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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 34 36
Rank change year-on-year +14 +2 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,952 2,695 4,331
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.76% 6.23% 5.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.15% 6.92% 6.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3,384 1,651 3,134
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -7.03%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -9.65%

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 65,072 38,960 70,273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.88% 90.13% 82.28%
Number of salaries quoted 46,074 22,313 49,745
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,760 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £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 £56,888 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.47% +3.43% -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 18 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 18 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
London +14 1,391 £75,000 +3.45% 495
North of England +20 1,365 £50,000 - 315
South East +13 1,083 £52,500 +5.00% 343
Midlands +19 1,002 £57,500 +20.59% 191
North West +28 642 £55,000 - 171
South West +13 601 £55,000 +23.35% 168
Yorkshire +12 557 £45,000 +36.36% 112
West Midlands +11 513 £60,000 +11.76% 99
East Midlands +41 488 £55,000 +57.14% 92
East of England +66 482 £43,500 -8.42% 131
North East +28 166 £50,000 -27.94% 36
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
1 178 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 173 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.27%) Apache
4 13 (0.22%) IIS
5 12 (0.20%) 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 34 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (0.34%) 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 10 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.10%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.084%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 5 (0.084%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.050%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.034%) Shopify
9 1 (0.017%) Maximo
9 1 (0.017%) RMDS
9 1 (0.017%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.017%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.017%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 2,343 (39.36%) Azure
2 699 (11.74%) Microsoft 365
3 455 (7.64%) AWS
4 390 (6.55%) Entra ID
5 170 (2.86%) SaaS
6 148 (2.49%) GCP
7 77 (1.29%) Azure Sentinel
8 72 (1.21%) Power Platform
9 70 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
10 59 (0.99%) OneDrive
11 48 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
12 47 (0.79%) Serverless
13 32 (0.54%) Microsoft Copilot
14 31 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
14 31 (0.52%) Google Workspace
14 31 (0.52%) Mimecast
15 28 (0.47%) GitHub
15 28 (0.47%) PaaS
16 25 (0.42%) IaaS
17 23 (0.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 482 (8.10%) Firewall
2 215 (3.61%) Network Security
3 195 (3.28%) VPN
4 184 (3.09%) DNS
5 142 (2.39%) WAN
6 137 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
7 127 (2.13%) LAN
8 124 (2.08%) DHCP
9 118 (1.98%) TCP/IP
10 107 (1.80%) VLAN
11 83 (1.39%) Internet
12 63 (1.06%) VoIP
13 50 (0.84%) Wireless
14 43 (0.72%) Unified Communications
15 41 (0.69%) Broadband
16 36 (0.60%) Cisco Nexus
17 35 (0.59%) HTTP
18 30 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
18 30 (0.50%) SSL
19 25 (0.42%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (0.79%) Power BI
2 35 (0.59%) SQL Server
3 14 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (0.20%) MySQL
5 12 (0.20%) Tableau
6 10 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (0.17%) MongoDB
6 10 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (0.15%) Big Data
8 8 (0.13%) Neo4j
9 6 (0.10%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.084%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.067%) Metadata
11 4 (0.067%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.050%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.050%) GIS
13 2 (0.034%) ClickHouse
13 2 (0.034%) Flink
13 2 (0.034%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 36 (0.60%) Git
2 33 (0.55%) GitLab
3 32 (0.54%) JIRA
4 25 (0.42%) Snyk
5 17 (0.29%) Burp Suite
5 17 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
6 16 (0.27%) Metasploit
7 12 (0.20%) Jenkins
8 9 (0.15%) Yeoman
9 5 (0.084%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.084%) JMeter
9 5 (0.084%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.084%) VersionOne
10 4 (0.067%) Apache Continuum
10 4 (0.067%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.067%) Locust
10 4 (0.067%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.034%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.034%) Claude Code
12 1 (0.017%) GDB
General
1 2,448 (41.13%) Social Skills
2 516 (8.67%) Finance
3 418 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
4 289 (4.86%) Public Sector
5 281 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 170 (2.86%) Retail
7 169 (2.84%) Marketing
8 160 (2.69%) Law
9 153 (2.57%) Telecoms
10 151 (2.54%) Legal
11 135 (2.27%) Manufacturing
12 127 (2.13%) Banking
13 105 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
14 82 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
15 70 (1.18%) Multimedia
16 68 (1.14%) Aerospace
17 55 (0.92%) Advertising
18 54 (0.91%) Local Government
19 34 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
19 34 (0.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,203 (20.21%) Analyst
2 1,035 (17.39%) Security Analyst
3 940 (15.79%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 771 (12.95%) Junior
5 718 (12.06%) Junior Analyst
6 708 (11.90%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (11.84%) Ethical Hacker
8 595 (10.00%) Senior
9 422 (7.09%) Consultant
10 354 (5.95%) Architect
11 307 (5.16%) Lead
12 275 (4.62%) IT Support
13 269 (4.52%) Security Consultant
14 263 (4.42%) Security Manager
15 239 (4.02%) Security Architect
16 226 (3.80%) IT Manager
17 223 (3.75%) Security Engineer
18 195 (3.28%) IT Engineer
19 180 (3.02%) Cybersecurity Consultant
20 175 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (0.94%) SAML
2 51 (0.86%) LDAP
3 50 (0.84%) OAuth
4 45 (0.76%) REST
5 44 (0.74%) OpenID
6 32 (0.54%) HTML
7 24 (0.40%) CSS
7 24 (0.40%) React
8 21 (0.35%) SOAP
9 20 (0.34%) Kafka
10 18 (0.30%) .NET
11 17 (0.29%) SailPoint
12 15 (0.25%) JSON
12 15 (0.25%) Middleware
13 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
13 14 (0.24%) GraphQL
14 13 (0.22%) AngularJS
14 13 (0.22%) Node.js
14 13 (0.22%) RESTful
14 13 (0.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 817 (13.73%) Cyberattack
2 334 (5.61%) Security Posture
3 222 (3.73%) Cyber Threat
4 198 (3.33%) Management Information System
5 196 (3.29%) Onboarding
6 161 (2.70%) Driving Licence
7 156 (2.62%) Security Operations Centre
8 127 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
9 105 (1.76%) Operational Technology
10 97 (1.63%) Cyber Defence
11 87 (1.46%) Cloud Native
12 77 (1.29%) Data Centre
13 59 (0.99%) PKI
14 51 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
15 43 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
16 42 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
17 38 (0.64%) Blog
18 34 (0.57%) CSOC
18 34 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
19 29 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 539 (9.06%) Windows
2 265 (4.45%) Windows Server
3 191 (3.21%) Linux
4 58 (0.97%) Mac OS
5 38 (0.64%) Windows 10
6 29 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 29 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
7 25 (0.42%) Android
8 24 (0.40%) Apple iOS
8 24 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 13 (0.22%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.10%) CentOS
11 5 (0.084%) VMS
12 4 (0.067%) Unix
12 4 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
14 1 (0.017%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.017%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,156 (19.42%) Mentoring
2 773 (12.99%) Ethical Hacking
3 604 (10.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 591 (9.93%) Problem-Solving
5 514 (8.64%) Incident Response
6 486 (8.17%) Information Security
7 472 (7.93%) Risk Management
8 435 (7.31%) SIEM
9 422 (7.09%) Security Operations
10 388 (6.52%) AI
11 384 (6.45%) Cloud Security
12 372 (6.25%) Vulnerability Management
13 324 (5.44%) Disaster Recovery
14 317 (5.33%) Decision-Making
15 278 (4.67%) Roadmaps
16 277 (4.65%) Stakeholder Management
17 250 (4.20%) Agile
18 248 (4.17%) Data Protection
19 242 (4.07%) Business Continuity
19 242 (4.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 305 (5.12%) Python
2 251 (4.22%) PowerShell
3 100 (1.68%) SQL
4 71 (1.19%) JavaScript
5 70 (1.18%) Bash
6 65 (1.09%) C++
7 41 (0.69%) Java
8 37 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
9 31 (0.52%) Rust
10 24 (0.40%) C#
11 21 (0.35%) Go
11 21 (0.35%) TypeScript
12 20 (0.34%) MATLAB
13 18 (0.30%) C
14 14 (0.24%) Search Processing Language
14 14 (0.24%) T-SQL
15 9 (0.15%) Perl
16 7 (0.12%) PHP
17 5 (0.084%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.067%) Ada
Qualifications
1 1,476 (24.80%) Azure Certification
2 879 (14.77%) CompTIA Security+
3 828 (13.91%) CEH
4 757 (12.72%) CompTIA CySA+
5 579 (9.73%) Security Cleared
6 449 (7.54%) Degree
7 444 (7.46%) CISSP
8 400 (6.72%) SC Cleared
9 283 (4.75%) CISM
10 198 (3.33%) DV Cleared
11 156 (2.62%) Cisco Certification
12 98 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
13 95 (1.60%) CISA
14 91 (1.53%) CRISC
15 84 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 78 (1.31%) CREST Certified
16 78 (1.31%) Network+ Certification
17 71 (1.19%) A+ Certification
18 70 (1.18%) CCNA
18 70 (1.18%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 630 (10.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 531 (8.92%) NIST
3 337 (5.66%) GDPR
4 287 (4.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 270 (4.54%) GRC
6 148 (2.49%) PCI DSS
7 131 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 109 (1.83%) QA
9 104 (1.75%) NCSC
10 59 (0.99%) SOC 2
11 43 (0.72%) NIST 800
12 36 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 35 (0.59%) Accessibility
13 35 (0.59%) COBIT
14 34 (0.57%) JSP 440
14 34 (0.57%) SLA
15 27 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
16 26 (0.44%) Data Quality
17 20 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 19 (0.32%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 426 (7.16%) Active Directory
2 125 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 105 (1.76%) Hyper-V
4 51 (0.86%) Docker
4 51 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (0.40%) vSphere
6 14 (0.24%) IAG
7 12 (0.20%) 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
1 215 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 86 (1.44%) Terraform
3 75 (1.26%) Kubernetes
4 42 (0.71%) Ansible
4 42 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
5 31 (0.52%) Grafana
6 20 (0.34%) QRadar
7 18 (0.30%) Prometheus
8 17 (0.29%) FortiGate
8 17 (0.29%) SCCM
9 16 (0.27%) CASB
10 13 (0.22%) Nmap
11 9 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
11 9 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
11 9 (0.15%) Kibana
11 9 (0.15%) Nessus
12 8 (0.13%) vCenter Server
13 7 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (0.10%) Functional Safety
14 6 (0.10%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,542 (42.71%) Microsoft
2 1,411 (23.71%) ForeScout
3 176 (2.96%) VMware
4 165 (2.77%) 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%) Google
11 60 (1.01%) Tenable
12 56 (0.94%) ServiceNow
13 50 (0.84%) Apple
14 49 (0.82%) Salesforce
15 35 (0.59%) SAP
16 34 (0.57%) Veeam
17 33 (0.55%) Adobe
18 31 (0.52%) CyberArk
19 29 (0.49%) Dell