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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 39 42
Rank change year-on-year +29 +3 +12
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,301 3,020 2,587
As % of all permanent jobs in England 10.90% 5.37% 5.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.96% 6.18% 6.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,939 1,566 2,044
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £47,500 £47,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,778 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.35% +0.44% -3.85%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -3.85%

All Process and 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 40,909 48,885 42,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.14% 86.89% 93.59%
Number of salaries quoted 25,069 25,461 32,479
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,250 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025. 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 +38 1,573 £33,000 -40.00% 612
North West +29 1,178 £42,500 -22.73% 322
London +18 1,132 £67,500 -7.53% 479
South East +22 920 £49,000 -14.78% 737
Midlands +27 816 £47,500 -17.39% 467
West Midlands +25 611 £50,000 -16.67% 285
East of England +47 436 £34,000 -32.00% 343
South West +34 383 £50,000 -23.08% 318
Yorkshire +32 334 £30,500 -46.21% 227
East Midlands +33 206 £36,250 -23.68% 167
North East +32 61 £30,500 -39.37% 70
South Coast - 1 £59,000 -
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
1 124 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 76 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (0.40%) CMS
4 18 (0.34%) Confluence
5 16 (0.30%) IIS
6 12 (0.23%) WordPress
7 7 (0.13%) nginx
8 6 (0.11%) Apache
8 6 (0.11%) Apache Solr
8 6 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.094%) Drupal
9 5 (0.094%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.075%) FactoryTalk
10 4 (0.075%) WinCC
11 3 (0.057%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.057%) Oracle Coherence
12 2 (0.038%) ArchestrA
13 1 (0.019%) FileNet
13 1 (0.019%) Traefik
Applications
1 111 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (1.17%) Maya
3 44 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 28 (0.53%) Chatbot
5 13 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.15%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.057%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.057%) CINEMA 4D
9 3 (0.057%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.038%) Simulink
11 1 (0.019%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.019%) Civil 3D
11 1 (0.019%) GNU Octave
11 1 (0.019%) Revit
11 1 (0.019%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 33 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (0.36%) SAP IBP
4 13 (0.25%) SAP CO
4 13 (0.25%) SAP FI
4 13 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
4 13 (0.25%) SAP FSCM
5 11 (0.21%) SAP IS-U
6 9 (0.17%) SAP FS
7 7 (0.13%) Shopify
8 6 (0.11%) Exchequer
8 6 (0.11%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.094%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.075%) Endur
10 4 (0.075%) Magento
10 4 (0.075%) NEC Housing
10 4 (0.075%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.057%) Oracle ERP
11 3 (0.057%) SAP CX
11 3 (0.057%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 2,413 (45.52%) Cloud Computing
2 951 (17.94%) Azure
3 442 (8.34%) AWS
4 418 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
5 176 (3.32%) Entra ID
6 164 (3.09%) GitHub
7 97 (1.83%) SaaS
8 89 (1.68%) Power Platform
9 73 (1.38%) GCP
10 67 (1.26%) PaaS
11 52 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
12 51 (0.96%) IaaS
13 43 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
14 37 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
15 30 (0.57%) Serverless
16 27 (0.51%) OneDrive
17 22 (0.42%) Power Automate
18 19 (0.36%) Nutanix
18 19 (0.36%) OCI
19 16 (0.30%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2,518 (47.50%) Internet
2 255 (4.81%) Firewall
3 146 (2.75%) Network Security
4 138 (2.60%) VPN
5 122 (2.30%) TCP/IP
6 111 (2.09%) DNS
7 92 (1.74%) DHCP
8 82 (1.55%) WAN
9 77 (1.45%) LAN
10 76 (1.43%) VoIP
11 66 (1.25%) VLAN
12 62 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
13 41 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
14 33 (0.62%) Modbus
14 33 (0.62%) Wireless
15 30 (0.57%) SD-WAN
16 26 (0.49%) SAN
17 16 (0.30%) NAS
18 14 (0.26%) Unified Communications
19 13 (0.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (1.30%) SQL Server
2 58 (1.09%) Power BI
3 38 (0.72%) Tableau
4 33 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (0.47%) Relational Database
6 21 (0.40%) SAP BW
7 18 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
8 17 (0.32%) Data Lake
9 14 (0.26%) Big Data
9 14 (0.26%) Metadata
10 13 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (0.21%) Oracle Database
12 9 (0.17%) MySQL
12 9 (0.17%) Neo4j
12 9 (0.17%) NoSQL
13 8 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.13%) MS Access
14 7 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
15 6 (0.11%) Amazon Aurora
16 5 (0.094%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 169 (3.19%) Git
2 33 (0.62%) JIRA
3 15 (0.28%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.17%) GitLab
5 7 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
6 6 (0.11%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.075%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.075%) JMeter
7 4 (0.075%) Locust
7 4 (0.075%) Toad
8 3 (0.057%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.057%) Metasploit
8 3 (0.057%) Snyk
9 2 (0.038%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.019%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.019%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.019%) git-flow
10 1 (0.019%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.019%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.019%) Spinnaker
General
1 3,557 (67.10%) Social Skills
2 2,498 (47.12%) Banking
2 2,498 (47.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 559 (10.55%) Finance
4 413 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
5 249 (4.70%) Multimedia
6 220 (4.15%) Marketing
7 208 (3.92%) Telecoms
8 201 (3.79%) Public Sector
9 189 (3.57%) Law
10 157 (2.96%) Legal
11 141 (2.66%) Manufacturing
12 107 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
13 94 (1.77%) Games
14 84 (1.58%) Electronics
15 83 (1.57%) Retail
16 71 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
17 55 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
18 50 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
19 30 (0.57%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 1,790 (33.77%) Lecturer
2 435 (8.21%) Analyst
3 315 (5.94%) Senior
4 294 (5.55%) Security Analyst
5 249 (4.70%) Trainee
6 242 (4.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 222 (4.19%) Lead
8 217 (4.09%) Junior
9 207 (3.90%) Consultant
10 202 (3.81%) IT Support
11 192 (3.62%) Junior Analyst
12 189 (3.57%) Junior Security Analyst
13 176 (3.32%) Architect
14 149 (2.81%) Support Engineer
15 136 (2.57%) IT Manager
16 132 (2.49%) Security Engineer
17 129 (2.43%) Security Consultant
18 114 (2.15%) Developer
19 94 (1.77%) Security Manager
20 84 (1.58%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (3.30%) HTML
2 170 (3.21%) CSS
3 34 (0.64%) React
4 26 (0.49%) .NET
5 24 (0.45%) SAP CAF
6 23 (0.43%) YAML
7 22 (0.42%) AngularJS
8 20 (0.38%) REST
9 14 (0.26%) Web Services
10 13 (0.25%) RESTful
11 12 (0.23%) Middleware
12 10 (0.19%) Pandas
12 10 (0.19%) Vue
13 9 (0.17%) EDI
13 9 (0.17%) MERN Stack
13 9 (0.17%) PyTorch
13 9 (0.17%) TensorFlow
13 9 (0.17%) XML
14 8 (0.15%) OAuth
15 7 (0.13%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2,420 (45.65%) IoT
2 182 (3.43%) Management Information System
3 160 (3.02%) Security Posture
4 147 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
5 116 (2.19%) Cyber Threat
6 112 (2.11%) Driving Licence
7 105 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
8 91 (1.72%) Onboarding
9 89 (1.68%) Data Centre
10 85 (1.60%) Operational Technology
11 67 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
12 64 (1.21%) Cloud Native
13 62 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
14 46 (0.87%) Cyberattack
15 44 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
16 42 (0.79%) Cyber Defence
17 41 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
18 33 (0.62%) CCTV
19 31 (0.58%) SCADA
20 30 (0.57%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 410 (7.73%) Windows
2 173 (3.26%) Windows Server
3 146 (2.75%) Linux
4 74 (1.40%) Mac OS
4 74 (1.40%) Windows 10
5 22 (0.42%) Android
6 21 (0.40%) Unix
7 19 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 12 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 11 (0.21%) VMS
10 10 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
12 7 (0.13%) Debian
13 5 (0.094%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.094%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.057%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.038%) Check Point GAiA
15 2 (0.038%) Kali Linux
15 2 (0.038%) Windows Server 2012
16 1 (0.019%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,601 (49.07%) AI
2 2,419 (45.63%) Machine Learning
3 2,390 (45.09%) User Experience
4 2,373 (44.77%) Web Development
5 683 (12.88%) Mentoring
6 568 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
7 378 (7.13%) Risk Management
8 333 (6.28%) Information Security
9 301 (5.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 301 (5.68%) Incident Response
10 262 (4.94%) Agile
11 240 (4.53%) ITIL
12 222 (4.19%) Project Management
13 207 (3.90%) Analytics
14 193 (3.64%) Roadmaps
15 190 (3.58%) Computer Science
16 189 (3.57%) Vulnerability Management
17 188 (3.55%) SIEM
18 186 (3.51%) Decision-Making
19 176 (3.32%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 310 (5.85%) Python
2 196 (3.70%) JavaScript
3 138 (2.60%) PowerShell
4 111 (2.09%) SQL
5 78 (1.47%) R
6 36 (0.68%) Bash
7 31 (0.58%) C#
8 29 (0.55%) Java
9 20 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
10 16 (0.30%) Bicep
11 14 (0.26%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.23%) C++
13 10 (0.19%) C
14 8 (0.15%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.11%) Go
15 6 (0.11%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.094%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.075%) Perl
17 4 (0.075%) VB
18 3 (0.057%) Scala
Qualifications
1 2,898 (54.67%) Degree
2 2,430 (45.84%) Master's Degree
3 2,360 (44.52%) PhD
4 2,353 (44.39%) Postgraduate
5 384 (7.24%) Azure Certification
6 367 (6.92%) CompTIA Security+
7 355 (6.70%) CISSP
8 278 (5.24%) Security Cleared
9 240 (4.53%) CISM
10 232 (4.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 204 (3.85%) CompTIA CySA+
12 192 (3.62%) AWS Certification
13 183 (3.45%) SC Cleared
14 174 (3.28%) CEH
15 156 (2.94%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 110 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
17 107 (2.02%) A+ Certification
18 97 (1.83%) CISA
19 92 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
20 83 (1.57%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 450 (8.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 403 (7.60%) NIST
3 239 (4.51%) GDPR
4 202 (3.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 152 (2.87%) GRC
6 88 (1.66%) PCI DSS
7 87 (1.64%) NCSC
8 80 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 66 (1.25%) QA
10 50 (0.94%) NIST 800
11 46 (0.87%) SLA
12 42 (0.79%) SOC 2
13 40 (0.75%) COBIT
14 34 (0.64%) JSP 440
15 23 (0.43%) PMO
16 22 (0.42%) Data Quality
16 22 (0.42%) ISO 9001
17 21 (0.40%) RMADS
18 19 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 17 (0.32%) Accessibility
System Software
1 272 (5.13%) Active Directory
2 100 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 66 (1.25%) Hyper-V
4 43 (0.81%) Docker
5 39 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (0.30%) vSphere
7 8 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (0.11%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.094%) Kamailio
10 4 (0.075%) Firmware
11 3 (0.057%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.057%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 3 (0.057%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.038%) GPFS
12 2 (0.038%) Lustre
13 1 (0.019%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.019%) iptables
13 1 (0.019%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.019%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 164 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 47 (0.89%) Terraform
3 37 (0.70%) Kubernetes
4 30 (0.57%) Ansible
5 23 (0.43%) SCCM
6 17 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
6 17 (0.32%) RSA Archer
6 17 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
7 15 (0.28%) Nessus
8 14 (0.26%) QRadar
9 12 (0.23%) CASB
10 11 (0.21%) CSIRT
10 11 (0.21%) PaperCut
11 10 (0.19%) Functional Safety
12 7 (0.13%) FortiGate
12 7 (0.13%) Grafana
12 7 (0.13%) Nagios
13 6 (0.11%) Autotask
13 6 (0.11%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 6 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1,080 (20.37%) Microsoft
2 188 (3.55%) ForeScout
3 142 (2.68%) SAP
4 141 (2.66%) VMware
5 91 (1.72%) Cisco
6 88 (1.66%) Palo Alto
7 74 (1.40%) Oracle
8 58 (1.09%) CrowdStrike
9 56 (1.06%) Apple
10 54 (1.02%) Fortinet
10 54 (1.02%) Salesforce
11 49 (0.92%) Adobe
12 41 (0.77%) ServiceNow
13 34 (0.64%) Splunk
14 26 (0.49%) Qualys
15 25 (0.47%) Siemens
16 24 (0.45%) Sophos
17 23 (0.43%) Dell
18 20 (0.38%) Google
18 20 (0.38%) Progress