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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 36 33
Rank change year-on-year +30 -3 +19
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 7,861 2,551 3,769
As % of all permanent jobs in England 12.92% 5.86% 5.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.33% 6.32% 6.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,301 1,344 2,927
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £48,521 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,688 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £64,627 £60,000
% change year-on-year -22.63% +7.71% -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 48,128 40,388 58,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.10% 92.71% 88.19%
Number of salaries quoted 29,549 20,191 46,643
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £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% -12.00%

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 February 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 February 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 2,461 £33,000 -40.27% 279
North West +30 1,844 £40,000 -27.27% 152
Midlands +26 1,531 £41,500 -30.83% 189
London +23 1,429 £70,000 -6.67% 369
West Midlands +22 1,239 £45,000 -25.00% 103
South East +32 1,235 £47,500 -19.66% 332
East of England +54 661 £35,000 -31.94% 133
Yorkshire +37 522 £30,500 -48.74% 93
South West +43 484 £55,000 - 152
East Midlands +32 304 £37,500 -16.67% 85
North East +36 95 £30,500 -27.59% 36
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
1 123 (1.56%) SharePoint
2 72 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.15%) CMS
4 11 (0.14%) Confluence
5 10 (0.13%) WordPress
6 6 (0.076%) Apache
6 6 (0.076%) nginx
7 5 (0.064%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.064%) Drupal
8 3 (0.038%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.025%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.025%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.025%) SAS
10 1 (0.013%) FileNet
10 1 (0.013%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 107 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (0.57%) Maya
4 39 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 19 (0.24%) Simulink
7 10 (0.13%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.051%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.038%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.038%) CATIA
9 3 (0.038%) CINEMA 4D
9 3 (0.038%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.025%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.025%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.013%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 30 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (0.11%) SAP IBP
5 6 (0.076%) Exchequer
5 6 (0.076%) SAP FS
6 5 (0.064%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.064%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.064%) SAP FI/CO
6 5 (0.064%) SAP FSCM
6 5 (0.064%) SAP IS-U
6 5 (0.064%) Shopify
7 4 (0.051%) Endur
7 4 (0.051%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.051%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.051%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.038%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.038%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.038%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 3 (0.038%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 4,060 (51.65%) Cloud Computing
2 1,573 (20.01%) Azure
3 552 (7.02%) AWS
4 418 (5.32%) Microsoft 365
5 270 (3.43%) Entra ID
6 220 (2.80%) GitHub
7 77 (0.98%) GCP
7 77 (0.98%) Power Platform
7 77 (0.98%) SaaS
8 49 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
9 48 (0.61%) PaaS
10 47 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
11 38 (0.48%) Azure DevOps
12 33 (0.42%) Google Workspace
12 33 (0.42%) IaaS
13 31 (0.39%) Nutanix
14 30 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
14 30 (0.38%) OneDrive
15 24 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
16 21 (0.27%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 4,230 (53.81%) Internet
2 292 (3.71%) Firewall
3 129 (1.64%) Network Security
4 126 (1.60%) VPN
5 101 (1.28%) DNS
6 85 (1.08%) DHCP
7 77 (0.98%) TCP/IP
8 72 (0.92%) WAN
9 66 (0.84%) LAN
10 62 (0.79%) VLAN
11 58 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
12 45 (0.57%) VoIP
13 38 (0.48%) Broadband
14 35 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
15 25 (0.32%) Wireless
16 21 (0.27%) SD-WAN
17 18 (0.23%) CHAP
18 16 (0.20%) DMZ
19 13 (0.17%) SAN
20 11 (0.14%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (0.60%) Power BI
2 33 (0.42%) SQL Server
2 33 (0.42%) Tableau
3 30 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (0.31%) Big Data
5 21 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
6 17 (0.22%) Neo4j
7 16 (0.20%) Relational Database
8 14 (0.18%) Metadata
9 13 (0.17%) Data Lake
10 11 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (0.14%) SAP BW
11 10 (0.13%) Oracle Database
12 7 (0.089%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.064%) MariaDB
13 5 (0.064%) PostgreSQL
14 4 (0.051%) MongoDB
15 3 (0.038%) MS Access
15 3 (0.038%) MySQL
16 2 (0.025%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 221 (2.81%) Git
2 26 (0.33%) JIRA
3 25 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
4 18 (0.23%) GitLab
5 15 (0.19%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.10%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.051%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.051%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.051%) JMeter
7 4 (0.051%) Locust
7 4 (0.051%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.051%) MLflow
8 3 (0.038%) Apache Continuum
9 2 (0.025%) Snyk
9 2 (0.025%) Toad
10 1 (0.013%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.013%) SonarQube
General
1 5,596 (71.19%) Social Skills
2 4,191 (53.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,168 (53.02%) Banking
4 547 (6.96%) Finance
5 387 (4.92%) Multimedia
6 366 (4.66%) Analytical Skills
7 194 (2.47%) Public Sector
8 175 (2.23%) Marketing
9 162 (2.06%) Law
10 151 (1.92%) Legal
11 131 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
12 129 (1.64%) Telecoms
13 112 (1.42%) Retail
14 106 (1.35%) Manufacturing
15 73 (0.93%) Games
16 63 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
17 61 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
18 53 (0.67%) Electronics
19 46 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
20 44 (0.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3,137 (39.91%) Lecturer
2 719 (9.15%) Analyst
3 598 (7.61%) Security Analyst
4 555 (7.06%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 491 (6.25%) Junior
6 472 (6.00%) Junior Analyst
7 471 (5.99%) Junior Security Analyst
8 391 (4.97%) Trainee
9 366 (4.66%) Senior
10 243 (3.09%) Consultant
11 223 (2.84%) Lead
12 215 (2.74%) Architect
13 213 (2.71%) IT Support
14 188 (2.39%) Ethical Hacker
15 162 (2.06%) Developer
16 151 (1.92%) Security Manager
17 144 (1.83%) Security Consultant
18 143 (1.82%) Support Engineer
19 140 (1.78%) Security Engineer
20 129 (1.64%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 231 (2.94%) HTML
2 229 (2.91%) CSS
3 41 (0.52%) REST
4 37 (0.47%) OAuth
5 36 (0.46%) SAML
6 35 (0.45%) React
7 34 (0.43%) OpenID
8 29 (0.37%) LDAP
9 27 (0.34%) SAP CAF
10 26 (0.33%) GraphQL
11 25 (0.32%) SOAP
12 24 (0.31%) AngularJS
13 17 (0.22%) MERN Stack
14 14 (0.18%) Middleware
15 12 (0.15%) .NET
16 10 (0.13%) Node.js
16 10 (0.13%) PyTorch
16 10 (0.13%) TensorFlow
16 10 (0.13%) YAML
17 9 (0.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4,073 (51.81%) IoT
2 252 (3.21%) Cyberattack
3 184 (2.34%) Security Posture
4 171 (2.18%) Management Information System
5 125 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
6 124 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
7 115 (1.46%) Driving Licence
8 109 (1.39%) Onboarding
9 89 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
10 74 (0.94%) Cloud Native
11 73 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
12 70 (0.89%) Data Centre
13 57 (0.73%) Operational Technology
14 49 (0.62%) Cyber Defence
15 44 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
16 41 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
16 41 (0.52%) Blog
17 39 (0.50%) Public Cloud
18 36 (0.46%) Cyber Security Posture
19 34 (0.43%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 364 (4.63%) Windows
2 158 (2.01%) Windows Server
3 114 (1.45%) Linux
4 68 (0.87%) Windows 10
5 60 (0.76%) Mac OS
6 35 (0.45%) Android
7 25 (0.32%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.18%) Unix
9 11 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.076%) VMS
10 6 (0.076%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.038%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.025%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.013%) Debian
13 1 (0.013%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.013%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.013%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.013%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.013%) Solaris
13 1 (0.013%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,267 (54.28%) AI
2 4,066 (51.72%) Machine Learning
3 4,041 (51.41%) User Experience
4 4,033 (51.30%) Web Development
5 1,098 (13.97%) Mentoring
6 472 (6.00%) Problem-Solving
7 400 (5.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 391 (4.97%) Risk Management
9 372 (4.73%) Ethical Hacking
10 346 (4.40%) Information Security
11 344 (4.38%) Incident Response
12 246 (3.13%) Agile
13 210 (2.67%) SIEM
14 208 (2.65%) Line Management
15 204 (2.60%) ITIL
16 203 (2.58%) Project Management
17 200 (2.54%) Roadmaps
18 191 (2.43%) Data Protection
19 190 (2.42%) Decision-Making
20 185 (2.35%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 405 (5.15%) Python
2 274 (3.49%) JavaScript
3 177 (2.25%) PowerShell
4 113 (1.44%) SQL
5 111 (1.41%) R
6 57 (0.73%) Bash
7 38 (0.48%) Java
8 29 (0.37%) C++
8 29 (0.37%) TypeScript
9 26 (0.33%) C#
10 25 (0.32%) T-SQL
11 20 (0.25%) C
12 19 (0.24%) MATLAB
13 11 (0.14%) Go
14 8 (0.10%) Bicep
14 8 (0.10%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.076%) Rust
16 5 (0.064%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.051%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.051%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4,471 (56.88%) Degree
2 4,073 (51.81%) Master's Degree
3 4,014 (51.06%) PhD
4 4,004 (50.93%) Postgraduate
5 909 (11.56%) Azure Certification
6 691 (8.79%) CompTIA Security+
7 506 (6.44%) CompTIA CySA+
8 408 (5.19%) CEH
9 350 (4.45%) CISSP
10 308 (3.92%) Security Cleared
11 285 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
12 263 (3.35%) AWS Certification
13 251 (3.19%) CISM
14 215 (2.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 208 (2.65%) SC Cleared
16 197 (2.51%) Network+ Certification
17 191 (2.43%) A+ Certification
18 111 (1.41%) CISA
19 104 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
20 102 (1.30%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 493 (6.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 442 (5.62%) NIST
3 261 (3.32%) GDPR
4 221 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 187 (2.38%) GRC
6 106 (1.35%) NCSC
7 105 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 95 (1.21%) PCI DSS
9 62 (0.79%) QA
10 45 (0.57%) SLA
11 42 (0.53%) COBIT
12 39 (0.50%) SOC 2
13 38 (0.48%) NIST 800
14 29 (0.37%) Data Quality
15 23 (0.29%) Accessibility
16 22 (0.28%) JSP 440
17 19 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 17 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
18 17 (0.22%) SOC 3
19 16 (0.20%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 292 (3.71%) Active Directory
2 67 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (0.76%) Hyper-V
4 50 (0.64%) Docker
5 30 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (0.20%) vSphere
7 9 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.076%) Firmware
8 6 (0.076%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.064%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.051%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.038%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 2 (0.025%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.025%) GPFS
12 2 (0.025%) Lustre
12 2 (0.025%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.013%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.013%) iptables
13 1 (0.013%) KVM
Systems Management
1 160 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 59 (0.75%) Terraform
3 50 (0.64%) Kubernetes
4 32 (0.41%) Ansible
5 27 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (0.20%) CASB
7 14 (0.18%) SCCM
8 13 (0.17%) CSIRT
9 12 (0.15%) Nessus
10 11 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
10 11 (0.14%) RSA Archer
11 10 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 10 (0.13%) Grafana
12 9 (0.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 7 (0.089%) FTK
13 7 (0.089%) Nagios
14 6 (0.076%) PaperCut
14 6 (0.076%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
15 5 (0.064%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 1,597 (20.32%) Microsoft
2 659 (8.38%) ForeScout
3 116 (1.48%) VMware
4 88 (1.12%) Cisco
5 84 (1.07%) SAP
6 70 (0.89%) CrowdStrike
7 67 (0.85%) Fortinet
7 67 (0.85%) Palo Alto
8 54 (0.69%) Oracle
9 50 (0.64%) Apple
10 46 (0.59%) Salesforce
11 40 (0.51%) Adobe
12 39 (0.50%) Google
13 33 (0.42%) Dell
14 30 (0.38%) Tenable
15 29 (0.37%) ServiceNow
16 28 (0.36%) Siemens
17 24 (0.31%) MuleSoft
17 24 (0.31%) Splunk
18 19 (0.24%) PayPal