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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 35 32
Rank change year-on-year +20 -3 +19
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,641 2,540 4,872
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.80% 6.42% 5.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.32% 6.93% 6.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3,107 1,512 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 £58,900
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.38% -9.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,425 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -10.00%

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 60,527 36,659 77,560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 72.97% 92.71% 82.14%
Number of salaries quoted 42,554 19,995 56,288
10th Percentile £30,625 £29,000 £29,290
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 15 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 15 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 +16 1,353 £73,000 -0.22% 431
North of England +22 1,322 £55,000 +6.25% 377
South East +18 991 £51,249 -2.38% 368
Midlands +19 949 £55,000 +10.00% 163
North West +32 617 £55,000 - 201
South West +19 571 £60,000 +33.33% 173
Yorkshire +12 554 £47,500 +43.94% 125
West Midlands +11 510 £60,000 +9.09% 86
East Midlands +47 438 £55,000 +74.60% 77
East of England +62 422 £42,500 -10.53% 135
North East +27 151 £45,000 -30.77% 54
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
1 151 (2.68%) SharePoint
2 128 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.20%) Apache
3 11 (0.20%) CMS
4 5 (0.089%) IIS
4 5 (0.089%) WordPress
5 4 (0.071%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.071%) SAS
6 3 (0.053%) Confluence
7 2 (0.035%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.018%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 75 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.37%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) CATIA
5 7 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.071%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.053%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.035%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.018%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.018%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (0.43%) Cloudability
2 22 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.089%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.071%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.071%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.053%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.053%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.053%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.035%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.035%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.035%) Shopify
9 1 (0.018%) Maximo
9 1 (0.018%) Q-Pulse
9 1 (0.018%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.018%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2,371 (42.03%) Azure
2 583 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
3 462 (8.19%) AWS
4 345 (6.12%) Entra ID
5 140 (2.48%) SaaS
6 139 (2.46%) GCP
7 72 (1.28%) GitHub
8 71 (1.26%) Microsoft Purview
9 67 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
10 65 (1.15%) Power Platform
11 47 (0.83%) OneDrive
12 45 (0.80%) Serverless
13 43 (0.76%) Google Workspace
14 33 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
15 31 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
15 31 (0.55%) Mimecast
16 30 (0.53%) PaaS
17 28 (0.50%) IaaS
17 28 (0.50%) Nutanix
18 27 (0.48%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 416 (7.37%) Firewall
2 184 (3.26%) Network Security
3 171 (3.03%) VPN
4 154 (2.73%) DNS
5 115 (2.04%) WAN
6 104 (1.84%) Internet
7 103 (1.83%) DHCP
8 101 (1.79%) LAN
9 98 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
10 83 (1.47%) TCP/IP
11 82 (1.45%) VLAN
12 49 (0.87%) VoIP
13 47 (0.83%) Broadband
14 36 (0.64%) Unified Communications
15 30 (0.53%) HTTP
15 30 (0.53%) Wireless
16 29 (0.51%) SSL
17 28 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
18 22 (0.39%) SD-WAN
19 19 (0.34%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (0.71%) Power BI
2 23 (0.41%) SQL Server
3 19 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (0.23%) Tableau
6 12 (0.21%) Neo4j
7 9 (0.16%) Big Data
8 8 (0.14%) MySQL
9 7 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.11%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.089%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.071%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.053%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.053%) GIS
13 3 (0.053%) Hadoop
14 2 (0.035%) Data Lake
14 2 (0.035%) Flink
14 2 (0.035%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.035%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 75 (1.33%) Git
2 37 (0.66%) GitLab
3 27 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
4 26 (0.46%) JIRA
5 25 (0.44%) Snyk
6 12 (0.21%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.14%) Metasploit
8 7 (0.12%) Apache Continuum
8 7 (0.12%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.12%) Yeoman
9 6 (0.11%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.089%) JMeter
10 5 (0.089%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.089%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.071%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.071%) Locust
12 3 (0.053%) MLflow
13 2 (0.035%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.035%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.035%) Visual Studio
General
1 2,371 (42.03%) Social Skills
2 514 (9.11%) Finance
3 402 (7.13%) Analytical Skills
4 276 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 244 (4.33%) Public Sector
6 175 (3.10%) Retail
7 157 (2.78%) Marketing
8 143 (2.54%) Law
9 133 (2.36%) Multimedia
10 132 (2.34%) Legal
11 131 (2.32%) Banking
12 125 (2.22%) Telecoms
13 116 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
14 100 (1.77%) Manufacturing
15 72 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
16 62 (1.10%) Local Government
17 55 (0.98%) Aerospace
18 43 (0.76%) Advertising
19 42 (0.74%) Aviation
20 32 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,220 (21.63%) Analyst
2 1,050 (18.61%) Security Analyst
3 967 (17.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 796 (14.11%) Junior
5 764 (13.54%) Junior Analyst
6 755 (13.38%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (12.50%) Ethical Hacker
8 547 (9.70%) Senior
9 341 (6.05%) Architect
10 331 (5.87%) Consultant
11 290 (5.14%) Lead
12 269 (4.77%) Security Manager
13 252 (4.47%) Security Architect
14 238 (4.22%) IT Support
15 210 (3.72%) Security Consultant
16 206 (3.65%) Security Engineer
17 198 (3.51%) IT Manager
18 188 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
19 165 (2.93%) IT Engineer
20 162 (2.87%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (1.35%) HTML
2 71 (1.26%) CSS
3 58 (1.03%) SAML
4 56 (0.99%) LDAP
4 56 (0.99%) REST
5 54 (0.96%) OAuth
6 50 (0.89%) OpenID
7 32 (0.57%) SOAP
8 29 (0.51%) React
9 26 (0.46%) GraphQL
10 17 (0.30%) Kafka
11 15 (0.27%) SailPoint
12 14 (0.25%) .NET
12 14 (0.25%) AngularJS
12 14 (0.25%) Middleware
13 13 (0.23%) Node.js
14 12 (0.21%) FastAPI
14 12 (0.21%) JSON
14 12 (0.21%) RESTful
15 11 (0.20%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 808 (14.32%) Cyberattack
2 299 (5.30%) Security Posture
3 191 (3.39%) Management Information System
4 176 (3.12%) Cyber Threat
5 155 (2.75%) Onboarding
6 144 (2.55%) Security Operations Centre
7 116 (2.06%) Driving Licence
8 107 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
9 97 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
10 94 (1.67%) Operational Technology
11 81 (1.44%) Cloud Native
12 80 (1.42%) Data Centre
13 58 (1.03%) PKI
14 48 (0.85%) Cyber Security Posture
15 40 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
15 40 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
16 39 (0.69%) Blog
17 34 (0.60%) Cloud Security Posture
17 34 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
18 30 (0.53%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 467 (8.28%) Windows
2 230 (4.08%) Windows Server
3 164 (2.91%) Linux
4 47 (0.83%) Mac OS
5 43 (0.76%) Windows 10
6 27 (0.48%) Android
7 24 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 22 (0.39%) Apple iOS
9 21 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,223 (21.68%) Mentoring
2 792 (14.04%) Ethical Hacking
3 525 (9.31%) Continuous Improvement
4 490 (8.69%) Problem-Solving
5 484 (8.58%) Incident Response
6 440 (7.80%) Information Security
7 425 (7.53%) Risk Management
8 370 (6.56%) Security Operations
9 352 (6.24%) SIEM
10 339 (6.01%) Cloud Security
11 320 (5.67%) AI
12 300 (5.32%) Vulnerability Management
13 268 (4.75%) Disaster Recovery
14 267 (4.73%) Decision-Making
15 244 (4.33%) Roadmaps
16 235 (4.17%) Agile
17 232 (4.11%) Security Architecture
18 223 (3.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 221 (3.92%) Stakeholder Management
20 219 (3.88%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 326 (5.78%) Python
2 257 (4.56%) PowerShell
3 122 (2.16%) JavaScript
4 108 (1.91%) SQL
5 83 (1.47%) Bash
6 48 (0.85%) C++
7 42 (0.74%) Java
8 29 (0.51%) R
9 27 (0.48%) C#
10 26 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
10 26 (0.46%) T-SQL
11 25 (0.44%) MATLAB
12 22 (0.39%) TypeScript
13 18 (0.32%) Go
14 17 (0.30%) Rust
15 14 (0.25%) C
16 11 (0.20%) Search Processing Language
17 10 (0.18%) Perl
18 7 (0.12%) PHP
19 5 (0.089%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,561 (27.67%) Azure Certification
2 929 (16.47%) CompTIA Security+
3 843 (14.94%) CEH
4 801 (14.20%) CompTIA CySA+
5 505 (8.95%) Security Cleared
6 417 (7.39%) Degree
7 411 (7.29%) CISSP
8 357 (6.33%) SC Cleared
9 265 (4.70%) CISM
10 170 (3.01%) DV Cleared
11 145 (2.57%) Cisco Certification
12 133 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
13 107 (1.90%) AWS Certification
14 106 (1.88%) Network+ Certification
15 101 (1.79%) CISA
16 99 (1.76%) A+ Certification
17 90 (1.60%) CREST Certified
18 81 (1.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 76 (1.35%) CRISC
20 70 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 579 (10.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 517 (9.17%) NIST
3 319 (5.66%) GDPR
4 264 (4.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 261 (4.63%) GRC
6 146 (2.59%) PCI DSS
7 132 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 114 (2.02%) NCSC
9 107 (1.90%) QA
10 51 (0.90%) SOC 2
11 43 (0.76%) NIST 800
12 41 (0.73%) SLA
13 37 (0.66%) Accessibility
14 36 (0.64%) COBIT
15 34 (0.60%) JSP 440
16 29 (0.51%) Data Quality
17 28 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
17 28 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 17 (0.30%) HIPAA
19 15 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 381 (6.75%) Active Directory
2 106 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 85 (1.51%) Hyper-V
4 57 (1.01%) Docker
5 46 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
6 28 (0.50%) vSphere
7 12 (0.21%) IAG
7 12 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
8 11 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 7 (0.12%) Firmware
10 7 (0.12%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.071%) ClearTrust
12 3 (0.053%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 3 (0.053%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.018%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.018%) KVM
13 1 (0.018%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 186 (3.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 88 (1.56%) Terraform
3 76 (1.35%) Kubernetes
4 39 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
5 38 (0.67%) Ansible
6 30 (0.53%) Grafana
7 19 (0.34%) SCCM
8 18 (0.32%) CASB
8 18 (0.32%) QRadar
9 17 (0.30%) Prometheus
10 14 (0.25%) FortiGate
11 10 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 10 (0.18%) CSIRT
12 9 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (0.16%) Kibana
13 8 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
13 8 (0.14%) vCenter Server
13 8 (0.14%) VxRail
14 7 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2,482 (44.00%) Microsoft
2 1,458 (25.85%) ForeScout
3 151 (2.68%) VMware
4 138 (2.45%) Cisco
5 110 (1.95%) CrowdStrike
6 109 (1.93%) Palo Alto
7 81 (1.44%) Splunk
8 63 (1.12%) Fortinet
9 62 (1.10%) Google
10 59 (1.05%) Apple
11 57 (1.01%) Tenable
12 49 (0.87%) ServiceNow
13 48 (0.85%) Salesforce
14 39 (0.69%) Adobe
15 36 (0.64%) Aruba
16 35 (0.62%) SAP
17 34 (0.60%) Qualys
18 31 (0.55%) Dell
19 29 (0.51%) Veeam
20 25 (0.44%) CyberArk