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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 35 29
Rank change year-on-year +28 -6 +25
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 9,461 2,416 4,761
As % of all permanent jobs in England 11.83% 6.39% 5.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.81% 6.86% 6.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,739 1,558 3,550
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,010 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,900 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.83% +0.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,800 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -8.42%

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 59,858 35,198 71,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.86% 93.05% 85.59%
Number of salaries quoted 37,901 20,543 53,811
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,946 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.42% +9.09% -10.57%

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 1 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 1 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 +30 2,951 £45,000 -13.46% 278
North West +32 2,046 £50,000 -9.09% 142
Midlands +26 1,904 £47,500 -11.53% 169
London +25 1,671 £71,000 -5.33% 451
South East +31 1,519 £49,536 -9.94% 336
West Midlands +25 1,385 £45,000 -25.00% 88
Yorkshire +37 755 £42,500 -5.56% 100
East of England +54 744 £40,000 -15.79% 111
South West +24 620 £57,500 +27.78% 127
East Midlands +37 530 £50,000 +36.98% 80
North East +33 150 £42,417 +11.81% 37
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
1 112 (1.18%) SharePoint
2 88 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.095%) CMS
3 9 (0.095%) WordPress
4 6 (0.063%) nginx
5 5 (0.053%) Apache
5 5 (0.053%) Drupal
6 4 (0.042%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.042%) IIS
7 3 (0.032%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.021%) Confluence
8 2 (0.021%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.021%) SAS
9 1 (0.011%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 84 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.26%) Simulink
5 14 (0.15%) Maya
6 8 (0.085%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.063%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.053%) CATIA
9 4 (0.042%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.042%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.032%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.021%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.021%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 26 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.17%) Cloudability
2 16 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (0.074%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.053%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.042%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.042%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.042%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.042%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.032%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 3 (0.032%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.032%) Shopify
7 2 (0.021%) Carpe Diem
8 1 (0.011%) Maximo
8 1 (0.011%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.011%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.011%) SAP CX
8 1 (0.011%) SAP EHS
8 1 (0.011%) SAP FS
8 1 (0.011%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 4,046 (42.77%) Cloud Computing
2 2,592 (27.40%) Azure
3 529 (5.59%) AWS
4 483 (5.11%) Microsoft 365
5 287 (3.03%) Entra ID
6 150 (1.59%) GitHub
7 120 (1.27%) SaaS
8 111 (1.17%) GCP
9 69 (0.73%) Power Platform
10 65 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
11 64 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
12 37 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
13 36 (0.38%) Google Workspace
14 31 (0.33%) Mimecast
14 31 (0.33%) PaaS
15 29 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
15 29 (0.31%) Nutanix
15 29 (0.31%) Serverless
16 27 (0.29%) IaaS
17 26 (0.27%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4,165 (44.02%) Internet
2 343 (3.63%) Firewall
3 148 (1.56%) Network Security
4 135 (1.43%) VPN
5 112 (1.18%) DNS
6 80 (0.85%) DHCP
7 78 (0.82%) WAN
8 70 (0.74%) LAN
9 66 (0.70%) VLAN
10 64 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
11 56 (0.59%) TCP/IP
12 41 (0.43%) Broadband
13 35 (0.37%) VoIP
14 31 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
15 26 (0.27%) CHAP
15 26 (0.27%) Unified Communications
15 26 (0.27%) Wireless
16 19 (0.20%) SD-WAN
17 17 (0.18%) SSL
18 15 (0.16%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (0.42%) Power BI
2 25 (0.26%) Big Data
3 22 (0.23%) SQL Server
4 21 (0.22%) Tableau
5 19 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
6 15 (0.16%) Neo4j
7 13 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.085%) MySQL
9 6 (0.063%) Metadata
9 6 (0.063%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.063%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.053%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.042%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.042%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.042%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.032%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.021%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (0.021%) Apache Hive
13 2 (0.021%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 150 (1.59%) Git
2 31 (0.33%) GitLab
3 30 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
4 18 (0.19%) JIRA
5 17 (0.18%) Snyk
6 13 (0.14%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.074%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.053%) Apache Continuum
8 5 (0.053%) Burp Suite
8 5 (0.053%) Metasploit
8 5 (0.053%) VersionOne
9 4 (0.042%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.042%) JMeter
9 4 (0.042%) Locust
9 4 (0.042%) MLflow
10 3 (0.032%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.021%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.021%) Yeoman
12 1 (0.011%) GDB
12 1 (0.011%) WinDbg
General
1 6,565 (69.39%) Social Skills
2 4,279 (45.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,156 (43.93%) Banking
4 545 (5.76%) Finance
5 373 (3.94%) Analytical Skills
6 274 (2.90%) Multimedia
7 200 (2.11%) Public Sector
8 157 (1.66%) Retail
9 156 (1.65%) Marketing
10 143 (1.51%) Law
11 130 (1.37%) Telecoms
12 122 (1.29%) Legal
13 108 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
14 97 (1.03%) Manufacturing
15 68 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
16 60 (0.63%) Local Government
17 42 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
18 40 (0.42%) Aerospace
18 40 (0.42%) Aviation
19 39 (0.41%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3,141 (33.20%) Lecturer
2 1,358 (14.35%) Analyst
3 1,209 (12.78%) Security Analyst
4 1,135 (12.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1,021 (10.79%) Junior
6 990 (10.46%) Junior Analyst
7 989 (10.45%) Junior Security Analyst
8 705 (7.45%) Ethical Hacker
9 478 (5.05%) Senior
10 294 (3.11%) Trainee
11 285 (3.01%) Architect
12 276 (2.92%) Consultant
13 235 (2.48%) Lead
14 225 (2.38%) Security Manager
15 203 (2.15%) IT Support
16 194 (2.05%) Security Architect
17 190 (2.01%) Security Engineer
18 168 (1.78%) Security Consultant
19 156 (1.65%) IT Manager
20 155 (1.64%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (1.64%) CSS
1 155 (1.64%) HTML
2 50 (0.53%) REST
3 45 (0.48%) OAuth
3 45 (0.48%) SAML
4 43 (0.45%) OpenID
5 41 (0.43%) LDAP
6 34 (0.36%) React
7 31 (0.33%) SOAP
8 26 (0.27%) GraphQL
9 14 (0.15%) AngularJS
9 14 (0.15%) RESTful
9 14 (0.15%) SailPoint
10 13 (0.14%) FastAPI
10 13 (0.14%) Middleware
10 13 (0.14%) SAP CAF
11 12 (0.13%) MERN Stack
12 10 (0.11%) Kafka
12 10 (0.11%) Node.js
12 10 (0.11%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 4,026 (42.55%) IoT
2 795 (8.40%) Cyberattack
3 243 (2.57%) Security Posture
4 195 (2.06%) Management Information System
5 149 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
6 144 (1.52%) Onboarding
7 104 (1.10%) Security Operations Centre
8 100 (1.06%) Driving Licence
9 90 (0.95%) Cyber Defence
10 86 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
11 82 (0.87%) Data Centre
12 80 (0.85%) Operational Technology
13 66 (0.70%) Cloud Native
14 61 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
15 56 (0.59%) Blog
16 50 (0.53%) PKI
17 45 (0.48%) Hybrid Cloud
18 43 (0.45%) Cyber Security Posture
19 39 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
20 34 (0.36%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 383 (4.05%) Windows
2 176 (1.86%) Windows Server
3 149 (1.57%) Linux
4 64 (0.68%) Windows 10
5 43 (0.45%) Mac OS
6 28 (0.30%) Android
7 20 (0.21%) Apple iOS
8 16 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (0.095%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.063%) CentOS
11 6 (0.063%) Unix
11 6 (0.063%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.053%) VMS
13 2 (0.021%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.011%) Debian
14 1 (0.011%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.011%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.011%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.011%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,279 (45.23%) AI
2 4,051 (42.82%) Machine Learning
3 4,041 (42.71%) User Experience
4 4,024 (42.53%) Web Development
5 1,568 (16.57%) Mentoring
6 844 (8.92%) Ethical Hacking
7 463 (4.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 433 (4.58%) Problem-Solving
9 419 (4.43%) Information Security
10 415 (4.39%) Incident Response
11 388 (4.10%) Risk Management
12 283 (2.99%) SIEM
13 268 (2.83%) Cloud Security
14 258 (2.73%) Security Operations
15 250 (2.64%) Agile
16 218 (2.30%) Data Protection
17 215 (2.27%) Roadmaps
18 211 (2.23%) Vulnerability Management
19 208 (2.20%) Disaster Recovery
20 202 (2.14%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 405 (4.28%) Python
2 226 (2.39%) PowerShell
3 204 (2.16%) JavaScript
4 110 (1.16%) SQL
5 80 (0.85%) Bash
6 72 (0.76%) R
7 37 (0.39%) C++
7 37 (0.39%) Java
8 29 (0.31%) MATLAB
9 28 (0.30%) TypeScript
10 27 (0.29%) C#
11 25 (0.26%) T-SQL
12 19 (0.20%) C
13 16 (0.17%) Go
14 12 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (0.11%) Rust
16 6 (0.063%) PHP
17 4 (0.042%) Bicep
17 4 (0.042%) Perl
17 4 (0.042%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4,434 (46.87%) Degree
2 4,072 (43.04%) Master's Degree
3 4,001 (42.29%) PhD
4 3,998 (42.26%) Postgraduate
5 1,866 (19.72%) Azure Certification
6 1,198 (12.66%) CompTIA Security+
7 1,037 (10.96%) CompTIA CySA+
8 894 (9.45%) CEH
9 402 (4.25%) Security Cleared
10 395 (4.18%) CISSP
11 279 (2.95%) SC Cleared
12 260 (2.75%) CISM
13 211 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
14 202 (2.14%) AWS Certification
15 156 (1.65%) Network+ Certification
16 150 (1.59%) A+ Certification
17 144 (1.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 115 (1.22%) DV Cleared
19 110 (1.16%) CISA
20 108 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 524 (5.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 495 (5.23%) NIST
3 295 (3.12%) GDPR
4 235 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 232 (2.45%) GRC
6 128 (1.35%) PCI DSS
7 125 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 102 (1.08%) NCSC
9 92 (0.97%) QA
10 55 (0.58%) SOC 2
11 45 (0.48%) NIST 800
12 44 (0.47%) SLA
13 42 (0.44%) COBIT
14 35 (0.37%) Accessibility
15 25 (0.26%) Data Quality
16 22 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
16 22 (0.23%) JSP 440
16 22 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 19 (0.20%) ISO 22301
18 18 (0.19%) HIPAA
System Software
1 313 (3.31%) Active Directory
2 77 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (0.58%) Docker
4 54 (0.57%) Hyper-V
5 38 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
6 22 (0.23%) vSphere
7 11 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.11%) Firmware
8 10 (0.11%) IAG
9 8 (0.085%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (0.063%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.053%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.032%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.021%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.021%) GPFS
13 2 (0.021%) Lustre
13 2 (0.021%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.011%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.011%) iptables
14 1 (0.011%) KVM
Systems Management
1 137 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 78 (0.82%) Terraform
3 65 (0.69%) Kubernetes
4 37 (0.39%) Ansible
5 36 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
6 21 (0.22%) Grafana
7 14 (0.15%) CASB
8 13 (0.14%) CSIRT
9 12 (0.13%) SCCM
10 11 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 11 (0.12%) QRadar
11 10 (0.11%) FortiGate
12 9 (0.095%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 9 (0.095%) Prometheus
13 8 (0.085%) Cisco CUCM
13 8 (0.085%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (0.074%) Nessus
14 7 (0.074%) RSA Archer
14 7 (0.074%) vCenter Server
14 7 (0.074%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,632 (27.82%) Microsoft
2 1,693 (17.89%) ForeScout
3 120 (1.27%) VMware
4 108 (1.14%) Cisco
5 104 (1.10%) CrowdStrike
6 85 (0.90%) Palo Alto
7 68 (0.72%) Apple
8 64 (0.68%) Fortinet
9 53 (0.56%) Google
9 53 (0.56%) Splunk
10 49 (0.52%) Adobe
11 48 (0.51%) Tenable
12 47 (0.50%) SAP
13 41 (0.43%) Salesforce
13 41 (0.43%) ServiceNow
14 32 (0.34%) Dell
15 28 (0.30%) CyberArk
15 28 (0.30%) Siemens
16 20 (0.21%) Oracle
17 17 (0.18%) Sophos