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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 33 36
Rank change year-on-year +11 +3 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,789 2,689 3,426
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.57% 6.22% 5.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.57% 6.98% 6.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,867 1,564 1,768
10th Percentile £31,200 £28,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £46,844
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,300 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -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 76,510 38,541 55,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.60% 89.13% 82.33%
Number of salaries quoted 53,897 21,791 29,983
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £78,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.93% -2.56%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 +7 1,546 £80,000 +14.29% 2,282
North of England +18 1,133 £51,500 +8.00% 798
South East +11 1,057 £55,000 +10.00% 895
Midlands +17 1,008 £55,000 +15.79% 460
North West +28 611 £60,000 +26.07% 447
South West 0 572 £55,000 +10.00% 441
West Midlands +8 521 £55,000 +10.00% 286
East Midlands +39 487 £55,000 +46.67% 174
East of England +42 445 £50,000 +11.11% 268
Yorkshire +11 393 £42,500 +8.28% 251
North East +4 129 £50,000 -27.94% 104
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
1 250 (4.32%) SharePoint
2 241 (4.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (0.47%) IIS
4 22 (0.38%) Apache
5 11 (0.19%) Confluence
6 9 (0.16%) SAS
7 6 (0.10%) CMS
8 5 (0.086%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.086%) WordPress
9 3 (0.052%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.017%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.017%) ArchestrA
10 1 (0.017%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 96 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 68 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.31%) Simulink
5 15 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.086%) CATIA
8 4 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.035%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.035%) SmartSuite
10 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.017%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 24 (0.41%) Cloudability
2 9 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.086%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 5 (0.086%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.069%) Infor CloudSuite
6 4 (0.069%) Infor M3
6 4 (0.069%) SystmOne
7 3 (0.052%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.052%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.052%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.052%) Infor LN
7 3 (0.052%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.052%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.035%) Eikon
8 2 (0.035%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.035%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.035%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1,398 (24.15%) Azure
2 854 (14.75%) Microsoft 365
3 519 (8.97%) Entra ID
4 465 (8.03%) AWS
5 200 (3.45%) SaaS
6 163 (2.82%) GCP
7 104 (1.80%) Power Platform
8 96 (1.66%) OneDrive
9 90 (1.55%) Azure Sentinel
10 87 (1.50%) Microsoft Purview
11 61 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
12 60 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
13 57 (0.98%) Serverless
14 46 (0.79%) Mimecast
15 42 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
16 35 (0.60%) Power Automate
17 34 (0.59%) GitHub
18 33 (0.57%) Google Workspace
19 30 (0.52%) Azure Logic Apps
20 28 (0.48%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 519 (8.97%) Firewall
2 277 (4.78%) DNS
3 248 (4.28%) VPN
4 245 (4.23%) Network Security
5 203 (3.51%) DHCP
6 193 (3.33%) TCP/IP
7 188 (3.25%) WAN
8 166 (2.87%) Wi-Fi
9 165 (2.85%) LAN
10 126 (2.18%) VLAN
11 101 (1.74%) Internet
12 89 (1.54%) Wireless
13 86 (1.49%) VoIP
14 58 (1.00%) Cisco Nexus
15 50 (0.86%) SSL
16 49 (0.85%) HTTP
17 42 (0.73%) Unified Communications
18 38 (0.66%) Wireshark
19 33 (0.57%) SD-WAN
20 30 (0.52%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (1.05%) Power BI
2 56 (0.97%) SQL Server
3 18 (0.31%) Big Data
4 17 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (0.24%) GIS
6 13 (0.22%) Tableau
7 12 (0.21%) MongoDB
8 11 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (0.19%) MySQL
9 10 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (0.17%) Metadata
10 7 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (0.12%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.12%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.10%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.086%) NoSQL
13 4 (0.069%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.069%) Crystal Reports
13 4 (0.069%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 51 (0.88%) JIRA
2 42 (0.73%) Git
3 32 (0.55%) Burp Suite
4 30 (0.52%) Metasploit
5 27 (0.47%) Snyk
6 21 (0.36%) Jenkins
7 20 (0.35%) GitLab
8 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
9 9 (0.16%) Eclipse
10 8 (0.14%) LabVIEW
11 6 (0.10%) Rational DOORS
12 5 (0.086%) VersionOne
13 4 (0.069%) Apache Continuum
13 4 (0.069%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.069%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.069%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.052%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.052%) Maven
14 3 (0.052%) Team Foundation Server
15 2 (0.035%) Zephyr
General
1 1,735 (29.97%) Social Skills
2 621 (10.73%) Finance
3 462 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
4 393 (6.79%) Public Sector
5 346 (5.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 208 (3.59%) Legal
7 199 (3.44%) Marketing
8 194 (3.35%) Retail
9 193 (3.33%) Law
10 186 (3.21%) Telecoms
11 183 (3.16%) Manufacturing
12 166 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
13 139 (2.40%) Aerospace
14 134 (2.31%) Banking
15 129 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
16 65 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
17 53 (0.92%) Advertising
18 48 (0.83%) Aviation
18 48 (0.83%) Local Government
19 39 (0.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 774 (13.37%) Analyst
2 713 (12.32%) Senior
3 542 (9.36%) Security Analyst
4 537 (9.28%) Consultant
5 453 (7.83%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 402 (6.94%) Lead
7 398 (6.88%) Architect
8 332 (5.74%) Security Manager
9 330 (5.70%) IT Support
10 318 (5.49%) Security Consultant
11 290 (5.01%) Security Engineer
12 283 (4.89%) Junior
13 266 (4.59%) Security Architect
14 248 (4.28%) IT Engineer
15 243 (4.20%) IT Manager
16 232 (4.01%) Cybersecurity Manager
17 208 (3.59%) Support Engineer
18 204 (3.52%) Junior Analyst
19 203 (3.51%) Cybersecurity Consultant
20 200 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (1.54%) Terraform
2 54 (0.93%) SAML
3 52 (0.90%) LDAP
3 52 (0.90%) OAuth
4 44 (0.76%) OpenID
4 44 (0.76%) REST
5 32 (0.55%) .NET
6 24 (0.41%) JSON
7 21 (0.36%) React
8 20 (0.35%) Node.js
9 19 (0.33%) HTML
10 17 (0.29%) Kafka
11 16 (0.28%) Middleware
11 16 (0.28%) RESTful
11 16 (0.28%) SailPoint
11 16 (0.28%) XML
12 15 (0.26%) CSS
12 15 (0.26%) FastAPI
13 12 (0.21%) AngularJS
14 10 (0.17%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 367 (6.34%) Security Posture
2 335 (5.79%) Cyber Threat
3 286 (4.94%) Cyberattack
4 274 (4.73%) Onboarding
5 246 (4.25%) Management Information System
6 194 (3.35%) Driving Licence
7 177 (3.06%) Operational Technology
8 163 (2.82%) Security Operations Centre
9 140 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
10 110 (1.90%) Cyber Defence
11 108 (1.87%) Data Centre
12 104 (1.80%) Cloud Native
13 83 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
14 58 (1.00%) PKI
14 58 (1.00%) SCADA
15 50 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
16 46 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
17 41 (0.71%) Cyber Security Posture
18 39 (0.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
19 38 (0.66%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 658 (11.37%) Windows
2 317 (5.48%) Windows Server
3 245 (4.23%) Linux
4 83 (1.43%) Mac OS
5 43 (0.74%) Windows 10
6 41 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 31 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 30 (0.52%) Apple iOS
9 28 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 24 (0.41%) Android
11 12 (0.21%) Ubuntu
12 7 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
13 6 (0.10%) Kali Linux
13 6 (0.10%) Unix
14 4 (0.069%) VMS
15 3 (0.052%) CentOS
15 3 (0.052%) Rocky
16 2 (0.035%) Amazon Linux
16 2 (0.035%) Embedded Linux
16 2 (0.035%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 774 (13.37%) Problem-Solving
2 743 (12.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 635 (10.97%) AI
4 599 (10.35%) Mentoring
5 588 (10.16%) Information Security
6 564 (9.74%) Incident Response
7 555 (9.59%) Security Operations
8 541 (9.35%) Risk Management
9 503 (8.69%) Stakeholder Management
10 491 (8.48%) Vulnerability Management
11 468 (8.08%) SIEM
12 432 (7.46%) Cloud Security
13 411 (7.10%) Decision-Making
14 397 (6.86%) Disaster Recovery
15 339 (5.86%) Roadmaps
16 327 (5.65%) Data Protection
17 315 (5.44%) ITIL
18 312 (5.39%) Service Delivery
19 291 (5.03%) Business Continuity
20 288 (4.97%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 348 (6.01%) Python
2 250 (4.32%) PowerShell
3 101 (1.74%) SQL
4 82 (1.42%) C++
5 65 (1.12%) Bash
6 59 (1.02%) JavaScript
7 56 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
8 55 (0.95%) Java
9 40 (0.69%) C#
10 38 (0.66%) Rust
11 32 (0.55%) Go
12 30 (0.52%) C
13 25 (0.43%) TypeScript
14 20 (0.35%) MATLAB
15 17 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
16 16 (0.28%) Embedded C
17 12 (0.21%) Perl
18 9 (0.16%) Bicep
19 8 (0.14%) Shell Script
20 4 (0.069%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 782 (13.51%) Security Cleared
2 584 (10.09%) Degree
3 537 (9.28%) SC Cleared
4 482 (8.33%) CISSP
5 465 (8.03%) Azure Certification
6 321 (5.54%) CompTIA Security+
7 316 (5.46%) CISM
8 254 (4.39%) CEH
9 241 (4.16%) DV Cleared
10 231 (3.99%) CompTIA CySA+
11 158 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
12 136 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
13 111 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
14 103 (1.78%) CRISC
14 103 (1.78%) Master's Degree
15 87 (1.50%) CISA
16 84 (1.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 77 (1.33%) CREST Certified
18 76 (1.31%) AWS Certification
19 74 (1.28%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 692 (11.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 527 (9.10%) NIST
3 360 (6.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 325 (5.61%) GDPR
5 323 (5.58%) GRC
6 150 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 136 (2.35%) PCI DSS
8 130 (2.25%) NCSC
9 98 (1.69%) QA
10 55 (0.95%) SLA
11 51 (0.88%) SOC 2
12 47 (0.81%) Accessibility
13 45 (0.78%) NIST 800
14 37 (0.64%) Data Quality
14 37 (0.64%) ISO 22301
15 35 (0.60%) COBIT
16 31 (0.54%) JSP 440
17 28 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 23 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
19 20 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 498 (8.60%) Active Directory
2 163 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 144 (2.49%) Hyper-V
4 71 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
5 56 (0.97%) Docker
6 43 (0.74%) Firmware
7 27 (0.47%) vSphere
8 20 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
9 13 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
10 11 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 9 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
12 6 (0.10%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.086%) ClearTrust
13 5 (0.086%) IAG
14 3 (0.052%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.035%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 2 (0.035%) NFS
15 2 (0.035%) ProxySG
15 2 (0.035%) Snort
Systems Management
1 299 (5.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 81 (1.40%) Kubernetes
3 76 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
4 49 (0.85%) Ansible
5 27 (0.47%) Nmap
6 26 (0.45%) Grafana
7 24 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
7 24 (0.41%) Nessus
7 24 (0.41%) QRadar
8 23 (0.40%) CASB
9 22 (0.38%) FortiGate
10 21 (0.36%) SCCM
11 17 (0.29%) Functional Safety
12 15 (0.26%) Prometheus
13 9 (0.16%) Kibana
14 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
14 8 (0.14%) Progress Chef
15 7 (0.12%) Graylog
16 6 (0.10%) Podman
16 6 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,732 (29.92%) Microsoft
2 376 (6.50%) ForeScout
3 236 (4.08%) Cisco
4 219 (3.78%) VMware
5 169 (2.92%) Palo Alto
6 111 (1.92%) Splunk
7 102 (1.76%) CrowdStrike
8 92 (1.59%) Google
9 79 (1.36%) Qualys
10 74 (1.28%) ServiceNow
11 72 (1.24%) Salesforce
12 70 (1.21%) Aruba
13 62 (1.07%) Apple
14 60 (1.04%) Tenable
15 52 (0.90%) Fortinet
16 51 (0.88%) Veeam
17 50 (0.86%) Meraki
18 42 (0.73%) SAP
19 41 (0.71%) Adobe
19 41 (0.71%) CyberArk