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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 34 38
Rank change year-on-year +14 +4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,977 2,742 3,601
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.29% 6.27% 4.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.55% 7.02% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,623 1,660 2,405
10th Percentile £30,250 £26,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £79,375 £75,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,750 £59,608
% change year-on-year +5.73% -4.79% -7.58%

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 69,923 39,061 58,921
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.56% 89.26% 81.17%
Number of salaries quoted 49,411 22,522 38,211
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,750 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 19 August 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 19 August 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 +12 1,474 £75,000 +5.63% 1,170
North of England +17 1,307 £50,000 +3.09% 531
South East +12 1,076 £55,000 +10.00% 583
Midlands +18 1,031 £55,000 +21.17% 318
North West +26 637 £57,500 +9.52% 267
South West +10 593 £55,000 +14.96% 314
West Midlands +9 519 £57,500 +10.82% 185
Yorkshire +12 514 £43,500 +31.82% 202
East Midlands +34 511 £55,000 +57.14% 132
East of England +50 477 £45,000 -5.26% 201
North East +16 156 £50,000 -26.95% 72
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
1 198 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 193 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (0.32%) Apache
3 19 (0.32%) IIS
4 9 (0.15%) CMS
4 9 (0.15%) Confluence
4 9 (0.15%) SAS
5 5 (0.084%) WordPress
6 4 (0.067%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.050%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.033%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 81 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.20%) Simulink
5 8 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.10%) CATIA
6 6 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.033%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
9 1 (0.017%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 12 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.084%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.084%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.067%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.067%) SystmOne
8 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.050%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.050%) Infor LN
8 3 (0.050%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.050%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.033%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.033%) Eikon
9 2 (0.033%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2,007 (33.58%) Azure
2 743 (12.43%) Microsoft 365
3 464 (7.76%) AWS
4 402 (6.73%) Entra ID
5 193 (3.23%) SaaS
6 148 (2.48%) GCP
7 83 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
8 78 (1.31%) Power Platform
9 68 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
9 68 (1.14%) OneDrive
10 54 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
11 45 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
11 45 (0.75%) Serverless
12 40 (0.67%) Mimecast
13 34 (0.57%) GitHub
14 27 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
15 26 (0.44%) PaaS
16 24 (0.40%) Google Workspace
17 23 (0.38%) IaaS
18 21 (0.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 487 (8.15%) Firewall
2 245 (4.10%) Network Security
3 209 (3.50%) DNS
4 197 (3.30%) VPN
5 166 (2.78%) WAN
6 147 (2.46%) Wi-Fi
7 146 (2.44%) LAN
8 139 (2.33%) DHCP
9 137 (2.29%) TCP/IP
10 112 (1.87%) VLAN
11 94 (1.57%) Internet
12 71 (1.19%) VoIP
13 65 (1.09%) Wireless
14 47 (0.79%) Cisco Nexus
15 46 (0.77%) Unified Communications
16 43 (0.72%) HTTP
17 38 (0.64%) SSL
18 32 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
19 29 (0.49%) SD-WAN
20 28 (0.47%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (0.84%) Power BI
2 45 (0.75%) SQL Server
3 14 (0.23%) Big Data
3 14 (0.23%) MongoDB
4 13 (0.22%) MySQL
4 13 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (0.18%) GIS
6 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (0.15%) Tableau
7 6 (0.10%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.10%) Metadata
7 6 (0.10%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.10%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.084%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.067%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.050%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.050%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.050%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 47 (0.79%) JIRA
2 44 (0.74%) Git
3 27 (0.45%) Snyk
4 26 (0.44%) Burp Suite
4 26 (0.44%) GitLab
5 25 (0.42%) Metasploit
6 17 (0.28%) Jenkins
7 12 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
8 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
9 6 (0.10%) Apache Continuum
10 5 (0.084%) JMeter
10 5 (0.084%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.067%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.067%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.067%) Locust
11 4 (0.067%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.067%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.050%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.050%) Eclipse
13 2 (0.033%) Zephyr
General
1 2,255 (37.73%) Social Skills
2 561 (9.39%) Finance
3 441 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
4 330 (5.52%) Public Sector
5 325 (5.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 180 (3.01%) Law
7 179 (2.99%) Marketing
8 173 (2.89%) Retail
9 170 (2.84%) Legal
10 164 (2.74%) Telecoms
11 144 (2.41%) Manufacturing
12 127 (2.12%) Banking
13 126 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
14 112 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
15 100 (1.67%) Aerospace
16 60 (1.00%) Local Government
17 55 (0.92%) Advertising
18 46 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
19 33 (0.55%) Aviation
20 32 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,052 (17.60%) Analyst
2 863 (14.44%) Security Analyst
3 764 (12.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 644 (10.77%) Senior
5 600 (10.04%) Junior
6 564 (9.44%) Ethical Hacker
7 531 (8.88%) Junior Analyst
8 521 (8.72%) Junior Security Analyst
9 490 (8.20%) Consultant
10 371 (6.21%) Architect
11 359 (6.01%) Lead
12 311 (5.20%) Security Consultant
13 285 (4.77%) Security Manager
14 273 (4.57%) IT Support
15 263 (4.40%) IT Manager
16 256 (4.28%) Security Architect
17 238 (3.98%) Security Engineer
18 209 (3.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 199 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 198 (3.31%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (0.80%) SAML
2 44 (0.74%) LDAP
3 43 (0.72%) OAuth
4 37 (0.62%) OpenID
4 37 (0.62%) REST
5 30 (0.50%) HTML
6 23 (0.38%) CSS
6 23 (0.38%) React
7 22 (0.37%) .NET
8 20 (0.33%) Kafka
9 19 (0.32%) JSON
9 19 (0.32%) Node.js
10 16 (0.27%) SailPoint
11 15 (0.25%) FastAPI
11 15 (0.25%) RESTful
11 15 (0.25%) XML
12 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
12 12 (0.20%) XMPP
13 11 (0.18%) Middleware
14 10 (0.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 661 (11.06%) Cyberattack
2 342 (5.72%) Security Posture
3 263 (4.40%) Cyber Threat
4 234 (3.92%) Onboarding
5 233 (3.90%) Management Information System
6 163 (2.73%) Driving Licence
7 160 (2.68%) Security Operations Centre
8 138 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
9 126 (2.11%) Operational Technology
10 107 (1.79%) Cyber Defence
11 97 (1.62%) Cloud Native
12 96 (1.61%) Data Centre
13 63 (1.05%) PKI
14 60 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
15 48 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
16 45 (0.75%) Cyber Security Posture
17 38 (0.64%) CSOC
18 35 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
19 34 (0.57%) Blog
20 31 (0.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 574 (9.60%) Windows
2 279 (4.67%) Windows Server
3 211 (3.53%) Linux
4 71 (1.19%) Mac OS
5 34 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 26 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (0.42%) Windows 10
8 23 (0.38%) Apple iOS
9 21 (0.35%) Android
10 15 (0.25%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.10%) CentOS
12 4 (0.067%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.050%) Unix
13 3 (0.050%) VMS
14 2 (0.033%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.033%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.033%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.017%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 938 (15.69%) Mentoring
2 678 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
3 648 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
4 589 (9.85%) Ethical Hacking
5 544 (9.10%) Information Security
6 515 (8.62%) Incident Response
7 503 (8.42%) Risk Management
8 502 (8.40%) AI
9 473 (7.91%) Security Operations
10 448 (7.50%) SIEM
11 423 (7.08%) Vulnerability Management
12 411 (6.88%) Cloud Security
13 374 (6.26%) Disaster Recovery
14 368 (6.16%) Stakeholder Management
15 350 (5.86%) Decision-Making
16 302 (5.05%) Roadmaps
17 293 (4.90%) Service Delivery
18 282 (4.72%) Agile
19 279 (4.67%) Data Protection
20 270 (4.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 316 (5.29%) Python
2 235 (3.93%) PowerShell
3 94 (1.57%) SQL
4 73 (1.22%) C++
5 68 (1.14%) JavaScript
6 58 (0.97%) Bash
7 45 (0.75%) Java
8 43 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
9 31 (0.52%) C#
9 31 (0.52%) Rust
10 23 (0.38%) Go
11 22 (0.37%) TypeScript
12 20 (0.33%) C
13 16 (0.27%) MATLAB
13 16 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
14 12 (0.20%) Perl
15 8 (0.13%) Embedded C
16 5 (0.084%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.067%) Ada
17 4 (0.067%) R
Qualifications
1 1,162 (19.44%) Azure Certification
2 673 (11.26%) CompTIA Security+
3 664 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 648 (10.84%) CEH
5 558 (9.34%) CompTIA CySA+
6 496 (8.30%) Degree
7 456 (7.63%) CISSP
8 453 (7.58%) SC Cleared
9 291 (4.87%) CISM
10 219 (3.66%) DV Cleared
11 162 (2.71%) Cisco Certification
12 108 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
13 99 (1.66%) CRISC
14 91 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 87 (1.46%) CISA
16 82 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
17 81 (1.36%) AWS Certification
18 76 (1.27%) CREST Certified
19 74 (1.24%) Master's Degree
20 67 (1.12%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 631 (10.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 514 (8.60%) NIST
3 325 (5.44%) GDPR
4 303 (5.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 291 (4.87%) GRC
6 140 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 140 (2.34%) PCI DSS
7 106 (1.77%) QA
8 92 (1.54%) NCSC
9 61 (1.02%) SOC 2
10 44 (0.74%) Accessibility
11 43 (0.72%) SLA
12 42 (0.70%) NIST 800
13 38 (0.64%) COBIT
14 36 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 31 (0.52%) JSP 440
16 29 (0.49%) Data Quality
17 22 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 21 (0.35%) ISO 22301
19 20 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 441 (7.38%) Active Directory
2 152 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 117 (1.96%) Hyper-V
4 54 (0.90%) Docker
4 54 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
5 34 (0.57%) Firmware
6 28 (0.47%) vSphere
7 15 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
8 14 (0.23%) IAG
8 14 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 11 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.12%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
12 5 (0.084%) ClearTrust
13 3 (0.050%) Embedded Firmware
13 3 (0.050%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.033%) ProxySG
15 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 233 (3.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 81 (1.36%) Kubernetes
2 81 (1.36%) Terraform
3 49 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
4 44 (0.74%) Ansible
5 27 (0.45%) Grafana
6 22 (0.37%) FortiGate
6 22 (0.37%) Nmap
6 22 (0.37%) QRadar
7 21 (0.35%) Nessus
8 18 (0.30%) SCCM
9 17 (0.28%) CASB
10 15 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
11 14 (0.23%) Prometheus
12 9 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (0.15%) Kibana
13 8 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
14 7 (0.12%) Functional Safety
14 7 (0.12%) Graylog
15 6 (0.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2,285 (38.23%) Microsoft
2 1,081 (18.09%) ForeScout
3 209 (3.50%) Cisco
4 194 (3.25%) VMware
5 166 (2.78%) Palo Alto
6 117 (1.96%) Splunk
7 101 (1.69%) CrowdStrike
8 72 (1.20%) Qualys
9 70 (1.17%) Google
10 66 (1.10%) Fortinet
10 66 (1.10%) ServiceNow
11 64 (1.07%) Apple
12 61 (1.02%) Aruba
13 60 (1.00%) Tenable
14 58 (0.97%) Salesforce
15 43 (0.72%) SAP
16 41 (0.69%) Veeam
17 38 (0.64%) Adobe
18 37 (0.62%) CyberArk
19 32 (0.54%) SonicWALL