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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 36 36
Rank change year-on-year +30 0 +18
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 7,202 2,748 3,052
As % of all permanent jobs in England 13.41% 5.73% 5.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.59% 6.30% 6.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,073 1,406 2,300
10th Percentile £28,250 £38,500 £35,920
25th Percentile £30,750 £49,775 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,250
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +7.88% -7.31%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £79,813
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £64,500 £61,000
% change year-on-year -22.48% +5.74% -6.15%

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 43,416 43,635 47,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 80.86% 90.97% 89.37%
Number of salaries quoted 26,088 21,348 36,647
10th Percentile £28,748 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -7.20%

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 18 January 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 18 January 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 +38 2,266 £31,500 -42.73% 303
North West +33 1,785 £41,000 -25.45% 160
Midlands +25 1,439 £44,772 -22.14% 197
London +17 1,365 £67,500 -7.53% 433
West Midlands +20 1,192 £47,500 -20.83% 93
South East +31 1,095 £47,000 -18.26% 503
East of England +48 581 £35,000 -37.18% 210
Yorkshire +36 411 £30,500 -49.17% 103
South West +40 407 £52,500 -18.76% 193
East Midlands +30 256 £37,500 -21.36% 103
North East +38 70 £30,500 -24.34% 44
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 (1.71%) SharePoint
2 62 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.22%) Confluence
3 16 (0.22%) IIS
4 11 (0.15%) WordPress
5 8 (0.11%) CMS
6 6 (0.083%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.083%) nginx
7 5 (0.069%) Apache
7 5 (0.069%) Drupal
8 4 (0.056%) FactoryTalk
8 4 (0.056%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.056%) WinCC
9 3 (0.042%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.042%) Oracle Coherence
10 2 (0.028%) ArchestrA
10 2 (0.028%) SAS
11 1 (0.014%) FileNet
Applications
1 100 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
2 65 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 59 (0.82%) Maya
4 33 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 12 (0.17%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.17%) Simulink
7 6 (0.083%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.056%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.042%) CATIA
9 3 (0.042%) CINEMA 4D
9 3 (0.042%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.014%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 34 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.22%) SAP IBP
4 10 (0.14%) SAP CO
4 10 (0.14%) SAP FI
4 10 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
4 10 (0.14%) SAP FSCM
5 9 (0.12%) SAP FS
5 9 (0.12%) SAP IS-U
6 7 (0.097%) Shopify
7 6 (0.083%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.083%) Exchequer
8 5 (0.069%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.056%) Endur
9 4 (0.056%) NEC Housing
9 4 (0.056%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.042%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.042%) SAP CX
10 3 (0.042%) Teamcenter
10 3 (0.042%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 4,060 (56.37%) Cloud Computing
2 1,123 (15.59%) Azure
3 525 (7.29%) AWS
4 381 (5.29%) Microsoft 365
5 220 (3.05%) GitHub
6 200 (2.78%) Entra ID
7 88 (1.22%) Power Platform
8 85 (1.18%) SaaS
9 67 (0.93%) GCP
10 55 (0.76%) PaaS
11 41 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
11 41 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
12 39 (0.54%) IaaS
13 32 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
14 31 (0.43%) OneDrive
15 28 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
16 27 (0.37%) Nutanix
17 21 (0.29%) Google Workspace
18 19 (0.26%) Power Automate
18 19 (0.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4,229 (58.72%) Internet
2 246 (3.42%) Firewall
3 121 (1.68%) Network Security
4 120 (1.67%) VPN
5 99 (1.37%) DNS
6 98 (1.36%) TCP/IP
7 79 (1.10%) DHCP
8 73 (1.01%) WAN
9 66 (0.92%) LAN
10 62 (0.86%) VoIP
11 55 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
12 47 (0.65%) VLAN
13 31 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
14 28 (0.39%) SD-WAN
15 26 (0.36%) Wireless
16 21 (0.29%) Modbus
17 19 (0.26%) Broadband
17 19 (0.26%) SAN
18 17 (0.24%) DMZ
19 14 (0.19%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (0.78%) Power BI
2 52 (0.72%) SQL Server
3 43 (0.60%) Tableau
4 35 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (0.32%) Big Data
6 20 (0.28%) Relational Database
7 18 (0.25%) SAP BW
8 17 (0.24%) Data Lake
9 16 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (0.22%) Metadata
10 13 (0.18%) Neo4j
11 11 (0.15%) Oracle Database
12 10 (0.14%) NoSQL
13 9 (0.12%) Amazon RDS
14 7 (0.097%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (0.083%) MS Access
16 5 (0.069%) MariaDB
17 4 (0.056%) BusinessObjects
17 4 (0.056%) SAP Data Services
18 3 (0.042%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 219 (3.04%) Git
2 31 (0.43%) JIRA
3 18 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (0.22%) Jenkins
5 12 (0.17%) GitLab
6 7 (0.097%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.056%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.056%) JMeter
7 4 (0.056%) Locust
7 4 (0.056%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.056%) MLflow
7 4 (0.056%) Toad
8 3 (0.042%) Apache Continuum
8 3 (0.042%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.028%) Snyk
10 1 (0.014%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.014%) Bitbucket
General
1 5,231 (72.63%) Social Skills
2 4,177 (58.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,163 (57.80%) Banking
4 547 (7.60%) Finance
5 365 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
6 338 (4.69%) Multimedia
7 189 (2.62%) Marketing
8 179 (2.49%) Public Sector
9 175 (2.43%) Law
10 152 (2.11%) Telecoms
11 148 (2.05%) Legal
12 123 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
13 104 (1.44%) Manufacturing
13 104 (1.44%) Retail
14 91 (1.26%) Games
15 66 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
16 63 (0.87%) Electronics
17 58 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
18 43 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
19 39 (0.54%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3,134 (43.52%) Lecturer
2 520 (7.22%) Analyst
3 397 (5.51%) Security Analyst
4 360 (5.00%) Senior
5 353 (4.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 338 (4.69%) Trainee
7 304 (4.22%) Junior
8 283 (3.93%) Junior Analyst
9 282 (3.92%) Junior Security Analyst
10 224 (3.11%) Consultant
11 219 (3.04%) Lead
12 211 (2.93%) Architect
13 182 (2.53%) IT Support
14 151 (2.10%) Support Engineer
15 148 (2.05%) Developer
16 140 (1.94%) Security Consultant
17 138 (1.92%) IT Manager
18 126 (1.75%) Security Manager
19 123 (1.71%) Security Engineer
20 113 (1.57%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (3.24%) HTML
2 229 (3.18%) CSS
3 32 (0.44%) React
4 28 (0.39%) REST
5 26 (0.36%) SAP CAF
6 24 (0.33%) AngularJS
7 22 (0.31%) OAuth
8 21 (0.29%) SAML
9 19 (0.26%) OpenID
10 17 (0.24%) YAML
11 15 (0.21%) LDAP
12 14 (0.19%) GraphQL
13 13 (0.18%) MERN Stack
13 13 (0.18%) Middleware
13 13 (0.18%) SOAP
14 12 (0.17%) Pandas
14 12 (0.17%) PyTorch
14 12 (0.17%) TensorFlow
15 10 (0.14%) .NET
16 9 (0.12%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4,071 (56.53%) IoT
2 184 (2.55%) Management Information System
3 148 (2.05%) Security Posture
4 147 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
5 118 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
6 113 (1.57%) Onboarding
7 102 (1.42%) Driving Licence
8 93 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
9 78 (1.08%) Data Centre
10 68 (0.94%) Cloud Native
11 63 (0.87%) Operational Technology
12 55 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
13 51 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
14 46 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
15 43 (0.60%) Cyber Defence
16 39 (0.54%) Public Cloud
17 37 (0.51%) Cyberattack
18 34 (0.47%) Blockchain
19 32 (0.44%) CCTV
20 31 (0.43%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 355 (4.93%) Windows
2 142 (1.97%) Windows Server
3 131 (1.82%) Linux
4 66 (0.92%) Mac OS
5 59 (0.82%) Windows 10
6 22 (0.31%) Android
6 22 (0.31%) Unix
7 21 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (0.097%) VMS
9 7 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.083%) Debian
11 5 (0.069%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.042%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.042%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.028%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.014%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.014%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.014%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,265 (59.22%) AI
2 4,066 (56.46%) Machine Learning
3 4,038 (56.07%) User Experience
4 4,033 (56.00%) Web Development
5 844 (11.72%) Mentoring
6 492 (6.83%) Problem-Solving
7 380 (5.28%) Risk Management
8 332 (4.61%) Information Security
9 327 (4.54%) Continuous Improvement
10 321 (4.46%) Incident Response
11 265 (3.68%) Agile
12 219 (3.04%) ITIL
13 209 (2.90%) Project Management
14 202 (2.80%) Analytics
15 195 (2.71%) Roadmaps
16 186 (2.58%) SIEM
17 183 (2.54%) Decision-Making
17 183 (2.54%) Line Management
18 181 (2.51%) Data Protection
19 177 (2.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 369 (5.12%) Python
2 262 (3.64%) JavaScript
3 148 (2.05%) PowerShell
4 117 (1.62%) SQL
5 114 (1.58%) R
6 42 (0.58%) Bash
7 26 (0.36%) Java
8 23 (0.32%) C#
9 20 (0.28%) C++
9 20 (0.28%) TypeScript
10 15 (0.21%) T-SQL
11 14 (0.19%) Bicep
11 14 (0.19%) C
12 12 (0.17%) MATLAB
13 11 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (0.097%) Go
15 6 (0.083%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.056%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.056%) VB
17 3 (0.042%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4,503 (62.52%) Degree
2 4,077 (56.61%) Master's Degree
3 4,012 (55.71%) PhD
4 4,004 (55.60%) Postgraduate
5 535 (7.43%) Azure Certification
6 459 (6.37%) CompTIA Security+
7 356 (4.94%) CISSP
8 300 (4.17%) CompTIA CySA+
9 290 (4.03%) Microsoft Certification
10 272 (3.78%) Security Cleared
11 266 (3.69%) AWS Certification
12 257 (3.57%) CISM
13 216 (3.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 191 (2.65%) SC Cleared
15 177 (2.46%) CEH
16 149 (2.07%) Network+ Certification
17 148 (2.05%) A+ Certification
18 112 (1.56%) CISA
19 84 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
20 79 (1.10%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 459 (6.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 424 (5.89%) NIST
3 237 (3.29%) GDPR
4 217 (3.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 184 (2.55%) GRC
6 103 (1.43%) NCSC
7 94 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 90 (1.25%) PCI DSS
9 62 (0.86%) QA
10 53 (0.74%) SLA
11 49 (0.68%) NIST 800
12 44 (0.61%) COBIT
13 34 (0.47%) SOC 2
14 32 (0.44%) JSP 440
15 27 (0.37%) Data Quality
16 21 (0.29%) RMADS
17 19 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 18 (0.25%) Accessibility
18 18 (0.25%) ISO 9001
18 18 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 247 (3.43%) Active Directory
2 78 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (0.71%) Hyper-V
4 45 (0.62%) Docker
5 35 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (0.22%) vSphere
7 6 (0.083%) Firmware
7 6 (0.083%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.069%) BitLocker
8 5 (0.069%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.056%) Kamailio
9 4 (0.056%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.056%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.042%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.028%) GPFS
11 2 (0.028%) Lustre
12 1 (0.014%) iptables
12 1 (0.014%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.014%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 157 (2.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 49 (0.68%) Terraform
3 39 (0.54%) Kubernetes
4 29 (0.40%) Ansible
5 21 (0.29%) SCCM
5 21 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
7 14 (0.19%) CASB
7 14 (0.19%) CSIRT
7 14 (0.19%) Nessus
7 14 (0.19%) RSA Archer
8 8 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 8 (0.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 8 (0.11%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.11%) Nagios
8 8 (0.11%) PaperCut
8 8 (0.11%) QRadar
9 6 (0.083%) Grafana
9 6 (0.083%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 5 (0.069%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1,183 (16.43%) Microsoft
2 282 (3.92%) ForeScout
3 114 (1.58%) VMware
4 109 (1.51%) SAP
5 82 (1.14%) Cisco
6 76 (1.06%) Palo Alto
7 67 (0.93%) Oracle
8 65 (0.90%) Apple
8 65 (0.90%) CrowdStrike
9 64 (0.89%) Fortinet
10 57 (0.79%) Adobe
11 51 (0.71%) Salesforce
12 37 (0.51%) ServiceNow
13 32 (0.44%) Google
14 27 (0.37%) Dell
15 23 (0.32%) Siemens
15 23 (0.32%) Tenable
16 22 (0.31%) MuleSoft
16 22 (0.31%) Splunk
17 19 (0.26%) PayPal