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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 38 29
Rank change year-on-year +31 -9 +23
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 8,923 2,181 4,543
As % of all permanent jobs in England 12.12% 5.97% 5.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.90% 6.41% 6.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,567 1,523 3,491
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,300 £35,631
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,763
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.40% -8.06%

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 56,122 34,027 69,121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 76.20% 93.12% 86.02%
Number of salaries quoted 35,367 20,500 53,025
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,465 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% -10.57%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 +37 2,795 £42,500 -19.05% 296
North West +34 1,969 £45,000 -18.18% 147
Midlands +30 1,788 £45,000 -18.18% 166
London +23 1,546 £71,000 -2.66% 426
South East +34 1,421 £50,000 -9.09% 351
West Midlands +24 1,344 £45,000 -28.00% 83
East of England +44 736 £35,000 -26.32% 111
Yorkshire +36 690 £40,000 -11.11% 112
South West +34 583 £57,500 +27.78% 150
East Midlands +38 455 £50,000 +35.13% 82
North East +34 136 £38,750 +4.82% 40
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
1 123 (1.38%) SharePoint
2 78 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.13%) CMS
4 8 (0.090%) Confluence
5 7 (0.078%) WordPress
6 6 (0.067%) Apache
6 6 (0.067%) nginx
7 5 (0.056%) Drupal
8 3 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.034%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.034%) IIS
9 2 (0.022%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.022%) SAS
10 1 (0.011%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 88 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
2 59 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.28%) Simulink
5 18 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 14 (0.16%) Maya
7 8 (0.090%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.056%) CATIA
8 5 (0.056%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.045%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.022%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.022%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.011%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 26 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.056%) Cloudability
3 5 (0.056%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.056%) Shopify
4 4 (0.045%) Dynamics GP
4 4 (0.045%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.045%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.045%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.034%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 3 (0.034%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.034%) Yoast SEO
6 2 (0.022%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.022%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.022%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.022%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.011%) Endur
7 1 (0.011%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.011%) Maximo
7 1 (0.011%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 4,049 (45.38%) Cloud Computing
2 2,324 (26.05%) Azure
3 550 (6.16%) AWS
4 457 (5.12%) Microsoft 365
5 295 (3.31%) Entra ID
6 181 (2.03%) GitHub
7 105 (1.18%) SaaS
8 93 (1.04%) GCP
9 66 (0.74%) Power Platform
10 58 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
11 55 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
12 40 (0.45%) PaaS
13 38 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
14 35 (0.39%) Google Workspace
15 34 (0.38%) Nutanix
16 29 (0.33%) Mimecast
17 28 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
17 28 (0.31%) IaaS
18 22 (0.25%) PowerApps
18 22 (0.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4,196 (47.02%) Internet
2 319 (3.58%) Firewall
3 151 (1.69%) Network Security
4 120 (1.34%) VPN
5 92 (1.03%) DNS
6 75 (0.84%) DHCP
7 70 (0.78%) WAN
8 68 (0.76%) VLAN
9 64 (0.72%) LAN
10 57 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
11 48 (0.54%) TCP/IP
12 37 (0.41%) Broadband
13 36 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
14 30 (0.34%) VoIP
15 26 (0.29%) Wireless
16 24 (0.27%) CHAP
17 20 (0.22%) SD-WAN
18 16 (0.18%) Unified Communications
19 15 (0.17%) DMZ
20 12 (0.13%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (0.40%) Power BI
2 24 (0.27%) Big Data
2 24 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
3 22 (0.25%) SQL Server
4 20 (0.22%) Neo4j
5 19 (0.21%) Tableau
6 15 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.090%) MySQL
9 7 (0.078%) Metadata
9 7 (0.078%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.056%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.056%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.045%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.045%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.045%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.045%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.022%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.022%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.022%) Impala
Development Applications
1 183 (2.05%) Git
2 30 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
3 26 (0.29%) JIRA
4 25 (0.28%) GitLab
5 13 (0.15%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.13%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.090%) JMeter
7 8 (0.090%) Locust
8 7 (0.078%) Snyk
9 5 (0.056%) Apache Continuum
9 5 (0.056%) Burp Suite
9 5 (0.056%) Metasploit
10 4 (0.045%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.045%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.045%) MLflow
11 2 (0.022%) VersionOne
12 1 (0.011%) GDB
12 1 (0.011%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.011%) WinDbg
12 1 (0.011%) Yeoman
General
1 6,294 (70.54%) Social Skills
2 4,229 (47.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,166 (46.69%) Banking
4 519 (5.82%) Finance
5 331 (3.71%) Analytical Skills
6 330 (3.70%) Multimedia
7 198 (2.22%) Public Sector
8 152 (1.70%) Marketing
9 147 (1.65%) Legal
10 143 (1.60%) Law
11 131 (1.47%) Retail
12 123 (1.38%) Telecoms
13 116 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
14 91 (1.02%) Manufacturing
15 70 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
16 50 (0.56%) Local Government
17 48 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
18 43 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
19 42 (0.47%) Electronics
20 38 (0.43%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3,143 (35.22%) Lecturer
2 1,148 (12.87%) Analyst
3 1,020 (11.43%) Security Analyst
4 951 (10.66%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 876 (9.82%) Junior
6 849 (9.51%) Junior Analyst
7 848 (9.50%) Junior Security Analyst
8 564 (6.32%) Ethical Hacker
9 410 (4.59%) Senior
10 335 (3.75%) Trainee
11 261 (2.93%) Consultant
12 253 (2.84%) Architect
13 233 (2.61%) Lead
14 210 (2.35%) IT Support
15 185 (2.07%) Security Manager
16 165 (1.85%) Security Engineer
17 162 (1.82%) Security Architect
18 160 (1.79%) Security Consultant
19 155 (1.74%) IT Manager
20 150 (1.68%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (2.13%) HTML
2 189 (2.12%) CSS
3 45 (0.50%) REST
4 39 (0.44%) OAuth
5 38 (0.43%) React
5 38 (0.43%) SAML
6 36 (0.40%) OpenID
7 34 (0.38%) LDAP
8 29 (0.33%) SOAP
9 26 (0.29%) GraphQL
10 20 (0.22%) AngularJS
11 17 (0.19%) MERN Stack
12 16 (0.18%) SAP CAF
13 14 (0.16%) SailPoint
14 11 (0.12%) Node.js
15 10 (0.11%) Kafka
15 10 (0.11%) Tailwind CSS
16 9 (0.10%) FastAPI
16 9 (0.10%) RESTful
16 9 (0.10%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4,062 (45.52%) IoT
2 641 (7.18%) Cyberattack
3 224 (2.51%) Security Posture
4 183 (2.05%) Management Information System
5 116 (1.30%) Onboarding
6 111 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
7 106 (1.19%) Driving Licence
8 86 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
9 76 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
10 66 (0.74%) Data Centre
11 64 (0.72%) Cyber Defence
11 64 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
11 64 (0.72%) Operational Technology
12 63 (0.71%) Cloud Native
13 55 (0.62%) Blog
14 45 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
15 39 (0.44%) Cyber Security Posture
15 39 (0.44%) PKI
16 31 (0.35%) Public Cloud
17 30 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 382 (4.28%) Windows
2 174 (1.95%) Windows Server
3 140 (1.57%) Linux
4 67 (0.75%) Windows 10
5 42 (0.47%) Mac OS
6 26 (0.29%) Android
7 20 (0.22%) Apple iOS
8 16 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (0.10%) Unix
10 8 (0.090%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.078%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (0.067%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.045%) CentOS
13 4 (0.045%) VMS
14 2 (0.022%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.011%) Debian
15 1 (0.011%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.011%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.011%) OpenWrt
15 1 (0.011%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,254 (47.67%) AI
2 4,050 (45.39%) User Experience
3 4,047 (45.35%) Machine Learning
4 4,032 (45.19%) Web Development
5 1,442 (16.16%) Mentoring
6 728 (8.16%) Ethical Hacking
7 447 (5.01%) Continuous Improvement
8 423 (4.74%) Problem-Solving
9 372 (4.17%) Information Security
10 365 (4.09%) Risk Management
11 364 (4.08%) Incident Response
12 271 (3.04%) Agile
13 245 (2.75%) SIEM
14 242 (2.71%) Cloud Security
15 204 (2.29%) Security Operations
16 203 (2.28%) ITIL
17 199 (2.23%) Roadmaps
18 198 (2.22%) Data Protection
19 194 (2.17%) Disaster Recovery
20 188 (2.11%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 401 (4.49%) Python
2 237 (2.66%) JavaScript
3 206 (2.31%) PowerShell
4 107 (1.20%) SQL
5 90 (1.01%) R
6 66 (0.74%) Bash
7 44 (0.49%) Java
8 36 (0.40%) C++
9 33 (0.37%) TypeScript
10 28 (0.31%) MATLAB
11 25 (0.28%) T-SQL
12 23 (0.26%) C
12 23 (0.26%) C#
13 11 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
14 10 (0.11%) Go
15 9 (0.10%) Rust
16 6 (0.067%) PHP
17 4 (0.045%) Bicep
17 4 (0.045%) Kotlin
18 3 (0.034%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 4,426 (49.60%) Degree
2 4,065 (45.56%) Master's Degree
3 4,004 (44.87%) Postgraduate
4 4,003 (44.86%) PhD
5 1,619 (18.14%) Azure Certification
6 1,067 (11.96%) CompTIA Security+
7 892 (10.00%) CompTIA CySA+
8 775 (8.69%) CEH
9 368 (4.12%) CISSP
10 344 (3.86%) Security Cleared
11 243 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 242 (2.71%) CISM
13 231 (2.59%) SC Cleared
14 224 (2.51%) AWS Certification
15 181 (2.03%) Network+ Certification
16 177 (1.98%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 169 (1.89%) A+ Certification
18 113 (1.27%) DV Cleared
19 106 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
20 103 (1.15%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 507 (5.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 473 (5.30%) NIST
3 291 (3.26%) GDPR
4 233 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 199 (2.23%) GRC
6 125 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 123 (1.38%) PCI DSS
8 104 (1.17%) NCSC
9 83 (0.93%) QA
10 51 (0.57%) SOC 2
11 43 (0.48%) COBIT
12 39 (0.44%) NIST 800
13 38 (0.43%) SLA
14 36 (0.40%) Accessibility
15 24 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 22 (0.25%) Data Quality
17 21 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
17 21 (0.24%) JSP 440
18 18 (0.20%) ISO 22301
18 18 (0.20%) SOC 3
System Software
1 310 (3.47%) Active Directory
2 72 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (0.67%) Docker
4 57 (0.64%) Hyper-V
5 34 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (0.26%) vSphere
7 10 (0.11%) Firmware
7 10 (0.11%) IAG
8 8 (0.090%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.090%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.067%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.067%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.034%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 3 (0.034%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.022%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.022%) GPFS
11 2 (0.022%) Lustre
12 1 (0.011%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.011%) iptables
12 1 (0.011%) KVM
Systems Management
1 162 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 73 (0.82%) Terraform
3 66 (0.74%) Kubernetes
4 38 (0.43%) Ansible
5 28 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
6 23 (0.26%) Grafana
7 16 (0.18%) CASB
8 14 (0.16%) SCCM
9 13 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
10 10 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (0.11%) CSIRT
10 10 (0.11%) FortiGate
11 8 (0.090%) Prometheus
12 7 (0.078%) FTK
12 7 (0.078%) Nessus
12 7 (0.078%) QRadar
12 7 (0.078%) RSA Archer
12 7 (0.078%) vCenter Server
12 7 (0.078%) VxRail
13 6 (0.067%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 2,343 (26.26%) Microsoft
2 1,411 (15.81%) ForeScout
3 118 (1.32%) VMware
4 99 (1.11%) Cisco
5 83 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
6 72 (0.81%) Palo Alto
7 67 (0.75%) Fortinet
8 63 (0.71%) Apple
9 48 (0.54%) SAP
10 47 (0.53%) Google
11 46 (0.52%) Splunk
12 39 (0.44%) Tenable
13 37 (0.41%) Salesforce
13 37 (0.41%) ServiceNow
14 35 (0.39%) Adobe
15 32 (0.36%) Dell
16 31 (0.35%) Siemens
17 27 (0.30%) CyberArk
18 26 (0.29%) Oracle
19 19 (0.21%) Veeam