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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 37 29
Rank change year-on-year +30 -8 +25
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 7,960 2,399 4,779
As % of all permanent jobs in England 9.89% 6.14% 5.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.37% 6.57% 6.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,790 1,540 3,553
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,000 £35,631
25th Percentile £38,500 £39,375 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,400 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% -0.21% -8.42%
75th Percentile £79,750 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -4.17% +0.80% -8.42%

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 59,545 36,509 71,748
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.99% 93.39% 85.21%
Number of salaries quoted 39,042 20,550 53,849
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +41 2,340 £47,500 -9.52% 292
Midlands +29 1,889 £50,000 -6.87% 172
North West +40 1,485 £55,000 - 165
London +20 1,430 £70,000 -6.67% 472
West Midlands +25 1,402 £47,500 -20.83% 94
South East +28 1,132 £50,000 -9.09% 368
Yorkshire +38 705 £44,250 -1.67% 95
South West +23 591 £58,500 +30.00% 143
East of England +63 525 £40,000 -15.79% 110
East Midlands +48 498 £55,000 +53.84% 76
North East +36 150 £45,000 -30.77% 33
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 (1.49%) SharePoint
2 98 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.11%) CMS
4 7 (0.088%) WordPress
5 6 (0.075%) Apache
6 4 (0.050%) IIS
7 3 (0.038%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.038%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.038%) Drupal
7 3 (0.038%) nginx
7 3 (0.038%) SAS
8 2 (0.025%) Confluence
9 1 (0.013%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 79 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.31%) Simulink
5 14 (0.18%) Maya
6 8 (0.10%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.063%) CATIA
8 4 (0.050%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.038%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.025%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.025%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.013%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 26 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (0.30%) Cloudability
3 16 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.063%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.050%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.050%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.038%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.038%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.025%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.025%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.025%) Shopify
9 1 (0.013%) Endur
9 1 (0.013%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.013%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.013%) SAP CX
9 1 (0.013%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.013%) SAP FS
9 1 (0.013%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 2,578 (32.39%) Azure
2 2,473 (31.07%) Cloud Computing
3 503 (6.32%) AWS
4 501 (6.29%) Microsoft 365
5 294 (3.69%) Entra ID
6 126 (1.58%) GitHub
7 117 (1.47%) GCP
7 117 (1.47%) SaaS
8 69 (0.87%) Power Platform
9 66 (0.83%) Microsoft Purview
10 64 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
11 39 (0.49%) Serverless
12 36 (0.45%) Google Workspace
13 34 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
14 30 (0.38%) PaaS
15 29 (0.36%) Mimecast
15 29 (0.36%) Nutanix
15 29 (0.36%) OneDrive
16 28 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
16 28 (0.35%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2,577 (32.37%) Internet
2 348 (4.37%) Firewall
3 156 (1.96%) Network Security
4 137 (1.72%) VPN
5 109 (1.37%) DNS
6 82 (1.03%) WAN
7 77 (0.97%) DHCP
8 72 (0.90%) LAN
9 64 (0.80%) VLAN
9 64 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
10 59 (0.74%) TCP/IP
11 45 (0.57%) Broadband
12 34 (0.43%) VoIP
13 29 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
14 28 (0.35%) Unified Communications
14 28 (0.35%) Wireless
15 22 (0.28%) CHAP
16 19 (0.24%) SD-WAN
17 16 (0.20%) Cisco ASA
17 16 (0.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (0.50%) Power BI
2 23 (0.29%) SQL Server
3 20 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
3 20 (0.25%) Tableau
4 19 (0.24%) Big Data
5 15 (0.19%) Neo4j
6 12 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.10%) MySQL
9 6 (0.075%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.075%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.050%) Metadata
10 4 (0.050%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.038%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.038%) MariaDB
11 3 (0.038%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.025%) Apache Hive
12 2 (0.025%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.025%) GIS
12 2 (0.025%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 127 (1.60%) Git
2 34 (0.43%) GitLab
3 30 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
4 24 (0.30%) Snyk
5 16 (0.20%) JIRA
6 12 (0.15%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.088%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.063%) Apache Continuum
8 5 (0.063%) VersionOne
9 4 (0.050%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.050%) Burp Suite
9 4 (0.050%) JMeter
9 4 (0.050%) Locust
9 4 (0.050%) Metasploit
9 4 (0.050%) MLflow
9 4 (0.050%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.050%) Yeoman
10 3 (0.038%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.025%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.013%) WinDbg
General
1 4,973 (62.47%) Social Skills
2 2,722 (34.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2,572 (32.31%) Banking
4 524 (6.58%) Finance
5 388 (4.87%) Analytical Skills
6 232 (2.91%) Multimedia
7 206 (2.59%) Public Sector
8 155 (1.95%) Retail
9 149 (1.87%) Marketing
10 141 (1.77%) Law
11 123 (1.55%) Telecoms
12 113 (1.42%) Legal
13 106 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
14 95 (1.19%) Manufacturing
15 70 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
16 63 (0.79%) Local Government
17 47 (0.59%) Aerospace
18 40 (0.50%) Aviation
19 37 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
20 36 (0.45%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,871 (23.51%) Lecturer
2 1,376 (17.29%) Analyst
3 1,219 (15.31%) Security Analyst
4 1,145 (14.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1,019 (12.80%) Junior
6 990 (12.44%) Junior Analyst
7 989 (12.42%) Junior Security Analyst
8 705 (8.86%) Ethical Hacker
9 501 (6.29%) Senior
10 303 (3.81%) Architect
11 280 (3.52%) Consultant
12 253 (3.18%) Trainee
13 247 (3.10%) Security Manager
14 235 (2.95%) Lead
15 212 (2.66%) Security Architect
16 197 (2.47%) IT Support
17 194 (2.44%) Security Engineer
18 169 (2.12%) IT Manager
19 168 (2.11%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 166 (2.09%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (1.67%) HTML
2 132 (1.66%) CSS
3 50 (0.63%) REST
4 43 (0.54%) LDAP
4 43 (0.54%) SAML
5 42 (0.53%) OAuth
5 42 (0.53%) OpenID
6 37 (0.46%) React
7 30 (0.38%) SOAP
8 25 (0.31%) GraphQL
9 15 (0.19%) AngularJS
9 15 (0.19%) SailPoint
10 14 (0.18%) Kafka
10 14 (0.18%) RESTful
11 13 (0.16%) FastAPI
11 13 (0.16%) Middleware
12 12 (0.15%) MERN Stack
13 11 (0.14%) Node.js
14 10 (0.13%) Tailwind CSS
15 9 (0.11%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 2,456 (30.85%) IoT
2 800 (10.05%) Cyberattack
3 247 (3.10%) Security Posture
4 189 (2.37%) Management Information System
5 165 (2.07%) Cyber Threat
6 153 (1.92%) Onboarding
7 112 (1.41%) Security Operations Centre
8 95 (1.19%) Driving Licence
9 91 (1.14%) Cyber Defence
9 91 (1.14%) Operational Technology
10 87 (1.09%) Data Centre
10 87 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
11 67 (0.84%) Cloud Native
12 58 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
13 50 (0.63%) PKI
14 48 (0.60%) Blog
15 45 (0.57%) Cyber Security Posture
16 42 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
17 36 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
18 33 (0.41%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 386 (4.85%) Windows
2 181 (2.27%) Windows Server
3 151 (1.90%) Linux
4 54 (0.68%) Windows 10
5 40 (0.50%) Mac OS
6 28 (0.35%) Android
7 20 (0.25%) Apple iOS
8 19 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 11 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (0.11%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.075%) CentOS
12 6 (0.075%) VMS
13 4 (0.050%) Unix
14 2 (0.025%) Amazon Linux
15 1 (0.013%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.013%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.013%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,734 (34.35%) AI
2 2,484 (31.21%) Machine Learning
3 2,474 (31.08%) User Experience
4 2,451 (30.79%) Web Development
5 1,539 (19.33%) Mentoring
6 825 (10.36%) Ethical Hacking
7 447 (5.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 425 (5.34%) Incident Response
9 421 (5.29%) Problem-Solving
10 420 (5.28%) Information Security
11 390 (4.90%) Risk Management
12 288 (3.62%) SIEM
13 283 (3.56%) Cloud Security
13 283 (3.56%) Security Operations
14 240 (3.02%) Agile
15 232 (2.91%) Vulnerability Management
16 231 (2.90%) Roadmaps
17 220 (2.76%) Disaster Recovery
18 213 (2.68%) Security Architecture
19 211 (2.65%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 381 (4.79%) Python
2 234 (2.94%) PowerShell
3 183 (2.30%) JavaScript
4 104 (1.31%) SQL
5 83 (1.04%) Bash
6 62 (0.78%) R
7 45 (0.57%) C++
8 39 (0.49%) Java
9 29 (0.36%) C#
9 29 (0.36%) MATLAB
10 27 (0.34%) TypeScript
11 24 (0.30%) T-SQL
12 19 (0.24%) C
12 19 (0.24%) Go
13 16 (0.20%) Rust
14 13 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
15 7 (0.088%) Perl
16 6 (0.075%) PHP
17 3 (0.038%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.038%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 2,853 (35.84%) Degree
2 2,503 (31.44%) Master's Degree
3 2,436 (30.60%) PhD
4 2,434 (30.58%) Postgraduate
5 1,847 (23.20%) Azure Certification
6 1,178 (14.80%) CompTIA Security+
7 1,032 (12.96%) CompTIA CySA+
8 876 (11.01%) CEH
9 415 (5.21%) Security Cleared
10 383 (4.81%) CISSP
11 290 (3.64%) SC Cleared
12 257 (3.23%) CISM
13 186 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
14 183 (2.30%) AWS Certification
15 138 (1.73%) Network+ Certification
16 133 (1.67%) A+ Certification
17 123 (1.55%) DV Cleared
18 120 (1.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 120 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
19 104 (1.31%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 525 (6.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 489 (6.14%) NIST
3 286 (3.59%) GDPR
4 245 (3.08%) GRC
5 237 (2.98%) Cyber Essentials
6 131 (1.65%) PCI DSS
7 123 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 98 (1.23%) NCSC
9 95 (1.19%) QA
10 52 (0.65%) SOC 2
11 44 (0.55%) NIST 800
12 38 (0.48%) COBIT
12 38 (0.48%) SLA
13 36 (0.45%) Accessibility
14 26 (0.33%) JSP 440
15 25 (0.31%) Data Quality
16 23 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
17 19 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 17 (0.21%) HIPAA
18 17 (0.21%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 321 (4.03%) Active Directory
2 80 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (0.74%) Hyper-V
4 55 (0.69%) Docker
5 40 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
6 24 (0.30%) vSphere
7 12 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (0.14%) Firmware
9 10 (0.13%) IAG
9 10 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 7 (0.088%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (0.075%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.038%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.025%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.025%) GPFS
13 2 (0.025%) Lustre
13 2 (0.025%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.013%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.013%) KVM
Systems Management
1 146 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 79 (0.99%) Terraform
3 69 (0.87%) Kubernetes
4 36 (0.45%) Ansible
5 32 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
6 25 (0.31%) Grafana
7 17 (0.21%) SCCM
8 14 (0.18%) CASB
8 14 (0.18%) QRadar
9 12 (0.15%) Prometheus
10 11 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 11 (0.14%) CSIRT
11 10 (0.13%) FortiGate
12 9 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (0.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 7 (0.088%) RSA Archer
13 7 (0.088%) vCenter Server
13 7 (0.088%) VxRail
14 6 (0.075%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.075%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2,641 (33.18%) Microsoft
2 1,693 (21.27%) ForeScout
3 121 (1.52%) VMware
4 110 (1.38%) CrowdStrike
5 106 (1.33%) Cisco
6 90 (1.13%) Palo Alto
7 73 (0.92%) Apple
8 66 (0.83%) Fortinet
9 59 (0.74%) Splunk
10 58 (0.73%) Tenable
11 57 (0.72%) Adobe
12 52 (0.65%) Google
13 45 (0.57%) SAP
14 44 (0.55%) ServiceNow
15 42 (0.53%) Salesforce
16 34 (0.43%) Dell
17 28 (0.35%) Siemens
18 27 (0.34%) CyberArk
19 19 (0.24%) Veeam
20 18 (0.23%) Sophos