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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 29 38
Rank change year-on-year +6 +9 +2
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,698 2,725 3,246
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.48% 6.33% 5.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.44% 7.12% 6.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,820 1,596 1,662
10th Percentile £30,950 £28,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,670 £46,906
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.69%

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 76,626 38,274 53,567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.70% 88.94% 82.71%
Number of salaries quoted 53,560 21,879 28,580
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,585 £36,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,246 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 11 October 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 11 October 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 +8 1,542 £80,000 +14.29% 2,115
South East +12 1,073 £55,000 +10.00% 713
North of England +12 1,073 £50,000 +11.11% 682
Midlands +20 968 £55,000 +15.79% 411
North West +23 590 £60,000 +31.15% 362
South West +2 573 £55,000 +10.00% 337
West Midlands +6 498 £55,000 +7.00% 259
East Midlands +40 470 £55,000 +46.67% 151
East of England +31 436 £50,000 +11.11% 213
Yorkshire +6 358 £40,000 +21.21% 229
North East -9 125 £50,000 -25.93% 94
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
1 244 (4.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 243 (4.26%) SharePoint
3 28 (0.49%) IIS
4 25 (0.44%) Apache
5 11 (0.19%) Confluence
6 9 (0.16%) SAS
7 7 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.11%) CMS
9 4 (0.070%) WordPress
10 3 (0.053%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.035%) FactoryTalk
12 1 (0.018%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.018%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.018%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 100 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
2 70 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.32%) Simulink
6 11 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.11%) CATIA
8 3 (0.053%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.035%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.035%) SmartSuite
10 1 (0.018%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.018%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.018%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 19 (0.33%) Cloudability
2 9 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.12%) Sage 200
4 5 (0.088%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 4 (0.070%) Infor CloudSuite
5 4 (0.070%) Infor M3
5 4 (0.070%) SystmOne
6 3 (0.053%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.053%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.053%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.053%) Infor LN
6 3 (0.053%) Q-Pulse
6 3 (0.053%) Sage X3
6 3 (0.053%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.035%) Eikon
7 2 (0.035%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.035%) Odoo
7 2 (0.035%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,322 (23.20%) Azure
2 844 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
3 532 (9.34%) Entra ID
4 461 (8.09%) AWS
5 200 (3.51%) SaaS
6 167 (2.93%) GCP
7 102 (1.79%) OneDrive
7 102 (1.79%) Power Platform
8 90 (1.58%) Azure Sentinel
9 85 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
10 65 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
11 60 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
12 52 (0.91%) Serverless
13 48 (0.84%) Mimecast
14 44 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
15 38 (0.67%) Google Workspace
16 36 (0.63%) Power Automate
17 34 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
18 33 (0.58%) GitHub
19 26 (0.46%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 526 (9.23%) Firewall
2 282 (4.95%) DNS
3 262 (4.60%) VPN
4 246 (4.32%) Network Security
5 209 (3.67%) DHCP
6 201 (3.53%) TCP/IP
7 191 (3.35%) WAN
8 169 (2.97%) LAN
8 169 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
9 133 (2.33%) VLAN
10 102 (1.79%) Internet
11 92 (1.61%) Wireless
12 81 (1.42%) VoIP
13 60 (1.05%) Cisco Nexus
14 52 (0.91%) SSL
15 47 (0.82%) HTTP
16 42 (0.74%) Unified Communications
17 37 (0.65%) Wireshark
18 35 (0.61%) Modbus
19 34 (0.60%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (1.04%) Power BI
2 57 (1.00%) SQL Server
3 22 (0.39%) Big Data
4 17 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (0.26%) Tableau
6 13 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (0.23%) GIS
7 12 (0.21%) Metadata
7 12 (0.21%) MongoDB
7 12 (0.21%) MySQL
8 11 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (0.12%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.12%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.088%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.088%) Flink
12 5 (0.088%) NoSQL
13 4 (0.070%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 56 (0.98%) JIRA
2 41 (0.72%) Git
3 35 (0.61%) Burp Suite
4 32 (0.56%) Metasploit
5 20 (0.35%) GitLab
5 20 (0.35%) Snyk
6 18 (0.32%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.19%) Yeoman
8 10 (0.18%) LabVIEW
9 9 (0.16%) Eclipse
10 6 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
11 4 (0.070%) Apache Continuum
11 4 (0.070%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.070%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.070%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.053%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.053%) Maven
12 3 (0.053%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (0.053%) VersionOne
13 2 (0.035%) Xcode
General
1 1,643 (28.83%) Social Skills
2 615 (10.79%) Finance
3 450 (7.90%) Analytical Skills
4 391 (6.86%) Public Sector
5 329 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 215 (3.77%) Legal
7 198 (3.47%) Law
8 191 (3.35%) Manufacturing
9 190 (3.33%) Marketing
10 189 (3.32%) Telecoms
11 187 (3.28%) Retail
12 174 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
13 137 (2.40%) Aerospace
14 131 (2.30%) Banking
15 129 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
16 70 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
17 54 (0.95%) Advertising
18 48 (0.84%) Aviation
19 45 (0.79%) Local Government
20 43 (0.75%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 707 (12.41%) Analyst
2 673 (11.81%) Senior
3 550 (9.65%) Consultant
4 470 (8.25%) Security Analyst
5 412 (7.23%) Lead
6 406 (7.13%) Architect
7 393 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 331 (5.81%) IT Support
9 321 (5.63%) Security Consultant
10 312 (5.48%) Security Manager
11 290 (5.09%) Security Engineer
12 257 (4.51%) Security Architect
13 250 (4.39%) IT Engineer
14 248 (4.35%) IT Manager
15 242 (4.25%) Junior
16 210 (3.69%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 210 (3.69%) Support Engineer
17 206 (3.62%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 205 (3.60%) Cybersecurity Engineer
19 180 (3.16%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (1.65%) Terraform
2 56 (0.98%) SAML
3 54 (0.95%) LDAP
4 53 (0.93%) OAuth
5 45 (0.79%) OpenID
6 43 (0.75%) REST
7 33 (0.58%) .NET
8 25 (0.44%) JSON
9 21 (0.37%) Node.js
9 21 (0.37%) React
10 19 (0.33%) HTML
11 17 (0.30%) RESTful
12 16 (0.28%) Middleware
12 16 (0.28%) XML
13 15 (0.26%) CSS
13 15 (0.26%) Kafka
13 15 (0.26%) SailPoint
14 13 (0.23%) FastAPI
15 12 (0.21%) AngularJS
15 12 (0.21%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 360 (6.32%) Security Posture
2 349 (6.12%) Cyber Threat
3 270 (4.74%) Onboarding
4 249 (4.37%) Management Information System
5 230 (4.04%) Cyberattack
6 196 (3.44%) Driving Licence
7 186 (3.26%) Operational Technology
8 164 (2.88%) Security Operations Centre
9 128 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
10 116 (2.04%) Cyber Defence
11 105 (1.84%) Data Centre
12 103 (1.81%) Cloud Native
13 88 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
14 67 (1.18%) SCADA
15 58 (1.02%) PKI
16 52 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
17 42 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
18 41 (0.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
19 39 (0.68%) Cyber Security Posture
20 36 (0.63%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 660 (11.58%) Windows
2 317 (5.56%) Windows Server
3 254 (4.46%) Linux
4 88 (1.54%) macOS
5 46 (0.81%) Windows 10
6 42 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
7 33 (0.58%) Apple iOS
8 32 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
9 27 (0.47%) Android
9 27 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 13 (0.23%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (0.11%) Kali Linux
12 6 (0.11%) Unix
13 4 (0.070%) VMS
14 3 (0.053%) Rocky
15 2 (0.035%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.035%) CentOS
15 2 (0.035%) Embedded Linux
15 2 (0.035%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 783 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
2 759 (13.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 661 (11.60%) AI
4 579 (10.16%) Information Security
5 563 (9.88%) Incident Response
6 561 (9.85%) Security Operations
7 545 (9.56%) Risk Management
8 529 (9.28%) Mentoring
9 525 (9.21%) Stakeholder Management
10 492 (8.63%) Vulnerability Management
11 454 (7.97%) SIEM
12 443 (7.77%) Cloud Security
13 440 (7.72%) Decision-Making
14 400 (7.02%) Disaster Recovery
15 351 (6.16%) Roadmaps
16 325 (5.70%) ITIL
17 324 (5.69%) Data Protection
18 313 (5.49%) Service Delivery
19 305 (5.35%) Software Engineering
20 300 (5.27%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 351 (6.16%) Python
2 242 (4.25%) PowerShell
3 100 (1.76%) SQL
4 82 (1.44%) C++
5 65 (1.14%) Bash
6 60 (1.05%) JavaScript
7 55 (0.97%) Java
8 54 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
9 40 (0.70%) C#
10 37 (0.65%) Rust
11 32 (0.56%) C
12 30 (0.53%) Go
13 28 (0.49%) TypeScript
14 18 (0.32%) MATLAB
15 17 (0.30%) Search Processing Language
16 16 (0.28%) Embedded C
17 13 (0.23%) Perl
18 11 (0.19%) Bicep
19 8 (0.14%) Shell Script
20 6 (0.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 781 (13.71%) Security Cleared
2 589 (10.34%) Degree
3 533 (9.35%) SC Cleared
4 476 (8.35%) CISSP
5 376 (6.60%) Azure Certification
6 317 (5.56%) CISM
7 265 (4.65%) CompTIA Security+
8 241 (4.23%) DV Cleared
9 203 (3.56%) CEH
10 179 (3.14%) CompTIA CySA+
11 158 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
12 141 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
13 109 (1.91%) Master's Degree
14 107 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
15 99 (1.74%) CRISC
16 85 (1.49%) CISA
17 82 (1.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 78 (1.37%) DBS Check
19 72 (1.26%) CREST Certified
20 69 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 693 (12.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 529 (9.28%) NIST
3 357 (6.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 311 (5.46%) GRC
5 306 (5.37%) GDPR
6 150 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 138 (2.42%) NCSC
8 126 (2.21%) PCI DSS
9 95 (1.67%) QA
10 56 (0.98%) SLA
11 49 (0.86%) Accessibility
11 49 (0.86%) ISO 22301
12 46 (0.81%) SOC 2
13 45 (0.79%) NIST 800
14 38 (0.67%) Data Quality
15 34 (0.60%) COBIT
16 32 (0.56%) JSP 440
17 27 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 23 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
19 21 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 504 (8.85%) Active Directory
2 168 (2.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 148 (2.60%) Hyper-V
4 65 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
5 55 (0.97%) Docker
6 43 (0.75%) Firmware
7 28 (0.49%) vSphere
8 21 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
10 14 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
11 12 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 9 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
13 6 (0.11%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.088%) ClearTrust
14 5 (0.088%) IAG
15 3 (0.053%) BitLocker
15 3 (0.053%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.035%) DFS Replication
16 2 (0.035%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.035%) NFS
Systems Management
1 307 (5.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 81 (1.42%) Kubernetes
2 81 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
3 51 (0.90%) Ansible
4 29 (0.51%) Nmap
5 26 (0.46%) CASB
5 26 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
6 25 (0.44%) Grafana
7 24 (0.42%) Nessus
8 23 (0.40%) FortiGate
8 23 (0.40%) SCCM
9 22 (0.39%) QRadar
10 20 (0.35%) Functional Safety
11 11 (0.19%) Prometheus
12 9 (0.16%) Kibana
13 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
13 8 (0.14%) Progress Chef
13 8 (0.14%) WSUS
14 7 (0.12%) Graylog
15 6 (0.11%) Podman
Vendors
1 1,639 (28.76%) Microsoft
2 282 (4.95%) ForeScout
3 239 (4.19%) Cisco
4 221 (3.88%) VMware
5 167 (2.93%) Palo Alto
6 110 (1.93%) Splunk
7 106 (1.86%) Google
8 96 (1.68%) CrowdStrike
9 78 (1.37%) Qualys
10 73 (1.28%) Aruba
11 72 (1.26%) Salesforce
12 68 (1.19%) ServiceNow
13 60 (1.05%) Apple
14 55 (0.97%) Tenable
15 54 (0.95%) Fortinet
16 52 (0.91%) Meraki
17 50 (0.88%) Veeam
18 42 (0.74%) SonicWALL
19 41 (0.72%) CyberArk
19 41 (0.72%) SAP