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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 35 31
Rank change year-on-year +28 -4 +24
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 8,055 2,426 4,775
As % of all permanent jobs in England 9.68% 6.34% 5.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.09% 6.79% 6.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,962 1,456 3,512
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,803 £35,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £43,742
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,085 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.30% -2.38% -8.46%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £59,500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -1.68% -8.46%

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 61,543 35,746 73,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.98% 93.34% 83.87%
Number of salaries quoted 40,915 19,176 54,395
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,313 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -9.84%

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 May 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 May 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 +31 2,348 £50,000 -4.76% 364
Midlands +34 1,925 £55,000 +10.00% 175
North West +45 1,513 £55,000 - 211
London +16 1,445 £71,000 -5.33% 545
West Midlands +20 1,429 £55,000 -3.08% 96
South East +27 1,154 £50,000 -9.09% 389
Yorkshire +15 684 £47,500 +57.02% 112
South West +27 591 £60,000 +34.56% 188
East of England +71 541 £40,000 -15.79% 118
East Midlands +48 507 £55,000 +56.02% 79
North East +34 151 £45,000 -30.77% 42
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
1 141 (1.75%) SharePoint
2 116 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.12%) Apache
3 10 (0.12%) CMS
4 5 (0.062%) SAS
5 4 (0.050%) IIS
5 4 (0.050%) WordPress
6 3 (0.037%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.025%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.025%) Confluence
8 1 (0.012%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 82 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (0.29%) Simulink
5 7 (0.087%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.074%) CATIA
7 5 (0.062%) Maya
8 4 (0.050%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.037%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.037%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.025%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.012%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 25 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (0.30%) Cloudability
3 16 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.062%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.050%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.037%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.037%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.037%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.025%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.025%) Shopify
9 1 (0.012%) Maximo
9 1 (0.012%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.012%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.012%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2,511 (31.17%) Azure
2 2,471 (30.68%) Cloud Computing
3 556 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
4 494 (6.13%) AWS
5 326 (4.05%) Entra ID
6 134 (1.66%) GCP
7 124 (1.54%) SaaS
8 103 (1.28%) GitHub
9 70 (0.87%) Microsoft Purview
9 70 (0.87%) Power Platform
10 65 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
11 43 (0.53%) Serverless
12 40 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
13 39 (0.48%) OneDrive
14 38 (0.47%) Google Workspace
15 31 (0.38%) Mimecast
16 29 (0.36%) PaaS
17 28 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
18 27 (0.34%) Nutanix
19 26 (0.32%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2,556 (31.73%) Internet
2 380 (4.72%) Firewall
3 175 (2.17%) Network Security
4 158 (1.96%) VPN
5 130 (1.61%) DNS
6 97 (1.20%) WAN
7 90 (1.12%) DHCP
8 86 (1.07%) LAN
9 79 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
10 72 (0.89%) TCP/IP
11 69 (0.86%) VLAN
12 47 (0.58%) Broadband
13 44 (0.55%) VoIP
14 33 (0.41%) Unified Communications
15 29 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
16 24 (0.30%) HTTP
16 24 (0.30%) Wireless
17 22 (0.27%) SSL
18 20 (0.25%) CHAP
19 18 (0.22%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (0.48%) Power BI
2 25 (0.31%) SQL Server
3 22 (0.27%) Big Data
4 18 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (0.19%) Tableau
6 14 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (0.15%) Neo4j
8 9 (0.11%) MySQL
9 8 (0.099%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.074%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.062%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.050%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.050%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.037%) GIS
13 3 (0.037%) Hadoop
13 3 (0.037%) Metadata
14 2 (0.025%) Amazon Redshift
14 2 (0.025%) ClickHouse
14 2 (0.025%) Impala
14 2 (0.025%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 104 (1.29%) Git
2 36 (0.45%) GitLab
3 29 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
4 25 (0.31%) Snyk
5 23 (0.29%) JIRA
6 12 (0.15%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.087%) Yeoman
8 6 (0.074%) Apache Continuum
8 6 (0.074%) Burp Suite
8 6 (0.074%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.074%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.062%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.062%) VersionOne
10 4 (0.050%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.050%) JMeter
10 4 (0.050%) Locust
10 4 (0.050%) MLflow
11 2 (0.025%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.025%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.025%) Visual Studio
General
1 4,934 (61.25%) Social Skills
2 2,729 (33.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2,570 (31.91%) Banking
4 518 (6.43%) Finance
5 404 (5.02%) Analytical Skills
6 231 (2.87%) Public Sector
7 186 (2.31%) Multimedia
8 165 (2.05%) Retail
9 154 (1.91%) Marketing
10 132 (1.64%) Law
11 125 (1.55%) Legal
12 120 (1.49%) Telecoms
13 111 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
14 92 (1.14%) Manufacturing
15 76 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
16 66 (0.82%) Local Government
17 52 (0.65%) Aerospace
18 42 (0.52%) Aviation
19 37 (0.46%) Advertising
20 35 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,871 (23.23%) Lecturer
2 1,308 (16.24%) Analyst
3 1,146 (14.23%) Security Analyst
4 1,072 (13.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 928 (11.52%) Junior
6 897 (11.14%) Junior Analyst
7 896 (11.12%) Junior Security Analyst
8 705 (8.75%) Ethical Hacker
9 513 (6.37%) Senior
10 335 (4.16%) Architect
11 299 (3.71%) Consultant
12 271 (3.36%) Lead
13 263 (3.27%) Security Manager
14 243 (3.02%) Security Architect
15 220 (2.73%) IT Support
16 211 (2.62%) Trainee
17 199 (2.47%) Security Engineer
18 194 (2.41%) IT Manager
19 184 (2.28%) Security Consultant
20 182 (2.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (1.35%) HTML
2 106 (1.32%) CSS
3 55 (0.68%) REST
4 50 (0.62%) SAML
5 49 (0.61%) LDAP
5 49 (0.61%) OAuth
6 46 (0.57%) OpenID
7 33 (0.41%) React
8 30 (0.37%) SOAP
9 25 (0.31%) GraphQL
10 17 (0.21%) SailPoint
11 16 (0.20%) Kafka
12 14 (0.17%) AngularJS
12 14 (0.17%) Node.js
13 13 (0.16%) .NET
13 13 (0.16%) RESTful
14 11 (0.14%) FastAPI
14 11 (0.14%) Middleware
15 9 (0.11%) XMPP
16 8 (0.099%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2,462 (30.56%) IoT
2 806 (10.01%) Cyberattack
3 262 (3.25%) Security Posture
4 193 (2.40%) Management Information System
5 172 (2.14%) Cyber Threat
6 169 (2.10%) Onboarding
7 128 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
8 106 (1.32%) Driving Licence
9 99 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
10 97 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
11 95 (1.18%) Operational Technology
12 83 (1.03%) Data Centre
13 76 (0.94%) Cloud Native
14 53 (0.66%) PKI
15 46 (0.57%) Cyber Security Posture
16 44 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
17 43 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
18 40 (0.50%) Blog
19 34 (0.42%) Cloud Security Posture
20 33 (0.41%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 438 (5.44%) Windows
2 210 (2.61%) Windows Server
3 157 (1.95%) Linux
4 53 (0.66%) Windows 10
5 47 (0.58%) Mac OS
6 30 (0.37%) Android
7 23 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 22 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 18 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
10 17 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 10 (0.12%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.074%) CentOS
12 6 (0.074%) VMS
13 5 (0.062%) Unix
14 2 (0.025%) Amazon Linux
15 1 (0.012%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.012%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.012%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,754 (34.19%) AI
2 2,491 (30.92%) Machine Learning
3 2,487 (30.88%) User Experience
4 2,448 (30.39%) Web Development
5 1,423 (17.67%) Mentoring
6 810 (10.06%) Ethical Hacking
7 502 (6.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 463 (5.75%) Incident Response
9 458 (5.69%) Problem-Solving
10 419 (5.20%) Information Security
11 401 (4.98%) Risk Management
12 332 (4.12%) Security Operations
13 319 (3.96%) Cloud Security
14 318 (3.95%) SIEM
15 262 (3.25%) Vulnerability Management
16 243 (3.02%) Disaster Recovery
17 241 (2.99%) Agile
18 236 (2.93%) Roadmaps
19 227 (2.82%) Decision-Making
19 227 (2.82%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 360 (4.47%) Python
2 253 (3.14%) PowerShell
3 160 (1.99%) JavaScript
4 109 (1.35%) SQL
5 80 (0.99%) Bash
6 50 (0.62%) R
7 49 (0.61%) C++
8 39 (0.48%) Java
9 32 (0.40%) C#
10 27 (0.34%) MATLAB
11 24 (0.30%) T-SQL
12 22 (0.27%) TypeScript
13 21 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
14 18 (0.22%) Go
15 17 (0.21%) Rust
16 13 (0.16%) C
17 10 (0.12%) Perl
18 7 (0.087%) PHP
18 7 (0.087%) Search Processing Language
19 3 (0.037%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2,860 (35.51%) Degree
2 2,503 (31.07%) Master's Degree
3 2,436 (30.24%) PhD
3 2,436 (30.24%) Postgraduate
4 1,733 (21.51%) Azure Certification
5 1,078 (13.38%) CompTIA Security+
6 940 (11.67%) CompTIA CySA+
7 863 (10.71%) CEH
8 465 (5.77%) Security Cleared
9 396 (4.92%) CISSP
10 327 (4.06%) SC Cleared
11 252 (3.13%) CISM
12 164 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
13 153 (1.90%) AWS Certification
14 151 (1.87%) DV Cleared
15 136 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
16 126 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
17 120 (1.49%) A+ Certification
18 103 (1.28%) CISA
19 96 (1.19%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 548 (6.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 505 (6.27%) NIST
3 295 (3.66%) GDPR
4 256 (3.18%) GRC
5 253 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials
6 139 (1.73%) PCI DSS
7 120 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 109 (1.35%) NCSC
9 107 (1.33%) QA
10 53 (0.66%) SOC 2
11 47 (0.58%) SLA
12 42 (0.52%) NIST 800
13 38 (0.47%) Accessibility
14 35 (0.43%) COBIT
15 30 (0.37%) JSP 440
16 28 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
17 26 (0.32%) Data Quality
18 20 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 17 (0.21%) HIPAA
20 15 (0.19%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 359 (4.46%) Active Directory
2 90 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (0.91%) Hyper-V
4 57 (0.71%) Docker
5 43 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
6 25 (0.31%) vSphere
7 12 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
8 11 (0.14%) IAG
9 9 (0.11%) Firmware
9 9 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (0.074%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.037%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 3 (0.037%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.025%) ClearTrust
13 1 (0.012%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.012%) KVM
Systems Management
1 172 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 87 (1.08%) Terraform
3 75 (0.93%) Kubernetes
4 38 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
5 36 (0.45%) Ansible
6 28 (0.35%) Grafana
7 18 (0.22%) SCCM
8 17 (0.21%) QRadar
9 15 (0.19%) CASB
9 15 (0.19%) Prometheus
10 12 (0.15%) FortiGate
11 11 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 10 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 10 (0.12%) CSIRT
13 9 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
14 8 (0.099%) vCenter Server
14 8 (0.099%) VxRail
15 7 (0.087%) Kibana
15 7 (0.087%) RSA Archer
16 6 (0.074%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 2,608 (32.38%) Microsoft
2 1,599 (19.85%) ForeScout
3 131 (1.63%) VMware
4 123 (1.53%) Cisco
5 110 (1.37%) CrowdStrike
6 91 (1.13%) Palo Alto
7 74 (0.92%) Apple
8 73 (0.91%) Splunk
9 62 (0.77%) Fortinet
10 59 (0.73%) Google
11 58 (0.72%) Tenable
12 56 (0.70%) Adobe
13 47 (0.58%) ServiceNow
14 42 (0.52%) Salesforce
15 37 (0.46%) SAP
16 31 (0.38%) Dell
17 26 (0.32%) CyberArk
17 26 (0.32%) Siemens
17 26 (0.32%) Veeam
18 22 (0.27%) Qualys