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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 34 32
Rank change year-on-year +16 -2 +17
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,831 2,583 4,753
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.81% 6.29% 5.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.25% 6.86% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,252 1,569 3,387
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £35,400
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% -9.38%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% -10.08%

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 63,008 37,645 76,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.63% 91.62% 82.29%
Number of salaries quoted 44,477 20,913 54,962
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,822 £29,490
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £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 £72,500
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% -9.09%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 +14 1,380 £75,000 +3.45% 460
North of England +20 1,359 £53,750 +3.84% 296
South East +13 1,058 £50,000 -3.85% 350
Midlands +24 973 £55,900 +13.22% 170
North West +32 639 £55,000 - 170
South West +18 579 £57,500 +28.36% 149
Yorkshire +13 561 £50,000 +33.33% 81
West Midlands +15 514 £60,000 +8.11% 91
East Midlands +43 458 £55,000 +74.60% 79
East of England +66 451 £43,500 -8.42% 123
North East +27 159 £48,500 -27.82% 48
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 (3.02%) SharePoint
2 154 (2.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.21%) Apache
4 11 (0.19%) CMS
5 8 (0.14%) IIS
6 5 (0.086%) Confluence
6 5 (0.086%) SAS
6 5 (0.086%) WordPress
7 4 (0.069%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 71 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.36%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.086%) CATIA
6 5 (0.086%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.051%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.034%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.017%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (0.41%) Cloudability
2 19 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.086%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.069%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.069%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.069%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.051%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.051%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.051%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.034%) Distributed Ledger
8 2 (0.034%) JDE EnterpriseOne
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%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2,367 (40.59%) Azure
2 652 (11.18%) Microsoft 365
3 431 (7.39%) AWS
4 372 (6.38%) Entra ID
5 160 (2.74%) SaaS
6 145 (2.49%) GCP
7 71 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
7 71 (1.22%) Power Platform
8 70 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
9 58 (0.99%) OneDrive
10 46 (0.79%) Serverless
11 41 (0.70%) GitHub
12 40 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
13 37 (0.63%) Google Workspace
14 32 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
15 30 (0.51%) Mimecast
16 29 (0.50%) Microsoft Copilot
17 27 (0.46%) PaaS
18 25 (0.43%) IaaS
18 25 (0.43%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 462 (7.92%) Firewall
2 209 (3.58%) Network Security
3 180 (3.09%) VPN
4 173 (2.97%) DNS
5 133 (2.28%) WAN
6 120 (2.06%) LAN
7 118 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
8 115 (1.97%) DHCP
9 103 (1.77%) VLAN
10 97 (1.66%) TCP/IP
11 84 (1.44%) Internet
12 59 (1.01%) VoIP
13 46 (0.79%) Broadband
14 42 (0.72%) Wireless
15 41 (0.70%) Unified Communications
16 34 (0.58%) HTTP
17 30 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
17 30 (0.51%) SSL
18 28 (0.48%) Cisco Nexus
19 21 (0.36%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (0.74%) Power BI
2 30 (0.51%) SQL Server
3 15 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (0.22%) Tableau
5 10 (0.17%) MySQL
5 10 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (0.14%) Big Data
6 8 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.14%) Neo4j
7 7 (0.12%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.086%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.086%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.051%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.051%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.051%) GIS
9 3 (0.051%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.034%) Flink
10 2 (0.034%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.034%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 46 (0.79%) Git
2 35 (0.60%) GitLab
3 29 (0.50%) JIRA
4 25 (0.43%) Snyk
5 23 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
6 13 (0.22%) Burp Suite
6 13 (0.22%) Metasploit
7 12 (0.21%) Jenkins
8 8 (0.14%) Yeoman
9 5 (0.086%) Apache Continuum
9 5 (0.086%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.086%) JMeter
9 5 (0.086%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.086%) VersionOne
10 4 (0.069%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.069%) Locust
11 2 (0.034%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.034%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.034%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.017%) MLflow
General
1 2,438 (41.81%) Social Skills
2 519 (8.90%) Finance
3 413 (7.08%) Analytical Skills
4 272 (4.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 264 (4.53%) Public Sector
6 173 (2.97%) Retail
7 169 (2.90%) Marketing
8 147 (2.52%) Law
9 139 (2.38%) Legal
10 135 (2.32%) Telecoms
11 133 (2.28%) Banking
12 122 (2.09%) Manufacturing
13 117 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
14 86 (1.47%) Multimedia
15 78 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
16 60 (1.03%) Local Government
17 59 (1.01%) Aerospace
18 47 (0.81%) Advertising
19 39 (0.67%) Aviation
20 35 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,246 (21.37%) Analyst
2 1,074 (18.42%) Security Analyst
3 985 (16.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 802 (13.75%) Junior
5 765 (13.12%) Junior Analyst
6 755 (12.95%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (12.09%) Ethical Hacker
8 570 (9.78%) Senior
9 374 (6.41%) Consultant
10 345 (5.92%) Architect
11 305 (5.23%) Lead
12 273 (4.68%) Security Manager
13 263 (4.51%) IT Support
14 249 (4.27%) Security Architect
15 241 (4.13%) Security Consultant
16 213 (3.65%) Security Engineer
17 210 (3.60%) IT Manager
18 186 (3.19%) Cybersecurity Manager
19 181 (3.10%) IT Engineer
20 163 (2.80%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (0.99%) SAML
2 55 (0.94%) LDAP
2 55 (0.94%) REST
3 54 (0.93%) OAuth
4 48 (0.82%) OpenID
5 44 (0.75%) HTML
6 37 (0.63%) CSS
7 28 (0.48%) SOAP
8 24 (0.41%) React
9 21 (0.36%) GraphQL
10 17 (0.29%) Kafka
11 16 (0.27%) .NET
11 16 (0.27%) Middleware
12 15 (0.26%) SailPoint
13 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
14 13 (0.22%) JSON
14 13 (0.22%) Node.js
15 12 (0.21%) RESTful
16 11 (0.19%) AngularJS
16 11 (0.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 814 (13.96%) Cyberattack
2 319 (5.47%) Security Posture
3 193 (3.31%) Cyber Threat
3 193 (3.31%) Management Information System
4 169 (2.90%) Onboarding
5 152 (2.61%) Security Operations Centre
6 132 (2.26%) Driving Licence
7 124 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
8 101 (1.73%) Operational Technology
9 96 (1.65%) Cyber Defence
10 82 (1.41%) Cloud Native
11 77 (1.32%) Data Centre
12 60 (1.03%) PKI
13 48 (0.82%) Cyber Security Posture
14 42 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
15 41 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
16 40 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
17 38 (0.65%) Blog
18 30 (0.51%) Cloud Security Posture
18 30 (0.51%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 515 (8.83%) Windows
2 261 (4.48%) Windows Server
3 179 (3.07%) Linux
4 48 (0.82%) Mac OS
5 39 (0.67%) Windows 10
6 29 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 29 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
7 25 (0.43%) Android
8 22 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 19 (0.33%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.19%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.10%) CentOS
11 6 (0.10%) Unix
11 6 (0.10%) VMS
12 4 (0.069%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.017%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.017%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.017%) FreeRTOS
14 1 (0.017%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,206 (20.68%) Mentoring
2 779 (13.36%) Ethical Hacking
3 573 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 567 (9.72%) Problem-Solving
5 507 (8.69%) Incident Response
6 468 (8.03%) Information Security
7 449 (7.70%) Risk Management
8 399 (6.84%) Security Operations
9 398 (6.83%) SIEM
10 363 (6.23%) Cloud Security
11 347 (5.95%) AI
12 343 (5.88%) Vulnerability Management
13 308 (5.28%) Disaster Recovery
14 295 (5.06%) Decision-Making
15 259 (4.44%) Roadmaps
16 243 (4.17%) Stakeholder Management
17 241 (4.13%) Agile
18 237 (4.06%) Data Protection
19 233 (4.00%) Security Architecture
19 233 (4.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 300 (5.14%) Python
2 260 (4.46%) PowerShell
3 109 (1.87%) SQL
4 87 (1.49%) JavaScript
5 77 (1.32%) Bash
6 57 (0.98%) C++
7 40 (0.69%) Java
8 32 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
9 26 (0.45%) C#
10 25 (0.43%) MATLAB
11 21 (0.36%) T-SQL
12 20 (0.34%) Rust
12 20 (0.34%) TypeScript
13 16 (0.27%) Go
14 13 (0.22%) C
14 13 (0.22%) Search Processing Language
15 11 (0.19%) R
16 9 (0.15%) Perl
17 7 (0.12%) PHP
18 5 (0.086%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,530 (26.24%) Azure Certification
2 919 (15.76%) CompTIA Security+
3 827 (14.18%) CEH
4 803 (13.77%) CompTIA CySA+
5 523 (8.97%) Security Cleared
6 436 (7.48%) Degree
7 435 (7.46%) CISSP
8 366 (6.28%) SC Cleared
9 278 (4.77%) CISM
10 174 (2.98%) DV Cleared
11 155 (2.66%) Cisco Certification
12 108 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
13 102 (1.75%) CISA
14 89 (1.53%) CRISC
14 89 (1.53%) Network+ Certification
15 87 (1.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 87 (1.49%) CREST Certified
16 84 (1.44%) A+ Certification
17 71 (1.22%) AWS Certification
18 68 (1.17%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 617 (10.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 532 (9.12%) NIST
3 342 (5.87%) GDPR
4 283 (4.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 261 (4.48%) GRC
6 150 (2.57%) PCI DSS
7 135 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 112 (1.92%) QA
9 108 (1.85%) NCSC
10 57 (0.98%) SOC 2
11 45 (0.77%) NIST 800
12 39 (0.67%) COBIT
13 36 (0.62%) Accessibility
13 36 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 34 (0.58%) JSP 440
14 34 (0.58%) SLA
15 31 (0.53%) Data Quality
16 29 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
17 19 (0.33%) HIPAA
18 16 (0.27%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 411 (7.05%) Active Directory
2 122 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 100 (1.71%) Hyper-V
4 51 (0.87%) Docker
5 49 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
6 28 (0.48%) vSphere
7 14 (0.24%) IAG
8 11 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 8 (0.14%) Firmware
11 5 (0.086%) ClearTrust
11 5 (0.086%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.069%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 4 (0.069%) VMware ESXi
13 3 (0.051%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.017%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 205 (3.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 90 (1.54%) Terraform
3 71 (1.22%) Kubernetes
4 40 (0.69%) Ansible
5 37 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
6 31 (0.53%) Grafana
7 21 (0.36%) SCCM
8 19 (0.33%) QRadar
9 18 (0.31%) Prometheus
10 16 (0.27%) CASB
10 16 (0.27%) FortiGate
11 10 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 10 (0.17%) Nmap
12 9 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 9 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (0.15%) CSIRT
12 9 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
12 9 (0.15%) Kibana
12 9 (0.15%) vCenter Server
13 8 (0.14%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,541 (43.58%) Microsoft
2 1,458 (25.00%) ForeScout
3 171 (2.93%) VMware
4 147 (2.52%) Cisco
5 126 (2.16%) Palo Alto
6 105 (1.80%) CrowdStrike
7 92 (1.58%) Splunk
8 63 (1.08%) Fortinet
9 61 (1.05%) Tenable
10 59 (1.01%) Google
11 56 (0.96%) ServiceNow
12 54 (0.93%) Qualys
13 52 (0.89%) Apple
14 50 (0.86%) Salesforce
15 49 (0.84%) Aruba
16 35 (0.60%) SAP
17 34 (0.58%) Veeam
18 33 (0.57%) Adobe
19 30 (0.51%) Dell
20 26 (0.45%) CyberArk