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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 34 37
Rank change year-on-year +15 +3 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,958 2,704 4,456
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.80% 6.24% 5.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.21% 6.91% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,345 1,660 3,245
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £35,631
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -8.59%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.72% -10.42%

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 64,714 39,117 72,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.88% 90.26% 82.33%
Number of salaries quoted 45,706 22,312 52,075
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.84%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 +21 1,382 £50,000 -3.41% 453
London +12 1,378 £75,000 +3.45% 620
South East +14 1,089 £52,500 +5.00% 507
Midlands +20 999 £58,589 +22.87% 286
North West +25 648 £55,000 - 251
South West +13 599 £57,500 +30.68% 266
Yorkshire +12 566 £47,500 +43.94% 144
West Midlands +12 513 £60,000 +10.92% 155
East of England +60 485 £43,500 -8.42% 211
East Midlands +41 485 £55,000 +57.14% 131
North East +26 168 £50,000 -25.59% 63
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
1 176 (2.95%) SharePoint
2 170 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.27%) Apache
4 13 (0.22%) IIS
5 11 (0.18%) CMS
6 9 (0.15%) SAS
7 6 (0.10%) Confluence
8 5 (0.084%) WordPress
9 4 (0.067%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.017%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 76 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.29%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.084%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.067%) CATIA
7 4 (0.067%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.034%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 16 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.084%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 5 (0.084%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.084%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.084%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.050%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.034%) Shopify
9 1 (0.017%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.017%) Maximo
9 1 (0.017%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.017%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.017%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 2,386 (40.05%) Azure
2 691 (11.60%) Microsoft 365
3 446 (7.49%) AWS
4 392 (6.58%) Entra ID
5 169 (2.84%) SaaS
6 148 (2.48%) GCP
7 76 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
8 73 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
9 72 (1.21%) Power Platform
10 57 (0.96%) OneDrive
11 47 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
11 47 (0.79%) Serverless
12 34 (0.57%) Microsoft Copilot
13 32 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
13 32 (0.54%) Google Workspace
13 32 (0.54%) Mimecast
14 27 (0.45%) GitHub
14 27 (0.45%) PaaS
15 24 (0.40%) IaaS
16 23 (0.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 478 (8.02%) Firewall
2 210 (3.52%) Network Security
3 194 (3.26%) VPN
4 180 (3.02%) DNS
5 143 (2.40%) WAN
6 136 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
7 128 (2.15%) LAN
8 121 (2.03%) DHCP
9 114 (1.91%) TCP/IP
10 107 (1.80%) VLAN
11 81 (1.36%) Internet
12 62 (1.04%) VoIP
13 47 (0.79%) Wireless
14 43 (0.72%) Unified Communications
15 42 (0.70%) Broadband
16 35 (0.59%) Cisco Nexus
16 35 (0.59%) HTTP
17 30 (0.50%) SSL
18 29 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
19 24 (0.40%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (0.76%) Power BI
2 34 (0.57%) SQL Server
3 15 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (0.20%) MySQL
6 11 (0.18%) Tableau
7 9 (0.15%) Big Data
7 9 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.13%) MongoDB
8 8 (0.13%) Neo4j
9 5 (0.084%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.067%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.067%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.050%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.050%) GIS
11 3 (0.050%) Metadata
11 3 (0.050%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.034%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.034%) Flink
Development Applications
1 35 (0.59%) Git
2 33 (0.55%) GitLab
3 31 (0.52%) JIRA
4 25 (0.42%) Snyk
5 18 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
6 14 (0.23%) Burp Suite
7 13 (0.22%) Metasploit
8 11 (0.18%) Jenkins
9 9 (0.15%) Yeoman
10 5 (0.084%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.084%) JMeter
10 5 (0.084%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.084%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.067%) Apache Continuum
11 4 (0.067%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.067%) Locust
12 3 (0.050%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.034%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.034%) Claude Code
14 1 (0.017%) GDB
General
1 2,491 (41.81%) Social Skills
2 524 (8.79%) Finance
3 418 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
4 280 (4.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 280 (4.70%) Public Sector
5 178 (2.99%) Retail
6 169 (2.84%) Marketing
7 159 (2.67%) Law
8 146 (2.45%) Telecoms
9 143 (2.40%) Legal
10 134 (2.25%) Manufacturing
11 131 (2.20%) Banking
12 107 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
13 77 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
14 70 (1.17%) Multimedia
15 64 (1.07%) Aerospace
16 57 (0.96%) Local Government
17 54 (0.91%) Advertising
18 36 (0.60%) Games
19 35 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,243 (20.86%) Analyst
2 1,080 (18.13%) Security Analyst
3 986 (16.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 813 (13.65%) Junior
5 765 (12.84%) Junior Analyst
6 755 (12.67%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (11.83%) Ethical Hacker
8 594 (9.97%) Senior
9 409 (6.86%) Consultant
10 356 (5.98%) Architect
11 312 (5.24%) Lead
12 277 (4.65%) IT Support
13 261 (4.38%) Security Manager
14 259 (4.35%) Security Consultant
15 239 (4.01%) Security Architect
16 221 (3.71%) Security Engineer
17 220 (3.69%) IT Manager
18 191 (3.21%) IT Engineer
19 174 (2.92%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 174 (2.92%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (0.99%) SAML
2 53 (0.89%) OAuth
3 52 (0.87%) LDAP
4 47 (0.79%) OpenID
5 46 (0.77%) REST
6 32 (0.54%) HTML
7 24 (0.40%) CSS
7 24 (0.40%) React
8 22 (0.37%) SOAP
9 20 (0.34%) Kafka
10 17 (0.29%) .NET
10 17 (0.29%) SailPoint
11 15 (0.25%) GraphQL
11 15 (0.25%) JSON
11 15 (0.25%) Middleware
12 14 (0.23%) FastAPI
13 13 (0.22%) RESTful
13 13 (0.22%) XML
14 12 (0.20%) Node.js
14 12 (0.20%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 816 (13.70%) Cyberattack
2 334 (5.61%) Security Posture
3 212 (3.56%) Cyber Threat
4 196 (3.29%) Management Information System
5 187 (3.14%) Onboarding
6 154 (2.58%) Driving Licence
7 151 (2.53%) Security Operations Centre
8 126 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
9 100 (1.68%) Operational Technology
10 95 (1.59%) Cyber Defence
11 86 (1.44%) Cloud Native
12 78 (1.31%) Data Centre
13 58 (0.97%) PKI
14 50 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
15 46 (0.77%) Cyber Security Posture
16 42 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
17 38 (0.64%) Blog
17 38 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
18 31 (0.52%) CSOC
19 29 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 534 (8.96%) Windows
2 266 (4.46%) Windows Server
3 189 (3.17%) Linux
4 54 (0.91%) Mac OS
5 38 (0.64%) Windows 10
6 30 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 30 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
7 26 (0.44%) Android
8 24 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 23 (0.39%) Apple iOS
10 13 (0.22%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.10%) CentOS
12 5 (0.084%) Unix
12 5 (0.084%) VMS
13 4 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.017%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.017%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,202 (20.17%) Mentoring
2 773 (12.97%) Ethical Hacking
3 608 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
4 589 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
5 513 (8.61%) Incident Response
6 482 (8.09%) Information Security
7 474 (7.96%) Risk Management
8 429 (7.20%) SIEM
9 416 (6.98%) Security Operations
10 382 (6.41%) AI
11 376 (6.31%) Cloud Security
12 367 (6.16%) Vulnerability Management
13 324 (5.44%) Disaster Recovery
14 314 (5.27%) Decision-Making
15 277 (4.65%) Roadmaps
16 270 (4.53%) Stakeholder Management
17 250 (4.20%) Agile
18 246 (4.13%) Business Continuity
18 246 (4.13%) Data Protection
19 240 (4.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 305 (5.12%) Python
2 251 (4.21%) PowerShell
3 100 (1.68%) SQL
4 72 (1.21%) JavaScript
5 70 (1.17%) Bash
6 66 (1.11%) C++
7 43 (0.72%) Java
8 36 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
9 31 (0.52%) Rust
10 24 (0.40%) C#
11 21 (0.35%) MATLAB
11 21 (0.35%) TypeScript
12 20 (0.34%) Go
13 18 (0.30%) C
14 15 (0.25%) T-SQL
15 14 (0.23%) Search Processing Language
16 9 (0.15%) Perl
17 7 (0.12%) PHP
18 6 (0.10%) Shell Script
19 4 (0.067%) R
Qualifications
1 1,522 (25.55%) Azure Certification
2 922 (15.47%) CompTIA Security+
3 828 (13.90%) CEH
4 802 (13.46%) CompTIA CySA+
5 562 (9.43%) Security Cleared
6 450 (7.55%) Degree
7 444 (7.45%) CISSP
8 388 (6.51%) SC Cleared
9 286 (4.80%) CISM
10 195 (3.27%) DV Cleared
11 155 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
12 100 (1.68%) CISA
13 99 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
14 95 (1.59%) CRISC
15 85 (1.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 80 (1.34%) Network+ Certification
17 77 (1.29%) CREST Certified
18 74 (1.24%) A+ Certification
19 70 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
20 69 (1.16%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 631 (10.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 536 (9.00%) NIST
3 341 (5.72%) GDPR
4 290 (4.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 270 (4.53%) GRC
6 146 (2.45%) PCI DSS
7 134 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 113 (1.90%) QA
9 100 (1.68%) NCSC
10 59 (0.99%) SOC 2
11 51 (0.86%) NIST 800
12 36 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 35 (0.59%) Accessibility
13 35 (0.59%) COBIT
14 34 (0.57%) JSP 440
14 34 (0.57%) SLA
15 28 (0.47%) Data Quality
16 27 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
17 20 (0.34%) ISO 22301
18 19 (0.32%) HIPAA
System Software
1 426 (7.15%) Active Directory
2 123 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 104 (1.75%) Hyper-V
4 52 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
5 50 (0.84%) Docker
6 25 (0.42%) vSphere
7 14 (0.23%) IAG
8 11 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (0.17%) Firmware
9 10 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
10 9 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (0.084%) ClearTrust
11 5 (0.084%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.084%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.067%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.017%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 215 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 86 (1.44%) Terraform
3 74 (1.24%) Kubernetes
4 44 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
5 41 (0.69%) Ansible
6 31 (0.52%) Grafana
7 20 (0.34%) QRadar
8 18 (0.30%) Prometheus
9 17 (0.29%) FortiGate
9 17 (0.29%) SCCM
10 16 (0.27%) CASB
11 10 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 10 (0.17%) Nmap
12 9 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
12 9 (0.15%) Kibana
13 8 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 8 (0.13%) Nessus
13 8 (0.13%) vCenter Server
14 7 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2,581 (43.32%) Microsoft
2 1,458 (24.47%) ForeScout
3 174 (2.92%) VMware
4 158 (2.65%) Cisco
5 141 (2.37%) Palo Alto
6 106 (1.78%) CrowdStrike
7 103 (1.73%) Splunk
8 63 (1.06%) Qualys
9 61 (1.02%) Fortinet
10 60 (1.01%) Aruba
10 60 (1.01%) Tenable
11 58 (0.97%) Google
11 58 (0.97%) ServiceNow
12 50 (0.84%) Apple
13 48 (0.81%) Salesforce
14 36 (0.60%) Veeam
15 34 (0.57%) SAP
16 33 (0.55%) Adobe
17 31 (0.52%) CyberArk
18 29 (0.49%) Dell