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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 37 31
Rank change year-on-year +30 -6 +21
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 8,328 2,216 4,182
As % of all permanent jobs in England 12.48% 5.85% 5.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.06% 6.25% 6.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,384 1,455 3,289
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,350 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% +2.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £51,709 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.23% +1.67% -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 51,863 35,475 65,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.74% 93.59% 86.96%
Number of salaries quoted 32,168 20,228 50,868
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £29,005
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 20 March 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 20 March 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
North of England +35 2,599 £38,000 -30.14% 276
North West +29 1,901 £42,500 -22.73% 135
Midlands +29 1,641 £42,500 -29.17% 167
London +23 1,482 £70,000 -4.03% 425
South East +40 1,328 £47,500 -17.39% 339
West Midlands +23 1,283 £44,250 -29.20% 82
East of England +46 694 £35,000 -26.32% 112
Yorkshire +36 584 £30,750 -38.50% 109
South West +33 525 £55,000 +15.79% 147
East Midlands +38 369 £41,000 -1.20% 85
North East +34 114 £30,500 -23.81% 35
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 (1.45%) SharePoint
2 75 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.16%) CMS
4 9 (0.11%) Confluence
5 6 (0.072%) nginx
5 6 (0.072%) WordPress
6 5 (0.060%) Apache
6 5 (0.060%) Drupal
7 3 (0.036%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.036%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.024%) SAS
9 1 (0.012%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.012%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 95 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (0.34%) Maya
5 24 (0.29%) Simulink
6 19 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 9 (0.11%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.060%) CATIA
9 4 (0.048%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.036%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.024%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.024%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 27 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.096%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.084%) Shopify
5 4 (0.048%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.048%) Endur
5 4 (0.048%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.048%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.048%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.036%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.036%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.036%) SAP FS
6 3 (0.036%) Yoast SEO
7 2 (0.024%) Exchequer
7 2 (0.024%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.024%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.024%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.024%) SAP FSCM
7 2 (0.024%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.024%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 4,054 (48.68%) Cloud Computing
2 1,938 (23.27%) Azure
3 541 (6.50%) AWS
4 424 (5.09%) Microsoft 365
5 275 (3.30%) Entra ID
6 197 (2.37%) GitHub
7 85 (1.02%) SaaS
8 84 (1.01%) GCP
9 64 (0.77%) Power Platform
10 52 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
11 50 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
12 43 (0.52%) PaaS
13 38 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
14 35 (0.42%) Nutanix
15 33 (0.40%) Google Workspace
16 29 (0.35%) IaaS
17 26 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
18 25 (0.30%) Mimecast
19 23 (0.28%) Dynamics 365
19 23 (0.28%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4,212 (50.58%) Internet
2 306 (3.67%) Firewall
3 142 (1.71%) Network Security
4 125 (1.50%) VPN
5 85 (1.02%) DNS
6 74 (0.89%) DHCP
7 67 (0.80%) WAN
8 65 (0.78%) VLAN
9 62 (0.74%) LAN
10 55 (0.66%) TCP/IP
11 54 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (0.44%) Broadband
13 36 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
14 32 (0.38%) VoIP
15 27 (0.32%) Wireless
16 23 (0.28%) CHAP
17 18 (0.22%) SD-WAN
18 15 (0.18%) DMZ
19 12 (0.14%) Unified Communications
20 11 (0.13%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (0.41%) Power BI
2 24 (0.29%) Big Data
3 23 (0.28%) SQL Server
3 23 (0.28%) Tableau
4 21 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
5 18 (0.22%) Neo4j
6 11 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (0.12%) Metadata
7 10 (0.12%) Relational Database
8 9 (0.11%) Data Lake
9 6 (0.072%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.060%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.060%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.060%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.048%) MySQL
11 4 (0.048%) SAP BW
12 3 (0.036%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.024%) Apache Hive
13 2 (0.024%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 200 (2.40%) Git
2 29 (0.35%) JIRA
2 29 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
3 23 (0.28%) GitLab
4 13 (0.16%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.13%) Cucumber
6 7 (0.084%) JMeter
6 7 (0.084%) Locust
7 5 (0.060%) Apache Continuum
7 5 (0.060%) Burp Suite
7 5 (0.060%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.048%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.048%) MLflow
9 1 (0.012%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.012%) GDB
9 1 (0.012%) Snyk
9 1 (0.012%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.012%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.012%) WinDbg
9 1 (0.012%) Yeoman
General
1 5,919 (71.07%) Social Skills
2 4,208 (50.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,164 (50.00%) Banking
4 528 (6.34%) Finance
5 358 (4.30%) Multimedia
6 332 (3.99%) Analytical Skills
7 195 (2.34%) Public Sector
8 167 (2.01%) Marketing
9 154 (1.85%) Law
9 154 (1.85%) Legal
10 126 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
11 119 (1.43%) Retail
11 119 (1.43%) Telecoms
12 90 (1.08%) Manufacturing
13 67 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
14 54 (0.65%) Games
15 51 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
16 48 (0.58%) Electronics
17 46 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
17 46 (0.55%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3,143 (37.74%) Lecturer
2 928 (11.14%) Analyst
3 803 (9.64%) Security Analyst
4 749 (8.99%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 682 (8.19%) Junior
6 661 (7.94%) Junior Analyst
7 660 (7.93%) Junior Security Analyst
8 376 (4.51%) Ethical Hacker
9 363 (4.36%) Trainee
10 357 (4.29%) Senior
11 244 (2.93%) Consultant
12 229 (2.75%) Architect
13 225 (2.70%) Lead
14 202 (2.43%) IT Support
15 156 (1.87%) Developer
16 154 (1.85%) Security Consultant
16 154 (1.85%) Security Manager
17 142 (1.71%) Security Engineer
18 136 (1.63%) IT Manager
19 131 (1.57%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (2.49%) CSS
1 207 (2.49%) HTML
2 42 (0.50%) REST
3 36 (0.43%) OAuth
4 35 (0.42%) React
4 35 (0.42%) SAML
5 33 (0.40%) OpenID
6 29 (0.35%) LDAP
7 27 (0.32%) SOAP
8 26 (0.31%) GraphQL
9 22 (0.26%) SAP CAF
10 21 (0.25%) AngularJS
11 17 (0.20%) MERN Stack
12 14 (0.17%) SailPoint
13 11 (0.13%) YAML
14 10 (0.12%) Node.js
14 10 (0.12%) Tailwind CSS
15 9 (0.11%) Middleware
16 8 (0.096%) .NET
16 8 (0.096%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4,072 (48.90%) IoT
2 437 (5.25%) Cyberattack
3 207 (2.49%) Security Posture
4 180 (2.16%) Management Information System
5 113 (1.36%) Driving Licence
6 109 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
7 97 (1.16%) Onboarding
8 91 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
9 83 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
10 80 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
11 64 (0.77%) Cloud Native
11 64 (0.77%) Data Centre
12 62 (0.74%) Cyber Defence
13 55 (0.66%) Operational Technology
14 49 (0.59%) Blog
15 45 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
16 35 (0.42%) Cyber Security Posture
16 35 (0.42%) PKI
17 33 (0.40%) Public Cloud
18 32 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 374 (4.49%) Windows
2 168 (2.02%) Windows Server
3 131 (1.57%) Linux
4 69 (0.83%) Windows 10
5 48 (0.58%) Mac OS
6 32 (0.38%) Android
7 23 (0.28%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.12%) Unix
10 6 (0.072%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.048%) VMS
12 3 (0.036%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.036%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.036%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.012%) CentOS
13 1 (0.012%) Debian
13 1 (0.012%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.012%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.012%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.012%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,254 (51.08%) AI
2 4,064 (48.80%) Machine Learning
3 4,045 (48.57%) User Experience
4 4,038 (48.49%) Web Development
5 1,271 (15.26%) Mentoring
6 551 (6.62%) Ethical Hacking
7 429 (5.15%) Problem-Solving
8 423 (5.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 377 (4.53%) Risk Management
10 358 (4.30%) Information Security
11 355 (4.26%) Incident Response
12 269 (3.23%) Agile
13 228 (2.74%) SIEM
14 215 (2.58%) Cloud Security
15 198 (2.38%) Line Management
16 196 (2.35%) ITIL
17 194 (2.33%) Roadmaps
18 184 (2.21%) Project Management
18 184 (2.21%) Security Operations
19 183 (2.20%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 400 (4.80%) Python
2 251 (3.01%) JavaScript
3 190 (2.28%) PowerShell
4 108 (1.30%) SQL
5 99 (1.19%) R
6 62 (0.74%) Bash
7 40 (0.48%) Java
8 31 (0.37%) C++
9 30 (0.36%) TypeScript
10 26 (0.31%) MATLAB
11 25 (0.30%) T-SQL
12 23 (0.28%) C#
13 22 (0.26%) C
14 10 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
15 9 (0.11%) Go
16 7 (0.084%) Rust
17 6 (0.072%) PHP
18 4 (0.048%) Kotlin
19 3 (0.036%) Bicep
19 3 (0.036%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4,434 (53.24%) Degree
2 4,070 (48.87%) Master's Degree
3 4,013 (48.19%) PhD
4 4,005 (48.09%) Postgraduate
5 1,263 (15.17%) Azure Certification
6 881 (10.58%) CompTIA Security+
7 700 (8.41%) CompTIA CySA+
8 593 (7.12%) CEH
9 351 (4.21%) CISSP
10 303 (3.64%) Security Cleared
11 256 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
12 240 (2.88%) CISM
13 238 (2.86%) AWS Certification
14 197 (2.37%) SC Cleared
15 194 (2.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 188 (2.26%) Network+ Certification
17 177 (2.13%) A+ Certification
18 110 (1.32%) CISA
19 109 (1.31%) DV Cleared
20 103 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 500 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 464 (5.57%) NIST
3 264 (3.17%) GDPR
4 218 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 185 (2.22%) GRC
6 115 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 106 (1.27%) PCI DSS
8 104 (1.25%) NCSC
9 71 (0.85%) QA
10 44 (0.53%) COBIT
10 44 (0.53%) SOC 2
11 40 (0.48%) SLA
12 36 (0.43%) NIST 800
13 29 (0.35%) Accessibility
14 26 (0.31%) Data Quality
15 23 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 21 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
17 19 (0.23%) ISO 22301
17 19 (0.23%) JSP 440
18 18 (0.22%) SOC 3
System Software
1 302 (3.63%) Active Directory
2 68 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (0.73%) Hyper-V
4 53 (0.64%) Docker
5 26 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (0.24%) vSphere
7 9 (0.11%) Firmware
7 9 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.084%) IAG
8 7 (0.084%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.072%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.060%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.048%) VMware ESXi
12 3 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.024%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.024%) GPFS
13 2 (0.024%) Lustre
14 1 (0.012%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.012%) iptables
14 1 (0.012%) KVM
Systems Management
1 156 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 66 (0.79%) Terraform
3 58 (0.70%) Kubernetes
4 35 (0.42%) Ansible
5 27 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.20%) Grafana
7 16 (0.19%) CASB
8 14 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
9 13 (0.16%) SCCM
10 11 (0.13%) CSIRT
11 10 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (0.12%) FortiGate
12 8 (0.096%) Nessus
12 8 (0.096%) RSA Archer
13 7 (0.084%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 7 (0.084%) FTK
13 7 (0.084%) VxRail
14 5 (0.060%) Prometheus
14 5 (0.060%) QRadar
14 5 (0.060%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,942 (23.32%) Microsoft
2 1,035 (12.43%) ForeScout
3 118 (1.42%) VMware
4 93 (1.12%) Cisco
5 77 (0.92%) CrowdStrike
6 65 (0.78%) Fortinet
7 63 (0.76%) Palo Alto
8 61 (0.73%) Apple
9 59 (0.71%) SAP
10 43 (0.52%) Google
11 39 (0.47%) Salesforce
11 39 (0.47%) Splunk
12 37 (0.44%) Dell
13 36 (0.43%) Oracle
14 32 (0.38%) Adobe
15 31 (0.37%) Tenable
16 30 (0.36%) Siemens
17 27 (0.32%) ServiceNow
18 25 (0.30%) CyberArk
19 20 (0.24%) Commvault