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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 38 30
Rank change year-on-year +31 -8 +24
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 9,187 2,398 4,760
As % of all permanent jobs in England 11.38% 6.16% 5.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.25% 6.59% 6.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,745 1,549 3,548
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £39,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,400 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% -0.21% -8.42%
75th Percentile £79,250 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -4.17% +0.80% -8.42%

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 60,225 36,390 71,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.59% 93.48% 85.33%
Number of salaries quoted 38,460 20,470 53,767
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,372 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

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 May 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 May 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 +34 2,675 £45,000 -13.46% 283
Midlands +31 1,915 £50,000 -6.87% 175
North West +37 1,796 £55,000 - 158
London +25 1,677 £70,000 -6.67% 454
South East +33 1,510 £50,000 -9.09% 329
West Midlands +28 1,392 £47,500 -19.15% 95
East of England +60 745 £40,000 -15.79% 107
Yorkshire +37 732 £43,500 -3.33% 94
South West +25 615 £58,500 +30.00% 132
East Midlands +49 534 £50,750 +41.95% 79
North East +34 147 £43,500 +8.67% 32
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
1 113 (1.23%) SharePoint
2 89 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.098%) CMS
4 8 (0.087%) WordPress
5 6 (0.065%) Apache
6 5 (0.054%) nginx
7 4 (0.044%) Drupal
7 4 (0.044%) IIS
8 3 (0.033%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.033%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.022%) Confluence
9 2 (0.022%) SAS
10 1 (0.011%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 84 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.27%) Simulink
5 14 (0.15%) Maya
6 8 (0.087%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.054%) CATIA
8 4 (0.044%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.033%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.033%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.022%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.011%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 26 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.22%) Cloudability
3 16 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.087%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.054%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.044%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.044%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.044%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.033%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.033%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.033%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.022%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.022%) Shopify
9 1 (0.011%) Endur
9 1 (0.011%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.011%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.011%) SAP CX
9 1 (0.011%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.011%) SAP FS
9 1 (0.011%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 3,753 (40.85%) Cloud Computing
2 2,569 (27.96%) Azure
3 501 (5.45%) AWS
4 491 (5.34%) Microsoft 365
5 286 (3.11%) Entra ID
6 131 (1.43%) GitHub
7 118 (1.28%) SaaS
8 113 (1.23%) GCP
9 68 (0.74%) Power Platform
10 66 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
11 65 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
12 36 (0.39%) Google Workspace
13 34 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
14 32 (0.35%) Serverless
15 29 (0.32%) Mimecast
15 29 (0.32%) Nutanix
15 29 (0.32%) PaaS
16 28 (0.30%) AWS CloudFormation
17 27 (0.29%) IaaS
18 26 (0.28%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3,859 (42.01%) Internet
2 344 (3.74%) Firewall
3 153 (1.67%) Network Security
4 132 (1.44%) VPN
5 108 (1.18%) DNS
6 80 (0.87%) WAN
7 75 (0.82%) DHCP
8 70 (0.76%) LAN
9 66 (0.72%) VLAN
10 62 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
11 58 (0.63%) TCP/IP
12 46 (0.50%) Broadband
13 36 (0.39%) VoIP
14 31 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
15 28 (0.30%) Wireless
16 27 (0.29%) Unified Communications
17 26 (0.28%) CHAP
18 19 (0.21%) SD-WAN
19 17 (0.19%) SSL
20 16 (0.17%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (0.44%) Power BI
2 22 (0.24%) Big Data
3 21 (0.23%) SQL Server
4 20 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
4 20 (0.22%) Tableau
5 15 (0.16%) Neo4j
6 12 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.087%) MySQL
9 6 (0.065%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.065%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.044%) MariaDB
10 4 (0.044%) Metadata
10 4 (0.044%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.033%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.022%) Apache Hive
12 2 (0.022%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.022%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.022%) Impala
12 2 (0.022%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 131 (1.43%) Git
2 34 (0.37%) GitLab
3 30 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
4 18 (0.20%) Snyk
5 16 (0.17%) JIRA
6 12 (0.13%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.076%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.054%) Apache Continuum
8 5 (0.054%) Burp Suite
8 5 (0.054%) Metasploit
8 5 (0.054%) VersionOne
9 4 (0.044%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.044%) JMeter
9 4 (0.044%) Locust
9 4 (0.044%) MLflow
10 3 (0.033%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.033%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.033%) Yeoman
11 2 (0.022%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.011%) GDB
General
1 6,261 (68.15%) Social Skills
2 3,993 (43.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3,856 (41.97%) Banking
4 530 (5.77%) Finance
5 374 (4.07%) Analytical Skills
6 239 (2.60%) Multimedia
7 204 (2.22%) Public Sector
8 153 (1.67%) Retail
9 151 (1.64%) Marketing
10 140 (1.52%) Law
11 125 (1.36%) Telecoms
12 110 (1.20%) Legal
13 107 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
14 98 (1.07%) Manufacturing
15 69 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
16 61 (0.66%) Local Government
17 40 (0.44%) Aerospace
17 40 (0.44%) Aviation
18 38 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
18 38 (0.41%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 2,875 (31.29%) Lecturer
2 1,362 (14.83%) Analyst
3 1,212 (13.19%) Security Analyst
4 1,137 (12.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1,021 (11.11%) Junior
6 990 (10.78%) Junior Analyst
7 989 (10.77%) Junior Security Analyst
8 705 (7.67%) Ethical Hacker
9 481 (5.24%) Senior
10 293 (3.19%) Architect
11 278 (3.03%) Consultant
12 260 (2.83%) Trainee
13 243 (2.65%) Security Manager
14 232 (2.53%) Lead
15 203 (2.21%) Security Architect
16 193 (2.10%) Security Engineer
17 191 (2.08%) IT Support
18 167 (1.82%) Security Consultant
19 166 (1.81%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 162 (1.76%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (1.49%) CSS
1 137 (1.49%) HTML
2 50 (0.54%) REST
3 45 (0.49%) OAuth
3 45 (0.49%) SAML
4 43 (0.47%) OpenID
5 42 (0.46%) LDAP
6 36 (0.39%) React
7 31 (0.34%) SOAP
8 26 (0.28%) GraphQL
9 15 (0.16%) AngularJS
10 14 (0.15%) RESTful
10 14 (0.15%) SailPoint
11 13 (0.14%) FastAPI
11 13 (0.14%) Middleware
12 12 (0.13%) Kafka
12 12 (0.13%) MERN Stack
13 11 (0.12%) Node.js
13 11 (0.12%) SAP CAF
14 10 (0.11%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 3,735 (40.66%) IoT
2 799 (8.70%) Cyberattack
3 239 (2.60%) Security Posture
4 196 (2.13%) Management Information System
5 157 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
6 150 (1.63%) Onboarding
7 110 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
8 93 (1.01%) Driving Licence
9 90 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
10 86 (0.94%) Operational Technology
10 86 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
11 82 (0.89%) Data Centre
12 66 (0.72%) Cloud Native
13 59 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
14 50 (0.54%) Blog
14 50 (0.54%) PKI
15 44 (0.48%) Hybrid Cloud
16 43 (0.47%) Cyber Security Posture
17 36 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
18 33 (0.36%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 383 (4.17%) Windows
2 174 (1.89%) Windows Server
3 153 (1.67%) Linux
4 63 (0.69%) Windows 10
5 39 (0.42%) Mac OS
6 28 (0.30%) Android
7 20 (0.22%) Apple iOS
8 18 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (0.098%) Ubuntu
11 8 (0.087%) Windows Server 2019
12 6 (0.065%) CentOS
12 6 (0.065%) Unix
12 6 (0.065%) VMS
13 2 (0.022%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.011%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.011%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.011%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,993 (43.46%) AI
2 3,760 (40.93%) Machine Learning
3 3,747 (40.79%) User Experience
4 3,731 (40.61%) Web Development
5 1,535 (16.71%) Mentoring
6 827 (9.00%) Ethical Hacking
7 451 (4.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 426 (4.64%) Information Security
9 423 (4.60%) Incident Response
10 417 (4.54%) Problem-Solving
11 393 (4.28%) Risk Management
12 284 (3.09%) SIEM
13 277 (3.02%) Security Operations
14 272 (2.96%) Cloud Security
15 249 (2.71%) Agile
16 226 (2.46%) Vulnerability Management
17 224 (2.44%) Roadmaps
18 215 (2.34%) Disaster Recovery
19 213 (2.32%) Data Protection
20 203 (2.21%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 384 (4.18%) Python
2 227 (2.47%) PowerShell
3 187 (2.04%) JavaScript
4 105 (1.14%) SQL
5 81 (0.88%) Bash
6 62 (0.67%) R
7 40 (0.44%) C++
8 38 (0.41%) Java
9 29 (0.32%) C#
9 29 (0.32%) MATLAB
10 28 (0.30%) TypeScript
11 25 (0.27%) T-SQL
12 19 (0.21%) C
13 17 (0.19%) Go
14 13 (0.14%) Rust
15 12 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
16 6 (0.065%) PHP
17 5 (0.054%) Perl
18 4 (0.044%) Shell Script
19 3 (0.033%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 4,139 (45.05%) Degree
2 3,780 (41.15%) Master's Degree
3 3,712 (40.40%) PhD
4 3,710 (40.38%) Postgraduate
5 1,849 (20.13%) Azure Certification
6 1,179 (12.83%) CompTIA Security+
7 1,033 (11.24%) CompTIA CySA+
8 877 (9.55%) CEH
9 415 (4.52%) Security Cleared
10 390 (4.25%) CISSP
11 289 (3.15%) SC Cleared
12 259 (2.82%) CISM
13 190 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
14 186 (2.02%) AWS Certification
15 140 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
16 134 (1.46%) A+ Certification
17 125 (1.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 119 (1.30%) DV Cleared
19 113 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
20 109 (1.19%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 522 (5.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 493 (5.37%) NIST
3 289 (3.15%) GDPR
4 241 (2.62%) GRC
5 234 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 129 (1.40%) PCI DSS
7 122 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 99 (1.08%) NCSC
9 94 (1.02%) QA
10 53 (0.58%) SOC 2
11 44 (0.48%) NIST 800
11 44 (0.48%) SLA
12 42 (0.46%) COBIT
13 36 (0.39%) Accessibility
14 25 (0.27%) Data Quality
15 24 (0.26%) JSP 440
16 22 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
17 19 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 18 (0.20%) ISO 22301
19 17 (0.19%) HIPAA
System Software
1 311 (3.39%) Active Directory
2 78 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (0.60%) Docker
3 55 (0.60%) Hyper-V
4 35 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (0.25%) vSphere
6 12 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (0.12%) Firmware
8 10 (0.11%) IAG
9 9 (0.098%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (0.065%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (0.065%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.033%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.022%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.022%) GPFS
12 2 (0.022%) Lustre
12 2 (0.022%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.011%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.011%) KVM
Systems Management
1 136 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 79 (0.86%) Terraform
3 68 (0.74%) Kubernetes
4 37 (0.40%) Ansible
5 34 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
6 24 (0.26%) Grafana
7 15 (0.16%) SCCM
8 14 (0.15%) CASB
9 12 (0.13%) CSIRT
9 12 (0.13%) QRadar
10 11 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 11 (0.12%) Prometheus
11 10 (0.11%) FortiGate
12 9 (0.098%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (0.098%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 7 (0.076%) Jamf Pro
13 7 (0.076%) Nessus
13 7 (0.076%) RSA Archer
13 7 (0.076%) vCenter Server
13 7 (0.076%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,615 (28.46%) Microsoft
2 1,693 (18.43%) ForeScout
3 119 (1.30%) VMware
4 111 (1.21%) Cisco
5 103 (1.12%) CrowdStrike
6 84 (0.91%) Palo Alto
7 70 (0.76%) Apple
8 65 (0.71%) Fortinet
9 57 (0.62%) Splunk
10 53 (0.58%) Adobe
11 51 (0.56%) Google
12 50 (0.54%) Tenable
13 45 (0.49%) SAP
14 42 (0.46%) Salesforce
15 40 (0.44%) ServiceNow
16 34 (0.37%) Dell
17 28 (0.30%) CyberArk
17 28 (0.30%) Siemens
18 18 (0.20%) Meraki
18 18 (0.20%) Veeam