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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 34 39
Rank change year-on-year +14 +5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 6,078 2,757 3,654
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.62% 6.32% 5.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.96% 7.05% 6.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,507 1,685 2,528
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £79,250 £74,258 £75,313
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,225
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -7.93%

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 67,827 39,106 59,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.89% 89.61% 81.24%
Number of salaries quoted 47,864 22,714 39,792
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £41,021
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 2 August 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 2 August 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 +14 1,432 £75,000 +3.45% 897
North of England +19 1,374 £50,000 +4.17% 453
South East +13 1,107 £55,000 +10.00% 419
Midlands +20 1,051 £55,000 +18.42% 231
North West +27 655 £55,000 - 254
South West +8 608 £55,000 +18.92% 231
Yorkshire +14 553 £42,500 +28.79% 163
West Midlands +10 534 £57,500 +9.52% 123
East Midlands +40 516 £55,000 +57.14% 108
East of England +64 482 £45,000 -5.26% 136
North East +26 166 £50,000 -26.95% 39
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
1 188 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 186 (3.06%) SharePoint
3 18 (0.30%) Apache
4 16 (0.26%) IIS
5 11 (0.18%) CMS
6 9 (0.15%) Confluence
6 9 (0.15%) SAS
7 5 (0.082%) WordPress
8 4 (0.066%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.033%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.033%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.016%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.016%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 82 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.20%) Simulink
5 6 (0.099%) CATIA
5 6 (0.099%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.033%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.033%) SmartSuite
8 1 (0.016%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.016%) Maya
8 1 (0.016%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 24 (0.39%) Cloudability
2 15 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.099%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.099%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.082%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.082%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.066%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.049%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 3 (0.049%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.049%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.049%) Q-Pulse
9 2 (0.033%) Infor CloudSuite
9 2 (0.033%) Infor LN
9 2 (0.033%) Infor M3
9 2 (0.033%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.033%) Shopify
9 2 (0.033%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 2 (0.033%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 2,298 (37.81%) Azure
2 719 (11.83%) Microsoft 365
3 463 (7.62%) AWS
4 386 (6.35%) Entra ID
5 180 (2.96%) SaaS
6 154 (2.53%) GCP
7 83 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
8 69 (1.14%) Power Platform
9 63 (1.04%) OneDrive
10 61 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
11 48 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
12 45 (0.74%) Serverless
13 39 (0.64%) Microsoft Copilot
14 37 (0.61%) Mimecast
15 31 (0.51%) GitHub
16 29 (0.48%) Google Workspace
17 28 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
18 27 (0.44%) PaaS
19 24 (0.39%) IaaS
20 22 (0.36%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 476 (7.83%) Firewall
2 227 (3.73%) Network Security
3 197 (3.24%) VPN
4 191 (3.14%) DNS
5 146 (2.40%) WAN
6 145 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
7 129 (2.12%) LAN
8 127 (2.09%) DHCP
9 120 (1.97%) TCP/IP
10 107 (1.76%) VLAN
11 87 (1.43%) Internet
12 70 (1.15%) VoIP
13 58 (0.95%) Wireless
14 44 (0.72%) Unified Communications
15 40 (0.66%) Cisco Nexus
16 39 (0.64%) HTTP
17 35 (0.58%) SSL
18 32 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
19 28 (0.46%) Broadband
20 27 (0.44%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (0.74%) Power BI
2 43 (0.71%) SQL Server
3 13 (0.21%) MongoDB
3 13 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (0.20%) MySQL
5 11 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (0.18%) Tableau
6 10 (0.16%) Big Data
6 10 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.099%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.099%) GIS
8 6 (0.099%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.082%) Metadata
9 5 (0.082%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.066%) Neo4j
11 3 (0.049%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.049%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.033%) Flink
12 2 (0.033%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 43 (0.71%) JIRA
2 40 (0.66%) Git
3 32 (0.53%) GitLab
4 27 (0.44%) Snyk
5 21 (0.35%) Burp Suite
6 20 (0.33%) Metasploit
7 15 (0.25%) Jenkins
7 15 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
8 9 (0.15%) Yeoman
9 6 (0.099%) Apache Continuum
10 5 (0.082%) JMeter
10 5 (0.082%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.082%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.066%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.066%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.066%) Locust
11 4 (0.066%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.049%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.033%) Claude Code
14 1 (0.016%) webpack
General
1 2,444 (40.21%) Social Skills
2 537 (8.84%) Finance
3 426 (7.01%) Analytical Skills
4 313 (5.15%) Public Sector
5 301 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 172 (2.83%) Marketing
7 171 (2.81%) Law
8 168 (2.76%) Retail
9 164 (2.70%) Telecoms
10 159 (2.62%) Legal
11 136 (2.24%) Manufacturing
12 123 (2.02%) Banking
13 116 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
14 97 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
15 84 (1.38%) Aerospace
16 58 (0.95%) Local Government
17 57 (0.94%) Advertising
18 54 (0.89%) Multimedia
19 38 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
20 34 (0.56%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,195 (19.66%) Analyst
2 1,012 (16.65%) Security Analyst
3 913 (15.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 735 (12.09%) Junior
5 705 (11.60%) Ethical Hacker
6 673 (11.07%) Junior Analyst
7 663 (10.91%) Junior Security Analyst
8 620 (10.20%) Senior
9 458 (7.54%) Consultant
10 356 (5.86%) Architect
11 318 (5.23%) Lead
12 293 (4.82%) Security Consultant
13 281 (4.62%) Security Manager
14 273 (4.49%) IT Support
15 242 (3.98%) Security Architect
16 241 (3.97%) IT Manager
17 228 (3.75%) Security Engineer
18 200 (3.29%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 191 (3.14%) IT Engineer
20 189 (3.11%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (0.90%) SAML
2 49 (0.81%) LDAP
2 49 (0.81%) OAuth
3 43 (0.71%) OpenID
4 42 (0.69%) REST
5 30 (0.49%) HTML
6 23 (0.38%) CSS
7 22 (0.36%) React
8 20 (0.33%) Kafka
9 18 (0.30%) .NET
9 18 (0.30%) JSON
9 18 (0.30%) SailPoint
10 16 (0.26%) Node.js
11 15 (0.25%) SOAP
11 15 (0.25%) XML
12 14 (0.23%) RESTful
13 13 (0.21%) FastAPI
13 13 (0.21%) Middleware
13 13 (0.21%) XMPP
14 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 809 (13.31%) Cyberattack
2 337 (5.54%) Security Posture
3 242 (3.98%) Cyber Threat
4 220 (3.62%) Onboarding
5 218 (3.59%) Management Information System
6 169 (2.78%) Driving Licence
7 166 (2.73%) Security Operations Centre
8 138 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
9 113 (1.86%) Operational Technology
10 100 (1.65%) Cyber Defence
11 91 (1.50%) Cloud Native
12 80 (1.32%) Data Centre
13 59 (0.97%) PKI
14 56 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
15 41 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
16 40 (0.66%) Cyber Security Posture
17 38 (0.63%) CSOC
18 36 (0.59%) Blog
19 29 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
20 28 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 550 (9.05%) Windows
2 267 (4.39%) Windows Server
3 201 (3.31%) Linux
4 66 (1.09%) Mac OS
5 30 (0.49%) Windows 10
5 30 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (0.41%) Android
7 25 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 23 (0.38%) Apple iOS
9 15 (0.25%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.099%) CentOS
11 4 (0.066%) VMS
11 4 (0.066%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.049%) Unix
13 2 (0.033%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.033%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.033%) FreeRTOS
13 2 (0.033%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.016%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,102 (18.13%) Mentoring
2 756 (12.44%) Ethical Hacking
3 635 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
4 628 (10.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 515 (8.47%) Information Security
6 511 (8.41%) Incident Response
7 483 (7.95%) Risk Management
8 456 (7.50%) Security Operations
9 433 (7.12%) SIEM
10 429 (7.06%) AI
11 405 (6.66%) Cloud Security
12 394 (6.48%) Vulnerability Management
13 334 (5.50%) Disaster Recovery
14 330 (5.43%) Decision-Making
15 308 (5.07%) Stakeholder Management
16 287 (4.72%) Roadmaps
17 271 (4.46%) Agile
18 255 (4.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 254 (4.18%) Service Delivery
20 251 (4.13%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 306 (5.03%) Python
2 242 (3.98%) PowerShell
3 93 (1.53%) SQL
4 68 (1.12%) C++
4 68 (1.12%) JavaScript
5 64 (1.05%) Bash
6 38 (0.63%) Java
6 38 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
7 32 (0.53%) Rust
8 29 (0.48%) C#
9 21 (0.35%) Go
10 18 (0.30%) TypeScript
11 16 (0.26%) MATLAB
12 14 (0.23%) C
12 14 (0.23%) Search Processing Language
13 11 (0.18%) Perl
14 8 (0.13%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.099%) PHP
16 5 (0.082%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.066%) Ada
Qualifications
1 1,433 (23.58%) Azure Certification
2 832 (13.69%) CompTIA Security+
3 810 (13.33%) CEH
4 702 (11.55%) CompTIA CySA+
5 612 (10.07%) Security Cleared
6 479 (7.88%) Degree
7 453 (7.45%) CISSP
8 424 (6.98%) SC Cleared
9 294 (4.84%) CISM
10 199 (3.27%) DV Cleared
11 163 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
12 105 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
13 95 (1.56%) CRISC
14 93 (1.53%) CISA
15 92 (1.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 77 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
16 77 (1.27%) CREST Certified
17 74 (1.22%) AWS Certification
18 71 (1.17%) Network+ Certification
19 70 (1.15%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 627 (10.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 523 (8.60%) NIST
3 318 (5.23%) GDPR
4 283 (4.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 277 (4.56%) GRC
6 146 (2.40%) PCI DSS
7 137 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 106 (1.74%) QA
9 95 (1.56%) NCSC
10 63 (1.04%) SOC 2
11 42 (0.69%) NIST 800
12 39 (0.64%) Accessibility
13 37 (0.61%) SLA
14 36 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 35 (0.58%) COBIT
16 33 (0.54%) JSP 440
17 27 (0.44%) Data Quality
18 23 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
19 22 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
20 21 (0.35%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 431 (7.09%) Active Directory
2 136 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 112 (1.84%) Hyper-V
4 55 (0.90%) Docker
5 50 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
6 25 (0.41%) vSphere
7 22 (0.36%) Firmware
8 14 (0.23%) IAG
9 13 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
10 12 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 9 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
12 6 (0.099%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.082%) ClearTrust
14 4 (0.066%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.049%) VMware ESXi
15 3 (0.049%) VMware Server
16 1 (0.016%) BitLocker
16 1 (0.016%) Embedded Firmware
16 1 (0.016%) KVM
16 1 (0.016%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 224 (3.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 88 (1.45%) Terraform
3 74 (1.22%) Kubernetes
4 45 (0.74%) Ansible
5 44 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
6 31 (0.51%) Grafana
7 20 (0.33%) QRadar
8 17 (0.28%) FortiGate
8 17 (0.28%) Nmap
8 17 (0.28%) Prometheus
9 16 (0.26%) CASB
10 15 (0.25%) SCCM
11 14 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
11 14 (0.23%) Nessus
12 10 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.15%) Kibana
14 8 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
15 6 (0.099%) CSIRT
15 6 (0.099%) Graylog
15 6 (0.099%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2,537 (41.74%) Microsoft
2 1,364 (22.44%) ForeScout
3 188 (3.09%) Cisco
4 182 (2.99%) VMware
5 158 (2.60%) Palo Alto
6 109 (1.79%) Splunk
7 102 (1.68%) CrowdStrike
8 71 (1.17%) Google
9 68 (1.12%) Qualys
10 66 (1.09%) Fortinet
11 64 (1.05%) ServiceNow
12 61 (1.00%) Apple
12 61 (1.00%) Aruba
13 58 (0.95%) Tenable
14 53 (0.87%) Salesforce
15 40 (0.66%) SAP
16 38 (0.63%) Veeam
17 36 (0.59%) Adobe
17 36 (0.59%) CyberArk
18 28 (0.46%) Dell