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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 37 34
Rank change year-on-year +31 -3 +18
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 7,718 2,584 3,758
As % of all permanent jobs in England 13.02% 5.78% 5.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.38% 6.26% 6.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,260 1,339 2,917
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,950 £35,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £49,775 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -7.69%

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 47,129 41,258 58,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.49% 92.34% 88.19%
Number of salaries quoted 28,853 20,302 46,329
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £40,702
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,424 £82,500 £75,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 15 February 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 15 February 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 +33 2,417 £35,000 -38.16% 244
North West +31 1,831 £40,000 -27.27% 132
Midlands +25 1,498 £42,500 -28.08% 185
London +19 1,421 £70,000 -6.67% 322
West Midlands +22 1,224 £45,000 -25.00% 112
South East +37 1,200 £48,250 -18.39% 327
East of England +56 653 £35,000 -41.67% 129
Yorkshire +34 496 £30,500 -50.41% 90
South West +43 469 £55,000 - 154
East Midlands +33 285 £37,500 -16.67% 73
North East +39 90 £30,500 -20.78% 23
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
1 128 (1.66%) SharePoint
2 66 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.16%) Confluence
4 11 (0.14%) CMS
4 11 (0.14%) WordPress
5 6 (0.078%) nginx
6 5 (0.065%) Drupal
7 4 (0.052%) Apache
7 4 (0.052%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.052%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.039%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.026%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.026%) SAS
10 1 (0.013%) FileNet
Applications
1 108 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 49 (0.63%) Maya
4 39 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 19 (0.25%) Simulink
7 10 (0.13%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.052%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.039%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.039%) CATIA
9 3 (0.039%) CINEMA 4D
9 3 (0.039%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.026%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.026%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.013%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 31 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (0.14%) SAP IBP
5 7 (0.091%) SAP FS
6 6 (0.078%) Exchequer
6 6 (0.078%) SAP CO
6 6 (0.078%) SAP FI
6 6 (0.078%) SAP FI/CO
6 6 (0.078%) SAP FSCM
6 6 (0.078%) SAP IS-U
6 6 (0.078%) Shopify
7 4 (0.052%) Endur
7 4 (0.052%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.052%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.052%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.052%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.039%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.039%) SAP CX
8 3 (0.039%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 4,062 (52.63%) Cloud Computing
2 1,471 (19.06%) Azure
3 544 (7.05%) AWS
4 416 (5.39%) Microsoft 365
5 265 (3.43%) Entra ID
6 220 (2.85%) GitHub
7 80 (1.04%) Power Platform
7 80 (1.04%) SaaS
8 73 (0.95%) GCP
9 50 (0.65%) PaaS
10 48 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
10 48 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
11 39 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
12 35 (0.45%) IaaS
13 33 (0.43%) Google Workspace
14 32 (0.41%) OneDrive
15 29 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
16 27 (0.35%) Nutanix
17 21 (0.27%) AWS CloudFormation
17 21 (0.27%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 4,231 (54.82%) Internet
2 283 (3.67%) Firewall
3 125 (1.62%) Network Security
4 120 (1.55%) VPN
5 104 (1.35%) DNS
6 86 (1.11%) DHCP
7 83 (1.08%) TCP/IP
8 69 (0.89%) WAN
9 62 (0.80%) LAN
10 58 (0.75%) VLAN
10 58 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
11 49 (0.63%) VoIP
12 39 (0.51%) Broadband
13 33 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
14 26 (0.34%) Wireless
15 21 (0.27%) SD-WAN
16 18 (0.23%) CHAP
17 16 (0.21%) DMZ
18 14 (0.18%) Modbus
19 13 (0.17%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (0.66%) Power BI
2 39 (0.51%) SQL Server
3 36 (0.47%) Tableau
4 31 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (0.30%) Big Data
6 21 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (0.22%) Neo4j
7 17 (0.22%) Relational Database
8 15 (0.19%) Metadata
9 14 (0.18%) Data Lake
10 13 (0.17%) SAP BW
11 11 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (0.14%) Oracle Database
12 7 (0.091%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.078%) MS Access
14 5 (0.065%) MariaDB
15 4 (0.052%) BusinessObjects
15 4 (0.052%) PostgreSQL
15 4 (0.052%) SAP Data Services
16 3 (0.039%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 221 (2.86%) Git
2 28 (0.36%) JIRA
3 25 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
4 17 (0.22%) GitLab
5 16 (0.21%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.10%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.052%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.052%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.052%) JMeter
7 4 (0.052%) Locust
7 4 (0.052%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.052%) MLflow
7 4 (0.052%) Toad
8 3 (0.039%) Apache Continuum
9 2 (0.026%) Snyk
10 1 (0.013%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.013%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.013%) SonarQube
General
1 5,512 (71.42%) Social Skills
2 4,185 (54.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,168 (54.00%) Banking
4 546 (7.07%) Finance
5 371 (4.81%) Multimedia
6 364 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
7 189 (2.45%) Public Sector
8 179 (2.32%) Marketing
9 165 (2.14%) Law
10 150 (1.94%) Legal
11 134 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
12 124 (1.61%) Telecoms
13 107 (1.39%) Retail
14 106 (1.37%) Manufacturing
15 78 (1.01%) Games
16 64 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
17 63 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
18 53 (0.69%) Electronics
19 46 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
20 44 (0.57%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3,136 (40.63%) Lecturer
2 673 (8.72%) Analyst
3 550 (7.13%) Security Analyst
4 505 (6.54%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 444 (5.75%) Junior
6 425 (5.51%) Junior Analyst
7 424 (5.49%) Junior Security Analyst
8 374 (4.85%) Trainee
9 368 (4.77%) Senior
10 233 (3.02%) Consultant
11 228 (2.95%) Lead
12 219 (2.84%) Architect
13 207 (2.68%) IT Support
14 164 (2.12%) Developer
15 151 (1.96%) Security Manager
16 146 (1.89%) Support Engineer
17 141 (1.83%) Ethical Hacker
18 136 (1.76%) Security Consultant
19 134 (1.74%) Security Engineer
20 128 (1.66%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 235 (3.04%) HTML
2 232 (3.01%) CSS
3 41 (0.53%) REST
4 36 (0.47%) OAuth
4 36 (0.47%) React
5 35 (0.45%) SAML
6 33 (0.43%) OpenID
7 29 (0.38%) LDAP
8 26 (0.34%) GraphQL
8 26 (0.34%) SAP CAF
9 25 (0.32%) AngularJS
9 25 (0.32%) SOAP
10 17 (0.22%) MERN Stack
11 14 (0.18%) .NET
11 14 (0.18%) Middleware
12 12 (0.16%) YAML
13 10 (0.13%) PyTorch
13 10 (0.13%) TensorFlow
14 9 (0.12%) Node.js
14 9 (0.12%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4,075 (52.80%) IoT
2 204 (2.64%) Cyberattack
3 177 (2.29%) Security Posture
4 169 (2.19%) Management Information System
5 132 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
6 131 (1.70%) Cyber Threat
7 112 (1.45%) Driving Licence
7 112 (1.45%) Onboarding
8 90 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
9 76 (0.98%) Cloud Native
10 69 (0.89%) Data Centre
11 67 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
12 56 (0.73%) Operational Technology
13 49 (0.63%) Cyber Defence
14 44 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
15 42 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
16 39 (0.51%) Blog
16 39 (0.51%) Public Cloud
17 38 (0.49%) Cyber Security Posture
18 35 (0.45%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 365 (4.73%) Windows
2 157 (2.03%) Windows Server
3 120 (1.55%) Linux
4 65 (0.84%) Windows 10
5 62 (0.80%) Mac OS
6 33 (0.43%) Android
7 24 (0.31%) Apple iOS
8 18 (0.23%) Unix
9 11 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (0.091%) VMS
11 6 (0.078%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.039%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.026%) Debian
13 2 (0.026%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.013%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.013%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.013%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,266 (55.27%) AI
2 4,067 (52.69%) Machine Learning
3 4,040 (52.35%) User Experience
4 4,033 (52.25%) Web Development
5 1,033 (13.38%) Mentoring
6 479 (6.21%) Problem-Solving
7 394 (5.10%) Continuous Improvement
8 387 (5.01%) Risk Management
9 342 (4.43%) Incident Response
10 340 (4.41%) Information Security
11 308 (3.99%) Ethical Hacking
12 257 (3.33%) Agile
13 207 (2.68%) SIEM
14 205 (2.66%) ITIL
15 204 (2.64%) Project Management
16 203 (2.63%) Roadmaps
17 196 (2.54%) Data Protection
18 192 (2.49%) Line Management
19 189 (2.45%) Analytics
20 185 (2.40%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 398 (5.16%) Python
2 277 (3.59%) JavaScript
3 175 (2.27%) PowerShell
4 116 (1.50%) SQL
5 111 (1.44%) R
6 56 (0.73%) Bash
7 38 (0.49%) Java
8 28 (0.36%) C#
8 28 (0.36%) C++
8 28 (0.36%) TypeScript
9 25 (0.32%) T-SQL
10 20 (0.26%) C
11 19 (0.25%) MATLAB
12 11 (0.14%) Bicep
12 11 (0.14%) Go
13 8 (0.10%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (0.091%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.065%) Rust
16 4 (0.052%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.052%) VB
Qualifications
1 4,483 (58.08%) Degree
2 4,071 (52.75%) Master's Degree
3 4,014 (52.01%) PhD
4 4,004 (51.88%) Postgraduate
5 817 (10.59%) Azure Certification
6 625 (8.10%) CompTIA Security+
7 459 (5.95%) CompTIA CySA+
8 346 (4.48%) CISSP
9 343 (4.44%) CEH
10 306 (3.96%) Security Cleared
11 287 (3.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 264 (3.42%) AWS Certification
13 250 (3.24%) CISM
14 215 (2.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 208 (2.69%) SC Cleared
16 181 (2.35%) Network+ Certification
17 176 (2.28%) A+ Certification
18 113 (1.46%) CISA
19 102 (1.32%) DV Cleared
20 95 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 493 (6.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 440 (5.70%) NIST
3 268 (3.47%) GDPR
4 224 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 189 (2.45%) GRC
6 107 (1.39%) NCSC
7 101 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 94 (1.22%) PCI DSS
9 59 (0.76%) QA
10 47 (0.61%) SLA
11 43 (0.56%) COBIT
12 39 (0.51%) NIST 800
13 38 (0.49%) SOC 2
14 29 (0.38%) Data Quality
15 22 (0.29%) Accessibility
16 20 (0.26%) JSP 440
17 18 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
17 18 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 17 (0.22%) SOC 3
19 15 (0.19%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 282 (3.65%) Active Directory
2 63 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (0.67%) Hyper-V
4 51 (0.66%) Docker
5 31 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.18%) vSphere
7 8 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.078%) Firmware
10 4 (0.052%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.039%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.039%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 3 (0.039%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.026%) GPFS
12 2 (0.026%) Lustre
13 1 (0.013%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.013%) iptables
13 1 (0.013%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 158 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 56 (0.73%) Terraform
3 51 (0.66%) Kubernetes
4 31 (0.40%) Ansible
5 25 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (0.19%) CASB
6 15 (0.19%) SCCM
7 12 (0.16%) CSIRT
7 12 (0.16%) Nessus
7 12 (0.16%) RSA Archer
8 11 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 11 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
9 10 (0.13%) FortiGate
10 9 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 9 (0.12%) Grafana
11 8 (0.10%) Nagios
12 7 (0.091%) FTK
13 6 (0.078%) PaperCut
13 6 (0.078%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 5 (0.065%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1,499 (19.42%) Microsoft
2 565 (7.32%) ForeScout
3 107 (1.39%) VMware
4 89 (1.15%) SAP
5 84 (1.09%) Cisco
6 71 (0.92%) CrowdStrike
7 67 (0.87%) Fortinet
7 67 (0.87%) Palo Alto
8 61 (0.79%) Oracle
9 49 (0.63%) Apple
10 48 (0.62%) Salesforce
11 42 (0.54%) Adobe
12 34 (0.44%) Google
13 31 (0.40%) ServiceNow
13 31 (0.40%) Tenable
14 28 (0.36%) Siemens
15 26 (0.34%) Dell
16 24 (0.31%) MuleSoft
17 23 (0.30%) Splunk
18 19 (0.25%) PayPal