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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 33 36
Rank change year-on-year +10 +3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,839 2,675 3,392
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.68% 6.25% 5.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.73% 7.04% 6.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,820 1,575 1,834
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,969 £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 75,504 37,986 54,786
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.43% 88.72% 81.76%
Number of salaries quoted 53,373 21,807 30,739
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,742 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -6.94%
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 23 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 23 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 +8 1,521 £80,000 +14.29% 2,198
North of England +14 1,172 £51,500 +7.09% 773
South East +12 1,061 £55,000 +10.00% 887
Midlands +16 1,024 £55,000 +21.17% 490
North West +27 607 £60,000 +20.60% 433
South West +2 583 £55,000 +10.00% 428
West Midlands +4 524 £55,000 +10.00% 311
East Midlands +37 500 £55,000 +51.72% 179
East of England +43 453 £45,000 - 277
Yorkshire +10 429 £43,250 +12.34% 244
North East +2 136 £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
1 243 (4.16%) SharePoint
2 234 (4.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (0.46%) IIS
4 21 (0.36%) Apache
5 11 (0.19%) Confluence
6 9 (0.15%) SAS
7 5 (0.086%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.086%) CMS
7 5 (0.086%) WordPress
8 3 (0.051%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.017%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 90 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
2 65 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.31%) Simulink
5 11 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.086%) CATIA
8 4 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.034%) SmartSuite
10 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.017%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 24 (0.41%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.086%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.086%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.069%) 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 1,558 (26.68%) Azure
2 841 (14.40%) Microsoft 365
3 499 (8.55%) Entra ID
4 452 (7.74%) AWS
5 201 (3.44%) SaaS
6 155 (2.65%) GCP
7 97 (1.66%) Power Platform
8 89 (1.52%) OneDrive
9 85 (1.46%) Azure Sentinel
10 82 (1.40%) Microsoft Purview
11 58 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
12 57 (0.98%) Serverless
13 56 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
14 44 (0.75%) Mimecast
15 39 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
16 33 (0.57%) GitHub
16 33 (0.57%) Power Automate
17 31 (0.53%) PaaS
18 28 (0.48%) Google Workspace
18 28 (0.48%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 520 (8.91%) Firewall
2 271 (4.64%) DNS
3 244 (4.18%) Network Security
4 237 (4.06%) VPN
5 196 (3.36%) DHCP
6 184 (3.15%) TCP/IP
7 183 (3.13%) WAN
8 163 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
9 159 (2.72%) LAN
10 129 (2.21%) VLAN
11 97 (1.66%) Internet
12 87 (1.49%) VoIP
13 86 (1.47%) Wireless
14 57 (0.98%) Cisco Nexus
15 47 (0.80%) HTTP
15 47 (0.80%) SSL
16 45 (0.77%) Unified Communications
17 37 (0.63%) Wireshark
18 34 (0.58%) SD-WAN
19 29 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (0.98%) Power BI
2 55 (0.94%) SQL Server
3 16 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (0.24%) Big Data
4 14 (0.24%) GIS
5 13 (0.22%) MongoDB
5 13 (0.22%) MySQL
6 10 (0.17%) Tableau
7 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.14%) Metadata
9 7 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.10%) Data Lake
10 6 (0.10%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.086%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.069%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (0.069%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.051%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 49 (0.84%) JIRA
2 41 (0.70%) Git
3 31 (0.53%) Burp Suite
4 29 (0.50%) Metasploit
5 27 (0.46%) Snyk
6 20 (0.34%) GitLab
7 19 (0.33%) Jenkins
8 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
9 9 (0.15%) Eclipse
10 7 (0.12%) LabVIEW
11 6 (0.10%) Rational DOORS
12 5 (0.086%) VersionOne
13 4 (0.069%) Apache Continuum
13 4 (0.069%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.069%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.069%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.051%) Bitbucket
15 2 (0.034%) git-flow
15 2 (0.034%) MLflow
15 2 (0.034%) Zephyr
General
1 1,877 (32.15%) Social Skills
2 596 (10.21%) Finance
3 458 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
4 382 (6.54%) Public Sector
5 338 (5.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 199 (3.41%) Legal
7 190 (3.25%) Retail
8 188 (3.22%) Marketing
9 187 (3.20%) Law
10 186 (3.19%) Telecoms
11 178 (3.05%) Manufacturing
12 153 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
13 134 (2.29%) Banking
14 131 (2.24%) Aerospace
15 126 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
16 61 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
17 53 (0.91%) Advertising
18 52 (0.89%) Local Government
19 43 (0.74%) Aviation
20 35 (0.60%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 852 (14.59%) Analyst
2 702 (12.02%) Senior
3 630 (10.79%) Security Analyst
4 540 (9.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 524 (8.97%) Consultant
6 397 (6.80%) Lead
7 393 (6.73%) Architect
8 372 (6.37%) Junior
9 329 (5.63%) IT Support
10 328 (5.62%) Security Manager
11 314 (5.38%) Security Consultant
12 298 (5.10%) Junior Analyst
13 288 (4.93%) Junior Security Analyst
14 282 (4.83%) Ethical Hacker
15 277 (4.74%) Security Engineer
16 270 (4.62%) Security Architect
17 246 (4.21%) IT Manager
18 243 (4.16%) IT Engineer
19 229 (3.92%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 210 (3.60%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (1.46%) Terraform
2 51 (0.87%) LDAP
2 51 (0.87%) SAML
3 49 (0.84%) OAuth
4 43 (0.74%) REST
5 41 (0.70%) OpenID
6 30 (0.51%) .NET
7 23 (0.39%) JSON
8 22 (0.38%) React
9 20 (0.34%) Node.js
10 19 (0.33%) 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
15 14 (0.24%) CSS
15 14 (0.24%) SailPoint
16 13 (0.22%) AngularJS
17 10 (0.17%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 380 (6.51%) Cyberattack
2 358 (6.13%) Security Posture
3 314 (5.38%) Cyber Threat
4 269 (4.61%) Onboarding
5 243 (4.16%) Management Information System
6 188 (3.22%) Driving Licence
7 176 (3.01%) Operational Technology
8 159 (2.72%) Security Operations Centre
9 140 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
10 105 (1.80%) Data Centre
11 104 (1.78%) Cyber Defence
12 100 (1.71%) Cloud Native
13 79 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
14 59 (1.01%) PKI
15 52 (0.89%) SCADA
16 51 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
17 43 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
18 42 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
19 37 (0.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
20 36 (0.62%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 634 (10.86%) Windows
2 305 (5.22%) Windows Server
3 232 (3.97%) Linux
4 80 (1.37%) Mac OS
5 40 (0.69%) 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 (0.086%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.069%) CentOS
14 4 (0.069%) 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
1 749 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
2 714 (12.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 684 (11.71%) Mentoring
4 598 (10.24%) AI
5 568 (9.73%) Information Security
6 539 (9.23%) Incident Response
7 532 (9.11%) Risk Management
8 525 (8.99%) Security Operations
9 476 (8.15%) Stakeholder Management
10 470 (8.05%) Vulnerability Management
11 456 (7.81%) SIEM
12 420 (7.19%) Cloud Security
13 390 (6.68%) Decision-Making
14 382 (6.54%) Disaster Recovery
15 331 (5.67%) Roadmaps
16 320 (5.48%) Data Protection
17 307 (5.26%) Service Delivery
18 306 (5.24%) ITIL
19 289 (4.95%) Ethical Hacking
20 281 (4.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 330 (5.65%) Python
2 245 (4.20%) PowerShell
3 101 (1.73%) SQL
4 78 (1.34%) C++
5 59 (1.01%) JavaScript
6 58 (0.99%) Bash
7 55 (0.94%) Java
8 54 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
9 39 (0.67%) Rust
10 38 (0.65%) C#
11 30 (0.51%) Go
12 28 (0.48%) C
13 24 (0.41%) TypeScript
14 20 (0.34%) MATLAB
15 17 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
16 16 (0.27%) Embedded C
17 12 (0.21%) Perl
18 9 (0.15%) Bicep
19 6 (0.10%) Shell Script
20 4 (0.069%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 753 (12.90%) Security Cleared
2 648 (11.10%) Azure Certification
3 564 (9.66%) Degree
4 518 (8.87%) SC Cleared
5 480 (8.22%) CISSP
6 414 (7.09%) CompTIA Security+
7 350 (5.99%) CEH
8 326 (5.58%) CompTIA CySA+
9 312 (5.34%) CISM
10 233 (3.99%) DV Cleared
11 160 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
12 128 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
13 105 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
14 102 (1.75%) CRISC
15 95 (1.63%) Master's Degree
16 86 (1.47%) CISA
17 85 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 81 (1.39%) CREST Certified
19 75 (1.28%) AWS Certification
20 71 (1.22%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 676 (11.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 518 (8.87%) NIST
3 348 (5.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 331 (5.67%) GDPR
5 321 (5.50%) GRC
6 146 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 139 (2.38%) PCI DSS
8 126 (2.16%) NCSC
9 100 (1.71%) QA
10 52 (0.89%) SOC 2
11 51 (0.87%) SLA
12 48 (0.82%) Accessibility
13 46 (0.79%) NIST 800
14 36 (0.62%) Data Quality
15 34 (0.58%) COBIT
16 31 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 30 (0.51%) JSP 440
18 28 (0.48%) ISO 22301
19 23 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
20 19 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 486 (8.32%) Active Directory
2 163 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 143 (2.45%) Hyper-V
4 67 (1.15%) 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 7 (0.12%) IAG
13 6 (0.10%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.086%) ClearTrust
15 3 (0.051%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.034%) BitLocker
16 2 (0.034%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.034%) ProxySG
17 1 (0.017%) Snort
Systems Management
1 285 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 77 (1.32%) Kubernetes
3 71 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
4 46 (0.79%) Ansible
5 28 (0.48%) Grafana
6 26 (0.45%) 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 (0.21%) Functional Safety
15 9 (0.15%) Kibana
16 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
17 7 (0.12%) Graylog
18 6 (0.10%) Cisco CUCM
18 6 (0.10%) Progress Chef
18 6 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,880 (32.20%) Microsoft
2 564 (9.66%) ForeScout
3 226 (3.87%) Cisco
4 215 (3.68%) VMware
5 173 (2.96%) Palo Alto
6 111 (1.90%) Splunk
7 96 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
8 79 (1.35%) Google
8 79 (1.35%) Qualys
9 74 (1.27%) ServiceNow
10 70 (1.20%) Aruba
11 66 (1.13%) Salesforce
12 61 (1.04%) Apple
12 61 (1.04%) Tenable
13 57 (0.98%) Fortinet
14 52 (0.89%) Veeam
15 43 (0.74%) Adobe
15 43 (0.74%) Meraki
16 42 (0.72%) SAP
17 40 (0.69%) SonicWALL