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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 34 37
Rank change year-on-year +16 +3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,933 2,697 4,502
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.83% 6.24% 5.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.22% 6.89% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,319 1,656 3,288
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £35,592
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,443 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.45% -0.96% -9.38%
75th Percentile £79,000 £75,000 £75,313
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £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 64,347 39,118 73,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.05% 90.53% 82.51%
Number of salaries quoted 45,425 22,207 52,903
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,898 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,500 £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% -8.71%

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 10 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 10 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 +15 1,382 £75,000 +3.45% 528
North of England +22 1,376 £50,861 -1.74% 322
South East +14 1,083 £52,500 +3.45% 401
Midlands +23 993 £57,500 +17.35% 202
North West +28 644 £55,000 - 174
South West +15 599 £57,500 +28.36% 174
Yorkshire +13 566 £47,500 +43.94% 108
West Midlands +17 522 £60,000 +9.09% 101
East of England +66 473 £43,500 -8.42% 141
East Midlands +39 470 £55,000 +57.14% 101
North East +25 166 £50,000 -25.59% 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
1 179 (3.02%) SharePoint
2 168 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (0.25%) Apache
4 12 (0.20%) CMS
5 11 (0.19%) IIS
6 8 (0.13%) 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 74 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.30%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.084%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.084%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.067%) CATIA
8 2 (0.034%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 17 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.084%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.084%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.067%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.051%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.051%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.051%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 3 (0.051%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.051%) 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 2,378 (40.08%) Azure
2 684 (11.53%) Microsoft 365
3 443 (7.47%) AWS
4 389 (6.56%) Entra ID
5 165 (2.78%) SaaS
6 148 (2.49%) GCP
7 75 (1.26%) Azure Sentinel
8 74 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
9 70 (1.18%) Power Platform
10 57 (0.96%) OneDrive
11 47 (0.79%) Serverless
12 45 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
13 33 (0.56%) GitHub
13 33 (0.56%) Google Workspace
14 31 (0.52%) Microsoft Copilot
15 30 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
15 30 (0.51%) Mimecast
16 28 (0.47%) PaaS
17 24 (0.40%) IaaS
18 23 (0.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 489 (8.24%) Firewall
2 216 (3.64%) Network Security
3 196 (3.30%) VPN
4 186 (3.14%) DNS
5 143 (2.41%) WAN
6 134 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
7 129 (2.17%) LAN
8 126 (2.12%) DHCP
9 116 (1.96%) TCP/IP
10 112 (1.89%) VLAN
11 83 (1.40%) Internet
12 63 (1.06%) VoIP
13 49 (0.83%) Wireless
14 43 (0.72%) Broadband
14 43 (0.72%) Unified Communications
15 35 (0.59%) HTTP
16 33 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
17 31 (0.52%) SSL
18 30 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
19 23 (0.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (0.74%) Power BI
2 32 (0.54%) SQL Server
3 15 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
4 11 (0.19%) MySQL
4 11 (0.19%) Tableau
5 9 (0.15%) Big Data
5 9 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (0.13%) Neo4j
7 7 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.12%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.084%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.067%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.051%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.051%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.051%) GIS
10 3 (0.051%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.034%) Flink
11 2 (0.034%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.034%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 40 (0.67%) Git
2 33 (0.56%) GitLab
3 31 (0.52%) JIRA
4 25 (0.42%) Snyk
5 19 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
6 15 (0.25%) Burp Suite
7 14 (0.24%) Metasploit
8 11 (0.19%) 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 (0.051%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.034%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.034%) Claude Code
14 1 (0.017%) GDB
General
1 2,490 (41.97%) Social Skills
2 533 (8.98%) Finance
3 422 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
4 280 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 280 (4.72%) Public Sector
5 181 (3.05%) Retail
6 170 (2.87%) Marketing
7 160 (2.70%) Law
8 144 (2.43%) Telecoms
9 141 (2.38%) Legal
10 134 (2.26%) Banking
11 129 (2.17%) Manufacturing
12 109 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
13 77 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
14 75 (1.26%) Multimedia
15 65 (1.10%) Aerospace
16 59 (0.99%) Local Government
17 52 (0.88%) Advertising
18 38 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
19 37 (0.62%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1,247 (21.02%) Analyst
2 1,084 (18.27%) Security Analyst
3 990 (16.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 808 (13.62%) Junior
5 765 (12.89%) Junior Analyst
6 755 (12.73%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (11.88%) Ethical Hacker
8 581 (9.79%) Senior
9 397 (6.69%) Consultant
10 354 (5.97%) Architect
11 313 (5.28%) Lead
12 276 (4.65%) IT Support
13 269 (4.53%) Security Manager
14 253 (4.26%) Security Consultant
15 242 (4.08%) Security Architect
16 218 (3.67%) Security Engineer
17 217 (3.66%) IT Manager
18 195 (3.29%) IT Engineer
19 178 (3.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 171 (2.88%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (0.98%) SAML
2 53 (0.89%) OAuth
3 52 (0.88%) LDAP
4 50 (0.84%) REST
5 47 (0.79%) OpenID
6 37 (0.62%) HTML
7 29 (0.49%) CSS
8 24 (0.40%) React
9 23 (0.39%) SOAP
10 20 (0.34%) Kafka
11 17 (0.29%) .NET
11 17 (0.29%) SailPoint
12 16 (0.27%) GraphQL
13 15 (0.25%) JSON
13 15 (0.25%) Middleware
13 15 (0.25%) Node.js
14 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
14 14 (0.24%) RESTful
15 13 (0.22%) XML
16 12 (0.20%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 814 (13.72%) Cyberattack
2 338 (5.70%) Security Posture
3 206 (3.47%) Cyber Threat
4 195 (3.29%) Management Information System
5 185 (3.12%) Onboarding
6 155 (2.61%) Security Operations Centre
7 151 (2.55%) Driving Licence
8 127 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
9 101 (1.70%) Operational Technology
10 98 (1.65%) Cyber Defence
11 86 (1.45%) Cloud Native
12 76 (1.28%) Data Centre
13 55 (0.93%) PKI
14 48 (0.81%) Cyber Security Posture
15 46 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
16 41 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
17 39 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
18 38 (0.64%) Blog
19 32 (0.54%) CSOC
20 29 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 541 (9.12%) Windows
2 269 (4.53%) Windows Server
3 191 (3.22%) Linux
4 54 (0.91%) Mac OS
5 39 (0.66%) Windows 10
6 31 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 31 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 26 (0.44%) Android
8 23 (0.39%) Apple iOS
8 23 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (0.20%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.10%) CentOS
10 6 (0.10%) VMS
11 5 (0.084%) Unix
11 5 (0.084%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.017%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.017%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,205 (20.31%) Mentoring
2 773 (13.03%) Ethical Hacking
3 605 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
4 585 (9.86%) Problem-Solving
5 525 (8.85%) Incident Response
6 483 (8.14%) Information Security
7 473 (7.97%) Risk Management
8 432 (7.28%) SIEM
9 419 (7.06%) Security Operations
10 379 (6.39%) Cloud Security
11 366 (6.17%) AI
12 365 (6.15%) Vulnerability Management
13 318 (5.36%) Disaster Recovery
14 310 (5.23%) Decision-Making
15 275 (4.64%) Roadmaps
16 268 (4.52%) Stakeholder Management
17 250 (4.21%) Agile
18 242 (4.08%) Data Protection
19 239 (4.03%) Business Continuity
20 236 (3.98%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 304 (5.12%) Python
2 254 (4.28%) PowerShell
3 101 (1.70%) SQL
4 79 (1.33%) JavaScript
5 72 (1.21%) Bash
6 62 (1.05%) C++
7 42 (0.71%) Java
8 36 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
9 29 (0.49%) Rust
10 25 (0.42%) C#
11 22 (0.37%) MATLAB
11 22 (0.37%) TypeScript
12 20 (0.34%) Go
13 18 (0.30%) C
14 16 (0.27%) T-SQL
15 14 (0.24%) Search Processing Language
16 9 (0.15%) Perl
17 7 (0.12%) PHP
18 6 (0.10%) Shell Script
19 5 (0.084%) R
Qualifications
1 1,525 (25.70%) Azure Certification
2 919 (15.49%) CompTIA Security+
3 828 (13.96%) CEH
4 803 (13.53%) CompTIA CySA+
5 560 (9.44%) Security Cleared
6 451 (7.60%) Degree
7 447 (7.53%) CISSP
8 386 (6.51%) SC Cleared
9 286 (4.82%) CISM
10 195 (3.29%) DV Cleared
11 159 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
12 106 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
13 101 (1.70%) CISA
14 97 (1.63%) CRISC
15 88 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 82 (1.38%) CREST Certified
17 81 (1.37%) Network+ Certification
18 75 (1.26%) A+ Certification
19 71 (1.20%) AWS Certification
20 70 (1.18%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 638 (10.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 542 (9.14%) NIST
3 341 (5.75%) GDPR
4 292 (4.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 268 (4.52%) GRC
6 146 (2.46%) PCI DSS
7 134 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 113 (1.90%) QA
9 99 (1.67%) NCSC
10 57 (0.96%) SOC 2
11 50 (0.84%) NIST 800
12 36 (0.61%) Accessibility
12 36 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 35 (0.59%) COBIT
14 33 (0.56%) JSP 440
14 33 (0.56%) SLA
15 30 (0.51%) Data Quality
16 28 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
17 19 (0.32%) HIPAA
17 19 (0.32%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 424 (7.15%) Active Directory
2 126 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 106 (1.79%) Hyper-V
4 50 (0.84%) Docker
4 50 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 27 (0.46%) vSphere
6 14 (0.24%) IAG
7 11 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.17%) Firmware
8 10 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 7 (0.12%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.084%) ClearTrust
11 5 (0.084%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.067%) 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 (3.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 89 (1.50%) Terraform
3 72 (1.21%) Kubernetes
4 43 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
5 42 (0.71%) Ansible
6 31 (0.52%) Grafana
7 20 (0.34%) QRadar
8 18 (0.30%) Prometheus
8 18 (0.30%) SCCM
9 17 (0.29%) FortiGate
10 15 (0.25%) CASB
11 11 (0.19%) Nmap
12 10 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 9 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
13 9 (0.15%) Kibana
13 9 (0.15%) vCenter Server
14 8 (0.13%) CSIRT
14 8 (0.13%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2,573 (43.37%) Microsoft
2 1,458 (24.57%) ForeScout
3 178 (3.00%) VMware
4 158 (2.66%) Cisco
5 138 (2.33%) Palo Alto
6 106 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
7 98 (1.65%) Splunk
8 64 (1.08%) Fortinet
9 60 (1.01%) Google
9 60 (1.01%) Qualys
9 60 (1.01%) Tenable
10 57 (0.96%) Aruba
10 57 (0.96%) ServiceNow
11 50 (0.84%) Apple
12 49 (0.83%) Salesforce
13 37 (0.62%) Veeam
14 34 (0.57%) SAP
15 33 (0.56%) Adobe
16 29 (0.49%) Dell
17 28 (0.47%) CyberArk