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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 40 41
Rank change year-on-year +8 +1 +26
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 2,622 3,063 2,951
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.16% 4.90% 5.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.94% 5.93% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,599 1,622 2,272
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £47,500 £47,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £62,500 £63,073
Median % change year-on-year -12.80% -0.91% -2.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,938 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £64,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -6.98% -0.77%

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 37,775 51,651 47,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 88.79% 82.60% 93.96%
Number of salaries quoted 21,898 27,674 36,109
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -1.32% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £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 17 October 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 17 October 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 +9 814 £70,000 -5.41% 709
North of England +1 536 £42,500 -22.73% 473
South East +2 500 £50,000 -13.04% 728
Midlands +2 336 £47,500 -17.39% 258
South West +24 254 £50,000 -20.00% 190
Yorkshire +14 253 £33,000 -42.24% 143
North West -24 241 £45,750 -16.50% 283
West Midlands +9 235 £51,887 -13.52% 157
East of England +5 153 £43,085 -13.83% 160
East Midlands -3 96 £37,500 -16.67% 98
North East +15 42 £67,500 +41.65% 53
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
1 107 (4.08%) SharePoint
2 87 (3.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (0.69%) CMS
4 16 (0.61%) Confluence
4 16 (0.61%) IIS
5 7 (0.27%) Apache
5 7 (0.27%) nginx
5 7 (0.27%) WordPress
6 6 (0.23%) Apache Solr
7 5 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.15%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.15%) FactoryTalk
8 4 (0.15%) Traefik
8 4 (0.15%) WinCC
9 2 (0.076%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.076%) ArchestrA
9 2 (0.076%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.038%) FileNet
10 1 (0.038%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 119 (4.54%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (1.95%) Maya
3 35 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 15 (0.57%) Chatbot
5 12 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 11 (0.42%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.27%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.15%) Sketch
9 3 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
10 2 (0.076%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.038%) Civil 3D
11 1 (0.038%) GNU Octave
11 1 (0.038%) Revit
11 1 (0.038%) Simulink
11 1 (0.038%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 31 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 20 (0.76%) SAP IBP
4 15 (0.57%) SAP CO
4 15 (0.57%) SAP FI
4 15 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
4 15 (0.57%) SAP FSCM
5 12 (0.46%) SAP IS-U
6 8 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
6 8 (0.31%) SAP FS
7 7 (0.27%) Exchequer
8 6 (0.23%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.23%) Sage 200
9 4 (0.15%) Magento
9 4 (0.15%) NEC Housing
9 4 (0.15%) Shopify
10 3 (0.11%) Endur
11 2 (0.076%) Dynamics NAV
11 2 (0.076%) Fidessa
11 2 (0.076%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 565 (21.55%) Azure
2 407 (15.52%) Microsoft 365
3 318 (12.13%) AWS
4 144 (5.49%) Entra ID
5 83 (3.17%) SaaS
6 79 (3.01%) Power Platform
7 76 (2.90%) GitHub
8 71 (2.71%) Cloud Computing
9 66 (2.52%) GCP
10 62 (2.36%) PaaS
11 51 (1.95%) IaaS
12 44 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
13 40 (1.53%) Serverless
14 38 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
15 35 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
16 23 (0.88%) Power Automate
17 21 (0.80%) OneDrive
18 19 (0.72%) Amazon EC2
18 19 (0.72%) Amazon S3
18 19 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 322 (12.28%) Firewall
2 148 (5.64%) VPN
3 139 (5.30%) Network Security
4 130 (4.96%) TCP/IP
5 117 (4.46%) DNS
6 99 (3.78%) WAN
7 93 (3.55%) DHCP
8 80 (3.05%) VoIP
9 79 (3.01%) LAN
10 76 (2.90%) Internet
11 60 (2.29%) VLAN
11 60 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
12 45 (1.72%) Intrusion Detection
13 37 (1.41%) SD-WAN
14 31 (1.18%) Modbus
15 30 (1.14%) SAN
16 29 (1.11%) Wireless
17 15 (0.57%) Unified Communications
18 13 (0.50%) NAS
18 13 (0.50%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (3.01%) SQL Server
2 53 (2.02%) Power BI
3 33 (1.26%) Tableau
4 29 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (0.95%) Relational Database
6 21 (0.80%) SAP BW
7 17 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (0.61%) Metadata
9 15 (0.57%) Data Lake
10 13 (0.50%) MySQL
11 12 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
11 12 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (0.42%) Amazon Aurora
13 10 (0.38%) MongoDB
14 8 (0.31%) Amazon Athena
14 8 (0.31%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.31%) NoSQL
14 8 (0.31%) Oracle Database
14 8 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (0.23%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 81 (3.09%) Git
2 33 (1.26%) JIRA
3 14 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.38%) GitLab
5 9 (0.34%) IntelliJ
5 9 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.15%) git-flow
6 4 (0.15%) Spinnaker
6 4 (0.15%) Toad
7 3 (0.11%) Babel
7 3 (0.11%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.11%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.11%) gulp
7 3 (0.11%) Snyk
7 3 (0.11%) webpack
8 2 (0.076%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.076%) Metasploit
8 2 (0.076%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.038%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.038%) JUnit
General
1 1,028 (39.21%) Social Skills
2 524 (19.98%) Finance
3 418 (15.94%) Analytical Skills
4 370 (14.11%) Law
5 333 (12.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 296 (11.29%) Legal
7 217 (8.28%) Telecoms
8 213 (8.12%) Marketing
9 184 (7.02%) Public Sector
10 138 (5.26%) Manufacturing
11 121 (4.61%) Banking
12 90 (3.43%) Multimedia
13 87 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
14 83 (3.17%) Games
15 82 (3.13%) Electronics
16 71 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
17 67 (2.56%) Retail
18 40 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
19 35 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
20 31 (1.18%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 263 (10.03%) Senior
2 249 (9.50%) Analyst
3 209 (7.97%) IT Support
4 196 (7.48%) Lead
5 167 (6.37%) Architect
6 161 (6.14%) Consultant
7 134 (5.11%) Support Engineer
8 122 (4.65%) IT Manager
9 117 (4.46%) Security Engineer
10 109 (4.16%) IT Engineer
11 106 (4.04%) Security Analyst
12 93 (3.55%) Trainee
13 88 (3.36%) Security Consultant
14 76 (2.90%) Security Manager
15 63 (2.40%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 61 (2.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 61 (2.33%) Developer
17 60 (2.29%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 57 (2.17%) IT Analyst
18 57 (2.17%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (3.05%) HTML
2 79 (3.01%) CSS
3 39 (1.49%) React
4 36 (1.37%) REST
5 32 (1.22%) .NET
6 26 (0.99%) Kafka
7 24 (0.92%) YAML
8 23 (0.88%) RESTful
8 23 (0.88%) Web Services
9 18 (0.69%) Vue
10 16 (0.61%) AngularJS
11 13 (0.50%) SAP CAF
12 12 (0.46%) Middleware
12 12 (0.46%) Node.js
13 10 (0.38%) EDI
14 9 (0.34%) XML
15 8 (0.31%) 802.1X
15 8 (0.31%) OAuth
15 8 (0.31%) Pandas
16 7 (0.27%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 247 (9.42%) Cyberattack
2 195 (7.44%) Management Information System
3 153 (5.84%) Security Posture
4 146 (5.57%) Operational Technology
5 125 (4.77%) Enterprise Software
6 120 (4.58%) Cyber Threat
7 99 (3.78%) Data Centre
7 99 (3.78%) Driving Licence
8 95 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
9 94 (3.59%) Onboarding
10 68 (2.59%) Renewable Energy
10 68 (2.59%) Security Operations Centre
11 64 (2.44%) Cloud Native
12 56 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
13 55 (2.10%) IoT
14 38 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
15 36 (1.37%) Product Ownership
16 34 (1.30%) Web Conferencing
17 33 (1.26%) SCADA
18 32 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 481 (18.34%) Windows
2 173 (6.60%) Windows Server
3 150 (5.72%) Linux
4 81 (3.09%) Windows 10
5 72 (2.75%) Mac OS
6 23 (0.88%) Android
6 23 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 23 (0.88%) Unix
7 16 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 12 (0.46%) VMS
8 12 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.31%) Windows 7
11 7 (0.27%) Debian
12 6 (0.23%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.19%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.076%) Check Point GAiA
14 2 (0.076%) Kali Linux
14 2 (0.076%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 590 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
2 344 (13.12%) Risk Management
3 341 (13.01%) Mentoring
4 311 (11.86%) Information Security
5 304 (11.59%) Incident Response
6 276 (10.53%) Line Management
7 244 (9.31%) Agile
8 238 (9.08%) Creative Thinking
9 230 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
10 224 (8.54%) Project Management
11 214 (8.16%) AI
12 212 (8.09%) ITIL
13 203 (7.74%) SIEM
14 201 (7.67%) Analytics
14 201 (7.67%) Computer Science
15 191 (7.28%) Vulnerability Management
16 188 (7.17%) Project Delivery
17 187 (7.13%) Security Operations
18 174 (6.64%) Decision-Making
19 173 (6.60%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 192 (7.32%) Python
2 125 (4.77%) PowerShell
3 110 (4.20%) SQL
4 94 (3.59%) JavaScript
5 38 (1.45%) Java
6 37 (1.41%) Bash
6 37 (1.41%) R
7 31 (1.18%) C#
8 22 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
9 15 (0.57%) Bicep
10 12 (0.46%) TypeScript
11 11 (0.42%) Go
11 11 (0.42%) Perl
12 9 (0.34%) Kotlin
12 9 (0.34%) Scala
13 8 (0.31%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.19%) MATLAB
14 5 (0.19%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.15%) PHP
15 4 (0.15%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 553 (21.09%) Degree
2 320 (12.20%) CISSP
3 253 (9.65%) Security Cleared
4 214 (8.16%) CISM
5 176 (6.71%) SC Cleared
6 127 (4.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 111 (4.23%) CompTIA Security+
8 104 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
9 102 (3.89%) CEH
10 100 (3.81%) Azure Certification
11 92 (3.51%) AWS Certification
12 85 (3.24%) Master's Degree
13 82 (3.13%) CISA
14 78 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
15 70 (2.67%) CRISC
16 69 (2.63%) PMI Certification
17 68 (2.59%) HND
18 60 (2.29%) PMP
19 58 (2.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
20 57 (2.17%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 419 (15.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 359 (13.69%) NIST
3 259 (9.88%) NCSC
4 227 (8.66%) GDPR
5 190 (7.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 109 (4.16%) GRC
7 77 (2.94%) QA
8 68 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 68 (2.59%) PCI DSS
9 49 (1.87%) SLA
10 45 (1.72%) NIST 800
11 41 (1.56%) SOC 2
12 29 (1.11%) COBIT
12 29 (1.11%) JSP 440
13 24 (0.92%) PMO
14 23 (0.88%) Data Quality
15 19 (0.72%) SOC 1
16 17 (0.65%) RMADS
17 16 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 15 (0.57%) Accessibility
System Software
1 317 (12.09%) Active Directory
2 107 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (2.67%) Hyper-V
4 64 (2.44%) Virtual Servers
5 36 (1.37%) Docker
6 29 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
8 18 (0.69%) vSphere
9 6 (0.23%) BitLocker
10 5 (0.19%) Kamailio
11 4 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.11%) Firmware
13 2 (0.076%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.076%) XenApp
14 1 (0.038%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 1 (0.038%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 145 (5.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 47 (1.79%) Terraform
3 46 (1.75%) Kubernetes
4 27 (1.03%) SCCM
5 24 (0.92%) RSA Archer
6 23 (0.88%) Ansible
7 16 (0.61%) Functional Safety
8 15 (0.57%) QRadar
9 14 (0.53%) Nessus
10 13 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
11 12 (0.46%) PaperCut
12 10 (0.38%) CSIRT
12 10 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
13 8 (0.31%) CASB
13 8 (0.31%) FortiGate
14 7 (0.27%) Nagios
15 6 (0.23%) Autotask
15 6 (0.23%) Grafana
15 6 (0.23%) Prometheus
15 6 (0.23%) SCOM
Vendors
1 782 (29.82%) Microsoft
2 152 (5.80%) VMware
3 132 (5.03%) SAP
4 113 (4.31%) Cisco
5 67 (2.56%) Palo Alto
6 64 (2.44%) Oracle
7 57 (2.17%) Salesforce
8 53 (2.02%) Splunk
9 48 (1.83%) Adobe
9 48 (1.83%) Apple
10 47 (1.79%) Fortinet
11 42 (1.60%) CrowdStrike
11 42 (1.60%) Sophos
12 31 (1.18%) ServiceNow
13 25 (0.95%) Dell
13 25 (0.95%) Progress
13 25 (0.95%) Siemens
14 24 (0.92%) Qualys
15 20 (0.76%) Rockwell
16 18 (0.69%) Google