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 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 32 34
Rank change year-on-year +10 +2 +6
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,910 2,710 3,560
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.77% 6.29% 5.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.86% 7.09% 6.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,814 1,601 1,928
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £36,250 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -6.98%

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 75,204 38,242 56,374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.41% 88.75% 81.74%
Number of salaries quoted 53,160 22,012 31,934
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,215 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +9 1,512 £80,000 +14.29% 2,127
North of England +17 1,205 £51,500 +8.42% 706
South East +11 1,077 £55,000 +10.00% 815
Midlands +18 1,041 £55,000 +18.42% 433
North West +24 612 £60,000 +26.07% 393
South West +6 594 £55,000 +10.00% 383
West Midlands +4 530 £55,000 +10.00% 270
East Midlands +38 511 £55,000 +51.72% 163
East of England +42 457 £45,000 - 253
Yorkshire +10 451 £43,750 +16.67% 228
North East +8 142 £50,000 -24.53% 92
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
1 242 (4.09%) SharePoint
2 229 (3.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (0.44%) IIS
4 21 (0.36%) Apache
5 11 (0.19%) Confluence
6 9 (0.15%) SAS
7 5 (0.085%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.085%) CMS
7 5 (0.085%) WordPress
8 3 (0.051%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.017%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 89 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
2 65 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.27%) Simulink
5 11 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.085%) CATIA
8 4 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.034%) SmartSuite
10 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.017%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 24 (0.41%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.085%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.085%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.068%) SystmOne
8 3 (0.051%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.051%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.051%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.051%) Infor LN
8 3 (0.051%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.051%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.051%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.034%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
9 2 (0.034%) Eikon
9 2 (0.034%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.017%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 1,636 (27.68%) Azure
2 838 (14.18%) Microsoft 365
3 487 (8.24%) Entra ID
4 448 (7.58%) AWS
5 198 (3.35%) SaaS
6 151 (2.55%) GCP
7 94 (1.59%) Power Platform
8 89 (1.51%) OneDrive
9 86 (1.46%) Azure Sentinel
10 82 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
11 58 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
12 57 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
13 53 (0.90%) Serverless
14 45 (0.76%) Mimecast
15 31 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
15 31 (0.52%) Power Automate
16 29 (0.49%) Google Workspace
16 29 (0.49%) PaaS
17 27 (0.46%) Azure Logic Apps
17 27 (0.46%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 520 (8.80%) Firewall
2 266 (4.50%) DNS
3 241 (4.08%) Network Security
4 235 (3.98%) VPN
5 190 (3.21%) DHCP
6 183 (3.10%) WAN
7 182 (3.08%) TCP/IP
8 162 (2.74%) Wi-Fi
9 159 (2.69%) LAN
10 128 (2.17%) VLAN
11 96 (1.62%) Internet
12 87 (1.47%) VoIP
13 85 (1.44%) Wireless
14 57 (0.96%) Cisco Nexus
15 46 (0.78%) HTTP
15 46 (0.78%) SSL
15 46 (0.78%) Unified Communications
16 35 (0.59%) Wireshark
17 33 (0.56%) SD-WAN
18 30 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (0.93%) Power BI
2 54 (0.91%) SQL Server
3 14 (0.24%) Big Data
3 14 (0.24%) GIS
3 14 (0.24%) MySQL
3 14 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (0.22%) MongoDB
5 10 (0.17%) Tableau
6 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (0.10%) Metadata
8 6 (0.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.085%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.085%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.085%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.085%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.068%) Crystal Reports
10 4 (0.068%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.051%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 49 (0.83%) JIRA
2 41 (0.69%) Git
3 31 (0.52%) Burp Suite
4 29 (0.49%) Metasploit
5 27 (0.46%) Snyk
6 20 (0.34%) GitLab
7 19 (0.32%) Jenkins
8 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
9 8 (0.14%) Eclipse
10 6 (0.10%) LabVIEW
10 6 (0.10%) Rational DOORS
11 5 (0.085%) VersionOne
12 4 (0.068%) Apache Continuum
12 4 (0.068%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.068%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.068%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.051%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 3 (0.051%) Bitbucket
14 2 (0.034%) git-flow
14 2 (0.034%) Zephyr
General
1 1,957 (33.11%) Social Skills
2 593 (10.03%) Finance
3 456 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
4 374 (6.33%) Public Sector
5 335 (5.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 198 (3.35%) Legal
7 190 (3.21%) Retail
8 187 (3.16%) Marketing
8 187 (3.16%) Telecoms
9 186 (3.15%) Law
10 176 (2.98%) Manufacturing
11 149 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
12 133 (2.25%) Banking
13 128 (2.17%) Aerospace
14 124 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
15 59 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
16 53 (0.90%) Advertising
16 53 (0.90%) Local Government
17 44 (0.74%) Aviation
18 32 (0.54%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 893 (15.11%) Analyst
2 699 (11.83%) Senior
3 675 (11.42%) Security Analyst
4 583 (9.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 530 (8.97%) Consultant
6 419 (7.09%) Junior
7 390 (6.60%) Lead
8 379 (6.41%) Architect
9 345 (5.84%) Junior Analyst
10 335 (5.67%) Junior Security Analyst
11 329 (5.57%) Ethical Hacker
12 326 (5.52%) IT Support
13 325 (5.50%) Security Manager
14 319 (5.40%) Security Consultant
15 276 (4.67%) Security Engineer
16 267 (4.52%) Security Architect
17 254 (4.30%) IT Manager
18 244 (4.13%) IT Engineer
19 229 (3.87%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 208 (3.52%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (1.34%) Terraform
2 49 (0.83%) SAML
3 48 (0.81%) LDAP
4 46 (0.78%) OAuth
5 38 (0.64%) OpenID
6 37 (0.63%) REST
7 29 (0.49%) .NET
8 22 (0.37%) React
9 21 (0.36%) JSON
10 20 (0.34%) Node.js
11 19 (0.32%) HTML
12 18 (0.30%) Kafka
13 16 (0.27%) RESTful
13 16 (0.27%) XML
14 14 (0.24%) CSS
14 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
15 13 (0.22%) AngularJS
15 13 (0.22%) Middleware
15 13 (0.22%) SailPoint
16 10 (0.17%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 428 (7.24%) Cyberattack
2 355 (6.01%) Security Posture
3 308 (5.21%) Cyber Threat
4 268 (4.53%) Onboarding
5 236 (3.99%) Management Information System
6 189 (3.20%) Driving Licence
7 172 (2.91%) Operational Technology
8 158 (2.67%) Security Operations Centre
9 139 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
10 105 (1.78%) Cyber Defence
10 105 (1.78%) Data Centre
11 98 (1.66%) Cloud Native
12 73 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
13 59 (1.00%) PKI
14 51 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
15 48 (0.81%) SCADA
16 43 (0.73%) Cyber Security Posture
17 41 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
18 36 (0.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
19 35 (0.59%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 630 (10.66%) Windows
2 304 (5.14%) Windows Server
3 233 (3.94%) Linux
4 78 (1.32%) Mac OS
5 38 (0.64%) Windows 10
5 38 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 28 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (0.41%) Apple iOS
8 19 (0.32%) Android
9 16 (0.27%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.10%) Unix
10 6 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.085%) CentOS
12 4 (0.068%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.068%) VMS
13 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
14 1 (0.017%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 746 (12.62%) Problem-Solving
2 729 (12.34%) Mentoring
3 705 (11.93%) Continuous Improvement
4 591 (10.00%) AI
5 564 (9.54%) Information Security
6 536 (9.07%) Incident Response
7 530 (8.97%) Risk Management
8 517 (8.75%) Security Operations
9 468 (7.92%) Vulnerability Management
10 464 (7.85%) Stakeholder Management
11 457 (7.73%) SIEM
12 414 (7.01%) Cloud Security
13 388 (6.57%) Decision-Making
14 385 (6.51%) Disaster Recovery
15 336 (5.69%) Ethical Hacking
16 322 (5.45%) Roadmaps
17 319 (5.40%) Data Protection
18 311 (5.26%) Service Delivery
19 305 (5.16%) ITIL
20 281 (4.75%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 321 (5.43%) Python
2 241 (4.08%) PowerShell
3 97 (1.64%) SQL
4 76 (1.29%) C++
5 58 (0.98%) JavaScript
6 57 (0.96%) Bash
7 54 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
8 53 (0.90%) Java
9 37 (0.63%) C#
9 37 (0.63%) Rust
10 28 (0.47%) Go
11 26 (0.44%) C
12 22 (0.37%) TypeScript
13 18 (0.30%) MATLAB
14 17 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
15 15 (0.25%) Embedded C
16 12 (0.20%) Perl
17 6 (0.10%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.068%) Ada
18 4 (0.068%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 744 (12.59%) Security Cleared
2 736 (12.45%) Azure Certification
3 551 (9.32%) Degree
4 511 (8.65%) SC Cleared
5 481 (8.14%) CISSP
6 463 (7.83%) CompTIA Security+
7 398 (6.73%) CEH
8 373 (6.31%) CompTIA CySA+
9 315 (5.33%) CISM
10 231 (3.91%) DV Cleared
11 159 (2.69%) Cisco Certification
12 125 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
13 104 (1.76%) CRISC
14 103 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
15 92 (1.56%) Master's Degree
16 86 (1.46%) CISA
17 85 (1.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 81 (1.37%) CREST Certified
19 73 (1.24%) AWS Certification
20 71 (1.20%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 675 (11.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 521 (8.82%) NIST
3 349 (5.91%) Cyber Essentials
4 333 (5.63%) GDPR
5 316 (5.35%) GRC
6 146 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 139 (2.35%) PCI DSS
8 124 (2.10%) NCSC
9 100 (1.69%) QA
10 54 (0.91%) SOC 2
11 51 (0.86%) SLA
12 50 (0.85%) Accessibility
13 47 (0.80%) NIST 800
14 35 (0.59%) Data Quality
15 34 (0.58%) COBIT
16 33 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 30 (0.51%) JSP 440
18 27 (0.46%) ISO 22301
19 23 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
20 19 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 482 (8.16%) Active Directory
2 165 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 141 (2.39%) Hyper-V
4 64 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
5 53 (0.90%) Docker
6 40 (0.68%) Firmware
7 26 (0.44%) vSphere
8 17 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
10 11 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 11 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
11 8 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
12 7 (0.12%) IAG
13 6 (0.10%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.085%) ClearTrust
15 3 (0.051%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.034%) BitLocker
16 2 (0.034%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.034%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 279 (4.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 75 (1.27%) Kubernetes
3 68 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
4 47 (0.80%) Ansible
5 26 (0.44%) Nmap
6 24 (0.41%) Nessus
7 23 (0.39%) QRadar
8 22 (0.37%) CASB
9 21 (0.36%) FortiGate
9 21 (0.36%) Grafana
9 21 (0.36%) SCCM
10 16 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
11 14 (0.24%) Prometheus
12 11 (0.19%) Functional Safety
13 9 (0.15%) Kibana
14 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
15 7 (0.12%) Graylog
16 6 (0.10%) Cisco CUCM
16 6 (0.10%) Progress Chef
16 6 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,966 (33.27%) Microsoft
2 658 (11.13%) ForeScout
3 224 (3.79%) Cisco
4 215 (3.64%) VMware
5 173 (2.93%) Palo Alto
6 111 (1.88%) Splunk
7 95 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
8 79 (1.34%) Google
8 79 (1.34%) Qualys
9 74 (1.25%) ServiceNow
10 69 (1.17%) Aruba
11 63 (1.07%) Salesforce
12 61 (1.03%) Apple
12 61 (1.03%) Tenable
13 57 (0.96%) Fortinet
14 52 (0.88%) Veeam
15 42 (0.71%) Adobe
15 42 (0.71%) Meraki
15 42 (0.71%) SAP
16 40 (0.68%) SonicWALL