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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 32 37
Rank change year-on-year +12 +5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,942 2,771 3,576
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.11% 6.32% 5.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.33% 7.11% 6.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3,704 1,685 2,244
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,375 £35,500 £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 £79,625 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £97,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -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 71,329 38,953 57,899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.37% 88.79% 81.22%
Number of salaries quoted 50,672 22,634 35,794
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £41,250
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 £75,949
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -6.67%

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 31 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 31 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 +11 1,477 £76,000 +8.57% 983
North of England +16 1,268 £51,500 +21.18% 425
South East +11 1,060 £55,000 +10.00% 426
Midlands +18 1,040 £55,000 +27.60% 267
North West +24 632 £57,500 +15.58% 207
South West +7 602 £55,000 +11.68% 281
West Midlands +7 526 £55,000 +10.00% 149
East Midlands +37 513 £55,000 +57.14% 117
Yorkshire +8 489 £44,000 +33.33% 167
East of England +51 477 £45,000 -5.26% 158
North East +13 147 £50,000 -23.08% 59
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
1 213 (3.58%) SharePoint
2 205 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (0.35%) IIS
4 18 (0.30%) Apache
5 9 (0.15%) Confluence
5 9 (0.15%) SAS
6 7 (0.12%) CMS
7 5 (0.084%) WordPress
8 3 (0.050%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.050%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
Applications
1 81 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
2 58 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.17%) Simulink
5 8 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.067%) CATIA
8 2 (0.034%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) 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 (0.084%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.084%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.067%) SystmOne
8 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.050%) Dynamics NAV
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
9 2 (0.034%) Eikon
9 2 (0.034%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.017%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,878 (31.61%) Azure
2 766 (12.89%) Microsoft 365
3 457 (7.69%) AWS
4 433 (7.29%) Entra ID
5 195 (3.28%) SaaS
6 143 (2.41%) GCP
7 89 (1.50%) Azure Sentinel
8 83 (1.40%) Power Platform
9 73 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
9 73 (1.23%) OneDrive
10 55 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
11 48 (0.81%) Serverless
12 47 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
13 43 (0.72%) Mimecast
14 34 (0.57%) GitHub
15 27 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
15 27 (0.45%) PaaS
16 26 (0.44%) Google Workspace
17 25 (0.42%) IaaS
18 22 (0.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 511 (8.60%) Firewall
2 249 (4.19%) Network Security
3 230 (3.87%) DNS
4 214 (3.60%) VPN
5 172 (2.89%) WAN
6 157 (2.64%) DHCP
7 153 (2.57%) Wi-Fi
8 152 (2.56%) TCP/IP
9 151 (2.54%) LAN
10 124 (2.09%) VLAN
11 100 (1.68%) Internet
12 83 (1.40%) VoIP
13 78 (1.31%) Wireless
14 52 (0.88%) Cisco Nexus
15 47 (0.79%) Unified Communications
16 43 (0.72%) HTTP
17 41 (0.69%) SSL
18 30 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
18 30 (0.50%) SD-WAN
19 29 (0.49%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (0.88%) Power BI
2 48 (0.81%) SQL Server
3 13 (0.22%) Big Data
3 13 (0.22%) GIS
3 13 (0.22%) MongoDB
3 13 (0.22%) MySQL
4 12 (0.20%) 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%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.084%) Metadata
7 5 (0.084%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.067%) Crystal Reports
8 4 (0.067%) Neo4j
8 4 (0.067%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.067%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.050%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 47 (0.79%) Git
2 44 (0.74%) JIRA
3 28 (0.47%) Burp Suite
4 27 (0.45%) Metasploit
4 27 (0.45%) Snyk
5 22 (0.37%) GitLab
6 20 (0.34%) Jenkins
7 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
8 5 (0.084%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.084%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (0.084%) VersionOne
9 4 (0.067%) Apache Continuum
9 4 (0.067%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.067%) LabVIEW
9 4 (0.067%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.067%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.050%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.050%) JMeter
11 2 (0.034%) Maven
11 2 (0.034%) Xcode
General
1 2,146 (36.12%) Social Skills
2 561 (9.44%) Finance
3 447 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
4 338 (5.69%) Public Sector
5 323 (5.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 183 (3.08%) Marketing
7 180 (3.03%) Law
8 176 (2.96%) Legal
9 171 (2.88%) Retail
10 165 (2.78%) Telecoms
11 154 (2.59%) Manufacturing
12 134 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
13 129 (2.17%) Banking
14 115 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
15 104 (1.75%) Aerospace
16 56 (0.94%) Local Government
17 54 (0.91%) Advertising
18 52 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
19 42 (0.71%) Aviation
20 32 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,019 (17.15%) Analyst
2 819 (13.78%) Security Analyst
3 718 (12.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 659 (11.09%) Senior
5 560 (9.42%) Junior
6 509 (8.57%) Consultant
7 486 (8.18%) Junior Analyst
8 476 (8.01%) Junior Security Analyst
9 470 (7.91%) Ethical Hacker
10 374 (6.29%) Architect
11 371 (6.24%) Lead
12 316 (5.32%) Security Consultant
13 307 (5.17%) Security Manager
14 286 (4.81%) IT Support
15 266 (4.48%) IT Manager
16 263 (4.43%) Security Architect
17 254 (4.27%) Security Engineer
18 222 (3.74%) IT Engineer
19 213 (3.58%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 206 (3.47%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (1.26%) Terraform
2 48 (0.81%) SAML
3 46 (0.77%) LDAP
4 43 (0.72%) OAuth
5 37 (0.62%) OpenID
6 35 (0.59%) REST
7 28 (0.47%) HTML
8 24 (0.40%) React
9 23 (0.39%) .NET
10 22 (0.37%) CSS
11 19 (0.32%) JSON
12 18 (0.30%) Kafka
12 18 (0.30%) Node.js
13 15 (0.25%) RESTful
13 15 (0.25%) XML
14 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
14 14 (0.24%) SailPoint
15 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
16 11 (0.19%) Middleware
16 11 (0.19%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 567 (9.54%) Cyberattack
2 349 (5.87%) Security Posture
3 275 (4.63%) Cyber Threat
4 242 (4.07%) Onboarding
5 228 (3.84%) Management Information System
6 165 (2.78%) Driving Licence
7 158 (2.66%) Security Operations Centre
8 148 (2.49%) Operational Technology
9 135 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
10 103 (1.73%) Cyber Defence
11 101 (1.70%) Data Centre
12 96 (1.62%) Cloud Native
13 63 (1.06%) PKI
14 58 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
15 52 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
16 46 (0.77%) Cyber Security Posture
17 36 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
18 35 (0.59%) CSOC
19 33 (0.56%) Blog
19 33 (0.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 586 (9.86%) Windows
2 290 (4.88%) Windows Server
3 214 (3.60%) Linux
4 74 (1.25%) Mac OS
5 37 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 27 (0.45%) Windows 10
8 26 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 21 (0.35%) Apple iOS
10 17 (0.29%) Android
11 16 (0.27%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.10%) CentOS
13 5 (0.084%) Windows Server 2012
14 4 (0.067%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.067%) Unix
14 4 (0.067%) 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
1 885 (14.89%) Mentoring
2 701 (11.80%) Problem-Solving
3 657 (11.06%) Continuous Improvement
4 548 (9.22%) Information Security
5 524 (8.82%) AI
6 518 (8.72%) Incident Response
7 508 (8.55%) Risk Management
8 486 (8.18%) Security Operations
9 485 (8.16%) Ethical Hacking
10 447 (7.52%) SIEM
11 431 (7.25%) Vulnerability Management
12 413 (6.95%) Cloud Security
13 389 (6.55%) Stakeholder Management
14 387 (6.51%) Disaster Recovery
15 344 (5.79%) Decision-Making
16 308 (5.18%) Roadmaps
17 301 (5.07%) Service Delivery
18 286 (4.81%) Data Protection
19 273 (4.59%) Penetration Testing
20 271 (4.56%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 316 (5.32%) Python
2 236 (3.97%) PowerShell
3 94 (1.58%) SQL
4 72 (1.21%) C++
5 67 (1.13%) JavaScript
6 55 (0.93%) Bash
7 45 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
8 43 (0.72%) Java
9 33 (0.56%) Rust
10 32 (0.54%) C#
11 24 (0.40%) Go
12 23 (0.39%) C
13 22 (0.37%) TypeScript
14 16 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
15 13 (0.22%) MATLAB
16 12 (0.20%) Perl
17 11 (0.19%) Embedded C
18 5 (0.084%) Shell Script
19 4 (0.067%) Ada
19 4 (0.067%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 1,027 (17.28%) Azure Certification
2 670 (11.28%) Security Cleared
3 620 (10.43%) CompTIA Security+
4 547 (9.21%) CEH
5 512 (8.62%) CompTIA CySA+
6 509 (8.57%) Degree
7 464 (7.81%) CISSP
8 459 (7.72%) SC Cleared
9 295 (4.96%) CISM
10 223 (3.75%) DV Cleared
11 158 (2.66%) Cisco Certification
12 122 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
13 99 (1.67%) CRISC
14 88 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
15 87 (1.46%) CISA
16 86 (1.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 84 (1.41%) AWS Certification
18 78 (1.31%) CREST Certified
18 78 (1.31%) Master's Degree
19 64 (1.08%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 653 (10.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 517 (8.70%) NIST
3 332 (5.59%) GDPR
4 320 (5.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 312 (5.25%) GRC
6 141 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 141 (2.37%) PCI DSS
7 103 (1.73%) QA
8 102 (1.72%) NCSC
9 60 (1.01%) SOC 2
10 44 (0.74%) NIST 800
11 43 (0.72%) SLA
12 39 (0.66%) Accessibility
13 37 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 35 (0.59%) COBIT
15 33 (0.56%) JSP 440
16 29 (0.49%) Data Quality
17 23 (0.39%) ISO 22301
18 22 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
18 22 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 455 (7.66%) Active Directory
2 161 (2.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 130 (2.19%) Hyper-V
4 58 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
5 51 (0.86%) Docker
6 37 (0.62%) Firmware
7 25 (0.42%) vSphere
8 14 (0.24%) IAG
8 14 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
9 13 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 12 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
11 8 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
12 7 (0.12%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.084%) ClearTrust
13 5 (0.084%) Embedded Firmware
14 3 (0.050%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.034%) BitLocker
15 2 (0.034%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 251 (4.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 78 (1.31%) Kubernetes
3 59 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
4 44 (0.74%) Ansible
5 24 (0.40%) Nmap
6 23 (0.39%) FortiGate
6 23 (0.39%) Grafana
7 22 (0.37%) Nessus
7 22 (0.37%) QRadar
8 21 (0.35%) SCCM
9 19 (0.32%) CASB
10 17 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
11 13 (0.22%) Prometheus
12 9 (0.15%) Kibana
13 8 (0.13%) Cisco CUCM
13 8 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
13 8 (0.13%) Functional Safety
14 7 (0.12%) Graylog
15 6 (0.10%) vCenter Server
16 5 (0.084%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 2,169 (36.50%) Microsoft
2 940 (15.82%) ForeScout
3 213 (3.58%) Cisco
4 201 (3.38%) VMware
5 170 (2.86%) Palo Alto
6 113 (1.90%) Splunk
7 98 (1.65%) CrowdStrike
8 74 (1.25%) Qualys
9 71 (1.19%) Google
10 67 (1.13%) Apple
11 66 (1.11%) ServiceNow
12 65 (1.09%) Aruba
13 59 (0.99%) Fortinet
13 59 (0.99%) Tenable
14 58 (0.98%) Salesforce
15 49 (0.82%) Veeam
16 41 (0.69%) Adobe
16 41 (0.69%) SAP
17 38 (0.64%) SonicWALL
18 37 (0.62%) CyberArk