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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 33 38
Rank change year-on-year +13 +5 +11
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 6,039 2,762 3,628
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.42% 6.33% 4.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.71% 7.07% 6.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,567 1,680 2,457
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.87%
75th Percentile £79,125 £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 69,342 39,040 59,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.71% 89.41% 81.41%
Number of salaries quoted 48,920 22,578 38,902
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% - -9.09%

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 11 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 11 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 +14 1,456 £75,000 +6.38% 1,041
North of England +18 1,346 £50,000 +5.26% 433
South East +11 1,095 £55,000 +10.00% 482
Midlands +18 1,036 £55,000 +15.79% 242
North West +29 648 £56,000 +6.67% 230
South West +7 601 £55,000 +15.35% 261
Yorkshire +16 535 £42,500 +28.79% 156
West Midlands +7 518 £57,500 +10.17% 136
East Midlands +39 517 £55,000 +57.14% 106
East of England +50 484 £45,000 -5.26% 155
North East +20 163 £50,000 -26.95% 50
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
1 192 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
1 192 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 19 (0.31%) Apache
3 17 (0.28%) IIS
4 10 (0.17%) CMS
5 9 (0.15%) Confluence
5 9 (0.15%) SAS
6 5 (0.083%) WordPress
7 4 (0.066%) 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 83 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
2 47 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.20%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.099%) CATIA
7 4 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.033%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
9 1 (0.017%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 13 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.099%) 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%) Dynamics GP
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%) Shopify
8 2 (0.033%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2,149 (35.59%) Azure
2 727 (12.04%) Microsoft 365
3 471 (7.80%) AWS
4 388 (6.42%) Entra ID
5 187 (3.10%) SaaS
6 151 (2.50%) GCP
7 82 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
8 73 (1.21%) Power Platform
9 65 (1.08%) OneDrive
10 64 (1.06%) Microsoft Purview
11 49 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
12 44 (0.73%) Serverless
13 42 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
14 40 (0.66%) Mimecast
15 34 (0.56%) GitHub
16 27 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
17 26 (0.43%) PaaS
18 23 (0.38%) Google Workspace
18 23 (0.38%) IaaS
19 21 (0.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 478 (7.92%) Firewall
2 234 (3.87%) Network Security
3 198 (3.28%) DNS
4 193 (3.20%) VPN
5 154 (2.55%) WAN
6 147 (2.43%) Wi-Fi
7 135 (2.24%) LAN
8 131 (2.17%) DHCP
9 125 (2.07%) TCP/IP
10 108 (1.79%) VLAN
11 88 (1.46%) Internet
12 69 (1.14%) VoIP
13 58 (0.96%) Wireless
14 44 (0.73%) Unified Communications
15 42 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
16 41 (0.68%) HTTP
17 35 (0.58%) SSL
18 33 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
19 28 (0.46%) SD-WAN
20 26 (0.43%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (0.78%) Power BI
2 41 (0.68%) SQL Server
3 14 (0.23%) Big Data
3 14 (0.23%) MongoDB
3 14 (0.23%) MySQL
4 13 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (0.17%) GIS
5 10 (0.17%) Tableau
6 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (0.099%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.099%) Metadata
7 6 (0.099%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.099%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.083%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.066%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.050%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.050%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.050%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 44 (0.73%) JIRA
2 42 (0.70%) Git
3 28 (0.46%) GitLab
4 27 (0.45%) Snyk
5 24 (0.40%) Burp Suite
6 23 (0.38%) Metasploit
7 16 (0.26%) Jenkins
8 14 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
9 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
10 6 (0.099%) Apache Continuum
11 5 (0.083%) JMeter
11 5 (0.083%) VersionOne
12 4 (0.066%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.066%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.066%) Locust
12 4 (0.066%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.066%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.050%) Bitbucket
14 2 (0.033%) git-flow
14 2 (0.033%) XCUITest
General
1 2,351 (38.93%) Social Skills
2 550 (9.11%) Finance
3 438 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
4 331 (5.48%) Public Sector
5 320 (5.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 179 (2.96%) Law
7 175 (2.90%) Marketing
8 168 (2.78%) Retail
9 167 (2.77%) Legal
10 163 (2.70%) Telecoms
11 139 (2.30%) Manufacturing
12 121 (2.00%) Banking
13 119 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
14 103 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
15 95 (1.57%) Aerospace
16 58 (0.96%) Local Government
17 57 (0.94%) Advertising
18 46 (0.76%) Multimedia
19 42 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
20 33 (0.55%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1,145 (18.96%) Analyst
2 960 (15.90%) Security Analyst
3 862 (14.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 692 (11.46%) Junior
5 634 (10.50%) Senior
6 625 (10.35%) Junior Analyst
7 615 (10.18%) Junior Security Analyst
8 611 (10.12%) Ethical Hacker
9 471 (7.80%) Consultant
10 369 (6.11%) Architect
11 342 (5.66%) Lead
12 304 (5.03%) Security Consultant
13 283 (4.69%) Security Manager
14 274 (4.54%) IT Support
15 253 (4.19%) Security Architect
16 252 (4.17%) IT Manager
17 230 (3.81%) Security Engineer
18 206 (3.41%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 193 (3.20%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 191 (3.16%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (0.84%) SAML
2 46 (0.76%) OAuth
3 44 (0.73%) LDAP
4 40 (0.66%) OpenID
5 37 (0.61%) REST
6 30 (0.50%) HTML
7 23 (0.38%) CSS
7 23 (0.38%) React
8 21 (0.35%) Kafka
9 19 (0.31%) .NET
9 19 (0.31%) JSON
10 18 (0.30%) Node.js
11 17 (0.28%) SailPoint
12 15 (0.25%) RESTful
12 15 (0.25%) XML
13 14 (0.23%) FastAPI
14 13 (0.22%) XMPP
15 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
15 12 (0.20%) Middleware
16 10 (0.17%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 709 (11.74%) Cyberattack
2 344 (5.70%) Security Posture
3 250 (4.14%) Cyber Threat
4 233 (3.86%) Onboarding
5 228 (3.78%) Management Information System
6 165 (2.73%) Driving Licence
7 160 (2.65%) Security Operations Centre
8 138 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
9 117 (1.94%) Operational Technology
10 101 (1.67%) Cyber Defence
11 97 (1.61%) Cloud Native
12 87 (1.44%) Data Centre
13 61 (1.01%) PKI
14 58 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
15 46 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
16 43 (0.71%) Cyber Security Posture
17 39 (0.65%) CSOC
18 35 (0.58%) Blog
19 32 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
20 28 (0.46%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 561 (9.29%) Windows
2 272 (4.50%) Windows Server
3 205 (3.39%) Linux
4 70 (1.16%) Mac OS
5 30 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 26 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 25 (0.41%) Apple iOS
8 25 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
9 24 (0.40%) Android
10 15 (0.25%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.099%) CentOS
12 4 (0.066%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.050%) Kali Linux
13 3 (0.050%) Unix
13 3 (0.050%) VMS
14 2 (0.033%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.033%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.033%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.017%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,049 (17.37%) Mentoring
2 665 (11.01%) Problem-Solving
3 653 (10.81%) Ethical Hacking
4 635 (10.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 532 (8.81%) Information Security
6 510 (8.45%) Incident Response
7 490 (8.11%) Risk Management
8 460 (7.62%) AI
9 457 (7.57%) Security Operations
10 435 (7.20%) SIEM
11 412 (6.82%) Cloud Security
12 408 (6.76%) Vulnerability Management
13 345 (5.71%) Disaster Recovery
14 344 (5.70%) Decision-Making
15 335 (5.55%) Stakeholder Management
16 295 (4.88%) Roadmaps
17 278 (4.60%) Service Delivery
18 276 (4.57%) Agile
19 266 (4.40%) Data Protection
20 260 (4.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 311 (5.15%) Python
2 237 (3.92%) PowerShell
3 90 (1.49%) SQL
4 71 (1.18%) C++
5 70 (1.16%) JavaScript
6 58 (0.96%) Bash
7 44 (0.73%) Java
8 42 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
9 32 (0.53%) Rust
10 30 (0.50%) C#
11 22 (0.36%) Go
12 21 (0.35%) TypeScript
13 17 (0.28%) C
14 16 (0.26%) MATLAB
14 16 (0.26%) Search Processing Language
15 11 (0.18%) Perl
16 6 (0.099%) Embedded C
17 5 (0.083%) PHP
17 5 (0.083%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.066%) Ada
Qualifications
1 1,297 (21.48%) Azure Certification
2 781 (12.93%) CompTIA Security+
3 711 (11.77%) CEH
4 652 (10.80%) CompTIA CySA+
5 644 (10.66%) Security Cleared
6 488 (8.08%) Degree
7 456 (7.55%) CISSP
8 447 (7.40%) SC Cleared
9 290 (4.80%) CISM
10 208 (3.44%) DV Cleared
11 159 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
12 106 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
13 97 (1.61%) CRISC
14 92 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 88 (1.46%) CISA
16 79 (1.31%) AWS Certification
16 79 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
17 73 (1.21%) CREST Certified
18 71 (1.18%) Master's Degree
19 67 (1.11%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 634 (10.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 513 (8.49%) NIST
3 324 (5.37%) GDPR
4 295 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 278 (4.60%) GRC
6 145 (2.40%) PCI DSS
7 138 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 106 (1.76%) QA
9 87 (1.44%) NCSC
10 62 (1.03%) SOC 2
11 43 (0.71%) Accessibility
12 41 (0.68%) NIST 800
13 40 (0.66%) SLA
14 37 (0.61%) COBIT
15 36 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 33 (0.55%) JSP 440
17 30 (0.50%) Data Quality
18 22 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
18 22 (0.36%) ISO 22301
19 21 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 430 (7.12%) Active Directory
2 146 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 116 (1.92%) Hyper-V
4 54 (0.89%) Docker
5 51 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
6 30 (0.50%) 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 7 (0.12%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.083%) ClearTrust
13 4 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
14 3 (0.050%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.033%) Embedded Firmware
15 2 (0.033%) ProxySG
16 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
16 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 228 (3.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 85 (1.41%) Terraform
3 78 (1.29%) Kubernetes
4 47 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
5 46 (0.76%) Ansible
6 29 (0.48%) Grafana
7 20 (0.33%) Nmap
7 20 (0.33%) QRadar
8 19 (0.31%) FortiGate
9 18 (0.30%) Nessus
10 17 (0.28%) CASB
10 17 (0.28%) SCCM
11 15 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
11 15 (0.25%) Prometheus
12 10 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.15%) Kibana
14 8 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
15 6 (0.099%) CSIRT
15 6 (0.099%) Functional Safety
15 6 (0.099%) Graylog
Vendors
1 2,407 (39.86%) Microsoft
2 1,222 (20.24%) ForeScout
3 193 (3.20%) Cisco
4 190 (3.15%) VMware
5 161 (2.67%) Palo Alto
6 110 (1.82%) Splunk
7 99 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
8 73 (1.21%) Google
9 69 (1.14%) Qualys
10 65 (1.08%) Apple
11 64 (1.06%) ServiceNow
12 63 (1.04%) Fortinet
13 59 (0.98%) Aruba
14 56 (0.93%) Tenable
15 55 (0.91%) Salesforce
16 42 (0.70%) SAP
17 38 (0.63%) Adobe
17 38 (0.63%) Veeam
18 37 (0.61%) CyberArk
19 29 (0.48%) Dell