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 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 34 37
Rank change year-on-year +29 +3 +16
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 7,286 2,676 3,474
As % of all permanent jobs in England 13.18% 5.68% 5.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.40% 6.21% 6.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,136 1,357 2,677
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,716 £35,804
25th Percentile £31,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,700
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +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 44,420 43,108 53,781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 80.33% 91.56% 88.65%
Number of salaries quoted 26,812 20,825 42,459
10th Percentile £28,756 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,743 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.45% +5.64% -8.00%
75th Percentile £76,406 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 27 January 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 27 January 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 +39 2,285 £35,000 -37.50% 338
North West +33 1,791 £40,000 -27.27% 166
Midlands +27 1,435 £42,500 -26.09% 244
London +21 1,398 £67,500 -8.78% 453
West Midlands +21 1,191 £45,250 -24.58% 110
South East +34 1,100 £47,500 -17.63% 595
East of England +52 605 £35,000 -31.94% 266
Yorkshire +32 421 £31,500 -48.15% 126
South West +38 412 £55,000 -14.90% 256
East Midlands +31 253 £37,500 -15.73% 133
North East +37 73 £30,500 -20.78% 48
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
1 124 (1.70%) SharePoint
2 62 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.22%) Confluence
4 11 (0.15%) IIS
4 11 (0.15%) WordPress
5 9 (0.12%) CMS
6 6 (0.082%) nginx
7 5 (0.069%) Drupal
8 4 (0.055%) Apache
8 4 (0.055%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.055%) FactoryTalk
8 4 (0.055%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.055%) WinCC
9 3 (0.041%) Oracle Coherence
10 2 (0.027%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.027%) ArchestrA
10 2 (0.027%) SAS
11 1 (0.014%) FileNet
Applications
1 102 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
2 64 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 59 (0.81%) Maya
4 35 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (0.34%) Chatbot
6 12 (0.16%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.16%) Simulink
7 5 (0.069%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.055%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.041%) CATIA
9 3 (0.041%) CINEMA 4D
9 3 (0.041%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.027%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.014%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 33 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.22%) SAP IBP
4 10 (0.14%) SAP CO
4 10 (0.14%) SAP FI
4 10 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
4 10 (0.14%) SAP FSCM
5 9 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 9 (0.12%) SAP FS
5 9 (0.12%) SAP IS-U
6 7 (0.096%) Shopify
7 6 (0.082%) Exchequer
8 5 (0.069%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.055%) Endur
9 4 (0.055%) NEC Housing
9 4 (0.055%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.041%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.041%) SAP GRC
10 3 (0.041%) Teamcenter
10 3 (0.041%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 4,063 (55.76%) Cloud Computing
2 1,145 (15.72%) Azure
3 533 (7.32%) AWS
4 391 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
5 235 (3.23%) Entra ID
6 219 (3.01%) GitHub
7 87 (1.19%) Power Platform
8 85 (1.17%) SaaS
9 67 (0.92%) GCP
10 55 (0.75%) PaaS
11 44 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
12 43 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
13 40 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
14 39 (0.54%) IaaS
15 32 (0.44%) OneDrive
16 29 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
17 27 (0.37%) Nutanix
18 26 (0.36%) Google Workspace
19 20 (0.27%) Power Automate
20 19 (0.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4,229 (58.04%) Internet
2 269 (3.69%) Firewall
3 120 (1.65%) Network Security
4 116 (1.59%) VPN
5 103 (1.41%) DNS
6 97 (1.33%) TCP/IP
7 83 (1.14%) DHCP
8 74 (1.02%) WAN
9 67 (0.92%) LAN
10 57 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
11 54 (0.74%) VoIP
12 49 (0.67%) VLAN
13 32 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
14 26 (0.36%) SD-WAN
15 25 (0.34%) Wireless
16 24 (0.33%) Broadband
17 20 (0.27%) Modbus
18 18 (0.25%) SAN
19 17 (0.23%) DMZ
20 16 (0.22%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (0.75%) Power BI
2 46 (0.63%) SQL Server
3 39 (0.54%) Tableau
4 34 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (0.32%) Big Data
6 20 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
7 19 (0.26%) Relational Database
8 18 (0.25%) SAP BW
9 17 (0.23%) Neo4j
10 16 (0.22%) Data Lake
11 15 (0.21%) Metadata
12 11 (0.15%) Oracle Database
13 10 (0.14%) NoSQL
14 8 (0.11%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.082%) MS Access
16 5 (0.069%) MariaDB
16 5 (0.069%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 4 (0.055%) BusinessObjects
17 4 (0.055%) SAP Data Services
18 3 (0.041%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 219 (3.01%) Git
2 31 (0.43%) JIRA
3 18 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (0.22%) Jenkins
5 12 (0.16%) GitLab
6 8 (0.11%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.055%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.055%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.055%) JMeter
7 4 (0.055%) Locust
7 4 (0.055%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.055%) MLflow
7 4 (0.055%) Toad
8 3 (0.041%) Apache Continuum
9 2 (0.027%) Snyk
10 1 (0.014%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.014%) Bitbucket
General
1 5,254 (72.11%) Social Skills
2 4,174 (57.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,168 (57.21%) Banking
4 561 (7.70%) Finance
5 381 (5.23%) Analytical Skills
6 348 (4.78%) Multimedia
7 182 (2.50%) Marketing
8 177 (2.43%) Law
9 170 (2.33%) Public Sector
10 150 (2.06%) Legal
11 140 (1.92%) Telecoms
12 131 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
13 107 (1.47%) Manufacturing
13 107 (1.47%) Retail
14 88 (1.21%) Games
15 67 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
16 62 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
17 53 (0.73%) Electronics
18 46 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
19 42 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3,136 (43.04%) Lecturer
2 517 (7.10%) Analyst
3 399 (5.48%) Security Analyst
4 362 (4.97%) Senior
5 355 (4.87%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 348 (4.78%) Trainee
7 302 (4.14%) Junior
8 283 (3.88%) Junior Analyst
9 282 (3.87%) Junior Security Analyst
10 232 (3.18%) Lead
11 220 (3.02%) Consultant
12 217 (2.98%) Architect
13 190 (2.61%) IT Support
14 152 (2.09%) Support Engineer
15 151 (2.07%) Developer
16 137 (1.88%) IT Manager
17 134 (1.84%) Security Manager
18 132 (1.81%) Security Consultant
19 129 (1.77%) Security Engineer
20 113 (1.55%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 236 (3.24%) HTML
2 232 (3.18%) CSS
3 36 (0.49%) React
4 34 (0.47%) REST
5 28 (0.38%) AngularJS
6 27 (0.37%) OAuth
7 26 (0.36%) SAML
7 26 (0.36%) SAP CAF
8 24 (0.33%) OpenID
9 20 (0.27%) LDAP
10 19 (0.26%) GraphQL
11 18 (0.25%) SOAP
12 17 (0.23%) MERN Stack
13 15 (0.21%) YAML
14 14 (0.19%) Middleware
15 13 (0.18%) .NET
16 11 (0.15%) PyTorch
16 11 (0.15%) TensorFlow
17 9 (0.12%) Node.js
17 9 (0.12%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 4,072 (55.89%) IoT
2 185 (2.54%) Management Information System
3 165 (2.26%) Security Posture
4 148 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
5 120 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
6 115 (1.58%) Onboarding
7 103 (1.41%) Driving Licence
8 89 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
9 74 (1.02%) Cloud Native
10 72 (0.99%) Data Centre
11 62 (0.85%) Operational Technology
12 58 (0.80%) Security Operations Centre
13 46 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
14 43 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
14 43 (0.59%) Cyberattack
15 42 (0.58%) Cyber Defence
16 40 (0.55%) Cyber Security Posture
17 39 (0.54%) Public Cloud
18 35 (0.48%) Blockchain
19 34 (0.47%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 360 (4.94%) Windows
2 144 (1.98%) Windows Server
3 126 (1.73%) Linux
4 67 (0.92%) Mac OS
5 63 (0.86%) Windows 10
6 26 (0.36%) Android
7 24 (0.33%) Apple iOS
8 21 (0.29%) Unix
9 11 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.11%) VMS
11 6 (0.082%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.055%) Debian
12 4 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.041%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.027%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.014%) Kali Linux
15 1 (0.014%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.014%) OpenWrt
15 1 (0.014%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,262 (58.50%) AI
2 4,065 (55.79%) Machine Learning
3 4,037 (55.41%) User Experience
4 4,033 (55.35%) Web Development
5 854 (11.72%) Mentoring
6 491 (6.74%) Problem-Solving
7 399 (5.48%) Risk Management
8 359 (4.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 342 (4.69%) Information Security
10 340 (4.67%) Incident Response
11 271 (3.72%) Agile
12 217 (2.98%) ITIL
13 208 (2.85%) Project Management
14 202 (2.77%) Analytics
15 201 (2.76%) Roadmaps
15 201 (2.76%) SIEM
16 198 (2.72%) Data Protection
17 194 (2.66%) Decision-Making
18 193 (2.65%) Line Management
19 185 (2.54%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 378 (5.19%) Python
2 273 (3.75%) JavaScript
3 158 (2.17%) PowerShell
4 117 (1.61%) SQL
5 112 (1.54%) R
6 47 (0.65%) Bash
7 33 (0.45%) Java
8 25 (0.34%) TypeScript
9 24 (0.33%) C#
9 24 (0.33%) C++
10 19 (0.26%) T-SQL
11 18 (0.25%) C
12 13 (0.18%) Bicep
13 12 (0.16%) MATLAB
14 11 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (0.11%) Go
16 6 (0.082%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.055%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.055%) VB
18 3 (0.041%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4,498 (61.73%) Degree
2 4,075 (55.93%) Master's Degree
3 4,011 (55.05%) PhD
4 4,004 (54.95%) Postgraduate
5 537 (7.37%) Azure Certification
6 463 (6.35%) CompTIA Security+
7 354 (4.86%) CISSP
8 314 (4.31%) CompTIA CySA+
9 289 (3.97%) Microsoft Certification
10 287 (3.94%) Security Cleared
11 266 (3.65%) AWS Certification
12 253 (3.47%) CISM
13 216 (2.96%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 197 (2.70%) SC Cleared
15 182 (2.50%) CEH
16 153 (2.10%) Network+ Certification
17 152 (2.09%) A+ Certification
18 111 (1.52%) CISA
19 95 (1.30%) DV Cleared
20 87 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 483 (6.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 435 (5.97%) NIST
3 266 (3.65%) GDPR
4 233 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 185 (2.54%) GRC
6 109 (1.50%) NCSC
7 100 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 89 (1.22%) PCI DSS
9 64 (0.88%) QA
10 53 (0.73%) SLA
11 47 (0.65%) NIST 800
12 45 (0.62%) COBIT
13 35 (0.48%) SOC 2
14 29 (0.40%) JSP 440
15 27 (0.37%) Data Quality
16 19 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 18 (0.25%) Accessibility
18 17 (0.23%) PMO
19 16 (0.22%) ISO 22301
19 16 (0.22%) RMADS
System Software
1 261 (3.58%) Active Directory
2 74 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (0.71%) Hyper-V
4 48 (0.66%) Docker
5 34 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (0.23%) vSphere
7 8 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.082%) Firmware
8 6 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.069%) BitLocker
10 4 (0.055%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.041%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 3 (0.041%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.027%) GPFS
12 2 (0.027%) Kamailio
12 2 (0.027%) Lustre
13 1 (0.014%) iptables
13 1 (0.014%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 156 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 52 (0.71%) Terraform
3 44 (0.60%) Kubernetes
4 29 (0.40%) Ansible
5 21 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
6 19 (0.26%) SCCM
7 15 (0.21%) CASB
8 14 (0.19%) CSIRT
8 14 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
9 12 (0.16%) Nessus
9 12 (0.16%) RSA Archer
10 11 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 9 (0.12%) FortiGate
11 9 (0.12%) Nagios
12 7 (0.096%) QRadar
13 6 (0.082%) Grafana
13 6 (0.082%) PaperCut
13 6 (0.082%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 5 (0.069%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1,192 (16.36%) Microsoft
2 282 (3.87%) ForeScout
3 114 (1.56%) VMware
4 100 (1.37%) SAP
5 83 (1.14%) Cisco
6 69 (0.95%) Palo Alto
7 66 (0.91%) CrowdStrike
8 65 (0.89%) Oracle
9 64 (0.88%) Fortinet
10 54 (0.74%) Apple
11 50 (0.69%) Salesforce
12 48 (0.66%) Adobe
13 35 (0.48%) ServiceNow
14 33 (0.45%) Google
15 27 (0.37%) Dell
16 26 (0.36%) Tenable
17 23 (0.32%) MuleSoft
17 23 (0.32%) Siemens
18 22 (0.30%) Splunk
19 19 (0.26%) PayPal