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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 34 38
Rank change year-on-year +15 +4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,953 2,705 4,458
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.80% 6.24% 5.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.20% 6.92% 6.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,345 1,659 3,244
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £35,631
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £43,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -8.59%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% -2.59% -10.25%

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 64,729 39,091 72,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.90% 90.22% 82.30%
Number of salaries quoted 45,730 22,350 51,838
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,771 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,201 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.89% +4.00% -8.84%

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 July 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 July 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 +21 1,380 £50,000 -3.41% 314
London +15 1,372 £75,000 +3.45% 484
South East +14 1,089 £52,500 +5.00% 362
Midlands +19 1,003 £57,500 +20.59% 202
North West +30 646 £55,000 - 174
South West +11 598 £57,500 +29.81% 218
Yorkshire +13 566 £47,500 +43.94% 103
West Midlands +11 514 £60,000 +10.09% 104
East Midlands +41 488 £55,000 +57.14% 98
East of England +62 485 £43,500 -8.42% 135
North East +23 168 £50,000 -27.94% 41
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
1 176 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 171 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.27%) Apache
4 13 (0.22%) IIS
5 11 (0.18%) CMS
6 9 (0.15%) SAS
7 6 (0.10%) Confluence
8 5 (0.084%) WordPress
9 4 (0.067%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.017%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 73 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.27%) Simulink
5 5 (0.084%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.067%) CATIA
6 4 (0.067%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.050%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.034%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 15 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
4 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.084%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.084%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.084%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.050%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 2 (0.034%) Shopify
10 1 (0.017%) Maximo
10 1 (0.017%) RMDS
10 1 (0.017%) SAP EHS
10 1 (0.017%) SAP FI
10 1 (0.017%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 2,386 (40.08%) Azure
2 694 (11.66%) Microsoft 365
3 447 (7.51%) AWS
4 391 (6.57%) Entra ID
5 169 (2.84%) SaaS
6 147 (2.47%) GCP
7 78 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
8 73 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
9 71 (1.19%) Power Platform
10 57 (0.96%) OneDrive
11 48 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
12 47 (0.79%) Serverless
13 32 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
13 32 (0.54%) Google Workspace
13 32 (0.54%) Microsoft Copilot
13 32 (0.54%) Mimecast
14 27 (0.45%) GitHub
14 27 (0.45%) PaaS
15 24 (0.40%) IaaS
16 23 (0.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 482 (8.10%) Firewall
2 211 (3.54%) Network Security
3 195 (3.28%) VPN
4 183 (3.07%) DNS
5 143 (2.40%) WAN
6 137 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
7 128 (2.15%) LAN
8 123 (2.07%) DHCP
9 117 (1.97%) TCP/IP
10 107 (1.80%) VLAN
11 83 (1.39%) Internet
12 62 (1.04%) VoIP
13 48 (0.81%) Wireless
14 43 (0.72%) Unified Communications
15 42 (0.71%) Broadband
16 36 (0.60%) Cisco Nexus
17 35 (0.59%) HTTP
18 30 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
18 30 (0.50%) SSL
19 24 (0.40%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (0.74%) Power BI
2 35 (0.59%) SQL Server
3 14 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (0.20%) MySQL
6 11 (0.18%) Tableau
7 9 (0.15%) Big Data
7 9 (0.15%) MongoDB
7 9 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.13%) Neo4j
9 5 (0.084%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.067%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.067%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.050%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.050%) GIS
11 3 (0.050%) Metadata
12 2 (0.034%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.034%) Flink
12 2 (0.034%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 35 (0.59%) Git
2 33 (0.55%) GitLab
3 32 (0.54%) JIRA
4 25 (0.42%) Snyk
5 17 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
6 14 (0.24%) Burp Suite
7 13 (0.22%) Metasploit
8 11 (0.18%) Jenkins
9 9 (0.15%) Yeoman
10 5 (0.084%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.084%) JMeter
10 5 (0.084%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.084%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.067%) Apache Continuum
11 4 (0.067%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.067%) Locust
11 4 (0.067%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.034%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.034%) Claude Code
13 1 (0.017%) GDB
General
1 2,484 (41.73%) Social Skills
2 510 (8.57%) Finance
3 417 (7.00%) Analytical Skills
4 281 (4.72%) Public Sector
5 279 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 172 (2.89%) Retail
7 170 (2.86%) Marketing
8 159 (2.67%) Law
9 145 (2.44%) Legal
10 144 (2.42%) Telecoms
11 132 (2.22%) Manufacturing
12 128 (2.15%) Banking
13 107 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
14 77 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
15 70 (1.18%) Multimedia
16 65 (1.09%) Aerospace
17 55 (0.92%) Local Government
18 54 (0.91%) Advertising
19 35 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
20 34 (0.57%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1,245 (20.91%) Analyst
2 1,080 (18.14%) Security Analyst
3 985 (16.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 814 (13.67%) Junior
5 765 (12.85%) Junior Analyst
6 755 (12.68%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (11.84%) Ethical Hacker
8 588 (9.88%) Senior
9 411 (6.90%) Consultant
10 354 (5.95%) Architect
11 306 (5.14%) Lead
12 276 (4.64%) IT Support
13 262 (4.40%) Security Consultant
14 261 (4.38%) Security Manager
15 238 (4.00%) Security Architect
16 222 (3.73%) Security Engineer
17 220 (3.70%) IT Manager
18 192 (3.23%) IT Engineer
19 176 (2.96%) Cybersecurity Consultant
20 175 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (0.97%) SAML
2 52 (0.87%) LDAP
2 52 (0.87%) OAuth
3 46 (0.77%) OpenID
3 46 (0.77%) REST
4 32 (0.54%) HTML
5 24 (0.40%) CSS
5 24 (0.40%) React
6 22 (0.37%) SOAP
7 20 (0.34%) Kafka
8 18 (0.30%) .NET
9 17 (0.29%) SailPoint
10 15 (0.25%) GraphQL
10 15 (0.25%) JSON
10 15 (0.25%) Middleware
11 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
12 13 (0.22%) AngularJS
12 13 (0.22%) RESTful
12 13 (0.22%) XML
13 12 (0.20%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 817 (13.72%) Cyberattack
2 334 (5.61%) Security Posture
3 216 (3.63%) Cyber Threat
4 195 (3.28%) Management Information System
5 194 (3.26%) Onboarding
6 157 (2.64%) Driving Licence
7 154 (2.59%) Security Operations Centre
8 125 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
9 101 (1.70%) Operational Technology
10 96 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
11 86 (1.44%) Cloud Native
12 77 (1.29%) Data Centre
13 59 (0.99%) PKI
14 51 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
15 44 (0.74%) Cyber Security Posture
16 42 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
17 38 (0.64%) Blog
18 37 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
19 34 (0.57%) CSOC
20 29 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 537 (9.02%) Windows
2 265 (4.45%) Windows Server
3 190 (3.19%) Linux
4 55 (0.92%) Mac OS
5 38 (0.64%) Windows 10
6 30 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 30 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
7 25 (0.42%) Android
8 24 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 23 (0.39%) Apple iOS
10 13 (0.22%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.10%) CentOS
12 5 (0.084%) VMS
13 4 (0.067%) Unix
13 4 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.017%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.017%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,199 (20.14%) Mentoring
2 773 (12.99%) Ethical Hacking
3 606 (10.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 588 (9.88%) Problem-Solving
5 512 (8.60%) Incident Response
6 477 (8.01%) Information Security
7 465 (7.81%) Risk Management
8 436 (7.32%) SIEM
9 420 (7.06%) Security Operations
10 383 (6.43%) AI
11 380 (6.38%) Cloud Security
12 368 (6.18%) Vulnerability Management
13 323 (5.43%) Disaster Recovery
14 312 (5.24%) Decision-Making
15 275 (4.62%) Roadmaps
16 271 (4.55%) Stakeholder Management
17 247 (4.15%) Data Protection
18 244 (4.10%) Agile
19 242 (4.07%) Business Continuity
20 240 (4.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 306 (5.14%) Python
2 253 (4.25%) PowerShell
3 100 (1.68%) SQL
4 72 (1.21%) JavaScript
5 71 (1.19%) Bash
6 66 (1.11%) C++
7 42 (0.71%) Java
8 37 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
9 31 (0.52%) Rust
10 25 (0.42%) C#
11 21 (0.35%) TypeScript
12 20 (0.34%) MATLAB
13 19 (0.32%) Go
14 18 (0.30%) C
15 15 (0.25%) T-SQL
16 14 (0.24%) Search Processing Language
17 9 (0.15%) Perl
18 7 (0.12%) PHP
19 5 (0.084%) Shell Script
20 4 (0.067%) Ada
Qualifications
1 1,522 (25.57%) Azure Certification
2 924 (15.52%) CompTIA Security+
3 828 (13.91%) CEH
4 804 (13.51%) CompTIA CySA+
5 565 (9.49%) Security Cleared
6 443 (7.44%) Degree
7 436 (7.32%) CISSP
8 392 (6.58%) SC Cleared
9 276 (4.64%) CISM
10 196 (3.29%) DV Cleared
11 155 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
12 98 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
13 94 (1.58%) CISA
14 88 (1.48%) CRISC
15 84 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 79 (1.33%) Network+ Certification
17 76 (1.28%) CREST Certified
18 73 (1.23%) A+ Certification
19 70 (1.18%) GIAC
20 69 (1.16%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 625 (10.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 529 (8.89%) NIST
3 340 (5.71%) GDPR
4 288 (4.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 268 (4.50%) GRC
6 145 (2.44%) PCI DSS
7 132 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 110 (1.85%) QA
9 101 (1.70%) NCSC
10 60 (1.01%) SOC 2
11 44 (0.74%) NIST 800
12 36 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 34 (0.57%) Accessibility
13 34 (0.57%) COBIT
13 34 (0.57%) JSP 440
13 34 (0.57%) SLA
14 27 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
15 26 (0.44%) Data Quality
16 20 (0.34%) ISO 22301
17 19 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 426 (7.16%) Active Directory
2 124 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 105 (1.76%) Hyper-V
4 51 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
5 50 (0.84%) Docker
6 25 (0.42%) vSphere
7 14 (0.24%) IAG
8 11 (0.18%) Firmware
8 11 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
10 9 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (0.084%) ClearTrust
11 5 (0.084%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.084%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.067%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.017%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 216 (3.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 86 (1.44%) Terraform
3 73 (1.23%) Kubernetes
4 43 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
5 41 (0.69%) Ansible
6 31 (0.52%) Grafana
7 20 (0.34%) QRadar
8 18 (0.30%) Prometheus
9 17 (0.29%) FortiGate
9 17 (0.29%) SCCM
10 16 (0.27%) CASB
11 10 (0.17%) Nmap
12 9 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
12 9 (0.15%) Kibana
13 8 (0.13%) Nessus
13 8 (0.13%) vCenter Server
14 7 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 6 (0.10%) Functional Safety
15 6 (0.10%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,585 (43.42%) Microsoft
2 1,458 (24.49%) ForeScout
3 175 (2.94%) VMware
4 162 (2.72%) Cisco
5 143 (2.40%) Palo Alto
6 108 (1.81%) CrowdStrike
7 104 (1.75%) Splunk
8 64 (1.08%) Qualys
9 62 (1.04%) Fortinet
10 61 (1.02%) Aruba
11 60 (1.01%) Tenable
12 59 (0.99%) Google
13 58 (0.97%) ServiceNow
14 50 (0.84%) Apple
15 49 (0.82%) Salesforce
16 35 (0.59%) Veeam
17 34 (0.57%) SAP
18 33 (0.55%) Adobe
19 31 (0.52%) CyberArk
20 29 (0.49%) Dell