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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 37 38
Rank change year-on-year +31 +1 +16
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 7,278 2,696 3,390
As % of all permanent jobs in England 13.19% 5.67% 5.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.41% 6.21% 6.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,131 1,374 2,599
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,876 £35,904
25th Percentile £31,250 £50,000 £46,278
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,700
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +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 44,347 43,406 52,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 80.38% 91.29% 88.76%
Number of salaries quoted 26,763 21,088 41,504
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 25 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 25 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 +40 2,280 £35,000 -37.50% 308
North West +35 1,790 £40,000 -27.27% 158
Midlands +28 1,436 £42,735 -25.68% 217
London +20 1,396 £68,500 -7.43% 434
West Midlands +22 1,192 £45,250 -24.58% 105
South East +31 1,101 £47,500 -17.63% 541
East of England +51 602 £35,000 -31.94% 232
Yorkshire +32 418 £30,500 -49.79% 109
South West +41 413 £55,000 -14.90% 227
East Midlands +33 253 £37,500 -15.73% 112
North East +41 72 £30,500 -20.78% 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
1 125 (1.72%) SharePoint
2 62 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.22%) Confluence
4 14 (0.19%) IIS
5 11 (0.15%) WordPress
6 9 (0.12%) CMS
7 6 (0.082%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.082%) nginx
8 5 (0.069%) Apache
8 5 (0.069%) Drupal
9 4 (0.055%) FactoryTalk
9 4 (0.055%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.055%) WinCC
10 3 (0.041%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.041%) Oracle Coherence
11 2 (0.027%) ArchestrA
11 2 (0.027%) SAS
12 1 (0.014%) FileNet
Applications
1 101 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
2 65 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 59 (0.81%) Maya
4 35 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (0.34%) Chatbot
6 12 (0.16%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.16%) Simulink
7 5 (0.069%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.055%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.041%) CATIA
9 3 (0.041%) CINEMA 4D
9 3 (0.041%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.027%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.014%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 33 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.22%) 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 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 9 (0.12%) SAP FS
5 9 (0.12%) SAP IS-U
6 7 (0.096%) Shopify
7 6 (0.082%) Exchequer
8 5 (0.069%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.055%) Endur
9 4 (0.055%) NEC Housing
9 4 (0.055%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.041%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.041%) SAP CX
10 3 (0.041%) Teamcenter
10 3 (0.041%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 4,063 (55.83%) Cloud Computing
2 1,147 (15.76%) Azure
3 536 (7.36%) AWS
4 392 (5.39%) Microsoft 365
5 228 (3.13%) Entra ID
6 220 (3.02%) GitHub
7 89 (1.22%) Power Platform
8 85 (1.17%) SaaS
9 68 (0.93%) GCP
10 55 (0.76%) PaaS
11 44 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
12 40 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
12 40 (0.55%) IaaS
12 40 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
13 31 (0.43%) OneDrive
14 29 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
15 27 (0.37%) Nutanix
16 25 (0.34%) Google Workspace
17 21 (0.29%) Power Automate
18 20 (0.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4,229 (58.11%) Internet
2 265 (3.64%) Firewall
3 120 (1.65%) Network Security
4 119 (1.64%) VPN
5 103 (1.42%) DNS
6 98 (1.35%) TCP/IP
7 83 (1.14%) DHCP
8 74 (1.02%) WAN
9 67 (0.92%) LAN
10 56 (0.77%) VoIP
10 56 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
11 51 (0.70%) VLAN
12 32 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
13 26 (0.36%) SD-WAN
14 24 (0.33%) Wireless
15 23 (0.32%) Broadband
16 20 (0.27%) Modbus
17 18 (0.25%) DMZ
17 18 (0.25%) SAN
18 16 (0.22%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (0.78%) Power BI
2 47 (0.65%) SQL Server
3 40 (0.55%) Tableau
4 35 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (0.32%) Big Data
6 20 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
7 19 (0.26%) Relational Database
8 18 (0.25%) SAP BW
9 17 (0.23%) Data Lake
9 17 (0.23%) Neo4j
10 15 (0.21%) Metadata
11 11 (0.15%) Oracle Database
12 10 (0.14%) NoSQL
13 9 (0.12%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.082%) MS Access
15 5 (0.069%) MariaDB
15 5 (0.069%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 4 (0.055%) BusinessObjects
16 4 (0.055%) SAP Data Services
17 3 (0.041%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 219 (3.01%) Git
2 31 (0.43%) JIRA
3 18 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (0.22%) Jenkins
5 12 (0.16%) GitLab
6 8 (0.11%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.055%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.055%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.055%) JMeter
7 4 (0.055%) Locust
7 4 (0.055%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.055%) MLflow
7 4 (0.055%) Toad
8 3 (0.041%) Apache Continuum
9 2 (0.027%) Snyk
10 1 (0.014%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.014%) Bitbucket
General
1 5,258 (72.25%) Social Skills
2 4,175 (57.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,168 (57.27%) Banking
4 558 (7.67%) Finance
5 381 (5.23%) Analytical Skills
6 346 (4.75%) Multimedia
7 179 (2.46%) Marketing
8 176 (2.42%) Law
9 171 (2.35%) Public Sector
10 149 (2.05%) Legal
11 142 (1.95%) Telecoms
12 130 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
13 107 (1.47%) Retail
14 104 (1.43%) Manufacturing
15 89 (1.22%) Games
16 67 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
17 62 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
18 53 (0.73%) Electronics
19 47 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
20 42 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3,136 (43.09%) Lecturer
2 519 (7.13%) Analyst
3 399 (5.48%) Security Analyst
4 369 (5.07%) Senior
5 355 (4.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 346 (4.75%) Trainee
7 302 (4.15%) Junior
8 283 (3.89%) Junior Analyst
9 282 (3.87%) Junior Security Analyst
10 229 (3.15%) Lead
11 221 (3.04%) Consultant
12 218 (3.00%) Architect
13 190 (2.61%) IT Support
14 154 (2.12%) Support Engineer
15 150 (2.06%) Developer
16 139 (1.91%) IT Manager
17 134 (1.84%) Security Consultant
18 132 (1.81%) Security Manager
19 127 (1.74%) Security Engineer
20 113 (1.55%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 236 (3.24%) HTML
2 232 (3.19%) CSS
3 36 (0.49%) React
4 33 (0.45%) REST
5 28 (0.38%) AngularJS
6 26 (0.36%) OAuth
6 26 (0.36%) SAP CAF
7 25 (0.34%) SAML
8 23 (0.32%) OpenID
9 19 (0.26%) LDAP
10 18 (0.25%) GraphQL
11 17 (0.23%) MERN Stack
11 17 (0.23%) SOAP
12 15 (0.21%) YAML
13 14 (0.19%) Middleware
14 13 (0.18%) .NET
15 12 (0.16%) PyTorch
15 12 (0.16%) TensorFlow
16 11 (0.15%) Pandas
17 9 (0.12%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4,072 (55.95%) IoT
2 188 (2.58%) Management Information System
3 164 (2.25%) Security Posture
4 148 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
5 118 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
6 115 (1.58%) Onboarding
7 104 (1.43%) Driving Licence
8 90 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
9 74 (1.02%) Cloud Native
10 72 (0.99%) Data Centre
11 62 (0.85%) Operational Technology
12 58 (0.80%) Security Operations Centre
13 46 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
14 43 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
15 42 (0.58%) Cyber Defence
15 42 (0.58%) Cyberattack
16 40 (0.55%) Cyber Security Posture
17 39 (0.54%) Public Cloud
18 35 (0.48%) Blockchain
19 33 (0.45%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 363 (4.99%) Windows
2 146 (2.01%) Windows Server
3 129 (1.77%) Linux
4 66 (0.91%) Mac OS
5 63 (0.87%) Windows 10
6 26 (0.36%) Android
7 24 (0.33%) Apple iOS
8 22 (0.30%) Unix
9 11 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.11%) VMS
11 7 (0.096%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.069%) Debian
13 4 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.041%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.027%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.027%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.014%) Kali Linux
16 1 (0.014%) OpenWrt
16 1 (0.014%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,263 (58.57%) AI
2 4,067 (55.88%) Machine Learning
3 4,037 (55.47%) User Experience
4 4,033 (55.41%) Web Development
5 853 (11.72%) Mentoring
6 496 (6.82%) Problem-Solving
7 397 (5.45%) Risk Management
8 355 (4.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 342 (4.70%) Information Security
10 335 (4.60%) Incident Response
11 272 (3.74%) Agile
12 219 (3.01%) ITIL
13 210 (2.89%) Project Management
14 205 (2.82%) Analytics
15 204 (2.80%) Roadmaps
16 198 (2.72%) SIEM
17 196 (2.69%) Data Protection
18 191 (2.62%) Decision-Making
18 191 (2.62%) Line Management
19 181 (2.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 381 (5.23%) Python
2 273 (3.75%) JavaScript
3 158 (2.17%) PowerShell
4 119 (1.64%) SQL
5 113 (1.55%) R
6 46 (0.63%) Bash
7 33 (0.45%) Java
8 25 (0.34%) TypeScript
9 24 (0.33%) C#
10 23 (0.32%) C++
11 18 (0.25%) C
11 18 (0.25%) T-SQL
12 14 (0.19%) Bicep
13 12 (0.16%) MATLAB
14 11 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (0.11%) Go
16 6 (0.082%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.055%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.055%) VB
18 3 (0.041%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4,500 (61.83%) Degree
2 4,075 (55.99%) Master's Degree
3 4,012 (55.13%) PhD
4 4,004 (55.02%) Postgraduate
5 537 (7.38%) Azure Certification
6 461 (6.33%) CompTIA Security+
7 359 (4.93%) CISSP
8 311 (4.27%) CompTIA CySA+
9 290 (3.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 288 (3.96%) Security Cleared
11 267 (3.67%) AWS Certification
12 258 (3.54%) CISM
13 216 (2.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 197 (2.71%) SC Cleared
15 180 (2.47%) CEH
16 152 (2.09%) Network+ Certification
17 151 (2.07%) A+ Certification
18 112 (1.54%) CISA
19 96 (1.32%) DV Cleared
20 87 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 482 (6.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 434 (5.96%) NIST
3 261 (3.59%) GDPR
4 230 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 185 (2.54%) GRC
6 110 (1.51%) NCSC
7 99 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 90 (1.24%) PCI DSS
9 64 (0.88%) QA
10 54 (0.74%) SLA
11 50 (0.69%) NIST 800
12 46 (0.63%) COBIT
13 35 (0.48%) SOC 2
14 32 (0.44%) JSP 440
15 28 (0.38%) Data Quality
16 19 (0.26%) Accessibility
16 19 (0.26%) RMADS
16 19 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 17 (0.23%) PMO
18 16 (0.22%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 260 (3.57%) Active Directory
2 76 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (0.71%) Hyper-V
4 49 (0.67%) Docker
5 35 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (0.23%) vSphere
7 7 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.082%) Firmware
8 6 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.069%) BitLocker
10 4 (0.055%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.041%) Kamailio
11 3 (0.041%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 3 (0.041%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.027%) GPFS
12 2 (0.027%) Lustre
13 1 (0.014%) iptables
13 1 (0.014%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 156 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 52 (0.71%) Terraform
3 44 (0.60%) Kubernetes
4 29 (0.40%) Ansible
5 21 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (0.27%) SCCM
7 15 (0.21%) CASB
8 14 (0.19%) CSIRT
8 14 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
9 13 (0.18%) Nessus
9 13 (0.18%) RSA Archer
10 10 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 9 (0.12%) FortiGate
11 9 (0.12%) Nagios
12 8 (0.11%) QRadar
13 7 (0.096%) PaperCut
14 6 (0.082%) Grafana
14 6 (0.082%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
15 5 (0.069%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1,192 (16.38%) Microsoft
2 282 (3.87%) ForeScout
3 116 (1.59%) VMware
4 100 (1.37%) SAP
5 84 (1.15%) Cisco
6 69 (0.95%) Palo Alto
7 67 (0.92%) CrowdStrike
8 66 (0.91%) Oracle
9 64 (0.88%) Fortinet
10 54 (0.74%) Apple
11 50 (0.69%) Salesforce
12 48 (0.66%) Adobe
13 36 (0.49%) ServiceNow
14 32 (0.44%) Google
15 27 (0.37%) Dell
16 26 (0.36%) Tenable
17 23 (0.32%) MuleSoft
17 23 (0.32%) Siemens
17 23 (0.32%) Splunk
18 19 (0.26%) PayPal