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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 33 38
Rank change year-on-year +12 +5 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,974 2,751 3,598
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.33% 6.29% 4.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.59% 7.04% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,579 1,668 2,427
10th Percentile £30,250 £26,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,535 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £75,125
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £96,250
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 69,561 39,049 58,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.70% 89.35% 81.24%
Number of salaries quoted 49,075 22,526 38,528
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 August 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 August 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 +14 1,474 £75,000 +3.45% 1,565
North of England +16 1,307 £50,000 +5.26% 512
South East +11 1,085 £55,000 +10.00% 578
Midlands +19 1,028 £55,000 +18.42% 289
North West +28 639 £57,000 +8.57% 279
South West +7 588 £55,000 +15.35% 307
West Midlands +8 516 £55,000 +6.00% 177
Yorkshire +11 513 £43,500 +31.82% 182
East Midlands +38 511 £55,000 +57.14% 112
East of England +55 474 £45,000 -5.26% 174
North East +18 155 £50,000 -26.95% 56
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
1 190 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 189 (3.16%) SharePoint
3 19 (0.32%) Apache
3 19 (0.32%) IIS
4 9 (0.15%) CMS
4 9 (0.15%) Confluence
4 9 (0.15%) SAS
5 5 (0.084%) WordPress
6 4 (0.067%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.050%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.033%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 83 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.18%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.10%) CATIA
6 6 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.033%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
9 1 (0.017%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.084%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.084%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.067%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.050%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.050%) Infor LN
8 3 (0.050%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.050%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.050%) SystmOne
9 2 (0.033%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.033%) Eikon
9 2 (0.033%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2,052 (34.35%) Azure
2 731 (12.24%) Microsoft 365
3 470 (7.87%) AWS
4 391 (6.55%) Entra ID
5 189 (3.16%) SaaS
6 152 (2.54%) GCP
7 81 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
8 74 (1.24%) Power Platform
9 66 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
9 66 (1.10%) OneDrive
10 52 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
11 44 (0.74%) Serverless
12 43 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
13 40 (0.67%) Mimecast
14 34 (0.57%) GitHub
15 28 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
16 26 (0.44%) PaaS
17 24 (0.40%) Google Workspace
18 23 (0.39%) IaaS
19 21 (0.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 484 (8.10%) Firewall
2 238 (3.98%) Network Security
3 202 (3.38%) DNS
4 196 (3.28%) VPN
5 166 (2.78%) WAN
6 147 (2.46%) Wi-Fi
7 146 (2.44%) LAN
8 133 (2.23%) DHCP
9 130 (2.18%) TCP/IP
10 109 (1.82%) VLAN
11 90 (1.51%) Internet
12 69 (1.16%) VoIP
13 60 (1.00%) Wireless
14 47 (0.79%) Cisco Nexus
15 45 (0.75%) Unified Communications
16 43 (0.72%) HTTP
17 37 (0.62%) SSL
18 33 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
19 29 (0.49%) SD-WAN
20 27 (0.45%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (0.80%) Power BI
2 44 (0.74%) SQL Server
3 14 (0.23%) Big Data
3 14 (0.23%) MongoDB
4 13 (0.22%) MySQL
4 13 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (0.18%) GIS
6 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (0.15%) Tableau
7 6 (0.10%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.10%) Metadata
7 6 (0.10%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.10%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.084%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.067%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.050%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.050%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.050%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 46 (0.77%) Git
2 44 (0.74%) JIRA
3 28 (0.47%) GitLab
4 27 (0.45%) Snyk
5 25 (0.42%) Burp Suite
6 24 (0.40%) Metasploit
7 17 (0.28%) Jenkins
8 12 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
9 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
10 6 (0.10%) Apache Continuum
11 5 (0.084%) JMeter
11 5 (0.084%) VersionOne
12 4 (0.067%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.067%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.067%) Locust
12 4 (0.067%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.067%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.050%) Bitbucket
14 2 (0.033%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.033%) Zephyr
General
1 2,282 (38.20%) Social Skills
2 560 (9.37%) Finance
3 442 (7.40%) Analytical Skills
4 331 (5.54%) Public Sector
5 321 (5.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 178 (2.98%) Law
6 178 (2.98%) Marketing
7 170 (2.85%) Retail
8 169 (2.83%) Legal
9 165 (2.76%) Telecoms
10 138 (2.31%) Manufacturing
11 128 (2.14%) Banking
12 123 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
13 106 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
14 94 (1.57%) Aerospace
15 59 (0.99%) Local Government
16 55 (0.92%) Advertising
17 44 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
18 37 (0.62%) Multimedia
19 32 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,096 (18.35%) Analyst
2 911 (15.25%) Security Analyst
3 812 (13.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 646 (10.81%) Junior
5 633 (10.60%) Senior
6 578 (9.68%) Junior Analyst
7 568 (9.51%) Junior Security Analyst
8 564 (9.44%) Ethical Hacker
9 480 (8.03%) Consultant
10 368 (6.16%) Architect
11 350 (5.86%) Lead
12 305 (5.11%) Security Consultant
13 281 (4.70%) Security Manager
14 272 (4.55%) IT Support
15 258 (4.32%) IT Manager
16 254 (4.25%) Security Architect
17 235 (3.93%) Security Engineer
18 207 (3.47%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 197 (3.30%) IT Engineer
20 195 (3.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (0.82%) SAML
2 44 (0.74%) OAuth
3 43 (0.72%) LDAP
4 38 (0.64%) OpenID
5 37 (0.62%) REST
6 30 (0.50%) HTML
7 23 (0.39%) CSS
7 23 (0.39%) React
8 22 (0.37%) .NET
9 21 (0.35%) Kafka
10 19 (0.32%) JSON
10 19 (0.32%) Node.js
11 17 (0.28%) SailPoint
12 15 (0.25%) FastAPI
12 15 (0.25%) RESTful
12 15 (0.25%) XML
13 13 (0.22%) XMPP
14 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
14 12 (0.20%) Middleware
15 10 (0.17%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 660 (11.05%) Cyberattack
2 341 (5.71%) Security Posture
3 253 (4.24%) Cyber Threat
4 231 (3.87%) Management Information System
5 229 (3.83%) Onboarding
6 162 (2.71%) Driving Licence
7 160 (2.68%) Security Operations Centre
8 138 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
9 119 (1.99%) Operational Technology
10 104 (1.74%) Cyber Defence
11 98 (1.64%) Cloud Native
12 92 (1.54%) Data Centre
13 62 (1.04%) PKI
14 59 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
15 48 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
16 44 (0.74%) Cyber Security Posture
17 39 (0.65%) CSOC
18 35 (0.59%) Blog
19 34 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
20 29 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 565 (9.46%) Windows
2 275 (4.60%) Windows Server
3 209 (3.50%) Linux
4 69 (1.16%) Mac OS
5 33 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 26 (0.44%) Windows 10
6 26 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 22 (0.37%) Apple iOS
8 20 (0.33%) Android
9 15 (0.25%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.10%) CentOS
11 4 (0.067%) Kali Linux
11 4 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.050%) Unix
12 3 (0.050%) VMS
13 2 (0.033%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.033%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.033%) FreeRTOS
14 1 (0.017%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 988 (16.54%) Mentoring
2 669 (11.20%) Problem-Solving
3 637 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
4 597 (9.99%) Ethical Hacking
5 544 (9.11%) Information Security
6 518 (8.67%) Incident Response
7 501 (8.39%) Risk Management
8 486 (8.14%) AI
9 469 (7.85%) Security Operations
10 444 (7.43%) SIEM
11 424 (7.10%) Vulnerability Management
12 412 (6.90%) Cloud Security
13 365 (6.11%) Disaster Recovery
14 354 (5.93%) Stakeholder Management
15 352 (5.89%) Decision-Making
16 298 (4.99%) Roadmaps
17 282 (4.72%) Service Delivery
18 278 (4.65%) Agile
19 272 (4.55%) Data Protection
20 262 (4.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 316 (5.29%) Python
2 234 (3.92%) PowerShell
3 93 (1.56%) SQL
4 72 (1.21%) C++
5 68 (1.14%) JavaScript
6 58 (0.97%) Bash
7 43 (0.72%) Java
7 43 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
8 32 (0.54%) Rust
9 31 (0.52%) C#
10 22 (0.37%) Go
10 22 (0.37%) TypeScript
11 19 (0.32%) C
12 16 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
13 15 (0.25%) MATLAB
14 11 (0.18%) Perl
15 7 (0.12%) Embedded C
16 5 (0.084%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.067%) Ada
17 4 (0.067%) R
Qualifications
1 1,207 (20.20%) Azure Certification
2 728 (12.19%) CompTIA Security+
3 656 (10.98%) CEH
4 655 (10.96%) Security Cleared
5 604 (10.11%) CompTIA CySA+
6 494 (8.27%) Degree
7 458 (7.67%) CISSP
8 448 (7.50%) SC Cleared
9 293 (4.90%) CISM
10 216 (3.62%) DV Cleared
11 164 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
12 107 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
13 100 (1.67%) CRISC
14 91 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 88 (1.47%) CISA
16 80 (1.34%) AWS Certification
16 80 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
17 73 (1.22%) Master's Degree
18 72 (1.21%) CREST Certified
19 67 (1.12%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 629 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 515 (8.62%) NIST
3 324 (5.42%) GDPR
4 300 (5.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 291 (4.87%) GRC
6 142 (2.38%) PCI DSS
7 141 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 108 (1.81%) QA
9 87 (1.46%) NCSC
10 62 (1.04%) SOC 2
11 43 (0.72%) Accessibility
12 41 (0.69%) NIST 800
12 41 (0.69%) SLA
13 39 (0.65%) COBIT
14 37 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 32 (0.54%) JSP 440
16 29 (0.49%) Data Quality
17 22 (0.37%) ISO 22301
17 22 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 20 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 435 (7.28%) Active Directory
2 153 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 118 (1.98%) Hyper-V
4 54 (0.90%) Docker
5 53 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
6 32 (0.54%) Firmware
7 28 (0.47%) vSphere
8 16 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
9 15 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 14 (0.23%) IAG
11 11 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
12 8 (0.13%) VMware NSX
13 6 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
14 5 (0.084%) ClearTrust
15 3 (0.050%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.033%) Embedded Firmware
16 2 (0.033%) ProxySG
17 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
17 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 231 (3.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 85 (1.42%) Terraform
3 78 (1.31%) Kubernetes
4 49 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
5 46 (0.77%) Ansible
6 29 (0.49%) Grafana
7 22 (0.37%) FortiGate
8 21 (0.35%) Nmap
8 21 (0.35%) QRadar
9 19 (0.32%) Nessus
10 18 (0.30%) SCCM
11 17 (0.28%) CASB
12 15 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
12 15 (0.25%) Prometheus
13 10 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
14 9 (0.15%) Kibana
15 8 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
16 7 (0.12%) Functional Safety
17 6 (0.10%) Graylog
17 6 (0.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2,318 (38.80%) Microsoft
2 1,128 (18.88%) ForeScout
3 209 (3.50%) Cisco
4 198 (3.31%) VMware
5 168 (2.81%) Palo Alto
6 114 (1.91%) Splunk
7 101 (1.69%) CrowdStrike
8 74 (1.24%) Google
9 71 (1.19%) Qualys
10 67 (1.12%) Fortinet
11 64 (1.07%) Apple
11 64 (1.07%) ServiceNow
12 61 (1.02%) Aruba
13 59 (0.99%) Tenable
14 55 (0.92%) Salesforce
15 42 (0.70%) SAP
16 40 (0.67%) Veeam
17 38 (0.64%) Adobe
18 37 (0.62%) CyberArk
19 31 (0.52%) SonicWALL