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 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 37 32
Rank change year-on-year +31 -5 +20
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 7,503 2,603 3,782
As % of all permanent jobs in England 13.09% 5.70% 5.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.38% 6.19% 6.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,189 1,336 2,914
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,716 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £50,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -7.69%

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 45,818 42,048 58,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.92% 92.01% 88.24%
Number of salaries quoted 27,795 20,551 46,192
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,967 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.24% +12.67% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 +36 2,346 £32,500 -40.91% 271
North West +30 1,811 £40,000 -27.27% 152
Midlands +26 1,465 £42,500 -28.08% 187
London +21 1,415 £69,750 -7.00% 396
West Midlands +22 1,210 £45,000 -25.00% 123
South East +36 1,152 £48,250 -17.96% 360
East of England +53 633 £35,000 -31.94% 142
Yorkshire +31 455 £30,500 -50.41% 89
South West +47 436 £55,000 -10.20% 167
East Midlands +35 265 £37,500 -19.08% 64
North East +40 80 £30,500 -20.78% 32
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
1 123 (1.64%) SharePoint
2 66 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.16%) Confluence
4 11 (0.15%) WordPress
5 10 (0.13%) CMS
6 6 (0.080%) nginx
7 5 (0.067%) Drupal
8 4 (0.053%) Apache
8 4 (0.053%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.053%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.040%) Oracle Coherence
10 2 (0.027%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.027%) FactoryTalk
10 2 (0.027%) SAS
10 2 (0.027%) WinCC
11 1 (0.013%) FileNet
Applications
1 104 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
2 65 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 55 (0.73%) Maya
4 37 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (0.31%) Chatbot
6 17 (0.23%) Simulink
7 11 (0.15%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.053%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.053%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.040%) CATIA
9 3 (0.040%) CINEMA 4D
9 3 (0.040%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.027%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.027%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.013%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 31 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (0.19%) SAP IBP
4 10 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
5 8 (0.11%) SAP CO
5 8 (0.11%) SAP FI
5 8 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
5 8 (0.11%) SAP FS
5 8 (0.11%) SAP FSCM
5 8 (0.11%) SAP IS-U
6 7 (0.093%) Shopify
7 6 (0.080%) Exchequer
8 4 (0.053%) Endur
8 4 (0.053%) NEC Housing
8 4 (0.053%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.053%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.053%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.040%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.040%) SAP CX
9 3 (0.040%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 4,064 (54.17%) Cloud Computing
2 1,313 (17.50%) Azure
3 537 (7.16%) AWS
4 402 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
5 250 (3.33%) Entra ID
6 219 (2.92%) GitHub
7 83 (1.11%) Power Platform
8 81 (1.08%) SaaS
9 70 (0.93%) GCP
10 51 (0.68%) PaaS
11 48 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
11 48 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
12 37 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
13 35 (0.47%) IaaS
14 32 (0.43%) Google Workspace
15 31 (0.41%) OneDrive
16 28 (0.37%) Dynamics 365
17 27 (0.36%) Nutanix
18 21 (0.28%) AWS CloudFormation
18 21 (0.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4,231 (56.39%) Internet
2 274 (3.65%) Firewall
3 124 (1.65%) Network Security
4 116 (1.55%) VPN
5 104 (1.39%) DNS
6 91 (1.21%) TCP/IP
7 85 (1.13%) DHCP
8 74 (0.99%) WAN
9 66 (0.88%) LAN
10 58 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
11 54 (0.72%) VLAN
12 50 (0.67%) VoIP
13 37 (0.49%) Broadband
14 32 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
15 28 (0.37%) Wireless
16 23 (0.31%) SD-WAN
17 18 (0.24%) CHAP
18 16 (0.21%) DMZ
18 16 (0.21%) Modbus
18 16 (0.21%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (0.71%) Power BI
2 40 (0.53%) SQL Server
3 37 (0.49%) Tableau
4 33 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (0.31%) Big Data
6 21 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (0.23%) Neo4j
7 17 (0.23%) Relational Database
8 16 (0.21%) SAP BW
9 15 (0.20%) Data Lake
9 15 (0.20%) Metadata
10 11 (0.15%) Oracle Database
11 10 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (0.12%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.080%) MS Access
14 5 (0.067%) MariaDB
15 4 (0.053%) BusinessObjects
15 4 (0.053%) PostgreSQL
15 4 (0.053%) SAP Data Services
16 3 (0.040%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 220 (2.93%) Git
2 27 (0.36%) JIRA
3 23 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (0.21%) GitLab
4 16 (0.21%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.11%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.053%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.053%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.053%) JMeter
6 4 (0.053%) Locust
6 4 (0.053%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.053%) MLflow
6 4 (0.053%) Toad
7 3 (0.040%) Apache Continuum
8 2 (0.027%) Snyk
9 1 (0.013%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.013%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.013%) SonarQube
General
1 5,374 (71.62%) Social Skills
2 4,179 (55.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,167 (55.54%) Banking
4 544 (7.25%) Finance
5 373 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
6 362 (4.82%) Multimedia
7 182 (2.43%) Marketing
8 172 (2.29%) Public Sector
9 170 (2.27%) Law
10 148 (1.97%) Legal
11 133 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
12 120 (1.60%) Telecoms
13 105 (1.40%) Manufacturing
14 102 (1.36%) Retail
15 84 (1.12%) Games
16 67 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
17 64 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
18 53 (0.71%) Electronics
19 45 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
20 42 (0.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3,136 (41.80%) Lecturer
2 621 (8.28%) Analyst
3 499 (6.65%) Security Analyst
4 453 (6.04%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 396 (5.28%) Junior
6 378 (5.04%) Junior Analyst
7 377 (5.02%) Junior Security Analyst
8 364 (4.85%) Trainee
9 357 (4.76%) Senior
10 233 (3.11%) Lead
11 229 (3.05%) Consultant
12 220 (2.93%) Architect
13 192 (2.56%) IT Support
14 159 (2.12%) Developer
15 143 (1.91%) Support Engineer
16 136 (1.81%) Security Manager
17 134 (1.79%) Security Engineer
18 132 (1.76%) Security Consultant
19 129 (1.72%) IT Manager
20 113 (1.51%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 236 (3.15%) HTML
2 232 (3.09%) CSS
3 41 (0.55%) REST
4 37 (0.49%) React
5 33 (0.44%) OAuth
6 32 (0.43%) SAML
7 30 (0.40%) OpenID
8 27 (0.36%) AngularJS
9 26 (0.35%) LDAP
9 26 (0.35%) SAP CAF
10 25 (0.33%) GraphQL
11 24 (0.32%) SOAP
12 17 (0.23%) MERN Stack
13 14 (0.19%) .NET
13 14 (0.19%) Middleware
14 13 (0.17%) YAML
15 10 (0.13%) PyTorch
15 10 (0.13%) TensorFlow
16 9 (0.12%) Node.js
16 9 (0.12%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4,074 (54.30%) IoT
2 172 (2.29%) Security Posture
3 171 (2.28%) Management Information System
4 137 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
5 132 (1.76%) Cyber Threat
6 109 (1.45%) Onboarding
7 107 (1.43%) Driving Licence
8 104 (1.39%) Cyberattack
9 90 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
10 76 (1.01%) Cloud Native
11 73 (0.97%) Data Centre
12 67 (0.89%) Security Operations Centre
13 60 (0.80%) Operational Technology
14 48 (0.64%) Cyber Defence
15 46 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
16 43 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
17 39 (0.52%) Public Cloud
18 38 (0.51%) Cyber Security Posture
19 37 (0.49%) Blog
20 36 (0.48%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 362 (4.82%) Windows
2 149 (1.99%) Windows Server
3 125 (1.67%) Linux
4 65 (0.87%) Mac OS
5 63 (0.84%) Windows 10
6 28 (0.37%) Android
7 23 (0.31%) Apple iOS
8 20 (0.27%) Unix
9 14 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.11%) VMS
11 7 (0.093%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.040%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.027%) Debian
13 2 (0.027%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.013%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.013%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.013%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,272 (56.94%) AI
2 4,067 (54.20%) Machine Learning
3 4,037 (53.81%) User Experience
4 4,033 (53.75%) Web Development
5 964 (12.85%) Mentoring
6 480 (6.40%) Problem-Solving
7 385 (5.13%) Risk Management
8 375 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 345 (4.60%) Incident Response
10 334 (4.45%) Information Security
11 266 (3.55%) Agile
12 208 (2.77%) SIEM
13 207 (2.76%) ITIL
14 205 (2.73%) Ethical Hacking
15 204 (2.72%) Roadmaps
16 200 (2.67%) Analytics
17 197 (2.63%) Project Management
18 196 (2.61%) Data Protection
19 188 (2.51%) Decision-Making
20 184 (2.45%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 393 (5.24%) Python
2 276 (3.68%) JavaScript
3 169 (2.25%) PowerShell
4 119 (1.59%) SQL
5 111 (1.48%) R
6 55 (0.73%) Bash
7 34 (0.45%) Java
8 28 (0.37%) TypeScript
9 27 (0.36%) C#
9 27 (0.36%) C++
10 24 (0.32%) T-SQL
11 20 (0.27%) C
12 17 (0.23%) MATLAB
13 11 (0.15%) Bicep
14 10 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
15 9 (0.12%) Go
16 7 (0.093%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.053%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.053%) Rust
17 4 (0.053%) VB
Qualifications
1 4,496 (59.92%) Degree
2 4,073 (54.28%) Master's Degree
3 4,013 (53.49%) PhD
4 4,004 (53.37%) Postgraduate
5 680 (9.06%) Azure Certification
6 570 (7.60%) CompTIA Security+
7 413 (5.50%) CompTIA CySA+
8 336 (4.48%) CISSP
9 297 (3.96%) Security Cleared
10 286 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
11 265 (3.53%) AWS Certification
12 241 (3.21%) CISM
13 240 (3.20%) CEH
14 215 (2.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 204 (2.72%) SC Cleared
16 171 (2.28%) Network+ Certification
17 167 (2.23%) A+ Certification
18 116 (1.55%) CISA
19 98 (1.31%) DV Cleared
20 95 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 481 (6.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 435 (5.80%) NIST
3 264 (3.52%) GDPR
4 223 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 186 (2.48%) GRC
6 107 (1.43%) NCSC
7 98 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 87 (1.16%) PCI DSS
9 58 (0.77%) QA
10 51 (0.68%) SLA
11 45 (0.60%) COBIT
12 36 (0.48%) NIST 800
12 36 (0.48%) SOC 2
13 27 (0.36%) Data Quality
14 19 (0.25%) Accessibility
15 18 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 17 (0.23%) JSP 440
16 17 (0.23%) SOC 3
17 16 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
18 14 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 271 (3.61%) Active Directory
2 69 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (0.68%) Hyper-V
4 50 (0.67%) Docker
5 34 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (0.23%) vSphere
7 8 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.067%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.067%) Firmware
10 4 (0.053%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.040%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 3 (0.040%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.027%) GPFS
12 2 (0.027%) Lustre
13 1 (0.013%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.013%) iptables
13 1 (0.013%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 155 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 55 (0.73%) Terraform
3 48 (0.64%) Kubernetes
4 30 (0.40%) Ansible
5 24 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (0.21%) SCCM
7 15 (0.20%) CASB
8 13 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
9 12 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 12 (0.16%) CSIRT
9 12 (0.16%) Nessus
9 12 (0.16%) RSA Archer
10 10 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 9 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 9 (0.12%) Nagios
12 8 (0.11%) Grafana
13 6 (0.080%) PaperCut
13 6 (0.080%) QRadar
13 6 (0.080%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 5 (0.067%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1,346 (17.94%) Microsoft
2 424 (5.65%) ForeScout
3 112 (1.49%) VMware
4 93 (1.24%) SAP
5 85 (1.13%) Cisco
6 71 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
7 70 (0.93%) Palo Alto
8 66 (0.88%) Fortinet
9 62 (0.83%) Oracle
10 53 (0.71%) Apple
11 49 (0.65%) Salesforce
12 47 (0.63%) Adobe
13 33 (0.44%) ServiceNow
14 31 (0.41%) Google
14 31 (0.41%) Tenable
15 28 (0.37%) Siemens
16 25 (0.33%) Dell
17 24 (0.32%) MuleSoft
17 24 (0.32%) Splunk
18 19 (0.25%) PayPal