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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 39 30
Rank change year-on-year +32 -9 +23
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 8,486 2,170 4,306
As % of all permanent jobs in England 12.48% 5.86% 5.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.10% 6.27% 6.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,429 1,471 3,347
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £44,295 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -13.93% +2.48% -8.42%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -12.50% +0.80% -8.42%

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 52,696 34,624 66,377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.53% 93.54% 86.72%
Number of salaries quoted 32,701 20,241 51,522
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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
North of England +38 2,644 £40,000 -24.17% 287
North West +33 1,914 £42,500 -22.73% 143
Midlands +30 1,678 £45,000 -25.00% 162
London +23 1,508 £70,000 -4.60% 421
South East +41 1,354 £47,500 -13.64% 346
West Midlands +22 1,299 £45,000 -28.00% 78
East of England +45 705 £35,000 -26.32% 110
Yorkshire +40 609 £32,000 -36.00% 107
South West +33 539 £56,250 +18.42% 145
East Midlands +45 390 £42,000 +1.20% 84
North East +42 121 £30,500 -23.81% 40
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
1 119 (1.40%) SharePoint
2 75 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.15%) CMS
4 9 (0.11%) Confluence
5 6 (0.071%) nginx
5 6 (0.071%) WordPress
6 5 (0.059%) Apache
6 5 (0.059%) Drupal
7 3 (0.035%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.035%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.024%) SAS
9 1 (0.012%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.012%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 93 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (0.33%) Maya
5 24 (0.28%) Simulink
6 19 (0.22%) Chatbot
7 9 (0.11%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.059%) CATIA
9 4 (0.047%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.047%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.024%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.024%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.094%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.082%) Shopify
5 4 (0.047%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.047%) Endur
5 4 (0.047%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.047%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.047%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.035%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.035%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.035%) SAP FS
6 3 (0.035%) Yoast SEO
7 2 (0.024%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.024%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.024%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.024%) SAP FSCM
7 2 (0.024%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.024%) SAP IS-U
7 2 (0.024%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 4,054 (47.77%) Cloud Computing
2 2,040 (24.04%) Azure
3 549 (6.47%) AWS
4 429 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
5 281 (3.31%) Entra ID
6 196 (2.31%) GitHub
7 92 (1.08%) SaaS
8 88 (1.04%) GCP
9 67 (0.79%) Power Platform
10 55 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
11 50 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
12 43 (0.51%) PaaS
13 37 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
14 35 (0.41%) Nutanix
15 33 (0.39%) Google Workspace
16 29 (0.34%) IaaS
17 27 (0.32%) AWS CloudFormation
17 27 (0.32%) Mimecast
18 23 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
19 22 (0.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4,211 (49.62%) Internet
2 306 (3.61%) Firewall
3 140 (1.65%) Network Security
4 126 (1.48%) VPN
5 86 (1.01%) DNS
6 73 (0.86%) DHCP
7 65 (0.77%) VLAN
7 65 (0.77%) WAN
8 61 (0.72%) LAN
9 54 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
10 52 (0.61%) TCP/IP
11 37 (0.44%) Broadband
12 36 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
13 30 (0.35%) VoIP
14 26 (0.31%) Wireless
15 23 (0.27%) CHAP
16 16 (0.19%) SD-WAN
17 15 (0.18%) DMZ
18 12 (0.14%) Unified Communications
19 11 (0.13%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (0.42%) Power BI
2 24 (0.28%) Big Data
2 24 (0.28%) SQL Server
3 23 (0.27%) Tableau
4 22 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
5 21 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (0.22%) Neo4j
7 11 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (0.12%) Metadata
9 9 (0.11%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.11%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.071%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.059%) MariaDB
11 5 (0.059%) MySQL
11 5 (0.059%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.059%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.047%) SAP BW
13 3 (0.035%) MongoDB
14 2 (0.024%) Apache Hive
14 2 (0.024%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 200 (2.36%) Git
2 29 (0.34%) JIRA
2 29 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
3 23 (0.27%) GitLab
4 13 (0.15%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.13%) Cucumber
6 7 (0.082%) JMeter
6 7 (0.082%) Locust
7 5 (0.059%) Apache Continuum
7 5 (0.059%) Burp Suite
7 5 (0.059%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.047%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.047%) MLflow
9 2 (0.024%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.012%) GDB
10 1 (0.012%) Snyk
10 1 (0.012%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.012%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.012%) WinDbg
10 1 (0.012%) Yeoman
General
1 6,019 (70.93%) Social Skills
2 4,210 (49.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,164 (49.07%) Banking
4 534 (6.29%) Finance
5 358 (4.22%) Multimedia
6 336 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
7 197 (2.32%) Public Sector
8 167 (1.97%) Marketing
9 157 (1.85%) Law
10 156 (1.84%) Legal
11 124 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
11 124 (1.46%) Telecoms
12 123 (1.45%) Retail
13 88 (1.04%) Manufacturing
14 66 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
15 54 (0.64%) Games
16 53 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
17 47 (0.55%) Electronics
17 47 (0.55%) Local Government
18 46 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3,143 (37.04%) Lecturer
2 977 (11.51%) Analyst
3 854 (10.06%) Security Analyst
4 797 (9.39%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 729 (8.59%) Junior
6 708 (8.34%) Junior Analyst
7 707 (8.33%) Junior Security Analyst
8 423 (4.98%) Ethical Hacker
9 367 (4.32%) Senior
10 363 (4.28%) Trainee
11 251 (2.96%) Consultant
12 235 (2.77%) Architect
13 229 (2.70%) Lead
14 202 (2.38%) IT Support
15 158 (1.86%) Security Consultant
16 157 (1.85%) Developer
17 156 (1.84%) Security Manager
18 147 (1.73%) Security Engineer
19 142 (1.67%) IT Manager
20 133 (1.57%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (2.43%) CSS
1 206 (2.43%) HTML
2 42 (0.49%) REST
3 36 (0.42%) OAuth
4 35 (0.41%) React
4 35 (0.41%) SAML
5 33 (0.39%) OpenID
6 29 (0.34%) LDAP
7 27 (0.32%) SOAP
8 26 (0.31%) GraphQL
9 21 (0.25%) SAP CAF
10 20 (0.24%) AngularJS
11 17 (0.20%) MERN Stack
12 14 (0.16%) SailPoint
13 11 (0.13%) YAML
14 10 (0.12%) Tailwind CSS
15 9 (0.11%) Middleware
15 9 (0.11%) Node.js
16 8 (0.094%) RESTful
16 8 (0.094%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4,073 (48.00%) IoT
2 485 (5.72%) Cyberattack
3 213 (2.51%) Security Posture
4 180 (2.12%) Management Information System
5 115 (1.36%) Driving Licence
6 108 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
7 96 (1.13%) Onboarding
8 94 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
9 84 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
10 80 (0.94%) Security Operations Centre
11 65 (0.77%) Cloud Native
11 65 (0.77%) Cyber Defence
12 62 (0.73%) Data Centre
13 56 (0.66%) Operational Technology
14 51 (0.60%) Blog
15 46 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
16 38 (0.45%) PKI
17 37 (0.44%) Cyber Security Posture
18 34 (0.40%) Public Cloud
19 32 (0.38%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 373 (4.40%) Windows
2 169 (1.99%) Windows Server
3 135 (1.59%) Linux
4 68 (0.80%) Windows 10
5 46 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 29 (0.34%) Android
7 22 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.12%) Unix
10 6 (0.071%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.059%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.047%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.047%) VMS
13 3 (0.035%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.024%) CentOS
15 1 (0.012%) Debian
15 1 (0.012%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.012%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.012%) OpenWrt
15 1 (0.012%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,259 (50.19%) AI
2 4,065 (47.90%) Machine Learning
3 4,048 (47.70%) User Experience
4 4,038 (47.58%) Web Development
5 1,319 (15.54%) Mentoring
6 598 (7.05%) Ethical Hacking
7 431 (5.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 428 (5.04%) Problem-Solving
9 382 (4.50%) Risk Management
10 363 (4.28%) Information Security
11 357 (4.21%) Incident Response
12 275 (3.24%) Agile
13 232 (2.73%) SIEM
14 221 (2.60%) Cloud Security
15 200 (2.36%) Line Management
15 200 (2.36%) Roadmaps
16 197 (2.32%) ITIL
17 189 (2.23%) Project Management
18 186 (2.19%) Disaster Recovery
18 186 (2.19%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 400 (4.71%) Python
2 251 (2.96%) JavaScript
3 191 (2.25%) PowerShell
4 106 (1.25%) SQL
5 99 (1.17%) R
6 62 (0.73%) Bash
7 40 (0.47%) Java
8 32 (0.38%) C++
9 30 (0.35%) TypeScript
10 26 (0.31%) MATLAB
11 25 (0.29%) T-SQL
12 22 (0.26%) C
12 22 (0.26%) C#
13 10 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
14 9 (0.11%) Go
15 7 (0.082%) Rust
16 6 (0.071%) PHP
17 4 (0.047%) Kotlin
18 3 (0.035%) Shell Script
18 3 (0.035%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 4,441 (52.33%) Degree
2 4,071 (47.97%) Master's Degree
3 4,013 (47.29%) PhD
4 4,006 (47.21%) Postgraduate
5 1,356 (15.98%) Azure Certification
6 930 (10.96%) CompTIA Security+
7 747 (8.80%) CompTIA CySA+
8 642 (7.57%) CEH
9 357 (4.21%) CISSP
10 309 (3.64%) Security Cleared
11 258 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
12 243 (2.86%) CISM
13 238 (2.80%) AWS Certification
14 202 (2.38%) SC Cleared
15 194 (2.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 189 (2.23%) Network+ Certification
17 178 (2.10%) A+ Certification
18 110 (1.30%) DV Cleared
19 109 (1.28%) CISA
20 102 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 508 (5.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 471 (5.55%) NIST
3 271 (3.19%) GDPR
4 221 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 187 (2.20%) GRC
6 116 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 111 (1.31%) PCI DSS
8 104 (1.23%) NCSC
9 73 (0.86%) QA
10 46 (0.54%) SOC 2
11 43 (0.51%) COBIT
12 39 (0.46%) SLA
13 37 (0.44%) NIST 800
14 32 (0.38%) Accessibility
15 26 (0.31%) Data Quality
15 26 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 22 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
17 20 (0.24%) JSP 440
18 19 (0.22%) ISO 22301
19 18 (0.21%) SOC 3
System Software
1 304 (3.58%) Active Directory
2 70 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (0.71%) Hyper-V
4 54 (0.64%) Docker
5 26 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (0.25%) vSphere
7 9 (0.11%) Firmware
7 9 (0.11%) IAG
7 9 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.082%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.071%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.059%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.047%) VMware ESXi
12 3 (0.035%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.024%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.024%) GPFS
13 2 (0.024%) Lustre
14 1 (0.012%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.012%) iptables
14 1 (0.012%) KVM
Systems Management
1 155 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 67 (0.79%) Terraform
3 59 (0.70%) Kubernetes
4 36 (0.42%) Ansible
5 27 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.20%) Grafana
7 16 (0.19%) CASB
8 14 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
8 14 (0.16%) SCCM
9 11 (0.13%) CSIRT
10 10 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (0.12%) FortiGate
11 8 (0.094%) Nessus
11 8 (0.094%) RSA Archer
12 7 (0.082%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 7 (0.082%) FTK
12 7 (0.082%) VxRail
13 6 (0.071%) vCenter Server
14 5 (0.059%) Prometheus
14 5 (0.059%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2,052 (24.18%) Microsoft
2 1,129 (13.30%) ForeScout
3 120 (1.41%) VMware
4 92 (1.08%) Cisco
5 77 (0.91%) CrowdStrike
6 63 (0.74%) Fortinet
7 62 (0.73%) Palo Alto
8 61 (0.72%) Apple
9 58 (0.68%) SAP
10 44 (0.52%) Google
11 40 (0.47%) Salesforce
11 40 (0.47%) Splunk
12 37 (0.44%) Dell
13 36 (0.42%) Oracle
14 33 (0.39%) Adobe
15 31 (0.37%) Tenable
16 30 (0.35%) Siemens
17 28 (0.33%) ServiceNow
18 25 (0.29%) CyberArk
19 20 (0.24%) MuleSoft