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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 35 34
Rank change year-on-year +29 -1 +21
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 7,093 2,760 2,948
As % of all permanent jobs in England 13.57% 5.72% 5.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.70% 6.30% 6.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,039 1,407 2,194
10th Percentile £28,250 £38,400 £35,920
25th Percentile £30,500 £49,400 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £61,850
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +5.09% -4.85%
75th Percentile £74,066 £80,875 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £95,700
UK median annual salary £50,000 £64,627 £62,000
% change year-on-year -22.63% +4.24% -4.62%

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 42,481 43,790 44,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.29% 90.69% 89.78%
Number of salaries quoted 25,455 21,528 34,408
10th Percentile £28,560 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,628 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 January 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 January 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 2,240 £30,500 -44.55% 366
North West +35 1,775 £40,500 -26.36% 186
Midlands +26 1,427 £42,618 -26.33% 252
London +16 1,325 £66,250 -9.72% 421
West Midlands +20 1,185 £45,500 -24.17% 105
South East +32 1,080 £48,000 -16.52% 569
East of England +48 569 £35,000 -30.00% 251
South West +40 402 £52,500 -19.23% 246
Yorkshire +33 397 £30,500 -48.31% 140
East Midlands +32 251 £37,500 -21.36% 144
North East +39 68 £30,500 -39.37% 44
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
1 118 (1.66%) SharePoint
2 63 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.23%) IIS
4 15 (0.21%) Confluence
5 11 (0.16%) WordPress
6 7 (0.099%) CMS
7 6 (0.085%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.085%) nginx
8 5 (0.070%) Apache
8 5 (0.070%) Drupal
9 4 (0.056%) FactoryTalk
9 4 (0.056%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.056%) WinCC
10 3 (0.042%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.042%) Oracle Coherence
11 2 (0.028%) ArchestrA
11 2 (0.028%) SAS
12 1 (0.014%) FileNet
Applications
1 99 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
2 60 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 59 (0.83%) Maya
4 27 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (0.37%) Chatbot
6 10 (0.14%) Simulink
7 9 (0.13%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.099%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.042%) CATIA
9 3 (0.042%) CINEMA 4D
9 3 (0.042%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.042%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.014%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 34 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.23%) SAP IBP
4 10 (0.14%) SAP CO
4 10 (0.14%) SAP FI
4 10 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
4 10 (0.14%) SAP FSCM
5 9 (0.13%) SAP FS
5 9 (0.13%) SAP IS-U
6 7 (0.099%) Shopify
7 6 (0.085%) Exchequer
8 5 (0.070%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.056%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (0.056%) Endur
9 4 (0.056%) NEC Housing
9 4 (0.056%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.042%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.042%) SAP GRC
10 3 (0.042%) Teamcenter
10 3 (0.042%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 4,062 (57.27%) Cloud Computing
2 1,074 (15.14%) Azure
3 515 (7.26%) AWS
4 384 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
5 216 (3.05%) GitHub
6 187 (2.64%) Entra ID
7 91 (1.28%) Power Platform
8 87 (1.23%) SaaS
9 64 (0.90%) GCP
10 55 (0.78%) PaaS
11 43 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
11 43 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
12 39 (0.55%) IaaS
13 34 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
14 31 (0.44%) OneDrive
15 27 (0.38%) Nutanix
16 23 (0.32%) Microsoft Purview
17 21 (0.30%) Power Automate
18 20 (0.28%) Google Workspace
19 19 (0.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4,225 (59.57%) Internet
2 238 (3.36%) Firewall
3 125 (1.76%) Network Security
4 122 (1.72%) VPN
5 103 (1.45%) TCP/IP
6 97 (1.37%) DNS
7 78 (1.10%) DHCP
8 74 (1.04%) WAN
9 67 (0.94%) LAN
9 67 (0.94%) VoIP
10 55 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
11 46 (0.65%) VLAN
12 32 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
13 30 (0.42%) SD-WAN
14 27 (0.38%) Wireless
15 21 (0.30%) Modbus
15 21 (0.30%) SAN
16 18 (0.25%) Broadband
17 17 (0.24%) DMZ
18 14 (0.20%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (0.83%) Power BI
2 55 (0.78%) SQL Server
3 44 (0.62%) Tableau
4 35 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (0.32%) Big Data
6 20 (0.28%) Relational Database
7 18 (0.25%) SAP BW
8 17 (0.24%) Data Lake
9 16 (0.23%) Metadata
10 15 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
11 13 (0.18%) Neo4j
12 11 (0.16%) Oracle Database
13 10 (0.14%) NoSQL
14 8 (0.11%) Amazon RDS
15 7 (0.099%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 6 (0.085%) MS Access
17 5 (0.070%) MariaDB
18 4 (0.056%) Azure SQL Database
18 4 (0.056%) BusinessObjects
18 4 (0.056%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 215 (3.03%) Git
2 32 (0.45%) JIRA
3 18 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (0.23%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.16%) GitLab
6 7 (0.099%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.056%) JMeter
7 4 (0.056%) Locust
7 4 (0.056%) MLflow
7 4 (0.056%) Toad
8 3 (0.042%) Apache Continuum
8 3 (0.042%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.042%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.042%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.028%) Snyk
10 1 (0.014%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.014%) Bitbucket
General
1 5,172 (72.92%) Social Skills
2 4,174 (58.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,157 (58.61%) Banking
4 524 (7.39%) Finance
5 367 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
6 333 (4.69%) Multimedia
7 193 (2.72%) Marketing
8 186 (2.62%) Public Sector
9 172 (2.42%) Law
10 160 (2.26%) Telecoms
11 150 (2.11%) Legal
12 123 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
13 105 (1.48%) Manufacturing
14 91 (1.28%) Retail
15 90 (1.27%) Games
16 68 (0.96%) Electronics
17 66 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
18 60 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
19 43 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
20 35 (0.49%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3,133 (44.17%) Lecturer
2 478 (6.74%) Analyst
3 350 (4.93%) Senior
4 343 (4.84%) Security Analyst
5 333 (4.69%) Trainee
6 300 (4.23%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 259 (3.65%) Junior
8 237 (3.34%) Junior Analyst
9 236 (3.33%) Junior Security Analyst
10 218 (3.07%) Consultant
11 204 (2.88%) Lead
12 200 (2.82%) Architect
13 179 (2.52%) IT Support
14 155 (2.19%) Support Engineer
15 140 (1.97%) Developer
16 139 (1.96%) Security Consultant
17 137 (1.93%) IT Manager
18 127 (1.79%) Security Engineer
19 115 (1.62%) Security Manager
20 109 (1.54%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 229 (3.23%) HTML
2 224 (3.16%) CSS
3 32 (0.45%) React
4 26 (0.37%) SAP CAF
5 24 (0.34%) AngularJS
5 24 (0.34%) REST
6 19 (0.27%) OAuth
7 18 (0.25%) SAML
7 18 (0.25%) YAML
8 16 (0.23%) OpenID
9 14 (0.20%) LDAP
10 13 (0.18%) GraphQL
10 13 (0.18%) MERN Stack
10 13 (0.18%) Middleware
10 13 (0.18%) Pandas
11 12 (0.17%) PyTorch
11 12 (0.17%) SOAP
11 12 (0.17%) TensorFlow
12 10 (0.14%) .NET
13 9 (0.13%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 4,070 (57.38%) IoT
2 188 (2.65%) Management Information System
3 150 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
4 149 (2.10%) Security Posture
5 115 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
6 111 (1.56%) Onboarding
7 103 (1.45%) Driving Licence
8 92 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
9 79 (1.11%) Data Centre
10 64 (0.90%) Cloud Native
11 63 (0.89%) Operational Technology
12 57 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
13 54 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
14 44 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
15 40 (0.56%) Cyber Defence
16 39 (0.55%) Public Cloud
17 37 (0.52%) Cyberattack
18 34 (0.48%) Blockchain
19 31 (0.44%) CCTV
20 30 (0.42%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 358 (5.05%) Windows
2 144 (2.03%) Windows Server
3 133 (1.88%) Linux
4 68 (0.96%) Mac OS
5 65 (0.92%) Windows 10
6 22 (0.31%) Android
6 22 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 21 (0.30%) Unix
8 7 (0.099%) Debian
8 7 (0.099%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.085%) VMS
9 6 (0.085%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.070%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.042%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.042%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.028%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.014%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.014%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.014%) Solaris
13 1 (0.014%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,263 (60.10%) AI
2 4,067 (57.34%) Machine Learning
3 4,037 (56.92%) User Experience
4 4,033 (56.86%) Web Development
5 788 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 490 (6.91%) Problem-Solving
7 366 (5.16%) Risk Management
8 328 (4.62%) Information Security
9 313 (4.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 302 (4.26%) Incident Response
11 259 (3.65%) Agile
12 230 (3.24%) ITIL
13 203 (2.86%) Analytics
13 203 (2.86%) Project Management
14 188 (2.65%) Roadmaps
15 185 (2.61%) Data Protection
16 181 (2.55%) SIEM
17 177 (2.50%) Line Management
18 176 (2.48%) Decision-Making
19 173 (2.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 361 (5.09%) Python
2 253 (3.57%) JavaScript
3 150 (2.11%) PowerShell
4 122 (1.72%) SQL
5 113 (1.59%) R
6 41 (0.58%) Bash
7 24 (0.34%) Java
8 20 (0.28%) C#
9 18 (0.25%) C++
10 17 (0.24%) TypeScript
11 16 (0.23%) T-SQL
12 15 (0.21%) Bicep
13 14 (0.20%) C
14 13 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (0.14%) MATLAB
16 6 (0.085%) Go
17 5 (0.070%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.056%) Kotlin
18 4 (0.056%) Perl
18 4 (0.056%) VB
Qualifications
1 4,507 (63.54%) Degree
2 4,082 (57.55%) Master's Degree
3 4,012 (56.56%) PhD
4 4,004 (56.45%) Postgraduate
5 483 (6.81%) Azure Certification
6 422 (5.95%) CompTIA Security+
7 349 (4.92%) CISSP
8 283 (3.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 270 (3.81%) Security Cleared
10 261 (3.68%) AWS Certification
11 252 (3.55%) CompTIA CySA+
12 251 (3.54%) CISM
13 211 (2.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 192 (2.71%) SC Cleared
15 184 (2.59%) CEH
16 146 (2.06%) Network+ Certification
17 144 (2.03%) A+ Certification
18 109 (1.54%) CISA
19 82 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
20 80 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 452 (6.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 413 (5.82%) NIST
3 232 (3.27%) GDPR
4 212 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 175 (2.47%) GRC
6 102 (1.44%) NCSC
7 91 (1.28%) PCI DSS
8 90 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 58 (0.82%) QA
10 54 (0.76%) SLA
11 44 (0.62%) COBIT
11 44 (0.62%) NIST 800
12 38 (0.54%) SOC 2
13 33 (0.47%) JSP 440
14 24 (0.34%) Data Quality
15 21 (0.30%) RMADS
16 19 (0.27%) ISO 9001
16 19 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 18 (0.25%) PMO
18 17 (0.24%) Accessibility
System Software
1 245 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 78 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 44 (0.62%) Docker
5 37 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.20%) vSphere
7 6 (0.085%) BitLocker
7 6 (0.085%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.070%) Firmware
8 5 (0.070%) Kamailio
8 5 (0.070%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.056%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.042%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.028%) GPFS
11 2 (0.028%) Lustre
11 2 (0.028%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.014%) iptables
12 1 (0.014%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.014%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 156 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (0.62%) Terraform
3 38 (0.54%) Kubernetes
4 28 (0.39%) Ansible
5 23 (0.32%) SCCM
6 20 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
8 15 (0.21%) CASB
9 14 (0.20%) Nessus
10 12 (0.17%) CSIRT
11 11 (0.16%) RSA Archer
12 9 (0.13%) PaperCut
12 9 (0.13%) QRadar
13 8 (0.11%) Nagios
14 7 (0.099%) FortiGate
15 6 (0.085%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 6 (0.085%) Grafana
15 6 (0.085%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
16 4 (0.056%) Computer Incident Response Team
16 4 (0.056%) MaaS360
Vendors
1 1,134 (15.99%) Microsoft
2 235 (3.31%) ForeScout
3 117 (1.65%) SAP
4 115 (1.62%) VMware
5 84 (1.18%) Cisco
5 84 (1.18%) Palo Alto
6 72 (1.02%) Apple
7 67 (0.94%) Oracle
8 66 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
9 62 (0.87%) Fortinet
10 61 (0.86%) Adobe
11 51 (0.72%) Salesforce
12 36 (0.51%) ServiceNow
13 30 (0.42%) Google
14 26 (0.37%) Dell
15 23 (0.32%) Tenable
16 22 (0.31%) Splunk
17 21 (0.30%) MuleSoft
17 21 (0.30%) Siemens
18 19 (0.27%) PayPal