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 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 36 32
Rank change year-on-year +30 -4 +19
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 7,563 2,589 3,756
As % of all permanent jobs in England 13.06% 5.75% 5.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.36% 6.24% 6.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,205 1,324 2,902
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £50,000 £45,709
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -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 46,216 41,458 58,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.82% 92.03% 88.17%
Number of salaries quoted 28,077 20,221 46,108
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £40,879
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £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 10 February 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 10 February 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 +33 2,360 £32,500 -40.91% 250
North West +28 1,815 £40,000 -27.27% 138
Midlands +26 1,477 £42,500 -29.17% 179
London +20 1,416 £70,000 -6.67% 361
West Midlands +22 1,216 £45,000 -25.00% 114
South East +37 1,171 £48,000 -18.82% 343
East of England +54 638 £35,000 -41.67% 139
Yorkshire +30 464 £30,500 -49.17% 85
South West +37 445 £55,000 -8.33% 154
East Midlands +31 271 £37,500 -19.08% 65
North East +42 81 £30,500 -20.78% 29
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
1 125 (1.65%) SharePoint
2 65 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.16%) Confluence
4 11 (0.15%) WordPress
5 10 (0.13%) CMS
6 6 (0.079%) nginx
7 5 (0.066%) Drupal
8 4 (0.053%) Apache
8 4 (0.053%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.053%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.040%) Oracle Coherence
10 2 (0.026%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.026%) FactoryTalk
10 2 (0.026%) SAS
10 2 (0.026%) WinCC
11 1 (0.013%) FileNet
Applications
1 105 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 53 (0.70%) Maya
4 38 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (0.30%) Chatbot
6 17 (0.22%) Simulink
7 11 (0.15%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.053%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.053%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.040%) CATIA
9 3 (0.040%) CINEMA 4D
9 3 (0.040%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.026%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.026%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.013%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 31 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.17%) SAP IBP
4 11 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
5 8 (0.11%) SAP FS
6 7 (0.093%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.093%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.093%) SAP FI/CO
6 7 (0.093%) SAP FSCM
6 7 (0.093%) SAP IS-U
6 7 (0.093%) Shopify
7 6 (0.079%) Exchequer
8 4 (0.053%) Endur
8 4 (0.053%) NEC Housing
8 4 (0.053%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.053%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.053%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.040%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.040%) SAP CX
9 3 (0.040%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 4,064 (53.74%) Cloud Computing
2 1,366 (18.06%) Azure
3 540 (7.14%) AWS
4 407 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
5 256 (3.38%) Entra ID
6 219 (2.90%) GitHub
7 81 (1.07%) Power Platform
7 81 (1.07%) SaaS
8 72 (0.95%) GCP
9 52 (0.69%) PaaS
10 49 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
11 48 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
12 38 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
13 36 (0.48%) IaaS
14 32 (0.42%) Google Workspace
14 32 (0.42%) OneDrive
15 27 (0.36%) Nutanix
16 26 (0.34%) Dynamics 365
17 21 (0.28%) AWS CloudFormation
18 20 (0.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4,231 (55.94%) Internet
2 280 (3.70%) Firewall
3 124 (1.64%) Network Security
4 118 (1.56%) VPN
5 106 (1.40%) DNS
6 89 (1.18%) TCP/IP
7 87 (1.15%) DHCP
8 71 (0.94%) WAN
9 64 (0.85%) LAN
10 57 (0.75%) VLAN
10 57 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
11 51 (0.67%) VoIP
12 38 (0.50%) Broadband
13 32 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
14 28 (0.37%) Wireless
15 23 (0.30%) SD-WAN
16 18 (0.24%) CHAP
17 16 (0.21%) DMZ
17 16 (0.21%) Modbus
18 15 (0.20%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (0.70%) Power BI
2 40 (0.53%) SQL Server
3 37 (0.49%) Tableau
4 33 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (0.30%) Big Data
6 21 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (0.22%) Neo4j
7 17 (0.22%) Relational Database
8 15 (0.20%) Data Lake
8 15 (0.20%) Metadata
8 15 (0.20%) SAP BW
9 11 (0.15%) Oracle Database
10 10 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (0.11%) NoSQL
12 6 (0.079%) MS Access
13 5 (0.066%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.053%) BusinessObjects
14 4 (0.053%) PostgreSQL
14 4 (0.053%) SAP Data Services
15 3 (0.040%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 221 (2.92%) Git
2 27 (0.36%) JIRA
3 23 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
4 17 (0.22%) GitLab
5 16 (0.21%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.11%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.053%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.053%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.053%) JMeter
7 4 (0.053%) Locust
7 4 (0.053%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.053%) MLflow
7 4 (0.053%) Toad
8 3 (0.040%) Apache Continuum
9 2 (0.026%) Snyk
10 1 (0.013%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.013%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.013%) SonarQube
General
1 5,419 (71.65%) Social Skills
2 4,180 (55.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,168 (55.11%) Banking
4 546 (7.22%) Finance
5 370 (4.89%) Analytical Skills
6 362 (4.79%) Multimedia
7 181 (2.39%) Marketing
8 172 (2.27%) Public Sector
9 166 (2.19%) Law
10 147 (1.94%) Legal
11 133 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
12 124 (1.64%) Telecoms
13 106 (1.40%) Retail
14 104 (1.38%) Manufacturing
15 83 (1.10%) Games
16 65 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
17 64 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
18 53 (0.70%) Electronics
19 46 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
20 44 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3,136 (41.47%) Lecturer
2 625 (8.26%) Analyst
3 502 (6.64%) Security Analyst
4 456 (6.03%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 397 (5.25%) Junior
6 378 (5.00%) Junior Analyst
7 377 (4.98%) Junior Security Analyst
8 364 (4.81%) Trainee
9 359 (4.75%) Senior
10 233 (3.08%) Lead
11 230 (3.04%) Consultant
12 218 (2.88%) Architect
13 196 (2.59%) IT Support
14 160 (2.12%) Developer
15 144 (1.90%) Support Engineer
16 138 (1.82%) Security Manager
17 135 (1.79%) Security Engineer
18 132 (1.75%) Security Consultant
19 129 (1.71%) IT Manager
20 113 (1.49%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 235 (3.11%) HTML
2 232 (3.07%) CSS
3 40 (0.53%) REST
4 36 (0.48%) React
5 33 (0.44%) OAuth
6 32 (0.42%) SAML
7 30 (0.40%) OpenID
8 26 (0.34%) AngularJS
8 26 (0.34%) LDAP
8 26 (0.34%) SAP CAF
9 25 (0.33%) GraphQL
10 24 (0.32%) SOAP
11 17 (0.22%) MERN Stack
12 15 (0.20%) Middleware
13 14 (0.19%) .NET
14 13 (0.17%) YAML
15 10 (0.13%) PyTorch
15 10 (0.13%) TensorFlow
16 9 (0.12%) Node.js
16 9 (0.12%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4,074 (53.87%) IoT
2 174 (2.30%) Security Posture
3 168 (2.22%) Management Information System
4 151 (2.00%) Cyberattack
5 135 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
6 134 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
7 109 (1.44%) Driving Licence
8 108 (1.43%) Onboarding
9 88 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
10 77 (1.02%) Cloud Native
11 69 (0.91%) Data Centre
12 68 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
13 60 (0.79%) Operational Technology
14 48 (0.63%) Cyber Defence
15 45 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
16 43 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
17 39 (0.52%) Public Cloud
18 38 (0.50%) Blog
18 38 (0.50%) Cyber Security Posture
19 35 (0.46%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 363 (4.80%) Windows
2 154 (2.04%) Windows Server
3 122 (1.61%) Linux
4 63 (0.83%) Windows 10
5 62 (0.82%) Mac OS
6 28 (0.37%) Android
7 21 (0.28%) Apple iOS
8 20 (0.26%) Unix
9 13 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (0.093%) VMS
11 6 (0.079%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.040%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.026%) Debian
13 2 (0.026%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.013%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.013%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.013%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,267 (56.42%) AI
2 4,066 (53.76%) Machine Learning
3 4,037 (53.38%) User Experience
4 4,033 (53.33%) Web Development
5 965 (12.76%) Mentoring
6 476 (6.29%) Problem-Solving
7 385 (5.09%) Risk Management
8 379 (5.01%) Continuous Improvement
9 344 (4.55%) Incident Response
10 335 (4.43%) Information Security
11 264 (3.49%) Agile
12 252 (3.33%) Ethical Hacking
13 209 (2.76%) SIEM
14 204 (2.70%) ITIL
15 203 (2.68%) Roadmaps
16 199 (2.63%) Analytics
17 196 (2.59%) Data Protection
17 196 (2.59%) Project Management
18 184 (2.43%) Decision-Making
19 183 (2.42%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 395 (5.22%) Python
2 275 (3.64%) JavaScript
3 170 (2.25%) PowerShell
4 118 (1.56%) SQL
5 111 (1.47%) R
6 55 (0.73%) Bash
7 35 (0.46%) Java
8 28 (0.37%) TypeScript
9 27 (0.36%) C#
9 27 (0.36%) C++
10 24 (0.32%) T-SQL
11 20 (0.26%) C
12 17 (0.22%) MATLAB
13 11 (0.15%) Bicep
14 10 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
15 9 (0.12%) Go
16 7 (0.093%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.066%) Rust
18 4 (0.053%) Kotlin
18 4 (0.053%) VB
Qualifications
1 4,487 (59.33%) Degree
2 4,073 (53.85%) Master's Degree
3 4,014 (53.07%) PhD
4 4,004 (52.94%) Postgraduate
5 726 (9.60%) Azure Certification
6 570 (7.54%) CompTIA Security+
7 413 (5.46%) CompTIA CySA+
8 339 (4.48%) CISSP
9 299 (3.95%) Security Cleared
10 287 (3.79%) CEH
11 286 (3.78%) Microsoft Certification
12 265 (3.50%) AWS Certification
13 245 (3.24%) CISM
14 215 (2.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 205 (2.71%) SC Cleared
16 172 (2.27%) Network+ Certification
17 167 (2.21%) A+ Certification
18 117 (1.55%) CISA
19 99 (1.31%) DV Cleared
20 95 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 485 (6.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 439 (5.80%) NIST
3 263 (3.48%) GDPR
4 224 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 189 (2.50%) GRC
6 108 (1.43%) NCSC
7 100 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 87 (1.15%) PCI DSS
9 62 (0.82%) QA
10 49 (0.65%) SLA
11 45 (0.60%) COBIT
12 38 (0.50%) NIST 800
13 36 (0.48%) SOC 2
14 27 (0.36%) Data Quality
15 20 (0.26%) Accessibility
16 18 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 17 (0.22%) JSP 440
17 17 (0.22%) SOC 3
18 16 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
19 14 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 275 (3.64%) Active Directory
2 68 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (0.70%) Hyper-V
4 51 (0.67%) Docker
5 34 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (0.21%) vSphere
7 8 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.066%) Firmware
10 4 (0.053%) BitLocker
10 4 (0.053%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.040%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 3 (0.040%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.026%) GPFS
12 2 (0.026%) Lustre
13 1 (0.013%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.013%) iptables
13 1 (0.013%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 155 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 56 (0.74%) Terraform
3 49 (0.65%) Kubernetes
4 31 (0.41%) Ansible
5 24 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (0.21%) SCCM
7 15 (0.20%) CASB
8 12 (0.16%) CSIRT
8 12 (0.16%) Nessus
8 12 (0.16%) RSA Archer
9 11 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 11 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
10 10 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 9 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 9 (0.12%) Grafana
11 9 (0.12%) Nagios
12 6 (0.079%) FTK
12 6 (0.079%) PaperCut
12 6 (0.079%) QRadar
12 6 (0.079%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1,392 (18.41%) Microsoft
2 471 (6.23%) ForeScout
3 112 (1.48%) VMware
4 92 (1.22%) SAP
5 86 (1.14%) Cisco
6 71 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
7 68 (0.90%) Palo Alto
8 66 (0.87%) Fortinet
9 62 (0.82%) Oracle
10 49 (0.65%) Salesforce
11 48 (0.63%) Apple
12 44 (0.58%) Adobe
13 32 (0.42%) ServiceNow
14 31 (0.41%) Google
14 31 (0.41%) Tenable
15 28 (0.37%) Siemens
16 25 (0.33%) MuleSoft
17 24 (0.32%) Splunk
18 23 (0.30%) Dell
19 19 (0.25%) PayPal