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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 34 38
Rank change year-on-year +14 +4 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 6,018 2,732 3,823
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.67% 6.29% 5.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.04% 7.01% 6.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,428 1,667 2,667
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £36,150
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% -6.25%
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% -9.65%

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 66,599 38,984 61,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.82% 89.76% 81.55%
Number of salaries quoted 47,002 22,502 42,192
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,185 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.79% +2.16% -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% - -8.33%

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 29 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 29 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 +13 1,397 £75,000 +3.45% 702
North of England +16 1,363 £50,000 - 345
South East +14 1,104 £54,300 +8.60% 378
Midlands +20 1,049 £57,500 +21.05% 203
North West +29 647 £55,000 - 184
South West +9 606 £55,000 +22.22% 195
Yorkshire +14 550 £42,500 +28.79% 132
West Midlands +10 533 £60,000 +14.29% 103
East Midlands +40 515 £55,000 +57.14% 100
East of England +59 478 £45,000 -5.26% 128
North East +28 166 £50,000 -27.94% 32
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
2 179 (2.97%) 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 74 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.22%) 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
8 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.017%) Maya
8 1 (0.017%) Siemens NX
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%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.100%) Dynamics NAV
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%) Eikon
10 1 (0.017%) Infor LN
10 1 (0.017%) Infor M3
10 1 (0.017%) Odoo
10 1 (0.017%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 2,338 (38.85%) Azure
2 707 (11.75%) Microsoft 365
3 457 (7.59%) AWS
4 378 (6.28%) Entra ID
5 178 (2.96%) SaaS
6 154 (2.56%) GCP
7 81 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
8 70 (1.16%) Power Platform
9 60 (1.00%) OneDrive
10 58 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
11 48 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
12 45 (0.75%) Serverless
13 38 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
14 34 (0.56%) Mimecast
15 30 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
15 30 (0.50%) GitHub
16 27 (0.45%) Google Workspace
17 26 (0.43%) PaaS
18 23 (0.38%) IaaS
19 22 (0.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 465 (7.73%) Firewall
2 219 (3.64%) Network Security
3 194 (3.22%) VPN
4 184 (3.06%) DNS
5 142 (2.36%) WAN
6 140 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
7 125 (2.08%) LAN
8 123 (2.04%) DHCP
9 118 (1.96%) TCP/IP
10 103 (1.71%) VLAN
11 85 (1.41%) Internet
12 66 (1.10%) VoIP
13 55 (0.91%) Wireless
14 42 (0.70%) Unified Communications
15 39 (0.65%) Cisco Nexus
16 37 (0.61%) HTTP
17 32 (0.53%) SSL
18 30 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
19 28 (0.47%) Broadband
20 27 (0.45%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (0.75%) Power BI
2 40 (0.66%) SQL Server
3 13 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (0.20%) MongoDB
4 12 (0.20%) MySQL
5 11 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
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%) GIS
8 6 (0.100%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.083%) Metadata
9 5 (0.083%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.066%) Neo4j
11 3 (0.050%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.050%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.033%) Flink
12 2 (0.033%) Hadoop
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 14 (0.23%) Jenkins
6 14 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
7 9 (0.15%) Yeoman
8 5 (0.083%) JMeter
8 5 (0.083%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.083%) VersionOne
9 4 (0.066%) Apache Continuum
9 4 (0.066%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.066%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.066%) Locust
9 4 (0.066%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.050%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.033%) Claude Code
12 1 (0.017%) Eclipse
General
1 2,446 (40.64%) Social Skills
2 518 (8.61%) Finance
3 404 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
4 307 (5.10%) Public Sector
5 290 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 168 (2.79%) Law
6 168 (2.79%) Marketing
7 167 (2.78%) Retail
8 157 (2.61%) Legal
8 157 (2.61%) Telecoms
9 133 (2.21%) Manufacturing
10 124 (2.06%) Banking
11 103 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
12 91 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
13 75 (1.25%) Aerospace
14 57 (0.95%) Advertising
14 57 (0.95%) Local Government
15 55 (0.91%) Multimedia
16 34 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
17 33 (0.55%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1,229 (20.42%) Analyst
2 1,051 (17.46%) Security Analyst
3 953 (15.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 781 (12.98%) Junior
5 719 (11.95%) Junior Analyst
6 709 (11.78%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (11.71%) Ethical Hacker
8 606 (10.07%) Senior
9 449 (7.46%) Consultant
10 350 (5.82%) Architect
11 306 (5.08%) Lead
12 288 (4.79%) Security Consultant
13 274 (4.55%) Security Manager
14 269 (4.47%) IT Support
15 239 (3.97%) IT Manager
16 236 (3.92%) Security Architect
17 223 (3.71%) Security Engineer
18 197 (3.27%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 188 (3.12%) 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
5 42 (0.70%) REST
6 29 (0.48%) HTML
7 22 (0.37%) CSS
8 21 (0.35%) Kafka
8 21 (0.35%) React
9 18 (0.30%) JSON
9 18 (0.30%) SailPoint
10 17 (0.28%) .NET
11 15 (0.25%) Node.js
11 15 (0.25%) SOAP
11 15 (0.25%) XML
12 14 (0.23%) Middleware
12 14 (0.23%) RESTful
13 13 (0.22%) FastAPI
14 12 (0.20%) XMPP
15 11 (0.18%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 806 (13.39%) Cyberattack
2 327 (5.43%) Security Posture
3 227 (3.77%) Cyber Threat
4 211 (3.51%) Onboarding
5 208 (3.46%) Management Information System
6 166 (2.76%) Driving Licence
7 163 (2.71%) Security Operations Centre
8 133 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
9 108 (1.79%) Operational Technology
10 99 (1.65%) Cyber Defence
11 90 (1.50%) Cloud Native
12 72 (1.20%) Data Centre
13 58 (0.96%) PKI
14 54 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
15 40 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
16 38 (0.63%) CSOC
16 38 (0.63%) Cyber Security Posture
17 37 (0.61%) Blog
18 28 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
19 27 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 541 (8.99%) Windows
2 263 (4.37%) Windows Server
3 193 (3.21%) Linux
4 60 (1.00%) Mac OS
5 32 (0.53%) Windows 10
6 29 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
7 26 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
8 24 (0.40%) Android
8 24 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 23 (0.38%) Apple iOS
10 15 (0.25%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.100%) CentOS
12 4 (0.066%) VMS
12 4 (0.066%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.050%) Unix
14 2 (0.033%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.033%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.033%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.017%) Kali Linux
15 1 (0.017%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,141 (18.96%) Mentoring
2 757 (12.58%) Ethical Hacking
3 609 (10.12%) Continuous Improvement
3 609 (10.12%) Problem-Solving
4 499 (8.29%) Incident Response
5 497 (8.26%) Information Security
6 471 (7.83%) Risk Management
7 444 (7.38%) Security Operations
8 424 (7.05%) SIEM
9 413 (6.86%) AI
10 391 (6.50%) Cloud Security
11 387 (6.43%) Vulnerability Management
12 324 (5.38%) Disaster Recovery
13 319 (5.30%) Decision-Making
14 287 (4.77%) Stakeholder Management
15 278 (4.62%) Roadmaps
16 262 (4.35%) Agile
17 247 (4.10%) Service Delivery
17 247 (4.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 242 (4.02%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 298 (4.95%) Python
2 235 (3.90%) PowerShell
3 94 (1.56%) SQL
4 64 (1.06%) C++
4 64 (1.06%) JavaScript
5 62 (1.03%) Bash
6 38 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
7 37 (0.61%) Java
8 32 (0.53%) Rust
9 27 (0.45%) C#
10 22 (0.37%) Go
11 17 (0.28%) MATLAB
12 16 (0.27%) TypeScript
13 14 (0.23%) Search Processing Language
14 13 (0.22%) C
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%) R
Qualifications
1 1,478 (24.56%) Azure Certification
2 874 (14.52%) CompTIA Security+
3 811 (13.48%) CEH
4 746 (12.40%) CompTIA CySA+
5 597 (9.92%) Security Cleared
6 458 (7.61%) Degree
7 444 (7.38%) CISSP
8 416 (6.91%) SC Cleared
9 289 (4.80%) CISM
10 193 (3.21%) DV Cleared
11 159 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
12 100 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
13 94 (1.56%) CRISC
14 93 (1.55%) CISA
15 88 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 76 (1.26%) CREST Certified
17 73 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
18 72 (1.20%) AWS Certification
19 70 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
20 68 (1.13%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 612 (10.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 513 (8.52%) NIST
3 312 (5.18%) GDPR
4 278 (4.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 271 (4.50%) GRC
6 146 (2.43%) PCI DSS
7 134 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 106 (1.76%) QA
9 94 (1.56%) NCSC
10 62 (1.03%) SOC 2
11 42 (0.70%) NIST 800
12 37 (0.61%) Accessibility
13 35 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 35 (0.58%) SLA
14 34 (0.56%) COBIT
15 33 (0.55%) JSP 440
16 27 (0.45%) Data Quality
17 23 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
17 23 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 19 (0.32%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 425 (7.06%) Active Directory
2 130 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 109 (1.81%) Hyper-V
4 54 (0.90%) Docker
5 49 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (0.38%) vSphere
7 19 (0.32%) 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 74 (1.23%) Kubernetes
4 45 (0.75%) Ansible
5 44 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
6 31 (0.52%) Grafana
7 19 (0.32%) QRadar
8 18 (0.30%) Prometheus
9 17 (0.28%) FortiGate
10 16 (0.27%) CASB
11 15 (0.25%) SCCM
12 14 (0.23%) Nmap
13 12 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
14 11 (0.18%) Nessus
15 9 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
15 9 (0.15%) Kibana
16 7 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
17 6 (0.100%) CSIRT
17 6 (0.100%) vCenter Server
17 6 (0.100%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,549 (42.36%) Microsoft
2 1,411 (23.45%) ForeScout
3 177 (2.94%) VMware
4 176 (2.92%) 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 39 (0.65%) SAP
14 36 (0.60%) Veeam
15 35 (0.58%) CyberArk
16 33 (0.55%) Adobe
17 28 (0.47%) Dell