Cybersecurity Jobs in England

Cybersecurity
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 32 46
Rank change year-on-year -8 +14 +31
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 3,059 4,958 4,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.16% 5.16% 5.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.65% 6.28% 6.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,797 3,583 2,660
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,750 £36,475
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £57,500 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.39% -10.16% -1.54%
75th Percentile £73,000 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,000 £57,500 £64,750
% change year-on-year -9.57% -11.20% -0.38%

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 45,978 78,966 76,813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 92.59% 82.20% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 23,447 56,198 47,585
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,500 £34,118
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year - -9.54% +1.33%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in England.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in England over the 6 months to 24 June 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 24 June 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
London -8 784 £72,500 - 3,421
North of England -13 680 £47,683 -8.45% 1,100
South East +3 640 £47,683 -5.58% 1,119
Midlands +7 454 £47,683 -9.18% 645
North West -37 362 £52,000 -0.16% 651
Yorkshire +19 300 £47,683 -4.63% 368
West Midlands -1 282 £55,000 -4.35% 407
South West 0 250 £47,683 -20.53% 527
East Midlands +10 169 £47,683 +12.20% 238
East of England -3 161 £47,683 -4.63% 434
North East -15 18 £65,000 +52.94% 83
South Coast - 1 £59,000 -
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 83 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 70 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.52%) IIS
4 15 (0.49%) Confluence
5 14 (0.46%) CMS
6 10 (0.33%) Apache
7 7 (0.23%) nginx
8 6 (0.20%) Apache Solr
9 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.13%) Traefik
10 4 (0.13%) WordPress
11 3 (0.098%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.098%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.065%) TPMS
13 1 (0.033%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 90 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (1.11%) Maya
3 26 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 17 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (0.56%) Simulink
5 14 (0.46%) Chatbot
5 14 (0.46%) Trello
6 11 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.13%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.13%) Sketch
8 3 (0.098%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.098%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.033%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.033%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.033%) Revit
Business Applications
1 30 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.33%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
3 10 (0.33%) SAP IBP
4 6 (0.20%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.16%) Exchequer
5 5 (0.16%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.16%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
5 5 (0.16%) SAP FSCM
6 4 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.13%) Fidessa
6 4 (0.13%) Magento
7 3 (0.098%) Sage 50
7 3 (0.098%) SAP CX
7 3 (0.098%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.033%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.033%) Lorenzo
8 1 (0.033%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 445 (14.55%) Azure
2 378 (12.36%) Microsoft 365
3 338 (11.05%) AWS
4 108 (3.53%) Serverless
5 106 (3.47%) Entra ID
6 98 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
7 83 (2.71%) Cloud Computing
8 79 (2.58%) GCP
9 56 (1.83%) SaaS
10 52 (1.70%) PaaS
11 51 (1.67%) Power Platform
12 40 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
13 38 (1.24%) IaaS
14 31 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
15 29 (0.95%) GitHub
16 23 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
16 23 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
17 20 (0.65%) Amazon S3
17 20 (0.65%) OneDrive
18 17 (0.56%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 360 (11.77%) Firewall
2 127 (4.15%) Network Security
3 109 (3.56%) DNS
4 97 (3.17%) SSL
5 93 (3.04%) VPN
6 91 (2.97%) TCP/IP
7 87 (2.84%) WAN
8 85 (2.78%) Broadband
9 82 (2.68%) SSH
10 79 (2.58%) DHCP
11 78 (2.55%) VoIP
12 63 (2.06%) LAN
13 52 (1.70%) VLAN
14 47 (1.54%) Intrusion Detection
15 33 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
16 30 (0.98%) SAN
17 24 (0.78%) Internet
17 24 (0.78%) SD-WAN
18 18 (0.59%) 5G
18 18 (0.59%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (1.44%) SQL Server
2 38 (1.24%) Power BI
3 30 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (0.92%) MongoDB
5 24 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
6 22 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (0.72%) MySQL
7 16 (0.52%) Data Lake
8 15 (0.49%) Relational Database
9 14 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
10 13 (0.42%) Tableau
11 12 (0.39%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.36%) Big Data
13 10 (0.33%) SAP BW
14 9 (0.29%) Amazon Aurora
15 8 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
15 8 (0.26%) DynamoDB
16 6 (0.20%) Metadata
17 5 (0.16%) Hadoop
18 4 (0.13%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 77 (2.52%) JIRA
2 35 (1.14%) Rational DOORS
3 28 (0.92%) Git
4 16 (0.52%) Selenium
5 10 (0.33%) IntelliJ
6 9 (0.29%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.26%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.23%) GitLab
9 6 (0.20%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.20%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.16%) Babel
10 5 (0.16%) webpack
11 4 (0.13%) git-flow
11 4 (0.13%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.13%) Spinnaker
12 3 (0.098%) gulp
12 3 (0.098%) Subversion
13 2 (0.065%) Oracle APEX
13 2 (0.065%) rollup.js
13 2 (0.065%) Visual Studio
General
1 980 (32.04%) Social Skills
2 491 (16.05%) Finance
3 438 (14.32%) Law
4 400 (13.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 388 (12.68%) Legal
6 369 (12.06%) Presentation Skills
7 336 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
8 149 (4.87%) Banking
9 137 (4.48%) Telecoms
10 126 (4.12%) Marketing
11 99 (3.24%) Public Sector
12 92 (3.01%) Manufacturing
13 85 (2.78%) Retail
14 62 (2.03%) Games
15 59 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
16 52 (1.70%) Electronics
17 46 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
18 43 (1.41%) Aerospace
19 36 (1.18%) Military
20 31 (1.01%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 346 (11.31%) Systems Engineer
2 327 (10.69%) Analyst
3 255 (8.34%) Security Engineer
4 217 (7.09%) Senior
5 213 (6.96%) IT Support
6 196 (6.41%) Lead
7 182 (5.95%) Security Analyst
8 136 (4.45%) Architect
9 113 (3.69%) IT Manager
10 110 (3.60%) Principal Engineer
11 101 (3.30%) Principal Security Engineer
12 97 (3.17%) Cloud Engineer
13 92 (3.01%) Consultant
14 91 (2.97%) DevOps Engineer
15 88 (2.88%) Security Manager
16 87 (2.84%) IT Engineer
17 76 (2.48%) IT Analyst
18 70 (2.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
19 67 (2.19%) Software Engineer
20 64 (2.09%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (3.53%) Web Services
2 103 (3.37%) RESTful
3 50 (1.63%) React
4 48 (1.57%) REST
4 48 (1.57%) Software Packaging
5 42 (1.37%) Kafka
6 32 (1.05%) Node.js
7 28 (0.92%) .NET
8 26 (0.85%) Middleware
9 23 (0.75%) YAML
10 21 (0.69%) CSS
11 18 (0.59%) HTML
11 18 (0.59%) Vue
12 15 (0.49%) AngularJS
12 15 (0.49%) MERN Stack
13 11 (0.36%) Leaflet
14 10 (0.33%) GraphQL
15 9 (0.29%) EDI
16 8 (0.26%) SOAP
16 8 (0.26%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 425 (13.89%) Cyberattack
2 317 (10.36%) Management Information System
3 191 (6.24%) Cyber Threat
4 163 (5.33%) Security Posture
5 148 (4.84%) Operational Technology
6 142 (4.64%) Onboarding
7 129 (4.22%) Data Centre
8 103 (3.37%) PKI
9 61 (1.99%) Security Operations Centre
10 57 (1.86%) Renewable Energy
11 55 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
12 47 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
13 45 (1.47%) Cloud Native
14 44 (1.44%) Driving Licence
15 42 (1.37%) SCADA
15 42 (1.37%) Social Media
16 32 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
17 25 (0.82%) IoT
18 24 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
18 24 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 441 (14.42%) Windows
2 151 (4.94%) Windows Server
3 119 (3.89%) Linux
4 85 (2.78%) Windows 10
5 43 (1.41%) Mac OS
6 24 (0.78%) Apple iOS
7 23 (0.75%) Android
8 17 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 17 (0.56%) Unix
9 9 (0.29%) Windows 7
9 9 (0.29%) Windows Vista
10 8 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
12 5 (0.16%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.13%) VMS
13 4 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.065%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.065%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.033%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 564 (18.44%) Agile
2 550 (17.98%) Problem-Solving
3 474 (15.50%) Information Security
4 428 (13.99%) Risk Management
5 388 (12.68%) Systems Engineering
6 370 (12.10%) Line Management
7 330 (10.79%) Project Management
8 325 (10.62%) SysML
9 321 (10.49%) Creative Thinking
10 314 (10.26%) MODAF
11 313 (10.23%) Incident Response
11 313 (10.23%) UML
12 241 (7.88%) Mentoring
13 238 (7.78%) Roadmaps
14 233 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
15 226 (7.39%) Artificial Intelligence
15 226 (7.39%) Computer Science
16 221 (7.22%) SIEM
17 207 (6.77%) Customer Service
18 206 (6.73%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 329 (10.76%) MATLAB
2 249 (8.14%) Python
3 154 (5.03%) PowerShell
4 93 (3.04%) SQL
5 51 (1.67%) Java
6 49 (1.60%) JavaScript
7 48 (1.57%) TypeScript
8 41 (1.34%) C#
9 34 (1.11%) Bash
10 20 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
11 18 (0.59%) Perl
12 16 (0.52%) C++
13 13 (0.42%) PHP
14 11 (0.36%) C
14 11 (0.36%) Go
15 9 (0.29%) Kotlin
15 9 (0.29%) R
16 8 (0.26%) Scala
17 4 (0.13%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.13%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 999 (32.66%) Degree
2 462 (15.10%) BPSS Clearance
3 414 (13.53%) CISSP
4 297 (9.71%) CISM
5 236 (7.71%) Security Cleared
6 130 (4.25%) SC Cleared
7 114 (3.73%) CESG Certified Professional
8 112 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 76 (2.48%) PMI Certification
10 73 (2.39%) Master's Degree
11 66 (2.16%) DV Cleared
12 65 (2.12%) PMP
13 64 (2.09%) HND
14 62 (2.03%) CEH
15 58 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
16 56 (1.83%) CompTIA Security+
17 54 (1.77%) CRISC
18 49 (1.60%) CISA
19 42 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
20 40 (1.31%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 536 (17.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 479 (15.66%) NIST
3 375 (12.26%) NCSC
4 186 (6.08%) GDPR
5 158 (5.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 114 (3.73%) JSP 440
7 103 (3.37%) RMADS
8 78 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 67 (2.19%) GRC
9 67 (2.19%) PCI DSS
10 57 (1.86%) QA
11 45 (1.47%) SLA
12 26 (0.85%) GxP
13 25 (0.82%) NIST 800
14 24 (0.78%) Accessibility
14 24 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 19 (0.62%) HIPAA
16 18 (0.59%) SOC 2
17 17 (0.56%) COBIT
18 15 (0.49%) Def Stans
System Software
1 371 (12.13%) Active Directory
2 84 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
4 54 (1.77%) Hyper-V
5 53 (1.73%) Docker
6 35 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (0.26%) vSphere
9 7 (0.23%) Firmware
10 5 (0.16%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.065%) Postfix
12 1 (0.033%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.033%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.033%) HDFS
12 1 (0.033%) pfSense
12 1 (0.033%) Snort
12 1 (0.033%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.033%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.033%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 120 (3.92%) Terraform
2 96 (3.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 64 (2.09%) Kubernetes
4 31 (1.01%) Ansible
5 23 (0.75%) QRadar
6 21 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
7 20 (0.65%) Functional Safety
7 20 (0.65%) SCCM
8 14 (0.46%) Nessus
9 12 (0.39%) FortiGate
10 9 (0.29%) RSA Archer
11 8 (0.26%) CASB
12 7 (0.23%) CSIRT
12 7 (0.23%) ZABBIX
13 6 (0.20%) ArcSight ESM
13 6 (0.20%) Grafana
13 6 (0.20%) Prometheus
13 6 (0.20%) Puppet
13 6 (0.20%) SCOM
13 6 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 653 (21.35%) Microsoft
2 132 (4.32%) VMware
3 118 (3.86%) Cisco
4 88 (2.88%) Thales
5 61 (1.99%) Splunk
6 54 (1.77%) SAP
7 51 (1.67%) Google
8 42 (1.37%) Tenable
9 37 (1.21%) Siemens
10 34 (1.11%) Salesforce
11 33 (1.08%) Fortinet
12 32 (1.05%) Sophos
13 29 (0.95%) Oracle
13 29 (0.95%) Qualys
14 26 (0.85%) IBM
15 25 (0.82%) Adobe
16 24 (0.78%) CrowdStrike
17 21 (0.69%) ServiceNow
18 20 (0.65%) Dell
19 19 (0.62%) Apple