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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 36 29
Rank change year-on-year +29 -7 +27
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 9,452 2,417 4,761
As % of all permanent jobs in England 11.76% 6.29% 5.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.74% 6.76% 6.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,735 1,561 3,549
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,040 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% +0.80% -8.42%
75th Percentile £78,800 £77,500 £77,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,239 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -4.60% +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 60,045 35,779 71,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.70% 93.09% 85.50%
Number of salaries quoted 38,092 20,632 53,699
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,625 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £42,500 £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 £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +9.09% -10.57%

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 4 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 4 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 +32 2,951 £45,000 -14.29% 483
North West +34 2,049 £50,000 -9.09% 317
Midlands +27 1,914 £50,000 -6.87% 193
London +25 1,663 £70,000 -6.67% 795
South East +29 1,507 £50,000 -9.09% 472
West Midlands +24 1,387 £45,500 -24.17% 90
Yorkshire +35 752 £42,500 -5.56% 129
East of England +63 744 £40,000 -15.79% 203
South West +26 620 £57,500 +27.78% 146
East Midlands +37 538 £50,000 +36.98% 102
North East +36 150 £42,417 +5.96% 38
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
1 113 (1.20%) SharePoint
2 90 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.095%) CMS
4 8 (0.085%) WordPress
5 5 (0.053%) nginx
6 4 (0.042%) Apache
6 4 (0.042%) Drupal
6 4 (0.042%) IIS
7 3 (0.032%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.032%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.021%) Confluence
8 2 (0.021%) SAS
9 1 (0.011%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 82 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.26%) Simulink
5 14 (0.15%) Maya
6 8 (0.085%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.053%) CATIA
8 4 (0.042%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.042%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.032%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.021%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.021%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.011%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 26 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.20%) Cloudability
3 16 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 7 (0.074%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.053%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.042%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.042%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.042%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.042%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.032%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.032%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.032%) Shopify
8 2 (0.021%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.011%) Endur
9 1 (0.011%) Maximo
9 1 (0.011%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.011%) SAP CX
9 1 (0.011%) SAP FS
9 1 (0.011%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.011%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4,045 (42.80%) Cloud Computing
2 2,577 (27.26%) Azure
3 513 (5.43%) AWS
4 481 (5.09%) Microsoft 365
5 285 (3.02%) Entra ID
6 143 (1.51%) GitHub
7 121 (1.28%) SaaS
8 109 (1.15%) GCP
9 67 (0.71%) Power Platform
10 65 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
10 65 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
11 36 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
11 36 (0.38%) Google Workspace
12 30 (0.32%) Mimecast
13 29 (0.31%) OneDrive
13 29 (0.31%) PaaS
14 28 (0.30%) AWS CloudFormation
14 28 (0.30%) Nutanix
14 28 (0.30%) Serverless
15 26 (0.28%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4,160 (44.01%) Internet
2 341 (3.61%) Firewall
3 148 (1.57%) Network Security
4 134 (1.42%) VPN
5 111 (1.17%) DNS
6 79 (0.84%) DHCP
7 77 (0.81%) WAN
8 68 (0.72%) LAN
9 65 (0.69%) VLAN
10 62 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
11 55 (0.58%) TCP/IP
12 40 (0.42%) Broadband
13 35 (0.37%) VoIP
14 31 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
15 26 (0.28%) CHAP
15 26 (0.28%) Unified Communications
15 26 (0.28%) Wireless
16 19 (0.20%) SD-WAN
17 17 (0.18%) SSL
18 15 (0.16%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (0.42%) Power BI
2 25 (0.26%) Big Data
3 21 (0.22%) SQL Server
3 21 (0.22%) Tableau
4 19 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (0.16%) Neo4j
6 13 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.085%) MySQL
9 6 (0.063%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.063%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.053%) Metadata
11 4 (0.042%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.042%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.032%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.032%) Relational Database
13 2 (0.021%) ClickHouse
13 2 (0.021%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.021%) Impala
13 2 (0.021%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 144 (1.52%) Git
2 31 (0.33%) GitLab
3 30 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
4 18 (0.19%) JIRA
4 18 (0.19%) Snyk
5 13 (0.14%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.074%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.053%) Apache Continuum
7 5 (0.053%) Burp Suite
7 5 (0.053%) Metasploit
7 5 (0.053%) VersionOne
8 4 (0.042%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.042%) JMeter
8 4 (0.042%) Locust
8 4 (0.042%) MLflow
9 3 (0.032%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.021%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.021%) Yeoman
11 1 (0.011%) GDB
11 1 (0.011%) SonarQube
General
1 6,544 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 4,285 (45.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,147 (43.87%) Banking
4 532 (5.63%) Finance
5 368 (3.89%) Analytical Skills
6 264 (2.79%) Multimedia
7 201 (2.13%) Public Sector
8 156 (1.65%) Marketing
9 150 (1.59%) Retail
10 138 (1.46%) Law
11 129 (1.36%) Telecoms
12 108 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
13 107 (1.13%) Legal
14 99 (1.05%) Manufacturing
15 68 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
16 60 (0.63%) Local Government
17 40 (0.42%) Aerospace
17 40 (0.42%) Aviation
18 38 (0.40%) Electronics
18 38 (0.40%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3,141 (33.23%) Lecturer
2 1,361 (14.40%) Analyst
3 1,211 (12.81%) Security Analyst
4 1,136 (12.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1,021 (10.80%) Junior
6 990 (10.47%) Junior Analyst
7 989 (10.46%) Junior Security Analyst
8 705 (7.46%) Ethical Hacker
9 484 (5.12%) Senior
10 285 (3.02%) Architect
11 284 (3.00%) Trainee
12 281 (2.97%) Consultant
13 238 (2.52%) Security Manager
14 229 (2.42%) Lead
15 195 (2.06%) IT Support
15 195 (2.06%) Security Architect
16 186 (1.97%) Security Engineer
17 170 (1.80%) Security Consultant
18 162 (1.71%) Cybersecurity Manager
19 157 (1.66%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (1.58%) CSS
1 149 (1.58%) HTML
2 49 (0.52%) REST
3 45 (0.48%) OAuth
3 45 (0.48%) SAML
4 43 (0.45%) OpenID
5 41 (0.43%) LDAP
6 34 (0.36%) React
7 31 (0.33%) SOAP
8 26 (0.28%) GraphQL
9 14 (0.15%) AngularJS
9 14 (0.15%) RESTful
9 14 (0.15%) SailPoint
10 13 (0.14%) FastAPI
10 13 (0.14%) Middleware
10 13 (0.14%) SAP CAF
11 12 (0.13%) MERN Stack
12 10 (0.11%) Kafka
12 10 (0.11%) Node.js
12 10 (0.11%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 4,027 (42.60%) IoT
2 797 (8.43%) Cyberattack
3 240 (2.54%) Security Posture
4 194 (2.05%) Management Information System
5 149 (1.58%) Cyber Threat
6 145 (1.53%) Onboarding
7 105 (1.11%) Security Operations Centre
8 95 (1.01%) Driving Licence
9 89 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
10 87 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
11 82 (0.87%) Data Centre
11 82 (0.87%) Operational Technology
12 65 (0.69%) Cloud Native
13 59 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
14 56 (0.59%) Blog
15 50 (0.53%) PKI
16 44 (0.47%) Cyber Security Posture
17 43 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
18 37 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
19 34 (0.36%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 377 (3.99%) Windows
2 175 (1.85%) Windows Server
3 148 (1.57%) Linux
4 63 (0.67%) Windows 10
5 41 (0.43%) Mac OS
6 28 (0.30%) Android
7 20 (0.21%) Apple iOS
8 16 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (0.095%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.063%) CentOS
11 6 (0.063%) Unix
11 6 (0.063%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.053%) VMS
13 2 (0.021%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.011%) Debian
14 1 (0.011%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.011%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.011%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.011%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,277 (45.25%) AI
2 4,048 (42.83%) Machine Learning
3 4,035 (42.69%) User Experience
4 4,024 (42.57%) Web Development
5 1,554 (16.44%) Mentoring
6 839 (8.88%) Ethical Hacking
7 451 (4.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 421 (4.45%) Information Security
9 416 (4.40%) Problem-Solving
10 414 (4.38%) Incident Response
11 391 (4.14%) Risk Management
12 283 (2.99%) SIEM
13 271 (2.87%) Cloud Security
14 263 (2.78%) Security Operations
15 247 (2.61%) Agile
16 216 (2.29%) Data Protection
17 215 (2.27%) Roadmaps
18 210 (2.22%) Vulnerability Management
19 207 (2.19%) Disaster Recovery
20 198 (2.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 392 (4.15%) Python
2 224 (2.37%) PowerShell
3 197 (2.08%) JavaScript
4 105 (1.11%) SQL
5 80 (0.85%) Bash
6 69 (0.73%) R
7 37 (0.39%) Java
8 36 (0.38%) C++
9 29 (0.31%) MATLAB
10 28 (0.30%) TypeScript
11 27 (0.29%) C#
12 25 (0.26%) T-SQL
13 19 (0.20%) C
14 16 (0.17%) Go
15 12 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (0.11%) Rust
17 6 (0.063%) PHP
18 4 (0.042%) Bicep
18 4 (0.042%) Perl
18 4 (0.042%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4,434 (46.91%) Degree
2 4,071 (43.07%) Master's Degree
3 4,001 (42.33%) PhD
4 3,998 (42.30%) Postgraduate
5 1,860 (19.68%) Azure Certification
6 1,193 (12.62%) CompTIA Security+
7 1,037 (10.97%) CompTIA CySA+
8 889 (9.41%) CEH
9 406 (4.30%) Security Cleared
10 390 (4.13%) CISSP
11 281 (2.97%) SC Cleared
12 256 (2.71%) CISM
13 203 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
14 198 (2.09%) AWS Certification
15 152 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
16 146 (1.54%) A+ Certification
17 138 (1.46%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 118 (1.25%) DV Cleared
19 110 (1.16%) CISA
20 107 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 522 (5.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 493 (5.22%) NIST
3 291 (3.08%) GDPR
4 236 (2.50%) GRC
5 231 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 126 (1.33%) PCI DSS
7 123 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 100 (1.06%) NCSC
9 91 (0.96%) QA
10 54 (0.57%) SOC 2
11 45 (0.48%) NIST 800
12 43 (0.45%) SLA
13 42 (0.44%) COBIT
14 36 (0.38%) Accessibility
15 25 (0.26%) Data Quality
16 23 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
17 22 (0.23%) JSP 440
17 22 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 18 (0.19%) HIPAA
18 18 (0.19%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 309 (3.27%) Active Directory
2 78 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (0.56%) Hyper-V
4 52 (0.55%) Docker
5 35 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (0.24%) vSphere
7 11 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.11%) Firmware
8 10 (0.11%) IAG
9 8 (0.085%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (0.063%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.053%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.032%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.021%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.021%) GPFS
13 2 (0.021%) Lustre
13 2 (0.021%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.011%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.011%) iptables
14 1 (0.011%) KVM
Systems Management
1 134 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 76 (0.80%) Terraform
3 65 (0.69%) Kubernetes
4 36 (0.38%) Ansible
4 36 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
5 21 (0.22%) Grafana
6 14 (0.15%) CASB
7 13 (0.14%) SCCM
8 12 (0.13%) CSIRT
9 11 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 11 (0.12%) QRadar
10 10 (0.11%) FortiGate
11 9 (0.095%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 9 (0.095%) Prometheus
12 8 (0.085%) Cisco CUCM
12 8 (0.085%) Jamf Pro
13 7 (0.074%) Nessus
13 7 (0.074%) RSA Archer
13 7 (0.074%) vCenter Server
13 7 (0.074%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,622 (27.74%) Microsoft
2 1,693 (17.91%) ForeScout
3 119 (1.26%) VMware
4 109 (1.15%) Cisco
5 104 (1.10%) CrowdStrike
6 84 (0.89%) Palo Alto
7 70 (0.74%) Apple
8 63 (0.67%) Fortinet
9 53 (0.56%) Splunk
10 52 (0.55%) Adobe
10 52 (0.55%) Google
11 49 (0.52%) Tenable
12 47 (0.50%) SAP
13 40 (0.42%) Salesforce
13 40 (0.42%) ServiceNow
14 32 (0.34%) Dell
15 28 (0.30%) CyberArk
15 28 (0.30%) Siemens
16 17 (0.18%) Meraki
16 17 (0.18%) Oracle