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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 33 38
Rank change year-on-year +13 +5 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,990 2,765 3,622
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.36% 6.31% 4.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.64% 7.06% 6.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,551 1,675 2,447
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,536 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -8.46%

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 69,329 39,151 59,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.66% 89.41% 81.35%
Number of salaries quoted 48,879 22,544 38,747
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%

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 August 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 August 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 +11 1,460 £75,000 +3.45% 1,127
North of England +18 1,323 £50,000 +5.26% 465
South East +11 1,085 £55,000 +10.00% 502
Midlands +19 1,029 £55,000 +15.79% 259
North West +30 642 £57,500 +9.52% 253
South West +10 595 £55,000 +15.35% 270
Yorkshire +12 522 £42,500 +28.79% 162
East Midlands +38 514 £55,000 +57.14% 113
West Midlands +6 514 £57,500 +9.52% 146
East of England +55 479 £45,000 -5.26% 159
North East +21 159 £50,000 -26.95% 54
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
1 190 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 188 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 19 (0.32%) Apache
4 18 (0.30%) IIS
5 9 (0.15%) CMS
5 9 (0.15%) Confluence
5 9 (0.15%) SAS
6 5 (0.083%) WordPress
7 4 (0.067%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.050%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.033%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 82 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.18%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.10%) CATIA
6 6 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.033%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
9 1 (0.017%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.083%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.083%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.083%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.050%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.050%) Infor LN
7 3 (0.050%) Infor M3
7 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.050%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.050%) SystmOne
8 2 (0.033%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.033%) Shopify
8 2 (0.033%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2,097 (35.01%) Azure
2 724 (12.09%) Microsoft 365
3 471 (7.86%) AWS
4 387 (6.46%) Entra ID
5 187 (3.12%) SaaS
6 153 (2.55%) GCP
7 81 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
8 75 (1.25%) Power Platform
9 64 (1.07%) Microsoft Purview
9 64 (1.07%) OneDrive
10 50 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
11 44 (0.73%) Serverless
12 43 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
13 40 (0.67%) Mimecast
14 33 (0.55%) GitHub
15 28 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
16 26 (0.43%) PaaS
17 23 (0.38%) Google Workspace
17 23 (0.38%) IaaS
18 21 (0.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 478 (7.98%) Firewall
2 234 (3.91%) Network Security
3 199 (3.32%) DNS
4 194 (3.24%) VPN
5 159 (2.65%) WAN
6 146 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
7 140 (2.34%) LAN
8 131 (2.19%) DHCP
9 128 (2.14%) TCP/IP
10 107 (1.79%) VLAN
11 89 (1.49%) Internet
12 69 (1.15%) VoIP
13 60 (1.00%) Wireless
14 45 (0.75%) Unified Communications
15 44 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
16 42 (0.70%) HTTP
17 35 (0.58%) SSL
18 34 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
19 29 (0.48%) SD-WAN
20 27 (0.45%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (0.82%) Power BI
2 42 (0.70%) SQL Server
3 14 (0.23%) Big Data
3 14 (0.23%) MongoDB
4 13 (0.22%) MySQL
4 13 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (0.17%) GIS
6 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (0.15%) Tableau
7 6 (0.10%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.10%) Metadata
7 6 (0.10%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.10%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.083%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.067%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.050%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.050%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.050%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 43 (0.72%) Git
1 43 (0.72%) JIRA
2 28 (0.47%) GitLab
3 27 (0.45%) Snyk
4 24 (0.40%) Burp Suite
5 23 (0.38%) Metasploit
6 16 (0.27%) Jenkins
7 12 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
8 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
9 6 (0.10%) Apache Continuum
10 5 (0.083%) JMeter
10 5 (0.083%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.067%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.067%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.067%) Locust
11 4 (0.067%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.067%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.050%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.033%) git-flow
13 2 (0.033%) XCUITest
General
1 2,307 (38.51%) Social Skills
2 553 (9.23%) Finance
3 440 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
4 336 (5.61%) Public Sector
5 322 (5.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 179 (2.99%) Law
7 175 (2.92%) Marketing
8 170 (2.84%) Legal
9 169 (2.82%) Retail
10 164 (2.74%) Telecoms
11 137 (2.29%) Manufacturing
12 125 (2.09%) Banking
13 121 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
14 105 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
15 93 (1.55%) Aerospace
16 59 (0.98%) Local Government
17 56 (0.93%) Advertising
18 42 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
19 37 (0.62%) Multimedia
20 33 (0.55%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,096 (18.30%) Analyst
2 911 (15.21%) Security Analyst
3 814 (13.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 646 (10.78%) Junior
5 633 (10.57%) Senior
6 611 (10.20%) Ethical Hacker
7 578 (9.65%) Junior Analyst
8 568 (9.48%) Junior Security Analyst
9 471 (7.86%) Consultant
10 368 (6.14%) Architect
11 346 (5.78%) Lead
12 303 (5.06%) Security Consultant
13 282 (4.71%) Security Manager
14 271 (4.52%) IT Support
15 256 (4.27%) IT Manager
16 254 (4.24%) Security Architect
17 230 (3.84%) Security Engineer
18 205 (3.42%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 195 (3.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 193 (3.22%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (0.82%) SAML
2 44 (0.73%) OAuth
3 43 (0.72%) LDAP
4 38 (0.63%) OpenID
5 36 (0.60%) REST
6 30 (0.50%) HTML
7 23 (0.38%) CSS
8 22 (0.37%) React
9 21 (0.35%) Kafka
10 20 (0.33%) .NET
11 19 (0.32%) JSON
12 18 (0.30%) Node.js
13 17 (0.28%) SailPoint
14 15 (0.25%) RESTful
14 15 (0.25%) XML
15 14 (0.23%) FastAPI
16 13 (0.22%) XMPP
17 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
17 12 (0.20%) Middleware
18 10 (0.17%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 707 (11.80%) Cyberattack
2 341 (5.69%) Security Posture
3 251 (4.19%) Cyber Threat
4 230 (3.84%) Management Information System
5 229 (3.82%) Onboarding
6 162 (2.70%) Driving Licence
7 159 (2.65%) Security Operations Centre
8 138 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
9 118 (1.97%) Operational Technology
10 102 (1.70%) Cyber Defence
11 98 (1.64%) Cloud Native
12 90 (1.50%) Data Centre
13 62 (1.04%) PKI
14 57 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
15 47 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
16 43 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
17 39 (0.65%) CSOC
18 36 (0.60%) Blog
19 34 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
20 28 (0.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 559 (9.33%) Windows
2 271 (4.52%) Windows Server
3 206 (3.44%) Linux
4 68 (1.14%) Mac OS
5 32 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 26 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 25 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
9 24 (0.40%) Apple iOS
10 22 (0.37%) Android
11 15 (0.25%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.10%) CentOS
13 4 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.050%) Kali Linux
14 3 (0.050%) Unix
14 3 (0.050%) VMS
15 2 (0.033%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.033%) Embedded Linux
15 2 (0.033%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.017%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 991 (16.54%) Mentoring
2 664 (11.09%) Problem-Solving
3 644 (10.75%) Ethical Hacking
4 635 (10.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 537 (8.96%) Information Security
6 513 (8.56%) Incident Response
7 493 (8.23%) Risk Management
8 476 (7.95%) AI
9 460 (7.68%) Security Operations
10 441 (7.36%) SIEM
11 413 (6.89%) Vulnerability Management
12 412 (6.88%) Cloud Security
13 350 (5.84%) Disaster Recovery
14 348 (5.81%) Decision-Making
15 341 (5.69%) Stakeholder Management
16 293 (4.89%) Roadmaps
17 283 (4.72%) Service Delivery
18 276 (4.61%) Agile
19 268 (4.47%) Data Protection
20 260 (4.34%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 313 (5.23%) Python
2 234 (3.91%) PowerShell
3 93 (1.55%) SQL
4 72 (1.20%) C++
5 69 (1.15%) JavaScript
6 58 (0.97%) Bash
7 44 (0.73%) Java
8 43 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
9 32 (0.53%) Rust
10 31 (0.52%) C#
11 22 (0.37%) Go
12 21 (0.35%) TypeScript
13 19 (0.32%) C
14 16 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
15 15 (0.25%) MATLAB
16 11 (0.18%) Perl
17 7 (0.12%) Embedded C
18 5 (0.083%) Shell Script
19 4 (0.067%) Ada
19 4 (0.067%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1,252 (20.90%) Azure Certification
2 725 (12.10%) CompTIA Security+
3 703 (11.74%) CEH
4 653 (10.90%) Security Cleared
5 604 (10.08%) CompTIA CySA+
6 488 (8.15%) Degree
7 456 (7.61%) CISSP
8 449 (7.50%) SC Cleared
9 291 (4.86%) CISM
10 215 (3.59%) DV Cleared
11 161 (2.69%) Cisco Certification
12 106 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
13 99 (1.65%) CRISC
14 90 (1.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 88 (1.47%) CISA
16 80 (1.34%) AWS Certification
17 79 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
18 73 (1.22%) CREST Certified
19 72 (1.20%) Master's Degree
20 66 (1.10%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 628 (10.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 511 (8.53%) NIST
3 319 (5.33%) GDPR
4 298 (4.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 282 (4.71%) GRC
6 141 (2.35%) PCI DSS
7 139 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 107 (1.79%) QA
9 88 (1.47%) NCSC
10 61 (1.02%) SOC 2
11 42 (0.70%) Accessibility
12 41 (0.68%) NIST 800
12 41 (0.68%) SLA
13 38 (0.63%) COBIT
14 36 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 33 (0.55%) JSP 440
16 30 (0.50%) Data Quality
17 22 (0.37%) ISO 22301
17 22 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 20 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 427 (7.13%) Active Directory
2 150 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 116 (1.94%) Hyper-V
4 54 (0.90%) Docker
5 53 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
6 31 (0.52%) Firmware
7 26 (0.43%) vSphere
8 15 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
9 14 (0.23%) IAG
9 14 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 10 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
11 8 (0.13%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.083%) ClearTrust
12 5 (0.083%) VMware ESXi
13 3 (0.050%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.033%) Embedded Firmware
14 2 (0.033%) ProxySG
15 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 228 (3.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 85 (1.42%) Terraform
3 78 (1.30%) Kubernetes
4 46 (0.77%) Ansible
4 46 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
5 29 (0.48%) Grafana
6 21 (0.35%) QRadar
7 20 (0.33%) FortiGate
7 20 (0.33%) Nmap
8 18 (0.30%) Nessus
9 17 (0.28%) CASB
9 17 (0.28%) SCCM
10 15 (0.25%) Prometheus
11 14 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
12 10 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.15%) Kibana
14 8 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
15 7 (0.12%) Functional Safety
16 6 (0.10%) CSIRT
16 6 (0.10%) Graylog
Vendors
1 2,356 (39.33%) Microsoft
2 1,175 (19.62%) ForeScout
3 199 (3.32%) Cisco
4 194 (3.24%) VMware
5 164 (2.74%) Palo Alto
6 111 (1.85%) Splunk
7 99 (1.65%) CrowdStrike
8 74 (1.24%) Google
9 69 (1.15%) Qualys
10 65 (1.09%) Fortinet
11 64 (1.07%) ServiceNow
12 63 (1.05%) Apple
13 60 (1.00%) Aruba
14 56 (0.93%) Tenable
15 55 (0.92%) Salesforce
16 43 (0.72%) SAP
17 38 (0.63%) Adobe
18 37 (0.62%) CyberArk
18 37 (0.62%) Veeam
19 30 (0.50%) SonicWALL