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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 39 32
Rank change year-on-year +32 -7 +21
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 8,583 2,154 4,305
As % of all permanent jobs in England 12.59% 5.85% 5.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.24% 6.26% 6.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,437 1,472 3,345
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,050 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,250 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% +1.22% -8.42%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -12.50% +0.80% -8.42%

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 52,835 34,435 66,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.52% 93.54% 86.73%
Number of salaries quoted 32,803 20,217 51,518
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,561 £29,000
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 £81,000 £74,852
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 25 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 25 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 +39 2,676 £40,000 -24.71% 296
North West +32 1,923 £42,500 -22.73% 147
Midlands +29 1,700 £45,000 -25.00% 166
London +22 1,515 £70,000 -3.45% 426
South East +43 1,374 £47,500 -13.64% 351
West Midlands +23 1,308 £45,000 -28.00% 83
East of England +47 714 £35,000 -26.32% 111
Yorkshire +41 627 £31,500 -37.00% 112
South West +35 549 £57,500 +27.78% 150
East Midlands +45 403 £43,500 +4.82% 82
North East +42 126 £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
1 119 (1.39%) SharePoint
2 74 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.15%) CMS
4 9 (0.10%) Confluence
5 6 (0.070%) nginx
5 6 (0.070%) WordPress
6 5 (0.058%) Apache
6 5 (0.058%) Drupal
7 3 (0.035%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.035%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.023%) SAS
9 1 (0.012%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.012%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 93 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (0.33%) Maya
5 24 (0.28%) Simulink
6 19 (0.22%) Chatbot
7 9 (0.10%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.058%) CATIA
9 4 (0.047%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.047%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.023%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.023%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.093%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.082%) Shopify
5 4 (0.047%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.047%) Endur
5 4 (0.047%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.047%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.047%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.035%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.035%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.035%) SAP FS
6 3 (0.035%) Yoast SEO
7 2 (0.023%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 2 (0.023%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.023%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.023%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.023%) SAP FSCM
7 2 (0.023%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.023%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 4,054 (47.23%) Cloud Computing
2 2,134 (24.86%) Azure
3 549 (6.40%) AWS
4 429 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
5 282 (3.29%) Entra ID
6 196 (2.28%) GitHub
7 92 (1.07%) SaaS
8 87 (1.01%) GCP
9 67 (0.78%) Power Platform
10 54 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
11 50 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
12 43 (0.50%) PaaS
13 37 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
14 35 (0.41%) Nutanix
15 33 (0.38%) Google Workspace
16 29 (0.34%) IaaS
17 27 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
18 26 (0.30%) Mimecast
19 23 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
20 22 (0.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4,211 (49.06%) Internet
2 307 (3.58%) Firewall
3 141 (1.64%) Network Security
4 126 (1.47%) VPN
5 87 (1.01%) DNS
6 73 (0.85%) DHCP
7 66 (0.77%) VLAN
7 66 (0.77%) WAN
8 62 (0.72%) LAN
9 55 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
10 51 (0.59%) TCP/IP
11 37 (0.43%) Broadband
12 35 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
13 30 (0.35%) VoIP
14 26 (0.30%) Wireless
15 23 (0.27%) CHAP
16 17 (0.20%) SD-WAN
17 15 (0.17%) DMZ
18 12 (0.14%) Unified Communications
19 11 (0.13%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (0.42%) Power BI
2 24 (0.28%) Big Data
2 24 (0.28%) SQL Server
3 23 (0.27%) Tableau
4 22 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
5 21 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (0.22%) Neo4j
7 11 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (0.12%) Metadata
9 9 (0.10%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.10%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.070%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.058%) MariaDB
11 5 (0.058%) MySQL
11 5 (0.058%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.058%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.047%) SAP BW
13 3 (0.035%) MongoDB
14 2 (0.023%) Apache Hive
14 2 (0.023%) Impala
Development Applications
1 200 (2.33%) Git
2 29 (0.34%) JIRA
2 29 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
3 23 (0.27%) GitLab
4 13 (0.15%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.13%) Cucumber
6 7 (0.082%) JMeter
6 7 (0.082%) Locust
7 5 (0.058%) Apache Continuum
7 5 (0.058%) Burp Suite
7 5 (0.058%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.047%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.047%) MLflow
9 2 (0.023%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.012%) GDB
10 1 (0.012%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.012%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.012%) WinDbg
10 1 (0.012%) Yeoman
General
1 6,111 (71.20%) Social Skills
2 4,209 (49.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,166 (48.54%) Banking
4 534 (6.22%) Finance
5 358 (4.17%) Multimedia
6 335 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
7 197 (2.30%) Public Sector
8 166 (1.93%) Marketing
9 158 (1.84%) Law
10 156 (1.82%) Legal
11 124 (1.44%) Retail
12 123 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
12 123 (1.43%) Telecoms
13 87 (1.01%) Manufacturing
14 66 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
15 54 (0.63%) Games
16 51 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
17 48 (0.56%) Local Government
18 46 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
18 46 (0.54%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3,143 (36.62%) Lecturer
2 1,024 (11.93%) Analyst
3 902 (10.51%) Security Analyst
4 845 (9.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 776 (9.04%) Junior
6 755 (8.80%) Junior Analyst
7 754 (8.78%) Junior Security Analyst
8 470 (5.48%) Ethical Hacker
9 367 (4.28%) Senior
10 363 (4.23%) Trainee
11 251 (2.92%) Consultant
12 236 (2.75%) Architect
13 229 (2.67%) Lead
14 203 (2.37%) IT Support
15 157 (1.83%) Developer
15 157 (1.83%) Security Consultant
15 157 (1.83%) Security Manager
16 147 (1.71%) Security Engineer
17 144 (1.68%) IT Manager
18 134 (1.56%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (2.40%) CSS
1 206 (2.40%) HTML
2 42 (0.49%) REST
3 36 (0.42%) OAuth
4 35 (0.41%) React
4 35 (0.41%) SAML
5 33 (0.38%) OpenID
6 29 (0.34%) LDAP
7 27 (0.31%) SOAP
8 26 (0.30%) GraphQL
9 20 (0.23%) AngularJS
9 20 (0.23%) SAP CAF
10 17 (0.20%) MERN Stack
11 14 (0.16%) SailPoint
12 11 (0.13%) YAML
13 10 (0.12%) Tailwind CSS
14 9 (0.10%) Middleware
14 9 (0.10%) Node.js
15 8 (0.093%) PyTorch
15 8 (0.093%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4,072 (47.44%) IoT
2 533 (6.21%) Cyberattack
3 213 (2.48%) Security Posture
4 178 (2.07%) Management Information System
5 112 (1.30%) Driving Licence
6 108 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
7 97 (1.13%) Onboarding
8 94 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
9 81 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
10 80 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
11 64 (0.75%) Cloud Native
11 64 (0.75%) Cyber Defence
12 62 (0.72%) Data Centre
13 58 (0.68%) Operational Technology
14 51 (0.59%) Blog
15 46 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
16 38 (0.44%) PKI
17 37 (0.43%) Cyber Security Posture
18 34 (0.40%) Public Cloud
19 32 (0.37%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 372 (4.33%) Windows
2 169 (1.97%) Windows Server
3 136 (1.58%) Linux
4 68 (0.79%) Windows 10
5 47 (0.55%) Mac OS
6 28 (0.33%) Android
7 21 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.12%) Unix
10 6 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.058%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.047%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.047%) VMS
13 3 (0.035%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.023%) CentOS
15 1 (0.012%) Debian
15 1 (0.012%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.012%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.012%) OpenWrt
15 1 (0.012%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,256 (49.59%) AI
2 4,062 (47.33%) Machine Learning
3 4,049 (47.17%) User Experience
4 4,038 (47.05%) Web Development
5 1,367 (15.93%) Mentoring
6 645 (7.51%) Ethical Hacking
7 431 (5.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 430 (5.01%) Problem-Solving
9 380 (4.43%) Risk Management
10 360 (4.19%) Information Security
11 357 (4.16%) Incident Response
12 274 (3.19%) Agile
13 231 (2.69%) SIEM
14 222 (2.59%) Cloud Security
15 200 (2.33%) Line Management
15 200 (2.33%) Roadmaps
16 198 (2.31%) ITIL
17 192 (2.24%) Project Management
18 186 (2.17%) Security Operations
19 185 (2.16%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 400 (4.66%) Python
2 251 (2.92%) JavaScript
3 190 (2.21%) PowerShell
4 106 (1.23%) SQL
5 99 (1.15%) R
6 62 (0.72%) Bash
7 40 (0.47%) Java
8 32 (0.37%) C++
9 30 (0.35%) TypeScript
10 26 (0.30%) MATLAB
11 25 (0.29%) T-SQL
12 22 (0.26%) C
12 22 (0.26%) C#
13 10 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
14 9 (0.10%) Go
15 7 (0.082%) Rust
16 6 (0.070%) PHP
17 4 (0.047%) Kotlin
18 3 (0.035%) Bicep
18 3 (0.035%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 4,440 (51.73%) Degree
2 4,071 (47.43%) Master's Degree
3 4,013 (46.76%) PhD
4 4,006 (46.67%) Postgraduate
5 1,450 (16.89%) Azure Certification
6 976 (11.37%) CompTIA Security+
7 794 (9.25%) CompTIA CySA+
8 689 (8.03%) CEH
9 354 (4.12%) CISSP
10 308 (3.59%) Security Cleared
11 258 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
12 240 (2.80%) CISM
13 238 (2.77%) AWS Certification
14 201 (2.34%) SC Cleared
15 194 (2.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 189 (2.20%) Network+ Certification
17 178 (2.07%) A+ Certification
18 109 (1.27%) DV Cleared
19 107 (1.25%) CISA
20 102 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 505 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 471 (5.49%) NIST
3 273 (3.18%) GDPR
4 221 (2.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 187 (2.18%) GRC
6 117 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 111 (1.29%) PCI DSS
8 104 (1.21%) NCSC
9 75 (0.87%) QA
10 46 (0.54%) SOC 2
11 43 (0.50%) COBIT
12 39 (0.45%) SLA
13 38 (0.44%) NIST 800
14 32 (0.37%) Accessibility
15 25 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 24 (0.28%) Data Quality
17 22 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
18 20 (0.23%) JSP 440
19 19 (0.22%) ISO 22301
20 18 (0.21%) SOC 3
System Software
1 303 (3.53%) Active Directory
2 69 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (0.70%) Hyper-V
4 54 (0.63%) Docker
5 26 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (0.24%) vSphere
7 10 (0.12%) Firmware
8 9 (0.10%) IAG
8 9 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.082%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (0.070%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.058%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.047%) VMware ESXi
13 3 (0.035%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 2 (0.023%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.023%) GPFS
14 2 (0.023%) Lustre
15 1 (0.012%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.012%) iptables
15 1 (0.012%) KVM
Systems Management
1 155 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 67 (0.78%) Terraform
3 59 (0.69%) Kubernetes
4 36 (0.42%) Ansible
5 27 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.20%) Grafana
7 16 (0.19%) CASB
8 14 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
8 14 (0.16%) SCCM
9 11 (0.13%) CSIRT
10 10 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (0.12%) FortiGate
11 8 (0.093%) Nessus
11 8 (0.093%) RSA Archer
12 7 (0.082%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 7 (0.082%) FTK
12 7 (0.082%) VxRail
13 6 (0.070%) vCenter Server
14 5 (0.058%) Prometheus
14 5 (0.058%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2,148 (25.03%) Microsoft
2 1,223 (14.25%) ForeScout
3 118 (1.37%) VMware
4 93 (1.08%) Cisco
5 76 (0.89%) CrowdStrike
6 65 (0.76%) Fortinet
7 63 (0.73%) Palo Alto
8 61 (0.71%) Apple
9 57 (0.66%) SAP
10 44 (0.51%) Google
11 40 (0.47%) Splunk
12 39 (0.45%) Salesforce
13 37 (0.43%) Dell
14 36 (0.42%) Oracle
15 33 (0.38%) Adobe
16 30 (0.35%) Siemens
16 30 (0.35%) Tenable
17 28 (0.33%) ServiceNow
18 25 (0.29%) CyberArk
19 20 (0.23%) Commvault