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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 32 37
Rank change year-on-year +10 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,860 2,754 3,584
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.03% 6.29% 5.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.23% 7.09% 6.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3,712 1,670 2,241
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,533 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.87%
75th Percentile £79,625 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,375 £95,000 £97,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% -5.83% -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 71,233 38,821 57,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.35% 88.70% 81.24%
Number of salaries quoted 50,689 22,542 35,770
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 £76,000
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 1 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 1 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 +11 1,481 £75,000 +7.14% 1,745
North of England +19 1,236 £51,722 +13.05% 589
South East +12 1,042 £55,000 +10.00% 627
Midlands +17 1,021 £55,000 +28.15% 348
North West +25 621 £57,500 +11.91% 304
South West +10 591 £55,000 +10.00% 388
West Midlands +8 519 £55,000 +10.00% 199
East Midlands +38 501 £55,000 +57.14% 149
Yorkshire +10 472 £44,500 +34.85% 217
East of England +51 469 £45,000 -5.26% 221
North East +13 143 £50,000 -23.08% 80
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 (3.63%) SharePoint
2 204 (3.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (0.38%) IIS
4 18 (0.31%) Apache
5 9 (0.15%) Confluence
5 9 (0.15%) SAS
6 6 (0.10%) CMS
7 5 (0.085%) WordPress
8 3 (0.051%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.051%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
Applications
1 83 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
2 59 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.17%) Simulink
5 8 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.068%) CATIA
8 2 (0.034%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (0.41%) Cloudability
2 9 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.085%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 5 (0.085%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.068%) SystmOne
7 3 (0.051%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.051%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.051%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.051%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.051%) Infor LN
7 3 (0.051%) Infor M3
7 3 (0.051%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.051%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.034%) Eikon
8 2 (0.034%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.017%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 1,787 (30.49%) Azure
2 763 (13.02%) Microsoft 365
3 461 (7.87%) AWS
4 432 (7.37%) Entra ID
5 195 (3.33%) SaaS
6 143 (2.44%) GCP
7 90 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
8 84 (1.43%) Power Platform
9 73 (1.25%) OneDrive
10 71 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
11 55 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
12 48 (0.82%) Serverless
13 47 (0.80%) Microsoft Copilot
14 42 (0.72%) Mimecast
15 35 (0.60%) GitHub
16 28 (0.48%) Azure DevOps
17 27 (0.46%) PaaS
18 26 (0.44%) Google Workspace
19 25 (0.43%) IaaS
20 23 (0.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 509 (8.69%) Firewall
2 248 (4.23%) Network Security
3 230 (3.92%) DNS
4 214 (3.65%) VPN
5 171 (2.92%) WAN
6 157 (2.68%) DHCP
7 153 (2.61%) Wi-Fi
8 152 (2.59%) TCP/IP
9 151 (2.58%) LAN
10 122 (2.08%) VLAN
11 100 (1.71%) Internet
12 82 (1.40%) VoIP
13 80 (1.37%) Wireless
14 53 (0.90%) Cisco Nexus
15 47 (0.80%) Unified Communications
16 43 (0.73%) HTTP
17 41 (0.70%) SSL
18 30 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
18 30 (0.51%) SD-WAN
18 30 (0.51%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (0.89%) Power BI
2 49 (0.84%) 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 (0.085%) Metadata
7 5 (0.085%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.068%) Crystal Reports
8 4 (0.068%) Neo4j
8 4 (0.068%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.068%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.051%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 48 (0.82%) Git
2 44 (0.75%) JIRA
3 29 (0.49%) Burp Suite
4 28 (0.48%) Metasploit
5 27 (0.46%) Snyk
6 23 (0.39%) GitLab
7 21 (0.36%) Jenkins
8 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
9 5 (0.085%) Eclipse
9 5 (0.085%) Rational DOORS
9 5 (0.085%) VersionOne
10 4 (0.068%) Apache Continuum
10 4 (0.068%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.068%) LabVIEW
10 4 (0.068%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.068%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.051%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.051%) JMeter
12 2 (0.034%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.034%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2,059 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 565 (9.64%) Finance
3 449 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
4 339 (5.78%) Public Sector
5 322 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 183 (3.12%) Marketing
7 181 (3.09%) Law
8 177 (3.02%) Legal
9 171 (2.92%) Retail
10 164 (2.80%) Telecoms
11 155 (2.65%) Manufacturing
12 135 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
13 128 (2.18%) Banking
14 116 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
15 103 (1.76%) Aerospace
16 56 (0.96%) Local Government
17 54 (0.92%) Advertising
18 53 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
19 43 (0.73%) Aviation
20 31 (0.53%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 972 (16.59%) Analyst
2 771 (13.16%) Security Analyst
3 670 (11.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 663 (11.31%) Senior
5 513 (8.75%) Junior
6 510 (8.70%) Consultant
7 439 (7.49%) Junior Analyst
8 429 (7.32%) Junior Security Analyst
9 423 (7.22%) Ethical Hacker
10 375 (6.40%) Architect
11 371 (6.33%) Lead
12 317 (5.41%) Security Consultant
13 309 (5.27%) Security Manager
14 287 (4.90%) IT Support
15 265 (4.52%) IT Manager
16 264 (4.51%) Security Architect
17 257 (4.39%) Security Engineer
18 224 (3.82%) IT Engineer
19 214 (3.65%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 206 (3.52%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (1.30%) Terraform
2 47 (0.80%) SAML
3 45 (0.77%) LDAP
4 42 (0.72%) OAuth
5 36 (0.61%) OpenID
6 35 (0.60%) REST
7 27 (0.46%) HTML
8 25 (0.43%) .NET
9 24 (0.41%) React
10 22 (0.38%) CSS
11 19 (0.32%) JSON
11 19 (0.32%) Node.js
12 18 (0.31%) Kafka
13 15 (0.26%) RESTful
13 15 (0.26%) XML
14 14 (0.24%) SailPoint
15 13 (0.22%) FastAPI
16 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
17 11 (0.19%) Middleware
17 11 (0.19%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 520 (8.87%) Cyberattack
2 350 (5.97%) Security Posture
3 281 (4.80%) Cyber Threat
4 242 (4.13%) Onboarding
5 232 (3.96%) Management Information System
6 165 (2.82%) Driving Licence
7 159 (2.71%) Security Operations Centre
8 152 (2.59%) Operational Technology
9 135 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
10 105 (1.79%) Cyber Defence
11 101 (1.72%) Data Centre
12 97 (1.66%) Cloud Native
13 62 (1.06%) PKI
14 59 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
15 53 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
16 45 (0.77%) Cyber Security Posture
17 36 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
18 35 (0.60%) CSOC
19 33 (0.56%) Blog
19 33 (0.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 586 (10.00%) Windows
2 287 (4.90%) Windows Server
3 216 (3.69%) Linux
4 75 (1.28%) Mac OS
5 37 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (0.46%) Windows 10
6 27 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 26 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 21 (0.36%) Apple iOS
9 16 (0.27%) Android
9 16 (0.27%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.10%) CentOS
11 5 (0.085%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.068%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.068%) Unix
12 4 (0.068%) VMS
13 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
14 1 (0.017%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 841 (14.35%) Mentoring
2 703 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
3 660 (11.26%) Continuous Improvement
4 549 (9.37%) Information Security
5 529 (9.03%) AI
6 522 (8.91%) Incident Response
7 512 (8.74%) Risk Management
8 489 (8.34%) Security Operations
9 451 (7.70%) SIEM
10 438 (7.47%) Ethical Hacking
11 433 (7.39%) Vulnerability Management
12 416 (7.10%) Cloud Security
13 395 (6.74%) Stakeholder Management
14 389 (6.64%) Disaster Recovery
15 348 (5.94%) Decision-Making
16 312 (5.32%) Roadmaps
17 304 (5.19%) Service Delivery
18 287 (4.90%) Data Protection
19 275 (4.69%) Penetration Testing
20 271 (4.62%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 315 (5.38%) Python
2 235 (4.01%) PowerShell
3 93 (1.59%) SQL
4 72 (1.23%) C++
5 66 (1.13%) JavaScript
6 55 (0.94%) Bash
7 46 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
8 43 (0.73%) Java
9 34 (0.58%) C#
10 33 (0.56%) Rust
11 25 (0.43%) Go
12 22 (0.38%) C
13 21 (0.36%) 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 (0.085%) Shell Script
19 4 (0.068%) Ada
19 4 (0.068%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 935 (15.96%) Azure Certification
2 673 (11.48%) Security Cleared
3 574 (9.80%) CompTIA Security+
4 506 (8.63%) Degree
5 500 (8.53%) CEH
6 467 (7.97%) CISSP
7 466 (7.95%) CompTIA CySA+
8 460 (7.85%) SC Cleared
9 297 (5.07%) CISM
10 224 (3.82%) DV Cleared
11 159 (2.71%) Cisco Certification
12 122 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
13 99 (1.69%) CRISC
14 89 (1.52%) CISA
15 88 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
16 87 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 86 (1.47%) AWS Certification
18 79 (1.35%) CREST Certified
19 78 (1.33%) Master's Degree
20 64 (1.09%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 655 (11.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 519 (8.86%) NIST
3 333 (5.68%) GDPR
4 321 (5.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 313 (5.34%) GRC
6 142 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 141 (2.41%) PCI DSS
8 103 (1.76%) QA
9 102 (1.74%) NCSC
10 60 (1.02%) SOC 2
11 44 (0.75%) NIST 800
12 43 (0.73%) SLA
13 39 (0.67%) Accessibility
14 37 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 35 (0.60%) COBIT
16 33 (0.56%) JSP 440
17 29 (0.49%) Data Quality
18 23 (0.39%) ISO 22301
19 22 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
19 22 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 453 (7.73%) Active Directory
2 161 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 129 (2.20%) Hyper-V
4 60 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
5 51 (0.87%) Docker
6 37 (0.63%) Firmware
7 25 (0.43%) 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 9 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
12 6 (0.10%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.085%) ClearTrust
13 5 (0.085%) Embedded Firmware
14 3 (0.051%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.051%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.034%) BitLocker
15 2 (0.034%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 249 (4.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 78 (1.33%) Kubernetes
3 58 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
4 45 (0.77%) Ansible
5 25 (0.43%) Nmap
6 23 (0.39%) Grafana
6 23 (0.39%) Nessus
7 22 (0.38%) FortiGate
7 22 (0.38%) QRadar
8 21 (0.36%) SCCM
9 19 (0.32%) CASB
10 16 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
11 13 (0.22%) Prometheus
12 9 (0.15%) Kibana
13 8 (0.14%) Cisco CUCM
13 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
13 8 (0.14%) Functional Safety
14 7 (0.12%) Graylog
15 6 (0.10%) vCenter Server
16 5 (0.085%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 2,079 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 846 (14.44%) ForeScout
3 212 (3.62%) Cisco
4 201 (3.43%) VMware
5 170 (2.90%) Palo Alto
6 114 (1.95%) Splunk
7 97 (1.66%) CrowdStrike
8 74 (1.26%) Qualys
9 71 (1.21%) Google
10 66 (1.13%) Aruba
10 66 (1.13%) ServiceNow
11 65 (1.11%) Apple
12 59 (1.01%) Tenable
13 58 (0.99%) Fortinet
13 58 (0.99%) Salesforce
14 49 (0.84%) Veeam
15 41 (0.70%) Adobe
15 41 (0.70%) SAP
16 38 (0.65%) SonicWALL
17 36 (0.61%) CyberArk