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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 32 37
Rank change year-on-year +11 +5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,899 2,697 3,541
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.05% 6.28% 5.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.26% 7.09% 6.26%
Number of salaries quoted 3,739 1,614 2,144
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,675 £35,532 £45,594
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -7.08% -6.56%

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 71,441 38,014 56,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.31% 88.54% 81.05%
Number of salaries quoted 50,865 21,889 34,478
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,000 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 +10 1,489 £77,750 +11.07% 1,837
North of England +19 1,242 £51,500 +12.57% 596
South East +11 1,042 £55,000 +10.00% 620
Midlands +18 1,031 £55,000 +29.05% 355
North West +23 619 £57,500 +18.56% 310
South West +7 602 £55,000 +10.00% 369
West Midlands +8 524 £55,000 +10.00% 203
East Midlands +39 506 £55,000 +57.14% 152
Yorkshire +8 478 £45,000 +36.36% 210
East of England +52 471 £45,000 -5.26% 217
North East +12 145 £50,000 -24.53% 89
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
1 221 (3.75%) SharePoint
2 212 (3.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (0.37%) IIS
4 18 (0.31%) Apache
5 9 (0.15%) Confluence
5 9 (0.15%) SAS
6 6 (0.10%) CMS
7 5 (0.085%) WordPress
8 3 (0.051%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.051%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
Applications
1 82 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
2 60 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.20%) Simulink
5 8 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.068%) CATIA
8 2 (0.034%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 24 (0.41%) Cloudability
2 9 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.085%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.085%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.068%) SystmOne
8 3 (0.051%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 3 (0.051%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.051%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.051%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.051%) Infor LN
8 3 (0.051%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.051%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.051%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.034%) Eikon
9 2 (0.034%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.017%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,799 (30.50%) Azure
2 773 (13.10%) Microsoft 365
3 466 (7.90%) AWS
4 447 (7.58%) Entra ID
5 196 (3.32%) SaaS
6 147 (2.49%) GCP
7 92 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
8 85 (1.44%) Power Platform
9 77 (1.31%) OneDrive
10 74 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
11 59 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
12 49 (0.83%) Serverless
13 48 (0.81%) Microsoft Copilot
14 42 (0.71%) Mimecast
15 35 (0.59%) GitHub
16 29 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
17 28 (0.47%) PaaS
18 26 (0.44%) Google Workspace
18 26 (0.44%) IaaS
19 24 (0.41%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 513 (8.70%) Firewall
2 250 (4.24%) Network Security
3 236 (4.00%) DNS
4 221 (3.75%) VPN
5 174 (2.95%) WAN
6 161 (2.73%) DHCP
7 156 (2.64%) TCP/IP
8 153 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
9 151 (2.56%) LAN
10 123 (2.09%) VLAN
11 106 (1.80%) Internet
12 83 (1.41%) VoIP
12 83 (1.41%) Wireless
13 54 (0.92%) Cisco Nexus
14 47 (0.80%) Unified Communications
15 44 (0.75%) HTTP
16 43 (0.73%) SSL
17 31 (0.53%) SD-WAN
17 31 (0.53%) Wireshark
18 29 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (0.88%) Power BI
2 50 (0.85%) SQL Server
3 13 (0.22%) Big Data
3 13 (0.22%) GIS
3 13 (0.22%) MongoDB
3 13 (0.22%) MySQL
4 12 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (0.15%) Tableau
6 6 (0.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.085%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.085%) Metadata
7 5 (0.085%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.068%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.068%) Crystal Reports
8 4 (0.068%) Neo4j
8 4 (0.068%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.068%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 48 (0.81%) Git
2 44 (0.75%) JIRA
3 30 (0.51%) Burp Suite
4 28 (0.47%) Metasploit
5 27 (0.46%) Snyk
6 23 (0.39%) GitLab
7 21 (0.36%) Jenkins
8 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
9 6 (0.10%) Eclipse
10 5 (0.085%) Rational DOORS
10 5 (0.085%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.068%) Apache Continuum
11 4 (0.068%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.068%) LabVIEW
11 4 (0.068%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.068%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.051%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.051%) JMeter
13 2 (0.034%) git-flow
13 2 (0.034%) Zephyr
General
1 2,065 (35.01%) Social Skills
2 561 (9.51%) Finance
3 449 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
4 344 (5.83%) Public Sector
5 328 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 181 (3.07%) Marketing
7 179 (3.03%) Law
8 176 (2.98%) Legal
9 172 (2.92%) Retail
10 164 (2.78%) Telecoms
11 158 (2.68%) Manufacturing
12 136 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
13 129 (2.19%) Banking
14 119 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
15 104 (1.76%) Aerospace
16 56 (0.95%) Local Government
17 54 (0.92%) Advertising
17 54 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
18 45 (0.76%) Aviation
19 32 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 975 (16.53%) Analyst
2 772 (13.09%) Security Analyst
3 673 (11.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 672 (11.39%) Senior
5 518 (8.78%) Consultant
6 513 (8.70%) Junior
7 439 (7.44%) Junior Analyst
8 429 (7.27%) Junior Security Analyst
9 423 (7.17%) Ethical Hacker
10 375 (6.36%) Lead
11 367 (6.22%) Architect
12 320 (5.42%) Security Consultant
13 316 (5.36%) Security Manager
14 293 (4.97%) IT Support
15 264 (4.48%) IT Manager
16 261 (4.42%) Security Engineer
17 260 (4.41%) Security Architect
18 224 (3.80%) IT Engineer
19 221 (3.75%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 207 (3.51%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (1.29%) Terraform
2 48 (0.81%) SAML
3 45 (0.76%) LDAP
4 42 (0.71%) OAuth
5 36 (0.61%) OpenID
6 35 (0.59%) REST
7 27 (0.46%) HTML
8 25 (0.42%) .NET
9 24 (0.41%) React
10 22 (0.37%) CSS
11 20 (0.34%) JSON
12 19 (0.32%) Node.js
13 18 (0.31%) Kafka
14 15 (0.25%) RESTful
14 15 (0.25%) SailPoint
14 15 (0.25%) XML
15 13 (0.22%) FastAPI
16 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
17 11 (0.19%) Middleware
18 10 (0.17%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 519 (8.80%) Cyberattack
2 354 (6.00%) Security Posture
3 283 (4.80%) Cyber Threat
4 243 (4.12%) Onboarding
5 230 (3.90%) Management Information System
6 172 (2.92%) Driving Licence
7 159 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
8 153 (2.59%) Operational Technology
9 136 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
10 104 (1.76%) Cyber Defence
11 102 (1.73%) Data Centre
12 98 (1.66%) Cloud Native
13 61 (1.03%) PKI
14 59 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
15 53 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
16 45 (0.76%) Cyber Security Posture
17 37 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
18 35 (0.59%) CSOC
19 34 (0.58%) Cyber Kill Chain
20 33 (0.56%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 594 (10.07%) Windows
2 289 (4.90%) Windows Server
3 222 (3.76%) Linux
4 75 (1.27%) Mac OS
5 38 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (0.47%) Windows 10
6 28 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 26 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 21 (0.36%) Apple iOS
9 16 (0.27%) Android
9 16 (0.27%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.10%) CentOS
10 6 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.085%) Unix
12 4 (0.068%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.068%) VMS
13 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
14 1 (0.017%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 841 (14.26%) Mentoring
2 708 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
3 667 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
4 548 (9.29%) Information Security
5 541 (9.17%) AI
6 527 (8.93%) Incident Response
7 517 (8.76%) Risk Management
8 500 (8.48%) Security Operations
9 457 (7.75%) SIEM
10 442 (7.49%) Vulnerability Management
11 438 (7.42%) Ethical Hacking
12 419 (7.10%) Cloud Security
13 405 (6.87%) Stakeholder Management
14 392 (6.65%) Disaster Recovery
15 352 (5.97%) Decision-Making
16 317 (5.37%) Roadmaps
17 306 (5.19%) Service Delivery
18 290 (4.92%) Data Protection
19 281 (4.76%) Penetration Testing
20 278 (4.71%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 315 (5.34%) Python
2 236 (4.00%) PowerShell
3 94 (1.59%) SQL
4 72 (1.22%) C++
5 66 (1.12%) JavaScript
6 55 (0.93%) Bash
7 47 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
8 44 (0.75%) Java
9 34 (0.58%) C#
10 33 (0.56%) Rust
11 25 (0.42%) Go
12 23 (0.39%) C
13 21 (0.36%) TypeScript
14 16 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
15 15 (0.25%) MATLAB
16 12 (0.20%) Embedded C
16 12 (0.20%) Perl
17 5 (0.085%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.068%) Embedded C++
18 4 (0.068%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 936 (15.87%) Azure Certification
2 685 (11.61%) Security Cleared
3 572 (9.70%) CompTIA Security+
4 507 (8.59%) Degree
5 501 (8.49%) CEH
6 470 (7.97%) CISSP
6 470 (7.97%) SC Cleared
7 466 (7.90%) CompTIA CySA+
8 304 (5.15%) CISM
9 228 (3.87%) DV Cleared
10 163 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
11 125 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
12 101 (1.71%) CRISC
13 87 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 87 (1.47%) CISA
13 87 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
14 85 (1.44%) AWS Certification
15 83 (1.41%) Master's Degree
16 81 (1.37%) CREST Certified
17 64 (1.08%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 660 (11.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 522 (8.85%) NIST
3 335 (5.68%) GDPR
4 324 (5.49%) Cyber Essentials
5 317 (5.37%) GRC
6 145 (2.46%) PCI DSS
7 140 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 107 (1.81%) NCSC
9 104 (1.76%) QA
10 58 (0.98%) SOC 2
11 47 (0.80%) NIST 800
12 45 (0.76%) SLA
13 39 (0.66%) Accessibility
14 37 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 34 (0.58%) COBIT
16 33 (0.56%) JSP 440
17 29 (0.49%) Data Quality
18 23 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
19 22 (0.37%) ISO 22301
20 21 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 458 (7.76%) Active Directory
2 163 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 135 (2.29%) Hyper-V
4 62 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
5 51 (0.86%) Docker
6 38 (0.64%) Firmware
7 25 (0.42%) vSphere
8 13 (0.22%) IAG
8 13 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
8 13 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
9 12 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 9 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
11 6 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
11 6 (0.10%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.085%) ClearTrust
13 3 (0.051%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (0.051%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.034%) BitLocker
14 2 (0.034%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 257 (4.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 79 (1.34%) Kubernetes
3 61 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
4 44 (0.75%) Ansible
5 25 (0.42%) Nmap
6 24 (0.41%) QRadar
7 23 (0.39%) FortiGate
7 23 (0.39%) Nessus
8 22 (0.37%) Grafana
9 21 (0.36%) SCCM
10 20 (0.34%) CASB
11 16 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
12 13 (0.22%) Prometheus
13 9 (0.15%) Kibana
14 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
14 8 (0.14%) Functional Safety
15 7 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
15 7 (0.12%) Graylog
16 6 (0.10%) vCenter Server
17 5 (0.085%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,094 (35.50%) Microsoft
2 846 (14.34%) ForeScout
3 215 (3.64%) Cisco
4 205 (3.48%) VMware
5 171 (2.90%) Palo Alto
6 115 (1.95%) Splunk
7 98 (1.66%) CrowdStrike
8 75 (1.27%) Qualys
9 74 (1.25%) Google
10 68 (1.15%) ServiceNow
11 67 (1.14%) Aruba
12 65 (1.10%) Apple
13 59 (1.00%) Salesforce
13 59 (1.00%) Tenable
14 57 (0.97%) Fortinet
15 49 (0.83%) Veeam
16 41 (0.70%) Adobe
17 40 (0.68%) SAP
18 39 (0.66%) SonicWALL
19 36 (0.61%) CyberArk