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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 41 41
Rank change year-on-year +30 0 +14
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 4,425 3,046 2,591
As % of all permanent jobs in England 9.41% 5.19% 5.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.17% 6.06% 6.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,892 1,575 2,042
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £31,375 £47,500 £47,562
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £93,625 £97,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -3.85%

All Process and 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 39,618 50,267 42,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.29% 85.72% 93.63%
Number of salaries quoted 24,725 26,234 32,881
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025. 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
North of England +38 1,157 £33,000 -40.00% 279
London +17 1,114 £68,942 -4.91% 401
South East +23 903 £49,000 -14.78% 444
North West +35 817 £42,500 -22.73% 171
Midlands +15 430 £49,000 -15.29% 209
East of England +42 418 £34,000 -35.24% 104
South West +33 370 £50,000 -23.08% 188
Yorkshire +23 283 £30,500 -46.21% 81
West Midlands +16 254 £51,693 -13.84% 146
East Midlands +28 173 £36,250 -23.68% 63
North East +30 57 £30,500 -36.00% 31
South Coast - 1 £59,000 -
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
1 121 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 75 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (0.45%) CMS
4 18 (0.41%) Confluence
5 16 (0.36%) IIS
6 12 (0.27%) WordPress
7 8 (0.18%) nginx
8 7 (0.16%) Apache
9 6 (0.14%) Apache Solr
9 6 (0.14%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.11%) Drupal
10 5 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.090%) FactoryTalk
11 4 (0.090%) WinCC
12 3 (0.068%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.068%) Oracle Coherence
13 2 (0.045%) ArchestrA
13 2 (0.045%) Traefik
14 1 (0.023%) FileNet
Applications
1 110 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
2 59 (1.33%) Maya
3 39 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 29 (0.66%) Chatbot
5 10 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.23%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.18%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.068%) CINEMA 4D
8 3 (0.068%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.045%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.045%) Simulink
9 2 (0.045%) Sketch
10 1 (0.023%) Civil 3D
10 1 (0.023%) GNU Octave
10 1 (0.023%) Revit
Business Applications
1 32 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (0.43%) SAP IBP
4 13 (0.29%) SAP CO
4 13 (0.29%) SAP FI
4 13 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
4 13 (0.29%) SAP FSCM
5 11 (0.25%) SAP IS-U
6 9 (0.20%) SAP FS
7 7 (0.16%) Shopify
8 6 (0.14%) Exchequer
8 6 (0.14%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.11%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.090%) Endur
10 4 (0.090%) Magento
10 4 (0.090%) NEC Housing
10 4 (0.090%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.068%) Salesforce CRM
11 3 (0.068%) SAP CX
11 3 (0.068%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 1,634 (36.93%) Cloud Computing
2 880 (19.89%) Azure
3 428 (9.67%) AWS
4 412 (9.31%) Microsoft 365
5 173 (3.91%) Entra ID
6 151 (3.41%) GitHub
7 95 (2.15%) SaaS
8 84 (1.90%) Power Platform
9 76 (1.72%) GCP
10 68 (1.54%) PaaS
11 52 (1.18%) IaaS
12 51 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
13 39 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
14 38 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
15 34 (0.77%) Serverless
16 27 (0.61%) OneDrive
17 21 (0.47%) Power Automate
18 19 (0.43%) Nutanix
19 17 (0.38%) OCI
20 16 (0.36%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1,725 (38.98%) Internet
2 254 (5.74%) Firewall
3 144 (3.25%) Network Security
4 137 (3.10%) VPN
5 124 (2.80%) TCP/IP
6 109 (2.46%) DNS
7 90 (2.03%) DHCP
8 82 (1.85%) WAN
9 77 (1.74%) LAN
10 75 (1.69%) VoIP
11 64 (1.45%) VLAN
12 62 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
13 44 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
14 34 (0.77%) Wireless
15 31 (0.70%) Modbus
16 30 (0.68%) SD-WAN
17 27 (0.61%) SAN
18 16 (0.36%) NAS
19 14 (0.32%) Unified Communications
20 13 (0.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (1.56%) SQL Server
2 57 (1.29%) Power BI
3 37 (0.84%) Tableau
4 32 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (0.61%) Relational Database
6 21 (0.47%) SAP BW
7 18 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
8 17 (0.38%) Data Lake
9 14 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
9 14 (0.32%) Metadata
10 11 (0.25%) Big Data
10 11 (0.25%) Oracle Database
11 9 (0.20%) MySQL
11 9 (0.20%) Neo4j
12 8 (0.18%) Amazon Aurora
12 8 (0.18%) NoSQL
12 8 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (0.16%) MS Access
14 5 (0.11%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 156 (3.53%) Git
2 35 (0.79%) JIRA
3 16 (0.36%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.20%) GitLab
5 7 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
6 6 (0.14%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.090%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.090%) JMeter
7 4 (0.090%) Locust
7 4 (0.090%) Toad
8 3 (0.068%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.068%) Metasploit
8 3 (0.068%) Snyk
9 2 (0.045%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.045%) git-flow
9 2 (0.045%) Spinnaker
10 1 (0.023%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.023%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.023%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.023%) SonarQube
General
1 2,734 (61.79%) Social Skills
2 1,724 (38.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,721 (38.89%) Banking
4 555 (12.54%) Finance
5 408 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
6 227 (5.13%) Multimedia
7 224 (5.06%) Marketing
8 216 (4.88%) Telecoms
9 199 (4.50%) Public Sector
10 194 (4.38%) Law
11 153 (3.46%) Legal
12 142 (3.21%) Manufacturing
13 105 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
14 91 (2.06%) Games
15 86 (1.94%) Electronics
16 84 (1.90%) Retail
17 73 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
18 49 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
19 48 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
20 30 (0.68%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 1,282 (28.97%) Lecturer
2 390 (8.81%) Analyst
3 308 (6.96%) Senior
4 250 (5.65%) Security Analyst
5 228 (5.15%) Trainee
6 223 (5.04%) Lead
7 206 (4.66%) IT Support
8 204 (4.61%) Consultant
9 199 (4.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 171 (3.86%) Architect
11 170 (3.84%) Junior
12 147 (3.32%) Support Engineer
13 145 (3.28%) Junior Analyst
14 142 (3.21%) Junior Security Analyst
15 131 (2.96%) IT Manager
16 128 (2.89%) Security Engineer
17 127 (2.87%) Security Consultant
18 103 (2.33%) Developer
19 88 (1.99%) Security Manager
20 80 (1.81%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (3.62%) HTML
2 155 (3.50%) CSS
3 34 (0.77%) React
4 26 (0.59%) .NET
5 24 (0.54%) SAP CAF
5 24 (0.54%) YAML
6 23 (0.52%) AngularJS
7 21 (0.47%) REST
8 14 (0.32%) RESTful
8 14 (0.32%) Web Services
9 12 (0.27%) Middleware
9 12 (0.27%) Vue
10 11 (0.25%) EDI
11 10 (0.23%) Pandas
12 9 (0.20%) Kafka
12 9 (0.20%) MERN Stack
12 9 (0.20%) PyTorch
12 9 (0.20%) TensorFlow
12 9 (0.20%) XML
13 7 (0.16%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 1,639 (37.04%) IoT
2 188 (4.25%) Management Information System
3 163 (3.68%) Security Posture
4 147 (3.32%) Enterprise Software
5 116 (2.62%) Cyber Threat
6 107 (2.42%) Driving Licence
7 104 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
8 88 (1.99%) Data Centre
8 88 (1.99%) Onboarding
9 84 (1.90%) Operational Technology
10 68 (1.54%) Cloud Native
11 65 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
12 63 (1.42%) Security Operations Centre
13 47 (1.06%) Cyberattack
14 44 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
15 40 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
16 39 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
17 33 (0.75%) CCTV
18 32 (0.72%) Product Ownership
19 31 (0.70%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 410 (9.27%) Windows
2 170 (3.84%) Windows Server
3 145 (3.28%) Linux
4 74 (1.67%) Windows 10
5 72 (1.63%) Mac OS
6 23 (0.52%) Unix
7 21 (0.47%) Android
8 20 (0.45%) Apple iOS
9 13 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 11 (0.25%) VMS
11 9 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (0.16%) Debian
12 7 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
13 5 (0.11%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.11%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.068%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.045%) Check Point GAiA
15 2 (0.045%) Kali Linux
15 2 (0.045%) Windows Server 2012
16 1 (0.023%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,818 (41.08%) AI
2 1,646 (37.20%) Machine Learning
3 1,614 (36.47%) User Experience
4 1,592 (35.98%) Web Development
5 612 (13.83%) Mentoring
6 565 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
7 367 (8.29%) Risk Management
8 330 (7.46%) Information Security
9 298 (6.73%) Incident Response
10 292 (6.60%) Continuous Improvement
11 264 (5.97%) Agile
12 237 (5.36%) ITIL
13 226 (5.11%) Project Management
14 207 (4.68%) Analytics
15 197 (4.45%) Computer Science
16 192 (4.34%) Vulnerability Management
17 187 (4.23%) SIEM
18 186 (4.20%) Decision-Making
19 184 (4.16%) Roadmaps
20 177 (4.00%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 293 (6.62%) Python
2 177 (4.00%) JavaScript
3 134 (3.03%) PowerShell
4 111 (2.51%) SQL
5 70 (1.58%) R
6 37 (0.84%) Bash
7 35 (0.79%) Java
8 29 (0.66%) C#
9 20 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
10 16 (0.36%) Bicep
11 13 (0.29%) TypeScript
12 11 (0.25%) C++
13 10 (0.23%) C
14 8 (0.18%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.16%) Go
15 7 (0.16%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.14%) Scala
16 6 (0.14%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.090%) Perl
17 4 (0.090%) VB
Qualifications
1 2,119 (47.89%) Degree
2 1,648 (37.24%) Master's Degree
3 1,583 (35.77%) PhD
4 1,576 (35.62%) Postgraduate
5 357 (8.07%) CISSP
6 322 (7.28%) Azure Certification
7 314 (7.10%) CompTIA Security+
8 275 (6.21%) Security Cleared
9 238 (5.38%) CISM
10 216 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
11 183 (4.14%) SC Cleared
12 175 (3.95%) AWS Certification
13 167 (3.77%) CEH
14 157 (3.55%) CompTIA CySA+
15 140 (3.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 103 (2.33%) Network+ Certification
17 100 (2.26%) A+ Certification
18 97 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
19 94 (2.12%) CISA
20 83 (1.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 449 (10.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 401 (9.06%) NIST
3 240 (5.42%) GDPR
4 203 (4.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 146 (3.30%) GRC
6 88 (1.99%) NCSC
6 88 (1.99%) PCI DSS
7 83 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 67 (1.51%) QA
9 50 (1.13%) NIST 800
10 45 (1.02%) SLA
11 40 (0.90%) SOC 2
12 38 (0.86%) COBIT
13 34 (0.77%) JSP 440
14 24 (0.54%) PMO
15 22 (0.50%) Data Quality
15 22 (0.50%) ISO 9001
15 22 (0.50%) RMADS
16 18 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 16 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 268 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 101 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (1.54%) Hyper-V
4 45 (1.02%) Docker
5 39 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (0.38%) vSphere
7 16 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.14%) BitLocker
10 5 (0.11%) Kamailio
11 4 (0.090%) Firmware
12 3 (0.068%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.068%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 3 (0.068%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.045%) GPFS
13 2 (0.045%) Lustre
14 1 (0.023%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 1 (0.023%) iptables
14 1 (0.023%) Terminal Server
14 1 (0.023%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 163 (3.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 49 (1.11%) Terraform
3 40 (0.90%) Kubernetes
4 30 (0.68%) Ansible
5 24 (0.54%) SCCM
6 17 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
6 17 (0.38%) RSA Archer
7 16 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
8 15 (0.34%) Nessus
9 14 (0.32%) QRadar
10 11 (0.25%) CASB
10 11 (0.25%) CSIRT
10 11 (0.25%) PaperCut
11 10 (0.23%) Functional Safety
12 8 (0.18%) Grafana
13 7 (0.16%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 7 (0.16%) FortiGate
13 7 (0.16%) Nagios
14 6 (0.14%) Autotask
14 6 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1,009 (22.80%) Microsoft
2 144 (3.25%) SAP
3 143 (3.23%) VMware
4 141 (3.19%) ForeScout
5 91 (2.06%) Cisco
6 87 (1.97%) Palo Alto
7 73 (1.65%) Oracle
8 58 (1.31%) CrowdStrike
9 55 (1.24%) Salesforce
10 54 (1.22%) Fortinet
11 53 (1.20%) Apple
12 47 (1.06%) Adobe
13 41 (0.93%) ServiceNow
14 39 (0.88%) Splunk
15 28 (0.63%) Sophos
16 25 (0.56%) Qualys
17 24 (0.54%) Dell
17 24 (0.54%) Siemens
18 21 (0.47%) Progress
19 19 (0.43%) PayPal