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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 38 31
Rank change year-on-year +32 -7 +21
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 8,221 2,294 4,133
As % of all permanent jobs in England 12.54% 5.86% 5.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.06% 6.26% 6.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,376 1,435 3,242
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,350 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £46,000 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,250 £78,375 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 51,202 36,655 64,673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 78.09% 93.66% 87.20%
Number of salaries quoted 31,769 20,174 50,526
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £29,010
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.86%

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 March 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 March 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 +36 2,576 £35,000 -36.36% 286
North West +28 1,892 £40,000 -27.27% 146
Midlands +28 1,619 £42,250 -29.58% 170
London +24 1,463 £70,000 -6.67% 412
South East +38 1,304 £47,500 -18.22% 353
West Midlands +21 1,276 £42,500 -32.00% 79
East of England +46 685 £35,000 -26.32% 114
Yorkshire +36 573 £30,750 -41.43% 106
South West +38 516 £55,000 +15.79% 142
East Midlands +42 354 £37,500 -14.29% 91
North East +38 111 £30,500 -23.81% 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
1 120 (1.46%) SharePoint
2 74 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.17%) CMS
4 10 (0.12%) Confluence
5 6 (0.073%) Apache
5 6 (0.073%) nginx
5 6 (0.073%) WordPress
6 5 (0.061%) Drupal
7 4 (0.049%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.036%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.024%) SAS
10 1 (0.012%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.012%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 99 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
2 65 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (0.34%) Maya
5 24 (0.29%) Simulink
6 19 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 10 (0.12%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.061%) CATIA
9 4 (0.049%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.036%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.024%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.024%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.097%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.085%) Shopify
5 4 (0.049%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.049%) Endur
5 4 (0.049%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.049%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.049%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.036%) Exchequer
6 3 (0.036%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.036%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.036%) SAP FS
6 3 (0.036%) Yoast SEO
7 2 (0.024%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.024%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.024%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.024%) SAP FSCM
7 2 (0.024%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.024%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 4,053 (49.30%) Cloud Computing
2 1,854 (22.55%) Azure
3 550 (6.69%) AWS
4 421 (5.12%) Microsoft 365
5 265 (3.22%) Entra ID
6 210 (2.55%) GitHub
7 86 (1.05%) SaaS
8 82 (1.00%) GCP
9 67 (0.81%) Power Platform
10 51 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
11 49 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
12 42 (0.51%) PaaS
13 37 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
14 35 (0.43%) Nutanix
15 33 (0.40%) Google Workspace
16 28 (0.34%) IaaS
17 27 (0.33%) AWS CloudFormation
18 26 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
19 22 (0.27%) Mimecast
19 22 (0.27%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4,224 (51.38%) Internet
2 294 (3.58%) Firewall
3 136 (1.65%) Network Security
4 122 (1.48%) VPN
5 87 (1.06%) DNS
6 76 (0.92%) DHCP
7 70 (0.85%) WAN
8 64 (0.78%) LAN
9 63 (0.77%) VLAN
10 59 (0.72%) TCP/IP
11 54 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (0.45%) Broadband
13 34 (0.41%) VoIP
14 33 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
15 27 (0.33%) Wireless
16 22 (0.27%) CHAP
17 20 (0.24%) SD-WAN
18 15 (0.18%) DMZ
19 12 (0.15%) Unified Communications
20 11 (0.13%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (0.44%) Power BI
2 24 (0.29%) Big Data
2 24 (0.29%) Tableau
3 23 (0.28%) SQL Server
4 22 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
6 17 (0.21%) Neo4j
7 11 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (0.13%) Metadata
7 11 (0.13%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.12%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.085%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.061%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.061%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.061%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.049%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.049%) SAP BW
12 3 (0.036%) MySQL
13 2 (0.024%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (0.024%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 213 (2.59%) Git
2 30 (0.36%) JIRA
3 29 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
4 22 (0.27%) GitLab
5 13 (0.16%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.13%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.085%) JMeter
7 7 (0.085%) Locust
8 5 (0.061%) Apache Continuum
8 5 (0.061%) Burp Suite
8 5 (0.061%) Metasploit
9 4 (0.049%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.049%) MLflow
10 1 (0.012%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.012%) Snyk
10 1 (0.012%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.012%) Yeoman
General
1 5,824 (70.84%) Social Skills
2 4,203 (51.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,164 (50.65%) Banking
4 527 (6.41%) Finance
5 380 (4.62%) Multimedia
6 336 (4.09%) Analytical Skills
7 195 (2.37%) Public Sector
8 169 (2.06%) Marketing
9 156 (1.90%) Legal
10 152 (1.85%) Law
11 127 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
12 118 (1.44%) Telecoms
13 114 (1.39%) Retail
14 88 (1.07%) Manufacturing
15 69 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
16 55 (0.67%) Games
17 54 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
18 49 (0.60%) Electronics
19 46 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
20 45 (0.55%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3,142 (38.22%) Lecturer
2 876 (10.66%) Analyst
3 750 (9.12%) Security Analyst
4 699 (8.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 634 (7.71%) Junior
6 613 (7.46%) Junior Analyst
7 612 (7.44%) Junior Security Analyst
8 385 (4.68%) Trainee
9 357 (4.34%) Senior
10 329 (4.00%) Ethical Hacker
11 237 (2.88%) Consultant
12 221 (2.69%) Lead
13 219 (2.66%) Architect
14 202 (2.46%) IT Support
15 163 (1.98%) Developer
16 151 (1.84%) Security Manager
17 148 (1.80%) Security Consultant
18 139 (1.69%) Security Engineer
19 135 (1.64%) IT Manager
20 130 (1.58%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 221 (2.69%) CSS
1 221 (2.69%) HTML
2 42 (0.51%) REST
3 36 (0.44%) OAuth
4 35 (0.43%) React
4 35 (0.43%) SAML
5 33 (0.40%) OpenID
6 29 (0.35%) LDAP
7 27 (0.33%) SOAP
8 26 (0.32%) GraphQL
9 23 (0.28%) SAP CAF
10 21 (0.26%) AngularJS
11 17 (0.21%) MERN Stack
12 11 (0.13%) SailPoint
13 10 (0.12%) Node.js
13 10 (0.12%) Tailwind CSS
14 9 (0.11%) Middleware
14 9 (0.11%) YAML
15 8 (0.097%) .NET
15 8 (0.097%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4,072 (49.53%) IoT
2 391 (4.76%) Cyberattack
3 196 (2.38%) Security Posture
4 183 (2.23%) Management Information System
5 114 (1.39%) Driving Licence
6 113 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
7 97 (1.18%) Onboarding
8 94 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
9 87 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
10 78 (0.95%) Security Operations Centre
11 67 (0.81%) Data Centre
12 63 (0.77%) Cloud Native
13 57 (0.69%) Cyber Defence
14 52 (0.63%) Operational Technology
15 47 (0.57%) Blog
16 46 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
17 34 (0.41%) Public Cloud
18 33 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
18 33 (0.40%) Cyber Security Posture
18 33 (0.40%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 369 (4.49%) Windows
2 166 (2.02%) Windows Server
3 123 (1.50%) Linux
4 67 (0.81%) Windows 10
5 50 (0.61%) Mac OS
6 33 (0.40%) Android
7 23 (0.28%) Apple iOS
8 13 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.12%) Unix
10 6 (0.073%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.049%) VMS
12 3 (0.036%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.036%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.024%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.012%) CentOS
14 1 (0.012%) Debian
14 1 (0.012%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.012%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.012%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.012%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,258 (51.79%) AI
2 4,065 (49.45%) Machine Learning
3 4,043 (49.18%) User Experience
4 4,038 (49.12%) Web Development
5 1,238 (15.06%) Mentoring
6 513 (6.24%) Ethical Hacking
7 436 (5.30%) Problem-Solving
8 416 (5.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 374 (4.55%) Risk Management
10 359 (4.37%) Information Security
11 351 (4.27%) Incident Response
12 263 (3.20%) Agile
13 220 (2.68%) SIEM
14 207 (2.52%) Line Management
15 201 (2.44%) Cloud Security
16 198 (2.41%) ITIL
17 191 (2.32%) Roadmaps
18 184 (2.24%) Decision-Making
19 183 (2.23%) Data Protection
20 181 (2.20%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 410 (4.99%) Python
2 265 (3.22%) JavaScript
3 184 (2.24%) PowerShell
4 109 (1.33%) SQL
5 105 (1.28%) R
6 58 (0.71%) Bash
7 41 (0.50%) Java
8 30 (0.36%) C++
8 30 (0.36%) TypeScript
9 26 (0.32%) MATLAB
10 25 (0.30%) T-SQL
11 23 (0.28%) C#
12 22 (0.27%) C
13 10 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
14 9 (0.11%) Go
15 7 (0.085%) Rust
16 6 (0.073%) PHP
17 4 (0.049%) Kotlin
18 3 (0.036%) Bicep
18 3 (0.036%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4,439 (54.00%) Degree
2 4,074 (49.56%) Master's Degree
3 4,014 (48.83%) PhD
4 4,005 (48.72%) Postgraduate
5 1,183 (14.39%) Azure Certification
6 839 (10.21%) CompTIA Security+
7 652 (7.93%) CompTIA CySA+
8 553 (6.73%) CEH
9 342 (4.16%) CISSP
10 301 (3.66%) Security Cleared
11 271 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
12 255 (3.10%) AWS Certification
13 239 (2.91%) CISM
14 208 (2.53%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 197 (2.40%) SC Cleared
16 196 (2.38%) Network+ Certification
17 186 (2.26%) A+ Certification
18 111 (1.35%) CISA
19 105 (1.28%) DV Cleared
20 98 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 491 (5.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 456 (5.55%) NIST
3 257 (3.13%) GDPR
4 222 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 179 (2.18%) GRC
6 113 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 105 (1.28%) NCSC
8 100 (1.22%) PCI DSS
9 68 (0.83%) QA
10 44 (0.54%) COBIT
11 40 (0.49%) SLA
11 40 (0.49%) SOC 2
12 36 (0.44%) NIST 800
13 29 (0.35%) Accessibility
13 29 (0.35%) Data Quality
14 21 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 20 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
16 19 (0.23%) ISO 22301
17 18 (0.22%) JSP 440
17 18 (0.22%) SOC 3
System Software
1 296 (3.60%) Active Directory
2 69 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (0.73%) Hyper-V
4 53 (0.64%) Docker
5 26 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (0.22%) vSphere
7 9 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.097%) Firmware
9 6 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.073%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.061%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.049%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.036%) IAG
12 3 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.024%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.024%) GPFS
13 2 (0.024%) Lustre
14 1 (0.012%) iptables
14 1 (0.012%) KVM
Systems Management
1 154 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 64 (0.78%) Terraform
3 55 (0.67%) Kubernetes
4 33 (0.40%) Ansible
5 26 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (0.19%) CASB
6 16 (0.19%) Grafana
7 13 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
8 12 (0.15%) SCCM
9 11 (0.13%) CSIRT
9 11 (0.13%) FortiGate
9 11 (0.13%) Nessus
10 10 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (0.11%) RSA Archer
12 7 (0.085%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 7 (0.085%) FTK
12 7 (0.085%) VxRail
13 5 (0.061%) Nmap
13 5 (0.061%) Prometheus
13 5 (0.061%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1,867 (22.71%) Microsoft
2 941 (11.45%) ForeScout
3 119 (1.45%) VMware
4 90 (1.09%) Cisco
5 75 (0.91%) CrowdStrike
6 65 (0.79%) Fortinet
7 63 (0.77%) Palo Alto
8 60 (0.73%) SAP
9 58 (0.71%) Apple
10 41 (0.50%) Google
11 37 (0.45%) Dell
11 37 (0.45%) Oracle
11 37 (0.45%) Salesforce
12 35 (0.43%) Splunk
13 33 (0.40%) Tenable
14 32 (0.39%) Adobe
15 30 (0.36%) Siemens
16 28 (0.34%) ServiceNow
17 21 (0.26%) CyberArk
18 20 (0.24%) Commvault