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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 39 30
Rank change year-on-year +32 -9 +23
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 7,968 2,377 4,740
As % of all permanent jobs in England 9.69% 6.03% 5.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.15% 6.46% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,836 1,520 3,506
10th Percentile £29,125 £26,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,438 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £59,513
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -1.70% -8.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year - +0.84% -8.46%

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 60,581 36,790 71,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.71% 93.38% 84.81%
Number of salaries quoted 39,954 20,282 53,813
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,700
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,269 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.97% +5.94% -10.10%

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 May 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 May 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 +45 2,332 £50,000 -4.76% 325
Midlands +32 1,907 £52,500 -0.94% 177
North West +45 1,497 £55,000 - 179
London +16 1,432 £71,000 -5.33% 514
West Midlands +22 1,412 £50,000 -13.04% 104
South East +26 1,127 £50,000 -9.09% 401
Yorkshire +44 688 £47,500 +11.76% 117
South West +23 585 £60,000 +33.33% 181
East of England +63 531 £40,000 -15.79% 105
East Midlands +49 506 £55,000 +57.14% 72
North East +35 147 £45,000 -30.77% 31
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
1 125 (1.57%) SharePoint
2 106 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.13%) CMS
4 7 (0.088%) Apache
5 6 (0.075%) WordPress
6 4 (0.050%) IIS
6 4 (0.050%) SAS
7 3 (0.038%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.025%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.025%) Confluence
8 2 (0.025%) Drupal
8 2 (0.025%) nginx
9 1 (0.013%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 80 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.31%) Simulink
5 14 (0.18%) Maya
6 7 (0.088%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.063%) CATIA
8 4 (0.050%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.038%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.025%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.025%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.013%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 26 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (0.30%) Cloudability
3 16 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.063%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.050%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.038%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.038%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.038%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.025%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.025%) Shopify
9 1 (0.013%) Endur
9 1 (0.013%) Maximo
9 1 (0.013%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.013%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.013%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.013%) SAP FS
9 1 (0.013%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.013%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2,527 (31.71%) Azure
2 2,471 (31.01%) Cloud Computing
3 518 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
4 484 (6.07%) AWS
5 313 (3.93%) Entra ID
6 121 (1.52%) GCP
7 119 (1.49%) SaaS
8 111 (1.39%) GitHub
9 69 (0.87%) Power Platform
10 68 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
11 65 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
12 42 (0.53%) Serverless
13 37 (0.46%) Google Workspace
14 36 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
15 32 (0.40%) OneDrive
16 31 (0.39%) Mimecast
17 30 (0.38%) PaaS
18 29 (0.36%) Nutanix
19 28 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
19 28 (0.35%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2,560 (32.13%) Internet
2 352 (4.42%) Firewall
3 162 (2.03%) Network Security
4 144 (1.81%) VPN
5 117 (1.47%) DNS
6 86 (1.08%) WAN
7 83 (1.04%) DHCP
8 75 (0.94%) LAN
9 69 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
10 65 (0.82%) VLAN
11 63 (0.79%) TCP/IP
12 45 (0.56%) Broadband
13 35 (0.44%) VoIP
14 30 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
14 30 (0.38%) Unified Communications
15 28 (0.35%) Wireless
16 20 (0.25%) CHAP
17 19 (0.24%) SD-WAN
17 19 (0.24%) SSL
18 18 (0.23%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (0.49%) Power BI
2 23 (0.29%) SQL Server
3 21 (0.26%) Big Data
4 18 (0.23%) Tableau
5 17 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
6 13 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (0.14%) Neo4j
8 8 (0.10%) MySQL
9 5 (0.063%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.063%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.050%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.038%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.038%) Metadata
11 3 (0.038%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.025%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.025%) Apache Hive
12 2 (0.025%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.025%) Impala
12 2 (0.025%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 111 (1.39%) Git
2 35 (0.44%) GitLab
3 30 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
4 25 (0.31%) Snyk
5 17 (0.21%) JIRA
6 11 (0.14%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.075%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.063%) Apache Continuum
8 5 (0.063%) Burp Suite
8 5 (0.063%) Metasploit
8 5 (0.063%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.063%) VersionOne
8 5 (0.063%) Yeoman
9 4 (0.050%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.050%) JMeter
9 4 (0.050%) Locust
9 4 (0.050%) MLflow
10 2 (0.025%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.025%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.013%) GDB
General
1 4,938 (61.97%) Social Skills
2 2,726 (34.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2,569 (32.24%) Banking
4 521 (6.54%) Finance
5 396 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
6 210 (2.64%) Public Sector
7 199 (2.50%) Multimedia
8 159 (2.00%) Retail
9 156 (1.96%) Marketing
10 140 (1.76%) Law
11 119 (1.49%) Legal
12 118 (1.48%) Telecoms
13 105 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
14 93 (1.17%) Manufacturing
15 75 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
16 66 (0.83%) Local Government
17 50 (0.63%) Aerospace
18 40 (0.50%) Aviation
19 38 (0.48%) Games
20 35 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,871 (23.48%) Lecturer
2 1,337 (16.78%) Analyst
3 1,179 (14.80%) Security Analyst
4 1,107 (13.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 973 (12.21%) Junior
6 943 (11.83%) Junior Analyst
7 942 (11.82%) Junior Security Analyst
8 705 (8.85%) Ethical Hacker
9 507 (6.36%) Senior
10 324 (4.07%) Architect
11 282 (3.54%) Consultant
12 252 (3.16%) Lead
13 249 (3.13%) Security Manager
14 230 (2.89%) Security Architect
15 222 (2.79%) Trainee
16 206 (2.59%) IT Support
17 193 (2.42%) Security Engineer
18 175 (2.20%) IT Manager
19 170 (2.13%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 168 (2.11%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (1.46%) HTML
2 114 (1.43%) CSS
3 53 (0.67%) REST
4 47 (0.59%) LDAP
4 47 (0.59%) SAML
5 46 (0.58%) OAuth
6 45 (0.56%) OpenID
7 32 (0.40%) React
8 30 (0.38%) SOAP
9 25 (0.31%) GraphQL
10 16 (0.20%) SailPoint
11 15 (0.19%) Kafka
12 14 (0.18%) RESTful
13 13 (0.16%) Middleware
14 12 (0.15%) FastAPI
15 11 (0.14%) AngularJS
15 11 (0.14%) Node.js
16 10 (0.13%) Tailwind CSS
17 9 (0.11%) .NET
17 9 (0.11%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 2,458 (30.85%) IoT
2 801 (10.05%) Cyberattack
3 249 (3.13%) Security Posture
4 186 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 167 (2.10%) Cyber Threat
6 156 (1.96%) Onboarding
7 118 (1.48%) Security Operations Centre
8 96 (1.20%) Driving Licence
9 91 (1.14%) Cyber Defence
9 91 (1.14%) Operational Technology
9 91 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
10 83 (1.04%) Data Centre
11 74 (0.93%) Cloud Native
12 57 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
13 50 (0.63%) PKI
14 47 (0.59%) Cyber Security Posture
15 43 (0.54%) Blog
16 42 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
17 34 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
17 34 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 397 (4.98%) Windows
2 191 (2.40%) Windows Server
3 144 (1.81%) Linux
4 53 (0.67%) Windows 10
5 42 (0.53%) Mac OS
6 29 (0.36%) Android
7 21 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 20 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (0.11%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.075%) CentOS
12 6 (0.075%) VMS
13 4 (0.050%) Unix
14 2 (0.025%) Amazon Linux
15 1 (0.013%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.013%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.013%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,739 (34.38%) AI
2 2,487 (31.21%) Machine Learning
3 2,479 (31.11%) User Experience
4 2,450 (30.75%) Web Development
5 1,473 (18.49%) Mentoring
6 810 (10.17%) Ethical Hacking
7 458 (5.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 431 (5.41%) Incident Response
9 430 (5.40%) Problem-Solving
10 415 (5.21%) Information Security
11 389 (4.88%) Risk Management
12 296 (3.71%) Security Operations
13 292 (3.66%) Cloud Security
14 288 (3.61%) SIEM
15 244 (3.06%) Agile
16 233 (2.92%) Vulnerability Management
17 232 (2.91%) Roadmaps
18 222 (2.79%) Disaster Recovery
19 218 (2.74%) Security Architecture
20 211 (2.65%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 357 (4.48%) Python
2 241 (3.02%) PowerShell
3 163 (2.05%) JavaScript
4 99 (1.24%) SQL
5 76 (0.95%) Bash
6 52 (0.65%) R
7 45 (0.56%) C++
8 36 (0.45%) Java
9 30 (0.38%) C#
10 29 (0.36%) MATLAB
11 24 (0.30%) T-SQL
12 22 (0.28%) TypeScript
13 18 (0.23%) Go
14 17 (0.21%) Rust
15 14 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
16 13 (0.16%) C
17 9 (0.11%) Perl
18 6 (0.075%) PHP
19 3 (0.038%) Shell Script
19 3 (0.038%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 2,858 (35.87%) Degree
2 2,501 (31.39%) Master's Degree
3 2,436 (30.57%) PhD
4 2,435 (30.56%) Postgraduate
5 1,785 (22.40%) Azure Certification
6 1,118 (14.03%) CompTIA Security+
7 984 (12.35%) CompTIA CySA+
8 862 (10.82%) CEH
9 428 (5.37%) Security Cleared
10 382 (4.79%) CISSP
11 299 (3.75%) SC Cleared
12 254 (3.19%) CISM
13 171 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
14 165 (2.07%) AWS Certification
15 130 (1.63%) DV Cleared
16 125 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
17 124 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
18 119 (1.49%) A+ Certification
19 103 (1.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
20 102 (1.28%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 525 (6.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 481 (6.04%) NIST
3 279 (3.50%) GDPR
4 250 (3.14%) GRC
5 243 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 130 (1.63%) PCI DSS
7 120 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 99 (1.24%) NCSC
8 99 (1.24%) QA
9 52 (0.65%) SOC 2
10 43 (0.54%) NIST 800
11 41 (0.51%) SLA
12 37 (0.46%) COBIT
13 36 (0.45%) Accessibility
14 25 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
15 24 (0.30%) Data Quality
15 24 (0.30%) JSP 440
16 18 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 17 (0.21%) HIPAA
18 16 (0.20%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 341 (4.28%) Active Directory
2 84 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 65 (0.82%) Hyper-V
4 51 (0.64%) Docker
5 42 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
6 25 (0.31%) vSphere
7 12 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (0.14%) IAG
8 11 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (0.11%) Firmware
10 8 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (0.075%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.038%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.025%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 1 (0.013%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.013%) KVM
Systems Management
1 160 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 79 (0.99%) Terraform
3 68 (0.85%) Kubernetes
4 34 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
5 33 (0.41%) Ansible
6 27 (0.34%) Grafana
7 19 (0.24%) SCCM
8 16 (0.20%) QRadar
9 15 (0.19%) CASB
10 14 (0.18%) Prometheus
11 11 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 10 (0.13%) CSIRT
12 10 (0.13%) FortiGate
13 9 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 7 (0.088%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (0.088%) RSA Archer
14 7 (0.088%) vCenter Server
14 7 (0.088%) VxRail
15 5 (0.063%) Argo
Vendors
1 2,612 (32.78%) Microsoft
2 1,646 (20.66%) ForeScout
3 123 (1.54%) VMware
4 109 (1.37%) Cisco
5 108 (1.36%) CrowdStrike
6 86 (1.08%) Palo Alto
7 74 (0.93%) Apple
8 64 (0.80%) Fortinet
9 60 (0.75%) Splunk
9 60 (0.75%) Tenable
10 57 (0.72%) Adobe
11 53 (0.67%) Google
12 45 (0.56%) SAP
13 44 (0.55%) Salesforce
13 44 (0.55%) ServiceNow
14 33 (0.41%) Dell
15 28 (0.35%) Siemens
16 26 (0.33%) CyberArk
17 21 (0.26%) Veeam
18 18 (0.23%) Sophos