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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 35 32
Rank change year-on-year +20 -3 +19
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,714 2,562 4,882
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.82% 6.44% 5.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.32% 6.96% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,161 1,524 3,502
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £35,631
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -10.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,906 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% -10.77%

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 61,307 36,819 78,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.20% 92.52% 81.80%
Number of salaries quoted 43,146 20,189 56,768
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,000 £29,497
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +15 1,360 £74,377 +2.59% 493
North of England +20 1,335 £55,000 +6.25% 368
South East +19 1,015 £50,000 -1.48% 371
Midlands +22 970 £55,000 +12.24% 187
North West +29 626 £55,000 - 210
South West +19 565 £60,000 +33.33% 160
Yorkshire +9 555 £50,000 +41.84% 110
West Midlands +11 519 £57,500 +4.55% 104
East Midlands +43 450 £55,000 +74.60% 83
East of England +65 436 £45,000 -5.26% 132
North East +26 154 £47,500 -26.92% 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
1 165 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 137 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.19%) Apache
3 11 (0.19%) CMS
4 6 (0.11%) IIS
5 5 (0.088%) SAS
5 5 (0.088%) WordPress
6 4 (0.070%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.070%) Confluence
7 2 (0.035%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.018%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.018%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 69 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.39%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.11%) CATIA
7 5 (0.088%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.070%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.053%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.035%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.018%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.018%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (0.42%) Cloudability
2 21 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.088%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.070%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.070%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.053%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.053%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.053%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.053%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.035%) Q-Pulse
8 2 (0.035%) Shopify
9 1 (0.018%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.018%) Distributed Ledger
9 1 (0.018%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 1 (0.018%) Maximo
9 1 (0.018%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.018%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2,378 (41.62%) Azure
2 617 (10.80%) Microsoft 365
3 444 (7.77%) AWS
4 363 (6.35%) Entra ID
5 150 (2.63%) SaaS
6 140 (2.45%) GCP
7 74 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
8 69 (1.21%) Power Platform
9 68 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
10 55 (0.96%) GitHub
11 53 (0.93%) OneDrive
12 46 (0.81%) Serverless
13 43 (0.75%) Google Workspace
14 34 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
15 33 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
16 30 (0.53%) Mimecast
16 30 (0.53%) PaaS
17 28 (0.49%) IaaS
18 27 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
19 26 (0.46%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 440 (7.70%) Firewall
2 196 (3.43%) Network Security
3 177 (3.10%) VPN
4 162 (2.84%) DNS
5 126 (2.21%) WAN
6 112 (1.96%) LAN
7 108 (1.89%) DHCP
7 108 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
8 93 (1.63%) Internet
9 91 (1.59%) VLAN
10 88 (1.54%) TCP/IP
11 54 (0.95%) VoIP
12 51 (0.89%) Broadband
13 37 (0.65%) Unified Communications
14 35 (0.61%) Wireless
15 33 (0.58%) HTTP
16 29 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
16 29 (0.51%) SSL
17 24 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
18 22 (0.39%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (0.74%) Power BI
2 25 (0.44%) SQL Server
3 15 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (0.25%) Tableau
5 9 (0.16%) Big Data
5 9 (0.16%) MySQL
6 8 (0.14%) Neo4j
6 8 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.11%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.088%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.088%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.053%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.053%) GIS
10 3 (0.053%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.035%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.035%) Flink
11 2 (0.035%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.035%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 60 (1.05%) Git
2 36 (0.63%) GitLab
3 27 (0.47%) JIRA
4 26 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
5 25 (0.44%) Snyk
6 12 (0.21%) Jenkins
7 10 (0.18%) Burp Suite
7 10 (0.18%) Metasploit
8 7 (0.12%) Yeoman
9 6 (0.11%) Apache Continuum
10 5 (0.088%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.088%) JMeter
10 5 (0.088%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.088%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.070%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.070%) Locust
12 2 (0.035%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.035%) Claude Code
12 2 (0.035%) MLflow
12 2 (0.035%) Visual Studio
General
1 2,395 (41.91%) Social Skills
2 513 (8.98%) Finance
3 407 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
4 275 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 249 (4.36%) Public Sector
6 174 (3.05%) Retail
7 162 (2.84%) Marketing
8 144 (2.52%) Law
9 138 (2.42%) Legal
10 129 (2.26%) Banking
11 127 (2.22%) Telecoms
12 117 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
13 111 (1.94%) Manufacturing
14 107 (1.87%) Multimedia
15 72 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
16 61 (1.07%) Local Government
17 57 (1.00%) Aerospace
18 45 (0.79%) Advertising
19 42 (0.74%) Aviation
20 32 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,237 (21.65%) Analyst
2 1,063 (18.60%) Security Analyst
3 979 (17.13%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 795 (13.91%) Junior
5 765 (13.39%) Junior Analyst
6 755 (13.21%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (12.34%) Ethical Hacker
8 561 (9.82%) Senior
9 347 (6.07%) Consultant
10 344 (6.02%) Architect
11 297 (5.20%) Lead
12 271 (4.74%) Security Manager
13 250 (4.38%) Security Architect
14 247 (4.32%) IT Support
15 221 (3.87%) Security Consultant
16 215 (3.76%) Security Engineer
17 207 (3.62%) IT Manager
18 190 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
19 170 (2.98%) IT Engineer
20 147 (2.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (1.03%) REST
1 59 (1.03%) SAML
2 58 (1.02%) HTML
2 58 (1.02%) LDAP
3 56 (0.98%) OAuth
4 52 (0.91%) CSS
5 50 (0.88%) OpenID
6 33 (0.58%) SOAP
7 26 (0.46%) GraphQL
8 25 (0.44%) React
9 17 (0.30%) Kafka
9 17 (0.30%) Middleware
10 15 (0.26%) .NET
11 14 (0.25%) SailPoint
12 13 (0.23%) JSON
12 13 (0.23%) Node.js
13 12 (0.21%) FastAPI
13 12 (0.21%) RESTful
14 11 (0.19%) AngularJS
14 11 (0.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 813 (14.23%) Cyberattack
2 308 (5.39%) Security Posture
3 189 (3.31%) Management Information System
4 187 (3.27%) Cyber Threat
5 165 (2.89%) Onboarding
6 146 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
7 123 (2.15%) Driving Licence
8 115 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
9 96 (1.68%) Cyber Defence
9 96 (1.68%) Operational Technology
10 83 (1.45%) Cloud Native
11 77 (1.35%) Data Centre
12 58 (1.02%) PKI
13 49 (0.86%) Cyber Security Posture
14 42 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
15 40 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
16 39 (0.68%) Blog
17 36 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
18 32 (0.56%) Cloud Security Posture
19 30 (0.53%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 486 (8.51%) Windows
2 248 (4.34%) Windows Server
3 170 (2.98%) Linux
4 48 (0.84%) Mac OS
5 37 (0.65%) Windows 10
6 26 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
7 25 (0.44%) Android
7 25 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
8 21 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 19 (0.33%) Apple iOS
10 10 (0.18%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.11%) CentOS
11 6 (0.11%) Unix
11 6 (0.11%) VMS
12 2 (0.035%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.035%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.018%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.018%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.018%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,214 (21.25%) Mentoring
2 784 (13.72%) Ethical Hacking
3 546 (9.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 531 (9.29%) Problem-Solving
5 495 (8.66%) Incident Response
6 444 (7.77%) Information Security
7 431 (7.54%) Risk Management
8 384 (6.72%) Security Operations
9 374 (6.55%) SIEM
10 351 (6.14%) Cloud Security
11 342 (5.99%) AI
12 320 (5.60%) Vulnerability Management
13 287 (5.02%) Disaster Recovery
14 277 (4.85%) Decision-Making
15 255 (4.46%) Roadmaps
16 238 (4.17%) Agile
17 233 (4.08%) Security Architecture
18 231 (4.04%) Stakeholder Management
19 225 (3.94%) Data Protection
20 222 (3.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 312 (5.46%) Python
2 266 (4.66%) PowerShell
3 112 (1.96%) SQL
4 104 (1.82%) JavaScript
5 83 (1.45%) Bash
6 50 (0.88%) C++
7 37 (0.65%) Java
8 29 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
9 27 (0.47%) C#
10 26 (0.46%) MATLAB
10 26 (0.46%) T-SQL
11 19 (0.33%) R
11 19 (0.33%) TypeScript
12 17 (0.30%) Rust
13 16 (0.28%) Go
14 12 (0.21%) Search Processing Language
15 11 (0.19%) C
16 9 (0.16%) Perl
17 7 (0.12%) PHP
18 5 (0.088%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,543 (27.00%) Azure Certification
2 926 (16.21%) CompTIA Security+
3 835 (14.61%) CEH
4 802 (14.04%) CompTIA CySA+
5 506 (8.86%) Security Cleared
6 424 (7.42%) Degree
7 420 (7.35%) CISSP
8 360 (6.30%) SC Cleared
9 269 (4.71%) CISM
10 173 (3.03%) DV Cleared
11 146 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
12 118 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
13 101 (1.77%) CISA
14 98 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
15 90 (1.58%) A+ Certification
16 89 (1.56%) CREST Certified
17 88 (1.54%) AWS Certification
18 81 (1.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 79 (1.38%) CRISC
20 69 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 601 (10.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 528 (9.24%) NIST
3 328 (5.74%) GDPR
4 276 (4.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 258 (4.52%) GRC
6 148 (2.59%) PCI DSS
7 134 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 115 (2.01%) NCSC
9 109 (1.91%) QA
10 53 (0.93%) SOC 2
11 44 (0.77%) NIST 800
12 36 (0.63%) Accessibility
13 35 (0.61%) COBIT
13 35 (0.61%) JSP 440
13 35 (0.61%) SLA
14 31 (0.54%) Data Quality
14 31 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 30 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
16 18 (0.32%) HIPAA
17 15 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 395 (6.91%) Active Directory
2 112 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 91 (1.59%) Hyper-V
4 53 (0.93%) Docker
5 49 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
6 28 (0.49%) vSphere
7 13 (0.23%) IAG
8 12 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
9 11 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 7 (0.12%) Firmware
12 5 (0.088%) ClearTrust
12 5 (0.088%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.053%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (0.053%) VMware ESXi
14 2 (0.035%) VMware Server
15 1 (0.018%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.018%) KVM
Systems Management
1 200 (3.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 90 (1.58%) Terraform
3 71 (1.24%) Kubernetes
4 40 (0.70%) Ansible
5 37 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
6 31 (0.54%) Grafana
7 21 (0.37%) SCCM
8 18 (0.32%) Prometheus
8 18 (0.32%) QRadar
9 17 (0.30%) CASB
10 15 (0.26%) FortiGate
11 10 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 9 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 9 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (0.16%) CSIRT
12 9 (0.16%) Kibana
12 9 (0.16%) Nmap
12 9 (0.16%) vCenter Server
13 8 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2,515 (44.01%) Microsoft
2 1,458 (25.52%) ForeScout
3 159 (2.78%) VMware
4 137 (2.40%) Cisco
5 116 (2.03%) Palo Alto
6 107 (1.87%) CrowdStrike
7 86 (1.51%) Splunk
8 62 (1.09%) Fortinet
8 62 (1.09%) Google
9 58 (1.02%) Apple
9 58 (1.02%) Tenable
10 54 (0.95%) ServiceNow
11 50 (0.88%) Salesforce
12 45 (0.79%) Qualys
13 42 (0.74%) Aruba
14 39 (0.68%) Adobe
15 36 (0.63%) SAP
16 31 (0.54%) Veeam
17 29 (0.51%) Dell
18 24 (0.42%) CyberArk