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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 34 37
Rank change year-on-year +17 +3 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,961 2,697 4,454
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.80% 6.21% 5.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.20% 6.88% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,343 1,657 3,244
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £35,631
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -6.40%
75th Percentile £79,125 £75,000 £75,063
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% -9.38%

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 64,779 39,218 72,838
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.95% 90.32% 82.36%
Number of salaries quoted 45,743 22,382 52,059
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 13 July 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 13 July 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 +17 1,386 £75,000 +3.45% 681
North of England +21 1,380 £50,000 -2.69% 348
South East +16 1,090 £52,500 +5.00% 411
Midlands +23 999 £57,500 +20.59% 210
North West +26 647 £55,000 - 196
South West +12 599 £57,500 +28.95% 285
Yorkshire +11 564 £47,500 +43.94% 111
West Midlands +16 519 £60,000 +9.59% 108
East of England +60 480 £43,500 -8.42% 146
East Midlands +41 479 £55,000 +57.14% 102
North East +25 169 £50,000 -25.59% 46
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
1 178 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 170 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.27%) Apache
4 13 (0.22%) IIS
5 12 (0.20%) CMS
6 9 (0.15%) SAS
7 5 (0.084%) Confluence
7 5 (0.084%) WordPress
8 4 (0.067%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.017%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 74 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.30%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.084%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.084%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.067%) CATIA
8 2 (0.034%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 16 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.084%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.084%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.067%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 4 (0.067%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.050%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.034%) Shopify
9 1 (0.017%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.017%) Maximo
9 1 (0.017%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.017%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.017%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 2,380 (39.93%) Azure
2 689 (11.56%) Microsoft 365
3 448 (7.52%) AWS
4 391 (6.56%) Entra ID
5 167 (2.80%) SaaS
6 149 (2.50%) GCP
7 75 (1.26%) Azure Sentinel
8 74 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
9 70 (1.17%) Power Platform
10 57 (0.96%) OneDrive
11 47 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
11 47 (0.79%) Serverless
12 32 (0.54%) Google Workspace
13 31 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
13 31 (0.52%) GitHub
13 31 (0.52%) Microsoft Copilot
14 30 (0.50%) Mimecast
15 28 (0.47%) PaaS
16 24 (0.40%) IaaS
17 23 (0.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 484 (8.12%) Firewall
2 214 (3.59%) Network Security
3 197 (3.30%) VPN
4 184 (3.09%) DNS
5 142 (2.38%) WAN
6 136 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
7 128 (2.15%) LAN
8 125 (2.10%) DHCP
9 116 (1.95%) TCP/IP
10 112 (1.88%) VLAN
11 82 (1.38%) Internet
12 62 (1.04%) VoIP
13 48 (0.81%) Wireless
14 42 (0.70%) Broadband
14 42 (0.70%) Unified Communications
15 35 (0.59%) HTTP
16 33 (0.55%) Cisco Nexus
17 31 (0.52%) SSL
18 29 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
19 23 (0.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (0.74%) Power BI
2 34 (0.57%) SQL Server
3 15 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (0.20%) MySQL
6 11 (0.18%) Tableau
7 9 (0.15%) Big Data
7 9 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.13%) Neo4j
9 7 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.12%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.084%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.067%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.050%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.050%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.050%) GIS
12 3 (0.050%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.034%) Flink
13 2 (0.034%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.034%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 38 (0.64%) Git
2 33 (0.55%) GitLab
3 30 (0.50%) JIRA
4 25 (0.42%) Snyk
5 19 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
6 15 (0.25%) Burp Suite
7 14 (0.23%) Metasploit
8 11 (0.18%) Jenkins
9 9 (0.15%) Yeoman
10 5 (0.084%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.084%) JMeter
10 5 (0.084%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.084%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.067%) Apache Continuum
11 4 (0.067%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.067%) Locust
12 3 (0.050%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.034%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.034%) Claude Code
14 1 (0.017%) GDB
General
1 2,494 (41.84%) Social Skills
2 532 (8.92%) Finance
3 423 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
4 282 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 281 (4.71%) Public Sector
6 182 (3.05%) Retail
7 170 (2.85%) Marketing
8 161 (2.70%) Law
9 148 (2.48%) Telecoms
10 142 (2.38%) Legal
11 133 (2.23%) Manufacturing
12 132 (2.21%) Banking
13 108 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
14 77 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
15 73 (1.22%) Multimedia
16 65 (1.09%) Aerospace
17 58 (0.97%) Local Government
18 54 (0.91%) Advertising
19 37 (0.62%) Aviation
19 37 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,247 (20.92%) Analyst
2 1,085 (18.20%) Security Analyst
3 990 (16.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 810 (13.59%) Junior
5 765 (12.83%) Junior Analyst
6 755 (12.67%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (11.83%) Ethical Hacker
8 588 (9.86%) Senior
9 403 (6.76%) Consultant
10 360 (6.04%) Architect
11 314 (5.27%) Lead
12 280 (4.70%) IT Support
13 265 (4.45%) Security Manager
14 254 (4.26%) Security Consultant
15 240 (4.03%) Security Architect
16 219 (3.67%) IT Manager
16 219 (3.67%) Security Engineer
17 196 (3.29%) IT Engineer
18 176 (2.95%) Cybersecurity Manager
19 170 (2.85%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (0.97%) SAML
2 53 (0.89%) OAuth
3 51 (0.86%) LDAP
4 49 (0.82%) REST
5 47 (0.79%) OpenID
6 35 (0.59%) HTML
7 27 (0.45%) CSS
8 24 (0.40%) React
9 22 (0.37%) SOAP
10 20 (0.34%) Kafka
11 18 (0.30%) SailPoint
12 17 (0.29%) .NET
13 15 (0.25%) GraphQL
13 15 (0.25%) JSON
13 15 (0.25%) Middleware
13 15 (0.25%) Node.js
14 14 (0.23%) FastAPI
14 14 (0.23%) RESTful
15 13 (0.22%) XML
16 12 (0.20%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 814 (13.66%) Cyberattack
2 337 (5.65%) Security Posture
3 210 (3.52%) Cyber Threat
4 197 (3.30%) Management Information System
5 188 (3.15%) Onboarding
6 153 (2.57%) Driving Licence
6 153 (2.57%) Security Operations Centre
7 126 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
8 101 (1.69%) Operational Technology
9 98 (1.64%) Cyber Defence
10 88 (1.48%) Cloud Native
11 79 (1.33%) Data Centre
12 56 (0.94%) PKI
13 48 (0.81%) Cyber Security Posture
13 48 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
14 41 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
15 39 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
16 38 (0.64%) Blog
17 31 (0.52%) CSOC
18 29 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 542 (9.09%) Windows
2 269 (4.51%) Windows Server
3 192 (3.22%) Linux
4 55 (0.92%) Mac OS
5 39 (0.65%) Windows 10
6 31 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 30 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 26 (0.44%) Android
9 23 (0.39%) Apple iOS
9 23 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 13 (0.22%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.10%) CentOS
11 6 (0.10%) VMS
12 5 (0.084%) Unix
12 5 (0.084%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
14 1 (0.017%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.017%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,204 (20.20%) Mentoring
2 773 (12.97%) Ethical Hacking
3 608 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
4 586 (9.83%) Problem-Solving
5 524 (8.79%) Incident Response
6 483 (8.10%) Information Security
7 474 (7.95%) Risk Management
8 429 (7.20%) SIEM
9 417 (7.00%) Security Operations
10 379 (6.36%) Cloud Security
11 376 (6.31%) AI
12 365 (6.12%) Vulnerability Management
13 321 (5.39%) Disaster Recovery
14 311 (5.22%) Decision-Making
15 276 (4.63%) Roadmaps
16 270 (4.53%) Stakeholder Management
17 257 (4.31%) Agile
18 246 (4.13%) Data Protection
19 243 (4.08%) Business Continuity
20 239 (4.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 306 (5.13%) Python
2 253 (4.24%) PowerShell
3 102 (1.71%) SQL
4 77 (1.29%) JavaScript
5 71 (1.19%) Bash
6 64 (1.07%) C++
7 42 (0.70%) Java
8 36 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
9 30 (0.50%) Rust
10 25 (0.42%) C#
11 23 (0.39%) TypeScript
12 22 (0.37%) MATLAB
13 20 (0.34%) Go
14 18 (0.30%) C
15 15 (0.25%) T-SQL
16 14 (0.23%) Search Processing Language
17 9 (0.15%) Perl
18 7 (0.12%) PHP
19 6 (0.10%) Shell Script
20 5 (0.084%) R
Qualifications
1 1,523 (25.55%) Azure Certification
2 920 (15.43%) CompTIA Security+
3 828 (13.89%) CEH
4 803 (13.47%) CompTIA CySA+
5 567 (9.51%) Security Cleared
6 455 (7.63%) Degree
7 444 (7.45%) CISSP
8 392 (6.58%) SC Cleared
9 284 (4.76%) CISM
10 195 (3.27%) DV Cleared
11 155 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
12 103 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
13 101 (1.69%) CISA
14 96 (1.61%) CRISC
15 84 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 81 (1.36%) CREST Certified
16 81 (1.36%) Network+ Certification
17 74 (1.24%) A+ Certification
18 71 (1.19%) GIAC
19 70 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 634 (10.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 539 (9.04%) NIST
3 342 (5.74%) GDPR
4 291 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 271 (4.55%) GRC
6 145 (2.43%) PCI DSS
7 132 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 114 (1.91%) QA
9 99 (1.66%) NCSC
10 59 (0.99%) SOC 2
11 51 (0.86%) NIST 800
12 36 (0.60%) Accessibility
13 35 (0.59%) COBIT
13 35 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 33 (0.55%) JSP 440
14 33 (0.55%) SLA
15 29 (0.49%) Data Quality
16 28 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
17 20 (0.34%) ISO 22301
18 19 (0.32%) HIPAA
System Software
1 427 (7.16%) Active Directory
2 125 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 105 (1.76%) Hyper-V
4 51 (0.86%) Docker
5 50 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
6 26 (0.44%) vSphere
7 14 (0.23%) IAG
8 11 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
10 9 (0.15%) Firmware
10 9 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 7 (0.12%) VMware NSX
12 6 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
13 5 (0.084%) ClearTrust
14 4 (0.067%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
16 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
16 1 (0.017%) Embedded Firmware
16 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 213 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 89 (1.49%) Terraform
3 74 (1.24%) Kubernetes
4 43 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
5 42 (0.70%) Ansible
6 31 (0.52%) Grafana
7 20 (0.34%) QRadar
8 18 (0.30%) Prometheus
8 18 (0.30%) SCCM
9 17 (0.29%) FortiGate
10 16 (0.27%) CASB
11 11 (0.18%) Nmap
12 10 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 9 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
13 9 (0.15%) Kibana
13 9 (0.15%) vCenter Server
14 8 (0.13%) Nessus
15 7 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2,579 (43.26%) Microsoft
2 1,458 (24.46%) ForeScout
3 177 (2.97%) VMware
4 159 (2.67%) Cisco
5 140 (2.35%) Palo Alto
6 106 (1.78%) CrowdStrike
7 99 (1.66%) Splunk
8 62 (1.04%) Fortinet
9 60 (1.01%) Google
9 60 (1.01%) Qualys
9 60 (1.01%) Tenable
10 58 (0.97%) Aruba
11 57 (0.96%) ServiceNow
12 50 (0.84%) Apple
13 49 (0.82%) Salesforce
14 37 (0.62%) Veeam
15 34 (0.57%) SAP
16 33 (0.55%) Adobe
17 30 (0.50%) Dell
18 29 (0.49%) CyberArk