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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 30 36
Rank change year-on-year +8 +6 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,789 2,712 3,288
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.56% 6.28% 5.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.56% 7.05% 6.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,860 1,582 1,695
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,235 £35,500 £46,813
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 £98,850 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.69%

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 76,581 38,469 54,071
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.57% 89.04% 82.44%
Number of salaries quoted 53,748 21,719 29,115
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%
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 6 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 6 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 +8 1,548 £80,000 +14.29% 2,226
North of England +15 1,121 £50,000 +9.29% 784
South East +14 1,066 £55,000 +10.00% 885
Midlands +21 1,004 £55,000 +15.79% 476
North West +24 603 £60,000 +31.15% 423
South West +2 582 £55,000 +10.00% 367
West Midlands +9 518 £55,000 +8.48% 285
East Midlands +41 486 £55,000 +46.67% 190
East of England +40 442 £50,000 +11.11% 264
Yorkshire +9 387 £42,500 +13.33% 259
North East -2 131 £50,000 -25.93% 106
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
1 251 (4.34%) SharePoint
2 242 (4.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (0.45%) IIS
4 24 (0.41%) Apache
5 11 (0.19%) Confluence
6 9 (0.16%) SAS
7 7 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.10%) CMS
9 5 (0.086%) WordPress
10 3 (0.052%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.017%) ArchestrA
11 1 (0.017%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 99 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 70 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (0.29%) Simulink
5 10 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.086%) CATIA
7 4 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.035%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.035%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.017%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 21 (0.36%) Cloudability
2 9 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.14%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.086%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 4 (0.069%) Infor CloudSuite
6 4 (0.069%) Infor M3
6 4 (0.069%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.069%) SystmOne
7 3 (0.052%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.052%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.052%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.052%) Infor LN
7 3 (0.052%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.052%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.035%) Eikon
8 2 (0.035%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.035%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.035%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1,398 (24.15%) Azure
2 850 (14.68%) Microsoft 365
3 521 (9.00%) Entra ID
4 460 (7.95%) AWS
5 196 (3.39%) SaaS
6 163 (2.82%) GCP
7 106 (1.83%) Power Platform
8 98 (1.69%) OneDrive
9 90 (1.55%) Azure Sentinel
10 85 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
11 62 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
12 61 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
13 57 (0.98%) Serverless
14 46 (0.79%) Mimecast
15 43 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
16 37 (0.64%) Power Automate
17 34 (0.59%) GitHub
17 34 (0.59%) Google Workspace
18 31 (0.54%) Azure Logic Apps
19 27 (0.47%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 516 (8.91%) Firewall
2 280 (4.84%) DNS
3 253 (4.37%) VPN
4 242 (4.18%) Network Security
5 204 (3.52%) DHCP
6 195 (3.37%) TCP/IP
7 187 (3.23%) WAN
8 169 (2.92%) Wi-Fi
9 164 (2.83%) LAN
10 127 (2.19%) VLAN
11 101 (1.74%) Internet
12 93 (1.61%) Wireless
13 84 (1.45%) VoIP
14 58 (1.00%) Cisco Nexus
15 50 (0.86%) SSL
16 48 (0.83%) HTTP
17 41 (0.71%) Unified Communications
18 37 (0.64%) Wireshark
19 33 (0.57%) SD-WAN
20 31 (0.54%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (1.07%) Power BI
2 56 (0.97%) SQL Server
3 20 (0.35%) Big Data
4 17 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (0.24%) GIS
6 13 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (0.22%) Tableau
7 12 (0.21%) Metadata
7 12 (0.21%) MongoDB
8 11 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (0.17%) MySQL
10 8 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (0.12%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.12%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.10%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.10%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.086%) Flink
13 5 (0.086%) NoSQL
14 4 (0.069%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 53 (0.92%) JIRA
2 42 (0.73%) Git
3 33 (0.57%) Burp Suite
4 30 (0.52%) Metasploit
5 24 (0.41%) Snyk
6 19 (0.33%) GitLab
6 19 (0.33%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.19%) Yeoman
8 9 (0.16%) Eclipse
9 8 (0.14%) LabVIEW
10 5 (0.086%) Rational DOORS
11 4 (0.069%) Apache Continuum
11 4 (0.069%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.069%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.069%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.069%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.052%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.052%) Maven
12 3 (0.052%) Team Foundation Server
13 2 (0.035%) Cypress.io
General
1 1,734 (29.95%) Social Skills
2 624 (10.78%) Finance
3 458 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
4 390 (6.74%) Public Sector
5 340 (5.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 211 (3.64%) Legal
7 194 (3.35%) Marketing
8 189 (3.26%) Law
9 188 (3.25%) Retail
10 186 (3.21%) Telecoms
11 184 (3.18%) Manufacturing
12 167 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
13 139 (2.40%) Aerospace
14 132 (2.28%) Banking
15 130 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
16 64 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
17 53 (0.92%) Advertising
18 48 (0.83%) Aviation
18 48 (0.83%) Local Government
19 39 (0.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 769 (13.28%) Analyst
2 700 (12.09%) Senior
3 543 (9.38%) Consultant
4 534 (9.22%) Security Analyst
5 451 (7.79%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 403 (6.96%) Lead
7 397 (6.86%) Architect
8 334 (5.77%) IT Support
9 326 (5.63%) Security Manager
10 317 (5.48%) Security Consultant
11 287 (4.96%) Security Engineer
12 285 (4.92%) Junior
13 257 (4.44%) Security Architect
14 248 (4.28%) IT Engineer
15 243 (4.20%) IT Manager
16 225 (3.89%) Cybersecurity Manager
17 208 (3.59%) Support Engineer
18 207 (3.58%) Junior Analyst
19 203 (3.51%) Cybersecurity Consultant
20 200 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (1.54%) Terraform
2 52 (0.90%) SAML
3 51 (0.88%) OAuth
4 50 (0.86%) LDAP
5 43 (0.74%) OpenID
5 43 (0.74%) REST
6 33 (0.57%) .NET
7 25 (0.43%) JSON
8 20 (0.35%) React
9 19 (0.33%) HTML
9 19 (0.33%) Node.js
10 17 (0.29%) XML
11 16 (0.28%) Kafka
11 16 (0.28%) Middleware
11 16 (0.28%) RESTful
11 16 (0.28%) SailPoint
12 15 (0.26%) CSS
13 13 (0.22%) FastAPI
14 12 (0.21%) AngularJS
15 11 (0.19%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 365 (6.31%) Security Posture
2 340 (5.87%) Cyber Threat
3 284 (4.91%) Cyberattack
4 271 (4.68%) Onboarding
5 245 (4.23%) Management Information System
6 194 (3.35%) Driving Licence
7 180 (3.11%) Operational Technology
8 162 (2.80%) Security Operations Centre
9 137 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
10 112 (1.93%) Cyber Defence
11 106 (1.83%) Data Centre
12 103 (1.78%) Cloud Native
13 83 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
14 59 (1.02%) SCADA
15 58 (1.00%) PKI
16 50 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
17 45 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
18 40 (0.69%) Cyber Security Posture
19 39 (0.67%) CSOC
20 38 (0.66%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 654 (11.30%) Windows
2 314 (5.42%) Windows Server
3 245 (4.23%) Linux
4 84 (1.45%) Mac OS
5 44 (0.76%) Windows 10
6 41 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 30 (0.52%) Apple iOS
7 30 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 28 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 24 (0.41%) Android
10 12 (0.21%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (0.10%) Kali Linux
12 6 (0.10%) Unix
13 4 (0.069%) VMS
14 3 (0.052%) CentOS
14 3 (0.052%) Rocky
15 2 (0.035%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.035%) Embedded Linux
15 2 (0.035%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 776 (13.40%) Problem-Solving
2 758 (13.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 644 (11.12%) AI
4 592 (10.23%) Mentoring
5 586 (10.12%) Information Security
6 566 (9.78%) Incident Response
7 561 (9.69%) Security Operations
8 550 (9.50%) Risk Management
9 507 (8.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 490 (8.46%) Vulnerability Management
11 463 (8.00%) SIEM
12 436 (7.53%) Cloud Security
13 419 (7.24%) Decision-Making
14 403 (6.96%) Disaster Recovery
15 339 (5.86%) Roadmaps
16 326 (5.63%) Data Protection
17 316 (5.46%) ITIL
18 314 (5.42%) Service Delivery
19 297 (5.13%) Business Continuity
20 290 (5.01%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 342 (5.91%) Python
2 239 (4.13%) PowerShell
3 98 (1.69%) SQL
4 82 (1.42%) C++
5 63 (1.09%) Bash
6 59 (1.02%) JavaScript
7 56 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
8 55 (0.95%) Java
9 41 (0.71%) C#
10 38 (0.66%) Rust
11 32 (0.55%) Go
12 30 (0.52%) C
13 25 (0.43%) TypeScript
14 19 (0.33%) MATLAB
15 17 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
16 16 (0.28%) Embedded C
17 12 (0.21%) Perl
18 11 (0.19%) Bicep
19 8 (0.14%) Shell Script
20 6 (0.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 776 (13.40%) Security Cleared
2 582 (10.05%) Degree
3 533 (9.21%) SC Cleared
4 474 (8.19%) CISSP
5 468 (8.08%) Azure Certification
6 318 (5.49%) CompTIA Security+
7 314 (5.42%) CISM
8 253 (4.37%) CEH
9 240 (4.15%) DV Cleared
10 230 (3.97%) CompTIA CySA+
11 158 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
12 139 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
13 108 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
14 106 (1.83%) Master's Degree
15 103 (1.78%) CRISC
16 87 (1.50%) CISA
17 84 (1.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 77 (1.33%) DBS Check
19 74 (1.28%) CREST Certified
20 72 (1.24%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 692 (11.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 524 (9.05%) NIST
3 361 (6.24%) Cyber Essentials
4 321 (5.54%) GRC
5 318 (5.49%) GDPR
6 152 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 134 (2.31%) PCI DSS
8 130 (2.25%) NCSC
9 99 (1.71%) QA
10 55 (0.95%) SLA
11 52 (0.90%) SOC 2
12 48 (0.83%) Accessibility
13 44 (0.76%) NIST 800
14 42 (0.73%) ISO 22301
15 39 (0.67%) Data Quality
16 35 (0.60%) COBIT
17 30 (0.52%) JSP 440
18 28 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 23 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
20 21 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 495 (8.55%) Active Directory
2 161 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 144 (2.49%) Hyper-V
4 68 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
5 56 (0.97%) Docker
6 43 (0.74%) Firmware
7 27 (0.47%) vSphere
8 20 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
9 13 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
10 11 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 9 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
12 6 (0.10%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.086%) ClearTrust
13 5 (0.086%) IAG
14 3 (0.052%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.035%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 2 (0.035%) NFS
15 2 (0.035%) ProxySG
15 2 (0.035%) Snort
Systems Management
1 302 (5.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 80 (1.38%) Kubernetes
3 77 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
4 50 (0.86%) Ansible
5 27 (0.47%) Nmap
6 26 (0.45%) Grafana
7 24 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
7 24 (0.41%) Nessus
8 23 (0.40%) CASB
8 23 (0.40%) QRadar
9 22 (0.38%) SCCM
10 21 (0.36%) FortiGate
11 20 (0.35%) Functional Safety
12 13 (0.22%) Prometheus
13 9 (0.16%) Kibana
14 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
14 8 (0.14%) Progress Chef
15 7 (0.12%) Graylog
16 6 (0.10%) Autotask
16 6 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,733 (29.94%) Microsoft
2 376 (6.50%) ForeScout
3 236 (4.08%) Cisco
4 217 (3.75%) VMware
5 166 (2.87%) Palo Alto
6 109 (1.88%) Splunk
7 98 (1.69%) CrowdStrike
8 96 (1.66%) Google
9 78 (1.35%) Qualys
10 73 (1.26%) Salesforce
11 70 (1.21%) Aruba
11 70 (1.21%) ServiceNow
12 60 (1.04%) Apple
13 57 (0.98%) Tenable
14 51 (0.88%) Fortinet
14 51 (0.88%) Veeam
15 50 (0.86%) Meraki
16 42 (0.73%) SAP
17 41 (0.71%) CyberArk
18 40 (0.69%) SonicWALL