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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 33 38
Rank change year-on-year +13 +5 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,991 2,756 3,608
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.36% 6.30% 4.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.63% 7.05% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,550 1,671 2,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,536 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -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 69,384 39,107 59,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.66% 89.38% 81.32%
Number of salaries quoted 48,904 22,532 38,701
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
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% - -8.71%

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 14 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 14 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 1,466 £75,000 +4.53% 1,039
North of England +15 1,317 £50,000 +5.26% 464
South East +11 1,087 £55,000 +10.00% 474
Midlands +18 1,033 £55,000 +15.79% 258
North West +30 640 £56,500 +7.62% 254
South West +10 591 £55,000 +15.35% 262
Yorkshire +13 520 £42,500 +28.79% 159
East Midlands +36 516 £55,000 +57.14% 107
West Midlands +8 516 £56,250 +8.41% 151
East of England +55 479 £45,000 -5.26% 148
North East +19 157 £50,000 -26.95% 55
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
1 190 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 188 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 19 (0.32%) Apache
4 18 (0.30%) IIS
5 9 (0.15%) CMS
5 9 (0.15%) Confluence
5 9 (0.15%) SAS
6 5 (0.083%) WordPress
7 4 (0.067%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.050%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.033%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 82 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.18%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.10%) CATIA
6 6 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.033%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
9 1 (0.017%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.083%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.083%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.083%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.050%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.050%) Infor LN
7 3 (0.050%) Infor M3
7 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.050%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.050%) SystmOne
8 2 (0.033%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.033%) Shopify
8 2 (0.033%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2,094 (34.95%) Azure
2 726 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
3 469 (7.83%) AWS
4 390 (6.51%) Entra ID
5 188 (3.14%) SaaS
6 152 (2.54%) GCP
7 81 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
8 72 (1.20%) Power Platform
9 66 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
10 64 (1.07%) OneDrive
11 50 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
12 44 (0.73%) Serverless
13 43 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
14 40 (0.67%) Mimecast
15 33 (0.55%) GitHub
16 26 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
16 26 (0.43%) PaaS
17 24 (0.40%) Google Workspace
18 23 (0.38%) IaaS
19 21 (0.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 481 (8.03%) Firewall
2 234 (3.91%) Network Security
3 201 (3.36%) DNS
4 197 (3.29%) VPN
5 162 (2.70%) WAN
6 148 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
7 143 (2.39%) LAN
8 132 (2.20%) DHCP
9 128 (2.14%) TCP/IP
10 108 (1.80%) VLAN
11 90 (1.50%) Internet
12 70 (1.17%) VoIP
13 60 (1.00%) Wireless
14 45 (0.75%) Cisco Nexus
14 45 (0.75%) Unified Communications
15 43 (0.72%) HTTP
16 36 (0.60%) SSL
17 33 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
18 29 (0.48%) SD-WAN
19 27 (0.45%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (0.80%) Power BI
2 42 (0.70%) SQL Server
3 14 (0.23%) Big Data
3 14 (0.23%) MongoDB
4 13 (0.22%) MySQL
4 13 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (0.18%) GIS
6 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (0.15%) Tableau
7 6 (0.10%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.10%) Metadata
7 6 (0.10%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.10%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.083%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.067%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.050%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.050%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.050%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 44 (0.73%) Git
1 44 (0.73%) JIRA
2 28 (0.47%) GitLab
3 27 (0.45%) Snyk
4 25 (0.42%) Burp Suite
5 24 (0.40%) Metasploit
6 16 (0.27%) Jenkins
7 12 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
8 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
9 6 (0.10%) Apache Continuum
10 5 (0.083%) JMeter
10 5 (0.083%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.067%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.067%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.067%) Locust
11 4 (0.067%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.067%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.050%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.033%) git-flow
13 2 (0.033%) Zephyr
General
1 2,317 (38.67%) Social Skills
2 556 (9.28%) Finance
3 439 (7.33%) Analytical Skills
4 332 (5.54%) Public Sector
5 321 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 177 (2.95%) Law
7 176 (2.94%) Marketing
8 169 (2.82%) Legal
9 168 (2.80%) Retail
10 164 (2.74%) Telecoms
11 136 (2.27%) Manufacturing
12 126 (2.10%) Banking
13 123 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
14 105 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
15 94 (1.57%) Aerospace
16 59 (0.98%) Local Government
17 55 (0.92%) Advertising
18 44 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
19 37 (0.62%) Multimedia
20 33 (0.55%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,096 (18.29%) Analyst
2 910 (15.19%) Security Analyst
3 812 (13.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 646 (10.78%) Junior
5 629 (10.50%) Senior
6 611 (10.20%) Ethical Hacker
7 578 (9.65%) Junior Analyst
8 568 (9.48%) Junior Security Analyst
9 475 (7.93%) Consultant
10 366 (6.11%) Architect
11 349 (5.83%) Lead
12 303 (5.06%) Security Consultant
13 278 (4.64%) Security Manager
14 272 (4.54%) IT Support
15 256 (4.27%) IT Manager
16 253 (4.22%) Security Architect
17 233 (3.89%) Security Engineer
18 206 (3.44%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 195 (3.25%) IT Engineer
20 194 (3.24%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (0.82%) SAML
2 44 (0.73%) OAuth
3 43 (0.72%) LDAP
4 38 (0.63%) OpenID
5 36 (0.60%) REST
6 30 (0.50%) HTML
7 23 (0.38%) CSS
8 22 (0.37%) React
9 21 (0.35%) Kafka
10 20 (0.33%) .NET
11 19 (0.32%) JSON
12 18 (0.30%) Node.js
13 17 (0.28%) SailPoint
14 15 (0.25%) RESTful
14 15 (0.25%) XML
15 14 (0.23%) FastAPI
16 13 (0.22%) XMPP
17 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
17 12 (0.20%) Middleware
18 10 (0.17%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 708 (11.82%) Cyberattack
2 339 (5.66%) Security Posture
3 253 (4.22%) Cyber Threat
4 230 (3.84%) Onboarding
5 229 (3.82%) Management Information System
6 163 (2.72%) Driving Licence
7 160 (2.67%) Security Operations Centre
8 137 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
9 119 (1.99%) Operational Technology
10 103 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
11 97 (1.62%) Cloud Native
12 89 (1.49%) Data Centre
13 62 (1.03%) PKI
14 57 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
15 47 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
16 44 (0.73%) Cyber Security Posture
17 39 (0.65%) CSOC
18 35 (0.58%) Blog
19 34 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
20 28 (0.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 561 (9.36%) Windows
2 273 (4.56%) Windows Server
3 207 (3.46%) Linux
4 69 (1.15%) Mac OS
5 33 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 26 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 25 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
9 22 (0.37%) Apple iOS
10 20 (0.33%) Android
11 15 (0.25%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.10%) CentOS
13 4 (0.067%) Kali Linux
13 4 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.050%) Unix
14 3 (0.050%) VMS
15 2 (0.033%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.033%) Embedded Linux
15 2 (0.033%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.017%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 986 (16.46%) Mentoring
2 665 (11.10%) Problem-Solving
3 644 (10.75%) Ethical Hacking
4 629 (10.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 540 (9.01%) Information Security
6 512 (8.55%) Incident Response
7 495 (8.26%) Risk Management
8 479 (8.00%) AI
9 463 (7.73%) Security Operations
10 440 (7.34%) SIEM
11 416 (6.94%) Vulnerability Management
12 410 (6.84%) Cloud Security
13 356 (5.94%) Disaster Recovery
14 351 (5.86%) Decision-Making
15 345 (5.76%) Stakeholder Management
16 293 (4.89%) Roadmaps
17 281 (4.69%) Service Delivery
18 277 (4.62%) Agile
19 268 (4.47%) Data Protection
20 261 (4.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 312 (5.21%) Python
2 235 (3.92%) PowerShell
3 93 (1.55%) SQL
4 72 (1.20%) C++
5 68 (1.14%) JavaScript
6 58 (0.97%) Bash
7 43 (0.72%) Java
7 43 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
8 32 (0.53%) Rust
9 29 (0.48%) C#
10 22 (0.37%) TypeScript
11 21 (0.35%) Go
12 19 (0.32%) C
13 16 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
14 15 (0.25%) MATLAB
15 11 (0.18%) Perl
16 7 (0.12%) Embedded C
17 5 (0.083%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.067%) Ada
18 4 (0.067%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1,253 (20.91%) Azure Certification
2 728 (12.15%) CompTIA Security+
3 702 (11.72%) CEH
4 654 (10.92%) Security Cleared
5 604 (10.08%) CompTIA CySA+
6 490 (8.18%) Degree
7 454 (7.58%) CISSP
8 447 (7.46%) SC Cleared
9 290 (4.84%) CISM
10 215 (3.59%) DV Cleared
11 162 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
12 107 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
13 98 (1.64%) CRISC
14 90 (1.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 88 (1.47%) CISA
16 80 (1.34%) AWS Certification
17 79 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
18 72 (1.20%) CREST Certified
18 72 (1.20%) Master's Degree
19 66 (1.10%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 628 (10.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 512 (8.55%) NIST
3 320 (5.34%) GDPR
4 299 (4.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 284 (4.74%) GRC
6 141 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 141 (2.35%) PCI DSS
7 108 (1.80%) QA
8 87 (1.45%) NCSC
9 61 (1.02%) SOC 2
10 43 (0.72%) Accessibility
11 41 (0.68%) NIST 800
11 41 (0.68%) SLA
12 38 (0.63%) COBIT
13 37 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 32 (0.53%) JSP 440
15 28 (0.47%) Data Quality
16 22 (0.37%) ISO 22301
16 22 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 20 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 432 (7.21%) Active Directory
2 152 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 118 (1.97%) Hyper-V
4 54 (0.90%) Docker
5 53 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
6 32 (0.53%) Firmware
7 26 (0.43%) vSphere
8 16 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
9 15 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 14 (0.23%) IAG
11 10 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
12 8 (0.13%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.083%) ClearTrust
13 5 (0.083%) VMware ESXi
14 3 (0.050%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.033%) Embedded Firmware
15 2 (0.033%) ProxySG
16 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
16 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 229 (3.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 85 (1.42%) Terraform
3 77 (1.29%) Kubernetes
4 49 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
5 46 (0.77%) Ansible
6 29 (0.48%) Grafana
7 21 (0.35%) Nmap
7 21 (0.35%) QRadar
8 20 (0.33%) FortiGate
9 19 (0.32%) Nessus
10 18 (0.30%) SCCM
11 17 (0.28%) CASB
12 15 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
12 15 (0.25%) Prometheus
13 10 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
14 9 (0.15%) Kibana
15 8 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
16 7 (0.12%) Functional Safety
17 6 (0.10%) Graylog
18 5 (0.083%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,358 (39.36%) Microsoft
2 1,175 (19.61%) ForeScout
3 204 (3.41%) Cisco
4 196 (3.27%) VMware
5 168 (2.80%) Palo Alto
6 112 (1.87%) Splunk
7 100 (1.67%) CrowdStrike
8 74 (1.24%) Google
9 71 (1.19%) Qualys
10 65 (1.08%) Fortinet
11 64 (1.07%) Apple
11 64 (1.07%) ServiceNow
12 61 (1.02%) Aruba
13 58 (0.97%) Tenable
14 55 (0.92%) Salesforce
15 42 (0.70%) SAP
16 38 (0.63%) Adobe
16 38 (0.63%) Veeam
17 37 (0.62%) CyberArk
18 31 (0.52%) SonicWALL