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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 37 31
Rank change year-on-year +30 -6 +21
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 8,323 2,232 4,185
As % of all permanent jobs in England 12.53% 5.86% 5.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.11% 6.26% 6.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,381 1,459 3,290
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,450 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £51,625 £61,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.71% +2.08% -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 51,670 35,658 65,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.78% 93.55% 87.00%
Number of salaries quoted 32,008 20,224 50,768
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 +34 2,602 £39,466 -26.40% 291
North West +29 1,903 £42,500 -22.73% 142
Midlands +28 1,638 £42,500 -28.08% 177
London +23 1,481 £70,000 -4.03% 399
South East +41 1,326 £47,500 -17.39% 336
West Midlands +22 1,282 £45,000 -28.00% 89
East of England +45 692 £35,000 -26.32% 110
Yorkshire +37 585 £31,000 -38.00% 114
South West +33 525 £55,000 +18.92% 148
East Midlands +38 367 £37,500 -9.64% 88
North East +39 114 £30,500 -23.81% 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
1 121 (1.45%) SharePoint
2 75 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.16%) CMS
4 10 (0.12%) Confluence
5 6 (0.072%) nginx
5 6 (0.072%) WordPress
6 5 (0.060%) Apache
6 5 (0.060%) Drupal
7 3 (0.036%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.036%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.024%) SAS
9 1 (0.012%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.012%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 95 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (0.34%) Maya
5 24 (0.29%) Simulink
6 19 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 9 (0.11%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.060%) CATIA
9 4 (0.048%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.036%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.024%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.024%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 27 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.096%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.084%) Shopify
5 4 (0.048%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.048%) Endur
5 4 (0.048%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.048%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.048%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.036%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.036%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.036%) SAP FS
6 3 (0.036%) Yoast SEO
7 2 (0.024%) Exchequer
7 2 (0.024%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.024%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.024%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.024%) SAP FSCM
7 2 (0.024%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.024%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 4,053 (48.70%) Cloud Computing
2 1,941 (23.32%) Azure
3 542 (6.51%) AWS
4 424 (5.09%) Microsoft 365
5 274 (3.29%) Entra ID
6 197 (2.37%) GitHub
7 85 (1.02%) GCP
7 85 (1.02%) SaaS
8 65 (0.78%) Power Platform
9 53 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
10 50 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
11 43 (0.52%) PaaS
12 38 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
13 35 (0.42%) Nutanix
14 33 (0.40%) Google Workspace
15 29 (0.35%) IaaS
16 26 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
17 25 (0.30%) Mimecast
18 23 (0.28%) Dynamics 365
18 23 (0.28%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4,211 (50.59%) Internet
2 306 (3.68%) Firewall
3 143 (1.72%) Network Security
4 125 (1.50%) VPN
5 84 (1.01%) DNS
6 74 (0.89%) DHCP
7 68 (0.82%) WAN
8 66 (0.79%) VLAN
9 62 (0.74%) LAN
10 56 (0.67%) TCP/IP
11 52 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (0.44%) Broadband
12 37 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
13 32 (0.38%) VoIP
14 28 (0.34%) Wireless
15 23 (0.28%) CHAP
16 19 (0.23%) SD-WAN
17 15 (0.18%) DMZ
18 12 (0.14%) Unified Communications
19 11 (0.13%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (0.42%) Power BI
2 24 (0.29%) Big Data
3 23 (0.28%) SQL Server
3 23 (0.28%) Tableau
4 21 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
5 18 (0.22%) Neo4j
6 11 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (0.12%) Metadata
7 10 (0.12%) Relational Database
8 9 (0.11%) Data Lake
9 6 (0.072%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.060%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.060%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.060%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.048%) MySQL
11 4 (0.048%) SAP BW
12 3 (0.036%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.024%) Apache Hive
13 2 (0.024%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 200 (2.40%) Git
2 30 (0.36%) JIRA
3 29 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
4 23 (0.28%) GitLab
5 13 (0.16%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.13%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.084%) JMeter
7 7 (0.084%) Locust
8 5 (0.060%) Apache Continuum
8 5 (0.060%) Burp Suite
8 5 (0.060%) Metasploit
9 4 (0.048%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.048%) MLflow
10 1 (0.012%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.012%) GDB
10 1 (0.012%) Snyk
10 1 (0.012%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.012%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.012%) WinDbg
10 1 (0.012%) Yeoman
General
1 5,917 (71.09%) Social Skills
2 4,205 (50.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,164 (50.03%) Banking
4 524 (6.30%) Finance
5 358 (4.30%) Multimedia
6 331 (3.98%) Analytical Skills
7 195 (2.34%) Public Sector
8 166 (1.99%) Marketing
9 155 (1.86%) Law
9 155 (1.86%) Legal
10 126 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
11 118 (1.42%) Telecoms
12 117 (1.41%) Retail
13 90 (1.08%) Manufacturing
14 69 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
15 54 (0.65%) Games
16 51 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
17 48 (0.58%) Electronics
18 46 (0.55%) Local Government
19 45 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3,143 (37.76%) Lecturer
2 927 (11.14%) Analyst
3 801 (9.62%) Security Analyst
4 747 (8.98%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 682 (8.19%) Junior
6 661 (7.94%) Junior Analyst
7 660 (7.93%) Junior Security Analyst
8 376 (4.52%) Ethical Hacker
9 363 (4.36%) Trainee
10 361 (4.34%) Senior
11 243 (2.92%) Consultant
12 230 (2.76%) Architect
13 224 (2.69%) Lead
14 200 (2.40%) IT Support
15 156 (1.87%) Developer
16 155 (1.86%) Security Manager
17 153 (1.84%) Security Consultant
18 143 (1.72%) Security Engineer
19 136 (1.63%) IT Manager
20 131 (1.57%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (2.49%) CSS
1 207 (2.49%) HTML
2 42 (0.50%) REST
3 36 (0.43%) OAuth
4 35 (0.42%) React
4 35 (0.42%) SAML
5 33 (0.40%) OpenID
6 29 (0.35%) LDAP
7 27 (0.32%) SOAP
8 26 (0.31%) GraphQL
9 22 (0.26%) SAP CAF
10 21 (0.25%) AngularJS
11 17 (0.20%) MERN Stack
12 14 (0.17%) SailPoint
13 10 (0.12%) Node.js
13 10 (0.12%) Tailwind CSS
14 9 (0.11%) Middleware
14 9 (0.11%) YAML
15 8 (0.096%) .NET
15 8 (0.096%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4,072 (48.92%) IoT
2 438 (5.26%) Cyberattack
3 206 (2.48%) Security Posture
4 181 (2.17%) Management Information System
5 113 (1.36%) Driving Licence
6 110 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
7 96 (1.15%) Onboarding
8 93 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
9 83 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
10 80 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
11 65 (0.78%) Cloud Native
12 64 (0.77%) Data Centre
13 60 (0.72%) Cyber Defence
14 55 (0.66%) Operational Technology
15 49 (0.59%) Blog
16 46 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
17 36 (0.43%) PKI
18 34 (0.41%) Cyber Security Posture
19 33 (0.40%) Public Cloud
20 32 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 374 (4.49%) Windows
2 170 (2.04%) Windows Server
3 130 (1.56%) Linux
4 69 (0.83%) Windows 10
5 48 (0.58%) Mac OS
6 32 (0.38%) Android
7 23 (0.28%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.12%) Unix
10 6 (0.072%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.048%) VMS
12 3 (0.036%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.036%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.036%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.012%) CentOS
13 1 (0.012%) Debian
13 1 (0.012%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.012%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.012%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.012%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,255 (51.12%) AI
2 4,063 (48.82%) Machine Learning
3 4,044 (48.59%) User Experience
4 4,038 (48.52%) Web Development
5 1,269 (15.25%) Mentoring
6 552 (6.63%) Ethical Hacking
7 431 (5.18%) Problem-Solving
8 420 (5.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 376 (4.52%) Risk Management
10 358 (4.30%) Information Security
11 356 (4.28%) Incident Response
12 267 (3.21%) Agile
13 229 (2.75%) SIEM
14 212 (2.55%) Cloud Security
15 199 (2.39%) Line Management
16 195 (2.34%) ITIL
17 194 (2.33%) Roadmaps
18 184 (2.21%) Security Operations
19 183 (2.20%) Decision-Making
20 182 (2.19%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 397 (4.77%) Python
2 251 (3.02%) JavaScript
3 187 (2.25%) PowerShell
4 108 (1.30%) SQL
5 99 (1.19%) R
6 59 (0.71%) Bash
7 40 (0.48%) Java
8 31 (0.37%) C++
9 30 (0.36%) TypeScript
10 26 (0.31%) MATLAB
11 25 (0.30%) T-SQL
12 23 (0.28%) C#
13 22 (0.26%) C
14 10 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
15 9 (0.11%) Go
16 7 (0.084%) Rust
17 6 (0.072%) PHP
18 4 (0.048%) Kotlin
19 3 (0.036%) Bicep
19 3 (0.036%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4,432 (53.25%) Degree
2 4,070 (48.90%) Master's Degree
3 4,013 (48.22%) PhD
4 4,005 (48.12%) Postgraduate
5 1,264 (15.19%) Azure Certification
6 882 (10.60%) CompTIA Security+
7 700 (8.41%) CompTIA CySA+
8 594 (7.14%) CEH
9 349 (4.19%) CISSP
10 304 (3.65%) Security Cleared
11 256 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
12 241 (2.90%) CISM
13 240 (2.88%) AWS Certification
14 198 (2.38%) SC Cleared
15 194 (2.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 188 (2.26%) Network+ Certification
17 177 (2.13%) A+ Certification
18 110 (1.32%) CISA
19 109 (1.31%) DV Cleared
20 103 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 500 (6.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 463 (5.56%) NIST
3 261 (3.14%) GDPR
4 220 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 183 (2.20%) GRC
6 114 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 105 (1.26%) NCSC
8 103 (1.24%) PCI DSS
9 71 (0.85%) QA
10 44 (0.53%) COBIT
11 42 (0.50%) SOC 2
12 40 (0.48%) SLA
13 36 (0.43%) NIST 800
14 29 (0.35%) Accessibility
15 26 (0.31%) Data Quality
16 23 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 21 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
18 19 (0.23%) ISO 22301
18 19 (0.23%) JSP 440
19 18 (0.22%) SOC 3
System Software
1 301 (3.62%) Active Directory
2 70 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (0.73%) Hyper-V
4 52 (0.62%) Docker
5 26 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (0.24%) vSphere
7 9 (0.11%) Firmware
7 9 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.084%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.072%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.060%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.048%) IAG
12 3 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.024%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.024%) GPFS
13 2 (0.024%) Lustre
14 1 (0.012%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.012%) iptables
14 1 (0.012%) KVM
Systems Management
1 156 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 65 (0.78%) Terraform
3 56 (0.67%) Kubernetes
4 33 (0.40%) Ansible
5 27 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.20%) Grafana
7 16 (0.19%) CASB
8 14 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
9 13 (0.16%) SCCM
10 12 (0.14%) CSIRT
11 10 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (0.12%) FortiGate
11 10 (0.12%) Nessus
12 8 (0.096%) RSA Archer
13 7 (0.084%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 7 (0.084%) FTK
13 7 (0.084%) VxRail
14 5 (0.060%) Prometheus
14 5 (0.060%) QRadar
14 5 (0.060%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,944 (23.36%) Microsoft
2 1,035 (12.44%) ForeScout
3 120 (1.44%) VMware
4 93 (1.12%) Cisco
5 78 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
6 66 (0.79%) Fortinet
7 64 (0.77%) Palo Alto
8 60 (0.72%) Apple
9 59 (0.71%) SAP
10 43 (0.52%) Google
11 39 (0.47%) Salesforce
11 39 (0.47%) Splunk
12 37 (0.44%) Dell
13 36 (0.43%) Oracle
14 32 (0.38%) Adobe
14 32 (0.38%) Tenable
15 30 (0.36%) Siemens
16 27 (0.32%) ServiceNow
17 24 (0.29%) CyberArk
18 20 (0.24%) Commvault