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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 39 30
Rank change year-on-year +32 -9 +24
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 7,983 2,378 4,742
As % of all permanent jobs in England 9.74% 6.04% 5.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.21% 6.47% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,852 1,519 3,512
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £39,959 £38,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -1.72% -8.42%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year - +0.80% -8.42%

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 60,429 36,751 71,864
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.71% 93.37% 84.83%
Number of salaries quoted 39,858 20,257 53,833
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -10.10%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 +44 2,338 £49,950 -4.86% 335
Midlands +35 1,904 £52,500 - 171
North West +44 1,501 £55,000 - 180
London +15 1,441 £70,000 -6.67% 502
West Midlands +24 1,412 £50,000 -13.04% 94
South East +28 1,129 £50,000 -9.09% 398
Yorkshire +40 690 £45,000 +5.88% 122
South West +22 588 £60,000 +33.33% 189
East of England +60 530 £40,000 -15.79% 117
East Midlands +49 503 £55,000 +53.84% 76
North East +34 147 £45,000 -30.77% 35
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
1 124 (1.55%) SharePoint
2 105 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.13%) CMS
4 7 (0.088%) Apache
5 6 (0.075%) WordPress
6 4 (0.050%) IIS
7 3 (0.038%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.038%) SAS
8 2 (0.025%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.025%) Confluence
8 2 (0.025%) Drupal
8 2 (0.025%) nginx
9 1 (0.013%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 80 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.31%) Simulink
5 14 (0.18%) Maya
6 7 (0.088%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.063%) CATIA
8 4 (0.050%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.038%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.025%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.025%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.013%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 26 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (0.30%) Cloudability
3 16 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.063%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.050%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.038%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.038%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.038%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.025%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.025%) Shopify
9 1 (0.013%) Endur
9 1 (0.013%) Maximo
9 1 (0.013%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.013%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.013%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.013%) SAP FS
9 1 (0.013%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.013%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2,536 (31.77%) Azure
2 2,472 (30.97%) Cloud Computing
3 515 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
4 491 (6.15%) AWS
5 309 (3.87%) Entra ID
6 121 (1.52%) GCP
7 119 (1.49%) SaaS
8 112 (1.40%) GitHub
9 69 (0.86%) Power Platform
10 68 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
11 66 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
12 42 (0.53%) Serverless
13 37 (0.46%) Google Workspace
14 36 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
15 32 (0.40%) OneDrive
16 30 (0.38%) PaaS
17 29 (0.36%) Mimecast
17 29 (0.36%) Nutanix
18 28 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
18 28 (0.35%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2,562 (32.09%) Internet
2 353 (4.42%) Firewall
3 162 (2.03%) Network Security
4 143 (1.79%) VPN
5 116 (1.45%) DNS
6 86 (1.08%) WAN
7 82 (1.03%) DHCP
8 75 (0.94%) LAN
9 69 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
10 65 (0.81%) VLAN
11 61 (0.76%) TCP/IP
12 45 (0.56%) Broadband
13 35 (0.44%) VoIP
14 30 (0.38%) Unified Communications
15 29 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
16 28 (0.35%) Wireless
17 20 (0.25%) CHAP
17 20 (0.25%) SD-WAN
18 19 (0.24%) SSL
19 18 (0.23%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (0.49%) Power BI
2 23 (0.29%) SQL Server
3 21 (0.26%) Big Data
3 21 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
4 18 (0.23%) Tableau
5 15 (0.19%) Neo4j
6 13 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.10%) MySQL
9 5 (0.063%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.063%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.050%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.038%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.038%) Metadata
11 3 (0.038%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.025%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.025%) Apache Hive
12 2 (0.025%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.025%) Impala
12 2 (0.025%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 113 (1.42%) Git
2 35 (0.44%) GitLab
3 30 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
4 25 (0.31%) Snyk
5 16 (0.20%) JIRA
6 12 (0.15%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.088%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.063%) Apache Continuum
8 5 (0.063%) Burp Suite
8 5 (0.063%) Metasploit
8 5 (0.063%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.063%) VersionOne
8 5 (0.063%) Yeoman
9 4 (0.050%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.050%) JMeter
9 4 (0.050%) Locust
9 4 (0.050%) MLflow
10 3 (0.038%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.025%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.013%) GDB
General
1 4,939 (61.87%) Social Skills
2 2,724 (34.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2,572 (32.22%) Banking
4 523 (6.55%) Finance
5 397 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
6 210 (2.63%) Public Sector
7 209 (2.62%) Multimedia
8 159 (1.99%) Retail
9 154 (1.93%) Marketing
10 140 (1.75%) Law
11 118 (1.48%) Telecoms
12 117 (1.47%) Legal
13 105 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
14 92 (1.15%) Manufacturing
15 73 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
16 66 (0.83%) Local Government
17 49 (0.61%) Aerospace
18 40 (0.50%) Aviation
19 37 (0.46%) Games
20 36 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,871 (23.44%) Lecturer
2 1,338 (16.76%) Analyst
3 1,181 (14.79%) Security Analyst
4 1,107 (13.87%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 973 (12.19%) Junior
6 943 (11.81%) Junior Analyst
7 942 (11.80%) Junior Security Analyst
8 705 (8.83%) Ethical Hacker
9 507 (6.35%) Senior
10 325 (4.07%) Architect
11 283 (3.55%) Consultant
12 249 (3.12%) Security Manager
13 247 (3.09%) Lead
14 232 (2.91%) Trainee
15 230 (2.88%) Security Architect
16 205 (2.57%) IT Support
17 194 (2.43%) Security Engineer
18 174 (2.18%) IT Manager
19 170 (2.13%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 169 (2.12%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (1.48%) HTML
2 116 (1.45%) CSS
3 53 (0.66%) REST
4 47 (0.59%) LDAP
4 47 (0.59%) SAML
5 46 (0.58%) OAuth
6 45 (0.56%) OpenID
7 36 (0.45%) React
8 30 (0.38%) SOAP
9 25 (0.31%) GraphQL
10 16 (0.20%) SailPoint
11 15 (0.19%) AngularJS
11 15 (0.19%) Kafka
12 14 (0.18%) RESTful
13 13 (0.16%) FastAPI
13 13 (0.16%) Middleware
14 12 (0.15%) MERN Stack
15 11 (0.14%) Node.js
16 10 (0.13%) Tailwind CSS
17 9 (0.11%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2,458 (30.79%) IoT
2 801 (10.03%) Cyberattack
3 249 (3.12%) Security Posture
4 185 (2.32%) Management Information System
5 167 (2.09%) Cyber Threat
6 154 (1.93%) Onboarding
7 120 (1.50%) Security Operations Centre
8 96 (1.20%) Driving Licence
9 92 (1.15%) Cyber Defence
9 92 (1.15%) Operational Technology
10 91 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
11 85 (1.06%) Data Centre
12 73 (0.91%) Cloud Native
13 57 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
14 50 (0.63%) PKI
15 46 (0.58%) Cyber Security Posture
16 44 (0.55%) Blog
17 42 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
18 35 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
19 34 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 401 (5.02%) Windows
2 192 (2.41%) Windows Server
3 150 (1.88%) Linux
4 54 (0.68%) Windows 10
5 42 (0.53%) Mac OS
6 29 (0.36%) Android
7 21 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 20 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (0.11%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.075%) CentOS
12 6 (0.075%) VMS
13 4 (0.050%) Unix
14 2 (0.025%) Amazon Linux
15 1 (0.013%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.013%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.013%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,736 (34.27%) AI
2 2,486 (31.14%) Machine Learning
3 2,478 (31.04%) User Experience
4 2,450 (30.69%) Web Development
5 1,480 (18.54%) Mentoring
6 818 (10.25%) Ethical Hacking
7 459 (5.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 431 (5.40%) Incident Response
9 430 (5.39%) Problem-Solving
10 414 (5.19%) Information Security
11 392 (4.91%) Risk Management
12 297 (3.72%) Security Operations
13 293 (3.67%) Cloud Security
14 291 (3.65%) SIEM
15 245 (3.07%) Agile
16 231 (2.89%) Vulnerability Management
17 229 (2.87%) Roadmaps
18 221 (2.77%) Disaster Recovery
19 220 (2.76%) Security Architecture
20 208 (2.61%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 367 (4.60%) Python
2 244 (3.06%) PowerShell
3 168 (2.10%) JavaScript
4 100 (1.25%) SQL
5 79 (0.99%) Bash
6 54 (0.68%) R
7 46 (0.58%) C++
8 40 (0.50%) Java
9 29 (0.36%) C#
9 29 (0.36%) MATLAB
10 26 (0.33%) TypeScript
11 24 (0.30%) T-SQL
12 18 (0.23%) C
12 18 (0.23%) Go
13 17 (0.21%) Rust
14 14 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
15 9 (0.11%) Perl
16 6 (0.075%) PHP
17 3 (0.038%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.038%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 2,856 (35.78%) Degree
2 2,501 (31.33%) Master's Degree
3 2,436 (30.51%) PhD
4 2,434 (30.49%) Postgraduate
5 1,788 (22.40%) Azure Certification
6 1,126 (14.10%) CompTIA Security+
7 984 (12.33%) CompTIA CySA+
8 870 (10.90%) CEH
9 434 (5.44%) Security Cleared
10 384 (4.81%) CISSP
11 301 (3.77%) SC Cleared
12 254 (3.18%) CISM
13 175 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
14 167 (2.09%) AWS Certification
15 136 (1.70%) DV Cleared
16 132 (1.65%) Network+ Certification
17 126 (1.58%) A+ Certification
18 125 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
19 105 (1.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
20 103 (1.29%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 525 (6.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 487 (6.10%) NIST
3 281 (3.52%) GDPR
4 250 (3.13%) GRC
5 241 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 131 (1.64%) PCI DSS
7 118 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 98 (1.23%) NCSC
8 98 (1.23%) QA
9 52 (0.65%) SOC 2
10 43 (0.54%) NIST 800
11 40 (0.50%) SLA
12 37 (0.46%) COBIT
13 36 (0.45%) Accessibility
14 24 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
14 24 (0.30%) Data Quality
14 24 (0.30%) JSP 440
15 18 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.21%) HIPAA
17 16 (0.20%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 338 (4.23%) Active Directory
2 83 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (0.79%) Hyper-V
4 56 (0.70%) Docker
5 41 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 25 (0.31%) vSphere
7 12 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (0.14%) IAG
9 10 (0.13%) Firmware
9 10 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 7 (0.088%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (0.075%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.038%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.025%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 1 (0.013%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.013%) KVM
Systems Management
1 157 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 78 (0.98%) Terraform
3 73 (0.91%) Kubernetes
4 34 (0.43%) Ansible
4 34 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
5 27 (0.34%) Grafana
6 19 (0.24%) SCCM
7 16 (0.20%) QRadar
8 15 (0.19%) CASB
9 14 (0.18%) Prometheus
10 11 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (0.13%) CSIRT
11 10 (0.13%) FortiGate
12 9 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (0.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 7 (0.088%) Jamf Pro
13 7 (0.088%) Nessus
13 7 (0.088%) RSA Archer
13 7 (0.088%) vCenter Server
13 7 (0.088%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,612 (32.72%) Microsoft
2 1,646 (20.62%) ForeScout
3 122 (1.53%) VMware
4 108 (1.35%) CrowdStrike
5 107 (1.34%) Cisco
6 86 (1.08%) Palo Alto
7 74 (0.93%) Apple
8 64 (0.80%) Fortinet
9 60 (0.75%) Splunk
10 59 (0.74%) Tenable
11 57 (0.71%) Adobe
12 52 (0.65%) Google
13 45 (0.56%) SAP
14 44 (0.55%) ServiceNow
15 43 (0.54%) Salesforce
16 33 (0.41%) Dell
17 28 (0.35%) Siemens
18 26 (0.33%) CyberArk
19 21 (0.26%) Veeam
20 18 (0.23%) Sophos