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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 38 30
Rank change year-on-year +31 -8 +22
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 8,875 2,161 4,493
As % of all permanent jobs in England 12.24% 5.90% 5.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.03% 6.33% 6.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,525 1,513 3,454
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,275 £35,631
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 55,362 34,133 68,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 76.33% 93.17% 86.17%
Number of salaries quoted 34,854 20,495 52,447
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £99,116 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -10.57%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 +38 2,774 £42,000 -20.00% 296
North West +32 1,961 £44,250 -19.55% 147
Midlands +31 1,776 £45,000 -18.92% 166
London +24 1,531 £71,000 -2.07% 426
South East +35 1,424 £47,500 -13.64% 351
West Midlands +25 1,337 £45,000 -28.00% 83
East of England +42 739 £35,000 -26.32% 111
Yorkshire +41 678 £40,000 -11.11% 112
South West +32 576 £57,500 +24.32% 150
East Midlands +42 450 £50,000 +33.33% 82
North East +37 135 £38,750 +4.82% 40
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
1 117 (1.32%) SharePoint
2 75 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.14%) CMS
4 8 (0.090%) Confluence
5 6 (0.068%) nginx
5 6 (0.068%) WordPress
6 5 (0.056%) Apache
6 5 (0.056%) Drupal
7 3 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.034%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.023%) IIS
8 2 (0.023%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.023%) SAS
9 1 (0.011%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 89 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.28%) Simulink
5 18 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 14 (0.16%) Maya
7 8 (0.090%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.056%) CATIA
8 5 (0.056%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.045%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.023%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.023%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 25 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.068%) Shopify
4 5 (0.056%) Cloudability
4 5 (0.056%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.045%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.045%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.045%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.045%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.034%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 3 (0.034%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.034%) Yoast SEO
7 2 (0.023%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.023%) Endur
7 2 (0.023%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.011%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.011%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.011%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.011%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.011%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 4,051 (45.65%) Cloud Computing
2 2,322 (26.16%) Azure
3 547 (6.16%) AWS
4 449 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
5 290 (3.27%) Entra ID
6 182 (2.05%) GitHub
7 103 (1.16%) SaaS
8 91 (1.03%) GCP
9 63 (0.71%) Power Platform
10 56 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
11 53 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
12 40 (0.45%) PaaS
13 38 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
14 35 (0.39%) Google Workspace
15 34 (0.38%) Nutanix
16 28 (0.32%) Mimecast
17 27 (0.30%) AWS CloudFormation
17 27 (0.30%) IaaS
18 21 (0.24%) Dynamics 365
18 21 (0.24%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4,198 (47.30%) Internet
2 317 (3.57%) Firewall
3 152 (1.71%) Network Security
4 119 (1.34%) VPN
5 90 (1.01%) DNS
6 74 (0.83%) DHCP
7 70 (0.79%) WAN
8 69 (0.78%) VLAN
9 64 (0.72%) LAN
10 57 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
11 49 (0.55%) TCP/IP
12 37 (0.42%) Broadband
13 35 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
14 28 (0.32%) VoIP
15 25 (0.28%) Wireless
16 23 (0.26%) CHAP
17 20 (0.23%) SD-WAN
18 16 (0.18%) Unified Communications
19 15 (0.17%) DMZ
20 12 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (0.38%) Power BI
2 23 (0.26%) Big Data
2 23 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
2 23 (0.26%) SQL Server
3 20 (0.23%) Neo4j
3 20 (0.23%) Tableau
4 15 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (0.090%) MySQL
7 7 (0.079%) Metadata
7 7 (0.079%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.056%) MariaDB
8 5 (0.056%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.045%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.045%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.045%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.045%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.023%) Apache Hive
10 2 (0.023%) ClickHouse
10 2 (0.023%) Impala
Development Applications
1 183 (2.06%) Git
2 30 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
3 26 (0.29%) JIRA
4 25 (0.28%) GitLab
5 14 (0.16%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.14%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.090%) JMeter
7 8 (0.090%) Locust
8 6 (0.068%) Snyk
9 5 (0.056%) Apache Continuum
9 5 (0.056%) Burp Suite
9 5 (0.056%) Metasploit
10 4 (0.045%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.045%) MLflow
11 3 (0.034%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.011%) GDB
12 1 (0.011%) VersionOne
12 1 (0.011%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.011%) WinDbg
12 1 (0.011%) Yeoman
General
1 6,291 (70.88%) Social Skills
2 4,225 (47.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,167 (46.95%) Banking
4 519 (5.85%) Finance
5 333 (3.75%) Multimedia
6 319 (3.59%) Analytical Skills
7 201 (2.26%) Public Sector
8 157 (1.77%) Marketing
9 149 (1.68%) Legal
10 144 (1.62%) Law
11 127 (1.43%) Retail
12 126 (1.42%) Telecoms
13 119 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
14 88 (0.99%) Manufacturing
15 67 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
16 48 (0.54%) Local Government
17 47 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
17 47 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
18 43 (0.48%) Electronics
19 36 (0.41%) Games
Job Titles
1 3,145 (35.44%) Lecturer
2 1,141 (12.86%) Analyst
3 1,013 (11.41%) Security Analyst
4 946 (10.66%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 876 (9.87%) Junior
6 849 (9.57%) Junior Analyst
7 848 (9.55%) Junior Security Analyst
8 564 (6.35%) Ethical Hacker
9 395 (4.45%) Senior
10 338 (3.81%) Trainee
11 259 (2.92%) Consultant
12 248 (2.79%) Architect
13 230 (2.59%) Lead
14 212 (2.39%) IT Support
15 171 (1.93%) Security Manager
16 162 (1.83%) Security Consultant
17 160 (1.80%) Security Engineer
18 158 (1.78%) Security Architect
19 153 (1.72%) IT Manager
20 150 (1.69%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (2.15%) HTML
2 190 (2.14%) CSS
3 44 (0.50%) REST
4 38 (0.43%) OAuth
5 37 (0.42%) React
5 37 (0.42%) SAML
6 35 (0.39%) OpenID
7 34 (0.38%) LDAP
8 28 (0.32%) SOAP
9 26 (0.29%) GraphQL
10 20 (0.23%) AngularJS
11 17 (0.19%) MERN Stack
11 17 (0.19%) SAP CAF
12 14 (0.16%) SailPoint
13 11 (0.12%) Node.js
14 10 (0.11%) Tailwind CSS
15 9 (0.10%) FastAPI
15 9 (0.10%) Kafka
15 9 (0.10%) Middleware
15 9 (0.10%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4,067 (45.83%) IoT
2 636 (7.17%) Cyberattack
3 214 (2.41%) Security Posture
4 182 (2.05%) Management Information System
5 111 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
6 110 (1.24%) Onboarding
7 109 (1.23%) Driving Licence
8 86 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
9 79 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
10 66 (0.74%) Data Centre
11 65 (0.73%) Cyber Defence
12 63 (0.71%) Cloud Native
12 63 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
13 62 (0.70%) Operational Technology
14 55 (0.62%) Blog
15 46 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
16 39 (0.44%) PKI
17 37 (0.42%) Cyber Security Posture
18 33 (0.37%) Public Cloud
19 28 (0.32%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 381 (4.29%) Windows
2 174 (1.96%) Windows Server
3 142 (1.60%) Linux
4 66 (0.74%) Windows 10
5 43 (0.48%) Mac OS
6 25 (0.28%) Android
7 19 (0.21%) Apple iOS
8 15 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.11%) Unix
10 7 (0.079%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.068%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (0.068%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.045%) VMS
13 3 (0.034%) CentOS
13 3 (0.034%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.011%) Debian
14 1 (0.011%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.011%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.011%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.011%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,253 (47.92%) AI
2 4,054 (45.68%) Machine Learning
3 4,051 (45.65%) User Experience
4 4,036 (45.48%) Web Development
5 1,442 (16.25%) Mentoring
6 730 (8.23%) Ethical Hacking
7 437 (4.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 416 (4.69%) Problem-Solving
9 365 (4.11%) Information Security
10 362 (4.08%) Risk Management
11 354 (3.99%) Incident Response
12 270 (3.04%) Agile
13 238 (2.68%) SIEM
14 233 (2.63%) Cloud Security
15 201 (2.26%) ITIL
16 195 (2.20%) Roadmaps
16 195 (2.20%) Security Operations
17 193 (2.17%) Data Protection
18 188 (2.12%) Line Management
19 187 (2.11%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 399 (4.50%) Python
2 236 (2.66%) JavaScript
3 201 (2.26%) PowerShell
4 108 (1.22%) SQL
5 91 (1.03%) R
6 66 (0.74%) Bash
7 43 (0.48%) Java
8 34 (0.38%) C++
9 33 (0.37%) TypeScript
10 27 (0.30%) MATLAB
11 25 (0.28%) T-SQL
12 23 (0.26%) C
13 22 (0.25%) C#
14 9 (0.10%) Go
14 9 (0.10%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (0.090%) Rust
16 6 (0.068%) PHP
17 4 (0.045%) Kotlin
18 3 (0.034%) Bicep
18 3 (0.034%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 4,424 (49.85%) Degree
2 4,067 (45.83%) Master's Degree
3 4,007 (45.15%) PhD
4 4,006 (45.14%) Postgraduate
5 1,619 (18.24%) Azure Certification
6 1,065 (12.00%) CompTIA Security+
7 890 (10.03%) CompTIA CySA+
8 775 (8.73%) CEH
9 364 (4.10%) CISSP
10 334 (3.76%) Security Cleared
11 242 (2.73%) CISM
11 242 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
12 224 (2.52%) AWS Certification
13 222 (2.50%) SC Cleared
14 182 (2.05%) Network+ Certification
15 178 (2.01%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 170 (1.92%) A+ Certification
17 111 (1.25%) DV Cleared
18 105 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
19 104 (1.17%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 508 (5.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 467 (5.26%) NIST
3 284 (3.20%) GDPR
4 233 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 194 (2.19%) GRC
6 122 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 118 (1.33%) PCI DSS
8 103 (1.16%) NCSC
9 79 (0.89%) QA
10 48 (0.54%) SOC 2
11 43 (0.48%) COBIT
12 38 (0.43%) NIST 800
12 38 (0.43%) SLA
13 36 (0.41%) Accessibility
14 24 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 23 (0.26%) Data Quality
16 22 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
17 21 (0.24%) JSP 440
18 18 (0.20%) SOC 3
19 17 (0.19%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 311 (3.50%) Active Directory
2 72 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (0.68%) Hyper-V
4 58 (0.65%) Docker
5 33 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (0.26%) vSphere
7 10 (0.11%) Firmware
7 10 (0.11%) IAG
8 8 (0.090%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.090%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.068%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.068%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.034%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 3 (0.034%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.023%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.023%) GPFS
11 2 (0.023%) Lustre
12 1 (0.011%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.011%) iptables
12 1 (0.011%) KVM
Systems Management
1 161 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 72 (0.81%) Terraform
3 64 (0.72%) Kubernetes
4 38 (0.43%) Ansible
5 27 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
6 22 (0.25%) Grafana
7 16 (0.18%) CASB
8 14 (0.16%) SCCM
9 13 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
10 10 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (0.11%) CSIRT
10 10 (0.11%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.079%) FTK
11 7 (0.079%) Nessus
11 7 (0.079%) Prometheus
11 7 (0.079%) QRadar
11 7 (0.079%) RSA Archer
11 7 (0.079%) vCenter Server
11 7 (0.079%) VxRail
12 6 (0.068%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 2,331 (26.26%) Microsoft
2 1,411 (15.90%) ForeScout
3 119 (1.34%) VMware
4 96 (1.08%) Cisco
5 80 (0.90%) CrowdStrike
6 69 (0.78%) Palo Alto
7 67 (0.75%) Fortinet
8 63 (0.71%) Apple
9 46 (0.52%) Google
9 46 (0.52%) SAP
10 45 (0.51%) Splunk
11 38 (0.43%) Tenable
12 37 (0.42%) Salesforce
13 36 (0.41%) ServiceNow
14 34 (0.38%) Adobe
15 32 (0.36%) Dell
16 31 (0.35%) Siemens
17 27 (0.30%) CyberArk
18 26 (0.29%) Oracle
19 18 (0.20%) Commvault