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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 35 32
Rank change year-on-year +20 -3 +20
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,620 2,522 4,855
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.83% 6.42% 5.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.36% 6.92% 6.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,045 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 £97,500 £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 60,030 36,425 76,751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 72.97% 92.76% 82.48%
Number of salaries quoted 42,034 19,839 55,940
10th Percentile £30,625 £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 11 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 11 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
London +15 1,335 £72,500 -2.03% 404
North of England +23 1,333 £55,000 +5.77% 363
South East +21 978 £50,000 -4.76% 351
Midlands +21 946 £55,000 +10.00% 154
North West +33 618 £55,000 - 191
South West +23 580 £60,000 +33.33% 154
Yorkshire +11 564 £47,500 +43.94% 125
West Midlands +10 510 £57,500 +2.68% 81
East Midlands +47 435 £55,000 +74.60% 73
East of England +70 414 £40,000 -15.79% 130
North East +32 151 £45,000 -30.77% 50
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
1 149 (2.65%) SharePoint
2 123 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.18%) Apache
3 10 (0.18%) CMS
4 4 (0.071%) IIS
4 4 (0.071%) SAS
4 4 (0.071%) WordPress
5 3 (0.053%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.053%) Confluence
6 2 (0.036%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.018%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 81 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.37%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) CATIA
5 7 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.071%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.071%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.053%) Microsoft Project
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 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.089%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.071%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.071%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.053%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 3 (0.053%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.053%) 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 2,412 (42.92%) Azure
2 580 (10.32%) Microsoft 365
3 465 (8.27%) AWS
4 333 (5.93%) Entra ID
5 136 (2.42%) GCP
6 135 (2.40%) SaaS
7 79 (1.41%) GitHub
8 71 (1.26%) Microsoft Purview
9 66 (1.17%) Azure Sentinel
9 66 (1.17%) Power Platform
10 44 (0.78%) Google Workspace
10 44 (0.78%) OneDrive
10 44 (0.78%) Serverless
11 34 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
12 31 (0.55%) Mimecast
13 30 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
14 29 (0.52%) PaaS
15 28 (0.50%) Nutanix
16 27 (0.48%) AWS CloudFormation
16 27 (0.48%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 403 (7.17%) Firewall
2 177 (3.15%) Network Security
3 167 (2.97%) VPN
4 145 (2.58%) DNS
5 112 (1.99%) WAN
6 109 (1.94%) Internet
7 99 (1.76%) LAN
8 98 (1.74%) DHCP
9 93 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
10 78 (1.39%) TCP/IP
10 78 (1.39%) VLAN
11 48 (0.85%) VoIP
12 47 (0.84%) Broadband
13 35 (0.62%) Unified Communications
14 30 (0.53%) Wireless
15 29 (0.52%) HTTP
16 28 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
17 27 (0.48%) SSL
18 21 (0.37%) SD-WAN
19 19 (0.34%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (0.71%) Power BI
2 25 (0.44%) SQL Server
3 19 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (0.25%) Tableau
5 13 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (0.21%) Neo4j
7 9 (0.16%) Big Data
8 8 (0.14%) MySQL
9 7 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.11%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.071%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.071%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.053%) GIS
12 3 (0.053%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.036%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (0.036%) ClickHouse
13 2 (0.036%) Metadata
13 2 (0.036%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.036%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 81 (1.44%) Git
2 37 (0.66%) GitLab
3 27 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
4 26 (0.46%) JIRA
5 25 (0.44%) Snyk
6 12 (0.21%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.12%) Apache Continuum
7 7 (0.12%) Burp Suite
7 7 (0.12%) Metasploit
7 7 (0.12%) Yeoman
8 6 (0.11%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.089%) JMeter
9 5 (0.089%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.089%) VersionOne
10 4 (0.071%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.071%) Locust
10 4 (0.071%) MLflow
11 2 (0.036%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.036%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.036%) Visual Studio
General
1 2,412 (42.92%) Social Skills
2 504 (8.97%) Finance
3 399 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
4 280 (4.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 238 (4.23%) Public Sector
6 172 (3.06%) Retail
7 155 (2.76%) Marketing
8 142 (2.53%) Multimedia
9 138 (2.46%) Law
10 128 (2.28%) Banking
10 128 (2.28%) Legal
11 127 (2.26%) Telecoms
12 116 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
13 100 (1.78%) Manufacturing
14 72 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
15 62 (1.10%) Local Government
16 54 (0.96%) Aerospace
17 42 (0.75%) Advertising
17 42 (0.75%) Aviation
18 34 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,257 (22.37%) Analyst
2 1,088 (19.36%) Security Analyst
3 1,005 (17.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 838 (14.91%) Junior
5 807 (14.36%) Junior Analyst
6 802 (14.27%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (12.54%) Ethical Hacker
8 536 (9.54%) Senior
9 333 (5.93%) Architect
10 324 (5.77%) Consultant
11 282 (5.02%) Lead
12 263 (4.68%) Security Manager
13 245 (4.36%) Security Architect
14 236 (4.20%) IT Support
15 203 (3.61%) Security Consultant
16 201 (3.58%) Security Engineer
17 196 (3.49%) IT Manager
18 184 (3.27%) Cybersecurity Manager
19 169 (3.01%) Trainee
20 162 (2.88%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (1.48%) HTML
2 79 (1.41%) CSS
3 55 (0.98%) REST
3 55 (0.98%) SAML
4 54 (0.96%) LDAP
5 53 (0.94%) OAuth
6 48 (0.85%) OpenID
7 32 (0.57%) SOAP
8 30 (0.53%) React
9 26 (0.46%) GraphQL
10 17 (0.30%) Kafka
11 16 (0.28%) SailPoint
12 14 (0.25%) .NET
12 14 (0.25%) AngularJS
12 14 (0.25%) Middleware
13 13 (0.23%) Node.js
13 13 (0.23%) RESTful
14 12 (0.21%) FastAPI
15 11 (0.20%) JSON
16 10 (0.18%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 807 (14.36%) Cyberattack
2 286 (5.09%) Security Posture
3 189 (3.36%) Management Information System
4 174 (3.10%) Cyber Threat
5 159 (2.83%) Onboarding
6 139 (2.47%) Security Operations Centre
7 112 (1.99%) Driving Licence
8 103 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
9 96 (1.71%) Cyber Defence
10 94 (1.67%) Operational Technology
11 81 (1.44%) Data Centre
12 77 (1.37%) Cloud Native
13 56 (1.00%) PKI
14 48 (0.85%) Cyber Security Posture
15 40 (0.71%) Blog
15 40 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
16 39 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
17 34 (0.60%) Cloud Security Posture
18 33 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
19 30 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 461 (8.20%) Windows
2 225 (4.00%) Windows Server
3 161 (2.86%) Linux
4 51 (0.91%) Windows 10
5 48 (0.85%) Mac OS
6 29 (0.52%) Android
7 23 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 23 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 23 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 20 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (0.18%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.11%) CentOS
10 6 (0.11%) Unix
10 6 (0.11%) VMS
11 2 (0.036%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.018%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.018%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.018%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,275 (22.69%) Mentoring
2 793 (14.11%) Ethical Hacking
3 519 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 477 (8.49%) Problem-Solving
5 475 (8.45%) Incident Response
6 429 (7.63%) Information Security
7 408 (7.26%) Risk Management
8 358 (6.37%) Security Operations
9 338 (6.01%) SIEM
10 331 (5.89%) Cloud Security
11 322 (5.73%) AI
12 287 (5.11%) Vulnerability Management
13 263 (4.68%) Disaster Recovery
14 258 (4.59%) Decision-Making
15 239 (4.25%) Roadmaps
16 230 (4.09%) Agile
16 230 (4.09%) Security Architecture
17 220 (3.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 212 (3.77%) Stakeholder Management
19 211 (3.75%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 332 (5.91%) Python
2 255 (4.54%) PowerShell
3 129 (2.30%) JavaScript
4 111 (1.98%) SQL
5 82 (1.46%) Bash
6 49 (0.87%) C++
7 42 (0.75%) Java
8 36 (0.64%) R
9 27 (0.48%) C#
10 26 (0.46%) T-SQL
11 25 (0.44%) MATLAB
12 24 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
13 21 (0.37%) 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 (0.12%) PHP
20 4 (0.071%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,614 (28.72%) Azure Certification
2 978 (17.40%) CompTIA Security+
3 847 (15.07%) CompTIA CySA+
4 845 (15.04%) CEH
5 492 (8.75%) Security Cleared
6 420 (7.47%) Degree
7 402 (7.15%) CISSP
8 348 (6.19%) SC Cleared
9 258 (4.59%) CISM
10 164 (2.92%) DV Cleared
11 140 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
11 140 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
12 117 (2.08%) AWS Certification
13 109 (1.94%) Network+ Certification
14 101 (1.80%) A+ Certification
15 100 (1.78%) CISA
16 93 (1.65%) CREST Certified
17 79 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 74 (1.32%) CRISC
19 70 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 564 (10.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 513 (9.13%) NIST
3 306 (5.44%) GDPR
4 260 (4.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 256 (4.56%) GRC
6 140 (2.49%) PCI DSS
7 128 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 111 (1.98%) NCSC
9 108 (1.92%) QA
10 50 (0.89%) SOC 2
11 48 (0.85%) SLA
12 43 (0.77%) NIST 800
13 37 (0.66%) Accessibility
14 34 (0.60%) COBIT
14 34 (0.60%) JSP 440
15 29 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
15 29 (0.52%) Data Quality
16 25 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 17 (0.30%) HIPAA
18 14 (0.25%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 373 (6.64%) Active Directory
2 100 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 80 (1.42%) Hyper-V
4 57 (1.01%) Docker
5 42 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
6 27 (0.48%) vSphere
7 12 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
8 11 (0.20%) IAG
9 9 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 9 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.12%) Firmware
10 7 (0.12%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.071%) ClearTrust
12 3 (0.053%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 3 (0.053%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.018%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.018%) KVM
13 1 (0.018%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 182 (3.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 88 (1.57%) Terraform
3 76 (1.35%) Kubernetes
4 38 (0.68%) Ansible
4 38 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
5 30 (0.53%) Grafana
6 19 (0.34%) SCCM
7 18 (0.32%) QRadar
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 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2,519 (44.82%) Microsoft
2 1,505 (26.78%) ForeScout
3 143 (2.54%) VMware
4 139 (2.47%) Cisco
5 111 (1.98%) CrowdStrike
6 105 (1.87%) Palo Alto
7 81 (1.44%) Splunk
8 64 (1.14%) Apple
9 63 (1.12%) Google
10 60 (1.07%) Fortinet
11 57 (1.01%) Tenable
12 49 (0.87%) ServiceNow
13 47 (0.84%) Salesforce
14 45 (0.80%) Adobe
15 36 (0.64%) SAP
16 33 (0.59%) Aruba
16 33 (0.59%) Qualys
17 31 (0.55%) Dell
18 28 (0.50%) Veeam
19 26 (0.46%) CyberArk