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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 29 38
Rank change year-on-year +6 +9 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,608 2,715 3,239
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.40% 6.34% 5.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.33% 7.13% 6.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,817 1,586 1,653
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,543 £47,000
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 £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.06%

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 76,552 38,090 53,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.78% 88.90% 82.72%
Number of salaries quoted 53,565 21,805 28,465
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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 12 October 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 12 October 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 +7 1,544 £80,000 +14.29% 1,796
South East +14 1,051 £55,000 +10.00% 576
North of England +9 1,046 £50,000 +11.11% 577
Midlands +18 943 £55,000 +15.79% 314
North West +21 586 £60,000 +31.15% 314
South West -2 560 £55,000 +10.00% 286
West Midlands +7 489 £55,000 +6.90% 190
East Midlands +42 454 £55,000 +46.67% 122
East of England +34 429 £50,000 +11.11% 170
Yorkshire +3 340 £40,000 +21.21% 193
North East -10 120 £50,000 -25.93% 74
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
1 243 (4.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 242 (4.32%) SharePoint
3 28 (0.50%) IIS
4 25 (0.45%) Apache
5 11 (0.20%) Confluence
6 9 (0.16%) SAS
7 7 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.11%) CMS
9 4 (0.071%) WordPress
10 3 (0.053%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.036%) FactoryTalk
12 1 (0.018%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.018%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.018%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 101 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
2 70 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.32%) Simulink
6 11 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.11%) CATIA
8 3 (0.053%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.036%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.036%) SmartSuite
10 1 (0.018%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.018%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.018%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 19 (0.34%) Cloudability
2 9 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.12%) Sage 200
4 6 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.089%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 4 (0.071%) Infor CloudSuite
6 4 (0.071%) Infor M3
6 4 (0.071%) SystmOne
7 3 (0.053%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.053%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.053%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.053%) Infor LN
7 3 (0.053%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.053%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.053%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.036%) Eikon
8 2 (0.036%) Odoo
8 2 (0.036%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.036%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1,226 (21.86%) Azure
2 843 (15.03%) Microsoft 365
3 533 (9.50%) Entra ID
4 463 (8.26%) AWS
5 206 (3.67%) SaaS
6 167 (2.98%) GCP
7 104 (1.85%) Power Platform
8 101 (1.80%) OneDrive
9 91 (1.62%) Azure Sentinel
10 84 (1.50%) Microsoft Purview
11 65 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
12 62 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
13 52 (0.93%) Serverless
14 48 (0.86%) Mimecast
15 44 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
16 38 (0.68%) Google Workspace
17 36 (0.64%) Power Automate
18 34 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
19 33 (0.59%) GitHub
20 27 (0.48%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 528 (9.42%) Firewall
2 285 (5.08%) DNS
3 266 (4.74%) VPN
4 249 (4.44%) Network Security
5 212 (3.78%) DHCP
6 205 (3.66%) TCP/IP
7 193 (3.44%) WAN
8 172 (3.07%) LAN
9 171 (3.05%) Wi-Fi
10 137 (2.44%) VLAN
11 103 (1.84%) Internet
12 94 (1.68%) Wireless
13 81 (1.44%) VoIP
14 62 (1.11%) Cisco Nexus
15 52 (0.93%) SSL
16 47 (0.84%) HTTP
17 42 (0.75%) Unified Communications
18 37 (0.66%) Modbus
18 37 (0.66%) Wireshark
19 36 (0.64%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (1.07%) Power BI
2 57 (1.02%) SQL Server
3 24 (0.43%) Big Data
4 17 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (0.27%) Tableau
6 13 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (0.23%) GIS
7 12 (0.21%) Metadata
7 12 (0.21%) MongoDB
7 12 (0.21%) MySQL
8 11 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (0.12%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.12%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.089%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.089%) Flink
12 5 (0.089%) NoSQL
13 4 (0.071%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 57 (1.02%) JIRA
2 41 (0.73%) Git
3 35 (0.62%) Burp Suite
4 32 (0.57%) Metasploit
5 20 (0.36%) GitLab
5 20 (0.36%) Snyk
6 18 (0.32%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.20%) Yeoman
8 10 (0.18%) LabVIEW
9 9 (0.16%) Eclipse
10 6 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
11 4 (0.071%) Apache Continuum
11 4 (0.071%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.071%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.071%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.053%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.053%) Maven
12 3 (0.053%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (0.053%) VersionOne
13 2 (0.036%) Cypress.io
General
1 1,554 (27.71%) Social Skills
2 616 (10.98%) Finance
3 451 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
4 391 (6.97%) Public Sector
5 331 (5.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 215 (3.83%) Legal
7 199 (3.55%) Law
8 193 (3.44%) Manufacturing
9 190 (3.39%) Marketing
10 188 (3.35%) Telecoms
11 186 (3.32%) Retail
12 173 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
13 138 (2.46%) Aerospace
14 132 (2.35%) Banking
15 128 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
16 70 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
17 55 (0.98%) Advertising
18 48 (0.86%) Aviation
19 45 (0.80%) Local Government
20 43 (0.77%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 674 (12.02%) Senior
2 654 (11.66%) Analyst
3 549 (9.79%) Consultant
4 416 (7.42%) Security Analyst
5 415 (7.40%) Lead
6 408 (7.28%) Architect
7 342 (6.10%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 333 (5.94%) IT Support
9 319 (5.69%) Security Consultant
10 308 (5.49%) Security Manager
11 291 (5.19%) Security Engineer
12 258 (4.60%) Security Architect
13 251 (4.48%) IT Engineer
14 250 (4.46%) IT Manager
15 211 (3.76%) Support Engineer
16 206 (3.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 206 (3.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
17 204 (3.64%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 195 (3.48%) Junior
19 181 (3.23%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (1.69%) Terraform
2 57 (1.02%) SAML
3 54 (0.96%) LDAP
4 53 (0.95%) OAuth
5 45 (0.80%) OpenID
6 43 (0.77%) REST
7 33 (0.59%) .NET
8 26 (0.46%) JSON
9 21 (0.37%) Node.js
9 21 (0.37%) React
10 19 (0.34%) HTML
11 17 (0.30%) RESTful
12 16 (0.29%) Middleware
12 16 (0.29%) XML
13 15 (0.27%) CSS
13 15 (0.27%) Kafka
13 15 (0.27%) SailPoint
14 13 (0.23%) FastAPI
15 12 (0.21%) AngularJS
15 12 (0.21%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 360 (6.42%) Security Posture
2 348 (6.21%) Cyber Threat
3 271 (4.83%) Onboarding
4 254 (4.53%) Management Information System
5 196 (3.50%) Driving Licence
6 189 (3.37%) Operational Technology
7 184 (3.28%) Cyberattack
8 164 (2.92%) Security Operations Centre
9 129 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
10 115 (2.05%) Cyber Defence
11 108 (1.93%) Data Centre
12 103 (1.84%) Cloud Native
13 89 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
14 70 (1.25%) SCADA
15 57 (1.02%) PKI
16 52 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
17 42 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
18 41 (0.73%) Cyber Kill Chain
19 39 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
20 37 (0.66%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 661 (11.79%) Windows
2 319 (5.69%) Windows Server
3 255 (4.55%) Linux
4 87 (1.55%) macOS
5 46 (0.82%) Windows 10
6 43 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
7 33 (0.59%) Apple iOS
7 33 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
8 27 (0.48%) Android
8 27 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 13 (0.23%) Ubuntu
10 7 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.11%) Kali Linux
11 6 (0.11%) Unix
12 4 (0.071%) VMS
13 3 (0.053%) Rocky
14 2 (0.036%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.036%) CentOS
14 2 (0.036%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.036%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 784 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
2 757 (13.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 669 (11.93%) AI
4 579 (10.32%) Information Security
5 562 (10.02%) Incident Response
6 560 (9.99%) Security Operations
7 545 (9.72%) Risk Management
8 526 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 493 (8.79%) Vulnerability Management
10 481 (8.58%) Mentoring
11 452 (8.06%) SIEM
12 444 (7.92%) Cloud Security
13 442 (7.88%) Decision-Making
14 402 (7.17%) Disaster Recovery
15 351 (6.26%) Roadmaps
16 327 (5.83%) ITIL
17 324 (5.78%) Data Protection
18 311 (5.55%) Service Delivery
19 309 (5.51%) Software Engineering
20 303 (5.40%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 356 (6.35%) Python
2 244 (4.35%) PowerShell
3 100 (1.78%) SQL
4 83 (1.48%) C++
5 66 (1.18%) Bash
6 60 (1.07%) JavaScript
7 55 (0.98%) Java
8 54 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
9 40 (0.71%) C#
10 38 (0.68%) Rust
11 32 (0.57%) C
12 30 (0.53%) Go
13 28 (0.50%) TypeScript
14 18 (0.32%) MATLAB
15 17 (0.30%) Search Processing Language
16 16 (0.29%) Embedded C
17 13 (0.23%) Perl
18 12 (0.21%) Bicep
19 8 (0.14%) Shell Script
20 6 (0.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 785 (14.00%) Security Cleared
2 594 (10.59%) Degree
3 533 (9.50%) SC Cleared
4 476 (8.49%) CISSP
5 317 (5.65%) CISM
6 283 (5.05%) Azure Certification
7 243 (4.33%) DV Cleared
8 217 (3.87%) CompTIA Security+
9 160 (2.85%) Cisco Certification
10 156 (2.78%) CEH
11 143 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
12 132 (2.35%) CompTIA CySA+
13 114 (2.03%) Master's Degree
14 106 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
15 100 (1.78%) CRISC
16 86 (1.53%) CISA
17 82 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 78 (1.39%) DBS Check
19 72 (1.28%) CREST Certified
20 69 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 697 (12.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 532 (9.49%) NIST
3 358 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 313 (5.58%) GRC
5 308 (5.49%) GDPR
6 150 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 139 (2.48%) NCSC
8 125 (2.23%) PCI DSS
9 94 (1.68%) QA
10 56 (1.00%) SLA
11 49 (0.87%) Accessibility
11 49 (0.87%) ISO 22301
12 47 (0.84%) NIST 800
13 46 (0.82%) SOC 2
14 39 (0.70%) Data Quality
15 35 (0.62%) COBIT
16 32 (0.57%) JSP 440
17 27 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 23 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
19 21 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 505 (9.00%) Active Directory
2 167 (2.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 149 (2.66%) Hyper-V
4 66 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 55 (0.98%) Docker
6 43 (0.77%) Firmware
7 28 (0.50%) vSphere
8 20 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
10 14 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
11 12 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 9 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
13 6 (0.11%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.089%) ClearTrust
14 5 (0.089%) IAG
15 3 (0.053%) BitLocker
15 3 (0.053%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.053%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.036%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.036%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 309 (5.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 82 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
3 81 (1.44%) Kubernetes
4 52 (0.93%) Ansible
5 29 (0.52%) Nmap
6 27 (0.48%) CASB
7 26 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
8 25 (0.45%) Grafana
8 25 (0.45%) SCCM
9 24 (0.43%) FortiGate
9 24 (0.43%) Nessus
10 21 (0.37%) QRadar
11 20 (0.36%) Functional Safety
12 11 (0.20%) Prometheus
13 9 (0.16%) Kibana
14 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
14 8 (0.14%) Progress Chef
14 8 (0.14%) WSUS
15 7 (0.12%) Graylog
16 6 (0.11%) Podman
Vendors
1 1,547 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 242 (4.32%) Cisco
3 220 (3.92%) VMware
4 188 (3.35%) ForeScout
5 168 (3.00%) Palo Alto
6 109 (1.94%) Splunk
7 106 (1.89%) Google
8 96 (1.71%) CrowdStrike
9 78 (1.39%) Qualys
10 76 (1.36%) Aruba
11 73 (1.30%) Salesforce
12 68 (1.21%) ServiceNow
13 60 (1.07%) Apple
14 56 (1.00%) Fortinet
14 56 (1.00%) Tenable
15 51 (0.91%) Meraki
16 50 (0.89%) Veeam
17 42 (0.75%) SonicWALL
18 41 (0.73%) CyberArk
18 41 (0.73%) SAP