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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 35 36
Rank change year-on-year +29 +1 +19
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 7,086 2,768 2,815
As % of all permanent jobs in England 13.46% 5.68% 5.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.54% 6.28% 6.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,036 1,405 2,126
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,716 £35,920
25th Percentile £30,438 £48,750 £47,562
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £74,114 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,770
UK median annual salary £50,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -21.88% +2.40% -3.85%

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 42,844 44,109 42,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.40% 90.47% 89.81%
Number of salaries quoted 25,653 21,778 33,081
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,874
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 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 8 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 8 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 +39 2,238 £30,500 -44.55% 343
North West +35 1,773 £41,000 -25.17% 167
Midlands +28 1,432 £42,735 -25.68% 245
London +17 1,316 £67,500 -6.90% 448
West Midlands +22 1,187 £47,500 -20.83% 107
South East +32 1,080 £48,500 -15.65% 531
East of England +50 567 £35,000 -28.21% 300
South West +39 404 £52,500 -22.22% 248
Yorkshire +36 396 £30,500 -47.82% 136
East Midlands +32 254 £37,500 -21.36% 135
North East +34 69 £30,500 -34.01% 45
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
1 119 (1.68%) SharePoint
2 65 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.23%) Confluence
3 16 (0.23%) IIS
4 11 (0.16%) WordPress
5 7 (0.099%) CMS
6 6 (0.085%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.085%) nginx
7 5 (0.071%) Apache
7 5 (0.071%) Drupal
7 5 (0.071%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.056%) FactoryTalk
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
1 101 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 60 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 59 (0.83%) Maya
4 27 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (0.37%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.13%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.13%) Simulink
7 7 (0.099%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.042%) CATIA
8 3 (0.042%) CINEMA 4D
8 3 (0.042%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.042%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.014%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 34 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.23%) 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 (0.13%) SAP FS
5 9 (0.13%) SAP IS-U
6 7 (0.099%) Shopify
7 6 (0.085%) Exchequer
8 5 (0.071%) 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%) SAP GRC
10 3 (0.042%) Teamcenter
10 3 (0.042%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 4,061 (57.31%) Cloud Computing
2 1,070 (15.10%) Azure
3 518 (7.31%) AWS
4 391 (5.52%) Microsoft 365
5 216 (3.05%) GitHub
6 180 (2.54%) Entra ID
7 90 (1.27%) Power Platform
8 88 (1.24%) SaaS
9 66 (0.93%) GCP
10 57 (0.80%) PaaS
11 43 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
11 43 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
12 40 (0.56%) IaaS
13 35 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
14 31 (0.44%) OneDrive
15 26 (0.37%) Nutanix
16 22 (0.31%) Microsoft Purview
17 21 (0.30%) Power Automate
18 20 (0.28%) Serverless
19 19 (0.27%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4,225 (59.62%) Internet
2 238 (3.36%) Firewall
3 127 (1.79%) Network Security
4 123 (1.74%) VPN
5 106 (1.50%) TCP/IP
6 100 (1.41%) DNS
7 81 (1.14%) DHCP
8 74 (1.04%) WAN
9 69 (0.97%) VoIP
10 67 (0.95%) LAN
11 56 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
12 50 (0.71%) VLAN
13 33 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
14 30 (0.42%) SD-WAN
15 29 (0.41%) Wireless
16 22 (0.31%) Modbus
17 21 (0.30%) SAN
18 16 (0.23%) DMZ
19 14 (0.20%) NAS
19 14 (0.20%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (0.85%) Power BI
2 59 (0.83%) SQL Server
3 44 (0.62%) Tableau
4 35 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (0.32%) Big Data
6 21 (0.30%) Relational Database
7 18 (0.25%) SAP BW
8 17 (0.24%) Data Lake
9 16 (0.23%) Metadata
10 15 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
11 13 (0.18%) Neo4j
12 11 (0.16%) Oracle Database
13 10 (0.14%) NoSQL
14 8 (0.11%) Amazon RDS
14 8 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (0.085%) MS Access
16 5 (0.071%) Azure SQL Database
16 5 (0.071%) MariaDB
17 4 (0.056%) BusinessObjects
17 4 (0.056%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 215 (3.03%) Git
2 33 (0.47%) JIRA
3 17 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (0.23%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.16%) GitLab
6 7 (0.099%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.056%) JMeter
7 4 (0.056%) Locust
7 4 (0.056%) MLflow
7 4 (0.056%) Toad
8 3 (0.042%) Apache Continuum
8 3 (0.042%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.042%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.042%) Metasploit
8 3 (0.042%) Snyk
9 1 (0.014%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.014%) Bitbucket
General
1 5,179 (73.09%) Social Skills
2 4,172 (58.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,156 (58.65%) Banking
4 525 (7.41%) Finance
5 372 (5.25%) Analytical Skills
6 333 (4.70%) Multimedia
7 199 (2.81%) Marketing
8 189 (2.67%) Public Sector
9 173 (2.44%) Law
10 168 (2.37%) Telecoms
11 155 (2.19%) Legal
12 115 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
13 108 (1.52%) Manufacturing
14 91 (1.28%) Games
15 89 (1.26%) Retail
16 72 (1.02%) Electronics
17 67 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
18 61 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
19 43 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
20 34 (0.48%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3,133 (44.21%) Lecturer
2 480 (6.77%) Analyst
3 346 (4.88%) Senior
4 342 (4.83%) Security Analyst
5 333 (4.70%) Trainee
6 298 (4.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 263 (3.71%) Junior
8 238 (3.36%) Junior Analyst
9 236 (3.33%) Junior Security Analyst
10 218 (3.08%) Consultant
11 204 (2.88%) Lead
12 197 (2.78%) Architect
13 179 (2.53%) IT Support
14 159 (2.24%) Support Engineer
15 138 (1.95%) Security Consultant
16 137 (1.93%) IT Manager
17 136 (1.92%) Developer
18 126 (1.78%) Security Engineer
19 116 (1.64%) Security Manager
20 109 (1.54%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 229 (3.23%) HTML
2 224 (3.16%) CSS
3 34 (0.48%) React
4 25 (0.35%) SAP CAF
5 24 (0.34%) AngularJS
6 19 (0.27%) REST
6 19 (0.27%) YAML
7 14 (0.20%) OAuth
7 14 (0.20%) Pandas
8 13 (0.18%) MERN Stack
8 13 (0.18%) Middleware
8 13 (0.18%) PyTorch
8 13 (0.18%) SAML
8 13 (0.18%) TensorFlow
9 12 (0.17%) .NET
10 11 (0.16%) OpenID
11 10 (0.14%) PySpark
12 9 (0.13%) LDAP
12 9 (0.13%) Web Services
12 9 (0.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4,071 (57.45%) IoT
2 186 (2.62%) Management Information System
3 152 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
4 150 (2.12%) Security Posture
5 111 (1.57%) Onboarding
6 110 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
7 105 (1.48%) Driving Licence
8 92 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
9 77 (1.09%) Data Centre
10 65 (0.92%) Operational Technology
11 64 (0.90%) Cloud Native
12 60 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
13 55 (0.78%) Security Operations Centre
14 45 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
15 39 (0.55%) Public Cloud
16 38 (0.54%) Cyber Defence
17 33 (0.47%) Blockchain
18 32 (0.45%) Cyberattack
19 31 (0.44%) CCTV
20 29 (0.41%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 362 (5.11%) Windows
2 146 (2.06%) Windows Server
3 136 (1.92%) Linux
4 68 (0.96%) Mac OS
5 66 (0.93%) Windows 10
6 23 (0.32%) Android
7 22 (0.31%) Apple iOS
8 21 (0.30%) Unix
9 7 (0.099%) Debian
9 7 (0.099%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.099%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (0.099%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.085%) VMS
11 4 (0.056%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.042%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.028%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.028%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.014%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.014%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.014%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,266 (60.20%) AI
2 4,069 (57.42%) Machine Learning
3 4,036 (56.96%) User Experience
4 4,033 (56.92%) Web Development
5 790 (11.15%) Mentoring
6 490 (6.92%) Problem-Solving
7 361 (5.09%) Risk Management
8 331 (4.67%) Information Security
9 309 (4.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 302 (4.26%) Incident Response
11 256 (3.61%) Agile
12 234 (3.30%) ITIL
13 203 (2.86%) Analytics
14 202 (2.85%) Project Management
15 182 (2.57%) Data Protection
15 182 (2.57%) Roadmaps
15 182 (2.57%) SIEM
16 179 (2.53%) Decision-Making
17 178 (2.51%) Line Management
18 172 (2.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 360 (5.08%) Python
2 251 (3.54%) JavaScript
3 147 (2.07%) PowerShell
4 119 (1.68%) SQL
5 113 (1.59%) R
6 36 (0.51%) Bash
7 25 (0.35%) Java
8 20 (0.28%) C#
9 18 (0.25%) TypeScript
10 16 (0.23%) Bicep
10 16 (0.23%) C++
11 14 (0.20%) C
11 14 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
12 12 (0.17%) T-SQL
13 9 (0.13%) MATLAB
14 6 (0.085%) Go
15 5 (0.071%) Perl
15 5 (0.071%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.056%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.056%) VB
Qualifications
1 4,509 (63.63%) Degree
2 4,084 (57.63%) Master's Degree
3 4,012 (56.62%) PhD
4 4,004 (56.51%) Postgraduate
5 483 (6.82%) Azure Certification
6 427 (6.03%) CompTIA Security+
7 351 (4.95%) CISSP
8 284 (4.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 273 (3.85%) Security Cleared
10 261 (3.68%) AWS Certification
11 252 (3.56%) CompTIA CySA+
12 249 (3.51%) CISM
13 211 (2.98%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 191 (2.70%) SC Cleared
15 190 (2.68%) CEH
16 145 (2.05%) Network+ Certification
17 140 (1.98%) A+ Certification
18 107 (1.51%) CISA
19 82 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
19 82 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 447 (6.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 403 (5.69%) NIST
3 225 (3.18%) GDPR
4 212 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 172 (2.43%) GRC
6 97 (1.37%) NCSC
7 91 (1.28%) PCI DSS
8 90 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 62 (0.87%) QA
10 54 (0.76%) SLA
11 43 (0.61%) NIST 800
12 42 (0.59%) COBIT
13 36 (0.51%) SOC 2
14 32 (0.45%) JSP 440
15 24 (0.34%) Data Quality
16 21 (0.30%) RMADS
17 20 (0.28%) ISO 9001
18 19 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 18 (0.25%) PMO
20 17 (0.24%) Accessibility
System Software
1 242 (3.42%) Active Directory
2 79 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (0.78%) Hyper-V
4 43 (0.61%) Docker
5 37 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (0.21%) vSphere
7 6 (0.085%) BitLocker
7 6 (0.085%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.071%) Firmware
8 5 (0.071%) Kamailio
8 5 (0.071%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.056%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.042%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.028%) GPFS
11 2 (0.028%) Lustre
11 2 (0.028%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.014%) iptables
12 1 (0.014%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.014%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.014%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 157 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (0.61%) Terraform
3 38 (0.54%) Kubernetes
4 27 (0.38%) Ansible
5 23 (0.32%) SCCM
6 20 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
8 15 (0.21%) Nessus
9 14 (0.20%) CASB
10 12 (0.17%) CSIRT
11 11 (0.16%) RSA Archer
12 9 (0.13%) PaperCut
12 9 (0.13%) QRadar
13 8 (0.11%) Nagios
14 7 (0.099%) FortiGate
15 6 (0.085%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 6 (0.085%) Grafana
15 6 (0.085%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
16 5 (0.071%) MaaS360
17 4 (0.056%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 1,140 (16.09%) Microsoft
2 235 (3.32%) ForeScout
3 122 (1.72%) SAP
4 117 (1.65%) VMware
5 86 (1.21%) Palo Alto
6 84 (1.19%) Cisco
7 72 (1.02%) Apple
8 68 (0.96%) Oracle
9 67 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
10 63 (0.89%) Fortinet
11 62 (0.87%) Adobe
12 51 (0.72%) Salesforce
13 36 (0.51%) ServiceNow
14 29 (0.41%) Google
15 26 (0.37%) Dell
16 22 (0.31%) Splunk
16 22 (0.31%) Tenable
17 21 (0.30%) MuleSoft
18 20 (0.28%) Qualys
18 20 (0.28%) Siemens