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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 34 38
Rank change year-on-year +14 +4 +5
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 6,020 2,728 3,876
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.68% 6.28% 5.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.05% 7.00% 6.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,429 1,663 2,719
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £35,950
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -7.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -10.00%

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 66,548 38,995 62,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.82% 89.82% 81.69%
Number of salaries quoted 46,995 22,507 43,155
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.66%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 +15 1,397 £75,000 +3.45% 680
North of England +18 1,365 £50,000 - 338
South East +14 1,109 £54,300 +8.60% 381
Midlands +19 1,043 £57,500 +21.05% 193
North West +28 649 £55,000 - 181
South West +11 606 £55,000 +22.22% 200
Yorkshire +11 550 £42,500 +28.79% 124
West Midlands +10 531 £60,000 +10.92% 99
East Midlands +40 511 £55,000 +57.14% 94
East of England +62 477 £43,750 -7.89% 132
North East +30 166 £50,000 -27.94% 36
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
1 182 (3.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 178 (2.96%) SharePoint
3 18 (0.30%) Apache
4 16 (0.27%) IIS
5 11 (0.18%) CMS
6 9 (0.15%) SAS
7 8 (0.13%) Confluence
8 5 (0.083%) WordPress
9 4 (0.066%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.033%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.033%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 71 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.23%) Simulink
5 5 (0.083%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.066%) CATIA
6 4 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.033%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.033%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.017%) Maya
8 1 (0.017%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 15 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.100%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.100%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.083%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.083%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.066%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
9 2 (0.033%) Shopify
9 2 (0.033%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 1 (0.017%) Infor M3
10 1 (0.017%) RMDS
10 1 (0.017%) SAP CO
10 1 (0.017%) SAP EHS
10 1 (0.017%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 2,344 (38.94%) Azure
2 709 (11.78%) Microsoft 365
3 458 (7.61%) AWS
4 377 (6.26%) Entra ID
5 178 (2.96%) SaaS
6 155 (2.57%) GCP
7 81 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
8 68 (1.13%) Power Platform
9 59 (0.98%) OneDrive
10 57 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
11 48 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
12 46 (0.76%) Serverless
13 36 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
14 33 (0.55%) Mimecast
15 30 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
16 29 (0.48%) GitHub
17 27 (0.45%) Google Workspace
17 27 (0.45%) PaaS
18 24 (0.40%) IaaS
19 21 (0.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 469 (7.79%) Firewall
2 219 (3.64%) Network Security
3 196 (3.26%) VPN
4 187 (3.11%) DNS
5 142 (2.36%) WAN
6 140 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
7 126 (2.09%) DHCP
7 126 (2.09%) LAN
8 119 (1.98%) TCP/IP
9 106 (1.76%) VLAN
10 85 (1.41%) Internet
11 66 (1.10%) VoIP
12 55 (0.91%) Wireless
13 42 (0.70%) Unified Communications
14 39 (0.65%) Cisco Nexus
15 37 (0.61%) HTTP
16 33 (0.55%) Broadband
17 32 (0.53%) SSL
18 30 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
19 27 (0.45%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (0.71%) Power BI
2 40 (0.66%) SQL Server
3 14 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
4 12 (0.20%) MongoDB
4 12 (0.20%) MySQL
5 11 (0.18%) Tableau
6 10 (0.17%) Big Data
6 10 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.100%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.100%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.083%) Metadata
9 5 (0.083%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.066%) GIS
10 4 (0.066%) Neo4j
11 3 (0.050%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.033%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.033%) Flink
12 2 (0.033%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 38 (0.63%) Git
1 38 (0.63%) JIRA
2 33 (0.55%) GitLab
3 26 (0.43%) Snyk
4 18 (0.30%) Burp Suite
5 17 (0.28%) Metasploit
6 15 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
7 13 (0.22%) Jenkins
8 9 (0.15%) Yeoman
9 5 (0.083%) JMeter
9 5 (0.083%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.083%) VersionOne
10 4 (0.066%) Apache Continuum
10 4 (0.066%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.066%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.066%) Locust
10 4 (0.066%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.050%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.033%) Claude Code
13 1 (0.017%) GDB
General
1 2,446 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 516 (8.57%) Finance
3 406 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
4 303 (5.03%) Public Sector
5 288 (4.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 169 (2.81%) Marketing
7 167 (2.77%) Retail
8 166 (2.76%) Law
9 159 (2.64%) Telecoms
10 156 (2.59%) Legal
11 131 (2.18%) Manufacturing
12 125 (2.08%) Banking
13 101 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
14 89 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
15 75 (1.25%) Aerospace
16 60 (1.00%) Multimedia
17 57 (0.95%) Advertising
18 56 (0.93%) Local Government
19 34 (0.56%) Games
19 34 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,226 (20.37%) Analyst
2 1,050 (17.44%) Security Analyst
3 951 (15.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 780 (12.96%) Junior
5 719 (11.94%) Junior Analyst
6 709 (11.78%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (11.71%) Ethical Hacker
8 604 (10.03%) Senior
9 453 (7.52%) Consultant
10 350 (5.81%) Architect
11 306 (5.08%) Lead
12 288 (4.78%) Security Consultant
13 273 (4.53%) Security Manager
14 271 (4.50%) IT Support
15 237 (3.94%) IT Manager
16 236 (3.92%) Security Architect
17 224 (3.72%) Security Engineer
18 196 (3.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 189 (3.14%) IT Engineer
20 183 (3.04%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (0.91%) SAML
2 49 (0.81%) OAuth
3 47 (0.78%) LDAP
4 43 (0.71%) OpenID
4 43 (0.71%) REST
5 29 (0.48%) HTML
6 22 (0.37%) CSS
6 22 (0.37%) Kafka
6 22 (0.37%) React
7 18 (0.30%) .NET
7 18 (0.30%) JSON
7 18 (0.30%) SailPoint
8 15 (0.25%) SOAP
8 15 (0.25%) XML
9 14 (0.23%) FastAPI
9 14 (0.23%) Middleware
9 14 (0.23%) Node.js
9 14 (0.23%) RESTful
10 12 (0.20%) XMPP
11 11 (0.18%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 812 (13.49%) Cyberattack
2 328 (5.45%) Security Posture
3 230 (3.82%) Cyber Threat
4 209 (3.47%) Onboarding
5 207 (3.44%) Management Information System
6 166 (2.76%) Driving Licence
7 163 (2.71%) Security Operations Centre
8 134 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
9 110 (1.83%) Operational Technology
10 99 (1.64%) Cyber Defence
11 90 (1.50%) Cloud Native
12 73 (1.21%) Data Centre
13 58 (0.96%) PKI
14 53 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
15 41 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
16 38 (0.63%) CSOC
16 38 (0.63%) Cyber Security Posture
17 37 (0.61%) Blog
18 29 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
19 27 (0.45%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 542 (9.00%) Windows
2 265 (4.40%) Windows Server
3 192 (3.19%) Linux
4 61 (1.01%) Mac OS
5 34 (0.56%) Windows 10
6 29 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
7 28 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
8 24 (0.40%) Android
8 24 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 23 (0.38%) Apple iOS
10 14 (0.23%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.100%) CentOS
12 5 (0.083%) VMS
13 4 (0.066%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.050%) Unix
15 2 (0.033%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.033%) Embedded Linux
15 2 (0.033%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.017%) FreeBSD
16 1 (0.017%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,146 (19.04%) Mentoring
2 763 (12.67%) Ethical Hacking
3 606 (10.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 602 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 503 (8.36%) Incident Response
6 501 (8.32%) Information Security
7 467 (7.76%) Risk Management
8 444 (7.38%) Security Operations
9 424 (7.04%) SIEM
10 409 (6.79%) AI
11 394 (6.54%) Cloud Security
12 389 (6.46%) Vulnerability Management
13 324 (5.38%) Disaster Recovery
14 316 (5.25%) Decision-Making
15 279 (4.63%) Stakeholder Management
16 278 (4.62%) Roadmaps
17 261 (4.34%) Agile
18 247 (4.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 245 (4.07%) Service Delivery
20 243 (4.04%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 301 (5.00%) Python
2 238 (3.95%) PowerShell
3 92 (1.53%) SQL
4 65 (1.08%) C++
5 64 (1.06%) JavaScript
6 62 (1.03%) Bash
7 38 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
8 37 (0.61%) Java
9 32 (0.53%) Rust
10 28 (0.47%) C#
11 21 (0.35%) Go
12 18 (0.30%) MATLAB
13 17 (0.28%) TypeScript
14 14 (0.23%) C
14 14 (0.23%) Search Processing Language
15 10 (0.17%) Perl
16 8 (0.13%) T-SQL
17 7 (0.12%) PHP
18 5 (0.083%) Shell Script
19 4 (0.066%) Ada
Qualifications
1 1,478 (24.55%) Azure Certification
2 878 (14.58%) CompTIA Security+
3 817 (13.57%) CEH
4 746 (12.39%) CompTIA CySA+
5 593 (9.85%) Security Cleared
6 457 (7.59%) Degree
7 442 (7.34%) CISSP
8 415 (6.89%) SC Cleared
9 286 (4.75%) CISM
10 191 (3.17%) DV Cleared
11 157 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
12 101 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
13 94 (1.56%) CISA
14 92 (1.53%) CRISC
15 87 (1.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 77 (1.28%) CREST Certified
17 76 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
18 72 (1.20%) AWS Certification
18 72 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
19 68 (1.13%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 611 (10.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 513 (8.52%) NIST
3 312 (5.18%) GDPR
4 277 (4.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 272 (4.52%) GRC
6 145 (2.41%) PCI DSS
7 133 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 106 (1.76%) QA
9 95 (1.58%) NCSC
10 62 (1.03%) SOC 2
11 41 (0.68%) NIST 800
12 37 (0.61%) Accessibility
13 36 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 35 (0.58%) COBIT
14 35 (0.58%) SLA
15 33 (0.55%) JSP 440
16 25 (0.42%) Data Quality
17 24 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
18 22 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
19 20 (0.33%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 427 (7.09%) Active Directory
2 132 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 109 (1.81%) Hyper-V
4 54 (0.90%) Docker
5 50 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
6 24 (0.40%) vSphere
7 18 (0.30%) Firmware
8 14 (0.23%) IAG
9 11 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
10 10 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 9 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
12 6 (0.100%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.083%) ClearTrust
14 4 (0.066%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.050%) VMware ESXi
15 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
16 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
16 1 (0.017%) Embedded Firmware
16 1 (0.017%) KVM
16 1 (0.017%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 219 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 86 (1.43%) Terraform
3 75 (1.25%) Kubernetes
4 44 (0.73%) Ansible
4 44 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
5 31 (0.51%) Grafana
6 19 (0.32%) QRadar
7 18 (0.30%) Prometheus
8 17 (0.28%) FortiGate
9 16 (0.27%) CASB
10 15 (0.25%) SCCM
11 14 (0.23%) Nmap
12 12 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
13 11 (0.18%) Nessus
14 9 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
14 9 (0.15%) Kibana
15 7 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
15 7 (0.12%) vCenter Server
16 6 (0.100%) Functional Safety
16 6 (0.100%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,547 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 1,411 (23.44%) ForeScout
3 180 (2.99%) VMware
4 175 (2.91%) Cisco
5 151 (2.51%) Palo Alto
6 105 (1.74%) Splunk
7 100 (1.66%) CrowdStrike
8 66 (1.10%) Google
8 66 (1.10%) Qualys
9 61 (1.01%) Aruba
9 61 (1.01%) Fortinet
9 61 (1.01%) ServiceNow
10 55 (0.91%) Tenable
11 53 (0.88%) Apple
12 52 (0.86%) Salesforce
13 40 (0.66%) SAP
14 36 (0.60%) Veeam
15 34 (0.56%) CyberArk
16 33 (0.55%) Adobe
17 28 (0.47%) Dell