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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 34 37
Rank change year-on-year +16 +3 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,949 2,682 4,471
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.82% 6.20% 5.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.20% 6.86% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,333 1,643 3,260
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £35,631
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £42,535
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -8.34%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £75,625
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% -10.08%

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 64,629 39,087 73,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.05% 90.39% 82.46%
Number of salaries quoted 45,666 22,238 52,403
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.72%

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 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 11 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 +15 1,386 £75,000 +3.45% 528
North of England +20 1,379 £50,000 -3.41% 324
South East +15 1,087 £52,500 +5.00% 399
Midlands +23 995 £57,500 +18.95% 199
North West +29 645 £55,000 - 176
South West +14 600 £57,500 +28.95% 175
Yorkshire +11 566 £47,500 +43.94% 110
West Midlands +16 522 £60,000 +9.09% 98
East of England +59 475 £43,500 -8.42% 134
East Midlands +39 472 £55,000 +57.14% 101
North East +27 168 £50,000 -25.59% 43
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
1 179 (3.01%) SharePoint
2 169 (2.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.27%) Apache
4 12 (0.20%) CMS
4 12 (0.20%) IIS
5 8 (0.13%) SAS
6 6 (0.10%) Confluence
7 5 (0.084%) WordPress
8 4 (0.067%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.017%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 74 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.30%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.084%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.084%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.067%) CATIA
8 2 (0.034%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 17 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.084%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.084%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.067%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.050%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.050%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.034%) Shopify
9 1 (0.017%) Maximo
9 1 (0.017%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.017%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.017%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.017%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2,377 (39.96%) Azure
2 686 (11.53%) Microsoft 365
3 444 (7.46%) AWS
4 388 (6.52%) Entra ID
5 165 (2.77%) SaaS
6 148 (2.49%) GCP
7 75 (1.26%) Azure Sentinel
8 74 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
9 70 (1.18%) Power Platform
10 57 (0.96%) OneDrive
11 47 (0.79%) Serverless
12 45 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
13 33 (0.55%) GitHub
14 32 (0.54%) Google Workspace
15 31 (0.52%) Microsoft Copilot
16 30 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
16 30 (0.50%) Mimecast
17 28 (0.47%) PaaS
18 24 (0.40%) IaaS
19 23 (0.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 489 (8.22%) Firewall
2 216 (3.63%) Network Security
3 196 (3.29%) VPN
4 186 (3.13%) DNS
5 143 (2.40%) WAN
6 135 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
7 129 (2.17%) LAN
8 126 (2.12%) DHCP
9 116 (1.95%) TCP/IP
10 113 (1.90%) VLAN
11 83 (1.40%) Internet
12 63 (1.06%) VoIP
13 49 (0.82%) Wireless
14 43 (0.72%) Unified Communications
15 42 (0.71%) Broadband
16 35 (0.59%) HTTP
17 33 (0.55%) Cisco Nexus
18 31 (0.52%) SSL
19 30 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
20 23 (0.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (0.74%) Power BI
2 33 (0.55%) SQL Server
3 15 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
4 12 (0.20%) MySQL
5 11 (0.18%) Tableau
6 9 (0.15%) Big Data
6 9 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (0.13%) Neo4j
8 7 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.12%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.084%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.067%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.050%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.050%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.050%) GIS
11 3 (0.050%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.034%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.034%) Flink
12 2 (0.034%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 40 (0.67%) Git
2 33 (0.55%) GitLab
3 31 (0.52%) JIRA
4 25 (0.42%) Snyk
5 19 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
6 15 (0.25%) Burp Suite
7 14 (0.24%) Metasploit
8 11 (0.18%) Jenkins
9 9 (0.15%) Yeoman
10 5 (0.084%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.084%) JMeter
10 5 (0.084%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.084%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.067%) Apache Continuum
11 4 (0.067%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.067%) Locust
12 3 (0.050%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.034%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.034%) Claude Code
14 1 (0.017%) GDB
General
1 2,493 (41.91%) Social Skills
2 534 (8.98%) Finance
3 423 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
4 283 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 279 (4.69%) Public Sector
6 181 (3.04%) Retail
7 170 (2.86%) Marketing
8 160 (2.69%) Law
9 146 (2.45%) Telecoms
10 141 (2.37%) Legal
11 134 (2.25%) Banking
12 129 (2.17%) Manufacturing
13 107 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
14 77 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
15 75 (1.26%) Multimedia
16 65 (1.09%) Aerospace
17 58 (0.97%) Local Government
18 53 (0.89%) Advertising
19 38 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
20 37 (0.62%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1,247 (20.96%) Analyst
2 1,084 (18.22%) Security Analyst
3 990 (16.64%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 809 (13.60%) Junior
5 765 (12.86%) Junior Analyst
6 755 (12.69%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (11.85%) Ethical Hacker
8 581 (9.77%) Senior
9 400 (6.72%) Consultant
10 358 (6.02%) Architect
11 313 (5.26%) Lead
12 276 (4.64%) IT Support
13 268 (4.50%) Security Manager
14 254 (4.27%) Security Consultant
15 242 (4.07%) Security Architect
16 219 (3.68%) Security Engineer
17 218 (3.66%) IT Manager
18 196 (3.29%) IT Engineer
19 177 (2.98%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 171 (2.87%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (0.96%) SAML
2 52 (0.87%) OAuth
3 51 (0.86%) LDAP
4 49 (0.82%) REST
5 46 (0.77%) OpenID
6 37 (0.62%) HTML
7 29 (0.49%) CSS
8 24 (0.40%) React
9 22 (0.37%) SOAP
10 20 (0.34%) Kafka
11 17 (0.29%) .NET
11 17 (0.29%) SailPoint
12 15 (0.25%) GraphQL
12 15 (0.25%) JSON
12 15 (0.25%) Middleware
12 15 (0.25%) Node.js
13 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
13 14 (0.24%) RESTful
14 13 (0.22%) XML
15 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 814 (13.68%) Cyberattack
2 338 (5.68%) Security Posture
3 207 (3.48%) Cyber Threat
4 195 (3.28%) Management Information System
5 185 (3.11%) Onboarding
6 155 (2.61%) Security Operations Centre
7 152 (2.56%) Driving Licence
8 127 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
9 101 (1.70%) Operational Technology
10 98 (1.65%) Cyber Defence
11 87 (1.46%) Cloud Native
12 78 (1.31%) Data Centre
13 55 (0.92%) PKI
14 48 (0.81%) Cyber Security Posture
15 46 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
16 41 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
17 39 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
18 38 (0.64%) Blog
19 32 (0.54%) CSOC
20 29 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 541 (9.09%) Windows
2 270 (4.54%) Windows Server
3 192 (3.23%) Linux
4 54 (0.91%) Mac OS
5 38 (0.64%) Windows 10
6 32 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
7 31 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
8 26 (0.44%) Android
9 23 (0.39%) Apple iOS
9 23 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 13 (0.22%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.10%) CentOS
11 6 (0.10%) VMS
12 5 (0.084%) Unix
12 5 (0.084%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
14 1 (0.017%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.017%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,204 (20.24%) Mentoring
2 773 (12.99%) Ethical Hacking
3 605 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 586 (9.85%) Problem-Solving
5 526 (8.84%) Incident Response
6 483 (8.12%) Information Security
7 473 (7.95%) Risk Management
8 434 (7.30%) SIEM
9 421 (7.08%) Security Operations
10 380 (6.39%) Cloud Security
11 370 (6.22%) AI
12 366 (6.15%) Vulnerability Management
13 320 (5.38%) Disaster Recovery
14 312 (5.24%) Decision-Making
15 274 (4.61%) Roadmaps
16 269 (4.52%) Stakeholder Management
17 254 (4.27%) Agile
18 244 (4.10%) Data Protection
19 240 (4.03%) Business Continuity
20 238 (4.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 306 (5.14%) Python
2 253 (4.25%) PowerShell
3 100 (1.68%) SQL
4 79 (1.33%) JavaScript
5 71 (1.19%) Bash
6 62 (1.04%) C++
7 42 (0.71%) Java
8 36 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
9 30 (0.50%) Rust
10 25 (0.42%) C#
11 23 (0.39%) TypeScript
12 22 (0.37%) MATLAB
13 20 (0.34%) Go
14 18 (0.30%) C
15 15 (0.25%) T-SQL
16 14 (0.24%) Search Processing Language
17 9 (0.15%) Perl
18 7 (0.12%) PHP
19 6 (0.10%) Shell Script
20 5 (0.084%) R
Qualifications
1 1,525 (25.63%) Azure Certification
2 919 (15.45%) CompTIA Security+
3 828 (13.92%) CEH
4 803 (13.50%) CompTIA CySA+
5 563 (9.46%) Security Cleared
6 451 (7.58%) Degree
7 448 (7.53%) CISSP
8 389 (6.54%) SC Cleared
9 286 (4.81%) CISM
10 195 (3.28%) DV Cleared
11 158 (2.66%) Cisco Certification
12 107 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
13 101 (1.70%) CISA
14 97 (1.63%) CRISC
15 87 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 82 (1.38%) CREST Certified
17 81 (1.36%) Network+ Certification
18 74 (1.24%) A+ Certification
19 71 (1.19%) AWS Certification
20 70 (1.18%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 638 (10.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 542 (9.11%) NIST
3 342 (5.75%) GDPR
4 293 (4.93%) Cyber Essentials
5 270 (4.54%) GRC
6 147 (2.47%) PCI DSS
7 134 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 113 (1.90%) QA
9 98 (1.65%) NCSC
10 58 (0.97%) SOC 2
11 49 (0.82%) NIST 800
12 36 (0.61%) Accessibility
12 36 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 35 (0.59%) COBIT
14 33 (0.55%) JSP 440
14 33 (0.55%) SLA
15 30 (0.50%) Data Quality
16 28 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
17 20 (0.34%) ISO 22301
18 19 (0.32%) HIPAA
System Software
1 423 (7.11%) Active Directory
2 127 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 106 (1.78%) Hyper-V
4 50 (0.84%) Docker
4 50 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 27 (0.45%) vSphere
6 14 (0.24%) IAG
7 11 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.17%) Firmware
8 10 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 7 (0.12%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
12 5 (0.084%) ClearTrust
13 4 (0.067%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
15 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.017%) Embedded Firmware
15 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 213 (3.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 89 (1.50%) Terraform
3 73 (1.23%) Kubernetes
4 43 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
5 42 (0.71%) Ansible
6 31 (0.52%) Grafana
7 20 (0.34%) QRadar
8 18 (0.30%) Prometheus
8 18 (0.30%) SCCM
9 17 (0.29%) FortiGate
10 15 (0.25%) CASB
11 11 (0.18%) Nmap
12 10 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 9 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
13 9 (0.15%) Kibana
13 9 (0.15%) vCenter Server
14 8 (0.13%) CSIRT
14 8 (0.13%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2,577 (43.32%) Microsoft
2 1,458 (24.51%) ForeScout
3 179 (3.01%) VMware
4 158 (2.66%) Cisco
5 139 (2.34%) Palo Alto
6 106 (1.78%) CrowdStrike
7 99 (1.66%) Splunk
8 64 (1.08%) Fortinet
9 60 (1.01%) Google
9 60 (1.01%) Qualys
9 60 (1.01%) Tenable
10 58 (0.97%) Aruba
11 57 (0.96%) ServiceNow
12 50 (0.84%) Apple
12 50 (0.84%) Salesforce
13 38 (0.64%) Veeam
14 34 (0.57%) SAP
15 33 (0.55%) Adobe
16 30 (0.50%) Dell
17 28 (0.47%) CyberArk