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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 33 38
Rank change year-on-year +13 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,955 2,710 4,132
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.71% 6.25% 5.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.10% 6.94% 6.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3,396 1,662 2,950
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £35,975
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,533 £43,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,800
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -8.11%

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 65,435 39,048 67,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.78% 90.09% 82.07%
Number of salaries quoted 46,356 22,384 46,918
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £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 £77,500 £74,408
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -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 21 July 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 21 July 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 +16 1,386 £75,000 +3.45% 614
North of England +20 1,365 £50,000 - 333
South East +13 1,089 £52,500 +5.00% 348
Midlands +20 1,010 £57,500 +21.05% 183
North West +28 646 £55,000 - 183
South West +13 598 £55,000 +23.35% 170
Yorkshire +14 553 £45,000 +36.36% 118
West Midlands +12 517 £60,000 +10.09% 91
East Midlands +41 492 £55,000 +57.14% 92
East of England +64 479 £42,500 -10.53% 122
North East +28 166 £50,000 -27.94% 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
1 181 (3.04%) SharePoint
2 174 (2.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.27%) Apache
4 13 (0.22%) IIS
5 12 (0.20%) CMS
6 9 (0.15%) SAS
7 6 (0.10%) Confluence
8 5 (0.084%) WordPress
9 4 (0.067%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.017%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 72 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.27%) Simulink
5 5 (0.084%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.067%) CATIA
6 4 (0.067%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.050%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.034%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 15 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.10%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.084%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 5 (0.084%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
8 2 (0.034%) Shopify
8 2 (0.034%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.017%) Eikon
9 1 (0.017%) Maximo
9 1 (0.017%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.017%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.017%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2,342 (39.33%) Azure
2 701 (11.77%) Microsoft 365
3 454 (7.62%) AWS
4 388 (6.52%) Entra ID
5 171 (2.87%) SaaS
6 149 (2.50%) GCP
7 79 (1.33%) Azure Sentinel
8 72 (1.21%) Power Platform
9 68 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
10 59 (0.99%) OneDrive
11 47 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
11 47 (0.79%) Serverless
12 33 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
13 31 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
13 31 (0.52%) Google Workspace
13 31 (0.52%) Mimecast
14 28 (0.47%) GitHub
14 28 (0.47%) PaaS
15 25 (0.42%) IaaS
16 22 (0.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 476 (7.99%) Firewall
2 208 (3.49%) Network Security
3 194 (3.26%) VPN
4 184 (3.09%) DNS
5 138 (2.32%) WAN
6 136 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
7 123 (2.07%) DHCP
7 123 (2.07%) LAN
8 117 (1.96%) TCP/IP
9 106 (1.78%) VLAN
10 83 (1.39%) Internet
11 64 (1.07%) VoIP
12 50 (0.84%) Wireless
13 43 (0.72%) Unified Communications
14 40 (0.67%) Broadband
15 36 (0.60%) Cisco Nexus
16 35 (0.59%) HTTP
17 30 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
17 30 (0.50%) SSL
18 25 (0.42%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (0.77%) Power BI
2 34 (0.57%) SQL Server
3 14 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (0.20%) MySQL
5 12 (0.20%) Tableau
6 10 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (0.17%) MongoDB
6 10 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (0.15%) Big Data
8 8 (0.13%) Neo4j
9 6 (0.10%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.084%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.067%) GIS
11 4 (0.067%) Metadata
11 4 (0.067%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.050%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (0.034%) ClickHouse
13 2 (0.034%) Flink
13 2 (0.034%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 36 (0.60%) Git
2 33 (0.55%) GitLab
3 32 (0.54%) JIRA
4 25 (0.42%) Snyk
5 17 (0.29%) Burp Suite
5 17 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
6 16 (0.27%) Metasploit
7 12 (0.20%) Jenkins
8 9 (0.15%) Yeoman
9 5 (0.084%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.084%) JMeter
9 5 (0.084%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.084%) VersionOne
10 4 (0.067%) Apache Continuum
10 4 (0.067%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.067%) Locust
10 4 (0.067%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.034%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.034%) Claude Code
12 1 (0.017%) GDB
General
1 2,439 (40.96%) Social Skills
2 512 (8.60%) Finance
3 413 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
4 289 (4.85%) Public Sector
5 278 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 169 (2.84%) Retail
7 168 (2.82%) Marketing
8 161 (2.70%) Law
9 153 (2.57%) Telecoms
10 151 (2.54%) Legal
11 132 (2.22%) Manufacturing
12 125 (2.10%) Banking
13 102 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
14 80 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
15 70 (1.18%) Multimedia
16 69 (1.16%) Aerospace
17 55 (0.92%) Advertising
18 54 (0.91%) Local Government
19 34 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
19 34 (0.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,210 (20.32%) Analyst
2 1,041 (17.48%) Security Analyst
3 944 (15.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 773 (12.98%) Junior
5 718 (12.06%) Junior Analyst
6 708 (11.89%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (11.84%) Ethical Hacker
8 595 (9.99%) Senior
9 424 (7.12%) Consultant
10 350 (5.88%) Architect
11 308 (5.17%) Lead
12 275 (4.62%) IT Support
13 271 (4.55%) Security Consultant
14 266 (4.47%) Security Manager
15 238 (4.00%) Security Architect
16 229 (3.85%) IT Manager
17 221 (3.71%) Security Engineer
18 193 (3.24%) IT Engineer
19 181 (3.04%) Cybersecurity Consultant
20 176 (2.96%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (0.94%) SAML
2 50 (0.84%) LDAP
2 50 (0.84%) OAuth
3 45 (0.76%) REST
4 44 (0.74%) OpenID
5 31 (0.52%) HTML
6 24 (0.40%) React
7 23 (0.39%) CSS
8 20 (0.34%) Kafka
8 20 (0.34%) SOAP
9 18 (0.30%) SailPoint
10 17 (0.29%) .NET
11 15 (0.25%) JSON
11 15 (0.25%) Middleware
12 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
13 13 (0.22%) AngularJS
13 13 (0.22%) GraphQL
13 13 (0.22%) Node.js
13 13 (0.22%) RESTful
13 13 (0.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 815 (13.69%) Cyberattack
2 326 (5.47%) Security Posture
3 223 (3.74%) Cyber Threat
4 197 (3.31%) Management Information System
4 197 (3.31%) Onboarding
5 161 (2.70%) Driving Licence
6 157 (2.64%) Security Operations Centre
7 127 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
8 106 (1.78%) Operational Technology
9 96 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
10 85 (1.43%) Cloud Native
11 74 (1.24%) Data Centre
12 56 (0.94%) PKI
13 52 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
14 42 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
15 37 (0.62%) Blog
16 36 (0.60%) CSOC
16 36 (0.60%) Cyber Security Posture
17 31 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
18 29 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 538 (9.03%) Windows
2 267 (4.48%) Windows Server
3 190 (3.19%) Linux
4 59 (0.99%) Mac OS
5 36 (0.60%) Windows 10
6 30 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
7 29 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
8 24 (0.40%) Android
8 24 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 23 (0.39%) Apple iOS
10 13 (0.22%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.10%) CentOS
12 5 (0.084%) VMS
13 4 (0.067%) Unix
13 4 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.017%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.017%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,152 (19.35%) Mentoring
2 773 (12.98%) Ethical Hacking
3 603 (10.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 596 (10.01%) Problem-Solving
5 511 (8.58%) Incident Response
6 480 (8.06%) Information Security
7 463 (7.77%) Risk Management
8 433 (7.27%) SIEM
9 426 (7.15%) Security Operations
10 385 (6.47%) AI
11 383 (6.43%) Cloud Security
12 376 (6.31%) Vulnerability Management
13 324 (5.44%) Disaster Recovery
14 312 (5.24%) Decision-Making
15 279 (4.69%) Roadmaps
16 276 (4.63%) Stakeholder Management
17 248 (4.16%) Agile
17 248 (4.16%) Data Protection
18 243 (4.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 241 (4.05%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 305 (5.12%) Python
2 249 (4.18%) PowerShell
3 97 (1.63%) SQL
4 69 (1.16%) Bash
4 69 (1.16%) JavaScript
5 64 (1.07%) C++
6 41 (0.69%) Java
7 38 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
8 31 (0.52%) Rust
9 24 (0.40%) C#
10 21 (0.35%) Go
10 21 (0.35%) TypeScript
11 20 (0.34%) MATLAB
12 18 (0.30%) C
13 14 (0.24%) Search Processing Language
14 13 (0.22%) T-SQL
15 9 (0.15%) Perl
16 7 (0.12%) PHP
17 5 (0.084%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.067%) R
Qualifications
1 1,474 (24.75%) Azure Certification
2 881 (14.79%) CompTIA Security+
3 829 (13.92%) CEH
4 758 (12.73%) CompTIA CySA+
5 569 (9.55%) Security Cleared
6 448 (7.52%) Degree
7 433 (7.27%) CISSP
8 399 (6.70%) SC Cleared
9 279 (4.69%) CISM
10 188 (3.16%) DV Cleared
11 153 (2.57%) Cisco Certification
12 99 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
13 94 (1.58%) CISA
14 90 (1.51%) CRISC
15 84 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 79 (1.33%) Network+ Certification
17 77 (1.29%) CREST Certified
18 70 (1.18%) A+ Certification
18 70 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
18 70 (1.18%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 614 (10.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 524 (8.80%) NIST
3 330 (5.54%) GDPR
4 285 (4.79%) Cyber Essentials
5 267 (4.48%) GRC
6 144 (2.42%) PCI DSS
7 131 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 108 (1.81%) QA
9 98 (1.65%) NCSC
10 59 (0.99%) SOC 2
11 41 (0.69%) NIST 800
12 36 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 35 (0.59%) Accessibility
13 35 (0.59%) COBIT
14 33 (0.55%) JSP 440
14 33 (0.55%) SLA
15 26 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
15 26 (0.44%) Data Quality
16 21 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 19 (0.32%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 425 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 126 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 106 (1.78%) Hyper-V
4 52 (0.87%) Docker
5 51 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
6 24 (0.40%) vSphere
7 14 (0.24%) IAG
8 12 (0.20%) Firmware
9 11 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
11 9 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (0.084%) ClearTrust
12 5 (0.084%) VMware NSX
13 4 (0.067%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 4 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
14 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
15 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.017%) Embedded Firmware
15 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 216 (3.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 86 (1.44%) Terraform
3 76 (1.28%) Kubernetes
4 42 (0.71%) Ansible
4 42 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
5 31 (0.52%) Grafana
6 20 (0.34%) QRadar
7 18 (0.30%) Prometheus
8 17 (0.29%) CASB
8 17 (0.29%) SCCM
9 16 (0.27%) FortiGate
10 13 (0.22%) Nmap
11 10 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
12 9 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (0.15%) Kibana
12 9 (0.15%) Nessus
13 8 (0.13%) vCenter Server
14 7 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 6 (0.10%) Functional Safety
15 6 (0.10%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,542 (42.69%) Microsoft
2 1,411 (23.69%) ForeScout
3 176 (2.96%) VMware
4 164 (2.75%) Cisco
5 141 (2.37%) Palo Alto
6 105 (1.76%) CrowdStrike
7 104 (1.75%) Splunk
8 64 (1.07%) Qualys
9 62 (1.04%) Google
10 60 (1.01%) Aruba
10 60 (1.01%) Fortinet
11 59 (0.99%) Tenable
12 57 (0.96%) ServiceNow
13 51 (0.86%) Apple
14 49 (0.82%) Salesforce
15 36 (0.60%) SAP
16 35 (0.59%) Veeam
17 33 (0.55%) Adobe
17 33 (0.55%) CyberArk
18 28 (0.47%) Dell