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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 38 30
Rank change year-on-year +31 -8 +23
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 7,981 2,377 4,756
As % of all permanent jobs in England 9.86% 6.10% 5.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.34% 6.53% 6.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,802 1,512 3,536
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,000 £35,631
25th Percentile £39,802 £39,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,490 £59,400 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +0.15% -0.21% -8.42%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,750 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -3.75% +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 59,806 36,392 71,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.87% 93.41% 85.15%
Number of salaries quoted 39,236 20,177 53,681
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,750 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +43 2,336 £47,500 -9.52% 302
Midlands +26 1,898 £50,000 -6.87% 172
North West +45 1,492 £55,000 - 169
London +16 1,439 £70,000 -6.67% 487
West Midlands +20 1,407 £50,000 -13.04% 105
South East +28 1,140 £50,000 -9.09% 383
Yorkshire +39 697 £46,250 +8.82% 105
South West +22 588 £60,000 +33.33% 172
East of England +63 528 £40,000 -15.79% 113
East Midlands +53 502 £55,000 +50.67% 66
North East +35 147 £45,000 -30.77% 30
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
1 120 (1.50%) SharePoint
2 99 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.11%) CMS
4 7 (0.088%) WordPress
5 6 (0.075%) Apache
6 4 (0.050%) IIS
7 3 (0.038%) Drupal
7 3 (0.038%) nginx
7 3 (0.038%) SAS
8 2 (0.025%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.025%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.025%) Confluence
9 1 (0.013%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 77 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.31%) Simulink
5 14 (0.18%) Maya
6 8 (0.10%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.063%) CATIA
8 4 (0.050%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.038%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.025%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.025%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.013%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 26 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (0.30%) Cloudability
3 16 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 10 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.063%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.050%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.050%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.038%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.038%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.025%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.025%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.025%) Shopify
9 1 (0.013%) Maximo
9 1 (0.013%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.013%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.013%) SAP CX
9 1 (0.013%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.013%) SAP FS
9 1 (0.013%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 2,570 (32.20%) Azure
2 2,472 (30.97%) Cloud Computing
3 500 (6.26%) Microsoft 365
4 492 (6.16%) AWS
5 301 (3.77%) Entra ID
6 118 (1.48%) GCP
7 117 (1.47%) SaaS
8 114 (1.43%) GitHub
9 68 (0.85%) Power Platform
10 67 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
11 66 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
12 40 (0.50%) Serverless
13 37 (0.46%) Google Workspace
14 35 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
15 30 (0.38%) PaaS
16 29 (0.36%) Mimecast
16 29 (0.36%) Nutanix
16 29 (0.36%) OneDrive
17 28 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
17 28 (0.35%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2,564 (32.13%) Internet
2 344 (4.31%) Firewall
3 159 (1.99%) Network Security
4 139 (1.74%) VPN
5 112 (1.40%) DNS
6 83 (1.04%) WAN
7 79 (0.99%) DHCP
8 72 (0.90%) LAN
9 66 (0.83%) VLAN
10 65 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
11 58 (0.73%) TCP/IP
12 45 (0.56%) Broadband
13 35 (0.44%) VoIP
14 29 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
15 28 (0.35%) Unified Communications
15 28 (0.35%) Wireless
16 22 (0.28%) CHAP
17 20 (0.25%) SD-WAN
18 19 (0.24%) SSL
19 16 (0.20%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (0.49%) Power BI
2 23 (0.29%) SQL Server
3 21 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
4 20 (0.25%) Big Data
5 19 (0.24%) Tableau
6 15 (0.19%) Neo4j
7 12 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.10%) MySQL
10 5 (0.063%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.063%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.050%) Metadata
12 3 (0.038%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.038%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.038%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.038%) Relational Database
13 2 (0.025%) Apache Hive
13 2 (0.025%) GIS
13 2 (0.025%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.025%) Impala
Development Applications
1 114 (1.43%) Git
2 35 (0.44%) GitLab
3 30 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
4 24 (0.30%) Snyk
5 16 (0.20%) JIRA
6 11 (0.14%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.088%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.063%) Apache Continuum
8 5 (0.063%) Burp Suite
8 5 (0.063%) Metasploit
8 5 (0.063%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.063%) VersionOne
9 4 (0.050%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.050%) JMeter
9 4 (0.050%) Locust
9 4 (0.050%) MLflow
9 4 (0.050%) Yeoman
10 3 (0.038%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.025%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.013%) GDB
General
1 4,984 (62.45%) Social Skills
2 2,727 (34.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2,575 (32.26%) Banking
4 529 (6.63%) Finance
5 393 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
6 212 (2.66%) Multimedia
7 209 (2.62%) Public Sector
8 159 (1.99%) Retail
9 152 (1.90%) Marketing
10 140 (1.75%) Law
11 121 (1.52%) Telecoms
12 114 (1.43%) Legal
13 106 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
14 95 (1.19%) Manufacturing
15 72 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
16 65 (0.81%) Local Government
17 47 (0.59%) Aerospace
18 40 (0.50%) Aviation
19 37 (0.46%) Games
20 36 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,871 (23.44%) Lecturer
2 1,379 (17.28%) Analyst
3 1,223 (15.32%) Security Analyst
4 1,150 (14.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1,020 (12.78%) Junior
6 990 (12.40%) Junior Analyst
7 989 (12.39%) Junior Security Analyst
8 705 (8.83%) Ethical Hacker
9 498 (6.24%) Senior
10 312 (3.91%) Architect
11 284 (3.56%) Consultant
12 245 (3.07%) Security Manager
13 241 (3.02%) Lead
14 234 (2.93%) Trainee
15 220 (2.76%) Security Architect
16 198 (2.48%) IT Support
17 194 (2.43%) Security Engineer
18 171 (2.14%) IT Manager
19 168 (2.10%) Cybersecurity Manager
19 168 (2.10%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (1.49%) HTML
2 118 (1.48%) CSS
3 52 (0.65%) REST
4 45 (0.56%) SAML
5 44 (0.55%) LDAP
5 44 (0.55%) OAuth
6 43 (0.54%) OpenID
7 36 (0.45%) React
8 30 (0.38%) SOAP
9 25 (0.31%) GraphQL
10 15 (0.19%) AngularJS
10 15 (0.19%) Kafka
10 15 (0.19%) SailPoint
11 14 (0.18%) RESTful
12 13 (0.16%) FastAPI
12 13 (0.16%) Middleware
13 12 (0.15%) MERN Stack
14 11 (0.14%) Node.js
15 10 (0.13%) Tailwind CSS
16 9 (0.11%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 2,457 (30.79%) IoT
2 800 (10.02%) Cyberattack
3 246 (3.08%) Security Posture
4 187 (2.34%) Management Information System
5 168 (2.10%) Cyber Threat
6 153 (1.92%) Onboarding
7 116 (1.45%) Security Operations Centre
8 95 (1.19%) Operational Technology
9 94 (1.18%) Driving Licence
10 93 (1.17%) Cyber Defence
11 90 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
12 86 (1.08%) Data Centre
13 71 (0.89%) Cloud Native
14 57 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
15 51 (0.64%) PKI
16 48 (0.60%) Blog
17 44 (0.55%) Cyber Security Posture
18 42 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
19 35 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
20 34 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 388 (4.86%) Windows
2 183 (2.29%) Windows Server
3 151 (1.89%) Linux
4 54 (0.68%) Windows 10
5 40 (0.50%) Mac OS
6 29 (0.36%) Android
7 21 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 19 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 12 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (0.11%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.075%) CentOS
12 6 (0.075%) VMS
13 4 (0.050%) Unix
14 2 (0.025%) Amazon Linux
15 1 (0.013%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.013%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.013%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,739 (34.32%) AI
2 2,487 (31.16%) Machine Learning
3 2,477 (31.04%) User Experience
4 2,450 (30.70%) Web Development
5 1,524 (19.10%) Mentoring
6 818 (10.25%) Ethical Hacking
7 454 (5.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 427 (5.35%) Incident Response
9 425 (5.33%) Problem-Solving
10 415 (5.20%) Information Security
11 394 (4.94%) Risk Management
12 289 (3.62%) Security Operations
12 289 (3.62%) SIEM
13 288 (3.61%) Cloud Security
14 246 (3.08%) Agile
15 231 (2.89%) Roadmaps
15 231 (2.89%) Vulnerability Management
16 220 (2.76%) Disaster Recovery
17 214 (2.68%) Security Architecture
18 211 (2.64%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 369 (4.62%) Python
2 236 (2.96%) PowerShell
3 170 (2.13%) JavaScript
4 101 (1.27%) SQL
5 80 (1.00%) Bash
6 55 (0.69%) R
7 45 (0.56%) C++
8 40 (0.50%) Java
9 29 (0.36%) C#
9 29 (0.36%) MATLAB
10 26 (0.33%) TypeScript
11 24 (0.30%) T-SQL
12 20 (0.25%) Go
13 19 (0.24%) C
14 17 (0.21%) Rust
15 13 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
16 7 (0.088%) Perl
17 6 (0.075%) PHP
18 3 (0.038%) Shell Script
18 3 (0.038%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 2,854 (35.76%) Degree
2 2,501 (31.34%) Master's Degree
3 2,436 (30.52%) PhD
4 2,434 (30.50%) Postgraduate
5 1,834 (22.98%) Azure Certification
6 1,172 (14.68%) CompTIA Security+
7 1,031 (12.92%) CompTIA CySA+
8 868 (10.88%) CEH
9 428 (5.36%) Security Cleared
10 385 (4.82%) CISSP
11 297 (3.72%) SC Cleared
12 257 (3.22%) CISM
13 175 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
14 170 (2.13%) AWS Certification
15 132 (1.65%) Network+ Certification
16 131 (1.64%) DV Cleared
17 126 (1.58%) A+ Certification
18 122 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
19 107 (1.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
20 105 (1.32%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 527 (6.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 493 (6.18%) NIST
3 284 (3.56%) GDPR
4 245 (3.07%) GRC
5 240 (3.01%) Cyber Essentials
6 133 (1.67%) PCI DSS
7 123 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 99 (1.24%) NCSC
9 97 (1.22%) QA
10 53 (0.66%) SOC 2
11 44 (0.55%) NIST 800
12 39 (0.49%) COBIT
12 39 (0.49%) SLA
13 36 (0.45%) Accessibility
14 26 (0.33%) JSP 440
15 25 (0.31%) Data Quality
16 22 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
17 19 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 17 (0.21%) HIPAA
18 17 (0.21%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 326 (4.08%) Active Directory
2 81 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (0.76%) Hyper-V
4 56 (0.70%) Docker
5 40 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
6 24 (0.30%) vSphere
7 12 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (0.14%) Firmware
8 11 (0.14%) IAG
9 10 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 7 (0.088%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (0.075%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.038%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.025%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.025%) GPFS
13 2 (0.025%) Lustre
13 2 (0.025%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.013%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.013%) KVM
Systems Management
1 148 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 80 (1.00%) Terraform
3 72 (0.90%) Kubernetes
4 35 (0.44%) Ansible
5 33 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
6 27 (0.34%) Grafana
7 17 (0.21%) SCCM
8 15 (0.19%) CASB
9 14 (0.18%) Prometheus
9 14 (0.18%) QRadar
10 11 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 11 (0.14%) FortiGate
11 10 (0.13%) CSIRT
12 9 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (0.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 7 (0.088%) Jamf Pro
13 7 (0.088%) Nessus
13 7 (0.088%) RSA Archer
13 7 (0.088%) vCenter Server
13 7 (0.088%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,639 (33.07%) Microsoft
2 1,693 (21.21%) ForeScout
3 121 (1.52%) VMware
4 108 (1.35%) Cisco
5 107 (1.34%) CrowdStrike
6 86 (1.08%) Palo Alto
7 74 (0.93%) Apple
8 65 (0.81%) Fortinet
9 60 (0.75%) Splunk
10 58 (0.73%) Tenable
11 57 (0.71%) Adobe
12 51 (0.64%) Google
13 47 (0.59%) SAP
14 44 (0.55%) ServiceNow
15 43 (0.54%) Salesforce
16 34 (0.43%) Dell
17 28 (0.35%) Siemens
18 26 (0.33%) CyberArk
19 20 (0.25%) Veeam
20 18 (0.23%) Meraki