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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 38 30
Rank change year-on-year +32 -8 +22
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 9,079 2,179 4,548
As % of all permanent jobs in England 12.12% 5.94% 5.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.96% 6.38% 6.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,614 1,518 3,506
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,563 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -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 56,888 34,178 69,245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 75.94% 93.12% 85.95%
Number of salaries quoted 35,854 20,456 53,153
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 12 April 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 12 April 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 +38 2,843 £42,500 -19.05% 229
North West +37 1,987 £45,000 -18.18% 111
Midlands +31 1,822 £45,000 -18.18% 138
London +23 1,564 £70,539 -5.47% 417
South East +34 1,451 £49,768 -9.51% 334
West Midlands +25 1,358 £45,000 -28.00% 63
East of England +42 749 £35,000 -26.32% 100
Yorkshire +39 715 £41,500 -7.78% 91
South West +27 598 £57,500 +27.78% 134
East Midlands +42 475 £50,000 +33.33% 75
North East +34 141 £40,000 +5.44% 30
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
1 123 (1.35%) SharePoint
2 82 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.13%) CMS
4 8 (0.088%) Confluence
5 7 (0.077%) WordPress
6 6 (0.066%) Apache
6 6 (0.066%) nginx
7 5 (0.055%) Drupal
8 3 (0.033%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.033%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.033%) IIS
9 2 (0.022%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.022%) SAS
10 1 (0.011%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 86 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
2 57 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.28%) Simulink
5 18 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 14 (0.15%) Maya
7 8 (0.088%) MS Visio
8 6 (0.066%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.055%) CATIA
10 4 (0.044%) Microsoft Project
11 2 (0.022%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.022%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.011%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 28 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.055%) Cloudability
3 5 (0.055%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.055%) Shopify
4 4 (0.044%) Dynamics GP
4 4 (0.044%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.044%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.033%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 3 (0.033%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.033%) Yoast SEO
6 2 (0.022%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.022%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.022%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.022%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.022%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.011%) Endur
7 1 (0.011%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.011%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.011%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 4,048 (44.59%) Cloud Computing
2 2,422 (26.68%) Azure
3 545 (6.00%) AWS
4 473 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
5 297 (3.27%) Entra ID
6 177 (1.95%) GitHub
7 108 (1.19%) SaaS
8 93 (1.02%) GCP
9 69 (0.76%) Power Platform
10 59 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
11 58 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
12 40 (0.44%) PaaS
13 39 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
14 35 (0.39%) Google Workspace
15 34 (0.37%) Nutanix
16 30 (0.33%) Mimecast
17 28 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
17 28 (0.31%) IaaS
18 23 (0.25%) PowerApps
19 22 (0.24%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4,189 (46.14%) Internet
2 324 (3.57%) Firewall
3 148 (1.63%) Network Security
4 119 (1.31%) VPN
5 96 (1.06%) DNS
6 77 (0.85%) DHCP
7 71 (0.78%) WAN
8 68 (0.75%) VLAN
9 65 (0.72%) LAN
10 61 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
11 49 (0.54%) TCP/IP
12 37 (0.41%) Broadband
13 35 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
14 30 (0.33%) VoIP
15 28 (0.31%) Wireless
16 24 (0.26%) CHAP
17 20 (0.22%) SD-WAN
18 16 (0.18%) Unified Communications
19 15 (0.17%) DMZ
20 12 (0.13%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (0.42%) Power BI
2 24 (0.26%) Big Data
2 24 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
3 22 (0.24%) SQL Server
4 20 (0.22%) Neo4j
5 18 (0.20%) Tableau
6 15 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.088%) MySQL
9 7 (0.077%) Metadata
9 7 (0.077%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.055%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.055%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.044%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.044%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.044%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.044%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.022%) Apache Hive
12 2 (0.022%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.022%) Impala
Development Applications
1 178 (1.96%) Git
2 30 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
3 26 (0.29%) JIRA
4 25 (0.28%) GitLab
5 14 (0.15%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.13%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.088%) JMeter
7 8 (0.088%) Locust
8 7 (0.077%) Snyk
9 5 (0.055%) Apache Continuum
9 5 (0.055%) Burp Suite
9 5 (0.055%) Metasploit
10 4 (0.044%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.044%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.044%) MLflow
11 2 (0.022%) VersionOne
12 1 (0.011%) GDB
12 1 (0.011%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.011%) WinDbg
12 1 (0.011%) Yeoman
General
1 6,394 (70.43%) Social Skills
2 4,237 (46.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,168 (45.91%) Banking
4 531 (5.85%) Finance
5 344 (3.79%) Analytical Skills
6 321 (3.54%) Multimedia
7 203 (2.24%) Public Sector
8 151 (1.66%) Legal
8 151 (1.66%) Marketing
9 146 (1.61%) Law
10 137 (1.51%) Retail
11 123 (1.35%) Telecoms
12 117 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
13 93 (1.02%) Manufacturing
14 70 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
15 52 (0.57%) Local Government
16 48 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
17 42 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
18 41 (0.45%) Electronics
19 37 (0.41%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3,142 (34.61%) Lecturer
2 1,210 (13.33%) Analyst
3 1,080 (11.90%) Security Analyst
4 1,005 (11.07%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 923 (10.17%) Junior
6 896 (9.87%) Junior Analyst
7 895 (9.86%) Junior Security Analyst
8 611 (6.73%) Ethical Hacker
9 425 (4.68%) Senior
10 333 (3.67%) Trainee
11 266 (2.93%) Consultant
12 256 (2.82%) Architect
13 235 (2.59%) Lead
14 211 (2.32%) IT Support
15 198 (2.18%) Security Manager
16 166 (1.83%) Security Architect
16 166 (1.83%) Security Engineer
17 163 (1.80%) Security Consultant
18 156 (1.72%) IT Manager
19 147 (1.62%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (2.04%) HTML
2 184 (2.03%) CSS
3 45 (0.50%) REST
4 40 (0.44%) OAuth
5 39 (0.43%) SAML
6 38 (0.42%) React
7 37 (0.41%) OpenID
8 34 (0.37%) LDAP
9 29 (0.32%) SOAP
10 26 (0.29%) GraphQL
11 20 (0.22%) AngularJS
12 17 (0.19%) MERN Stack
13 16 (0.18%) SAP CAF
14 15 (0.17%) SailPoint
15 11 (0.12%) Node.js
16 10 (0.11%) Kafka
16 10 (0.11%) Tailwind CSS
17 9 (0.099%) FastAPI
17 9 (0.099%) RESTful
17 9 (0.099%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4,056 (44.67%) IoT
2 691 (7.61%) Cyberattack
3 228 (2.51%) Security Posture
4 183 (2.02%) Management Information System
5 120 (1.32%) Onboarding
6 115 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
7 107 (1.18%) Driving Licence
8 89 (0.98%) Security Operations Centre
9 82 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
10 66 (0.73%) Data Centre
11 65 (0.72%) Cyber Defence
11 65 (0.72%) Operational Technology
12 64 (0.70%) Cloud Native
13 62 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
14 55 (0.61%) Blog
15 45 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
16 40 (0.44%) Cyber Security Posture
16 40 (0.44%) PKI
17 31 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
17 31 (0.34%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 383 (4.22%) Windows
2 176 (1.94%) Windows Server
3 138 (1.52%) Linux
4 66 (0.73%) Windows 10
5 43 (0.47%) Mac OS
6 27 (0.30%) Android
7 21 (0.23%) Apple iOS
8 16 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (0.088%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.088%) Unix
10 7 (0.077%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (0.066%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.044%) CentOS
12 4 (0.044%) VMS
13 2 (0.022%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.011%) Debian
14 1 (0.011%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.011%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.011%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.011%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,256 (46.88%) AI
2 4,048 (44.59%) User Experience
3 4,044 (44.54%) Machine Learning
4 4,030 (44.39%) Web Development
5 1,493 (16.44%) Mentoring
6 771 (8.49%) Ethical Hacking
7 454 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 431 (4.75%) Problem-Solving
9 388 (4.27%) Information Security
10 374 (4.12%) Risk Management
11 370 (4.08%) Incident Response
12 272 (3.00%) Agile
13 251 (2.76%) SIEM
14 247 (2.72%) Cloud Security
15 209 (2.30%) Security Operations
16 207 (2.28%) Data Protection
17 206 (2.27%) ITIL
18 204 (2.25%) Roadmaps
19 198 (2.18%) Disaster Recovery
20 188 (2.07%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 399 (4.39%) Python
2 232 (2.56%) JavaScript
3 210 (2.31%) PowerShell
4 105 (1.16%) SQL
5 87 (0.96%) R
6 67 (0.74%) Bash
7 45 (0.50%) Java
8 37 (0.41%) C++
9 33 (0.36%) TypeScript
10 29 (0.32%) MATLAB
11 25 (0.28%) T-SQL
12 23 (0.25%) C
12 23 (0.25%) C#
13 12 (0.13%) Go
14 10 (0.11%) Rust
15 9 (0.099%) Kusto Query Language
16 6 (0.066%) PHP
17 4 (0.044%) Bicep
17 4 (0.044%) Kotlin
18 3 (0.033%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 4,427 (48.76%) Degree
2 4,063 (44.75%) Master's Degree
3 4,002 (44.08%) Postgraduate
4 4,001 (44.07%) PhD
5 1,710 (18.83%) Azure Certification
6 1,112 (12.25%) CompTIA Security+
7 941 (10.36%) CompTIA CySA+
8 819 (9.02%) CEH
9 378 (4.16%) CISSP
10 355 (3.91%) Security Cleared
11 251 (2.76%) CISM
12 242 (2.67%) SC Cleared
13 238 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
14 219 (2.41%) AWS Certification
15 176 (1.94%) Network+ Certification
16 172 (1.89%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 166 (1.83%) A+ Certification
18 114 (1.26%) DV Cleared
19 108 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
20 101 (1.11%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 513 (5.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 480 (5.29%) NIST
3 300 (3.30%) GDPR
4 238 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 205 (2.26%) GRC
6 127 (1.40%) PCI DSS
7 126 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 104 (1.15%) NCSC
9 86 (0.95%) QA
10 54 (0.59%) SOC 2
11 44 (0.48%) COBIT
12 40 (0.44%) NIST 800
13 38 (0.42%) SLA
14 35 (0.39%) Accessibility
15 24 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 22 (0.24%) Data Quality
17 21 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
17 21 (0.23%) JSP 440
18 18 (0.20%) ISO 22301
18 18 (0.20%) SOC 3
System Software
1 314 (3.46%) Active Directory
2 75 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (0.66%) Docker
4 56 (0.62%) Hyper-V
5 34 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (0.25%) vSphere
7 10 (0.11%) Firmware
7 10 (0.11%) IAG
8 8 (0.088%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.088%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.066%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.066%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.033%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 3 (0.033%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.022%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.022%) GPFS
11 2 (0.022%) Lustre
12 1 (0.011%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.011%) iptables
12 1 (0.011%) KVM
Systems Management
1 160 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 73 (0.80%) Terraform
3 68 (0.75%) Kubernetes
4 38 (0.42%) Ansible
5 28 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
6 24 (0.26%) Grafana
7 15 (0.17%) CASB
8 14 (0.15%) SCCM
9 13 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
10 10 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (0.11%) CSIRT
10 10 (0.11%) FortiGate
11 9 (0.099%) Prometheus
12 8 (0.088%) QRadar
13 7 (0.077%) FTK
13 7 (0.077%) Nessus
13 7 (0.077%) RSA Archer
13 7 (0.077%) vCenter Server
13 7 (0.077%) VxRail
14 6 (0.066%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 2,442 (26.90%) Microsoft
2 1,505 (16.58%) ForeScout
3 123 (1.35%) VMware
4 99 (1.09%) Cisco
5 86 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
6 71 (0.78%) Palo Alto
7 66 (0.73%) Fortinet
8 62 (0.68%) Apple
9 47 (0.52%) Google
9 47 (0.52%) SAP
9 47 (0.52%) Splunk
10 39 (0.43%) Salesforce
10 39 (0.43%) Tenable
11 38 (0.42%) ServiceNow
12 36 (0.40%) Adobe
13 32 (0.35%) Dell
14 30 (0.33%) Siemens
15 28 (0.31%) CyberArk
16 25 (0.28%) Oracle
17 21 (0.23%) Veeam