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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 35 32
Rank change year-on-year +20 -3 +20
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,581 2,522 4,855
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.83% 6.42% 5.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.37% 6.92% 6.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,013 1,489 3,511
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £35,631
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,670 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.04% -1.42% -10.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,670 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.04% -1.42% -10.00%

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 59,579 36,425 76,751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 72.93% 92.76% 82.48%
Number of salaries quoted 41,667 19,839 55,940
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +23 1,325 £55,000 +5.77% 368
London +15 1,325 £72,500 -2.03% 426
South East +21 970 £50,625 -3.57% 362
Midlands +21 938 £55,000 +10.00% 159
North West +33 615 £55,000 - 196
South West +23 578 £60,000 +33.33% 158
Yorkshire +11 561 £47,500 +43.94% 124
West Midlands +10 506 £55,900 -0.18% 84
East Midlands +47 431 £55,000 +74.60% 75
East of England +70 411 £40,000 -15.79% 134
North East +32 149 £45,000 -30.77% 51
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
1 146 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 120 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.18%) Apache
3 10 (0.18%) CMS
4 4 (0.072%) IIS
4 4 (0.072%) SAS
4 4 (0.072%) WordPress
5 3 (0.054%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.036%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.036%) Confluence
7 1 (0.018%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 80 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.38%) Simulink
5 7 (0.13%) CATIA
5 7 (0.13%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.072%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.054%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.054%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.036%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.018%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.018%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (0.43%) Cloudability
1 24 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.090%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.072%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.072%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.054%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 3 (0.054%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.054%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.036%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.036%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.036%) Shopify
8 1 (0.018%) Maximo
8 1 (0.018%) Q-Pulse
8 1 (0.018%) SAP EHS
8 1 (0.018%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2,402 (43.04%) Azure
2 570 (10.21%) Microsoft 365
3 461 (8.26%) AWS
4 331 (5.93%) Entra ID
5 135 (2.42%) GCP
6 132 (2.37%) SaaS
7 79 (1.42%) GitHub
8 70 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
9 65 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
10 64 (1.15%) Power Platform
11 44 (0.79%) Serverless
12 43 (0.77%) Google Workspace
12 43 (0.77%) OneDrive
13 34 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
14 31 (0.56%) Mimecast
15 30 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
16 29 (0.52%) PaaS
17 27 (0.48%) AWS CloudFormation
17 27 (0.48%) IaaS
17 27 (0.48%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 395 (7.08%) Firewall
2 176 (3.15%) Network Security
3 165 (2.96%) VPN
4 142 (2.54%) DNS
5 108 (1.94%) Internet
6 107 (1.92%) WAN
7 96 (1.72%) DHCP
8 94 (1.68%) LAN
9 89 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
10 77 (1.38%) VLAN
11 76 (1.36%) TCP/IP
12 47 (0.84%) Broadband
12 47 (0.84%) VoIP
13 35 (0.63%) Unified Communications
14 29 (0.52%) HTTP
14 29 (0.52%) Wireless
15 28 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
16 27 (0.48%) SSL
17 20 (0.36%) SD-WAN
18 19 (0.34%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (0.68%) Power BI
2 24 (0.43%) SQL Server
3 19 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
4 13 (0.23%) Tableau
5 12 (0.22%) Neo4j
6 9 (0.16%) Big Data
7 8 (0.14%) MySQL
8 7 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.090%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.072%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.072%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.054%) GIS
11 3 (0.054%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.036%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.036%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.036%) Metadata
12 2 (0.036%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.036%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 81 (1.45%) Git
2 37 (0.66%) GitLab
3 27 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
4 25 (0.45%) JIRA
4 25 (0.45%) Snyk
5 12 (0.22%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.13%) Apache Continuum
6 7 (0.13%) Burp Suite
6 7 (0.13%) Metasploit
6 7 (0.13%) Yeoman
7 6 (0.11%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.090%) JMeter
8 5 (0.090%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.090%) VersionOne
9 4 (0.072%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.072%) Locust
9 4 (0.072%) MLflow
10 2 (0.036%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.036%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.036%) Visual Studio
General
1 2,399 (42.99%) Social Skills
2 502 (8.99%) Finance
3 395 (7.08%) Analytical Skills
4 278 (4.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 236 (4.23%) Public Sector
6 170 (3.05%) Retail
7 153 (2.74%) Marketing
8 142 (2.54%) Multimedia
9 135 (2.42%) Law
10 127 (2.28%) Banking
10 127 (2.28%) Legal
11 125 (2.24%) Telecoms
12 115 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
13 98 (1.76%) Manufacturing
14 70 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
15 61 (1.09%) Local Government
16 54 (0.97%) Aerospace
17 42 (0.75%) Advertising
17 42 (0.75%) Aviation
18 34 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,249 (22.38%) Analyst
2 1,081 (19.37%) Security Analyst
3 999 (17.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 838 (15.02%) Junior
5 807 (14.46%) Junior Analyst
6 802 (14.37%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (12.63%) Ethical Hacker
8 528 (9.46%) Senior
9 332 (5.95%) Architect
10 319 (5.72%) Consultant
11 279 (5.00%) Lead
12 263 (4.71%) Security Manager
13 244 (4.37%) Security Architect
14 232 (4.16%) IT Support
15 200 (3.58%) Security Engineer
16 199 (3.57%) Security Consultant
17 192 (3.44%) IT Manager
18 184 (3.30%) Cybersecurity Manager
19 169 (3.03%) Trainee
20 158 (2.83%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (1.49%) HTML
2 79 (1.42%) CSS
3 55 (0.99%) REST
3 55 (0.99%) SAML
4 53 (0.95%) LDAP
4 53 (0.95%) OAuth
5 48 (0.86%) OpenID
6 32 (0.57%) SOAP
7 30 (0.54%) React
8 26 (0.47%) GraphQL
9 17 (0.30%) Kafka
10 16 (0.29%) SailPoint
11 14 (0.25%) .NET
11 14 (0.25%) AngularJS
11 14 (0.25%) Middleware
12 13 (0.23%) Node.js
12 13 (0.23%) RESTful
13 12 (0.22%) FastAPI
14 11 (0.20%) JSON
15 10 (0.18%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 807 (14.46%) Cyberattack
2 279 (5.00%) Security Posture
3 188 (3.37%) Management Information System
4 172 (3.08%) Cyber Threat
5 159 (2.85%) Onboarding
6 138 (2.47%) Security Operations Centre
7 112 (2.01%) Driving Licence
8 101 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
9 95 (1.70%) Cyber Defence
10 93 (1.67%) Operational Technology
11 80 (1.43%) Data Centre
12 76 (1.36%) Cloud Native
13 56 (1.00%) PKI
14 47 (0.84%) Cyber Security Posture
15 40 (0.72%) Blog
15 40 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
16 39 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
17 34 (0.61%) Cloud Security Posture
18 33 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
19 29 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 454 (8.13%) Windows
2 221 (3.96%) Windows Server
3 159 (2.85%) Linux
4 51 (0.91%) Windows 10
5 47 (0.84%) Mac OS
6 29 (0.52%) Android
7 23 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 23 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
8 22 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
9 19 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 10 (0.18%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.11%) CentOS
11 6 (0.11%) Unix
11 6 (0.11%) VMS
12 2 (0.036%) Amazon Linux
13 1 (0.018%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.018%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.018%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,273 (22.81%) Mentoring
2 793 (14.21%) Ethical Hacking
3 508 (9.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 468 (8.39%) Incident Response
5 466 (8.35%) Problem-Solving
6 424 (7.60%) Information Security
7 402 (7.20%) Risk Management
8 349 (6.25%) Security Operations
9 332 (5.95%) SIEM
10 327 (5.86%) Cloud Security
11 318 (5.70%) AI
12 278 (4.98%) Vulnerability Management
13 256 (4.59%) Disaster Recovery
14 252 (4.52%) Decision-Making
15 235 (4.21%) Roadmaps
16 229 (4.10%) Security Architecture
17 228 (4.09%) Agile
18 215 (3.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 210 (3.76%) Stakeholder Management
20 209 (3.74%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 330 (5.91%) Python
2 253 (4.53%) PowerShell
3 129 (2.31%) JavaScript
4 110 (1.97%) SQL
5 82 (1.47%) Bash
6 49 (0.88%) C++
7 41 (0.73%) Java
8 36 (0.65%) R
9 27 (0.48%) C#
10 26 (0.47%) T-SQL
11 25 (0.45%) MATLAB
12 24 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
13 21 (0.38%) TypeScript
14 18 (0.32%) Go
15 17 (0.30%) Rust
16 14 (0.25%) C
17 11 (0.20%) Search Processing Language
18 10 (0.18%) Perl
19 7 (0.13%) PHP
20 4 (0.072%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,614 (28.92%) Azure Certification
2 974 (17.45%) CompTIA Security+
3 847 (15.18%) CompTIA CySA+
4 845 (15.14%) CEH
5 488 (8.74%) Security Cleared
6 418 (7.49%) Degree
7 396 (7.10%) CISSP
8 345 (6.18%) SC Cleared
9 252 (4.52%) CISM
10 162 (2.90%) DV Cleared
11 140 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
12 138 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
13 117 (2.10%) AWS Certification
14 109 (1.95%) Network+ Certification
15 101 (1.81%) A+ Certification
16 99 (1.77%) CISA
17 93 (1.67%) CREST Certified
18 78 (1.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 71 (1.27%) CRISC
20 70 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 555 (9.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 508 (9.10%) NIST
3 298 (5.34%) GDPR
4 256 (4.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 255 (4.57%) GRC
6 139 (2.49%) PCI DSS
7 125 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 110 (1.97%) NCSC
9 106 (1.90%) QA
10 50 (0.90%) SOC 2
11 46 (0.82%) SLA
12 43 (0.77%) NIST 800
13 37 (0.66%) Accessibility
14 34 (0.61%) COBIT
15 33 (0.59%) JSP 440
16 29 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
17 28 (0.50%) Data Quality
18 24 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 17 (0.30%) HIPAA
20 14 (0.25%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 368 (6.59%) Active Directory
2 96 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 79 (1.42%) Hyper-V
4 57 (1.02%) Docker
5 41 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
6 26 (0.47%) vSphere
7 12 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
8 11 (0.20%) IAG
9 9 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 9 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.13%) Firmware
11 6 (0.11%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.072%) ClearTrust
13 3 (0.054%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (0.054%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.018%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.018%) KVM
Systems Management
1 179 (3.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 88 (1.58%) Terraform
3 76 (1.36%) Kubernetes
4 38 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
5 37 (0.66%) Ansible
6 30 (0.54%) Grafana
7 18 (0.32%) QRadar
7 18 (0.32%) SCCM
8 17 (0.30%) CASB
8 17 (0.30%) Prometheus
9 13 (0.23%) FortiGate
10 10 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 10 (0.18%) CSIRT
11 9 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
11 9 (0.16%) Kibana
12 8 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
12 8 (0.14%) vCenter Server
12 8 (0.14%) VxRail
13 7 (0.13%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2,506 (44.90%) Microsoft
2 1,505 (26.97%) ForeScout
3 138 (2.47%) VMware
4 135 (2.42%) Cisco
5 111 (1.99%) CrowdStrike
6 101 (1.81%) Palo Alto
7 80 (1.43%) Splunk
8 64 (1.15%) Apple
9 62 (1.11%) Google
10 59 (1.06%) Fortinet
11 56 (1.00%) Tenable
12 48 (0.86%) ServiceNow
13 47 (0.84%) Salesforce
14 45 (0.81%) Adobe
15 36 (0.65%) SAP
16 31 (0.56%) Dell
17 29 (0.52%) Aruba
18 28 (0.50%) Qualys
18 28 (0.50%) Veeam
19 25 (0.45%) CyberArk