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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 33 36
Rank change year-on-year +12 +3 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,909 2,681 3,509
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.88% 6.24% 5.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.04% 7.03% 6.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,778 1,577 1,975
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,800 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% -5.83% -4.98%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -6.98%

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 73,454 38,135 55,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.14% 88.76% 81.34%
Number of salaries quoted 52,251 21,803 32,273
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,571 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,040
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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
London +9 1,491 £80,000 +14.29% 2,641
North of England +18 1,223 £52,000 +9.47% 799
South East +13 1,062 £55,000 +10.00% 945
Midlands +16 1,042 £55,000 +23.48% 490
North West +25 611 £58,558 +13.13% 463
South West +8 604 £55,000 +10.00% 448
West Midlands +5 529 £55,000 +10.00% 316
East Midlands +40 513 £56,250 +60.71% 174
Yorkshire +13 465 £45,000 +36.36% 259
East of England +49 463 £45,000 -2.70% 279
North East +13 147 £50,000 -25.93% 93
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
1 236 (3.99%) SharePoint
2 223 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (0.42%) IIS
4 20 (0.34%) Apache
5 9 (0.15%) Confluence
5 9 (0.15%) SAS
6 5 (0.085%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.085%) CMS
6 5 (0.085%) WordPress
7 3 (0.051%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.017%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 86 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 64 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.27%) Simulink
5 8 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.068%) CATIA
8 2 (0.034%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 24 (0.41%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.085%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.085%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.068%) SystmOne
8 3 (0.051%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 3 (0.051%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.051%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.051%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.051%) Infor LN
8 3 (0.051%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.051%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.051%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.034%) Eikon
9 2 (0.034%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.017%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 1,704 (28.84%) Azure
2 812 (13.74%) Microsoft 365
3 473 (8.00%) Entra ID
4 451 (7.63%) AWS
5 189 (3.20%) SaaS
6 149 (2.52%) GCP
7 87 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
7 87 (1.47%) Power Platform
8 84 (1.42%) OneDrive
9 79 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
10 57 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
11 54 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
12 53 (0.90%) Serverless
13 45 (0.76%) Mimecast
14 29 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
14 29 (0.49%) Power Automate
15 27 (0.46%) GitHub
15 27 (0.46%) PaaS
16 26 (0.44%) Google Workspace
16 26 (0.44%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 527 (8.92%) Firewall
2 256 (4.33%) DNS
3 244 (4.13%) Network Security
4 231 (3.91%) VPN
5 180 (3.05%) DHCP
6 177 (3.00%) WAN
7 174 (2.94%) TCP/IP
8 160 (2.71%) Wi-Fi
9 152 (2.57%) LAN
10 130 (2.20%) VLAN
11 97 (1.64%) Internet
12 88 (1.49%) VoIP
13 83 (1.40%) Wireless
14 57 (0.96%) Cisco Nexus
15 47 (0.80%) Unified Communications
16 45 (0.76%) HTTP
17 44 (0.74%) SSL
18 35 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
19 34 (0.58%) Wireshark
20 32 (0.54%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (0.91%) SQL Server
2 51 (0.86%) Power BI
3 14 (0.24%) Big Data
3 14 (0.24%) GIS
3 14 (0.24%) MySQL
4 13 (0.22%) MongoDB
4 13 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (0.17%) Tableau
6 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (0.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.085%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.085%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.085%) Metadata
9 5 (0.085%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.068%) Crystal Reports
10 4 (0.068%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.068%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.051%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 42 (0.71%) JIRA
2 40 (0.68%) Git
3 30 (0.51%) Burp Suite
4 28 (0.47%) Metasploit
5 27 (0.46%) Snyk
6 21 (0.36%) GitLab
7 20 (0.34%) Jenkins
8 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
9 8 (0.14%) Eclipse
10 6 (0.10%) LabVIEW
11 5 (0.085%) Rational DOORS
11 5 (0.085%) VersionOne
12 4 (0.068%) Apache Continuum
12 4 (0.068%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.068%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.068%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.051%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 3 (0.051%) Bitbucket
14 2 (0.034%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.034%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2,020 (34.19%) Social Skills
2 573 (9.70%) Finance
3 450 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
4 366 (6.19%) Public Sector
5 338 (5.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 188 (3.18%) Legal
6 188 (3.18%) Retail
7 183 (3.10%) Law
7 183 (3.10%) Marketing
8 180 (3.05%) Telecoms
9 166 (2.81%) Manufacturing
10 145 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
11 134 (2.27%) Banking
12 120 (2.03%) Aerospace
12 120 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
13 60 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
14 54 (0.91%) Local Government
15 53 (0.90%) Advertising
16 48 (0.81%) Aviation
17 31 (0.52%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 930 (15.74%) Analyst
2 720 (12.18%) Security Analyst
3 690 (11.68%) Senior
4 626 (10.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 528 (8.94%) Consultant
6 466 (7.89%) Junior
7 393 (6.65%) Junior Analyst
8 384 (6.50%) Lead
9 383 (6.48%) Junior Security Analyst
10 376 (6.36%) Ethical Hacker
11 371 (6.28%) Architect
12 320 (5.42%) Security Consultant
12 320 (5.42%) Security Manager
13 312 (5.28%) IT Support
14 274 (4.64%) Security Engineer
15 263 (4.45%) Security Architect
16 254 (4.30%) IT Manager
17 238 (4.03%) IT Engineer
18 227 (3.84%) Cybersecurity Manager
19 207 (3.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (1.35%) Terraform
2 48 (0.81%) SAML
3 46 (0.78%) LDAP
4 42 (0.71%) OAuth
5 36 (0.61%) OpenID
6 35 (0.59%) REST
7 27 (0.46%) .NET
8 21 (0.36%) React
9 20 (0.34%) JSON
10 19 (0.32%) Node.js
11 18 (0.30%) Kafka
12 15 (0.25%) HTML
12 15 (0.25%) RESTful
12 15 (0.25%) SailPoint
12 15 (0.25%) XML
13 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
14 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
15 11 (0.19%) Middleware
16 10 (0.17%) CSS
16 10 (0.17%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 473 (8.00%) Cyberattack
2 359 (6.08%) Security Posture
3 302 (5.11%) Cyber Threat
4 256 (4.33%) Onboarding
5 234 (3.96%) Management Information System
6 183 (3.10%) Driving Licence
7 169 (2.86%) Operational Technology
8 159 (2.69%) Security Operations Centre
9 138 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
10 106 (1.79%) Cyber Defence
11 103 (1.74%) Data Centre
12 99 (1.68%) Cloud Native
13 67 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
14 58 (0.98%) PKI
15 52 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
16 45 (0.76%) Cyber Security Posture
16 45 (0.76%) SCADA
17 41 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
18 36 (0.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
19 35 (0.59%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 612 (10.36%) Windows
2 300 (5.08%) Windows Server
3 229 (3.88%) Linux
4 77 (1.30%) Mac OS
5 38 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
6 37 (0.63%) Windows 10
7 29 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
8 28 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 24 (0.41%) Apple iOS
10 19 (0.32%) Android
11 16 (0.27%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.085%) CentOS
13 5 (0.085%) Unix
14 4 (0.068%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.068%) VMS
15 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
15 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.017%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 775 (13.12%) Mentoring
2 723 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
3 687 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
4 574 (9.71%) AI
5 553 (9.36%) Information Security
6 530 (8.97%) Incident Response
7 526 (8.90%) Risk Management
8 511 (8.65%) Security Operations
9 462 (7.82%) SIEM
10 459 (7.77%) Vulnerability Management
11 433 (7.33%) Stakeholder Management
12 418 (7.07%) Cloud Security
13 383 (6.48%) Disaster Recovery
13 383 (6.48%) Ethical Hacking
14 375 (6.35%) Decision-Making
15 318 (5.38%) Roadmaps
16 308 (5.21%) Service Delivery
17 307 (5.20%) Data Protection
18 291 (4.92%) ITIL
19 281 (4.76%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 314 (5.31%) Python
2 238 (4.03%) PowerShell
3 96 (1.62%) SQL
4 74 (1.25%) C++
5 59 (1.00%) Bash
6 54 (0.91%) JavaScript
7 50 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
8 49 (0.83%) Java
9 37 (0.63%) C#
10 34 (0.58%) Rust
11 28 (0.47%) Go
12 26 (0.44%) C
13 22 (0.37%) TypeScript
14 18 (0.30%) MATLAB
15 17 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
16 15 (0.25%) Embedded C
17 12 (0.20%) Perl
18 6 (0.10%) Shell Script
19 4 (0.068%) Embedded C++
19 4 (0.068%) Swift
Qualifications
1 830 (14.05%) Azure Certification
2 729 (12.34%) Security Cleared
3 532 (9.00%) Degree
4 514 (8.70%) CompTIA Security+
5 498 (8.43%) SC Cleared
6 477 (8.07%) CISSP
7 446 (7.55%) CEH
8 418 (7.07%) CompTIA CySA+
9 312 (5.28%) CISM
10 236 (3.99%) DV Cleared
11 163 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
12 122 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
13 103 (1.74%) CRISC
14 97 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
15 88 (1.49%) Master's Degree
16 87 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 86 (1.46%) CISA
18 81 (1.37%) CREST Certified
19 73 (1.24%) AWS Certification
20 66 (1.12%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 667 (11.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 523 (8.85%) NIST
3 338 (5.72%) Cyber Essentials
4 334 (5.65%) GDPR
5 314 (5.31%) GRC
6 142 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 142 (2.40%) PCI DSS
7 115 (1.95%) NCSC
8 95 (1.61%) QA
9 58 (0.98%) SOC 2
10 49 (0.83%) Accessibility
11 47 (0.80%) NIST 800
11 47 (0.80%) SLA
12 35 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 34 (0.58%) COBIT
13 34 (0.58%) Data Quality
14 33 (0.56%) JSP 440
15 27 (0.46%) ISO 22301
16 23 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 20 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 469 (7.94%) Active Directory
2 164 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 141 (2.39%) Hyper-V
4 64 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
5 51 (0.86%) Docker
6 40 (0.68%) Firmware
7 25 (0.42%) vSphere
8 15 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
10 12 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 11 (0.19%) IAG
11 11 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
12 8 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
13 6 (0.10%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.085%) ClearTrust
15 3 (0.051%) BitLocker
15 3 (0.051%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.034%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.034%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 273 (4.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 76 (1.29%) Kubernetes
3 64 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
4 48 (0.81%) Ansible
5 25 (0.42%) Nmap
6 24 (0.41%) Nessus
7 23 (0.39%) QRadar
8 21 (0.36%) CASB
8 21 (0.36%) FortiGate
8 21 (0.36%) Grafana
8 21 (0.36%) SCCM
9 15 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
10 13 (0.22%) Prometheus
11 9 (0.15%) Functional Safety
11 9 (0.15%) Kibana
12 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
13 7 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
13 7 (0.12%) Graylog
14 6 (0.10%) Progress Chef
14 6 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2,027 (34.30%) Microsoft
2 752 (12.73%) ForeScout
3 222 (3.76%) Cisco
4 212 (3.59%) VMware
5 174 (2.94%) Palo Alto
6 113 (1.91%) Splunk
7 97 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
8 77 (1.30%) Google
8 77 (1.30%) Qualys
9 69 (1.17%) Aruba
9 69 (1.17%) ServiceNow
10 62 (1.05%) Apple
10 62 (1.05%) Salesforce
11 60 (1.02%) Tenable
12 59 (1.00%) Fortinet
13 52 (0.88%) Veeam
14 41 (0.69%) Adobe
15 40 (0.68%) SAP
15 40 (0.68%) SonicWALL
16 39 (0.66%) CyberArk