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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 33 38
Rank change year-on-year +13 +5 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,995 2,756 3,627
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.38% 6.31% 4.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.66% 7.06% 6.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,562 1,670 2,457
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £36,250
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% -6.98%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -8.46%

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 69,225 39,040 59,213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.69% 89.39% 81.41%
Number of salaries quoted 48,876 22,555 38,883
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 12 August 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 12 August 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 +13 1,459 £75,000 +5.63% 1,690
North of England +17 1,327 £50,000 +5.26% 597
South East +11 1,086 £55,000 +10.00% 627
Midlands +20 1,028 £55,000 +15.79% 313
North West +32 644 £56,500 +7.62% 324
South West +9 592 £55,000 +15.35% 340
Yorkshire +12 523 £42,500 +28.79% 209
East Midlands +35 514 £55,000 +57.14% 125
West Midlands +5 513 £57,500 +9.52% 188
East of England +52 482 £45,000 -5.26% 192
North East +22 160 £50,000 -26.95% 72
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
1 192 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 190 (3.17%) SharePoint
3 19 (0.32%) Apache
4 18 (0.30%) IIS
5 10 (0.17%) CMS
6 9 (0.15%) Confluence
6 9 (0.15%) SAS
7 5 (0.083%) WordPress
8 4 (0.067%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.050%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.033%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 82 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.22%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.10%) CATIA
7 4 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.067%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.033%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
9 1 (0.017%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 13 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.083%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.083%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.083%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.050%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.050%) Infor LN
7 3 (0.050%) Infor M3
7 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.050%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.050%) SystmOne
8 2 (0.033%) Shopify
8 2 (0.033%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2,100 (35.03%) Azure
2 724 (12.08%) Microsoft 365
3 472 (7.87%) AWS
4 388 (6.47%) Entra ID
5 187 (3.12%) SaaS
6 154 (2.57%) GCP
7 82 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
8 74 (1.23%) Power Platform
9 65 (1.08%) OneDrive
10 64 (1.07%) Microsoft Purview
11 49 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
12 44 (0.73%) Serverless
13 42 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
14 40 (0.67%) Mimecast
15 34 (0.57%) GitHub
16 28 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
17 26 (0.43%) PaaS
18 23 (0.38%) Google Workspace
18 23 (0.38%) IaaS
19 21 (0.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 479 (7.99%) Firewall
2 234 (3.90%) Network Security
3 197 (3.29%) DNS
4 193 (3.22%) VPN
5 156 (2.60%) WAN
6 146 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
7 137 (2.29%) LAN
8 130 (2.17%) DHCP
9 125 (2.09%) TCP/IP
10 107 (1.78%) VLAN
11 88 (1.47%) Internet
12 69 (1.15%) VoIP
13 59 (0.98%) Wireless
14 44 (0.73%) Unified Communications
15 42 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
16 41 (0.68%) HTTP
17 35 (0.58%) SSL
18 34 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
19 28 (0.47%) SD-WAN
20 26 (0.43%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (0.80%) Power BI
2 42 (0.70%) SQL Server
3 14 (0.23%) Big Data
3 14 (0.23%) MongoDB
3 14 (0.23%) MySQL
4 13 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (0.17%) GIS
6 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (0.15%) Tableau
7 6 (0.10%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.10%) Metadata
7 6 (0.10%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.10%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.083%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.067%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.050%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.050%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.050%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 44 (0.73%) JIRA
2 43 (0.72%) Git
3 28 (0.47%) GitLab
4 27 (0.45%) Snyk
5 24 (0.40%) Burp Suite
6 23 (0.38%) Metasploit
7 16 (0.27%) Jenkins
8 14 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
9 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
10 6 (0.10%) Apache Continuum
11 5 (0.083%) JMeter
11 5 (0.083%) VersionOne
12 4 (0.067%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.067%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.067%) Locust
12 4 (0.067%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.067%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.050%) Bitbucket
14 2 (0.033%) git-flow
14 2 (0.033%) XCUITest
General
1 2,305 (38.45%) Social Skills
2 549 (9.16%) Finance
3 438 (7.31%) Analytical Skills
4 331 (5.52%) Public Sector
5 321 (5.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 180 (3.00%) Law
7 174 (2.90%) Marketing
8 168 (2.80%) Legal
8 168 (2.80%) Retail
9 163 (2.72%) Telecoms
10 136 (2.27%) Manufacturing
11 123 (2.05%) Banking
12 120 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
13 104 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
14 95 (1.58%) Aerospace
15 59 (0.98%) Local Government
16 57 (0.95%) Advertising
17 45 (0.75%) Multimedia
18 42 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
19 33 (0.55%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1,097 (18.30%) Analyst
2 912 (15.21%) Security Analyst
3 814 (13.58%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 645 (10.76%) Junior
5 632 (10.54%) Senior
6 611 (10.19%) Ethical Hacker
7 578 (9.64%) Junior Analyst
8 568 (9.47%) Junior Security Analyst
9 469 (7.82%) Consultant
10 366 (6.11%) Architect
11 347 (5.79%) Lead
12 302 (5.04%) Security Consultant
13 282 (4.70%) Security Manager
14 272 (4.54%) IT Support
15 253 (4.22%) IT Manager
15 253 (4.22%) Security Architect
16 232 (3.87%) Security Engineer
17 205 (3.42%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 194 (3.24%) Cybersecurity Manager
19 191 (3.19%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (0.82%) SAML
2 44 (0.73%) OAuth
3 42 (0.70%) LDAP
4 38 (0.63%) OpenID
5 36 (0.60%) REST
6 30 (0.50%) HTML
7 23 (0.38%) CSS
7 23 (0.38%) React
8 21 (0.35%) Kafka
9 20 (0.33%) .NET
10 19 (0.32%) JSON
11 18 (0.30%) Node.js
12 17 (0.28%) SailPoint
13 15 (0.25%) RESTful
13 15 (0.25%) XML
14 14 (0.23%) FastAPI
15 13 (0.22%) XMPP
16 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
16 12 (0.20%) Middleware
17 10 (0.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 708 (11.81%) Cyberattack
2 341 (5.69%) Security Posture
3 251 (4.19%) Cyber Threat
4 232 (3.87%) Onboarding
5 229 (3.82%) Management Information System
6 162 (2.70%) Driving Licence
7 159 (2.65%) Security Operations Centre
8 140 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
9 118 (1.97%) Operational Technology
10 101 (1.68%) Cyber Defence
11 98 (1.63%) Cloud Native
12 88 (1.47%) Data Centre
13 61 (1.02%) PKI
14 57 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
15 46 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
16 43 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
17 39 (0.65%) CSOC
18 35 (0.58%) Blog
19 33 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
20 29 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 560 (9.34%) Windows
2 271 (4.52%) Windows Server
3 204 (3.40%) Linux
4 68 (1.13%) Mac OS
5 31 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 26 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 25 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
9 24 (0.40%) Apple iOS
10 23 (0.38%) Android
11 15 (0.25%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.10%) CentOS
13 4 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.050%) Kali Linux
14 3 (0.050%) Unix
14 3 (0.050%) VMS
15 2 (0.033%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.033%) Embedded Linux
15 2 (0.033%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.017%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 998 (16.65%) Mentoring
2 668 (11.14%) Problem-Solving
3 652 (10.88%) Ethical Hacking
4 637 (10.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 537 (8.96%) Information Security
6 514 (8.57%) Incident Response
7 493 (8.22%) Risk Management
8 467 (7.79%) AI
9 461 (7.69%) Security Operations
10 439 (7.32%) SIEM
11 413 (6.89%) Cloud Security
11 413 (6.89%) Vulnerability Management
12 350 (5.84%) Disaster Recovery
13 346 (5.77%) Decision-Making
14 338 (5.64%) Stakeholder Management
15 292 (4.87%) Roadmaps
16 280 (4.67%) Service Delivery
17 275 (4.59%) Agile
18 266 (4.44%) Data Protection
19 262 (4.37%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 312 (5.20%) Python
2 233 (3.89%) PowerShell
3 90 (1.50%) SQL
4 71 (1.18%) C++
5 70 (1.17%) JavaScript
6 58 (0.97%) Bash
7 44 (0.73%) Java
8 42 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
9 32 (0.53%) Rust
10 31 (0.52%) C#
11 22 (0.37%) Go
12 21 (0.35%) TypeScript
13 18 (0.30%) C
14 17 (0.28%) MATLAB
15 16 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
16 11 (0.18%) Perl
17 7 (0.12%) Embedded C
18 5 (0.083%) PHP
18 5 (0.083%) Shell Script
19 4 (0.067%) Ada
Qualifications
1 1,251 (20.87%) Azure Certification
2 732 (12.21%) CompTIA Security+
3 710 (11.84%) CEH
4 647 (10.79%) Security Cleared
5 604 (10.08%) CompTIA CySA+
6 489 (8.16%) Degree
7 453 (7.56%) CISSP
8 447 (7.46%) SC Cleared
9 290 (4.84%) CISM
10 210 (3.50%) DV Cleared
11 160 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
12 106 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
13 98 (1.63%) CRISC
14 90 (1.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 88 (1.47%) CISA
16 79 (1.32%) AWS Certification
17 78 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
18 73 (1.22%) CREST Certified
19 71 (1.18%) Master's Degree
20 66 (1.10%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 631 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 512 (8.54%) NIST
3 322 (5.37%) GDPR
4 296 (4.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 281 (4.69%) GRC
6 144 (2.40%) PCI DSS
7 139 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 106 (1.77%) QA
9 88 (1.47%) NCSC
10 62 (1.03%) SOC 2
11 43 (0.72%) Accessibility
12 41 (0.68%) NIST 800
12 41 (0.68%) SLA
13 38 (0.63%) COBIT
14 36 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 32 (0.53%) JSP 440
16 30 (0.50%) Data Quality
17 22 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 21 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
18 21 (0.35%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 428 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 148 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 116 (1.93%) Hyper-V
4 54 (0.90%) Docker
5 52 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
6 31 (0.52%) Firmware
7 26 (0.43%) vSphere
8 15 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
9 14 (0.23%) IAG
9 14 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 10 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
11 8 (0.13%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.083%) ClearTrust
13 4 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
14 3 (0.050%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.033%) Embedded Firmware
15 2 (0.033%) ProxySG
16 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
16 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 229 (3.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 85 (1.42%) Terraform
3 78 (1.30%) Kubernetes
4 46 (0.77%) Ansible
4 46 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
5 29 (0.48%) Grafana
6 20 (0.33%) FortiGate
6 20 (0.33%) Nmap
6 20 (0.33%) QRadar
7 18 (0.30%) Nessus
8 17 (0.28%) CASB
8 17 (0.28%) SCCM
9 15 (0.25%) Prometheus
10 14 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
11 10 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (0.15%) Kibana
13 8 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
14 7 (0.12%) Functional Safety
15 6 (0.10%) CSIRT
15 6 (0.10%) Graylog
Vendors
1 2,355 (39.28%) Microsoft
2 1,175 (19.60%) ForeScout
3 196 (3.27%) Cisco
4 192 (3.20%) VMware
5 164 (2.74%) Palo Alto
6 110 (1.83%) Splunk
7 99 (1.65%) CrowdStrike
8 74 (1.23%) Google
9 69 (1.15%) Qualys
10 65 (1.08%) Fortinet
11 64 (1.07%) Apple
11 64 (1.07%) ServiceNow
12 59 (0.98%) Aruba
13 56 (0.93%) Tenable
14 55 (0.92%) Salesforce
15 42 (0.70%) SAP
16 38 (0.63%) Adobe
17 37 (0.62%) CyberArk
17 37 (0.62%) Veeam
18 30 (0.50%) SonicWALL