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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 35 32
Rank change year-on-year +29 -3 +20
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 8,060 2,403 3,899
As % of all permanent jobs in England 12.80% 5.87% 5.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.28% 6.28% 6.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,303 1,347 3,031
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,490 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,200 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.77% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £63,625 £60,000
% change year-on-year -21.41% +6.04% -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 49,520 38,237 60,987
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 78.66% 93.33% 87.67%
Number of salaries quoted 30,395 19,819 47,936
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £39,959 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £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 4 March 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 4 March 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 +34 2,524 £35,000 -36.36% 362
North West +29 1,866 £42,500 -22.73% 173
Midlands +27 1,573 £42,500 -29.17% 256
London +23 1,442 £70,000 -6.67% 428
South East +33 1,280 £47,750 -18.81% 478
West Midlands +21 1,252 £45,000 -27.42% 120
East of England +49 671 £35,000 -31.94% 232
Yorkshire +39 554 £31,500 -42.73% 139
South West +45 509 £55,000 +7.84% 219
East Midlands +31 333 £37,500 -14.29% 131
North East +39 104 £30,500 -27.59% 51
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
1 122 (1.51%) SharePoint
2 74 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.17%) CMS
4 11 (0.14%) Confluence
5 9 (0.11%) WordPress
6 6 (0.074%) Apache
6 6 (0.074%) nginx
7 5 (0.062%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.062%) Drupal
8 3 (0.037%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.025%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.025%) SAS
10 1 (0.012%) FileNet
10 1 (0.012%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 105 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (0.50%) Maya
4 38 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (0.30%) Simulink
6 20 (0.25%) Chatbot
7 10 (0.12%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.062%) CATIA
9 4 (0.050%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.037%) CINEMA 4D
10 3 (0.037%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.025%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.025%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.012%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.012%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 31 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 12 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.087%) SAP IBP
5 6 (0.074%) Shopify
6 5 (0.062%) Exchequer
6 5 (0.062%) SAP FS
7 4 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
7 4 (0.050%) Endur
7 4 (0.050%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.050%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.050%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.050%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.050%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.050%) SAP FSCM
7 4 (0.050%) SAP IS-U
7 4 (0.050%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.037%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.037%) SAP CX
8 3 (0.037%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4,059 (50.36%) Cloud Computing
2 1,751 (21.72%) Azure
3 538 (6.67%) AWS
4 424 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
5 269 (3.34%) Entra ID
6 203 (2.52%) GitHub
7 81 (1.00%) SaaS
8 80 (0.99%) GCP
9 74 (0.92%) Power Platform
10 51 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
11 49 (0.61%) PaaS
12 47 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
13 37 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
14 33 (0.41%) Google Workspace
15 32 (0.40%) IaaS
15 32 (0.40%) Nutanix
16 29 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
17 26 (0.32%) OneDrive
18 25 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
19 21 (0.26%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 4,213 (52.27%) Internet
2 295 (3.66%) Firewall
3 125 (1.55%) Network Security
4 124 (1.54%) VPN
5 98 (1.22%) DNS
6 83 (1.03%) DHCP
7 74 (0.92%) WAN
8 70 (0.87%) TCP/IP
9 66 (0.82%) LAN
10 65 (0.81%) VLAN
11 56 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (0.50%) VoIP
13 38 (0.47%) Broadband
14 33 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
15 25 (0.31%) Wireless
16 20 (0.25%) CHAP
16 20 (0.25%) SD-WAN
17 16 (0.20%) DMZ
18 12 (0.15%) Cisco ASA
18 12 (0.15%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (0.55%) Power BI
2 30 (0.37%) Tableau
3 29 (0.36%) SQL Server
4 28 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (0.30%) Big Data
6 21 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (0.21%) Neo4j
8 15 (0.19%) Relational Database
9 14 (0.17%) Metadata
10 12 (0.15%) Data Lake
11 11 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (0.12%) Oracle Database
13 9 (0.11%) SAP BW
14 6 (0.074%) NoSQL
15 5 (0.062%) MariaDB
15 5 (0.062%) PostgreSQL
16 4 (0.050%) MongoDB
17 3 (0.037%) MySQL
18 2 (0.025%) Amazon Redshift
18 2 (0.025%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 205 (2.54%) Git
2 32 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
3 29 (0.36%) JIRA
4 21 (0.26%) GitLab
5 14 (0.17%) Jenkins
6 10 (0.12%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.074%) JMeter
7 6 (0.074%) Locust
8 5 (0.062%) Apache Continuum
9 4 (0.050%) Burp Suite
9 4 (0.050%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.050%) Metasploit
9 4 (0.050%) MLflow
10 1 (0.012%) Snyk
10 1 (0.012%) SonarQube
General
1 5,761 (71.48%) Social Skills
2 4,201 (52.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,168 (51.71%) Banking
4 536 (6.65%) Finance
5 361 (4.48%) Multimedia
6 354 (4.39%) Analytical Skills
7 197 (2.44%) Public Sector
8 171 (2.12%) Marketing
9 161 (2.00%) Law
10 156 (1.94%) Legal
11 130 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
12 125 (1.55%) Telecoms
13 113 (1.40%) Retail
14 100 (1.24%) Manufacturing
15 68 (0.84%) Games
16 66 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
17 58 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
18 53 (0.66%) Electronics
19 45 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
20 43 (0.53%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3,137 (38.92%) Lecturer
2 816 (10.12%) Analyst
3 694 (8.61%) Security Analyst
4 653 (8.10%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 587 (7.28%) Junior
6 566 (7.02%) Junior Analyst
7 565 (7.01%) Junior Security Analyst
8 366 (4.54%) Senior
9 365 (4.53%) Trainee
10 282 (3.50%) Ethical Hacker
11 245 (3.04%) Consultant
12 224 (2.78%) Lead
13 218 (2.70%) Architect
14 210 (2.61%) IT Support
15 155 (1.92%) Developer
16 151 (1.87%) Security Manager
17 147 (1.82%) Security Consultant
18 141 (1.75%) Security Engineer
19 134 (1.66%) Support Engineer
20 127 (1.58%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (2.67%) HTML
2 212 (2.63%) CSS
3 43 (0.53%) REST
4 37 (0.46%) OAuth
5 36 (0.45%) SAML
6 34 (0.42%) OpenID
6 34 (0.42%) React
7 29 (0.36%) LDAP
8 27 (0.33%) SOAP
9 26 (0.32%) GraphQL
9 26 (0.32%) SAP CAF
10 23 (0.29%) AngularJS
11 17 (0.21%) MERN Stack
12 13 (0.16%) Middleware
13 10 (0.12%) .NET
13 10 (0.12%) Node.js
13 10 (0.12%) PyTorch
13 10 (0.12%) SailPoint
13 10 (0.12%) TensorFlow
14 9 (0.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4,073 (50.53%) IoT
2 345 (4.28%) Cyberattack
3 190 (2.36%) Security Posture
4 175 (2.17%) Management Information System
5 118 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
6 117 (1.45%) Driving Licence
6 117 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
7 102 (1.27%) Onboarding
8 93 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
9 78 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
10 72 (0.89%) Cloud Native
11 69 (0.86%) Data Centre
12 55 (0.68%) Operational Technology
13 52 (0.65%) Cyber Defence
14 45 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
15 41 (0.51%) Blog
16 40 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
17 38 (0.47%) Public Cloud
18 34 (0.42%) Blockchain
18 34 (0.42%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 370 (4.59%) Windows
2 163 (2.02%) Windows Server
3 115 (1.43%) Linux
4 68 (0.84%) Windows 10
5 58 (0.72%) Mac OS
6 37 (0.46%) Android
7 26 (0.32%) Apple iOS
8 12 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
9 11 (0.14%) Unix
10 6 (0.074%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.050%) VMS
12 3 (0.037%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.025%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.012%) Debian
14 1 (0.012%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.012%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.012%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.012%) Solaris
14 1 (0.012%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,263 (52.89%) AI
2 4,066 (50.45%) Machine Learning
3 4,040 (50.12%) User Experience
4 4,035 (50.06%) Web Development
5 1,166 (14.47%) Mentoring
6 459 (5.69%) Problem-Solving
7 458 (5.68%) Ethical Hacking
8 410 (5.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 384 (4.76%) Risk Management
10 348 (4.32%) Information Security
11 345 (4.28%) Incident Response
12 259 (3.21%) Agile
13 213 (2.64%) SIEM
14 201 (2.49%) ITIL
15 199 (2.47%) Roadmaps
16 197 (2.44%) Decision-Making
16 197 (2.44%) Line Management
17 194 (2.41%) Project Management
18 187 (2.32%) Cloud Security
19 184 (2.28%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 399 (4.95%) Python
2 257 (3.19%) JavaScript
3 181 (2.25%) PowerShell
4 115 (1.43%) SQL
5 103 (1.28%) R
6 58 (0.72%) Bash
7 42 (0.52%) Java
8 31 (0.38%) C++
9 30 (0.37%) TypeScript
10 25 (0.31%) C#
10 25 (0.31%) MATLAB
10 25 (0.31%) T-SQL
11 21 (0.26%) C
12 10 (0.12%) Go
12 10 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (0.087%) Rust
14 6 (0.074%) Bicep
15 5 (0.062%) PHP
16 4 (0.050%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.037%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4,462 (55.36%) Degree
2 4,071 (50.51%) Master's Degree
3 4,014 (49.80%) PhD
4 4,004 (49.68%) Postgraduate
5 1,078 (13.37%) Azure Certification
6 776 (9.63%) CompTIA Security+
7 602 (7.47%) CompTIA CySA+
8 495 (6.14%) CEH
9 344 (4.27%) CISSP
10 315 (3.91%) Security Cleared
11 263 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
12 245 (3.04%) AWS Certification
12 245 (3.04%) CISM
13 212 (2.63%) SC Cleared
14 197 (2.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 189 (2.34%) Network+ Certification
16 182 (2.26%) A+ Certification
17 109 (1.35%) CISA
18 104 (1.29%) DV Cleared
19 103 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 489 (6.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 445 (5.52%) NIST
3 260 (3.23%) GDPR
4 218 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 181 (2.25%) GRC
6 108 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 107 (1.33%) NCSC
8 97 (1.20%) PCI DSS
9 63 (0.78%) QA
10 45 (0.56%) SLA
11 42 (0.52%) COBIT
12 40 (0.50%) SOC 2
13 37 (0.46%) NIST 800
14 30 (0.37%) Data Quality
15 26 (0.32%) Accessibility
16 21 (0.26%) JSP 440
17 19 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 18 (0.22%) SOC 3
19 17 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
19 17 (0.21%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 295 (3.66%) Active Directory
2 68 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (0.76%) Hyper-V
4 53 (0.66%) Docker
5 29 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (0.20%) vSphere
7 9 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.087%) Firmware
9 6 (0.074%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.074%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.037%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.037%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 2 (0.025%) GPFS
12 2 (0.025%) Lustre
13 1 (0.012%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.012%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.012%) iptables
13 1 (0.012%) KVM
Systems Management
1 159 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 63 (0.78%) Terraform
3 52 (0.65%) Kubernetes
4 33 (0.41%) Ansible
5 26 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (0.20%) CASB
7 14 (0.17%) Grafana
8 13 (0.16%) SCCM
9 12 (0.15%) CSIRT
9 12 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
9 12 (0.15%) Nessus
10 11 (0.14%) FortiGate
11 10 (0.12%) RSA Archer
12 9 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 8 (0.099%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 7 (0.087%) FTK
15 6 (0.074%) Nagios
15 6 (0.074%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
16 5 (0.062%) Backup Exec
16 5 (0.062%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 1,773 (22.00%) Microsoft
2 847 (10.51%) ForeScout
3 118 (1.46%) VMware
4 90 (1.12%) Cisco
5 74 (0.92%) CrowdStrike
5 74 (0.92%) SAP
6 71 (0.88%) Fortinet
7 67 (0.83%) Palo Alto
8 53 (0.66%) Apple
9 51 (0.63%) Oracle
10 43 (0.53%) Salesforce
11 39 (0.48%) Dell
11 39 (0.48%) Google
12 38 (0.47%) Adobe
13 33 (0.41%) Siemens
14 32 (0.40%) Tenable
15 30 (0.37%) ServiceNow
16 26 (0.32%) Splunk
17 23 (0.29%) MuleSoft
18 20 (0.25%) CyberArk