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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 32 37
Rank change year-on-year +12 +5 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,897 2,750 3,628
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.09% 6.27% 4.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.31% 7.06% 6.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,671 1,667 2,351
10th Percentile £30,280 £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% -6.87%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.80% -4.58% -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 70,979 38,973 59,191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.36% 88.89% 81.01%
Number of salaries quoted 50,404 22,584 37,530
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 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%
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% - -8.33%

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 27 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 27 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 1,472 £75,000 +7.14% 1,696
North of England +20 1,261 £50,000 +9.29% 584
South East +12 1,055 £55,000 +10.00% 625
Midlands +17 1,030 £55,000 +29.05% 355
North West +28 628 £57,500 +11.08% 290
South West +5 596 £55,000 +10.00% 401
West Midlands +8 519 £55,000 +10.00% 201
East Midlands +39 510 £55,000 +57.14% 154
Yorkshire +9 486 £43,500 +31.82% 222
East of England +47 468 £45,000 -5.26% 231
North East +18 147 £50,000 -25.93% 81
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
1 207 (3.51%) SharePoint
2 199 (3.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (0.34%) IIS
4 17 (0.29%) Apache
5 9 (0.15%) Confluence
5 9 (0.15%) SAS
6 8 (0.14%) CMS
7 5 (0.085%) 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 83 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
2 58 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.19%) Simulink
5 8 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.10%) CATIA
6 6 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
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 (0.085%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.085%) 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
9 2 (0.034%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,866 (31.64%) Azure
2 754 (12.79%) Microsoft 365
3 458 (7.77%) AWS
4 419 (7.11%) Entra ID
5 197 (3.34%) SaaS
6 144 (2.44%) GCP
7 85 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
8 84 (1.42%) Power Platform
9 71 (1.20%) OneDrive
10 70 (1.19%) Microsoft Purview
11 53 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
12 47 (0.80%) Microsoft Copilot
13 46 (0.78%) Serverless
14 43 (0.73%) Mimecast
15 34 (0.58%) GitHub
16 27 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
17 26 (0.44%) PaaS
18 25 (0.42%) Google Workspace
19 22 (0.37%) IaaS
19 22 (0.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 499 (8.46%) Firewall
2 248 (4.21%) Network Security
3 219 (3.71%) DNS
4 205 (3.48%) VPN
5 170 (2.88%) WAN
6 149 (2.53%) LAN
6 149 (2.53%) Wi-Fi
7 147 (2.49%) DHCP
8 145 (2.46%) TCP/IP
9 117 (1.98%) VLAN
10 95 (1.61%) Internet
11 79 (1.34%) VoIP
12 75 (1.27%) Wireless
13 50 (0.85%) Cisco Nexus
14 48 (0.81%) Unified Communications
15 43 (0.73%) HTTP
16 39 (0.66%) SSL
17 31 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
18 30 (0.51%) SD-WAN
19 29 (0.49%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (0.90%) Power BI
2 45 (0.76%) SQL Server
3 13 (0.22%) Big Data
3 13 (0.22%) GIS
3 13 (0.22%) MongoDB
4 12 (0.20%) 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 (0.085%) Metadata
7 5 (0.085%) 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%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 47 (0.80%) JIRA
2 46 (0.78%) Git
3 27 (0.46%) Burp Suite
3 27 (0.46%) Snyk
4 26 (0.44%) Metasploit
5 23 (0.39%) GitLab
6 20 (0.34%) Jenkins
7 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
8 9 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
9 6 (0.10%) Apache Continuum
10 5 (0.085%) JMeter
10 5 (0.085%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.068%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.068%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.068%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.068%) Locust
11 4 (0.068%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.068%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.051%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.051%) LabVIEW
General
1 2,136 (36.22%) Social Skills
2 560 (9.50%) Finance
3 445 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
4 333 (5.65%) Public Sector
5 326 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 183 (3.10%) Marketing
7 180 (3.05%) Law
8 174 (2.95%) Legal
9 170 (2.88%) Retail
10 164 (2.78%) Telecoms
11 151 (2.56%) Manufacturing
12 132 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
13 125 (2.12%) Banking
14 114 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
15 105 (1.78%) Aerospace
16 56 (0.95%) Local Government
17 54 (0.92%) Advertising
18 50 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
19 39 (0.66%) Aviation
20 32 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,015 (17.21%) Analyst
2 818 (13.87%) Security Analyst
3 718 (12.18%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 653 (11.07%) Senior
5 559 (9.48%) Junior
6 500 (8.48%) Consultant
7 484 (8.21%) Junior Analyst
8 474 (8.04%) Junior Security Analyst
9 470 (7.97%) Ethical Hacker
10 372 (6.31%) Architect
11 368 (6.24%) Lead
12 313 (5.31%) Security Consultant
13 300 (5.09%) Security Manager
14 280 (4.75%) IT Support
15 265 (4.49%) IT Manager
16 259 (4.39%) Security Architect
17 251 (4.26%) Security Engineer
18 214 (3.63%) IT Engineer
19 208 (3.53%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 206 (3.49%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (1.31%) Terraform
2 48 (0.81%) SAML
3 45 (0.76%) LDAP
4 43 (0.73%) OAuth
5 37 (0.63%) OpenID
5 37 (0.63%) REST
6 30 (0.51%) HTML
7 24 (0.41%) React
8 23 (0.39%) .NET
8 23 (0.39%) CSS
9 19 (0.32%) JSON
10 18 (0.31%) Kafka
10 18 (0.31%) Node.js
11 16 (0.27%) SailPoint
12 15 (0.25%) FastAPI
12 15 (0.25%) RESTful
12 15 (0.25%) XML
13 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
14 11 (0.19%) Middleware
14 11 (0.19%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 565 (9.58%) Cyberattack
2 342 (5.80%) Security Posture
3 271 (4.60%) Cyber Threat
4 240 (4.07%) Onboarding
5 230 (3.90%) Management Information System
6 168 (2.85%) Driving Licence
7 160 (2.71%) Security Operations Centre
8 141 (2.39%) Operational Technology
9 136 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
10 107 (1.81%) Cyber Defence
11 99 (1.68%) Data Centre
12 97 (1.64%) Cloud Native
13 64 (1.09%) PKI
14 59 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
15 50 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
16 45 (0.76%) Cyber Security Posture
17 37 (0.63%) CSOC
18 35 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
19 34 (0.58%) Blog
20 32 (0.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 578 (9.80%) Windows
2 284 (4.82%) Windows Server
3 212 (3.60%) Linux
4 74 (1.25%) Mac OS
5 35 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 26 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 26 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
8 22 (0.37%) Apple iOS
9 19 (0.32%) Android
10 15 (0.25%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.10%) CentOS
12 5 (0.085%) Windows Server 2012
13 4 (0.068%) Kali Linux
14 3 (0.051%) Unix
14 3 (0.051%) 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
1 888 (15.06%) Mentoring
2 693 (11.75%) Problem-Solving
3 651 (11.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 546 (9.26%) Information Security
5 515 (8.73%) Incident Response
6 514 (8.72%) AI
7 506 (8.58%) Risk Management
8 486 (8.24%) Ethical Hacking
9 483 (8.19%) Security Operations
10 446 (7.56%) SIEM
11 429 (7.27%) Vulnerability Management
12 408 (6.92%) Cloud Security
13 385 (6.53%) Stakeholder Management
14 378 (6.41%) Disaster Recovery
15 345 (5.85%) Decision-Making
16 304 (5.16%) Roadmaps
17 295 (5.00%) Service Delivery
18 280 (4.75%) Data Protection
19 274 (4.65%) Agile
20 271 (4.60%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 313 (5.31%) Python
2 237 (4.02%) PowerShell
3 97 (1.64%) SQL
4 72 (1.22%) C++
5 67 (1.14%) JavaScript
6 55 (0.93%) Bash
7 46 (0.78%) Java
8 44 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
9 32 (0.54%) C#
10 30 (0.51%) Rust
11 24 (0.41%) Go
12 22 (0.37%) C
12 22 (0.37%) TypeScript
13 16 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
14 15 (0.25%) MATLAB
15 12 (0.20%) Perl
16 10 (0.17%) Embedded C
17 5 (0.085%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.068%) Ada
18 4 (0.068%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 1,025 (17.38%) Azure Certification
2 668 (11.33%) Security Cleared
3 619 (10.50%) CompTIA Security+
4 545 (9.24%) CEH
5 513 (8.70%) CompTIA CySA+
6 500 (8.48%) Degree
7 461 (7.82%) CISSP
8 458 (7.77%) SC Cleared
9 295 (5.00%) CISM
10 222 (3.76%) DV Cleared
11 157 (2.66%) Cisco Certification
12 115 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
13 100 (1.70%) CRISC
14 88 (1.49%) CISA
15 87 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 85 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
17 84 (1.42%) AWS Certification
18 77 (1.31%) CREST Certified
19 74 (1.25%) Master's Degree
20 64 (1.09%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 646 (10.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 515 (8.73%) NIST
3 330 (5.60%) GDPR
4 310 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 304 (5.16%) GRC
6 139 (2.36%) PCI DSS
7 138 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 103 (1.75%) QA
9 100 (1.70%) NCSC
10 60 (1.02%) SOC 2
11 44 (0.75%) NIST 800
11 44 (0.75%) SLA
12 42 (0.71%) Accessibility
13 37 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 35 (0.59%) COBIT
15 32 (0.54%) JSP 440
16 29 (0.49%) Data Quality
17 22 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
17 22 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 21 (0.36%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 447 (7.58%) Active Directory
2 155 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 123 (2.09%) Hyper-V
4 57 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
5 53 (0.90%) Docker
6 37 (0.63%) 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 7 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
11 7 (0.12%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.085%) ClearTrust
13 4 (0.068%) Embedded Firmware
14 3 (0.051%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.051%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.034%) ProxySG
16 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 239 (4.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 80 (1.36%) Kubernetes
3 54 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
4 43 (0.73%) Ansible
5 25 (0.42%) Grafana
6 23 (0.39%) FortiGate
6 23 (0.39%) Nmap
7 22 (0.37%) Nessus
7 22 (0.37%) QRadar
8 19 (0.32%) CASB
8 19 (0.32%) SCCM
9 16 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
10 13 (0.22%) Prometheus
11 9 (0.15%) Kibana
12 8 (0.14%) Cisco CUCM
12 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
12 8 (0.14%) Functional Safety
13 7 (0.12%) Graylog
14 6 (0.10%) vCenter Server
15 5 (0.085%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 2,158 (36.59%) Microsoft
2 940 (15.94%) ForeScout
3 209 (3.54%) Cisco
4 194 (3.29%) VMware
5 168 (2.85%) Palo Alto
6 117 (1.98%) Splunk
7 99 (1.68%) CrowdStrike
8 73 (1.24%) Qualys
9 69 (1.17%) Google
10 68 (1.15%) ServiceNow
11 67 (1.14%) Apple
12 63 (1.07%) Aruba
13 62 (1.05%) Fortinet
14 60 (1.02%) Salesforce
14 60 (1.02%) Tenable
15 44 (0.75%) Veeam
16 42 (0.71%) SAP
17 41 (0.70%) Adobe
18 37 (0.63%) CyberArk
19 36 (0.61%) SonicWALL