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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 36 31
Rank change year-on-year +25 -5 +22
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 6,546 2,489 4,827
As % of all permanent jobs in England 7.93% 6.31% 5.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.83% 6.79% 6.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,995 1,489 3,500
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,971 £35,631
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,670 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.04% -1.42% -10.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,670 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.04% -1.42% -10.00%

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 60,463 36,660 75,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.28% 92.89% 82.69%
Number of salaries quoted 41,486 19,882 55,668
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 8 June 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 8 June 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 +27 1,613 £55,000 +5.26% 397
London +17 1,441 £72,500 -3.33% 462
Midlands +26 1,218 £55,000 +6.50% 183
South East +26 1,134 £50,000 -4.76% 409
North West +39 872 £55,000 - 205
West Midlands +18 763 £57,500 - 95
Yorkshire +12 591 £47,500 +48.44% 134
South West +23 584 £60,000 +33.33% 194
East of England +66 518 £40,000 -15.79% 142
East Midlands +47 458 £55,000 +74.60% 88
North East +31 150 £45,000 -30.77% 60
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
1 144 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 121 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.15%) Apache
3 10 (0.15%) CMS
4 5 (0.076%) SAS
5 4 (0.061%) IIS
5 4 (0.061%) WordPress
6 3 (0.046%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.031%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.031%) Confluence
8 1 (0.015%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 79 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (0.37%) Simulink
5 7 (0.11%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.092%) CATIA
7 4 (0.061%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.046%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.046%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.031%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.015%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.015%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (0.37%) Cloudability
2 23 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.076%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.061%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.061%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.046%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.046%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.046%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.031%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.031%) Shopify
9 1 (0.015%) Maximo
9 1 (0.015%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.015%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.015%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2,405 (36.74%) Azure
2 1,020 (15.58%) Cloud Computing
3 565 (8.63%) Microsoft 365
4 467 (7.13%) AWS
5 325 (4.96%) Entra ID
6 135 (2.06%) GCP
7 128 (1.96%) SaaS
8 85 (1.30%) GitHub
9 71 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
10 66 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
10 66 (1.01%) Power Platform
11 44 (0.67%) Serverless
12 43 (0.66%) OneDrive
13 40 (0.61%) Google Workspace
14 36 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
15 30 (0.46%) Mimecast
16 29 (0.44%) PaaS
17 27 (0.41%) AWS CloudFormation
17 27 (0.41%) IaaS
17 27 (0.41%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1,098 (16.77%) Internet
2 385 (5.88%) Firewall
3 175 (2.67%) Network Security
4 161 (2.46%) VPN
5 137 (2.09%) DNS
6 101 (1.54%) WAN
7 94 (1.44%) DHCP
8 88 (1.34%) LAN
9 86 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
10 73 (1.12%) TCP/IP
10 73 (1.12%) VLAN
11 47 (0.72%) Broadband
11 47 (0.72%) VoIP
12 36 (0.55%) Unified Communications
13 28 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
14 27 (0.41%) HTTP
15 26 (0.40%) SSL
16 24 (0.37%) Wireless
17 20 (0.31%) CHAP
17 20 (0.31%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (0.60%) Power BI
2 24 (0.37%) SQL Server
3 18 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
4 14 (0.21%) Big Data
4 14 (0.21%) Tableau
5 12 (0.18%) Neo4j
6 8 (0.12%) MySQL
7 7 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.092%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.061%) Metadata
9 4 (0.061%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.061%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.061%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.046%) GIS
10 3 (0.046%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.031%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.031%) Apache Hive
11 2 (0.031%) ClickHouse
11 2 (0.031%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 86 (1.31%) Git
2 37 (0.57%) GitLab
3 29 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
4 25 (0.38%) Snyk
5 23 (0.35%) JIRA
6 13 (0.20%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.12%) Burp Suite
7 8 (0.12%) Metasploit
8 7 (0.11%) Yeoman
9 6 (0.092%) Apache Continuum
9 6 (0.092%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.076%) JMeter
10 5 (0.076%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.076%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.061%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.061%) Locust
11 4 (0.061%) MLflow
12 2 (0.031%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.031%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.031%) Visual Studio
General
1 3,390 (51.79%) Social Skills
2 1,272 (19.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,121 (17.12%) Banking
4 507 (7.75%) Finance
5 396 (6.05%) Analytical Skills
6 231 (3.53%) Public Sector
7 172 (2.63%) Retail
8 154 (2.35%) Marketing
9 152 (2.32%) Multimedia
10 133 (2.03%) Law
11 129 (1.97%) Legal
12 124 (1.89%) Telecoms
13 113 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
14 95 (1.45%) Manufacturing
15 72 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
16 63 (0.96%) Local Government
17 53 (0.81%) Aerospace
18 42 (0.64%) Aviation
19 41 (0.63%) Advertising
20 32 (0.49%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,227 (18.74%) Analyst
2 1,068 (16.32%) Security Analyst
3 990 (15.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 855 (13.06%) Lecturer
5 836 (12.77%) Junior
6 804 (12.28%) Junior Analyst
7 802 (12.25%) Junior Security Analyst
8 705 (10.77%) Ethical Hacker
9 522 (7.97%) Senior
10 336 (5.13%) Architect
11 313 (4.78%) Consultant
12 276 (4.22%) Lead
13 262 (4.00%) Security Manager
14 247 (3.77%) Security Architect
15 231 (3.53%) IT Support
16 197 (3.01%) Security Engineer
17 196 (2.99%) Security Consultant
18 189 (2.89%) IT Manager
19 184 (2.81%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 178 (2.72%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (1.36%) HTML
2 85 (1.30%) CSS
3 53 (0.81%) REST
4 51 (0.78%) SAML
5 50 (0.76%) OAuth
6 49 (0.75%) LDAP
7 45 (0.69%) OpenID
8 30 (0.46%) React
8 30 (0.46%) SOAP
9 24 (0.37%) GraphQL
10 16 (0.24%) Kafka
10 16 (0.24%) SailPoint
11 14 (0.21%) AngularJS
11 14 (0.21%) Middleware
12 13 (0.20%) .NET
12 13 (0.20%) Node.js
12 13 (0.20%) RESTful
13 12 (0.18%) FastAPI
14 10 (0.15%) JSON
15 9 (0.14%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 1,013 (15.48%) IoT
2 807 (12.33%) Cyberattack
3 275 (4.20%) Security Posture
4 193 (2.95%) Management Information System
5 171 (2.61%) Cyber Threat
6 159 (2.43%) Onboarding
7 131 (2.00%) Security Operations Centre
8 109 (1.67%) Driving Licence
9 100 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
10 95 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
11 93 (1.42%) Operational Technology
12 81 (1.24%) Data Centre
13 78 (1.19%) Cloud Native
14 55 (0.84%) PKI
15 47 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
16 42 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
17 40 (0.61%) Blog
17 40 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
18 34 (0.52%) Cloud Security Posture
19 33 (0.50%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 447 (6.83%) Windows
2 216 (3.30%) Windows Server
3 156 (2.38%) Linux
4 51 (0.78%) Windows 10
5 47 (0.72%) Mac OS
6 29 (0.44%) Android
7 23 (0.35%) Apple iOS
8 22 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
9 21 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
10 17 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 10 (0.15%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.092%) CentOS
12 6 (0.092%) VMS
13 5 (0.076%) Unix
14 2 (0.031%) Amazon Linux
15 1 (0.015%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.015%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.015%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,303 (19.91%) AI
2 1,287 (19.66%) Mentoring
3 1,052 (16.07%) Machine Learning
4 1,044 (15.95%) User Experience
5 997 (15.23%) Web Development
6 797 (12.18%) Ethical Hacking
7 500 (7.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 462 (7.06%) Incident Response
9 460 (7.03%) Problem-Solving
10 421 (6.43%) Information Security
11 400 (6.11%) Risk Management
12 341 (5.21%) Security Operations
13 323 (4.93%) Cloud Security
14 321 (4.90%) SIEM
15 273 (4.17%) Vulnerability Management
16 249 (3.80%) Disaster Recovery
17 244 (3.73%) Decision-Making
18 232 (3.54%) Agile
18 232 (3.54%) Security Architecture
19 230 (3.51%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 337 (5.15%) Python
2 251 (3.83%) PowerShell
3 135 (2.06%) JavaScript
4 107 (1.63%) SQL
5 82 (1.25%) Bash
6 48 (0.73%) C++
7 40 (0.61%) R
8 39 (0.60%) Java
9 29 (0.44%) C#
10 28 (0.43%) MATLAB
11 24 (0.37%) T-SQL
12 22 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
13 21 (0.32%) TypeScript
14 18 (0.27%) Go
15 17 (0.26%) Rust
16 14 (0.21%) C
17 10 (0.15%) Perl
18 9 (0.14%) Search Processing Language
19 7 (0.11%) PHP
20 3 (0.046%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 1,621 (24.76%) Azure Certification
2 1,412 (21.57%) Degree
3 1,053 (16.09%) Master's Degree
4 995 (15.20%) PhD
4 995 (15.20%) Postgraduate
5 976 (14.91%) CompTIA Security+
6 850 (12.99%) CEH
7 846 (12.92%) CompTIA CySA+
8 481 (7.35%) Security Cleared
9 404 (6.17%) CISSP
10 342 (5.22%) SC Cleared
11 258 (3.94%) CISM
12 156 (2.38%) DV Cleared
13 148 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
14 139 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
15 126 (1.92%) AWS Certification
16 114 (1.74%) Network+ Certification
17 106 (1.62%) A+ Certification
18 100 (1.53%) CISA
19 95 (1.45%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 557 (8.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 507 (7.75%) NIST
3 294 (4.49%) GDPR
4 261 (3.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 257 (3.93%) GRC
6 139 (2.12%) PCI DSS
7 126 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 112 (1.71%) NCSC
9 108 (1.65%) QA
10 50 (0.76%) SOC 2
11 47 (0.72%) SLA
12 43 (0.66%) NIST 800
13 37 (0.57%) Accessibility
14 34 (0.52%) COBIT
15 33 (0.50%) JSP 440
16 29 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
17 27 (0.41%) Data Quality
18 22 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 17 (0.26%) HIPAA
20 15 (0.23%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 363 (5.55%) Active Directory
2 94 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 78 (1.19%) Hyper-V
4 58 (0.89%) Docker
5 42 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
6 25 (0.38%) vSphere
7 12 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 11 (0.17%) IAG
8 11 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (0.14%) Firmware
9 9 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (0.092%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.061%) ClearTrust
12 3 (0.046%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 3 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.015%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.015%) KVM
Systems Management
1 178 (2.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 87 (1.33%) Terraform
3 76 (1.16%) Kubernetes
4 37 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
5 36 (0.55%) Ansible
6 29 (0.44%) Grafana
7 18 (0.27%) SCCM
8 17 (0.26%) QRadar
9 16 (0.24%) CASB
9 16 (0.24%) Prometheus
10 13 (0.20%) FortiGate
11 10 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (0.15%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 10 (0.15%) CSIRT
12 9 (0.14%) Cisco CUCM
13 8 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
13 8 (0.12%) Kibana
13 8 (0.12%) Nmap
13 8 (0.12%) vCenter Server
13 8 (0.12%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,498 (38.16%) Microsoft
2 1,505 (22.99%) ForeScout
3 134 (2.05%) VMware
4 128 (1.96%) Cisco
5 111 (1.70%) CrowdStrike
6 95 (1.45%) Palo Alto
7 75 (1.15%) Splunk
8 65 (0.99%) Apple
9 61 (0.93%) Fortinet
10 60 (0.92%) Google
11 56 (0.86%) Tenable
12 47 (0.72%) ServiceNow
13 46 (0.70%) Adobe
13 46 (0.70%) Salesforce
14 36 (0.55%) SAP
15 31 (0.47%) Dell
16 29 (0.44%) Veeam
17 25 (0.38%) Aruba
17 25 (0.38%) CyberArk
17 25 (0.38%) Siemens