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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 35 31
Rank change year-on-year +28 -4 +24
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 8,046 2,415 4,752
As % of all permanent jobs in England 9.67% 6.33% 5.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.07% 6.79% 6.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,955 1,447 3,502
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,814 £35,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -1.68% -8.46%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,400 £59,500
% change year-on-year +1.01% -0.17% -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 61,552 35,586 72,734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.01% 93.32% 83.95%
Number of salaries quoted 40,904 19,071 54,305
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £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 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -9.84%

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 28 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 28 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 +31 2,345 £50,000 -4.76% 402
Midlands +34 1,923 £55,000 +6.50% 197
North West +43 1,512 £55,000 -1.35% 226
London +15 1,445 £71,000 -5.33% 605
West Midlands +21 1,429 £52,500 -7.49% 108
South East +29 1,149 £50,000 -8.26% 429
Yorkshire +14 683 £47,500 +29.25% 133
South West +24 590 £60,000 +34.56% 212
East of England +63 541 £40,000 -15.79% 121
East Midlands +52 505 £55,000 +74.60% 89
North East +29 150 £45,000 -30.77% 43
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
1 138 (1.72%) SharePoint
2 113 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.12%) Apache
3 10 (0.12%) CMS
4 5 (0.062%) SAS
4 5 (0.062%) WordPress
5 4 (0.050%) IIS
6 3 (0.037%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.025%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.025%) Confluence
8 1 (0.012%) Drupal
8 1 (0.012%) nginx
8 1 (0.012%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 81 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (0.29%) Simulink
5 7 (0.087%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.075%) CATIA
7 5 (0.062%) Maya
8 4 (0.050%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.037%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.037%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.025%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.012%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 25 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (0.30%) Cloudability
3 16 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.062%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.050%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.037%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.037%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.037%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.025%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.025%) Shopify
9 1 (0.012%) Maximo
9 1 (0.012%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.012%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.012%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2,514 (31.25%) Azure
2 2,470 (30.70%) Cloud Computing
3 550 (6.84%) Microsoft 365
4 500 (6.21%) AWS
5 325 (4.04%) Entra ID
6 134 (1.67%) GCP
7 124 (1.54%) SaaS
8 107 (1.33%) GitHub
9 70 (0.87%) Microsoft Purview
9 70 (0.87%) Power Platform
10 67 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
11 43 (0.53%) Serverless
12 40 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
13 38 (0.47%) Google Workspace
14 37 (0.46%) OneDrive
15 31 (0.39%) Mimecast
16 29 (0.36%) PaaS
17 28 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
18 27 (0.34%) Nutanix
19 26 (0.32%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2,560 (31.82%) Internet
2 373 (4.64%) Firewall
3 174 (2.16%) Network Security
4 154 (1.91%) VPN
5 127 (1.58%) DNS
6 94 (1.17%) WAN
7 89 (1.11%) DHCP
8 83 (1.03%) LAN
9 77 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
10 70 (0.87%) TCP/IP
10 70 (0.87%) VLAN
11 47 (0.58%) Broadband
12 44 (0.55%) VoIP
13 33 (0.41%) Unified Communications
14 29 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
15 26 (0.32%) Wireless
16 22 (0.27%) HTTP
16 22 (0.27%) SSL
17 20 (0.25%) CHAP
18 18 (0.22%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (0.48%) Power BI
2 24 (0.30%) SQL Server
3 22 (0.27%) Big Data
4 18 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (0.19%) Tableau
6 14 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (0.14%) Neo4j
8 8 (0.099%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.099%) MySQL
9 6 (0.075%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.062%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.050%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.050%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.037%) GIS
12 3 (0.037%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.037%) Metadata
13 2 (0.025%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (0.025%) ClickHouse
13 2 (0.025%) Impala
13 2 (0.025%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 108 (1.34%) Git
2 36 (0.45%) GitLab
3 29 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
4 25 (0.31%) Snyk
5 23 (0.29%) JIRA
6 12 (0.15%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.087%) Yeoman
8 6 (0.075%) Apache Continuum
8 6 (0.075%) Burp Suite
8 6 (0.075%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.075%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.062%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.062%) VersionOne
10 4 (0.050%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.050%) JMeter
10 4 (0.050%) Locust
10 4 (0.050%) MLflow
11 2 (0.025%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.025%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.025%) Visual Studio
General
1 4,929 (61.26%) Social Skills
2 2,728 (33.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2,571 (31.95%) Banking
4 518 (6.44%) Finance
5 404 (5.02%) Analytical Skills
6 234 (2.91%) Public Sector
7 192 (2.39%) Multimedia
8 165 (2.05%) Retail
9 156 (1.94%) Marketing
10 131 (1.63%) Law
11 124 (1.54%) Legal
12 122 (1.52%) Telecoms
13 111 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
14 92 (1.14%) Manufacturing
15 73 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
16 67 (0.83%) Local Government
17 52 (0.65%) Aerospace
18 42 (0.52%) Aviation
19 35 (0.43%) Advertising
19 35 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,871 (23.25%) Lecturer
2 1,304 (16.21%) Analyst
3 1,142 (14.19%) Security Analyst
4 1,068 (13.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 929 (11.55%) Junior
6 897 (11.15%) Junior Analyst
7 896 (11.14%) Junior Security Analyst
8 705 (8.76%) Ethical Hacker
9 511 (6.35%) Senior
10 334 (4.15%) Architect
11 300 (3.73%) Consultant
12 267 (3.32%) Lead
13 261 (3.24%) Security Manager
14 242 (3.01%) Security Architect
15 217 (2.70%) IT Support
15 217 (2.70%) Trainee
16 198 (2.46%) Security Engineer
17 193 (2.40%) IT Manager
18 185 (2.30%) Security Consultant
19 179 (2.22%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (1.40%) HTML
2 111 (1.38%) CSS
3 55 (0.68%) REST
4 50 (0.62%) SAML
5 49 (0.61%) OAuth
6 48 (0.60%) LDAP
7 46 (0.57%) OpenID
8 34 (0.42%) React
9 30 (0.37%) SOAP
10 25 (0.31%) GraphQL
11 17 (0.21%) SailPoint
12 16 (0.20%) Kafka
13 14 (0.17%) AngularJS
13 14 (0.17%) Node.js
14 13 (0.16%) .NET
14 13 (0.16%) RESTful
15 11 (0.14%) FastAPI
15 11 (0.14%) Middleware
16 9 (0.11%) Tailwind CSS
16 9 (0.11%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 2,461 (30.59%) IoT
2 806 (10.02%) Cyberattack
3 259 (3.22%) Security Posture
4 193 (2.40%) Management Information System
5 170 (2.11%) Cyber Threat
6 168 (2.09%) Onboarding
7 125 (1.55%) Security Operations Centre
8 103 (1.28%) Driving Licence
9 99 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
10 97 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
11 94 (1.17%) Operational Technology
12 83 (1.03%) Data Centre
13 76 (0.94%) Cloud Native
14 53 (0.66%) PKI
15 46 (0.57%) Cyber Security Posture
16 45 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
17 42 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
18 40 (0.50%) Blog
19 34 (0.42%) Cloud Security Posture
20 33 (0.41%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 431 (5.36%) Windows
2 205 (2.55%) Windows Server
3 155 (1.93%) Linux
4 53 (0.66%) Windows 10
5 45 (0.56%) Mac OS
6 29 (0.36%) Android
7 22 (0.27%) Apple iOS
7 22 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
8 17 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 17 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (0.11%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.075%) CentOS
10 6 (0.075%) VMS
11 5 (0.062%) Unix
12 2 (0.025%) Amazon Linux
13 1 (0.012%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.012%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.012%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,752 (34.20%) AI
2 2,490 (30.95%) Machine Learning
3 2,486 (30.90%) User Experience
4 2,449 (30.44%) Web Development
5 1,428 (17.75%) Mentoring
6 811 (10.08%) Ethical Hacking
7 498 (6.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 459 (5.70%) Incident Response
9 457 (5.68%) Problem-Solving
10 420 (5.22%) Information Security
11 400 (4.97%) Risk Management
12 326 (4.05%) Security Operations
13 316 (3.93%) Cloud Security
14 312 (3.88%) SIEM
15 257 (3.19%) Vulnerability Management
16 242 (3.01%) Agile
17 241 (3.00%) Disaster Recovery
18 234 (2.91%) Roadmaps
19 226 (2.81%) Security Architecture
20 225 (2.80%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 366 (4.55%) Python
2 251 (3.12%) PowerShell
3 165 (2.05%) JavaScript
4 108 (1.34%) SQL
5 80 (0.99%) Bash
6 52 (0.65%) R
7 49 (0.61%) C++
8 39 (0.48%) Java
9 32 (0.40%) C#
10 27 (0.34%) MATLAB
11 24 (0.30%) T-SQL
12 22 (0.27%) TypeScript
13 19 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
14 18 (0.22%) Go
15 17 (0.21%) Rust
16 13 (0.16%) C
17 10 (0.12%) Perl
18 7 (0.087%) PHP
19 6 (0.075%) Search Processing Language
20 3 (0.037%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2,860 (35.55%) Degree
2 2,503 (31.11%) Master's Degree
3 2,436 (30.28%) PhD
3 2,436 (30.28%) Postgraduate
4 1,737 (21.59%) Azure Certification
5 1,078 (13.40%) CompTIA Security+
6 940 (11.68%) CompTIA CySA+
7 864 (10.74%) CEH
8 462 (5.74%) Security Cleared
9 395 (4.91%) CISSP
10 322 (4.00%) SC Cleared
11 253 (3.14%) CISM
12 168 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
13 159 (1.98%) AWS Certification
14 149 (1.85%) DV Cleared
15 136 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
16 126 (1.57%) Network+ Certification
17 120 (1.49%) A+ Certification
18 103 (1.28%) CISA
19 96 (1.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 547 (6.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 507 (6.30%) NIST
3 294 (3.65%) GDPR
4 257 (3.19%) GRC
5 250 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 139 (1.73%) PCI DSS
7 121 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 108 (1.34%) NCSC
9 107 (1.33%) QA
10 52 (0.65%) SOC 2
11 47 (0.58%) SLA
12 42 (0.52%) NIST 800
13 38 (0.47%) Accessibility
14 35 (0.43%) COBIT
15 30 (0.37%) JSP 440
16 28 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
17 26 (0.32%) Data Quality
18 19 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 17 (0.21%) HIPAA
20 15 (0.19%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 355 (4.41%) Active Directory
2 89 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (0.89%) Hyper-V
4 58 (0.72%) Docker
5 43 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
6 25 (0.31%) vSphere
7 12 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
8 11 (0.14%) IAG
9 9 (0.11%) Firmware
9 9 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (0.075%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.037%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 3 (0.037%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.025%) ClearTrust
13 1 (0.012%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.012%) KVM
Systems Management
1 170 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 86 (1.07%) Terraform
3 75 (0.93%) Kubernetes
4 38 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
5 36 (0.45%) Ansible
6 28 (0.35%) Grafana
7 18 (0.22%) SCCM
8 17 (0.21%) QRadar
9 15 (0.19%) CASB
9 15 (0.19%) Prometheus
10 12 (0.15%) FortiGate
11 11 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 10 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 10 (0.12%) CSIRT
13 9 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
14 8 (0.099%) VxRail
15 7 (0.087%) RSA Archer
15 7 (0.087%) vCenter Server
16 6 (0.075%) Jamf Pro
16 6 (0.075%) Kibana
Vendors
1 2,605 (32.38%) Microsoft
2 1,599 (19.87%) ForeScout
3 130 (1.62%) VMware
4 120 (1.49%) Cisco
5 112 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
6 92 (1.14%) Palo Alto
7 74 (0.92%) Apple
8 71 (0.88%) Splunk
9 63 (0.78%) Fortinet
10 60 (0.75%) Tenable
11 59 (0.73%) Google
12 56 (0.70%) Adobe
13 47 (0.58%) ServiceNow
14 42 (0.52%) Salesforce
15 39 (0.48%) SAP
16 31 (0.39%) Dell
17 26 (0.32%) CyberArk
17 26 (0.32%) Siemens
17 26 (0.32%) Veeam
18 20 (0.25%) Qualys