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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 34 34
Rank change year-on-year +16 0 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,862 2,662 4,703
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.79% 6.29% 5.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.21% 6.91% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,281 1,629 3,346
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -1.29% -8.48%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £75,188
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% -10.08%

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 63,663 38,500 75,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.76% 91.01% 82.28%
Number of salaries quoted 44,969 21,724 54,278
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.72%

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 5 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 5 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 1,374 £75,000 +3.45% 717
North of England +21 1,369 £52,500 +1.42% 406
South East +15 1,071 £51,249 -0.49% 444
Midlands +20 976 £57,500 +15.00% 230
North West +28 645 £55,000 - 228
South West +15 589 £57,500 +28.95% 201
Yorkshire +11 562 £50,000 +33.33% 128
West Midlands +14 511 £60,000 +7.14% 130
East Midlands +41 464 £55,000 +74.60% 100
East of England +63 456 £43,500 -8.42% 167
North East +30 162 £50,000 -23.08% 53
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
1 177 (3.02%) SharePoint
2 160 (2.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.24%) Apache
4 12 (0.20%) CMS
5 10 (0.17%) IIS
6 7 (0.12%) SAS
7 6 (0.10%) Confluence
8 5 (0.085%) WordPress
9 4 (0.068%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 72 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.34%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.085%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.085%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.068%) CATIA
8 2 (0.034%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (0.41%) Cloudability
2 17 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.085%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.085%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.085%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.068%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.051%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.051%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.051%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 3 (0.051%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.051%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.034%) Shopify
9 1 (0.017%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.017%) Maximo
9 1 (0.017%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.017%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2,369 (40.41%) Azure
2 668 (11.40%) Microsoft 365
3 430 (7.34%) AWS
4 385 (6.57%) Entra ID
5 163 (2.78%) SaaS
6 147 (2.51%) GCP
7 73 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
7 73 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
8 71 (1.21%) Power Platform
9 57 (0.97%) OneDrive
10 47 (0.80%) Serverless
11 43 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
12 36 (0.61%) Google Workspace
13 33 (0.56%) GitHub
14 32 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
15 29 (0.49%) Microsoft Copilot
15 29 (0.49%) Mimecast
16 28 (0.48%) PaaS
17 24 (0.41%) AWS CloudFormation
17 24 (0.41%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 473 (8.07%) Firewall
2 211 (3.60%) Network Security
3 187 (3.19%) VPN
4 178 (3.04%) DNS
5 135 (2.30%) WAN
6 127 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
7 123 (2.10%) LAN
8 120 (2.05%) DHCP
9 109 (1.86%) TCP/IP
10 108 (1.84%) VLAN
11 79 (1.35%) Internet
12 60 (1.02%) VoIP
13 47 (0.80%) Wireless
14 46 (0.78%) Broadband
15 43 (0.73%) Unified Communications
16 34 (0.58%) HTTP
17 30 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
17 30 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
17 30 (0.51%) SSL
18 21 (0.36%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (0.73%) Power BI
2 32 (0.55%) SQL Server
3 15 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
4 11 (0.19%) MySQL
4 11 (0.19%) Tableau
5 9 (0.15%) Big Data
5 9 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (0.14%) Neo4j
7 7 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.12%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.085%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.068%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.051%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.051%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.051%) GIS
10 3 (0.051%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.034%) ClickHouse
11 2 (0.034%) Flink
11 2 (0.034%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 40 (0.68%) Git
2 34 (0.58%) GitLab
3 33 (0.56%) JIRA
4 25 (0.43%) Snyk
5 21 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
6 14 (0.24%) Burp Suite
6 14 (0.24%) Metasploit
7 11 (0.19%) Jenkins
8 8 (0.14%) Yeoman
9 5 (0.085%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.085%) JMeter
9 5 (0.085%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.085%) VersionOne
10 4 (0.068%) Apache Continuum
10 4 (0.068%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.068%) Locust
11 3 (0.051%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.034%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.034%) Claude Code
13 1 (0.017%) GDB
General
1 2,455 (41.88%) Social Skills
2 525 (8.96%) Finance
3 417 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
4 274 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 268 (4.57%) Public Sector
6 179 (3.05%) Retail
7 171 (2.92%) Marketing
8 155 (2.64%) Law
9 139 (2.37%) Telecoms
10 138 (2.35%) Legal
11 130 (2.22%) Banking
12 126 (2.15%) Manufacturing
13 117 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
14 76 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
15 75 (1.28%) Multimedia
16 62 (1.06%) Aerospace
17 59 (1.01%) Local Government
18 49 (0.84%) Advertising
19 39 (0.67%) Aviation
20 37 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,247 (21.27%) Analyst
2 1,079 (18.41%) Security Analyst
3 987 (16.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 803 (13.70%) Junior
5 765 (13.05%) Junior Analyst
6 755 (12.88%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (12.03%) Ethical Hacker
8 570 (9.72%) Senior
9 387 (6.60%) Consultant
10 343 (5.85%) Architect
11 306 (5.22%) Lead
12 273 (4.66%) Security Manager
13 269 (4.59%) IT Support
14 247 (4.21%) Security Consultant
15 241 (4.11%) Security Architect
16 216 (3.68%) Security Engineer
17 211 (3.60%) IT Manager
18 187 (3.19%) IT Engineer
19 181 (3.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 168 (2.87%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (1.04%) SAML
2 56 (0.96%) OAuth
3 55 (0.94%) LDAP
4 54 (0.92%) REST
5 51 (0.87%) OpenID
6 36 (0.61%) HTML
7 28 (0.48%) CSS
8 27 (0.46%) SOAP
9 23 (0.39%) React
10 20 (0.34%) GraphQL
10 20 (0.34%) Kafka
11 17 (0.29%) .NET
12 16 (0.27%) SailPoint
13 15 (0.26%) Middleware
14 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
14 14 (0.24%) Node.js
14 14 (0.24%) RESTful
15 13 (0.22%) JSON
16 11 (0.19%) AngularJS
16 11 (0.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 815 (13.90%) Cyberattack
2 335 (5.71%) Security Posture
3 195 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
4 193 (3.29%) Management Information System
5 175 (2.99%) Onboarding
6 152 (2.59%) Security Operations Centre
7 138 (2.35%) Driving Licence
8 124 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
9 103 (1.76%) Operational Technology
10 97 (1.65%) Cyber Defence
11 83 (1.42%) Cloud Native
12 76 (1.30%) Data Centre
13 56 (0.96%) PKI
14 50 (0.85%) Cyber Security Posture
15 44 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
16 41 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
17 40 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
18 39 (0.67%) Blog
19 30 (0.51%) CSOC
20 29 (0.49%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 530 (9.04%) Windows
2 269 (4.59%) Windows Server
3 187 (3.19%) Linux
4 51 (0.87%) Mac OS
5 39 (0.67%) Windows 10
6 30 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 29 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
8 25 (0.43%) Android
9 22 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 20 (0.34%) Apple iOS
11 12 (0.20%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.10%) CentOS
12 6 (0.10%) VMS
13 5 (0.085%) Unix
14 4 (0.068%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
15 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.017%) FreeBSD
16 1 (0.017%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,200 (20.47%) Mentoring
2 773 (13.19%) Ethical Hacking
3 588 (10.03%) Continuous Improvement
4 577 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
5 516 (8.80%) Incident Response
6 469 (8.00%) Information Security
7 461 (7.86%) Risk Management
8 410 (6.99%) Security Operations
8 410 (6.99%) SIEM
9 371 (6.33%) Cloud Security
10 354 (6.04%) AI
10 354 (6.04%) Vulnerability Management
11 313 (5.34%) Disaster Recovery
12 300 (5.12%) Decision-Making
13 266 (4.54%) Roadmaps
14 253 (4.32%) Stakeholder Management
15 246 (4.20%) Agile
16 235 (4.01%) Data Protection
16 235 (4.01%) Penetration Testing
17 233 (3.97%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 297 (5.07%) Python
2 258 (4.40%) PowerShell
3 103 (1.76%) SQL
4 80 (1.36%) JavaScript
5 75 (1.28%) Bash
6 62 (1.06%) C++
7 41 (0.70%) Java
8 33 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
9 27 (0.46%) C#
10 25 (0.43%) Rust
11 24 (0.41%) MATLAB
12 20 (0.34%) T-SQL
12 20 (0.34%) TypeScript
13 18 (0.31%) C
13 18 (0.31%) Go
14 14 (0.24%) Search Processing Language
15 8 (0.14%) Perl
16 7 (0.12%) PHP
17 5 (0.085%) R
17 5 (0.085%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,524 (26.00%) Azure Certification
2 914 (15.59%) CompTIA Security+
3 826 (14.09%) CEH
4 802 (13.68%) CompTIA CySA+
5 533 (9.09%) Security Cleared
6 441 (7.52%) Degree
7 437 (7.45%) CISSP
8 373 (6.36%) SC Cleared
9 279 (4.76%) CISM
10 183 (3.12%) DV Cleared
11 155 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
12 103 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
13 98 (1.67%) CISA
14 93 (1.59%) CRISC
15 87 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 86 (1.47%) CREST Certified
17 83 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
18 78 (1.33%) A+ Certification
19 69 (1.18%) GIAC
20 67 (1.14%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 627 (10.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 535 (9.13%) NIST
3 342 (5.83%) GDPR
4 287 (4.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 261 (4.45%) GRC
6 148 (2.52%) PCI DSS
7 135 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 113 (1.93%) QA
9 103 (1.76%) NCSC
10 57 (0.97%) SOC 2
11 48 (0.82%) NIST 800
12 36 (0.61%) Accessibility
12 36 (0.61%) COBIT
13 34 (0.58%) JSP 440
13 34 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 33 (0.56%) SLA
15 30 (0.51%) Data Quality
16 28 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
17 19 (0.32%) HIPAA
18 18 (0.31%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 423 (7.22%) Active Directory
2 127 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 104 (1.77%) Hyper-V
4 50 (0.85%) Docker
5 48 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
6 27 (0.46%) vSphere
7 14 (0.24%) IAG
8 11 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
10 9 (0.15%) Firmware
10 9 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (0.10%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.085%) ClearTrust
12 5 (0.085%) VMware ESXi
13 4 (0.068%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.051%) VMware Server
15 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.017%) Embedded Firmware
15 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 210 (3.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 90 (1.54%) Terraform
3 71 (1.21%) Kubernetes
4 42 (0.72%) Ansible
5 39 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
6 31 (0.53%) Grafana
7 19 (0.32%) QRadar
7 19 (0.32%) SCCM
8 18 (0.31%) Prometheus
9 16 (0.27%) FortiGate
10 14 (0.24%) CASB
11 11 (0.19%) Nmap
12 10 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 9 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
13 9 (0.15%) Kibana
13 9 (0.15%) vCenter Server
14 8 (0.14%) CSIRT
14 8 (0.14%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2,554 (43.57%) Microsoft
2 1,458 (24.87%) ForeScout
3 176 (3.00%) VMware
4 151 (2.58%) Cisco
5 131 (2.23%) Palo Alto
6 105 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
7 97 (1.65%) Splunk
8 61 (1.04%) Fortinet
8 61 (1.04%) Tenable
9 60 (1.02%) Google
10 58 (0.99%) ServiceNow
11 57 (0.97%) Qualys
12 54 (0.92%) Aruba
13 52 (0.89%) Apple
14 50 (0.85%) Salesforce
15 37 (0.63%) Veeam
16 34 (0.58%) SAP
17 33 (0.56%) Adobe
18 30 (0.51%) Dell
19 26 (0.44%) CyberArk