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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 36 36
Rank change year-on-year +30 0 +18
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 7,205 2,743 3,053
As % of all permanent jobs in England 13.43% 5.72% 5.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.59% 6.29% 6.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,078 1,400 2,282
10th Percentile £28,250 £38,475 £35,920
25th Percentile £30,750 £49,775 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,750
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +7.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £64,627 £61,000
% change year-on-year -22.63% +5.95% -6.15%

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 43,437 43,629 46,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 80.97% 90.90% 89.46%
Number of salaries quoted 26,117 21,359 36,456
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,000 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -7.20%

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 17 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 17 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 2,267 £31,250 -43.18% 294
North West +34 1,786 £41,750 -23.95% 156
Midlands +25 1,440 £44,543 -22.53% 188
London +18 1,363 £67,500 -7.22% 426
West Midlands +21 1,192 £47,500 -20.83% 89
South East +32 1,098 £47,000 -18.26% 495
East of England +50 580 £35,000 -37.18% 209
Yorkshire +34 411 £30,500 -48.74% 100
South West +41 408 £52,500 -19.23% 196
East Midlands +32 257 £37,500 -21.36% 98
North East +39 70 £30,500 -27.59% 42
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 (1.71%) SharePoint
2 62 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.22%) Confluence
3 16 (0.22%) IIS
4 11 (0.15%) WordPress
5 8 (0.11%) CMS
6 6 (0.083%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.083%) nginx
7 5 (0.069%) Apache
7 5 (0.069%) Drupal
8 4 (0.056%) FactoryTalk
8 4 (0.056%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.056%) WinCC
9 3 (0.042%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.042%) Oracle Coherence
10 2 (0.028%) ArchestrA
10 2 (0.028%) SAS
11 1 (0.014%) FileNet
Applications
1 101 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
2 65 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 59 (0.82%) Maya
4 33 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 12 (0.17%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.17%) Simulink
7 6 (0.083%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.056%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.042%) CATIA
9 3 (0.042%) CINEMA 4D
9 3 (0.042%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.014%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 34 (0.47%) 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%) SAP FS
5 9 (0.12%) SAP IS-U
6 7 (0.097%) Shopify
7 6 (0.083%) Exchequer
8 5 (0.069%) Dynamics NAV
8 5 (0.069%) NetSuite
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 CX
10 3 (0.042%) Teamcenter
10 3 (0.042%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 4,060 (56.35%) Cloud Computing
2 1,127 (15.64%) Azure
3 526 (7.30%) AWS
4 383 (5.32%) Microsoft 365
5 221 (3.07%) GitHub
6 198 (2.75%) Entra ID
7 88 (1.22%) Power Platform
8 85 (1.18%) SaaS
9 67 (0.93%) GCP
10 55 (0.76%) PaaS
11 42 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
11 42 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
12 39 (0.54%) IaaS
13 32 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
14 31 (0.43%) OneDrive
15 27 (0.37%) Microsoft Purview
15 27 (0.37%) Nutanix
16 20 (0.28%) Google Workspace
16 20 (0.28%) Power Automate
17 19 (0.26%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4,230 (58.71%) Internet
2 248 (3.44%) Firewall
3 123 (1.71%) Network Security
4 122 (1.69%) VPN
5 101 (1.40%) DNS
6 100 (1.39%) TCP/IP
7 81 (1.12%) DHCP
8 74 (1.03%) WAN
9 67 (0.93%) LAN
10 64 (0.89%) VoIP
11 54 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
12 49 (0.68%) VLAN
13 31 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
14 28 (0.39%) SD-WAN
15 27 (0.37%) Wireless
16 21 (0.29%) Modbus
17 19 (0.26%) SAN
18 18 (0.25%) Broadband
19 17 (0.24%) DMZ
20 14 (0.19%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (0.78%) Power BI
2 52 (0.72%) SQL Server
3 43 (0.60%) 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 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (0.22%) Metadata
10 13 (0.18%) Neo4j
11 11 (0.15%) Oracle Database
12 10 (0.14%) NoSQL
13 9 (0.12%) Amazon RDS
14 7 (0.097%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (0.083%) MS Access
16 5 (0.069%) MariaDB
17 4 (0.056%) BusinessObjects
17 4 (0.056%) SAP Data Services
18 3 (0.042%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 219 (3.04%) Git
2 31 (0.43%) JIRA
3 18 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (0.22%) Jenkins
5 12 (0.17%) GitLab
6 7 (0.097%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.056%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.056%) JMeter
7 4 (0.056%) Locust
7 4 (0.056%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.056%) MLflow
7 4 (0.056%) Toad
8 3 (0.042%) Apache Continuum
8 3 (0.042%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.028%) Snyk
10 1 (0.014%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.014%) Bitbucket
General
1 5,233 (72.63%) Social Skills
2 4,177 (57.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,163 (57.78%) Banking
4 547 (7.59%) Finance
5 367 (5.09%) Analytical Skills
6 338 (4.69%) Multimedia
7 190 (2.64%) Marketing
8 180 (2.50%) Public Sector
9 175 (2.43%) Law
10 155 (2.15%) Telecoms
11 148 (2.05%) Legal
12 123 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
13 104 (1.44%) Manufacturing
14 103 (1.43%) Retail
15 92 (1.28%) Games
16 66 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
17 64 (0.89%) Electronics
18 58 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
19 44 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
20 39 (0.54%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3,134 (43.50%) Lecturer
2 521 (7.23%) Analyst
3 398 (5.52%) Security Analyst
4 359 (4.98%) Senior
5 354 (4.91%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 338 (4.69%) Trainee
7 304 (4.22%) Junior
8 283 (3.93%) Junior Analyst
9 282 (3.91%) Junior Security Analyst
10 224 (3.11%) Consultant
11 218 (3.03%) Lead
12 210 (2.91%) Architect
13 182 (2.53%) IT Support
14 154 (2.14%) Support Engineer
15 148 (2.05%) Developer
16 140 (1.94%) Security Consultant
17 138 (1.92%) IT Manager
18 126 (1.75%) Security Manager
19 124 (1.72%) Security Engineer
20 113 (1.57%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (3.23%) HTML
2 229 (3.18%) CSS
3 32 (0.44%) React
4 27 (0.37%) REST
5 26 (0.36%) SAP CAF
6 24 (0.33%) AngularJS
7 21 (0.29%) OAuth
8 20 (0.28%) SAML
9 18 (0.25%) OpenID
10 17 (0.24%) YAML
11 14 (0.19%) LDAP
12 13 (0.18%) GraphQL
12 13 (0.18%) MERN Stack
12 13 (0.18%) Middleware
13 12 (0.17%) Pandas
13 12 (0.17%) PyTorch
13 12 (0.17%) SOAP
13 12 (0.17%) TensorFlow
14 10 (0.14%) .NET
15 9 (0.12%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4,071 (56.50%) IoT
2 183 (2.54%) Management Information System
3 151 (2.10%) Security Posture
4 147 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
5 117 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
6 113 (1.57%) Onboarding
7 103 (1.43%) Driving Licence
8 94 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
9 78 (1.08%) Data Centre
10 68 (0.94%) Cloud Native
11 62 (0.86%) Operational Technology
12 55 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
13 52 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
14 46 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
15 43 (0.60%) Cyber Defence
16 39 (0.54%) Public Cloud
17 36 (0.50%) Cyberattack
18 34 (0.47%) Blockchain
19 32 (0.44%) CCTV
20 31 (0.43%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 359 (4.98%) Windows
2 145 (2.01%) Windows Server
3 134 (1.86%) Linux
4 66 (0.92%) Mac OS
5 60 (0.83%) Windows 10
6 22 (0.31%) Android
6 22 (0.31%) Unix
7 21 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (0.097%) VMS
9 7 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.083%) Debian
11 5 (0.069%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.042%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.042%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.042%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.014%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.014%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.014%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,265 (59.20%) AI
2 4,066 (56.43%) Machine Learning
3 4,038 (56.04%) User Experience
4 4,033 (55.98%) Web Development
5 848 (11.77%) Mentoring
6 493 (6.84%) Problem-Solving
7 379 (5.26%) Risk Management
8 333 (4.62%) Information Security
9 325 (4.51%) Continuous Improvement
10 321 (4.46%) Incident Response
11 265 (3.68%) Agile
12 220 (3.05%) ITIL
13 209 (2.90%) Project Management
14 203 (2.82%) Analytics
15 194 (2.69%) Roadmaps
16 186 (2.58%) SIEM
17 183 (2.54%) Decision-Making
17 183 (2.54%) Line Management
18 180 (2.50%) Data Protection
19 177 (2.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 369 (5.12%) Python
2 262 (3.64%) JavaScript
3 150 (2.08%) PowerShell
4 116 (1.61%) SQL
5 114 (1.58%) R
6 42 (0.58%) Bash
7 26 (0.36%) Java
8 23 (0.32%) C#
9 20 (0.28%) TypeScript
10 19 (0.26%) C++
11 16 (0.22%) Bicep
12 14 (0.19%) C
12 14 (0.19%) T-SQL
13 12 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (0.17%) MATLAB
14 7 (0.097%) Go
15 6 (0.083%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.056%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.056%) VB
17 3 (0.042%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4,502 (62.48%) Degree
2 4,077 (56.59%) Master's Degree
3 4,012 (55.68%) PhD
4 4,004 (55.57%) Postgraduate
5 535 (7.43%) Azure Certification
6 460 (6.38%) CompTIA Security+
7 357 (4.95%) CISSP
8 300 (4.16%) CompTIA CySA+
9 291 (4.04%) Microsoft Certification
10 277 (3.84%) Security Cleared
11 266 (3.69%) AWS Certification
12 257 (3.57%) CISM
13 216 (3.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 194 (2.69%) SC Cleared
15 178 (2.47%) CEH
16 148 (2.05%) Network+ Certification
17 146 (2.03%) A+ Certification
18 112 (1.55%) CISA
19 84 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
20 80 (1.11%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 459 (6.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 424 (5.88%) NIST
3 235 (3.26%) GDPR
4 216 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 184 (2.55%) GRC
6 102 (1.42%) NCSC
7 94 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 91 (1.26%) PCI DSS
9 62 (0.86%) QA
10 53 (0.74%) SLA
11 49 (0.68%) NIST 800
12 44 (0.61%) COBIT
13 34 (0.47%) SOC 2
14 32 (0.44%) JSP 440
15 27 (0.37%) Data Quality
16 21 (0.29%) RMADS
17 19 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 18 (0.25%) Accessibility
18 18 (0.25%) ISO 9001
18 18 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 248 (3.44%) Active Directory
2 80 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (0.74%) Hyper-V
4 45 (0.62%) Docker
5 35 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (0.22%) vSphere
7 6 (0.083%) Firmware
7 6 (0.083%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.069%) BitLocker
8 5 (0.069%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.056%) Kamailio
9 4 (0.056%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.056%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.042%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.028%) GPFS
11 2 (0.028%) Lustre
12 1 (0.014%) iptables
12 1 (0.014%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.014%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 158 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 50 (0.69%) Terraform
3 39 (0.54%) Kubernetes
4 29 (0.40%) Ansible
5 22 (0.31%) SCCM
6 21 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
7 15 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
8 14 (0.19%) CASB
8 14 (0.19%) CSIRT
8 14 (0.19%) Nessus
8 14 (0.19%) RSA Archer
9 8 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 8 (0.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 8 (0.11%) FortiGate
9 8 (0.11%) Nagios
9 8 (0.11%) PaperCut
9 8 (0.11%) QRadar
10 6 (0.083%) Grafana
10 6 (0.083%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 5 (0.069%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1,187 (16.47%) Microsoft
2 282 (3.91%) ForeScout
3 116 (1.61%) VMware
4 110 (1.53%) SAP
5 82 (1.14%) Cisco
6 76 (1.05%) Palo Alto
7 67 (0.93%) Oracle
8 66 (0.92%) Apple
9 65 (0.90%) CrowdStrike
10 64 (0.89%) Fortinet
11 57 (0.79%) Adobe
12 52 (0.72%) Salesforce
13 36 (0.50%) ServiceNow
14 32 (0.44%) Google
15 27 (0.37%) Dell
16 23 (0.32%) Siemens
16 23 (0.32%) Tenable
17 22 (0.31%) MuleSoft
17 22 (0.31%) Splunk
18 19 (0.26%) PayPal