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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 31 37
Rank change year-on-year +10 +6 +2
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,780 2,716 3,349
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.56% 6.27% 5.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.56% 7.04% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,845 1,587 1,724
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,500 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -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 76,425 38,582 54,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.55% 89.09% 82.44%
Number of salaries quoted 53,653 21,807 29,545
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,875 £36,250 £42,881
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,246 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,430
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.45% -0.95%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 +9 1,541 £80,000 +14.29% 2,220
North of England +15 1,122 £50,000 +9.29% 820
South East +13 1,068 £55,000 +10.00% 909
Midlands +20 1,001 £55,000 +15.79% 502
North West +22 604 £60,000 +31.15% 435
South West +1 581 £55,000 +10.00% 392
West Midlands +9 516 £55,000 +8.48% 294
East Midlands +43 485 £55,000 +46.67% 208
East of England +39 442 £50,000 +11.11% 284
Yorkshire +8 389 £42,500 +13.33% 270
North East -1 129 £50,000 -25.93% 119
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
1 249 (4.31%) SharePoint
2 241 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (0.45%) IIS
4 22 (0.38%) Apache
5 11 (0.19%) Confluence
6 9 (0.16%) SAS
7 6 (0.10%) CMS
8 5 (0.087%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.087%) WordPress
9 3 (0.052%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.017%) ArchestrA
10 1 (0.017%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 96 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 70 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.31%) Simulink
5 17 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.087%) CATIA
8 4 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.035%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.035%) SmartSuite
10 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.017%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 21 (0.36%) Cloudability
2 9 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.087%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 5 (0.087%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.069%) Infor CloudSuite
6 4 (0.069%) Infor M3
6 4 (0.069%) SystmOne
7 3 (0.052%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.052%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.052%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.052%) Infor LN
7 3 (0.052%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.052%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.035%) Eikon
8 2 (0.035%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.035%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.035%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1,391 (24.07%) Azure
2 852 (14.74%) Microsoft 365
3 518 (8.96%) Entra ID
4 459 (7.94%) AWS
5 194 (3.36%) SaaS
6 161 (2.79%) GCP
7 103 (1.78%) Power Platform
8 97 (1.68%) OneDrive
9 87 (1.51%) Azure Sentinel
10 85 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
11 61 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
11 61 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
12 53 (0.92%) Serverless
13 45 (0.78%) Mimecast
14 42 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
15 35 (0.61%) Google Workspace
15 35 (0.61%) Power Automate
16 32 (0.55%) GitHub
17 30 (0.52%) Azure Logic Apps
18 27 (0.47%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 516 (8.93%) Firewall
2 278 (4.81%) DNS
3 252 (4.36%) VPN
4 241 (4.17%) Network Security
5 203 (3.51%) DHCP
6 194 (3.36%) TCP/IP
7 186 (3.22%) WAN
8 168 (2.91%) Wi-Fi
9 164 (2.84%) LAN
10 127 (2.20%) VLAN
11 101 (1.75%) Internet
12 92 (1.59%) Wireless
13 85 (1.47%) VoIP
14 58 (1.00%) Cisco Nexus
15 50 (0.87%) SSL
16 48 (0.83%) HTTP
17 42 (0.73%) Unified Communications
18 37 (0.64%) Wireshark
19 32 (0.55%) SD-WAN
20 31 (0.54%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (1.04%) Power BI
2 56 (0.97%) SQL Server
3 19 (0.33%) Big Data
4 17 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (0.24%) GIS
6 13 (0.22%) Tableau
7 12 (0.21%) MongoDB
8 11 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (0.17%) Metadata
9 10 (0.17%) MySQL
10 9 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (0.12%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.12%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.10%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.087%) NoSQL
14 4 (0.069%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.069%) Crystal Reports
14 4 (0.069%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 53 (0.92%) JIRA
2 42 (0.73%) Git
3 32 (0.55%) Burp Suite
4 30 (0.52%) Metasploit
5 24 (0.42%) Snyk
6 19 (0.33%) GitLab
6 19 (0.33%) Jenkins
7 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
8 9 (0.16%) Eclipse
9 8 (0.14%) LabVIEW
10 6 (0.10%) Rational DOORS
11 5 (0.087%) VersionOne
12 4 (0.069%) Apache Continuum
12 4 (0.069%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.069%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.069%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.052%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.052%) Maven
13 3 (0.052%) Team Foundation Server
14 2 (0.035%) Zephyr
General
1 1,725 (29.84%) Social Skills
2 621 (10.74%) Finance
3 459 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
4 390 (6.75%) Public Sector
5 337 (5.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 210 (3.63%) Legal
7 195 (3.37%) Marketing
8 191 (3.30%) Law
9 189 (3.27%) Retail
10 188 (3.25%) Telecoms
11 184 (3.18%) Manufacturing
12 167 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
13 140 (2.42%) Aerospace
14 131 (2.27%) Banking
15 129 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
16 63 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
17 53 (0.92%) Advertising
18 49 (0.85%) Local Government
19 48 (0.83%) Aviation
20 39 (0.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 768 (13.29%) Analyst
2 698 (12.08%) Senior
3 538 (9.31%) Consultant
4 535 (9.26%) Security Analyst
5 451 (7.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 404 (6.99%) Lead
7 394 (6.82%) Architect
8 337 (5.83%) IT Support
9 324 (5.61%) Security Manager
10 316 (5.47%) Security Consultant
11 286 (4.95%) Security Engineer
12 283 (4.90%) Junior
13 258 (4.46%) Security Architect
14 249 (4.31%) IT Engineer
15 243 (4.20%) IT Manager
16 225 (3.89%) Cybersecurity Manager
17 208 (3.60%) Support Engineer
18 206 (3.56%) Junior Analyst
19 202 (3.49%) Cybersecurity Consultant
20 198 (3.43%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (1.51%) Terraform
2 52 (0.90%) SAML
3 50 (0.87%) LDAP
3 50 (0.87%) OAuth
4 42 (0.73%) OpenID
4 42 (0.73%) REST
5 32 (0.55%) .NET
6 24 (0.42%) JSON
7 20 (0.35%) React
8 19 (0.33%) HTML
8 19 (0.33%) Node.js
9 16 (0.28%) Kafka
9 16 (0.28%) Middleware
9 16 (0.28%) RESTful
9 16 (0.28%) SailPoint
9 16 (0.28%) XML
10 15 (0.26%) CSS
11 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
12 12 (0.21%) AngularJS
13 10 (0.17%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 362 (6.26%) Security Posture
2 336 (5.81%) Cyber Threat
3 283 (4.90%) Cyberattack
4 269 (4.65%) Onboarding
5 241 (4.17%) Management Information System
6 194 (3.36%) Driving Licence
7 180 (3.11%) Operational Technology
8 160 (2.77%) Security Operations Centre
9 138 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
10 110 (1.90%) Cyber Defence
11 105 (1.82%) Data Centre
12 100 (1.73%) Cloud Native
13 83 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
14 59 (1.02%) SCADA
15 58 (1.00%) PKI
16 50 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
17 45 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
18 40 (0.69%) Cyber Security Posture
19 38 (0.66%) CSOC
19 38 (0.66%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 653 (11.30%) Windows
2 314 (5.43%) Windows Server
3 245 (4.24%) Linux
4 84 (1.45%) Mac OS
5 44 (0.76%) Windows 10
6 41 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 30 (0.52%) Apple iOS
7 30 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 28 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 24 (0.42%) Android
10 12 (0.21%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (0.10%) Kali Linux
12 6 (0.10%) Unix
13 4 (0.069%) VMS
14 3 (0.052%) CentOS
14 3 (0.052%) Rocky
15 2 (0.035%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.035%) Embedded Linux
15 2 (0.035%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 775 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
2 752 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 637 (11.02%) AI
4 591 (10.22%) Mentoring
5 582 (10.07%) Information Security
6 562 (9.72%) Incident Response
7 556 (9.62%) Security Operations
8 545 (9.43%) Risk Management
9 504 (8.72%) Stakeholder Management
10 489 (8.46%) Vulnerability Management
11 462 (7.99%) SIEM
12 430 (7.44%) Cloud Security
13 418 (7.23%) Decision-Making
14 402 (6.96%) Disaster Recovery
15 333 (5.76%) Roadmaps
16 325 (5.62%) Data Protection
17 318 (5.50%) ITIL
18 315 (5.45%) Service Delivery
19 296 (5.12%) Business Continuity
20 289 (5.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 341 (5.90%) Python
2 239 (4.13%) PowerShell
3 98 (1.70%) SQL
4 82 (1.42%) C++
5 63 (1.09%) Bash
6 59 (1.02%) JavaScript
7 56 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
8 55 (0.95%) Java
9 40 (0.69%) C#
10 38 (0.66%) Rust
11 32 (0.55%) Go
12 30 (0.52%) C
13 25 (0.43%) TypeScript
14 20 (0.35%) MATLAB
15 17 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
16 16 (0.28%) Embedded C
17 12 (0.21%) Perl
18 9 (0.16%) Bicep
19 8 (0.14%) Shell Script
20 4 (0.069%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 773 (13.37%) Security Cleared
2 578 (10.00%) Degree
3 529 (9.15%) SC Cleared
4 472 (8.17%) CISSP
5 466 (8.06%) Azure Certification
6 318 (5.50%) CompTIA Security+
7 312 (5.40%) CISM
8 253 (4.38%) CEH
9 241 (4.17%) DV Cleared
10 229 (3.96%) CompTIA CySA+
11 158 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
12 138 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
13 108 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
14 102 (1.76%) CRISC
14 102 (1.76%) Master's Degree
15 87 (1.51%) CISA
16 84 (1.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 77 (1.33%) DBS Check
18 75 (1.30%) CREST Certified
19 72 (1.25%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 689 (11.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 523 (9.05%) NIST
3 360 (6.23%) Cyber Essentials
4 319 (5.52%) GRC
5 318 (5.50%) GDPR
6 151 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 135 (2.34%) PCI DSS
8 129 (2.23%) NCSC
9 98 (1.70%) QA
10 55 (0.95%) SLA
11 50 (0.87%) SOC 2
12 48 (0.83%) Accessibility
13 44 (0.76%) NIST 800
14 42 (0.73%) ISO 22301
15 38 (0.66%) Data Quality
16 35 (0.61%) COBIT
17 30 (0.52%) JSP 440
18 28 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 23 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
20 21 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 494 (8.55%) Active Directory
2 162 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 144 (2.49%) Hyper-V
4 67 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
5 55 (0.95%) Docker
6 43 (0.74%) Firmware
7 27 (0.47%) vSphere
8 20 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
9 13 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
10 11 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 9 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
12 6 (0.10%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.087%) ClearTrust
13 5 (0.087%) IAG
14 3 (0.052%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.035%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 2 (0.035%) NFS
15 2 (0.035%) ProxySG
15 2 (0.035%) Snort
Systems Management
1 300 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 79 (1.37%) Kubernetes
3 77 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
4 50 (0.87%) Ansible
5 27 (0.47%) Nmap
6 24 (0.42%) Grafana
6 24 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
6 24 (0.42%) Nessus
7 23 (0.40%) CASB
7 23 (0.40%) QRadar
8 22 (0.38%) SCCM
9 21 (0.36%) FortiGate
10 19 (0.33%) Functional Safety
11 13 (0.22%) Prometheus
12 9 (0.16%) Kibana
13 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
13 8 (0.14%) Progress Chef
14 7 (0.12%) Graylog
15 6 (0.10%) Podman
15 6 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,723 (29.81%) Microsoft
2 376 (6.51%) ForeScout
3 236 (4.08%) Cisco
4 218 (3.77%) VMware
5 166 (2.87%) Palo Alto
6 109 (1.89%) Splunk
7 98 (1.70%) CrowdStrike
8 95 (1.64%) Google
9 78 (1.35%) Qualys
10 74 (1.28%) Salesforce
11 71 (1.23%) ServiceNow
12 70 (1.21%) Aruba
13 60 (1.04%) Apple
14 56 (0.97%) Tenable
15 51 (0.88%) Fortinet
15 51 (0.88%) Veeam
16 50 (0.87%) Meraki
17 43 (0.74%) SAP
18 41 (0.71%) CyberArk
19 40 (0.69%) SonicWALL