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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 36 38
Rank change year-on-year +30 +2 +16
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 7,085 2,832 2,652
As % of all permanent jobs in England 13.63% 5.69% 5.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.56% 6.31% 6.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,030 1,442 2,078
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,716 £36,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £74,000 £80,000 £80,688
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £63,200 £62,500
% change year-on-year -20.89% +1.12% -3.85%

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 42,784 44,895 41,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.28% 90.18% 91.26%
Number of salaries quoted 25,500 22,481 31,965
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 31 December 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 31 December 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
North of England +38 2,233 £30,500 -44.55% 292
North West +32 1,768 £42,500 -22.58% 166
Midlands +28 1,442 £45,000 -21.74% 151
London +18 1,304 £67,500 -7.53% 537
West Midlands +18 1,195 £50,000 -16.67% 94
South East +30 1,081 £48,000 -16.52% 286
East of England +47 566 £35,000 -28.21% 111
South West +40 414 £50,000 -25.93% 130
Yorkshire +37 394 £30,500 -47.55% 102
East Midlands +31 256 £37,500 -21.36% 57
North East +38 71 £30,500 -34.01% 33
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 (1.71%) SharePoint
2 66 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.23%) Confluence
3 16 (0.23%) IIS
4 11 (0.16%) CMS
4 11 (0.16%) WordPress
5 6 (0.085%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.085%) nginx
6 5 (0.071%) Apache
6 5 (0.071%) Drupal
6 5 (0.071%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.056%) FactoryTalk
7 4 (0.056%) WinCC
8 3 (0.042%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.042%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.042%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.028%) ArchestrA
9 2 (0.028%) SAS
10 1 (0.014%) FileNet
Applications
1 107 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (0.88%) Maya
3 61 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 28 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (0.37%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.13%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.099%) AutoCAD
7 7 (0.099%) Simulink
8 3 (0.042%) CATIA
8 3 (0.042%) CINEMA 4D
8 3 (0.042%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.042%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.014%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 33 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (0.25%) SAP IBP
4 11 (0.16%) SAP CO
4 11 (0.16%) SAP FI
4 11 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
4 11 (0.16%) SAP FSCM
5 10 (0.14%) SAP IS-U
6 9 (0.13%) SAP FS
7 7 (0.099%) Shopify
8 6 (0.085%) Exchequer
9 5 (0.071%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.056%) Endur
10 4 (0.056%) NEC Housing
10 4 (0.056%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.042%) Oracle ERP
11 3 (0.042%) SAP CX
11 3 (0.042%) SAP GRC
11 3 (0.042%) Teamcenter
11 3 (0.042%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 4,065 (57.37%) Cloud Computing
2 1,074 (15.16%) Azure
3 514 (7.25%) AWS
4 403 (5.69%) Microsoft 365
5 208 (2.94%) GitHub
6 180 (2.54%) Entra ID
7 93 (1.31%) SaaS
8 91 (1.28%) Power Platform
9 72 (1.02%) GCP
10 61 (0.86%) PaaS
11 46 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
12 45 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
13 44 (0.62%) IaaS
14 34 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
15 29 (0.41%) OneDrive
16 24 (0.34%) Nutanix
17 22 (0.31%) Power Automate
18 21 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
18 21 (0.30%) Serverless
19 20 (0.28%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4,217 (59.52%) Internet
2 251 (3.54%) Firewall
3 135 (1.91%) Network Security
4 133 (1.88%) VPN
5 110 (1.55%) TCP/IP
6 107 (1.51%) DNS
7 88 (1.24%) DHCP
8 80 (1.13%) WAN
9 71 (1.00%) LAN
9 71 (1.00%) VoIP
10 58 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
11 57 (0.80%) VLAN
12 34 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
13 31 (0.44%) SD-WAN
13 31 (0.44%) Wireless
14 23 (0.32%) Modbus
15 21 (0.30%) SAN
16 16 (0.23%) DMZ
17 15 (0.21%) NAS
18 14 (0.20%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (0.89%) SQL Server
2 61 (0.86%) Power BI
3 43 (0.61%) Tableau
4 35 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (0.32%) Big Data
6 21 (0.30%) Relational Database
7 20 (0.28%) SAP BW
8 19 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
9 17 (0.24%) Data Lake
10 16 (0.23%) Metadata
11 13 (0.18%) Neo4j
12 11 (0.16%) Oracle Database
13 9 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (0.13%) NoSQL
14 8 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (0.085%) MS Access
16 5 (0.071%) Azure SQL Database
16 5 (0.071%) MariaDB
17 4 (0.056%) MySQL
17 4 (0.056%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 211 (2.98%) Git
2 32 (0.45%) JIRA
3 15 (0.21%) Jenkins
3 15 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
4 11 (0.16%) GitLab
5 7 (0.099%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.056%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.056%) JMeter
6 4 (0.056%) Locust
6 4 (0.056%) Toad
7 3 (0.042%) Apache Continuum
7 3 (0.042%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.042%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.042%) MLflow
7 3 (0.042%) Snyk
8 1 (0.014%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.014%) Bitbucket
General
1 5,201 (73.41%) Social Skills
2 4,177 (58.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,162 (58.74%) Banking
4 549 (7.75%) Finance
5 388 (5.48%) Analytical Skills
6 322 (4.54%) Multimedia
7 209 (2.95%) Marketing
8 201 (2.84%) Public Sector
9 186 (2.63%) Telecoms
10 180 (2.54%) Law
11 155 (2.19%) Legal
12 119 (1.68%) Manufacturing
13 115 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
14 94 (1.33%) Games
15 90 (1.27%) Retail
16 80 (1.13%) Electronics
17 68 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
18 62 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
19 46 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
20 35 (0.49%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 3,132 (44.21%) Lecturer
2 478 (6.75%) Analyst
3 344 (4.86%) Senior
4 340 (4.80%) Security Analyst
5 322 (4.54%) Trainee
6 296 (4.18%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 266 (3.75%) Junior
8 239 (3.37%) Junior Analyst
9 236 (3.33%) Junior Security Analyst
10 219 (3.09%) Consultant
11 210 (2.96%) Lead
12 194 (2.74%) Architect
13 187 (2.64%) IT Support
14 165 (2.33%) Support Engineer
15 142 (2.00%) Security Consultant
16 135 (1.91%) IT Manager
17 134 (1.89%) Developer
18 125 (1.76%) Security Engineer
19 110 (1.55%) Security Manager
20 107 (1.51%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 222 (3.13%) HTML
2 216 (3.05%) CSS
3 34 (0.48%) React
4 25 (0.35%) AngularJS
4 25 (0.35%) SAP CAF
5 21 (0.30%) YAML
6 20 (0.28%) REST
7 15 (0.21%) OAuth
8 14 (0.20%) .NET
8 14 (0.20%) SAML
9 13 (0.18%) MERN Stack
9 13 (0.18%) Middleware
9 13 (0.18%) Pandas
10 12 (0.17%) OpenID
10 12 (0.17%) PyTorch
10 12 (0.17%) TensorFlow
11 10 (0.14%) EDI
12 9 (0.13%) LDAP
12 9 (0.13%) Web Services
12 9 (0.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4,071 (57.46%) IoT
2 187 (2.64%) Management Information System
3 163 (2.30%) Security Posture
4 152 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
5 113 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
6 111 (1.57%) Onboarding
7 108 (1.52%) Driving Licence
8 96 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
9 80 (1.13%) Data Centre
10 68 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
11 67 (0.95%) Cloud Native
12 63 (0.89%) Operational Technology
13 56 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
14 45 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
15 40 (0.56%) Public Cloud
16 39 (0.55%) Cyber Defence
17 32 (0.45%) Blockchain
17 32 (0.45%) CCTV
17 32 (0.45%) Cyberattack
18 29 (0.41%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 380 (5.36%) Windows
2 157 (2.22%) Windows Server
3 143 (2.02%) Linux
4 70 (0.99%) Windows 10
5 67 (0.95%) Mac OS
6 23 (0.32%) Android
7 22 (0.31%) Apple iOS
8 21 (0.30%) Unix
9 9 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.099%) Debian
11 7 (0.099%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (0.085%) VMS
13 5 (0.071%) Mac OS X
14 3 (0.042%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.028%) Windows 7
15 2 (0.028%) Windows Server 2012
16 1 (0.014%) Kali Linux
16 1 (0.014%) OpenWrt
16 1 (0.014%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,271 (60.28%) AI
2 4,067 (57.40%) Machine Learning
3 4,038 (56.99%) User Experience
4 4,033 (56.92%) Web Development
5 794 (11.21%) Mentoring
6 508 (7.17%) Problem-Solving
7 373 (5.26%) Risk Management
8 335 (4.73%) Information Security
9 310 (4.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 309 (4.36%) Incident Response
11 262 (3.70%) Agile
12 239 (3.37%) ITIL
13 207 (2.92%) Analytics
13 207 (2.92%) Project Management
14 188 (2.65%) Vulnerability Management
15 187 (2.64%) Roadmaps
15 187 (2.64%) SIEM
16 186 (2.63%) Data Protection
17 181 (2.55%) Decision-Making
18 175 (2.47%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 358 (5.05%) Python
2 247 (3.49%) JavaScript
3 147 (2.07%) PowerShell
4 117 (1.65%) SQL
5 107 (1.51%) R
6 37 (0.52%) Bash
7 26 (0.37%) Java
8 22 (0.31%) C#
9 17 (0.24%) TypeScript
10 16 (0.23%) Bicep
10 16 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
11 14 (0.20%) C
11 14 (0.20%) C++
11 14 (0.20%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.099%) MATLAB
13 6 (0.085%) Go
13 6 (0.085%) Perl
14 5 (0.071%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.056%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.056%) VB
Qualifications
1 4,525 (63.87%) Degree
2 4,092 (57.76%) Master's Degree
3 4,012 (56.63%) PhD
4 4,005 (56.53%) Postgraduate
5 477 (6.73%) Azure Certification
6 433 (6.11%) CompTIA Security+
7 364 (5.14%) CISSP
8 280 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 279 (3.94%) Security Cleared
10 258 (3.64%) CISM
11 255 (3.60%) AWS Certification
12 251 (3.54%) CompTIA CySA+
13 204 (2.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 196 (2.77%) CEH
15 190 (2.68%) SC Cleared
16 139 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
17 134 (1.89%) A+ Certification
18 109 (1.54%) CISA
19 87 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
20 85 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 468 (6.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 421 (5.94%) NIST
3 234 (3.30%) GDPR
4 215 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 173 (2.44%) GRC
6 99 (1.40%) NCSC
7 98 (1.38%) PCI DSS
8 91 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 64 (0.90%) QA
10 53 (0.75%) SLA
11 49 (0.69%) NIST 800
12 42 (0.59%) COBIT
12 42 (0.59%) SOC 2
13 33 (0.47%) JSP 440
14 24 (0.34%) Data Quality
15 21 (0.30%) RMADS
16 19 (0.27%) ISO 9001
16 19 (0.27%) PMO
16 19 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 17 (0.24%) Accessibility
System Software
1 252 (3.56%) Active Directory
2 85 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (0.86%) Hyper-V
4 44 (0.62%) Docker
5 37 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.20%) vSphere
7 7 (0.099%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.085%) BitLocker
8 6 (0.085%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (0.085%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.071%) Firmware
9 5 (0.071%) Kamailio
10 3 (0.042%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.028%) GPFS
11 2 (0.028%) Lustre
11 2 (0.028%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.028%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.014%) iptables
12 1 (0.014%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.014%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 160 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (0.62%) Terraform
3 39 (0.55%) Kubernetes
4 30 (0.42%) Ansible
5 24 (0.34%) SCCM
6 18 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
8 16 (0.23%) RSA Archer
9 15 (0.21%) Nessus
10 14 (0.20%) CASB
11 13 (0.18%) CSIRT
12 10 (0.14%) PaperCut
12 10 (0.14%) QRadar
13 8 (0.11%) Nagios
14 7 (0.099%) FortiGate
15 6 (0.085%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 6 (0.085%) Grafana
15 6 (0.085%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
16 5 (0.071%) MaaS360
17 4 (0.056%) Autotask
Vendors
1 1,159 (16.36%) Microsoft
2 235 (3.32%) ForeScout
3 133 (1.88%) SAP
4 123 (1.74%) VMware
5 89 (1.26%) Palo Alto
6 88 (1.24%) Cisco
7 76 (1.07%) Apple
8 68 (0.96%) Oracle
9 66 (0.93%) Adobe
9 66 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
10 61 (0.86%) Fortinet
11 51 (0.72%) Salesforce
12 37 (0.52%) ServiceNow
13 28 (0.40%) Google
14 25 (0.35%) Splunk
15 24 (0.34%) Dell
16 21 (0.30%) Tenable
17 20 (0.28%) Qualys
18 19 (0.27%) MuleSoft
18 19 (0.27%) PayPal