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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 34 38
Rank change year-on-year +14 +4 +5
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,951 2,712 4,126
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.70% 6.26% 5.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.08% 6.95% 6.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,392 1,659 2,945
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £36,100
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,532 £43,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £96,050
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -8.11%

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 65,539 39,008 67,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.79% 90.04% 82.05%
Number of salaries quoted 46,429 22,397 46,860
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £74,280
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.73%

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 22 July 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 22 July 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 +14 1,378 £75,000 +3.45% 712
North of England +20 1,365 £50,000 - 370
South East +14 1,092 £52,500 +5.00% 367
Midlands +19 1,013 £57,500 +21.05% 195
North West +29 645 £55,000 - 200
South West +9 598 £55,000 +23.35% 190
Yorkshire +14 552 £44,000 +33.33% 135
West Midlands +12 517 £60,000 +10.92% 101
East Midlands +39 495 £55,000 +57.14% 94
East of England +68 477 £42,500 -10.53% 132
North East +26 168 £50,000 -27.94% 39
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
1 178 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 173 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.27%) Apache
4 13 (0.22%) IIS
5 12 (0.20%) CMS
6 9 (0.15%) SAS
7 7 (0.12%) Confluence
8 5 (0.084%) WordPress
9 4 (0.067%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.017%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 73 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.27%) Simulink
5 5 (0.084%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.067%) CATIA
6 4 (0.067%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.034%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.034%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.017%) Maya
8 1 (0.017%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 15 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.10%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.084%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 5 (0.084%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
8 2 (0.034%) Shopify
8 2 (0.034%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.017%) Maximo
9 1 (0.017%) RMDS
9 1 (0.017%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.017%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.017%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 2,334 (39.22%) Azure
2 703 (11.81%) Microsoft 365
3 449 (7.54%) AWS
4 384 (6.45%) Entra ID
5 171 (2.87%) SaaS
6 149 (2.50%) GCP
7 80 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
8 72 (1.21%) Power Platform
9 67 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
10 59 (0.99%) OneDrive
11 47 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
11 47 (0.79%) Serverless
12 34 (0.57%) Microsoft Copilot
13 33 (0.55%) Mimecast
14 31 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
14 31 (0.52%) Google Workspace
15 28 (0.47%) GitHub
16 27 (0.45%) PaaS
17 24 (0.40%) IaaS
18 22 (0.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 474 (7.97%) Firewall
2 208 (3.50%) Network Security
3 195 (3.28%) VPN
4 183 (3.08%) DNS
5 138 (2.32%) WAN
6 136 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
7 123 (2.07%) LAN
8 122 (2.05%) DHCP
9 116 (1.95%) TCP/IP
10 106 (1.78%) VLAN
11 83 (1.39%) Internet
12 64 (1.08%) VoIP
13 51 (0.86%) Wireless
14 43 (0.72%) Unified Communications
15 40 (0.67%) Broadband
16 36 (0.60%) Cisco Nexus
17 35 (0.59%) HTTP
18 30 (0.50%) SSL
19 29 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
20 25 (0.42%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (0.77%) Power BI
2 35 (0.59%) SQL Server
3 12 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (0.20%) MySQL
3 12 (0.20%) Tableau
4 10 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (0.17%) MongoDB
4 10 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (0.15%) Big Data
6 6 (0.10%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.084%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.067%) GIS
8 4 (0.067%) Metadata
8 4 (0.067%) Neo4j
8 4 (0.067%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.050%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.034%) ClickHouse
10 2 (0.034%) Flink
10 2 (0.034%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 36 (0.60%) Git
2 33 (0.55%) JIRA
3 32 (0.54%) GitLab
4 25 (0.42%) Snyk
5 17 (0.29%) Burp Suite
5 17 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
6 16 (0.27%) Metasploit
7 12 (0.20%) Jenkins
8 9 (0.15%) Yeoman
9 5 (0.084%) JMeter
9 5 (0.084%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.084%) VersionOne
10 4 (0.067%) Apache Continuum
10 4 (0.067%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.067%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.067%) Locust
10 4 (0.067%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.034%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.034%) Claude Code
12 1 (0.017%) GDB
General
1 2,441 (41.02%) Social Skills
2 512 (8.60%) Finance
3 410 (6.89%) Analytical Skills
4 288 (4.84%) Public Sector
5 279 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 170 (2.86%) Marketing
7 169 (2.84%) Retail
8 161 (2.71%) Law
9 153 (2.57%) Telecoms
10 149 (2.50%) Legal
11 132 (2.22%) Manufacturing
12 123 (2.07%) Banking
13 103 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
14 82 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
15 69 (1.16%) Aerospace
16 64 (1.08%) Multimedia
17 55 (0.92%) Advertising
18 53 (0.89%) Local Government
19 34 (0.57%) Aviation
20 33 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,212 (20.37%) Analyst
2 1,043 (17.53%) Security Analyst
3 946 (15.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 776 (13.04%) Junior
5 719 (12.08%) Junior Analyst
6 709 (11.91%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (11.85%) Ethical Hacker
8 593 (9.96%) Senior
9 429 (7.21%) Consultant
10 348 (5.85%) Architect
11 307 (5.16%) Lead
12 275 (4.62%) Security Consultant
13 274 (4.60%) IT Support
14 267 (4.49%) Security Manager
15 235 (3.95%) Security Architect
16 229 (3.85%) IT Manager
17 219 (3.68%) Security Engineer
18 191 (3.21%) IT Engineer
19 184 (3.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
20 175 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (0.94%) SAML
2 50 (0.84%) LDAP
2 50 (0.84%) OAuth
3 44 (0.74%) OpenID
3 44 (0.74%) REST
4 30 (0.50%) HTML
5 22 (0.37%) CSS
6 20 (0.34%) Kafka
6 20 (0.34%) React
6 20 (0.34%) SOAP
7 18 (0.30%) SailPoint
8 16 (0.27%) .NET
9 15 (0.25%) JSON
9 15 (0.25%) Middleware
10 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
11 13 (0.22%) GraphQL
11 13 (0.22%) RESTful
11 13 (0.22%) XML
12 12 (0.20%) Node.js
12 12 (0.20%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 817 (13.73%) Cyberattack
2 323 (5.43%) Security Posture
3 226 (3.80%) Cyber Threat
4 199 (3.34%) Onboarding
5 196 (3.29%) Management Information System
6 162 (2.72%) Driving Licence
7 158 (2.66%) Security Operations Centre
8 127 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
9 107 (1.80%) Operational Technology
10 96 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
11 83 (1.39%) Cloud Native
12 73 (1.23%) Data Centre
13 56 (0.94%) PKI
14 51 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
15 41 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
16 36 (0.60%) Blog
16 36 (0.60%) CSOC
17 35 (0.59%) Cyber Security Posture
18 29 (0.49%) Data Protection Act
18 29 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 539 (9.06%) Windows
2 266 (4.47%) Windows Server
3 191 (3.21%) Linux
4 60 (1.01%) Mac OS
5 37 (0.62%) Windows 10
6 30 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
7 28 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
8 24 (0.40%) Android
8 24 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 22 (0.37%) Apple iOS
10 13 (0.22%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.10%) CentOS
12 4 (0.067%) Unix
12 4 (0.067%) VMS
12 4 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
14 1 (0.017%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.017%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,144 (19.22%) Mentoring
2 767 (12.89%) Ethical Hacking
3 605 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 597 (10.03%) Problem-Solving
5 509 (8.55%) Incident Response
6 478 (8.03%) Information Security
7 461 (7.75%) Risk Management
8 431 (7.24%) SIEM
9 428 (7.19%) Security Operations
10 387 (6.50%) AI
11 383 (6.44%) Cloud Security
12 373 (6.27%) Vulnerability Management
13 326 (5.48%) Disaster Recovery
14 313 (5.26%) Decision-Making
15 279 (4.69%) Roadmaps
16 276 (4.64%) Stakeholder Management
17 244 (4.10%) Agile
17 244 (4.10%) Data Protection
18 242 (4.07%) Service Delivery
18 242 (4.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 298 (5.01%) Python
2 249 (4.18%) PowerShell
3 97 (1.63%) SQL
4 69 (1.16%) Bash
5 63 (1.06%) C++
5 63 (1.06%) JavaScript
6 38 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
7 37 (0.62%) Java
8 31 (0.52%) Rust
9 24 (0.40%) C#
10 21 (0.35%) Go
11 20 (0.34%) MATLAB
12 16 (0.27%) TypeScript
13 14 (0.24%) C
13 14 (0.24%) Search Processing Language
14 13 (0.22%) T-SQL
15 9 (0.15%) Perl
16 7 (0.12%) PHP
17 5 (0.084%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.067%) Ada
Qualifications
1 1,474 (24.77%) Azure Certification
2 877 (14.74%) CompTIA Security+
3 822 (13.81%) CEH
4 752 (12.64%) CompTIA CySA+
5 562 (9.44%) Security Cleared
6 451 (7.58%) Degree
7 429 (7.21%) CISSP
8 397 (6.67%) SC Cleared
9 276 (4.64%) CISM
10 182 (3.06%) DV Cleared
11 152 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
12 98 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
13 92 (1.55%) CISA
14 88 (1.48%) CRISC
15 83 (1.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 78 (1.31%) Network+ Certification
17 77 (1.29%) CREST Certified
18 71 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
19 70 (1.18%) A+ Certification
19 70 (1.18%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 609 (10.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 516 (8.67%) NIST
3 325 (5.46%) GDPR
4 283 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 266 (4.47%) GRC
6 144 (2.42%) PCI DSS
7 131 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 107 (1.80%) QA
9 98 (1.65%) NCSC
10 59 (0.99%) SOC 2
11 39 (0.66%) NIST 800
12 36 (0.60%) Accessibility
12 36 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 33 (0.55%) COBIT
13 33 (0.55%) SLA
14 32 (0.54%) JSP 440
15 26 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
15 26 (0.44%) Data Quality
16 21 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 19 (0.32%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 423 (7.11%) Active Directory
2 124 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 106 (1.78%) Hyper-V
4 49 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 48 (0.81%) Docker
6 23 (0.39%) vSphere
7 14 (0.24%) Firmware
7 14 (0.24%) IAG
8 10 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.084%) ClearTrust
10 5 (0.084%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.067%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 4 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
12 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.017%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 215 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 83 (1.39%) Terraform
3 72 (1.21%) Kubernetes
4 42 (0.71%) Ansible
4 42 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
5 31 (0.52%) Grafana
6 20 (0.34%) QRadar
7 18 (0.30%) Prometheus
8 17 (0.29%) CASB
9 16 (0.27%) FortiGate
9 16 (0.27%) SCCM
10 13 (0.22%) Nmap
11 10 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
11 10 (0.17%) Nessus
12 9 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (0.15%) Kibana
13 7 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
13 7 (0.12%) vCenter Server
14 6 (0.10%) Functional Safety
14 6 (0.10%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,546 (42.78%) Microsoft
2 1,411 (23.71%) ForeScout
3 173 (2.91%) VMware
4 166 (2.79%) Cisco
5 143 (2.40%) Palo Alto
6 106 (1.78%) CrowdStrike
7 105 (1.76%) Splunk
8 64 (1.08%) Qualys
9 61 (1.03%) Google
10 60 (1.01%) Aruba
10 60 (1.01%) Fortinet
11 59 (0.99%) Tenable
12 57 (0.96%) ServiceNow
13 51 (0.86%) Apple
14 49 (0.82%) Salesforce
15 36 (0.60%) SAP
16 35 (0.59%) Veeam
17 34 (0.57%) CyberArk
18 33 (0.55%) Adobe
19 28 (0.47%) Dell