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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 36 31
Rank change year-on-year +29 -5 +21
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 8,314 2,241 4,169
As % of all permanent jobs in England 12.56% 5.84% 5.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.13% 6.24% 6.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,372 1,457 3,275
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £45,000 £44,152
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £51,524 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.22% +2.50% -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 51,545 35,897 65,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.85% 93.55% 87.04%
Number of salaries quoted 31,924 20,241 50,770
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £29,007
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 18 March 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 18 March 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 +33 2,600 £38,466 -28.27% 312
North West +27 1,901 £42,500 -22.73% 152
Midlands +29 1,639 £42,500 -29.17% 191
London +23 1,477 £70,000 -6.67% 409
South East +42 1,327 £47,500 -17.39% 362
West Midlands +21 1,282 £43,750 -30.00% 95
East of England +43 691 £35,000 -26.32% 125
Yorkshire +40 585 £31,000 -38.00% 123
South West +35 523 £55,000 +18.92% 158
East Midlands +43 368 £39,250 -6.55% 96
North East +39 114 £30,500 -23.81% 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
1 120 (1.44%) SharePoint
2 74 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.16%) CMS
4 10 (0.12%) Confluence
5 6 (0.072%) nginx
5 6 (0.072%) WordPress
6 5 (0.060%) Apache
6 5 (0.060%) Drupal
7 3 (0.036%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.036%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.024%) SAS
9 1 (0.012%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.012%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 95 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (0.34%) Maya
5 24 (0.29%) Simulink
6 19 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 9 (0.11%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.060%) CATIA
9 4 (0.048%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.036%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.024%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.024%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 27 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.096%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.084%) Shopify
5 4 (0.048%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.048%) Endur
5 4 (0.048%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.048%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.048%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.036%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.036%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.036%) SAP FS
6 3 (0.036%) Yoast SEO
7 2 (0.024%) Exchequer
7 2 (0.024%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.024%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.024%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.024%) SAP FSCM
7 2 (0.024%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.024%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 4,053 (48.75%) Cloud Computing
2 1,942 (23.36%) Azure
3 541 (6.51%) AWS
4 423 (5.09%) Microsoft 365
5 271 (3.26%) Entra ID
6 196 (2.36%) GitHub
7 86 (1.03%) SaaS
8 83 (1.00%) GCP
9 65 (0.78%) Power Platform
10 53 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
11 50 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
12 43 (0.52%) PaaS
13 38 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
14 35 (0.42%) Nutanix
15 33 (0.40%) Google Workspace
16 29 (0.35%) IaaS
17 26 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
18 25 (0.30%) Mimecast
19 24 (0.29%) Dynamics 365
20 22 (0.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4,210 (50.64%) Internet
2 303 (3.64%) Firewall
3 141 (1.70%) Network Security
4 125 (1.50%) VPN
5 85 (1.02%) DNS
6 74 (0.89%) DHCP
7 70 (0.84%) WAN
8 66 (0.79%) VLAN
9 64 (0.77%) LAN
10 57 (0.69%) TCP/IP
11 52 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (0.45%) Broadband
13 35 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
14 33 (0.40%) VoIP
15 27 (0.32%) Wireless
16 23 (0.28%) CHAP
17 20 (0.24%) SD-WAN
18 15 (0.18%) DMZ
19 13 (0.16%) Unified Communications
20 12 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (0.42%) Power BI
2 24 (0.29%) Big Data
2 24 (0.29%) SQL Server
3 23 (0.28%) Tableau
4 21 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
5 18 (0.22%) Neo4j
6 11 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (0.13%) Metadata
6 11 (0.13%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.11%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.084%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.060%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.060%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.060%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.048%) MySQL
10 4 (0.048%) SAP BW
11 3 (0.036%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.024%) Apache Hive
12 2 (0.024%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 199 (2.39%) Git
2 30 (0.36%) JIRA
3 29 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
4 22 (0.26%) GitLab
5 14 (0.17%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.13%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.084%) JMeter
7 7 (0.084%) Locust
8 5 (0.060%) Apache Continuum
8 5 (0.060%) Burp Suite
8 5 (0.060%) Metasploit
9 4 (0.048%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.048%) MLflow
10 1 (0.012%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.012%) GDB
10 1 (0.012%) Snyk
10 1 (0.012%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.012%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.012%) WinDbg
10 1 (0.012%) Yeoman
General
1 5,916 (71.16%) Social Skills
2 4,204 (50.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,166 (50.11%) Banking
4 525 (6.31%) Finance
5 358 (4.31%) Multimedia
6 333 (4.01%) Analytical Skills
7 196 (2.36%) Public Sector
8 167 (2.01%) Marketing
9 154 (1.85%) Law
9 154 (1.85%) Legal
10 126 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
11 119 (1.43%) Telecoms
12 117 (1.41%) Retail
13 89 (1.07%) Manufacturing
14 70 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
15 54 (0.65%) Games
16 51 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
17 48 (0.58%) Electronics
18 46 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
18 46 (0.55%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3,143 (37.80%) Lecturer
2 928 (11.16%) Analyst
3 802 (9.65%) Security Analyst
4 747 (8.98%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 682 (8.20%) Junior
6 661 (7.95%) Junior Analyst
7 660 (7.94%) Junior Security Analyst
8 376 (4.52%) Ethical Hacker
9 363 (4.37%) Trainee
10 359 (4.32%) Senior
11 238 (2.86%) Consultant
12 226 (2.72%) Architect
13 223 (2.68%) Lead
14 201 (2.42%) IT Support
15 156 (1.88%) Developer
16 155 (1.86%) Security Manager
17 149 (1.79%) Security Consultant
18 141 (1.70%) Security Engineer
19 136 (1.64%) IT Manager
20 131 (1.58%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (2.49%) CSS
1 207 (2.49%) HTML
2 42 (0.51%) REST
3 36 (0.43%) OAuth
4 35 (0.42%) React
4 35 (0.42%) SAML
5 33 (0.40%) OpenID
6 29 (0.35%) LDAP
7 27 (0.32%) SOAP
8 26 (0.31%) GraphQL
9 22 (0.26%) SAP CAF
10 21 (0.25%) AngularJS
11 17 (0.20%) MERN Stack
12 12 (0.14%) SailPoint
13 10 (0.12%) Node.js
13 10 (0.12%) Tailwind CSS
14 9 (0.11%) Middleware
14 9 (0.11%) YAML
15 8 (0.096%) .NET
15 8 (0.096%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4,072 (48.98%) IoT
2 439 (5.28%) Cyberattack
3 204 (2.45%) Security Posture
4 180 (2.17%) Management Information System
5 113 (1.36%) Driving Licence
6 111 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
7 95 (1.14%) Onboarding
8 94 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
9 83 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
10 80 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
11 66 (0.79%) Data Centre
12 64 (0.77%) Cloud Native
13 60 (0.72%) Cyber Defence
14 55 (0.66%) Operational Technology
15 48 (0.58%) Blog
16 47 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
17 35 (0.42%) PKI
18 34 (0.41%) Public Cloud
19 33 (0.40%) Cyber Security Posture
20 32 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 372 (4.47%) Windows
2 169 (2.03%) Windows Server
3 128 (1.54%) Linux
4 68 (0.82%) Windows 10
5 48 (0.58%) Mac OS
6 32 (0.38%) Android
7 23 (0.28%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.12%) Unix
10 6 (0.072%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.048%) VMS
12 3 (0.036%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.036%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.036%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.012%) CentOS
13 1 (0.012%) Debian
13 1 (0.012%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.012%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.012%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.012%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,255 (51.18%) AI
2 4,063 (48.87%) Machine Learning
3 4,044 (48.64%) User Experience
4 4,038 (48.57%) Web Development
5 1,269 (15.26%) Mentoring
6 553 (6.65%) Ethical Hacking
7 434 (5.22%) Problem-Solving
8 422 (5.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 374 (4.50%) Risk Management
10 357 (4.29%) Incident Response
10 357 (4.29%) Information Security
11 267 (3.21%) Agile
12 226 (2.72%) SIEM
13 208 (2.50%) Cloud Security
14 199 (2.39%) Line Management
15 196 (2.36%) ITIL
16 191 (2.30%) Roadmaps
17 185 (2.23%) Project Management
18 182 (2.19%) Data Protection
18 182 (2.19%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 396 (4.76%) Python
2 251 (3.02%) JavaScript
3 187 (2.25%) PowerShell
4 106 (1.27%) SQL
5 99 (1.19%) R
6 58 (0.70%) Bash
7 40 (0.48%) Java
8 30 (0.36%) C++
8 30 (0.36%) TypeScript
9 26 (0.31%) MATLAB
10 25 (0.30%) T-SQL
11 23 (0.28%) C#
12 22 (0.26%) C
13 10 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
14 9 (0.11%) Go
15 7 (0.084%) Rust
16 6 (0.072%) PHP
17 4 (0.048%) Kotlin
18 3 (0.036%) Bicep
18 3 (0.036%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4,433 (53.32%) Degree
2 4,071 (48.97%) Master's Degree
3 4,013 (48.27%) PhD
4 4,005 (48.17%) Postgraduate
5 1,263 (15.19%) Azure Certification
6 881 (10.60%) CompTIA Security+
7 699 (8.41%) CompTIA CySA+
8 594 (7.14%) CEH
9 346 (4.16%) CISSP
10 301 (3.62%) Security Cleared
11 257 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
12 239 (2.87%) AWS Certification
13 237 (2.85%) CISM
14 195 (2.35%) SC Cleared
15 194 (2.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 189 (2.27%) Network+ Certification
17 178 (2.14%) A+ Certification
18 111 (1.34%) CISA
19 108 (1.30%) DV Cleared
20 103 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 493 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 457 (5.50%) NIST
3 260 (3.13%) GDPR
4 220 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 180 (2.17%) GRC
6 114 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 104 (1.25%) NCSC
8 102 (1.23%) PCI DSS
9 71 (0.85%) QA
10 44 (0.53%) COBIT
11 41 (0.49%) SOC 2
12 40 (0.48%) SLA
13 36 (0.43%) NIST 800
14 29 (0.35%) Accessibility
15 26 (0.31%) Data Quality
16 23 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 21 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
18 19 (0.23%) ISO 22301
19 18 (0.22%) SOC 3
20 17 (0.20%) JSP 440
System Software
1 299 (3.60%) Active Directory
2 70 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (0.73%) Hyper-V
4 52 (0.63%) Docker
5 26 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (0.24%) vSphere
7 9 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.096%) Firmware
9 7 (0.084%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (0.072%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.060%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.048%) IAG
13 3 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 2 (0.024%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.024%) GPFS
14 2 (0.024%) Lustre
15 1 (0.012%) iptables
15 1 (0.012%) KVM
Systems Management
1 156 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 65 (0.78%) Terraform
3 55 (0.66%) Kubernetes
4 34 (0.41%) Ansible
5 26 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.20%) Grafana
7 16 (0.19%) CASB
8 14 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
9 12 (0.14%) CSIRT
9 12 (0.14%) SCCM
10 11 (0.13%) FortiGate
10 11 (0.13%) Nessus
11 10 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 8 (0.096%) RSA Archer
13 7 (0.084%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 7 (0.084%) FTK
13 7 (0.084%) VxRail
14 5 (0.060%) Prometheus
14 5 (0.060%) QRadar
14 5 (0.060%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,946 (23.41%) Microsoft
2 1,035 (12.45%) ForeScout
3 120 (1.44%) VMware
4 96 (1.15%) Cisco
5 77 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
6 67 (0.81%) Fortinet
7 65 (0.78%) Palo Alto
8 60 (0.72%) Apple
9 59 (0.71%) SAP
10 41 (0.49%) Google
11 38 (0.46%) Salesforce
12 37 (0.45%) Dell
12 37 (0.45%) Oracle
12 37 (0.45%) Splunk
13 33 (0.40%) Tenable
14 32 (0.38%) Adobe
15 30 (0.36%) Siemens
16 26 (0.31%) ServiceNow
17 23 (0.28%) CyberArk
18 20 (0.24%) Commvault