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 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 32 36
Rank change year-on-year +9 +4 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,856 2,687 3,470
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.68% 6.24% 5.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.74% 7.03% 6.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,828 1,585 1,843
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £36,250 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -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 75,707 38,228 55,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.45% 88.79% 81.96%
Number of salaries quoted 53,452 21,986 30,884
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,233 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,298
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.66% -6.72%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 +9 1,521 £80,000 +14.29% 2,100
North of England +17 1,178 £51,500 +6.19% 758
South East +10 1,064 £55,000 +10.00% 818
Midlands +18 1,025 £55,000 +21.69% 475
North West +28 612 £58,500 +14.71% 426
South West +4 590 £55,000 +10.00% 412
West Midlands +6 524 £55,000 +10.00% 309
East Midlands +39 501 £55,000 +46.67% 166
East of England +42 453 £45,000 - 249
Yorkshire +11 429 £42,500 +10.39% 235
North East +1 137 £50,000 -24.53% 101
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
1 244 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 233 (3.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (0.46%) IIS
4 21 (0.36%) Apache
5 11 (0.19%) Confluence
6 9 (0.15%) SAS
7 6 (0.10%) CMS
8 5 (0.085%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.085%) WordPress
9 3 (0.051%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.017%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 91 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.31%) Simulink
5 12 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.085%) CATIA
8 4 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.034%) SmartSuite
10 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.017%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.017%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (0.41%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.085%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.085%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.068%) SystmOne
8 3 (0.051%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.051%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.051%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.051%) Infor LN
8 3 (0.051%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.051%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.051%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.034%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
9 2 (0.034%) Eikon
9 2 (0.034%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.017%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 1,560 (26.64%) Azure
2 839 (14.33%) Microsoft 365
3 499 (8.52%) Entra ID
4 456 (7.79%) AWS
5 202 (3.45%) SaaS
6 157 (2.68%) GCP
7 98 (1.67%) Power Platform
8 90 (1.54%) OneDrive
9 85 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
10 83 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
11 58 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
11 58 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
11 58 (0.99%) Serverless
12 43 (0.73%) Mimecast
13 40 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
14 34 (0.58%) GitHub
15 33 (0.56%) Power Automate
16 31 (0.53%) PaaS
17 28 (0.48%) Google Workspace
17 28 (0.48%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 518 (8.85%) Firewall
2 271 (4.63%) DNS
3 245 (4.18%) Network Security
4 238 (4.06%) VPN
5 196 (3.35%) DHCP
6 185 (3.16%) TCP/IP
7 182 (3.11%) WAN
8 163 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
9 158 (2.70%) LAN
10 129 (2.20%) VLAN
11 98 (1.67%) Internet
12 87 (1.49%) VoIP
12 87 (1.49%) Wireless
13 57 (0.97%) Cisco Nexus
14 47 (0.80%) HTTP
14 47 (0.80%) SSL
15 45 (0.77%) Unified Communications
16 37 (0.63%) Wireshark
17 34 (0.58%) SD-WAN
18 29 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (0.97%) Power BI
1 57 (0.97%) SQL Server
2 17 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (0.24%) Big Data
3 14 (0.24%) GIS
4 13 (0.22%) MongoDB
4 13 (0.22%) MySQL
5 11 (0.19%) Tableau
6 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.14%) Metadata
8 7 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.12%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (0.12%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.085%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.068%) Crystal Reports
10 4 (0.068%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.051%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 49 (0.84%) JIRA
2 42 (0.72%) Git
3 31 (0.53%) Burp Suite
4 29 (0.50%) Metasploit
5 27 (0.46%) Snyk
6 20 (0.34%) GitLab
6 20 (0.34%) Jenkins
7 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
8 9 (0.15%) Eclipse
9 7 (0.12%) LabVIEW
10 6 (0.10%) Rational DOORS
11 5 (0.085%) VersionOne
12 4 (0.068%) Apache Continuum
12 4 (0.068%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.068%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.068%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.051%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.051%) Maven
13 3 (0.051%) Team Foundation Server
14 2 (0.034%) Cypress.io
General
1 1,885 (32.19%) Social Skills
2 599 (10.23%) Finance
3 456 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
4 385 (6.57%) Public Sector
5 338 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 203 (3.47%) Legal
7 192 (3.28%) Retail
8 190 (3.24%) Law
8 190 (3.24%) Marketing
9 184 (3.14%) Telecoms
10 180 (3.07%) Manufacturing
11 153 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
12 135 (2.31%) Banking
13 134 (2.29%) Aerospace
14 128 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
15 61 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
16 53 (0.91%) Advertising
17 52 (0.89%) Local Government
18 43 (0.73%) Aviation
19 35 (0.60%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 855 (14.60%) Analyst
2 702 (11.99%) Senior
3 631 (10.78%) Security Analyst
4 541 (9.24%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 529 (9.03%) Consultant
6 397 (6.78%) Lead
7 392 (6.69%) Architect
8 374 (6.39%) Junior
9 329 (5.62%) IT Support
9 329 (5.62%) Security Manager
10 315 (5.38%) Security Consultant
11 298 (5.09%) Junior Analyst
12 288 (4.92%) Junior Security Analyst
13 282 (4.82%) Ethical Hacker
14 278 (4.75%) Security Engineer
15 269 (4.59%) Security Architect
16 246 (4.20%) IT Manager
17 242 (4.13%) IT Engineer
18 230 (3.93%) Cybersecurity Manager
19 209 (3.57%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (1.49%) Terraform
2 52 (0.89%) LDAP
2 52 (0.89%) SAML
3 50 (0.85%) OAuth
4 43 (0.73%) REST
5 42 (0.72%) OpenID
6 31 (0.53%) .NET
7 23 (0.39%) JSON
8 22 (0.38%) React
9 20 (0.34%) Node.js
10 19 (0.32%) HTML
11 18 (0.31%) Kafka
12 17 (0.29%) XML
13 16 (0.27%) RESTful
14 15 (0.26%) FastAPI
14 15 (0.26%) Middleware
14 15 (0.26%) SailPoint
15 14 (0.24%) CSS
16 13 (0.22%) AngularJS
17 10 (0.17%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 381 (6.51%) Cyberattack
2 360 (6.15%) Security Posture
3 315 (5.38%) Cyber Threat
4 271 (4.63%) Onboarding
5 244 (4.17%) Management Information System
6 188 (3.21%) Driving Licence
7 175 (2.99%) Operational Technology
8 160 (2.73%) Security Operations Centre
9 141 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
10 105 (1.79%) Data Centre
11 103 (1.76%) Cloud Native
11 103 (1.76%) Cyber Defence
12 79 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
13 60 (1.02%) PKI
14 52 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
14 52 (0.89%) SCADA
15 43 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
16 42 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
17 37 (0.63%) CSOC
17 37 (0.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 636 (10.86%) Windows
2 305 (5.21%) Windows Server
3 232 (3.96%) Linux
4 79 (1.35%) Mac OS
5 40 (0.68%) Windows 10
6 39 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
7 29 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
8 28 (0.48%) Apple iOS
9 27 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 22 (0.38%) Android
11 14 (0.24%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.10%) Unix
12 6 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.085%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.068%) CentOS
14 4 (0.068%) VMS
15 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
15 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.017%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 753 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
2 717 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
3 686 (11.71%) Mentoring
4 603 (10.30%) AI
5 572 (9.77%) Information Security
6 542 (9.26%) Incident Response
7 532 (9.08%) Risk Management
8 530 (9.05%) Security Operations
9 476 (8.13%) Stakeholder Management
10 473 (8.08%) Vulnerability Management
11 456 (7.79%) SIEM
12 424 (7.24%) Cloud Security
13 394 (6.73%) Decision-Making
14 382 (6.52%) Disaster Recovery
15 330 (5.64%) Roadmaps
16 319 (5.45%) Data Protection
17 307 (5.24%) Service Delivery
18 305 (5.21%) ITIL
19 290 (4.95%) Ethical Hacking
20 281 (4.80%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 334 (5.70%) Python
2 247 (4.22%) PowerShell
3 102 (1.74%) SQL
4 79 (1.35%) C++
5 59 (1.01%) Bash
5 59 (1.01%) JavaScript
6 57 (0.97%) Java
7 54 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
8 39 (0.67%) C#
8 39 (0.67%) Rust
9 30 (0.51%) Go
10 29 (0.50%) C
11 24 (0.41%) TypeScript
12 20 (0.34%) MATLAB
13 17 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
14 16 (0.27%) Embedded C
15 12 (0.20%) Perl
16 9 (0.15%) Bicep
17 6 (0.10%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.068%) Swift
Qualifications
1 758 (12.94%) Security Cleared
2 650 (11.10%) Azure Certification
3 565 (9.65%) Degree
4 521 (8.90%) SC Cleared
5 481 (8.21%) CISSP
6 413 (7.05%) CompTIA Security+
7 350 (5.98%) CEH
8 325 (5.55%) CompTIA CySA+
9 313 (5.34%) CISM
10 234 (4.00%) DV Cleared
11 160 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
12 130 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
13 106 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
14 102 (1.74%) CRISC
15 94 (1.61%) Master's Degree
16 86 (1.47%) CISA
17 85 (1.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 82 (1.40%) CREST Certified
19 75 (1.28%) AWS Certification
20 71 (1.21%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 679 (11.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 520 (8.88%) NIST
3 351 (5.99%) Cyber Essentials
4 329 (5.62%) GDPR
5 320 (5.46%) GRC
6 148 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 138 (2.36%) PCI DSS
8 127 (2.17%) NCSC
9 100 (1.71%) QA
10 52 (0.89%) SOC 2
11 51 (0.87%) SLA
12 49 (0.84%) Accessibility
13 46 (0.79%) NIST 800
14 36 (0.61%) Data Quality
15 34 (0.58%) COBIT
16 30 (0.51%) JSP 440
16 30 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 28 (0.48%) ISO 22301
18 23 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
19 20 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 486 (8.30%) Active Directory
2 163 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 143 (2.44%) Hyper-V
4 67 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
5 53 (0.91%) Docker
6 41 (0.70%) Firmware
7 25 (0.43%) vSphere
8 18 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
10 11 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 11 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
11 9 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
12 6 (0.10%) IAG
12 6 (0.10%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.085%) ClearTrust
14 3 (0.051%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.034%) BitLocker
15 2 (0.034%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 2 (0.034%) ProxySG
16 1 (0.017%) Snort
Systems Management
1 287 (4.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 78 (1.33%) Kubernetes
3 72 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
4 46 (0.79%) Ansible
5 28 (0.48%) Grafana
6 26 (0.44%) Nmap
7 24 (0.41%) Nessus
8 23 (0.39%) QRadar
9 22 (0.38%) CASB
10 21 (0.36%) FortiGate
11 20 (0.34%) SCCM
12 16 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
13 14 (0.24%) Prometheus
14 12 (0.20%) Functional Safety
15 9 (0.15%) Kibana
16 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
17 7 (0.12%) Graylog
17 7 (0.12%) Progress Chef
18 6 (0.10%) Cisco CUCM
18 6 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,885 (32.19%) Microsoft
2 564 (9.63%) ForeScout
3 227 (3.88%) Cisco
4 215 (3.67%) VMware
5 173 (2.95%) Palo Alto
6 111 (1.90%) Splunk
7 96 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
8 81 (1.38%) Google
9 79 (1.35%) Qualys
10 74 (1.26%) ServiceNow
11 70 (1.20%) Aruba
12 65 (1.11%) Salesforce
13 61 (1.04%) Apple
13 61 (1.04%) Tenable
14 57 (0.97%) Fortinet
15 52 (0.89%) Veeam
16 42 (0.72%) Adobe
16 42 (0.72%) Meraki
16 42 (0.72%) SAP
17 40 (0.68%) CyberArk