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 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 33 39
Rank change year-on-year +12 +6 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 6,005 2,784 3,593
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.43% 6.36% 4.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.70% 7.11% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,544 1,700 2,459
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -8.46%

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 69,000 39,152 58,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.88% 89.43% 81.36%
Number of salaries quoted 48,669 22,708 38,960
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,528 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 +13 1,447 £75,000 +5.63% 1,035
North of England +16 1,340 £50,000 +5.26% 446
South East +10 1,091 £55,000 +10.00% 488
Midlands +18 1,032 £55,000 +15.79% 256
North West +29 646 £55,000 +4.76% 233
South West +8 592 £55,000 +15.57% 276
Yorkshire +14 532 £42,500 +28.79% 168
West Midlands +7 518 £57,500 +9.52% 136
East Midlands +36 513 £55,000 +57.14% 120
East of England +52 481 £45,000 -5.26% 162
North East +21 162 £50,000 -26.95% 48
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
1 191 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
1 191 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 19 (0.32%) Apache
3 17 (0.28%) IIS
4 10 (0.17%) CMS
5 9 (0.15%) Confluence
5 9 (0.15%) SAS
6 5 (0.083%) WordPress
7 4 (0.067%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.050%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.033%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 85 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.20%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.100%) CATIA
7 4 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.067%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.033%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
9 1 (0.017%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 14 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.100%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.083%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.083%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.083%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.050%) SystmOne
8 2 (0.033%) Infor CloudSuite
8 2 (0.033%) Infor LN
8 2 (0.033%) Infor M3
8 2 (0.033%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.033%) Shopify
8 2 (0.033%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2,154 (35.87%) Azure
2 731 (12.17%) Microsoft 365
3 470 (7.83%) AWS
4 392 (6.53%) Entra ID
5 183 (3.05%) SaaS
6 152 (2.53%) GCP
7 82 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
8 71 (1.18%) Power Platform
9 65 (1.08%) OneDrive
10 62 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
11 48 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
12 44 (0.73%) Serverless
13 41 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
14 39 (0.65%) Mimecast
15 32 (0.53%) GitHub
16 26 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
16 26 (0.43%) PaaS
17 24 (0.40%) Google Workspace
17 24 (0.40%) IaaS
18 21 (0.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 476 (7.93%) Firewall
2 234 (3.90%) Network Security
3 198 (3.30%) DNS
4 196 (3.26%) VPN
5 153 (2.55%) WAN
6 145 (2.41%) Wi-Fi
7 134 (2.23%) LAN
8 131 (2.18%) DHCP
9 123 (2.05%) TCP/IP
10 108 (1.80%) VLAN
11 88 (1.47%) Internet
12 69 (1.15%) VoIP
13 57 (0.95%) Wireless
14 44 (0.73%) Unified Communications
15 41 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
15 41 (0.68%) HTTP
16 35 (0.58%) SSL
17 32 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
18 28 (0.47%) SD-WAN
19 26 (0.43%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (0.78%) Power BI
2 42 (0.70%) SQL Server
3 14 (0.23%) MongoDB
4 13 (0.22%) Big Data
4 13 (0.22%) MySQL
4 13 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (0.17%) Tableau
6 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (0.15%) GIS
7 6 (0.100%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.100%) Metadata
7 6 (0.100%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.100%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.083%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.067%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.050%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.050%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.050%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 43 (0.72%) JIRA
2 41 (0.68%) Git
3 28 (0.47%) GitLab
4 27 (0.45%) Snyk
5 22 (0.37%) Burp Suite
6 21 (0.35%) Metasploit
7 16 (0.27%) Jenkins
8 14 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
9 9 (0.15%) Yeoman
10 6 (0.100%) Apache Continuum
11 5 (0.083%) JMeter
11 5 (0.083%) VersionOne
12 4 (0.067%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.067%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.067%) Locust
12 4 (0.067%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.067%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.050%) Bitbucket
14 2 (0.033%) Claude Code
14 2 (0.033%) Eclipse
General
1 2,341 (38.98%) Social Skills
2 545 (9.08%) Finance
3 437 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
4 327 (5.45%) Public Sector
5 318 (5.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 176 (2.93%) Law
7 171 (2.85%) Marketing
8 166 (2.76%) Retail
9 164 (2.73%) Legal
10 160 (2.66%) Telecoms
11 138 (2.30%) Manufacturing
12 122 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
13 121 (2.01%) Banking
14 101 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
15 90 (1.50%) Aerospace
16 58 (0.97%) Local Government
17 57 (0.95%) Advertising
18 46 (0.77%) Multimedia
19 41 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
20 33 (0.55%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1,147 (19.10%) Analyst
2 965 (16.07%) Security Analyst
3 866 (14.42%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 691 (11.51%) Junior
5 628 (10.46%) Senior
6 625 (10.41%) Junior Analyst
7 615 (10.24%) Junior Security Analyst
8 611 (10.17%) Ethical Hacker
9 464 (7.73%) Consultant
10 366 (6.09%) Architect
11 335 (5.58%) Lead
12 298 (4.96%) Security Consultant
13 283 (4.71%) Security Manager
14 279 (4.65%) IT Support
15 249 (4.15%) Security Architect
16 248 (4.13%) IT Manager
17 230 (3.83%) Security Engineer
18 203 (3.38%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 194 (3.23%) IT Engineer
20 191 (3.18%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (0.87%) SAML
2 46 (0.77%) OAuth
3 45 (0.75%) LDAP
4 40 (0.67%) OpenID
5 37 (0.62%) REST
6 30 (0.50%) HTML
7 23 (0.38%) CSS
8 21 (0.35%) React
9 20 (0.33%) Kafka
10 19 (0.32%) JSON
11 18 (0.30%) .NET
12 17 (0.28%) Node.js
12 17 (0.28%) SailPoint
13 15 (0.25%) RESTful
13 15 (0.25%) XML
14 13 (0.22%) XMPP
15 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
15 12 (0.20%) FastAPI
15 12 (0.20%) Middleware
16 10 (0.17%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 711 (11.84%) Cyberattack
2 341 (5.68%) Security Posture
3 252 (4.20%) Cyber Threat
4 231 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 226 (3.76%) Management Information System
6 166 (2.76%) Driving Licence
7 160 (2.66%) Security Operations Centre
8 139 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
9 114 (1.90%) Operational Technology
10 101 (1.68%) Cyber Defence
11 96 (1.60%) Cloud Native
12 83 (1.38%) Data Centre
13 60 (1.00%) PKI
14 58 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
15 45 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
16 43 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
17 38 (0.63%) CSOC
18 35 (0.58%) Blog
19 32 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
20 28 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 564 (9.39%) Windows
2 275 (4.58%) Windows Server
3 205 (3.41%) Linux
4 70 (1.17%) Mac OS
5 30 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 29 (0.48%) Windows 10
7 26 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 25 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
9 24 (0.40%) Android
9 24 (0.40%) Apple iOS
10 15 (0.25%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.100%) CentOS
12 4 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.050%) VMS
14 2 (0.033%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.033%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.033%) FreeRTOS
14 2 (0.033%) Kali Linux
14 2 (0.033%) Unix
15 1 (0.017%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,046 (17.42%) Mentoring
2 660 (10.99%) Problem-Solving
3 653 (10.87%) Ethical Hacking
4 635 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 526 (8.76%) Information Security
6 509 (8.48%) Incident Response
7 487 (8.11%) Risk Management
8 456 (7.59%) Security Operations
9 452 (7.53%) AI
10 432 (7.19%) SIEM
11 411 (6.84%) Cloud Security
12 404 (6.73%) Vulnerability Management
13 344 (5.73%) Decision-Making
14 343 (5.71%) Disaster Recovery
15 327 (5.45%) Stakeholder Management
16 292 (4.86%) Roadmaps
17 275 (4.58%) Service Delivery
18 273 (4.55%) Agile
19 261 (4.35%) Data Protection
20 256 (4.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 306 (5.10%) Python
2 238 (3.96%) PowerShell
3 90 (1.50%) SQL
4 71 (1.18%) C++
5 70 (1.17%) JavaScript
6 59 (0.98%) Bash
7 43 (0.72%) Java
8 40 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
9 32 (0.53%) Rust
10 29 (0.48%) C#
11 22 (0.37%) Go
12 20 (0.33%) TypeScript
13 17 (0.28%) C
14 16 (0.27%) MATLAB
15 15 (0.25%) Search Processing Language
16 11 (0.18%) Perl
17 6 (0.100%) Embedded C
17 6 (0.100%) PHP
18 5 (0.083%) Shell Script
19 4 (0.067%) Ada
Qualifications
1 1,295 (21.57%) Azure Certification
2 781 (13.01%) CompTIA Security+
3 710 (11.82%) CEH
4 651 (10.84%) CompTIA CySA+
5 638 (10.62%) Security Cleared
6 489 (8.14%) Degree
7 452 (7.53%) CISSP
8 440 (7.33%) SC Cleared
9 289 (4.81%) CISM
10 206 (3.43%) DV Cleared
11 160 (2.66%) Cisco Certification
12 107 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
13 96 (1.60%) CRISC
14 92 (1.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 89 (1.48%) CISA
16 79 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
17 77 (1.28%) AWS Certification
18 72 (1.20%) CREST Certified
19 71 (1.18%) Master's Degree
20 67 (1.12%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 630 (10.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 513 (8.54%) NIST
3 322 (5.36%) GDPR
4 294 (4.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 275 (4.58%) GRC
6 146 (2.43%) PCI DSS
7 138 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 107 (1.78%) QA
9 88 (1.47%) NCSC
10 62 (1.03%) SOC 2
11 42 (0.70%) Accessibility
11 42 (0.70%) NIST 800
12 39 (0.65%) SLA
13 36 (0.60%) COBIT
13 36 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 34 (0.57%) JSP 440
15 30 (0.50%) Data Quality
16 22 (0.37%) ISO 22301
17 21 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
17 21 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 435 (7.24%) Active Directory
2 145 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 119 (1.98%) Hyper-V
4 54 (0.90%) Docker
5 51 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
6 29 (0.48%) Firmware
7 25 (0.42%) vSphere
8 15 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
9 14 (0.23%) IAG
9 14 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 10 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
11 7 (0.12%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.083%) ClearTrust
13 4 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
14 3 (0.050%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.033%) Embedded Firmware
15 2 (0.033%) ProxySG
16 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
16 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 231 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 84 (1.40%) Terraform
3 76 (1.27%) Kubernetes
4 46 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
5 45 (0.75%) Ansible
6 29 (0.48%) Grafana
7 20 (0.33%) QRadar
8 19 (0.32%) FortiGate
9 18 (0.30%) Nmap
10 17 (0.28%) SCCM
11 16 (0.27%) CASB
11 16 (0.27%) Nessus
12 15 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
12 15 (0.25%) Prometheus
13 10 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
14 9 (0.15%) Kibana
15 8 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
16 6 (0.100%) CSIRT
16 6 (0.100%) Functional Safety
16 6 (0.100%) Graylog
Vendors
1 2,409 (40.12%) Microsoft
2 1,222 (20.35%) ForeScout
3 190 (3.16%) Cisco
3 190 (3.16%) VMware
4 160 (2.66%) Palo Alto
5 108 (1.80%) Splunk
6 99 (1.65%) CrowdStrike
7 73 (1.22%) Google
8 69 (1.15%) Qualys
9 64 (1.07%) Apple
9 64 (1.07%) ServiceNow
10 63 (1.05%) Fortinet
11 60 (1.00%) Aruba
12 56 (0.93%) Salesforce
13 55 (0.92%) Tenable
14 41 (0.68%) SAP
15 39 (0.65%) Veeam
16 38 (0.63%) Adobe
17 37 (0.62%) CyberArk
18 29 (0.48%) Dell