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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 35 32
Rank change year-on-year +20 -3 +19
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,766 2,559 4,863
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.84% 6.39% 5.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.33% 6.92% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,201 1,532 3,483
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,424 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -9.25%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,188 £75,000
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% -10.77%

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 61,814 36,977 77,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.36% 92.34% 81.81%
Number of salaries quoted 43,548 20,347 56,521
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,822 £29,440
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £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 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.41%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +18 1,374 £74,127 +2.24% 470
North of England +22 1,342 £55,000 +6.25% 344
South East +18 1,031 £50,000 - 372
Midlands +21 976 £55,000 +11.39% 174
North West +28 628 £55,000 - 179
South West +18 570 £60,000 +33.33% 158
Yorkshire +14 558 £50,000 +41.84% 118
West Midlands +13 522 £58,750 +6.82% 88
East Midlands +41 453 £55,000 +61.76% 86
East of England +67 440 £43,000 -9.47% 143
North East +25 156 £47,500 -26.92% 51
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
1 167 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 142 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.19%) Apache
3 11 (0.19%) CMS
4 6 (0.10%) IIS
4 6 (0.10%) SAS
5 5 (0.087%) WordPress
6 4 (0.069%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.069%) Confluence
7 2 (0.035%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 70 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.35%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.10%) CATIA
7 5 (0.087%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.052%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.035%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.017%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (0.42%) Cloudability
2 21 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.087%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.069%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.069%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.052%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.052%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.052%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.052%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.035%) Q-Pulse
8 2 (0.035%) Shopify
9 1 (0.017%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.017%) Distributed Ledger
9 1 (0.017%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 1 (0.017%) Maximo
9 1 (0.017%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.017%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2,382 (41.31%) Azure
2 628 (10.89%) Microsoft 365
3 443 (7.68%) AWS
4 367 (6.36%) Entra ID
5 156 (2.71%) SaaS
6 143 (2.48%) GCP
7 73 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
8 71 (1.23%) Power Platform
9 69 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
10 55 (0.95%) GitHub
11 54 (0.94%) OneDrive
12 46 (0.80%) Serverless
13 42 (0.73%) Google Workspace
14 35 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
15 33 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
16 30 (0.52%) Mimecast
17 29 (0.50%) PaaS
18 27 (0.47%) IaaS
18 27 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
19 25 (0.43%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 448 (7.77%) Firewall
2 201 (3.49%) Network Security
3 178 (3.09%) VPN
4 166 (2.88%) DNS
5 129 (2.24%) WAN
6 116 (2.01%) LAN
7 112 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
8 110 (1.91%) DHCP
9 97 (1.68%) Internet
10 94 (1.63%) VLAN
11 90 (1.56%) TCP/IP
12 56 (0.97%) VoIP
13 51 (0.88%) Broadband
14 39 (0.68%) Unified Communications
15 35 (0.61%) Wireless
16 33 (0.57%) HTTP
17 29 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
17 29 (0.50%) SSL
18 26 (0.45%) Cisco Nexus
19 21 (0.36%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (0.76%) Power BI
2 27 (0.47%) SQL Server
3 15 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (0.24%) Tableau
5 10 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (0.16%) Big Data
6 9 (0.16%) MySQL
7 8 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.14%) Neo4j
8 6 (0.10%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.087%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.087%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.052%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.052%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.052%) GIS
10 3 (0.052%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.052%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.035%) Flink
11 2 (0.035%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 60 (1.04%) Git
2 35 (0.61%) GitLab
3 28 (0.49%) JIRA
4 25 (0.43%) Snyk
5 24 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
6 12 (0.21%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.19%) Metasploit
8 10 (0.17%) Burp Suite
9 8 (0.14%) Yeoman
10 6 (0.10%) Apache Continuum
11 5 (0.087%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.087%) JMeter
11 5 (0.087%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.087%) VersionOne
12 4 (0.069%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.069%) Locust
13 2 (0.035%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.035%) Claude Code
13 2 (0.035%) MLflow
13 2 (0.035%) Visual Studio
General
1 2,411 (41.81%) Social Skills
2 520 (9.02%) Finance
3 412 (7.15%) Analytical Skills
4 274 (4.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 252 (4.37%) Public Sector
6 176 (3.05%) Retail
7 164 (2.84%) Marketing
8 145 (2.51%) Law
9 141 (2.45%) Legal
10 131 (2.27%) Banking
11 129 (2.24%) Telecoms
12 118 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
13 115 (1.99%) Manufacturing
14 107 (1.86%) Multimedia
15 73 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
16 61 (1.06%) Local Government
17 57 (0.99%) Aerospace
18 46 (0.80%) Advertising
19 42 (0.73%) Aviation
20 32 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,241 (21.52%) Analyst
2 1,068 (18.52%) Security Analyst
3 982 (17.03%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 798 (13.84%) Junior
5 765 (13.27%) Junior Analyst
6 755 (13.09%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (12.23%) Ethical Hacker
8 566 (9.82%) Senior
9 356 (6.17%) Consultant
10 346 (6.00%) Architect
11 299 (5.19%) Lead
12 273 (4.73%) Security Manager
13 252 (4.37%) IT Support
13 252 (4.37%) Security Architect
14 229 (3.97%) Security Consultant
15 216 (3.75%) Security Engineer
16 210 (3.64%) IT Manager
17 188 (3.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
18 174 (3.02%) IT Engineer
19 153 (2.65%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (1.02%) REST
1 59 (1.02%) SAML
2 58 (1.01%) HTML
2 58 (1.01%) LDAP
3 56 (0.97%) OAuth
4 52 (0.90%) CSS
5 50 (0.87%) OpenID
6 33 (0.57%) SOAP
7 26 (0.45%) GraphQL
8 25 (0.43%) React
9 17 (0.29%) Kafka
9 17 (0.29%) Middleware
10 16 (0.28%) .NET
11 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
11 14 (0.24%) SailPoint
12 13 (0.23%) JSON
12 13 (0.23%) Node.js
13 12 (0.21%) RESTful
14 11 (0.19%) XML
14 11 (0.19%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 814 (14.12%) Cyberattack
2 311 (5.39%) Security Posture
3 191 (3.31%) Management Information System
4 190 (3.30%) Cyber Threat
5 164 (2.84%) Onboarding
6 148 (2.57%) Security Operations Centre
7 126 (2.19%) Driving Licence
8 118 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
9 98 (1.70%) Operational Technology
10 96 (1.66%) Cyber Defence
11 83 (1.44%) Cloud Native
12 78 (1.35%) Data Centre
13 58 (1.01%) PKI
14 49 (0.85%) Cyber Security Posture
15 42 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
16 41 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
17 38 (0.66%) Blog
17 38 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
18 30 (0.52%) Cloud Security Posture
18 30 (0.52%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 497 (8.62%) Windows
2 253 (4.39%) Windows Server
3 172 (2.98%) Linux
4 48 (0.83%) Mac OS
5 37 (0.64%) Windows 10
6 27 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 26 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 25 (0.43%) Android
9 21 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 19 (0.33%) Apple iOS
11 10 (0.17%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.10%) CentOS
12 6 (0.10%) Unix
12 6 (0.10%) VMS
13 3 (0.052%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.035%) Amazon Linux
15 1 (0.017%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.017%) Kali Linux
15 1 (0.017%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,218 (21.12%) Mentoring
2 785 (13.61%) Ethical Hacking
3 556 (9.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 545 (9.45%) Problem-Solving
5 500 (8.67%) Incident Response
6 451 (7.82%) Information Security
7 437 (7.58%) Risk Management
8 391 (6.78%) Security Operations
9 383 (6.64%) SIEM
10 355 (6.16%) Cloud Security
11 340 (5.90%) AI
12 327 (5.67%) Vulnerability Management
13 297 (5.15%) Disaster Recovery
14 283 (4.91%) Decision-Making
15 257 (4.46%) Roadmaps
16 240 (4.16%) Agile
17 238 (4.13%) Stakeholder Management
18 233 (4.04%) Security Architecture
19 231 (4.01%) Data Protection
20 223 (3.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 312 (5.41%) Python
2 268 (4.65%) PowerShell
3 116 (2.01%) SQL
4 104 (1.80%) JavaScript
5 83 (1.44%) Bash
6 51 (0.88%) C++
7 37 (0.64%) Java
8 29 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
9 27 (0.47%) C#
10 26 (0.45%) T-SQL
11 24 (0.42%) MATLAB
12 19 (0.33%) R
12 19 (0.33%) TypeScript
13 17 (0.29%) Rust
14 16 (0.28%) Go
15 12 (0.21%) Search Processing Language
16 11 (0.19%) C
17 9 (0.16%) Perl
18 7 (0.12%) PHP
19 5 (0.087%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,544 (26.78%) Azure Certification
2 925 (16.04%) CompTIA Security+
3 834 (14.46%) CEH
4 803 (13.93%) CompTIA CySA+
5 509 (8.83%) Security Cleared
6 428 (7.42%) CISSP
7 427 (7.41%) Degree
8 361 (6.26%) SC Cleared
9 274 (4.75%) CISM
10 172 (2.98%) DV Cleared
11 150 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
12 120 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
13 104 (1.80%) CISA
14 97 (1.68%) Network+ Certification
15 90 (1.56%) A+ Certification
16 89 (1.54%) CREST Certified
17 85 (1.47%) AWS Certification
18 84 (1.46%) CRISC
19 83 (1.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
20 67 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 606 (10.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 531 (9.21%) NIST
3 333 (5.78%) GDPR
4 277 (4.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 258 (4.47%) GRC
6 150 (2.60%) PCI DSS
7 134 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 114 (1.98%) NCSC
9 112 (1.94%) QA
10 56 (0.97%) SOC 2
11 45 (0.78%) NIST 800
12 39 (0.68%) COBIT
13 36 (0.62%) Accessibility
13 36 (0.62%) SLA
14 34 (0.59%) JSP 440
15 33 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 31 (0.54%) Data Quality
17 30 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
18 18 (0.31%) HIPAA
19 15 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 403 (6.99%) Active Directory
2 117 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 96 (1.66%) Hyper-V
4 53 (0.92%) Docker
5 49 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
6 28 (0.49%) vSphere
7 14 (0.24%) IAG
8 12 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
8 12 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 7 (0.12%) Firmware
11 5 (0.087%) ClearTrust
11 5 (0.087%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.069%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (0.052%) VMware ESXi
14 2 (0.035%) VMware Server
15 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 202 (3.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 89 (1.54%) Terraform
3 71 (1.23%) Kubernetes
4 40 (0.69%) Ansible
5 37 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
6 31 (0.54%) Grafana
7 22 (0.38%) SCCM
8 18 (0.31%) Prometheus
8 18 (0.31%) QRadar
9 16 (0.28%) CASB
10 15 (0.26%) FortiGate
11 10 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 9 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 9 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (0.16%) CSIRT
12 9 (0.16%) Kibana
12 9 (0.16%) Nmap
12 9 (0.16%) vCenter Server
13 8 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
13 8 (0.14%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,527 (43.83%) Microsoft
2 1,458 (25.29%) ForeScout
3 164 (2.84%) VMware
4 142 (2.46%) Cisco
5 121 (2.10%) Palo Alto
6 107 (1.86%) CrowdStrike
7 88 (1.53%) Splunk
8 64 (1.11%) Fortinet
9 61 (1.06%) Google
10 59 (1.02%) Tenable
11 54 (0.94%) Apple
11 54 (0.94%) ServiceNow
12 50 (0.87%) Salesforce
13 49 (0.85%) Qualys
14 45 (0.78%) Aruba
15 36 (0.62%) SAP
16 35 (0.61%) Adobe
17 32 (0.55%) Veeam
18 29 (0.50%) Dell
19 24 (0.42%) CyberArk