (12.21%) Security Cleared
3 524 (8.91%) Degree
4 516 (8.77%) CompTIA Security+
5 491 (8.35%) SC Cleared
6 476 (8.09%) CISSP
7 447 (7.60%) CEH
8 420 (7.14%) CompTIA CySA+
9 311 (5.29%) CISM
10 233 (3.96%) DV Cleared
11 163 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
12 120 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
13 102 (1.73%) CRISC
14 96 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
15 87 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 86 (1.46%) CISA
16 86 (1.46%) Master's Degree
17 81 (1.38%) CREST Certified
18 73 (1.24%) AWS Certification
19 67 (1.14%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 665 (11.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 518 (8.81%) NIST
3 339 (5.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 335 (5.70%) GDPR
5 315 (5.36%) GRC
6 144 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 143 (2.43%) PCI DSS
8 114 (1.94%) NCSC
9 96 (1.63%) QA
10 58 (0.99%) SOC 2
11 49 (0.83%) Accessibility
12 46 (0.78%) NIST 800
12 46 (0.78%) SLA
13 35 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 33 (0.56%) COBIT
14 33 (0.56%) Data Quality
14 33 (0.56%) JSP 440
15 27 (0.46%) ISO 22301
16 23 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 20 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 468 (7.96%) Active Directory
2 164 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 141 (2.40%) Hyper-V
4 63 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
5 52 (0.88%) Docker
6 39 (0.66%) Firmware
7 26 (0.44%) vSphere
8 15 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
10 12 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 11 (0.19%) IAG
12 10 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
13 7 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
14 6 (0.10%) VMware NSX
15 5 (0.085%) ClearTrust
16 3 (0.051%) BitLocker
16 3 (0.051%) VMware Server
17 2 (0.034%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 2 (0.034%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 272 (4.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 77 (1.31%) Kubernetes
3 63 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
4 48 (0.82%) Ansible
5 25 (0.43%) Nmap
6 24 (0.41%) Nessus
6 24 (0.41%) QRadar
7 21 (0.36%) FortiGate
7 21 (0.36%) Grafana
7 21 (0.36%) SCCM
8 20 (0.34%) CASB
9 15 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
10 13 (0.22%) Prometheus
11 9 (0.15%) Kibana
12 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
12 8 (0.14%) Functional Safety
13 7 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
13 7 (0.12%) Graylog
14 6 (0.10%) vCenter Server
15 5 (0.085%) Podman
Vendors
1 2,023 (34.39%) Microsoft
2 752 (12.78%) ForeScout
3 221 (3.76%) Cisco
4 212 (3.60%) VMware
5 172 (2.92%) Palo Alto
6 112 (1.90%) Splunk
7 99 (1.68%) CrowdStrike
8 77 (1.31%) Qualys
9 76 (1.29%) Google
10 68 (1.16%) Aruba
10 68 (1.16%) ServiceNow
11 62 (1.05%) Apple
11 62 (1.05%) Salesforce
12 60 (1.02%) Tenable
13 59 (1.00%) Fortinet
14 51 (0.87%) Veeam
15 41 (0.70%) Adobe
16 40 (0.68%) SAP
17 39 (0.66%) CyberArk
17 39 (0.66%) SonicWALL