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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 34 37
Rank change year-on-year +14 +3 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,922 2,704 4,347
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.75% 6.24% 5.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.14% 6.92% 6.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3,360 1,655 3,154
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -7.07%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +6.19% -3.42% -10.00%

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 64,794 39,051 70,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.87% 90.16% 82.29%
Number of salaries quoted 45,865 22,357 50,018
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,800 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £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 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -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 17 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 17 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
London +14 1,381 £75,000 +3.45% 482
North of England +20 1,363 £50,000 -1.96% 308
South East +14 1,080 £52,500 +5.00% 334
Midlands +20 995 £57,500 +20.59% 189
North West +28 641 £55,000 - 168
South West +11 595 £57,500 +28.95% 164
Yorkshire +13 556 £47,500 +43.94% 109
West Midlands +13 509 £60,000 +10.92% 97
East Midlands +43 485 £55,000 +57.14% 92
East of England +67 481 £43,500 -8.42% 130
North East +20 166 £50,000 -27.94% 35
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 (2.97%) SharePoint
2 170 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.27%) Apache
4 13 (0.22%) IIS
5 12 (0.20%) CMS
6 9 (0.15%) SAS
7 6 (0.10%) Confluence
8 5 (0.084%) WordPress
9 4 (0.068%) 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 73 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.27%) Simulink
5 5 (0.084%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.068%) CATIA
6 4 (0.068%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.051%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.034%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (0.41%) Cloudability
2 15 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
4 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.10%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.084%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.084%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.068%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.051%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 3 (0.051%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.051%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.051%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 2 (0.034%) Shopify
10 1 (0.017%) Maximo
10 1 (0.017%) RMDS
10 1 (0.017%) SAP EHS
10 1 (0.017%) SAP FI
10 1 (0.017%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 2,337 (39.46%) Azure
2 692 (11.69%) Microsoft 365
3 451 (7.62%) AWS
4 388 (6.55%) Entra ID
5 169 (2.85%) SaaS
6 147 (2.48%) GCP
7 77 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
8 71 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
9 70 (1.18%) Power Platform
10 57 (0.96%) OneDrive
11 48 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
12 47 (0.79%) Serverless
13 32 (0.54%) Google Workspace
13 32 (0.54%) Microsoft Copilot
13 32 (0.54%) Mimecast
14 30 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
15 28 (0.47%) GitHub
16 27 (0.46%) PaaS
17 24 (0.41%) IaaS
18 23 (0.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 483 (8.16%) Firewall
2 213 (3.60%) Network Security
3 194 (3.28%) VPN
4 183 (3.09%) DNS
5 142 (2.40%) WAN
6 137 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
7 127 (2.14%) LAN
8 123 (2.08%) DHCP
9 117 (1.98%) TCP/IP
10 107 (1.81%) VLAN
11 83 (1.40%) Internet
12 63 (1.06%) VoIP
13 49 (0.83%) Wireless
14 43 (0.73%) Unified Communications
15 42 (0.71%) Broadband
16 36 (0.61%) Cisco Nexus
17 35 (0.59%) HTTP
18 30 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
18 30 (0.51%) SSL
19 25 (0.42%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (0.76%) Power BI
2 35 (0.59%) SQL Server
3 14 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (0.20%) MySQL
6 11 (0.19%) Tableau
7 10 (0.17%) MongoDB
7 10 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (0.15%) Big Data
9 8 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.14%) Neo4j
10 5 (0.084%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.068%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.068%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.051%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.051%) GIS
12 3 (0.051%) Metadata
13 2 (0.034%) ClickHouse
13 2 (0.034%) Flink
13 2 (0.034%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 35 (0.59%) Git
2 33 (0.56%) GitLab
3 31 (0.52%) JIRA
4 25 (0.42%) Snyk
5 17 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
6 15 (0.25%) Burp Suite
7 14 (0.24%) Metasploit
8 12 (0.20%) 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 (0.068%) Apache Continuum
11 4 (0.068%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.068%) Locust
11 4 (0.068%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.034%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.034%) Claude Code
13 1 (0.017%) GDB
General
1 2,442 (41.24%) Social Skills
2 510 (8.61%) Finance
3 414 (6.99%) Analytical Skills
4 286 (4.83%) Public Sector
5 281 (4.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 170 (2.87%) Retail
7 169 (2.85%) Marketing
8 160 (2.70%) Law
9 148 (2.50%) Legal
9 148 (2.50%) Telecoms
10 133 (2.25%) Manufacturing
11 127 (2.14%) Banking
12 107 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
13 81 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
14 70 (1.18%) Multimedia
15 66 (1.11%) Aerospace
16 54 (0.91%) Advertising
16 54 (0.91%) Local Government
17 34 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
17 34 (0.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,201 (20.28%) Analyst
2 1,034 (17.46%) Security Analyst
3 939 (15.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 768 (12.97%) Junior
5 718 (12.12%) Junior Analyst
6 708 (11.96%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (11.90%) Ethical Hacker
8 591 (9.98%) Senior
9 416 (7.02%) Consultant
10 354 (5.98%) Architect
11 306 (5.17%) Lead
12 274 (4.63%) IT Support
13 264 (4.46%) Security Consultant
14 263 (4.44%) Security Manager
15 238 (4.02%) Security Architect
16 223 (3.77%) IT Manager
17 222 (3.75%) Security Engineer
18 191 (3.23%) IT Engineer
19 178 (3.01%) Cybersecurity Consultant
20 175 (2.96%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (0.96%) SAML
2 52 (0.88%) LDAP
3 51 (0.86%) OAuth
4 46 (0.78%) REST
5 45 (0.76%) OpenID
6 32 (0.54%) HTML
7 24 (0.41%) CSS
7 24 (0.41%) React
8 22 (0.37%) SOAP
9 20 (0.34%) Kafka
10 18 (0.30%) .NET
11 17 (0.29%) SailPoint
12 15 (0.25%) GraphQL
12 15 (0.25%) JSON
12 15 (0.25%) Middleware
13 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
14 13 (0.22%) AngularJS
14 13 (0.22%) Node.js
14 13 (0.22%) RESTful
14 13 (0.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 818 (13.81%) Cyberattack
2 331 (5.59%) Security Posture
3 221 (3.73%) Cyber Threat
4 196 (3.31%) Management Information System
5 195 (3.29%) Onboarding
6 158 (2.67%) Driving Licence
7 156 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
8 126 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
9 105 (1.77%) Operational Technology
10 96 (1.62%) Cyber Defence
11 87 (1.47%) Cloud Native
12 76 (1.28%) Data Centre
13 59 (1.00%) PKI
14 51 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
15 43 (0.73%) Cyber Security Posture
16 42 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
17 38 (0.64%) Blog
18 35 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
19 34 (0.57%) CSOC
20 29 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 536 (9.05%) Windows
2 264 (4.46%) Windows Server
3 191 (3.23%) Linux
4 56 (0.95%) Mac OS
5 38 (0.64%) Windows 10
6 29 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 29 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
7 25 (0.42%) Android
8 24 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 23 (0.39%) Apple iOS
10 13 (0.22%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.10%) CentOS
12 5 (0.084%) VMS
13 4 (0.068%) Unix
13 4 (0.068%) 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%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,153 (19.47%) Mentoring
2 773 (13.05%) Ethical Hacking
3 605 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 586 (9.90%) Problem-Solving
5 511 (8.63%) Incident Response
6 482 (8.14%) Information Security
7 467 (7.89%) Risk Management
8 436 (7.36%) SIEM
9 422 (7.13%) Security Operations
10 386 (6.52%) AI
11 380 (6.42%) Cloud Security
12 370 (6.25%) Vulnerability Management
13 323 (5.45%) Disaster Recovery
14 314 (5.30%) Decision-Making
15 277 (4.68%) Roadmaps
16 275 (4.64%) Stakeholder Management
17 246 (4.15%) Agile
18 245 (4.14%) Data Protection
19 243 (4.10%) Business Continuity
20 241 (4.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 303 (5.12%) Python
2 252 (4.26%) PowerShell
3 100 (1.69%) SQL
4 71 (1.20%) Bash
5 70 (1.18%) JavaScript
6 65 (1.10%) C++
7 41 (0.69%) Java
8 37 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
9 31 (0.52%) Rust
10 23 (0.39%) C#
11 21 (0.35%) Go
11 21 (0.35%) TypeScript
12 20 (0.34%) MATLAB
13 18 (0.30%) C
14 15 (0.25%) T-SQL
15 14 (0.24%) Search Processing Language
16 9 (0.15%) Perl
17 7 (0.12%) PHP
18 5 (0.084%) Shell Script
19 4 (0.068%) Ada
Qualifications
1 1,476 (24.92%) Azure Certification
2 879 (14.84%) CompTIA Security+
3 828 (13.98%) CEH
4 757 (12.78%) CompTIA CySA+
5 572 (9.66%) Security Cleared
6 445 (7.51%) Degree
7 439 (7.41%) CISSP
8 396 (6.69%) SC Cleared
9 280 (4.73%) CISM
10 196 (3.31%) DV Cleared
11 155 (2.62%) Cisco Certification
12 98 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
13 95 (1.60%) CISA
14 89 (1.50%) CRISC
15 83 (1.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 79 (1.33%) Network+ Certification
17 77 (1.30%) CREST Certified
18 73 (1.23%) A+ Certification
19 70 (1.18%) CCNA
19 70 (1.18%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 628 (10.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 528 (8.92%) NIST
3 338 (5.71%) GDPR
4 287 (4.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 268 (4.53%) GRC
6 147 (2.48%) PCI DSS
7 131 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 109 (1.84%) QA
9 102 (1.72%) NCSC
10 59 (1.00%) SOC 2
11 43 (0.73%) NIST 800
12 36 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 35 (0.59%) Accessibility
13 35 (0.59%) COBIT
14 34 (0.57%) JSP 440
14 34 (0.57%) SLA
15 27 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
16 26 (0.44%) Data Quality
17 19 (0.32%) HIPAA
17 19 (0.32%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 425 (7.18%) Active Directory
2 124 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 105 (1.77%) Hyper-V
4 51 (0.86%) Docker
4 51 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (0.41%) vSphere
6 14 (0.24%) IAG
7 12 (0.20%) Firmware
8 11 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
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 (0.068%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (0.051%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.017%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 213 (3.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 86 (1.45%) Terraform
3 75 (1.27%) Kubernetes
4 42 (0.71%) Ansible
4 42 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
5 31 (0.52%) Grafana
6 20 (0.34%) QRadar
7 18 (0.30%) Prometheus
8 17 (0.29%) FortiGate
8 17 (0.29%) SCCM
9 16 (0.27%) CASB
10 11 (0.19%) Nmap
11 9 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
11 9 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
11 9 (0.15%) Kibana
11 9 (0.15%) Nessus
12 8 (0.14%) vCenter Server
13 7 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (0.10%) Functional Safety
14 6 (0.10%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,533 (42.77%) Microsoft
2 1,411 (23.83%) ForeScout
3 175 (2.96%) VMware
4 165 (2.79%) Cisco
5 143 (2.41%) Palo Alto
6 108 (1.82%) CrowdStrike
7 104 (1.76%) Splunk
8 64 (1.08%) Qualys
9 62 (1.05%) Fortinet
10 61 (1.03%) Aruba
11 60 (1.01%) Tenable
12 59 (1.00%) Google
13 57 (0.96%) ServiceNow
14 50 (0.84%) Apple
15 48 (0.81%) Salesforce
16 34 (0.57%) SAP
16 34 (0.57%) Veeam
17 33 (0.56%) Adobe
18 31 (0.52%) CyberArk
19 29 (0.49%) Dell