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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 33 39
Rank change year-on-year +13 +6 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 6,029 2,775 3,609
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.48% 6.37% 4.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.77% 7.11% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,529 1,694 2,461
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £45,000
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 £75,250
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% -7.75%

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 68,721 39,007 59,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.81% 89.54% 81.26%
Number of salaries quoted 48,509 22,580 39,212
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,132
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 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £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 7 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 7 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 +12 1,446 £75,000 +3.45% 1,037
North of England +16 1,350 £50,000 +3.09% 467
South East +8 1,099 £55,000 +10.00% 481
Midlands +20 1,038 £55,000 +15.79% 261
North West +27 649 £55,000 - 246
South West +7 594 £55,000 +15.57% 267
Yorkshire +14 539 £42,500 +28.79% 175
West Midlands +8 522 £57,500 +9.52% 138
East Midlands +37 515 £55,000 +57.14% 123
East of England +60 480 £45,000 -5.26% 159
North East +22 162 £50,000 -26.95% 49
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 (3.15%) SharePoint
2 189 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (0.32%) Apache
4 17 (0.28%) IIS
5 10 (0.17%) CMS
6 9 (0.15%) Confluence
6 9 (0.15%) SAS
7 5 (0.083%) WordPress
8 4 (0.066%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.050%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.033%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 84 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.18%) Simulink
5 6 (0.100%) CATIA
5 6 (0.100%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.033%) SmartSuite
8 1 (0.017%) Maya
8 1 (0.017%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 14 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.100%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.100%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.083%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.083%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
8 2 (0.033%) Infor CloudSuite
8 2 (0.033%) Infor LN
8 2 (0.033%) Infor M3
8 2 (0.033%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.033%) Shopify
8 2 (0.033%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.033%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 2,200 (36.49%) Azure
2 727 (12.06%) Microsoft 365
3 471 (7.81%) AWS
4 389 (6.45%) Entra ID
5 184 (3.05%) SaaS
6 153 (2.54%) GCP
7 82 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
8 69 (1.14%) Power Platform
9 64 (1.06%) OneDrive
10 62 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
11 48 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
12 44 (0.73%) Serverless
13 41 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
14 39 (0.65%) Mimecast
15 32 (0.53%) GitHub
16 27 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
17 26 (0.43%) PaaS
18 24 (0.40%) Google Workspace
18 24 (0.40%) IaaS
19 21 (0.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 477 (7.91%) Firewall
2 233 (3.86%) Network Security
3 197 (3.27%) DNS
4 196 (3.25%) VPN
5 153 (2.54%) WAN
6 146 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
7 135 (2.24%) LAN
8 130 (2.16%) DHCP
9 122 (2.02%) TCP/IP
10 107 (1.77%) VLAN
11 87 (1.44%) Internet
12 69 (1.14%) VoIP
13 56 (0.93%) Wireless
14 43 (0.71%) Unified Communications
15 41 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
15 41 (0.68%) HTTP
16 35 (0.58%) SSL
17 31 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
18 28 (0.46%) SD-WAN
19 26 (0.43%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (0.75%) Power BI
2 42 (0.70%) SQL Server
3 14 (0.23%) MongoDB
4 13 (0.22%) Big Data
4 13 (0.22%) MySQL
4 13 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (0.17%) Tableau
6 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (0.13%) GIS
8 6 (0.100%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.100%) Metadata
8 6 (0.100%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.100%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.066%) Neo4j
9 4 (0.066%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.050%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.033%) Flink
11 2 (0.033%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 43 (0.71%) JIRA
2 42 (0.70%) Git
3 29 (0.48%) GitLab
4 27 (0.45%) Snyk
5 21 (0.35%) Burp Suite
6 20 (0.33%) Metasploit
7 16 (0.27%) Jenkins
8 14 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
9 9 (0.15%) Yeoman
10 6 (0.100%) Apache Continuum
11 5 (0.083%) JMeter
11 5 (0.083%) VersionOne
12 4 (0.066%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.066%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.066%) Locust
12 4 (0.066%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.066%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.050%) Bitbucket
14 2 (0.033%) Claude Code
15 1 (0.017%) Zephyr
General
1 2,371 (39.33%) Social Skills
2 543 (9.01%) Finance
3 428 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
4 324 (5.37%) Public Sector
5 316 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 175 (2.90%) Law
7 170 (2.82%) Marketing
7 170 (2.82%) Retail
8 163 (2.70%) Telecoms
9 162 (2.69%) Legal
10 137 (2.27%) Manufacturing
11 123 (2.04%) Banking
12 116 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
13 99 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
14 89 (1.48%) Aerospace
15 59 (0.98%) Local Government
16 58 (0.96%) Advertising
17 46 (0.76%) Multimedia
18 40 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
19 33 (0.55%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1,146 (19.01%) Analyst
2 964 (15.99%) Security Analyst
3 865 (14.35%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 690 (11.44%) Junior
5 658 (10.91%) Ethical Hacker
6 628 (10.42%) Senior
7 625 (10.37%) Junior Analyst
8 615 (10.20%) Junior Security Analyst
9 460 (7.63%) Consultant
10 364 (6.04%) Architect
11 334 (5.54%) Lead
12 294 (4.88%) Security Consultant
13 282 (4.68%) Security Manager
14 276 (4.58%) IT Support
15 249 (4.13%) IT Manager
16 247 (4.10%) Security Architect
17 229 (3.80%) Security Engineer
18 201 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 194 (3.22%) IT Engineer
20 190 (3.15%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (0.86%) SAML
2 46 (0.76%) OAuth
3 44 (0.73%) LDAP
4 40 (0.66%) OpenID
5 37 (0.61%) REST
6 30 (0.50%) HTML
7 23 (0.38%) CSS
8 21 (0.35%) Kafka
8 21 (0.35%) React
9 19 (0.32%) JSON
10 18 (0.30%) .NET
11 17 (0.28%) Node.js
11 17 (0.28%) SailPoint
12 15 (0.25%) RESTful
12 15 (0.25%) XML
13 13 (0.22%) Middleware
13 13 (0.22%) XMPP
14 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
14 12 (0.20%) FastAPI
15 10 (0.17%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 758 (12.57%) Cyberattack
2 340 (5.64%) Security Posture
3 250 (4.15%) Cyber Threat
4 228 (3.78%) Onboarding
5 221 (3.67%) Management Information System
6 167 (2.77%) Driving Licence
7 160 (2.65%) Security Operations Centre
8 138 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
9 114 (1.89%) Operational Technology
10 101 (1.68%) Cyber Defence
11 94 (1.56%) Cloud Native
12 83 (1.38%) Data Centre
13 60 (1.00%) PKI
14 58 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
15 44 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
16 43 (0.71%) Cyber Security Posture
17 38 (0.63%) CSOC
18 36 (0.60%) Blog
19 30 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
20 28 (0.46%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 563 (9.34%) Windows
2 277 (4.59%) Windows Server
3 203 (3.37%) Linux
4 69 (1.14%) Mac OS
5 31 (0.51%) Windows 10
6 30 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
7 26 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 25 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
9 24 (0.40%) Android
9 24 (0.40%) Apple iOS
10 15 (0.25%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.100%) CentOS
12 4 (0.066%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.050%) VMS
14 2 (0.033%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.033%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.033%) FreeRTOS
14 2 (0.033%) Kali Linux
14 2 (0.033%) Unix
15 1 (0.017%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,044 (17.32%) Mentoring
2 700 (11.61%) Ethical Hacking
3 647 (10.73%) Problem-Solving
4 635 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 523 (8.67%) Information Security
6 507 (8.41%) Incident Response
7 486 (8.06%) Risk Management
8 455 (7.55%) Security Operations
9 446 (7.40%) AI
10 432 (7.17%) SIEM
11 407 (6.75%) Cloud Security
12 403 (6.68%) Vulnerability Management
13 340 (5.64%) Disaster Recovery
14 339 (5.62%) Decision-Making
15 322 (5.34%) Stakeholder Management
16 289 (4.79%) Roadmaps
17 272 (4.51%) Agile
18 271 (4.49%) Service Delivery
19 256 (4.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 255 (4.23%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 305 (5.06%) Python
2 238 (3.95%) PowerShell
3 90 (1.49%) SQL
4 69 (1.14%) C++
5 68 (1.13%) JavaScript
6 59 (0.98%) Bash
7 42 (0.70%) Java
8 40 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
9 32 (0.53%) Rust
10 28 (0.46%) C#
11 22 (0.36%) Go
12 19 (0.32%) TypeScript
13 15 (0.25%) C
13 15 (0.25%) MATLAB
13 15 (0.25%) Search Processing Language
14 11 (0.18%) Perl
15 6 (0.100%) PHP
16 5 (0.083%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.066%) Ada
17 4 (0.066%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1,341 (22.24%) Azure Certification
2 781 (12.95%) CompTIA Security+
3 757 (12.56%) CEH
4 651 (10.80%) CompTIA CySA+
5 632 (10.48%) Security Cleared
6 481 (7.98%) Degree
7 453 (7.51%) CISSP
8 436 (7.23%) SC Cleared
9 291 (4.83%) CISM
10 206 (3.42%) DV Cleared
11 161 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
12 106 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
13 98 (1.63%) CRISC
14 92 (1.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 89 (1.48%) CISA
16 76 (1.26%) AWS Certification
16 76 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
17 72 (1.19%) CREST Certified
18 71 (1.18%) Master's Degree
19 67 (1.11%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 629 (10.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 512 (8.49%) NIST
3 317 (5.26%) GDPR
4 295 (4.89%) Cyber Essentials
5 277 (4.59%) GRC
6 146 (2.42%) PCI DSS
7 139 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 109 (1.81%) QA
9 88 (1.46%) NCSC
10 62 (1.03%) SOC 2
11 43 (0.71%) NIST 800
12 42 (0.70%) Accessibility
13 39 (0.65%) SLA
14 36 (0.60%) COBIT
14 36 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 34 (0.56%) JSP 440
16 29 (0.48%) Data Quality
17 22 (0.36%) ISO 22301
18 21 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
18 21 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 434 (7.20%) Active Directory
2 143 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 118 (1.96%) Hyper-V
4 55 (0.91%) Docker
5 51 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
6 27 (0.45%) Firmware
7 25 (0.41%) vSphere
8 15 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
9 14 (0.23%) IAG
9 14 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 10 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
11 7 (0.12%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.083%) ClearTrust
13 4 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
14 3 (0.050%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.033%) ProxySG
16 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
16 1 (0.017%) Embedded Firmware
16 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 230 (3.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 85 (1.41%) Terraform
3 76 (1.26%) Kubernetes
4 46 (0.76%) Ansible
5 44 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
6 30 (0.50%) Grafana
7 20 (0.33%) QRadar
8 19 (0.32%) FortiGate
9 17 (0.28%) Nmap
9 17 (0.28%) SCCM
10 16 (0.27%) CASB
10 16 (0.27%) Nessus
10 16 (0.27%) Prometheus
11 15 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
12 10 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.15%) Kibana
14 8 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
15 6 (0.100%) CSIRT
15 6 (0.100%) Functional Safety
15 6 (0.100%) Graylog
Vendors
1 2,449 (40.62%) Microsoft
2 1,269 (21.05%) ForeScout
3 190 (3.15%) Cisco
4 189 (3.13%) VMware
5 161 (2.67%) Palo Alto
6 108 (1.79%) Splunk
7 100 (1.66%) CrowdStrike
8 72 (1.19%) Google
9 69 (1.14%) Qualys
10 64 (1.06%) Fortinet
10 64 (1.06%) ServiceNow
11 62 (1.03%) Apple
12 60 (1.00%) Aruba
13 56 (0.93%) Salesforce
14 55 (0.91%) Tenable
15 41 (0.68%) SAP
16 39 (0.65%) Veeam
17 37 (0.61%) CyberArk
18 36 (0.60%) Adobe
19 29 (0.48%) Dell