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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 34 39
Rank change year-on-year +14 +5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,997 2,758 3,576
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.32% 6.27% 4.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.59% 7.02% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,603 1,671 2,405
10th Percentile £30,250 £26,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £59,804
% change year-on-year +6.19% -5.52% -7.64%

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 69,838 39,267 58,550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.63% 89.29% 81.16%
Number of salaries quoted 49,329 22,677 38,246
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 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 17 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 +13 1,472 £75,000 +5.63% 472
North of England +15 1,313 £50,000 +3.09% 355
South East +11 1,086 £55,000 +10.00% 408
Midlands +17 1,039 £55,000 +15.79% 212
North West +29 640 £57,500 +9.52% 186
South West +8 593 £55,000 +14.58% 201
West Midlands +9 521 £55,000 +6.00% 117
East Midlands +38 517 £55,000 +57.14% 95
Yorkshire +13 516 £43,500 +31.82% 128
East of England +50 476 £45,000 -5.26% 119
North East +14 157 £50,000 -27.94% 46
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
1 193 (3.22%) SharePoint
2 192 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (0.32%) Apache
3 19 (0.32%) IIS
4 9 (0.15%) CMS
4 9 (0.15%) Confluence
4 9 (0.15%) SAS
5 5 (0.083%) WordPress
6 4 (0.067%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.050%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.033%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 83 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.20%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.10%) CATIA
6 6 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.033%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
9 1 (0.017%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.083%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.083%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.067%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.050%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.050%) Infor LN
8 3 (0.050%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.050%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.050%) SystmOne
9 2 (0.033%) Eikon
9 2 (0.033%) Shopify
9 2 (0.033%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2,055 (34.27%) Azure
2 740 (12.34%) Microsoft 365
3 466 (7.77%) AWS
4 396 (6.60%) Entra ID
5 191 (3.18%) SaaS
6 150 (2.50%) GCP
7 82 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
8 76 (1.27%) Power Platform
9 67 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
10 66 (1.10%) OneDrive
11 53 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
12 44 (0.73%) Microsoft Copilot
12 44 (0.73%) Serverless
13 40 (0.67%) Mimecast
14 34 (0.57%) GitHub
15 28 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
16 26 (0.43%) PaaS
17 24 (0.40%) Google Workspace
18 23 (0.38%) IaaS
19 21 (0.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 487 (8.12%) Firewall
2 240 (4.00%) Network Security
3 203 (3.39%) DNS
4 199 (3.32%) VPN
5 168 (2.80%) WAN
6 148 (2.47%) LAN
7 147 (2.45%) Wi-Fi
8 135 (2.25%) DHCP
9 133 (2.22%) TCP/IP
10 110 (1.83%) VLAN
11 90 (1.50%) Internet
12 69 (1.15%) VoIP
13 64 (1.07%) Wireless
14 47 (0.78%) Cisco Nexus
15 44 (0.73%) Unified Communications
16 43 (0.72%) HTTP
17 36 (0.60%) SSL
18 33 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
19 29 (0.48%) SD-WAN
20 28 (0.47%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (0.80%) Power BI
2 44 (0.73%) SQL Server
3 14 (0.23%) Big Data
3 14 (0.23%) MongoDB
4 13 (0.22%) MySQL
4 13 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (0.18%) GIS
6 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (0.15%) Tableau
7 6 (0.10%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.10%) Metadata
7 6 (0.10%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.10%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.083%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.067%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.050%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.050%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.050%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 44 (0.73%) Git
1 44 (0.73%) JIRA
2 27 (0.45%) Snyk
3 26 (0.43%) Burp Suite
3 26 (0.43%) GitLab
4 25 (0.42%) Metasploit
5 17 (0.28%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
7 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
8 6 (0.10%) Apache Continuum
9 5 (0.083%) JMeter
9 5 (0.083%) VersionOne
10 4 (0.067%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.067%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.067%) Locust
10 4 (0.067%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.067%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.050%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.050%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.033%) XCUITest
General
1 2,294 (38.25%) Social Skills
2 562 (9.37%) Finance
3 445 (7.42%) Analytical Skills
4 323 (5.39%) Public Sector
5 322 (5.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 178 (2.97%) Marketing
7 177 (2.95%) Law
8 172 (2.87%) Retail
9 169 (2.82%) Legal
10 164 (2.73%) Telecoms
11 142 (2.37%) Manufacturing
12 127 (2.12%) Banking
13 124 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
14 107 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
15 97 (1.62%) Aerospace
16 59 (0.98%) Local Government
17 55 (0.92%) Advertising
18 46 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
19 37 (0.62%) Multimedia
20 32 (0.53%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,101 (18.36%) Analyst
2 912 (15.21%) Security Analyst
3 813 (13.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 647 (10.79%) Junior
5 636 (10.61%) Senior
6 578 (9.64%) Junior Analyst
7 568 (9.47%) Junior Security Analyst
8 564 (9.40%) Ethical Hacker
9 483 (8.05%) Consultant
10 368 (6.14%) Architect
11 355 (5.92%) Lead
12 306 (5.10%) Security Consultant
13 282 (4.70%) Security Manager
14 274 (4.57%) IT Support
15 259 (4.32%) IT Manager
16 253 (4.22%) Security Architect
17 238 (3.97%) Security Engineer
18 208 (3.47%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 199 (3.32%) IT Engineer
20 196 (3.27%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (0.82%) SAML
2 44 (0.73%) LDAP
2 44 (0.73%) OAuth
3 38 (0.63%) OpenID
4 37 (0.62%) REST
5 30 (0.50%) HTML
6 23 (0.38%) CSS
6 23 (0.38%) React
7 22 (0.37%) .NET
8 20 (0.33%) Kafka
9 19 (0.32%) JSON
9 19 (0.32%) Node.js
10 17 (0.28%) SailPoint
11 15 (0.25%) FastAPI
11 15 (0.25%) RESTful
11 15 (0.25%) XML
12 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
12 12 (0.20%) Middleware
12 12 (0.20%) XMPP
13 10 (0.17%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 660 (11.01%) Cyberattack
2 341 (5.69%) Security Posture
3 257 (4.29%) Cyber Threat
4 231 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 230 (3.84%) Onboarding
6 162 (2.70%) Driving Licence
6 162 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
7 138 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
8 121 (2.02%) Operational Technology
9 105 (1.75%) Cyber Defence
10 97 (1.62%) Cloud Native
11 91 (1.52%) Data Centre
12 62 (1.03%) PKI
13 58 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
14 46 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
15 44 (0.73%) Cyber Security Posture
16 40 (0.67%) CSOC
17 35 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
17 35 (0.58%) Blog
18 29 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 570 (9.50%) Windows
2 277 (4.62%) Windows Server
3 208 (3.47%) Linux
4 70 (1.17%) Mac OS
5 33 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 26 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 26 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
8 22 (0.37%) Apple iOS
9 20 (0.33%) Android
10 15 (0.25%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.10%) CentOS
12 4 (0.067%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.050%) Unix
13 3 (0.050%) VMS
14 2 (0.033%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.033%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.033%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.017%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 990 (16.51%) Mentoring
2 676 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
3 641 (10.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 597 (9.95%) Ethical Hacking
5 545 (9.09%) Information Security
6 521 (8.69%) Incident Response
7 501 (8.35%) Risk Management
8 494 (8.24%) AI
9 472 (7.87%) Security Operations
10 447 (7.45%) SIEM
11 424 (7.07%) Vulnerability Management
12 414 (6.90%) Cloud Security
13 371 (6.19%) Disaster Recovery
14 363 (6.05%) Stakeholder Management
15 347 (5.79%) Decision-Making
16 302 (5.04%) Roadmaps
17 286 (4.77%) Service Delivery
18 278 (4.64%) Agile
19 275 (4.59%) Data Protection
20 265 (4.42%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 315 (5.25%) Python
2 235 (3.92%) PowerShell
3 94 (1.57%) SQL
4 73 (1.22%) C++
5 68 (1.13%) JavaScript
6 59 (0.98%) Bash
7 44 (0.73%) Java
8 43 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
9 31 (0.52%) C#
9 31 (0.52%) Rust
10 22 (0.37%) Go
10 22 (0.37%) TypeScript
11 20 (0.33%) C
12 16 (0.27%) MATLAB
12 16 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
13 12 (0.20%) Perl
14 8 (0.13%) Embedded C
15 5 (0.083%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.067%) Ada
16 4 (0.067%) R
Qualifications
1 1,207 (20.13%) Azure Certification
2 730 (12.17%) CompTIA Security+
3 660 (11.01%) Security Cleared
4 655 (10.92%) CEH
5 605 (10.09%) CompTIA CySA+
6 496 (8.27%) Degree
7 458 (7.64%) CISSP
8 452 (7.54%) SC Cleared
9 293 (4.89%) CISM
10 218 (3.64%) DV Cleared
11 166 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
12 107 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
13 100 (1.67%) CRISC
14 92 (1.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 88 (1.47%) CISA
16 81 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
17 80 (1.33%) AWS Certification
18 74 (1.23%) Master's Degree
19 73 (1.22%) CREST Certified
20 67 (1.12%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 629 (10.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 515 (8.59%) NIST
3 325 (5.42%) GDPR
4 299 (4.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 290 (4.84%) GRC
6 142 (2.37%) PCI DSS
7 139 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 106 (1.77%) QA
9 88 (1.47%) NCSC
10 62 (1.03%) SOC 2
11 43 (0.72%) Accessibility
12 41 (0.68%) NIST 800
12 41 (0.68%) SLA
13 39 (0.65%) COBIT
14 37 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 32 (0.53%) JSP 440
16 29 (0.48%) Data Quality
17 22 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 21 (0.35%) ISO 22301
19 20 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 440 (7.34%) Active Directory
2 153 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 119 (1.98%) Hyper-V
4 54 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
5 53 (0.88%) Docker
6 33 (0.55%) Firmware
7 28 (0.47%) vSphere
8 15 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
9 14 (0.23%) IAG
9 14 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 11 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
11 7 (0.12%) VMware NSX
12 6 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
13 5 (0.083%) ClearTrust
14 3 (0.050%) Embedded Firmware
14 3 (0.050%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.033%) ProxySG
16 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 233 (3.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 81 (1.35%) Terraform
3 77 (1.28%) Kubernetes
4 49 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
5 43 (0.72%) Ansible
6 27 (0.45%) Grafana
7 22 (0.37%) FortiGate
7 22 (0.37%) Nmap
7 22 (0.37%) QRadar
8 21 (0.35%) Nessus
9 18 (0.30%) SCCM
10 17 (0.28%) CASB
11 15 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
12 14 (0.23%) Prometheus
13 9 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.15%) Kibana
14 8 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
15 7 (0.12%) Functional Safety
16 6 (0.10%) Graylog
16 6 (0.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2,328 (38.82%) Microsoft
2 1,128 (18.81%) ForeScout
3 209 (3.49%) Cisco
4 197 (3.28%) VMware
5 166 (2.77%) Palo Alto
6 115 (1.92%) Splunk
7 101 (1.68%) CrowdStrike
8 74 (1.23%) Google
9 71 (1.18%) Qualys
10 66 (1.10%) Fortinet
11 64 (1.07%) Apple
11 64 (1.07%) ServiceNow
12 61 (1.02%) Aruba
13 60 (1.00%) Tenable
14 56 (0.93%) Salesforce
15 43 (0.72%) SAP
16 40 (0.67%) Veeam
17 38 (0.63%) Adobe
18 37 (0.62%) CyberArk
19 32 (0.53%) SonicWALL