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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 30 39
Rank change year-on-year +4 +9 +2
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,587 2,721 3,184
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.34% 6.35% 5.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.23% 7.14% 6.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,860 1,595 1,635
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -9.09% -5.47%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%

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 77,267 38,105 52,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.91% 88.91% 82.61%
Number of salaries quoted 54,131 21,889 28,165
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 +7 1,563 £80,000 +14.29% 1,898
South East +12 1,044 £55,000 +10.00% 639
North of England +6 1,029 £50,000 +11.11% 620
Midlands +19 924 £55,000 +15.79% 345
North West +15 587 £60,000 +31.15% 340
South West -2 555 £55,000 +10.00% 319
West Midlands +5 487 £55,000 +6.40% 220
East Midlands +42 437 £57,500 +53.33% 125
East of England +32 434 £50,000 +13.53% 205
Yorkshire +2 326 £40,250 +21.97% 207
North East -8 116 £50,000 -25.93% 77
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
1 249 (4.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 245 (4.39%) SharePoint
3 28 (0.50%) IIS
4 25 (0.45%) Apache
5 11 (0.20%) Confluence
6 9 (0.16%) SAS
7 7 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.11%) CMS
9 4 (0.072%) WordPress
10 3 (0.054%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.036%) FactoryTalk
12 1 (0.018%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.018%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.018%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 101 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
2 69 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (0.32%) Simulink
5 11 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.11%) CATIA
7 3 (0.054%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.036%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.036%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.018%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.018%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.018%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 15 (0.27%) Cloudability
2 9 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.13%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.13%) Sage 200
4 6 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.089%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 4 (0.072%) Infor CloudSuite
6 4 (0.072%) Infor M3
6 4 (0.072%) SystmOne
7 3 (0.054%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.054%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.054%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.054%) Infor LN
7 3 (0.054%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.054%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.036%) Eikon
8 2 (0.036%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.036%) Odoo
8 2 (0.036%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.036%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1,149 (20.57%) Azure
2 854 (15.29%) Microsoft 365
3 546 (9.77%) Entra ID
4 469 (8.39%) AWS
5 206 (3.69%) SaaS
6 165 (2.95%) GCP
7 108 (1.93%) Power Platform
8 104 (1.86%) OneDrive
9 93 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
10 89 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
11 68 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
12 62 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
13 51 (0.91%) Mimecast
14 48 (0.86%) Serverless
15 43 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
16 38 (0.68%) Power Automate
17 37 (0.66%) Google Workspace
18 35 (0.63%) GitHub
19 34 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
20 28 (0.50%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 540 (9.67%) Firewall
2 289 (5.17%) DNS
3 272 (4.87%) VPN
4 251 (4.49%) Network Security
5 217 (3.88%) DHCP
6 208 (3.72%) TCP/IP
7 197 (3.53%) WAN
8 175 (3.13%) LAN
9 172 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
10 140 (2.51%) VLAN
11 101 (1.81%) Internet
12 96 (1.72%) Wireless
13 81 (1.45%) VoIP
14 62 (1.11%) Cisco Nexus
15 52 (0.93%) SSL
16 47 (0.84%) HTTP
17 43 (0.77%) Unified Communications
18 39 (0.70%) Modbus
19 38 (0.68%) Wireshark
20 37 (0.66%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (1.11%) Power BI
2 57 (1.02%) SQL Server
3 24 (0.43%) Big Data
4 20 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (0.29%) Tableau
6 15 (0.27%) MongoDB
7 13 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (0.23%) GIS
8 12 (0.21%) Metadata
8 12 (0.21%) MySQL
9 11 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (0.13%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.13%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.13%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.089%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.089%) Flink
14 4 (0.072%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 57 (1.02%) JIRA
2 47 (0.84%) Git
3 38 (0.68%) Burp Suite
4 34 (0.61%) Metasploit
5 22 (0.39%) GitLab
6 21 (0.38%) Jenkins
7 16 (0.29%) Snyk
8 12 (0.21%) Yeoman
9 10 (0.18%) LabVIEW
10 9 (0.16%) Eclipse
11 6 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
12 4 (0.072%) Apache Continuum
12 4 (0.072%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.072%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.072%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.054%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.054%) Maven
13 3 (0.054%) Team Foundation Server
14 2 (0.036%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.036%) Xcode
General
1 1,488 (26.63%) Social Skills
2 631 (11.29%) Finance
3 456 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
4 393 (7.03%) Public Sector
5 320 (5.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 221 (3.96%) Legal
7 204 (3.65%) Law
8 195 (3.49%) Telecoms
9 194 (3.47%) Marketing
10 192 (3.44%) Manufacturing
11 186 (3.33%) Retail
12 176 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
13 138 (2.47%) Aerospace
14 134 (2.40%) Banking
15 127 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
16 73 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
17 56 (1.00%) Advertising
18 50 (0.89%) Aviation
19 45 (0.81%) Electronics
20 43 (0.77%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 678 (12.14%) Senior
2 603 (10.79%) Analyst
3 551 (9.86%) Consultant
4 431 (7.71%) Lead
5 413 (7.39%) Architect
6 364 (6.52%) Security Analyst
7 335 (6.00%) IT Support
8 320 (5.73%) Security Consultant
9 312 (5.58%) Security Manager
10 297 (5.32%) Security Engineer
11 291 (5.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 261 (4.67%) Security Architect
13 257 (4.60%) IT Engineer
14 256 (4.58%) IT Manager
15 215 (3.85%) Support Engineer
16 214 (3.83%) Cybersecurity Engineer
17 210 (3.76%) Cybersecurity Manager
18 203 (3.63%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 185 (3.31%) IT Support Engineer
20 165 (2.95%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (1.75%) Terraform
2 57 (1.02%) SAML
3 54 (0.97%) LDAP
4 52 (0.93%) OAuth
5 47 (0.84%) REST
6 44 (0.79%) OpenID
7 34 (0.61%) .NET
8 26 (0.47%) JSON
9 24 (0.43%) Node.js
9 24 (0.43%) React
10 22 (0.39%) HTML
11 20 (0.36%) RESTful
12 18 (0.32%) CSS
13 15 (0.27%) Kafka
13 15 (0.27%) Middleware
13 15 (0.27%) SailPoint
13 15 (0.27%) XML
14 13 (0.23%) FastAPI
15 12 (0.21%) AngularJS
15 12 (0.21%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 365 (6.53%) Security Posture
2 358 (6.41%) Cyber Threat
3 274 (4.90%) Onboarding
4 258 (4.62%) Management Information System
5 203 (3.63%) Driving Licence
6 199 (3.56%) Operational Technology
7 164 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
8 137 (2.45%) Cyberattack
9 130 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
10 118 (2.11%) Cyber Defence
11 106 (1.90%) Cloud Native
12 104 (1.86%) Data Centre
13 95 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
14 75 (1.34%) SCADA
15 56 (1.00%) PKI
16 54 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
17 45 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
18 44 (0.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
19 40 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
20 39 (0.70%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 668 (11.96%) Windows
2 325 (5.82%) Windows Server
3 260 (4.65%) Linux
4 89 (1.59%) macOS
5 45 (0.81%) Windows 10
6 43 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
7 33 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
8 32 (0.57%) Apple iOS
9 28 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 26 (0.47%) Android
11 13 (0.23%) Ubuntu
12 7 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
13 6 (0.11%) Kali Linux
13 6 (0.11%) Unix
14 4 (0.072%) VMS
15 3 (0.054%) Rocky
16 2 (0.036%) Amazon Linux
16 2 (0.036%) CentOS
16 2 (0.036%) Embedded Linux
16 2 (0.036%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 795 (14.23%) Problem-Solving
2 767 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 676 (12.10%) AI
4 587 (10.51%) Information Security
5 570 (10.20%) Incident Response
6 568 (10.17%) Security Operations
7 556 (9.95%) Risk Management
8 550 (9.84%) Stakeholder Management
9 503 (9.00%) Vulnerability Management
10 456 (8.16%) SIEM
11 453 (8.11%) Decision-Making
12 452 (8.09%) Cloud Security
13 441 (7.89%) Mentoring
14 407 (7.28%) Disaster Recovery
15 365 (6.53%) Roadmaps
16 332 (5.94%) Data Protection
17 327 (5.85%) ITIL
18 322 (5.76%) Software Engineering
19 317 (5.67%) Service Delivery
20 307 (5.49%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 365 (6.53%) Python
2 244 (4.37%) PowerShell
3 104 (1.86%) SQL
4 87 (1.56%) C++
5 67 (1.20%) Bash
6 65 (1.16%) JavaScript
7 58 (1.04%) Java
8 52 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
9 41 (0.73%) C#
9 41 (0.73%) Rust
10 33 (0.59%) C
11 31 (0.55%) TypeScript
12 30 (0.54%) Go
13 18 (0.32%) MATLAB
14 17 (0.30%) Embedded C
14 17 (0.30%) Search Processing Language
15 13 (0.23%) Perl
16 12 (0.21%) Bicep
17 8 (0.14%) Kotlin
17 8 (0.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 803 (14.37%) Security Cleared
2 603 (10.79%) Degree
3 544 (9.74%) SC Cleared
4 485 (8.68%) CISSP
5 322 (5.76%) CISM
6 246 (4.40%) DV Cleared
7 190 (3.40%) Azure Certification
8 171 (3.06%) CompTIA Security+
9 166 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
10 144 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
11 117 (2.09%) Master's Degree
12 111 (1.99%) CEH
13 107 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
14 101 (1.81%) CRISC
15 88 (1.58%) CISA
16 85 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 85 (1.52%) CompTIA CySA+
17 81 (1.45%) DBS Check
18 72 (1.29%) CREST Certified
19 71 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 716 (12.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 551 (9.86%) NIST
3 366 (6.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 317 (5.67%) GRC
5 313 (5.60%) GDPR
6 154 (2.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 147 (2.63%) NCSC
8 130 (2.33%) PCI DSS
9 89 (1.59%) QA
10 57 (1.02%) SLA
11 50 (0.89%) Accessibility
11 50 (0.89%) ISO 22301
12 48 (0.86%) NIST 800
13 46 (0.82%) SOC 2
14 41 (0.73%) Data Quality
15 37 (0.66%) COBIT
16 33 (0.59%) JSP 440
17 27 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 24 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 24 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 515 (9.22%) Active Directory
2 172 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 153 (2.74%) Hyper-V
4 62 (1.11%) Docker
4 62 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
5 45 (0.81%) Firmware
6 29 (0.52%) vSphere
7 20 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
8 15 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
8 15 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
9 13 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 10 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
11 6 (0.11%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.089%) ClearTrust
12 5 (0.089%) IAG
13 3 (0.054%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.054%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.054%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.036%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.036%) Snort
Systems Management
1 317 (5.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 86 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
3 85 (1.52%) Kubernetes
4 54 (0.97%) Ansible
5 31 (0.55%) Nmap
6 27 (0.48%) CASB
6 27 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
7 25 (0.45%) FortiGate
7 25 (0.45%) Grafana
7 25 (0.45%) SCCM
8 24 (0.43%) Nessus
9 22 (0.39%) Functional Safety
10 21 (0.38%) QRadar
11 11 (0.20%) Prometheus
12 9 (0.16%) Kibana
13 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
13 8 (0.14%) Progress Chef
13 8 (0.14%) WSUS
14 7 (0.13%) Graylog
14 7 (0.13%) Podman
Vendors
1 1,469 (26.29%) Microsoft
2 244 (4.37%) Cisco
3 226 (4.05%) VMware
4 164 (2.94%) Palo Alto
5 109 (1.95%) Splunk
6 106 (1.90%) Google
7 96 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
8 94 (1.68%) ForeScout
9 78 (1.40%) Qualys
10 77 (1.38%) Aruba
11 73 (1.31%) Salesforce
12 62 (1.11%) ServiceNow
13 58 (1.04%) Apple
14 56 (1.00%) Fortinet
15 53 (0.95%) Meraki
15 53 (0.95%) Tenable
16 50 (0.89%) Veeam
17 43 (0.77%) CyberArk
18 42 (0.75%) SonicWALL
19 41 (0.73%) SAP