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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 34 38
Rank change year-on-year +14 +4 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 6,052 2,732 3,823
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.66% 6.29% 5.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.02% 7.01% 6.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,453 1,667 2,667
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £36,150
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% -6.25%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -9.65%

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 67,066 38,984 61,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.85% 89.76% 81.55%
Number of salaries quoted 47,315 22,502 42,192
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,185 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.79% +2.16% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 30 July 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 30 July 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 +13 1,413 £75,000 +3.45% 703
North of England +16 1,369 £50,000 - 349
South East +14 1,106 £55,000 +10.00% 386
Midlands +20 1,052 £57,500 +21.05% 208
North West +30 651 £55,000 - 187
South West +9 608 £55,000 +22.22% 205
Yorkshire +13 552 £43,000 +30.30% 133
West Midlands +10 534 £60,000 +14.29% 104
East Midlands +40 517 £55,000 +57.14% 104
East of England +59 481 £45,000 -5.26% 136
North East +27 166 £50,000 -27.94% 32
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
1 183 (3.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 181 (2.99%) SharePoint
3 18 (0.30%) Apache
4 16 (0.26%) IIS
5 11 (0.18%) CMS
6 9 (0.15%) SAS
7 8 (0.13%) Confluence
8 5 (0.083%) WordPress
9 4 (0.066%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.033%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.033%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 77 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.21%) Simulink
5 5 (0.083%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.066%) CATIA
6 4 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.033%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.033%) SmartSuite
8 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.017%) Maya
8 1 (0.017%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 15 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.099%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.099%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.083%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.083%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.066%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
9 2 (0.033%) Shopify
9 2 (0.033%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 1 (0.017%) Eikon
10 1 (0.017%) Infor CloudSuite
10 1 (0.017%) Odoo
10 1 (0.017%) Sage X3
10 1 (0.017%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 2,346 (38.76%) Azure
2 711 (11.75%) Microsoft 365
3 463 (7.65%) AWS
4 380 (6.28%) Entra ID
5 180 (2.97%) SaaS
6 154 (2.54%) GCP
7 83 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
8 70 (1.16%) Power Platform
9 61 (1.01%) OneDrive
10 59 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
11 48 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
12 45 (0.74%) Serverless
13 38 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
14 35 (0.58%) Mimecast
15 31 (0.51%) GitHub
16 30 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
17 27 (0.45%) Google Workspace
18 26 (0.43%) PaaS
19 23 (0.38%) IaaS
20 22 (0.36%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 468 (7.73%) Firewall
2 220 (3.64%) Network Security
3 195 (3.22%) VPN
4 186 (3.07%) DNS
5 143 (2.36%) WAN
6 140 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
7 126 (2.08%) LAN
8 123 (2.03%) DHCP
9 118 (1.95%) TCP/IP
10 105 (1.73%) VLAN
11 85 (1.40%) Internet
12 66 (1.09%) VoIP
13 55 (0.91%) Wireless
14 43 (0.71%) Unified Communications
15 39 (0.64%) Cisco Nexus
16 38 (0.63%) HTTP
17 32 (0.53%) SSL
18 30 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
19 28 (0.46%) Broadband
20 27 (0.45%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (0.74%) Power BI
2 41 (0.68%) SQL Server
3 13 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (0.20%) MongoDB
4 12 (0.20%) MySQL
5 11 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (0.18%) Tableau
6 10 (0.17%) Big Data
6 10 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.099%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.099%) GIS
8 6 (0.099%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.083%) Metadata
9 5 (0.083%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.066%) Neo4j
11 3 (0.050%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.050%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.033%) Flink
12 2 (0.033%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 39 (0.64%) Git
2 38 (0.63%) JIRA
3 33 (0.55%) GitLab
4 26 (0.43%) Snyk
5 18 (0.30%) Burp Suite
6 17 (0.28%) Metasploit
7 15 (0.25%) Jenkins
8 14 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
9 9 (0.15%) Yeoman
10 5 (0.083%) JMeter
10 5 (0.083%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.083%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.066%) Apache Continuum
11 4 (0.066%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.066%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.066%) Locust
11 4 (0.066%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.050%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.033%) Claude Code
14 1 (0.017%) Vite
General
1 2,453 (40.53%) Social Skills
2 523 (8.64%) Finance
3 411 (6.79%) Analytical Skills
4 310 (5.12%) Public Sector
5 292 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 169 (2.79%) Law
6 169 (2.79%) Marketing
7 168 (2.78%) Retail
8 158 (2.61%) Legal
8 158 (2.61%) Telecoms
9 134 (2.21%) Manufacturing
10 125 (2.07%) Banking
11 106 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
12 91 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
13 76 (1.26%) Aerospace
14 58 (0.96%) Local Government
15 57 (0.94%) Advertising
16 55 (0.91%) Multimedia
17 34 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
18 33 (0.55%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1,230 (20.32%) Analyst
2 1,052 (17.38%) Security Analyst
3 954 (15.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 782 (12.92%) Junior
5 720 (11.90%) Junior Analyst
6 710 (11.73%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (11.65%) Ethical Hacker
8 609 (10.06%) Senior
9 452 (7.47%) Consultant
10 353 (5.83%) Architect
11 312 (5.16%) Lead
12 291 (4.81%) Security Consultant
13 276 (4.56%) Security Manager
14 269 (4.44%) IT Support
15 241 (3.98%) IT Manager
16 238 (3.93%) Security Architect
17 225 (3.72%) Security Engineer
18 199 (3.29%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 189 (3.12%) IT Engineer
20 184 (3.04%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (0.91%) SAML
2 49 (0.81%) OAuth
3 47 (0.78%) LDAP
4 43 (0.71%) OpenID
5 42 (0.69%) REST
6 30 (0.50%) HTML
7 23 (0.38%) CSS
8 22 (0.36%) React
9 21 (0.35%) Kafka
10 18 (0.30%) JSON
10 18 (0.30%) SailPoint
11 17 (0.28%) .NET
12 16 (0.26%) Node.js
13 15 (0.25%) SOAP
13 15 (0.25%) XML
14 14 (0.23%) Middleware
14 14 (0.23%) RESTful
15 13 (0.21%) FastAPI
15 13 (0.21%) XMPP
16 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 807 (13.33%) Cyberattack
2 327 (5.40%) Security Posture
3 230 (3.80%) Cyber Threat
4 212 (3.50%) Onboarding
5 211 (3.49%) Management Information System
6 168 (2.78%) Driving Licence
7 163 (2.69%) Security Operations Centre
8 136 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
9 109 (1.80%) Operational Technology
10 99 (1.64%) Cyber Defence
11 90 (1.49%) Cloud Native
12 73 (1.21%) Data Centre
13 59 (0.97%) PKI
14 55 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
15 41 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
16 38 (0.63%) Blog
16 38 (0.63%) CSOC
16 38 (0.63%) Cyber Security Posture
17 28 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
18 27 (0.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 546 (9.02%) Windows
2 266 (4.40%) Windows Server
3 197 (3.26%) Linux
4 63 (1.04%) Mac OS
5 32 (0.53%) Windows 10
6 29 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
7 26 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
8 25 (0.41%) Android
9 24 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 23 (0.38%) Apple iOS
11 15 (0.25%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.099%) CentOS
13 4 (0.066%) VMS
13 4 (0.066%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.050%) Unix
15 2 (0.033%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.033%) Embedded Linux
15 2 (0.033%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.017%) FreeBSD
16 1 (0.017%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,142 (18.87%) Mentoring
2 757 (12.51%) Ethical Hacking
3 617 (10.19%) Continuous Improvement
3 617 (10.19%) Problem-Solving
4 503 (8.31%) Incident Response
5 502 (8.29%) Information Security
6 477 (7.88%) Risk Management
7 446 (7.37%) Security Operations
8 427 (7.06%) SIEM
9 421 (6.96%) AI
10 394 (6.51%) Cloud Security
11 388 (6.41%) Vulnerability Management
12 326 (5.39%) Disaster Recovery
13 321 (5.30%) Decision-Making
14 295 (4.87%) Stakeholder Management
15 279 (4.61%) Roadmaps
16 266 (4.40%) Agile
17 252 (4.16%) Service Delivery
18 249 (4.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 244 (4.03%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 301 (4.97%) Python
2 237 (3.92%) PowerShell
3 94 (1.55%) SQL
4 65 (1.07%) JavaScript
5 64 (1.06%) C++
6 62 (1.02%) Bash
7 38 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
8 37 (0.61%) Java
9 32 (0.53%) Rust
10 27 (0.45%) C#
11 22 (0.36%) Go
12 17 (0.28%) MATLAB
13 16 (0.26%) TypeScript
14 14 (0.23%) Search Processing Language
15 13 (0.21%) C
16 10 (0.17%) Perl
17 8 (0.13%) T-SQL
18 7 (0.12%) PHP
19 5 (0.083%) Shell Script
20 4 (0.066%) Ada
Qualifications
1 1,478 (24.42%) Azure Certification
2 876 (14.47%) CompTIA Security+
3 811 (13.40%) CEH
4 747 (12.34%) CompTIA CySA+
5 602 (9.95%) Security Cleared
6 463 (7.65%) Degree
7 445 (7.35%) CISSP
8 419 (6.92%) SC Cleared
9 291 (4.81%) CISM
10 196 (3.24%) DV Cleared
11 159 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
12 100 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
13 94 (1.55%) CRISC
14 93 (1.54%) CISA
15 88 (1.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 76 (1.26%) CREST Certified
17 74 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
18 72 (1.19%) AWS Certification
19 70 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
20 68 (1.12%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 616 (10.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 517 (8.54%) NIST
3 315 (5.20%) GDPR
4 281 (4.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 271 (4.48%) GRC
6 146 (2.41%) PCI DSS
7 135 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 106 (1.75%) QA
9 94 (1.55%) NCSC
10 62 (1.02%) SOC 2
11 42 (0.69%) NIST 800
12 39 (0.64%) Accessibility
13 35 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 35 (0.58%) SLA
14 34 (0.56%) COBIT
15 33 (0.55%) JSP 440
16 27 (0.45%) Data Quality
17 23 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
17 23 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 21 (0.35%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 427 (7.06%) Active Directory
2 132 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 110 (1.82%) Hyper-V
4 55 (0.91%) Docker
5 49 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
6 25 (0.41%) vSphere
7 20 (0.33%) Firmware
8 14 (0.23%) IAG
9 12 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
10 11 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 9 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
12 6 (0.099%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.083%) ClearTrust
14 4 (0.066%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.050%) VMware ESXi
15 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
16 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
16 1 (0.017%) Embedded Firmware
16 1 (0.017%) KVM
16 1 (0.017%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 221 (3.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 88 (1.45%) Terraform
3 76 (1.26%) Kubernetes
4 46 (0.76%) Ansible
5 44 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
6 32 (0.53%) Grafana
7 19 (0.31%) QRadar
8 18 (0.30%) Prometheus
9 17 (0.28%) FortiGate
10 16 (0.26%) CASB
11 15 (0.25%) SCCM
12 14 (0.23%) Nmap
13 13 (0.21%) Nessus
14 12 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
15 10 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
16 9 (0.15%) Kibana
17 8 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
18 6 (0.099%) CSIRT
18 6 (0.099%) Graylog
18 6 (0.099%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2,559 (42.28%) Microsoft
2 1,411 (23.31%) ForeScout
3 179 (2.96%) VMware
4 178 (2.94%) Cisco
5 154 (2.54%) Palo Alto
6 106 (1.75%) Splunk
7 100 (1.65%) CrowdStrike
8 66 (1.09%) Google
8 66 (1.09%) Qualys
9 64 (1.06%) Fortinet
10 61 (1.01%) Aruba
10 61 (1.01%) ServiceNow
11 55 (0.91%) Tenable
12 54 (0.89%) Apple
13 52 (0.86%) Salesforce
14 39 (0.64%) SAP
15 37 (0.61%) Veeam
16 35 (0.58%) CyberArk
17 33 (0.55%) Adobe
18 28 (0.46%) Dell