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 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 40 42
Rank change year-on-year +29 +2 +12
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 4,453 3,012 2,573
As % of all permanent jobs in England 9.38% 5.30% 5.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.18% 6.13% 6.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,920 1,560 2,025
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £47,500 £47,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -3.85%

All Process and 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 39,846 49,142 41,990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.96% 86.43% 93.61%
Number of salaries quoted 24,939 25,605 32,387
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 3 December 2025.

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 3 December 2025. 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 1,169 £33,000 -40.00% 348
London +17 1,128 £67,875 -6.38% 423
South East +23 900 £49,000 -14.78% 454
North West +35 822 £42,500 -22.73% 213
Midlands +15 425 £49,375 -14.13% 221
East of England +46 420 £34,000 -33.66% 116
South West +31 376 £50,000 -23.08% 161
Yorkshire +18 287 £30,500 -46.11% 98
West Midlands +14 250 £51,500 -14.17% 158
East Midlands +29 172 £36,250 -23.68% 63
North East +34 60 £30,500 -39.37% 45
South Coast - 1 £59,000 -
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
1 121 (2.72%) SharePoint
2 75 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (0.47%) CMS
4 18 (0.40%) Confluence
5 16 (0.36%) IIS
6 12 (0.27%) WordPress
7 8 (0.18%) nginx
8 7 (0.16%) Apache
9 6 (0.13%) Apache Solr
9 6 (0.13%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.11%) Drupal
10 5 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.090%) FactoryTalk
11 4 (0.090%) WinCC
12 3 (0.067%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.067%) Oracle Coherence
13 2 (0.045%) ArchestrA
13 2 (0.045%) Traefik
14 1 (0.022%) FileNet
Applications
1 109 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (1.39%) Maya
3 40 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
4 29 (0.65%) Chatbot
5 10 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.18%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.090%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.067%) CINEMA 4D
8 3 (0.067%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.045%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.045%) Simulink
9 2 (0.045%) Sketch
10 1 (0.022%) Civil 3D
10 1 (0.022%) GNU Octave
10 1 (0.022%) Revit
Business Applications
1 33 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (0.43%) SAP IBP
4 13 (0.29%) SAP CO
4 13 (0.29%) SAP FI
4 13 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
4 13 (0.29%) SAP FSCM
5 11 (0.25%) SAP IS-U
6 9 (0.20%) SAP FS
7 7 (0.16%) Shopify
8 6 (0.13%) Exchequer
8 6 (0.13%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.11%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.090%) Endur
10 4 (0.090%) Magento
10 4 (0.090%) NEC Housing
10 4 (0.090%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
11 3 (0.067%) SAP CX
11 3 (0.067%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 1,634 (36.69%) Cloud Computing
2 892 (20.03%) Azure
3 442 (9.93%) AWS
4 410 (9.21%) Microsoft 365
5 172 (3.86%) Entra ID
6 163 (3.66%) GitHub
7 96 (2.16%) SaaS
8 85 (1.91%) Power Platform
9 74 (1.66%) GCP
10 68 (1.53%) PaaS
11 52 (1.17%) Azure Sentinel
11 52 (1.17%) IaaS
12 40 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
13 38 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
14 33 (0.74%) Serverless
15 27 (0.61%) OneDrive
16 21 (0.47%) Power Automate
17 19 (0.43%) Nutanix
17 19 (0.43%) OCI
18 16 (0.36%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1,737 (39.01%) Internet
2 254 (5.70%) Firewall
3 145 (3.26%) Network Security
4 137 (3.08%) VPN
5 123 (2.76%) TCP/IP
6 110 (2.47%) DNS
7 91 (2.04%) DHCP
8 81 (1.82%) WAN
9 76 (1.71%) LAN
9 76 (1.71%) VoIP
10 65 (1.46%) VLAN
11 62 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
12 42 (0.94%) Intrusion Detection
13 34 (0.76%) Wireless
14 32 (0.72%) Modbus
15 30 (0.67%) SD-WAN
16 27 (0.61%) SAN
17 16 (0.36%) NAS
18 14 (0.31%) Unified Communications
19 13 (0.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (1.55%) SQL Server
2 57 (1.28%) Power BI
3 37 (0.83%) Tableau
4 34 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (0.58%) Relational Database
6 21 (0.47%) SAP BW
7 18 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
8 17 (0.38%) Data Lake
9 14 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
9 14 (0.31%) Metadata
10 11 (0.25%) Big Data
10 11 (0.25%) Oracle Database
11 10 (0.22%) MySQL
12 9 (0.20%) Neo4j
12 9 (0.20%) NoSQL
13 8 (0.18%) Amazon Aurora
13 8 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.16%) MS Access
14 7 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
15 5 (0.11%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 168 (3.77%) Git
2 33 (0.74%) JIRA
3 16 (0.36%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.20%) GitLab
5 7 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
6 6 (0.13%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.090%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.090%) JMeter
7 4 (0.090%) Locust
7 4 (0.090%) Toad
8 3 (0.067%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.067%) Metasploit
8 3 (0.067%) Snyk
9 2 (0.045%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.045%) git-flow
9 2 (0.045%) Spinnaker
10 1 (0.022%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.022%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.022%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.022%) SonarQube
General
1 2,733 (61.37%) Social Skills
2 1,722 (38.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,721 (38.65%) Banking
4 562 (12.62%) Finance
5 414 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
6 243 (5.46%) Multimedia
7 221 (4.96%) Marketing
8 210 (4.72%) Telecoms
9 201 (4.51%) Public Sector
10 194 (4.36%) Law
11 153 (3.44%) Legal
12 141 (3.17%) Manufacturing
13 106 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
14 94 (2.11%) Games
15 85 (1.91%) Electronics
16 83 (1.86%) Retail
17 72 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
18 51 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
19 50 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
20 30 (0.67%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 1,282 (28.79%) Lecturer
2 383 (8.60%) Analyst
3 310 (6.96%) Senior
4 246 (5.52%) Security Analyst
5 244 (5.48%) Trainee
6 228 (5.12%) Lead
7 206 (4.63%) Consultant
8 203 (4.56%) IT Support
9 194 (4.36%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 173 (3.89%) Architect
11 170 (3.82%) Junior
12 148 (3.32%) Support Engineer
13 145 (3.26%) Junior Analyst
14 142 (3.19%) Junior Security Analyst
15 133 (2.99%) IT Manager
16 132 (2.96%) Security Engineer
17 128 (2.87%) Security Consultant
18 112 (2.52%) Developer
19 93 (2.09%) Security Manager
20 83 (1.86%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (3.86%) HTML
2 167 (3.75%) CSS
3 35 (0.79%) React
4 26 (0.58%) .NET
5 24 (0.54%) SAP CAF
5 24 (0.54%) YAML
6 23 (0.52%) AngularJS
6 23 (0.52%) REST
7 15 (0.34%) RESTful
8 14 (0.31%) Web Services
9 12 (0.27%) Middleware
9 12 (0.27%) Vue
10 11 (0.25%) EDI
11 10 (0.22%) Pandas
12 9 (0.20%) MERN Stack
12 9 (0.20%) PyTorch
12 9 (0.20%) TensorFlow
12 9 (0.20%) XML
13 8 (0.18%) Kafka
13 8 (0.18%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 1,639 (36.81%) IoT
2 188 (4.22%) Management Information System
3 161 (3.62%) Security Posture
4 150 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
5 115 (2.58%) Cyber Threat
6 110 (2.47%) Driving Licence
7 104 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
8 89 (2.00%) Data Centre
9 88 (1.98%) Onboarding
10 85 (1.91%) Operational Technology
11 68 (1.53%) Cloud Native
12 67 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
13 62 (1.39%) Security Operations Centre
14 47 (1.06%) Cyberattack
15 44 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
16 40 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
17 39 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
18 33 (0.74%) CCTV
19 32 (0.72%) SCADA
20 31 (0.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 407 (9.14%) Windows
2 172 (3.86%) Windows Server
3 144 (3.23%) Linux
4 73 (1.64%) Mac OS
4 73 (1.64%) Windows 10
5 23 (0.52%) Unix
6 22 (0.49%) Android
7 20 (0.45%) Apple iOS
8 12 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 11 (0.25%) VMS
10 10 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 7 (0.16%) Debian
13 5 (0.11%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.11%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.067%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.045%) Check Point GAiA
15 2 (0.045%) Kali Linux
15 2 (0.045%) Windows Server 2012
16 1 (0.022%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,820 (40.87%) AI
2 1,646 (36.96%) Machine Learning
3 1,616 (36.29%) User Experience
4 1,592 (35.75%) Web Development
5 630 (14.15%) Mentoring
6 569 (12.78%) Problem-Solving
7 374 (8.40%) Risk Management
8 334 (7.50%) Information Security
9 300 (6.74%) Incident Response
10 294 (6.60%) Continuous Improvement
11 264 (5.93%) Agile
12 239 (5.37%) ITIL
13 223 (5.01%) Project Management
14 206 (4.63%) Analytics
15 197 (4.42%) Computer Science
16 191 (4.29%) Vulnerability Management
17 190 (4.27%) Roadmaps
18 186 (4.18%) Decision-Making
18 186 (4.18%) SIEM
19 177 (3.97%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 304 (6.83%) Python
2 189 (4.24%) JavaScript
3 136 (3.05%) PowerShell
4 110 (2.47%) SQL
5 75 (1.68%) R
6 37 (0.83%) Bash
7 33 (0.74%) Java
8 29 (0.65%) C#
9 20 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
10 16 (0.36%) Bicep
11 14 (0.31%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.27%) C++
13 10 (0.22%) C
14 8 (0.18%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.16%) Go
15 7 (0.16%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.13%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.11%) Scala
18 4 (0.090%) Perl
18 4 (0.090%) VB
Qualifications
1 2,124 (47.70%) Degree
2 1,651 (37.08%) Master's Degree
3 1,583 (35.55%) PhD
4 1,576 (35.39%) Postgraduate
5 357 (8.02%) CISSP
6 334 (7.50%) Azure Certification
7 317 (7.12%) CompTIA Security+
8 276 (6.20%) Security Cleared
9 240 (5.39%) CISM
10 228 (5.12%) Microsoft Certification
11 187 (4.20%) AWS Certification
12 182 (4.09%) SC Cleared
13 172 (3.86%) CEH
14 156 (3.50%) CompTIA CySA+
15 152 (3.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 107 (2.40%) Network+ Certification
17 104 (2.34%) A+ Certification
18 97 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
19 96 (2.16%) CISA
20 82 (1.84%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 451 (10.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 402 (9.03%) NIST
3 240 (5.39%) GDPR
4 204 (4.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 148 (3.32%) GRC
6 89 (2.00%) PCI DSS
7 88 (1.98%) NCSC
8 84 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 67 (1.50%) QA
10 50 (1.12%) NIST 800
11 45 (1.01%) SLA
12 41 (0.92%) SOC 2
13 39 (0.88%) COBIT
14 34 (0.76%) JSP 440
15 23 (0.52%) PMO
16 22 (0.49%) Data Quality
16 22 (0.49%) ISO 9001
16 22 (0.49%) RMADS
17 19 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 17 (0.38%) Accessibility
System Software
1 270 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 101 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (1.53%) Hyper-V
4 45 (1.01%) Docker
5 39 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (0.36%) vSphere
7 8 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (0.13%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.11%) Kamailio
10 4 (0.090%) Firmware
11 3 (0.067%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.067%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 3 (0.067%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.045%) GPFS
12 2 (0.045%) Lustre
13 1 (0.022%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.022%) iptables
13 1 (0.022%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.022%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 162 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 50 (1.12%) Terraform
3 41 (0.92%) Kubernetes
4 30 (0.67%) Ansible
5 24 (0.54%) SCCM
6 17 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
6 17 (0.38%) RSA Archer
6 17 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
7 15 (0.34%) Nessus
8 14 (0.31%) QRadar
9 12 (0.27%) CASB
10 11 (0.25%) CSIRT
10 11 (0.25%) PaperCut
11 10 (0.22%) Functional Safety
12 8 (0.18%) Grafana
13 7 (0.16%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 7 (0.16%) FortiGate
13 7 (0.16%) Nagios
14 6 (0.13%) Autotask
14 6 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1,017 (22.84%) Microsoft
2 143 (3.21%) SAP
3 142 (3.19%) VMware
4 141 (3.17%) ForeScout
5 91 (2.04%) Cisco
6 88 (1.98%) Palo Alto
7 74 (1.66%) Oracle
8 58 (1.30%) CrowdStrike
9 55 (1.24%) Salesforce
10 54 (1.21%) Fortinet
11 51 (1.15%) Apple
12 45 (1.01%) Adobe
13 41 (0.92%) ServiceNow
14 38 (0.85%) Splunk
15 26 (0.58%) Qualys
15 26 (0.58%) Sophos
16 24 (0.54%) Siemens
17 23 (0.52%) Dell
18 20 (0.45%) Progress
19 19 (0.43%) PayPal