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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 33 39
Rank change year-on-year +13 +6 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 6,021 2,778 3,594
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.42% 6.34% 4.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.70% 7.09% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,559 1,691 2,458
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -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 69,222 39,170 58,822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.76% 89.42% 81.39%
Number of salaries quoted 48,821 22,704 38,917
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,519 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 +13 1,446 £75,000 +5.63% 1,712
North of England +18 1,346 £50,000 +3.09% 598
South East +11 1,092 £55,000 +10.00% 642
Midlands +19 1,035 £55,000 +15.79% 326
North West +29 648 £56,000 +1.82% 317
South West +8 598 £55,000 +15.35% 342
Yorkshire +16 535 £42,500 +28.79% 216
West Midlands +7 518 £57,500 +9.52% 185
East Midlands +35 516 £55,000 +57.14% 141
East of England +51 482 £45,000 -5.26% 196
North East +20 163 £50,000 -26.95% 70
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
1 191 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 190 (3.16%) SharePoint
3 19 (0.32%) Apache
4 17 (0.28%) IIS
5 10 (0.17%) CMS
6 9 (0.15%) Confluence
6 9 (0.15%) SAS
7 5 (0.083%) WordPress
8 4 (0.066%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.050%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.033%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 84 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.20%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.100%) CATIA
7 4 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.033%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
9 1 (0.017%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 14 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.100%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.083%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.083%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.083%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.050%) SystmOne
8 2 (0.033%) Infor CloudSuite
8 2 (0.033%) Infor LN
8 2 (0.033%) Infor M3
8 2 (0.033%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.033%) Shopify
8 2 (0.033%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2,149 (35.69%) Azure
2 725 (12.04%) Microsoft 365
3 470 (7.81%) AWS
4 388 (6.44%) Entra ID
5 185 (3.07%) SaaS
6 152 (2.52%) GCP
7 81 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
8 71 (1.18%) Power Platform
9 65 (1.08%) OneDrive
10 62 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
11 47 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
12 44 (0.73%) Serverless
13 41 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
14 39 (0.65%) Mimecast
15 32 (0.53%) GitHub
16 26 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
17 25 (0.42%) PaaS
18 24 (0.40%) Google Workspace
19 23 (0.38%) IaaS
20 21 (0.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 475 (7.89%) Firewall
2 234 (3.89%) Network Security
3 196 (3.26%) DNS
4 193 (3.21%) VPN
5 153 (2.54%) WAN
6 146 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
7 134 (2.23%) LAN
8 130 (2.16%) DHCP
9 123 (2.04%) TCP/IP
10 106 (1.76%) VLAN
11 88 (1.46%) Internet
12 69 (1.15%) VoIP
13 57 (0.95%) Wireless
14 44 (0.73%) Unified Communications
15 41 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
15 41 (0.68%) HTTP
16 35 (0.58%) SSL
17 32 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
18 28 (0.47%) SD-WAN
19 26 (0.43%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (0.78%) Power BI
2 41 (0.68%) SQL Server
3 14 (0.23%) MongoDB
4 13 (0.22%) Big Data
4 13 (0.22%) MySQL
4 13 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (0.17%) GIS
5 10 (0.17%) Tableau
6 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (0.100%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.100%) Metadata
7 6 (0.100%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.100%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.083%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.066%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.050%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.050%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.050%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 43 (0.71%) JIRA
2 41 (0.68%) Git
3 28 (0.47%) GitLab
4 27 (0.45%) Snyk
5 23 (0.38%) Burp Suite
6 22 (0.37%) Metasploit
7 16 (0.27%) Jenkins
8 14 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
9 9 (0.15%) Yeoman
10 6 (0.100%) Apache Continuum
11 5 (0.083%) JMeter
11 5 (0.083%) VersionOne
12 4 (0.066%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.066%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.066%) Locust
12 4 (0.066%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.066%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.050%) Bitbucket
14 2 (0.033%) Claude Code
14 2 (0.033%) Eclipse
General
1 2,342 (38.90%) Social Skills
2 545 (9.05%) Finance
3 437 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
4 330 (5.48%) Public Sector
5 319 (5.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 176 (2.92%) Law
7 172 (2.86%) Marketing
8 166 (2.76%) Retail
9 164 (2.72%) Legal
10 162 (2.69%) Telecoms
11 138 (2.29%) Manufacturing
12 121 (2.01%) Banking
12 121 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
13 102 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
14 93 (1.54%) Aerospace
15 58 (0.96%) Local Government
16 57 (0.95%) Advertising
17 46 (0.76%) Multimedia
18 41 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
19 33 (0.55%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1,145 (19.02%) Analyst
2 962 (15.98%) Security Analyst
3 863 (14.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 691 (11.48%) Junior
5 632 (10.50%) Senior
6 625 (10.38%) Junior Analyst
7 615 (10.21%) Junior Security Analyst
8 611 (10.15%) Ethical Hacker
9 467 (7.76%) Consultant
10 367 (6.10%) Architect
11 339 (5.63%) Lead
12 302 (5.02%) Security Consultant
13 284 (4.72%) Security Manager
14 275 (4.57%) IT Support
15 251 (4.17%) IT Manager
16 250 (4.15%) Security Architect
17 230 (3.82%) Security Engineer
18 205 (3.40%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 192 (3.19%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 190 (3.16%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (0.86%) SAML
2 46 (0.76%) OAuth
3 45 (0.75%) LDAP
4 40 (0.66%) OpenID
5 37 (0.61%) REST
6 30 (0.50%) HTML
7 23 (0.38%) CSS
8 22 (0.37%) React
9 20 (0.33%) Kafka
10 19 (0.32%) JSON
11 18 (0.30%) .NET
12 17 (0.28%) Node.js
12 17 (0.28%) SailPoint
13 15 (0.25%) RESTful
13 15 (0.25%) XML
14 13 (0.22%) FastAPI
14 13 (0.22%) XMPP
15 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
15 12 (0.20%) Middleware
16 10 (0.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 711 (11.81%) Cyberattack
2 343 (5.70%) Security Posture
3 250 (4.15%) Cyber Threat
4 234 (3.89%) Onboarding
5 227 (3.77%) Management Information System
6 166 (2.76%) Driving Licence
7 160 (2.66%) Security Operations Centre
8 139 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
9 116 (1.93%) Operational Technology
10 101 (1.68%) Cyber Defence
11 96 (1.59%) Cloud Native
12 85 (1.41%) Data Centre
13 61 (1.01%) PKI
14 58 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
15 46 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
16 43 (0.71%) Cyber Security Posture
17 39 (0.65%) CSOC
18 35 (0.58%) Blog
19 32 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
20 28 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 562 (9.33%) Windows
2 272 (4.52%) Windows Server
3 205 (3.40%) Linux
4 70 (1.16%) Mac OS
5 30 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (0.47%) Windows 10
7 26 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 25 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
9 24 (0.40%) Android
9 24 (0.40%) Apple iOS
10 15 (0.25%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.100%) CentOS
12 4 (0.066%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.050%) VMS
14 2 (0.033%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.033%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.033%) FreeRTOS
14 2 (0.033%) Kali Linux
14 2 (0.033%) Unix
15 1 (0.017%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,049 (17.42%) Mentoring
2 660 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
3 653 (10.85%) Ethical Hacking
4 633 (10.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 527 (8.75%) Information Security
6 510 (8.47%) Incident Response
7 487 (8.09%) Risk Management
8 455 (7.56%) AI
8 455 (7.56%) Security Operations
9 434 (7.21%) SIEM
10 411 (6.83%) Cloud Security
11 405 (6.73%) Vulnerability Management
12 345 (5.73%) Disaster Recovery
13 343 (5.70%) Decision-Making
14 330 (5.48%) Stakeholder Management
15 294 (4.88%) Roadmaps
16 276 (4.58%) Service Delivery
17 274 (4.55%) Agile
18 261 (4.33%) Data Protection
19 258 (4.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 308 (5.12%) Python
2 237 (3.94%) PowerShell
3 91 (1.51%) SQL
4 71 (1.18%) C++
5 70 (1.16%) JavaScript
6 59 (0.98%) Bash
7 43 (0.71%) Java
8 41 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
9 32 (0.53%) Rust
10 29 (0.48%) C#
11 22 (0.37%) Go
12 21 (0.35%) TypeScript
13 17 (0.28%) C
14 16 (0.27%) MATLAB
14 16 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
15 11 (0.18%) Perl
16 6 (0.100%) Embedded C
17 5 (0.083%) PHP
17 5 (0.083%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.066%) Ada
Qualifications
1 1,296 (21.52%) Azure Certification
2 781 (12.97%) CompTIA Security+
3 710 (11.79%) CEH
4 651 (10.81%) CompTIA CySA+
5 643 (10.68%) Security Cleared
6 487 (8.09%) Degree
7 453 (7.52%) CISSP
8 444 (7.37%) SC Cleared
9 289 (4.80%) CISM
10 207 (3.44%) DV Cleared
11 160 (2.66%) Cisco Certification
12 106 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
13 97 (1.61%) CRISC
14 92 (1.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 88 (1.46%) CISA
16 79 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
17 77 (1.28%) AWS Certification
18 73 (1.21%) CREST Certified
19 71 (1.18%) Master's Degree
20 67 (1.11%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 631 (10.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 514 (8.54%) NIST
3 321 (5.33%) GDPR
4 293 (4.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 276 (4.58%) GRC
6 146 (2.42%) PCI DSS
7 137 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 106 (1.76%) QA
9 87 (1.44%) NCSC
10 62 (1.03%) SOC 2
11 42 (0.70%) Accessibility
11 42 (0.70%) NIST 800
12 40 (0.66%) SLA
13 36 (0.60%) COBIT
13 36 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 34 (0.56%) JSP 440
15 31 (0.51%) Data Quality
16 22 (0.37%) ISO 22301
17 21 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
17 21 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 431 (7.16%) Active Directory
2 146 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 118 (1.96%) Hyper-V
4 54 (0.90%) Docker
5 51 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
6 30 (0.50%) Firmware
7 25 (0.42%) vSphere
8 15 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
9 14 (0.23%) IAG
9 14 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 10 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
11 7 (0.12%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.083%) ClearTrust
13 4 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
14 3 (0.050%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.033%) Embedded Firmware
15 2 (0.033%) ProxySG
16 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
16 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 230 (3.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 85 (1.41%) Terraform
3 76 (1.26%) Kubernetes
4 46 (0.76%) Ansible
4 46 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
5 29 (0.48%) Grafana
6 20 (0.33%) QRadar
7 19 (0.32%) FortiGate
7 19 (0.32%) Nmap
8 17 (0.28%) Nessus
8 17 (0.28%) SCCM
9 16 (0.27%) CASB
10 15 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
10 15 (0.25%) Prometheus
11 10 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (0.15%) Kibana
13 8 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
14 6 (0.100%) CSIRT
14 6 (0.100%) Functional Safety
14 6 (0.100%) Graylog
Vendors
1 2,405 (39.94%) Microsoft
2 1,222 (20.30%) ForeScout
3 190 (3.16%) Cisco
3 190 (3.16%) VMware
4 160 (2.66%) Palo Alto
5 109 (1.81%) Splunk
6 99 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
7 73 (1.21%) Google
8 69 (1.15%) Qualys
9 64 (1.06%) Apple
9 64 (1.06%) Fortinet
9 64 (1.06%) ServiceNow
10 60 (1.00%) Aruba
11 56 (0.93%) Salesforce
12 55 (0.91%) Tenable
13 41 (0.68%) SAP
14 38 (0.63%) Adobe
14 38 (0.63%) Veeam
15 37 (0.61%) CyberArk
16 29 (0.48%) Dell