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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 32 37
Rank change year-on-year +12 +5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,921 2,771 3,558
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.12% 6.32% 5.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.33% 7.12% 6.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3,691 1,685 2,259
10th Percentile £31,000 £26,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,550 £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 £80,000 £75,000 £76,125
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%

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 71,056 38,940 57,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.41% 88.80% 81.14%
Number of salaries quoted 50,487 22,637 35,999
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -3.51% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -7.56%

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 29 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 29 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 +12 1,479 £75,000 +7.14% 1,639
North of England +18 1,264 £50,000 +17.65% 557
South East +12 1,054 £55,000 +10.00% 599
Midlands +19 1,036 £55,000 +27.60% 334
North West +22 630 £57,500 +15.58% 285
South West +6 598 £55,000 +11.68% 371
West Midlands +7 524 £55,000 +10.00% 187
East Midlands +37 511 £55,000 +57.14% 146
Yorkshire +8 487 £43,500 +31.82% 205
East of England +51 473 £45,000 -5.26% 212
North East +14 147 £50,000 -23.08% 77
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
1 212 (3.58%) SharePoint
2 204 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (0.35%) IIS
4 18 (0.30%) Apache
5 9 (0.15%) Confluence
5 9 (0.15%) SAS
6 7 (0.12%) CMS
7 5 (0.084%) WordPress
8 3 (0.051%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.051%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
Applications
1 82 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
2 58 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.15%) Simulink
5 8 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.068%) CATIA
8 2 (0.034%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
9 1 (0.017%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (0.41%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.084%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.084%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.068%) SystmOne
8 3 (0.051%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 3 (0.051%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.051%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.051%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.051%) Infor LN
8 3 (0.051%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.051%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.051%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.034%) Eikon
9 2 (0.034%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.017%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,874 (31.65%) Azure
2 761 (12.85%) Microsoft 365
3 457 (7.72%) AWS
4 431 (7.28%) Entra ID
5 194 (3.28%) SaaS
6 143 (2.42%) GCP
7 86 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
8 83 (1.40%) Power Platform
9 72 (1.22%) OneDrive
10 71 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
11 55 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
12 47 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
12 47 (0.79%) Serverless
13 44 (0.74%) Mimecast
14 34 (0.57%) GitHub
15 27 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
15 27 (0.46%) PaaS
16 26 (0.44%) Google Workspace
17 25 (0.42%) IaaS
18 22 (0.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 509 (8.60%) Firewall
2 250 (4.22%) Network Security
3 228 (3.85%) DNS
4 213 (3.60%) VPN
5 173 (2.92%) WAN
6 155 (2.62%) DHCP
7 152 (2.57%) LAN
7 152 (2.57%) Wi-Fi
8 149 (2.52%) TCP/IP
9 122 (2.06%) VLAN
10 100 (1.69%) Internet
11 81 (1.37%) VoIP
12 78 (1.32%) Wireless
13 53 (0.90%) Cisco Nexus
14 47 (0.79%) Unified Communications
15 43 (0.73%) HTTP
16 41 (0.69%) SSL
17 31 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
18 30 (0.51%) SD-WAN
19 28 (0.47%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (0.88%) Power BI
2 47 (0.79%) SQL Server
3 13 (0.22%) Big Data
3 13 (0.22%) GIS
3 13 (0.22%) MongoDB
3 13 (0.22%) MySQL
4 12 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (0.15%) Tableau
6 6 (0.10%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.084%) Metadata
7 5 (0.084%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.068%) Crystal Reports
8 4 (0.068%) Neo4j
8 4 (0.068%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.068%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.051%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 47 (0.79%) Git
2 44 (0.74%) JIRA
3 28 (0.47%) Burp Suite
4 27 (0.46%) Metasploit
4 27 (0.46%) Snyk
5 23 (0.39%) GitLab
6 20 (0.34%) Jenkins
7 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
8 5 (0.084%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (0.084%) VersionOne
9 4 (0.068%) Apache Continuum
9 4 (0.068%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.068%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.068%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.068%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.051%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.051%) JMeter
10 3 (0.051%) LabVIEW
11 2 (0.034%) Maven
11 2 (0.034%) Xcode
General
1 2,144 (36.21%) Social Skills
2 563 (9.51%) Finance
3 446 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
4 335 (5.66%) Public Sector
5 322 (5.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 183 (3.09%) Marketing
7 181 (3.06%) Law
8 176 (2.97%) Legal
9 170 (2.87%) Retail
10 164 (2.77%) Telecoms
11 153 (2.58%) Manufacturing
12 132 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
13 129 (2.18%) Banking
14 115 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
15 103 (1.74%) Aerospace
16 56 (0.95%) Local Government
17 54 (0.91%) Advertising
18 51 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
19 41 (0.69%) Aviation
20 32 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,017 (17.18%) Analyst
2 818 (13.82%) Security Analyst
3 717 (12.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 657 (11.10%) Senior
5 558 (9.42%) Junior
6 506 (8.55%) Consultant
7 484 (8.17%) Junior Analyst
8 474 (8.01%) Junior Security Analyst
9 470 (7.94%) Ethical Hacker
10 372 (6.28%) Architect
11 369 (6.23%) Lead
12 315 (5.32%) Security Consultant
13 305 (5.15%) Security Manager
14 283 (4.78%) IT Support
15 267 (4.51%) IT Manager
16 261 (4.41%) Security Architect
17 254 (4.29%) Security Engineer
18 218 (3.68%) IT Engineer
19 211 (3.56%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 206 (3.48%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (1.28%) Terraform
2 48 (0.81%) SAML
3 46 (0.78%) LDAP
4 43 (0.73%) OAuth
5 37 (0.62%) OpenID
6 36 (0.61%) REST
7 29 (0.49%) HTML
8 24 (0.41%) React
9 23 (0.39%) .NET
10 22 (0.37%) CSS
11 19 (0.32%) JSON
12 18 (0.30%) Kafka
12 18 (0.30%) Node.js
13 15 (0.25%) RESTful
13 15 (0.25%) SailPoint
13 15 (0.25%) XML
14 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
15 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
16 11 (0.19%) Middleware
16 11 (0.19%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 564 (9.53%) Cyberattack
2 350 (5.91%) Security Posture
3 273 (4.61%) Cyber Threat
4 243 (4.10%) Onboarding
5 227 (3.83%) Management Information System
6 166 (2.80%) Driving Licence
7 159 (2.69%) Security Operations Centre
8 147 (2.48%) Operational Technology
9 136 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
10 107 (1.81%) Cyber Defence
11 102 (1.72%) Data Centre
12 96 (1.62%) Cloud Native
13 63 (1.06%) PKI
14 58 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
15 51 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
16 46 (0.78%) Cyber Security Posture
17 36 (0.61%) CSOC
18 35 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
19 33 (0.56%) Blog
19 33 (0.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 585 (9.88%) Windows
2 291 (4.91%) Windows Server
3 215 (3.63%) Linux
4 74 (1.25%) Mac OS
5 37 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 27 (0.46%) Windows 10
8 26 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 22 (0.37%) Apple iOS
10 18 (0.30%) Android
11 16 (0.27%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.10%) CentOS
13 5 (0.084%) Windows Server 2012
14 4 (0.068%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.068%) Unix
14 4 (0.068%) VMS
15 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
15 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.017%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 886 (14.96%) Mentoring
2 695 (11.74%) Problem-Solving
3 657 (11.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 547 (9.24%) Information Security
5 519 (8.77%) AI
5 519 (8.77%) Incident Response
6 509 (8.60%) Risk Management
7 486 (8.21%) Ethical Hacking
7 486 (8.21%) Security Operations
8 448 (7.57%) SIEM
9 432 (7.30%) Vulnerability Management
10 412 (6.96%) Cloud Security
11 389 (6.57%) Disaster Recovery
12 387 (6.54%) Stakeholder Management
13 345 (5.83%) Decision-Making
14 309 (5.22%) Roadmaps
15 301 (5.08%) Service Delivery
16 284 (4.80%) Data Protection
17 274 (4.63%) Penetration Testing
18 272 (4.59%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 313 (5.29%) Python
2 235 (3.97%) PowerShell
3 95 (1.60%) SQL
4 72 (1.22%) C++
5 67 (1.13%) JavaScript
6 55 (0.93%) Bash
7 44 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
8 43 (0.73%) Java
9 32 (0.54%) C#
10 31 (0.52%) Rust
11 24 (0.41%) Go
12 22 (0.37%) C
12 22 (0.37%) TypeScript
13 16 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
14 12 (0.20%) MATLAB
14 12 (0.20%) Perl
15 10 (0.17%) Embedded C
16 5 (0.084%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.068%) Ada
17 4 (0.068%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 1,027 (17.35%) Azure Certification
2 667 (11.26%) Security Cleared
3 620 (10.47%) CompTIA Security+
4 547 (9.24%) CEH
5 513 (8.66%) CompTIA CySA+
6 505 (8.53%) Degree
7 466 (7.87%) CISSP
8 458 (7.74%) SC Cleared
9 297 (5.02%) CISM
10 222 (3.75%) DV Cleared
11 161 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
12 120 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
13 101 (1.71%) CRISC
14 88 (1.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 87 (1.47%) CISA
16 86 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
17 84 (1.42%) AWS Certification
18 78 (1.32%) CREST Certified
19 77 (1.30%) Master's Degree
20 65 (1.10%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 652 (11.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 521 (8.80%) NIST
3 331 (5.59%) GDPR
4 318 (5.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 310 (5.24%) GRC
6 141 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 141 (2.38%) PCI DSS
7 102 (1.72%) NCSC
7 102 (1.72%) QA
8 60 (1.01%) SOC 2
9 44 (0.74%) NIST 800
9 44 (0.74%) SLA
10 39 (0.66%) Accessibility
11 37 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 35 (0.59%) COBIT
13 33 (0.56%) JSP 440
14 29 (0.49%) Data Quality
15 23 (0.39%) ISO 22301
16 22 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
16 22 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 455 (7.68%) Active Directory
2 161 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 129 (2.18%) Hyper-V
4 58 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
5 51 (0.86%) Docker
6 36 (0.61%) Firmware
7 25 (0.42%) vSphere
8 14 (0.24%) IAG
8 14 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
9 13 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 11 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
11 8 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
12 7 (0.12%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.084%) ClearTrust
14 4 (0.068%) Embedded Firmware
15 3 (0.051%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.051%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.034%) BitLocker
16 2 (0.034%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 248 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 78 (1.32%) Kubernetes
3 59 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
4 44 (0.74%) Ansible
5 24 (0.41%) Nmap
6 23 (0.39%) FortiGate
6 23 (0.39%) Grafana
7 22 (0.37%) Nessus
7 22 (0.37%) QRadar
8 20 (0.34%) SCCM
9 19 (0.32%) CASB
10 17 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
11 13 (0.22%) Prometheus
12 9 (0.15%) Kibana
13 8 (0.14%) Cisco CUCM
13 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
13 8 (0.14%) Functional Safety
14 7 (0.12%) Graylog
15 6 (0.10%) vCenter Server
16 5 (0.084%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 2,166 (36.58%) Microsoft
2 940 (15.88%) ForeScout
3 215 (3.63%) Cisco
4 201 (3.39%) VMware
5 170 (2.87%) Palo Alto
6 115 (1.94%) Splunk
7 99 (1.67%) CrowdStrike
8 74 (1.25%) Qualys
9 71 (1.20%) Google
10 67 (1.13%) Apple
10 67 (1.13%) ServiceNow
11 65 (1.10%) Aruba
12 61 (1.03%) Fortinet
13 60 (1.01%) Tenable
14 58 (0.98%) Salesforce
15 48 (0.81%) Veeam
16 41 (0.69%) Adobe
16 41 (0.69%) SAP
17 38 (0.64%) SonicWALL
18 37 (0.62%) CyberArk