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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 36 34
Rank change year-on-year +30 -2 +17
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 7,634 2,600 3,711
As % of all permanent jobs in England 13.02% 5.79% 5.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.32% 6.28% 6.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,231 1,356 2,866
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £49,775 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +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 46,773 41,385 57,807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.76% 92.14% 88.11%
Number of salaries quoted 28,477 20,477 45,736
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £40,702
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,100 £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% -12.00%

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 February 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 February 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 +33 2,385 £35,000 -37.50% 255
North West +29 1,820 £40,000 -27.27% 144
Midlands +25 1,490 £42,500 -29.17% 178
London +20 1,419 £70,000 -6.67% 338
West Midlands +21 1,220 £45,000 -25.00% 112
South East +34 1,183 £48,250 -16.33% 321
East of England +54 643 £35,000 -41.67% 130
Yorkshire +29 480 £30,500 -49.17% 86
South West +43 456 £55,000 -4.63% 161
East Midlands +32 280 £37,500 -19.08% 66
North East +39 85 £30,500 -20.78% 26
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
1 125 (1.64%) SharePoint
2 66 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.16%) Confluence
4 11 (0.14%) WordPress
5 10 (0.13%) CMS
6 6 (0.079%) nginx
7 5 (0.065%) Drupal
8 4 (0.052%) Apache
8 4 (0.052%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.052%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.039%) Oracle Coherence
10 2 (0.026%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.026%) SAS
11 1 (0.013%) FileNet
Applications
1 107 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 50 (0.65%) Maya
4 38 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (0.30%) Chatbot
6 17 (0.22%) Simulink
7 11 (0.14%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.052%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.052%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.039%) CATIA
9 3 (0.039%) CINEMA 4D
9 3 (0.039%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.026%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.026%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.013%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 31 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.16%) SAP IBP
4 11 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.092%) SAP CO
5 7 (0.092%) SAP FI
5 7 (0.092%) SAP FI/CO
5 7 (0.092%) SAP FS
5 7 (0.092%) SAP FSCM
5 7 (0.092%) SAP IS-U
5 7 (0.092%) Shopify
6 6 (0.079%) Exchequer
7 4 (0.052%) Endur
7 4 (0.052%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.052%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.052%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.052%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.039%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.039%) SAP CX
8 3 (0.039%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 4,063 (53.22%) Cloud Computing
2 1,416 (18.55%) Azure
3 541 (7.09%) AWS
4 412 (5.40%) Microsoft 365
5 262 (3.43%) Entra ID
6 219 (2.87%) GitHub
7 80 (1.05%) SaaS
8 79 (1.03%) Power Platform
9 72 (0.94%) GCP
10 50 (0.65%) PaaS
11 48 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
12 47 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
13 37 (0.48%) Azure DevOps
14 35 (0.46%) IaaS
15 33 (0.43%) Google Workspace
16 32 (0.42%) OneDrive
17 28 (0.37%) Dynamics 365
18 27 (0.35%) Nutanix
19 21 (0.28%) AWS CloudFormation
20 19 (0.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4,231 (55.42%) Internet
2 282 (3.69%) Firewall
3 126 (1.65%) Network Security
4 120 (1.57%) VPN
5 107 (1.40%) DNS
6 88 (1.15%) TCP/IP
7 87 (1.14%) DHCP
8 71 (0.93%) WAN
9 64 (0.84%) LAN
10 57 (0.75%) VLAN
10 57 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
11 49 (0.64%) VoIP
12 39 (0.51%) Broadband
13 32 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
14 26 (0.34%) Wireless
15 22 (0.29%) SD-WAN
16 18 (0.24%) CHAP
17 16 (0.21%) DMZ
18 14 (0.18%) Modbus
19 13 (0.17%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (0.67%) Power BI
2 39 (0.51%) SQL Server
3 37 (0.48%) Tableau
4 31 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (0.30%) Big Data
6 21 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (0.22%) Neo4j
7 17 (0.22%) Relational Database
8 15 (0.20%) Metadata
9 14 (0.18%) Data Lake
9 14 (0.18%) SAP BW
10 11 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (0.14%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.092%) NoSQL
12 6 (0.079%) MS Access
13 5 (0.065%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.052%) BusinessObjects
14 4 (0.052%) PostgreSQL
14 4 (0.052%) SAP Data Services
15 3 (0.039%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 221 (2.89%) Git
2 27 (0.35%) JIRA
3 23 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
4 17 (0.22%) GitLab
5 16 (0.21%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.10%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.052%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.052%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.052%) JMeter
7 4 (0.052%) Locust
7 4 (0.052%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.052%) MLflow
7 4 (0.052%) Toad
8 3 (0.039%) Apache Continuum
9 2 (0.026%) Snyk
10 1 (0.013%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.013%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.013%) SonarQube
General
1 5,469 (71.64%) Social Skills
2 4,183 (54.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,166 (54.57%) Banking
4 542 (7.10%) Finance
5 366 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
6 363 (4.76%) Multimedia
7 181 (2.37%) Marketing
8 179 (2.34%) Public Sector
9 163 (2.14%) Law
10 147 (1.93%) Legal
11 135 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
12 122 (1.60%) Telecoms
13 107 (1.40%) Retail
14 106 (1.39%) Manufacturing
15 78 (1.02%) Games
16 66 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
17 64 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
18 53 (0.69%) Electronics
19 47 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
20 44 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3,136 (41.08%) Lecturer
2 673 (8.82%) Analyst
3 550 (7.20%) Security Analyst
4 504 (6.60%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 444 (5.82%) Junior
6 425 (5.57%) Junior Analyst
7 424 (5.55%) Junior Security Analyst
8 366 (4.79%) Trainee
9 363 (4.76%) Senior
10 235 (3.08%) Consultant
11 229 (3.00%) Lead
12 220 (2.88%) Architect
13 201 (2.63%) IT Support
14 162 (2.12%) Developer
15 146 (1.91%) Support Engineer
16 144 (1.89%) Security Manager
17 136 (1.78%) Security Consultant
18 134 (1.76%) Security Engineer
19 128 (1.68%) IT Manager
20 113 (1.48%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 235 (3.08%) HTML
2 232 (3.04%) CSS
3 42 (0.55%) REST
4 36 (0.47%) OAuth
5 35 (0.46%) React
5 35 (0.46%) SAML
6 33 (0.43%) OpenID
7 29 (0.38%) LDAP
8 26 (0.34%) GraphQL
8 26 (0.34%) SAP CAF
9 25 (0.33%) AngularJS
9 25 (0.33%) SOAP
10 17 (0.22%) MERN Stack
11 14 (0.18%) .NET
11 14 (0.18%) Middleware
12 12 (0.16%) YAML
13 10 (0.13%) PyTorch
13 10 (0.13%) TensorFlow
14 9 (0.12%) Node.js
14 9 (0.12%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4,075 (53.38%) IoT
2 176 (2.31%) Security Posture
3 167 (2.19%) Management Information System
4 155 (2.03%) Cyberattack
5 132 (1.73%) Cyber Threat
5 132 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
6 111 (1.45%) Driving Licence
7 110 (1.44%) Onboarding
8 88 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
9 76 (1.00%) Cloud Native
10 69 (0.90%) Data Centre
10 69 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
11 58 (0.76%) Operational Technology
12 49 (0.64%) Cyber Defence
13 44 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
14 42 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
15 39 (0.51%) Public Cloud
16 38 (0.50%) Blog
16 38 (0.50%) Cyber Security Posture
17 34 (0.45%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 365 (4.78%) Windows
2 155 (2.03%) Windows Server
3 122 (1.60%) Linux
4 65 (0.85%) Windows 10
5 62 (0.81%) Mac OS
6 30 (0.39%) Android
7 23 (0.30%) Apple iOS
8 19 (0.25%) Unix
9 11 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (0.092%) VMS
11 6 (0.079%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.039%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.026%) Debian
13 2 (0.026%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.013%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.013%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.013%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,265 (55.87%) AI
2 4,067 (53.27%) Machine Learning
3 4,039 (52.91%) User Experience
4 4,033 (52.83%) Web Development
5 1,023 (13.40%) Mentoring
6 474 (6.21%) Problem-Solving
7 386 (5.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 383 (5.02%) Risk Management
9 343 (4.49%) Incident Response
10 337 (4.41%) Information Security
11 258 (3.38%) Agile
12 253 (3.31%) Ethical Hacking
13 206 (2.70%) SIEM
14 205 (2.69%) ITIL
15 201 (2.63%) Roadmaps
16 198 (2.59%) Project Management
17 195 (2.55%) Analytics
18 194 (2.54%) Data Protection
19 184 (2.41%) Line Management
20 181 (2.37%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 396 (5.19%) Python
2 274 (3.59%) JavaScript
3 176 (2.31%) PowerShell
4 118 (1.55%) SQL
5 111 (1.45%) R
6 57 (0.75%) Bash
7 36 (0.47%) Java
8 28 (0.37%) C++
8 28 (0.37%) TypeScript
9 27 (0.35%) C#
10 25 (0.33%) T-SQL
11 20 (0.26%) C
12 17 (0.22%) MATLAB
13 11 (0.14%) Bicep
14 10 (0.13%) Go
15 8 (0.10%) Kusto Query Language
16 7 (0.092%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.065%) Rust
18 4 (0.052%) Kotlin
18 4 (0.052%) VB
Qualifications
1 4,482 (58.71%) Degree
2 4,071 (53.33%) Master's Degree
3 4,014 (52.58%) PhD
4 4,004 (52.45%) Postgraduate
5 773 (10.13%) Azure Certification
6 620 (8.12%) CompTIA Security+
7 461 (6.04%) CompTIA CySA+
8 344 (4.51%) CISSP
9 305 (4.00%) Security Cleared
10 288 (3.77%) CEH
11 287 (3.76%) Microsoft Certification
12 265 (3.47%) AWS Certification
13 248 (3.25%) CISM
14 215 (2.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 208 (2.72%) SC Cleared
16 174 (2.28%) Network+ Certification
17 169 (2.21%) A+ Certification
18 117 (1.53%) CISA
19 100 (1.31%) DV Cleared
20 96 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 488 (6.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 441 (5.78%) NIST
3 265 (3.47%) GDPR
4 222 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 189 (2.48%) GRC
6 107 (1.40%) NCSC
7 100 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 90 (1.18%) PCI DSS
9 60 (0.79%) QA
10 47 (0.62%) SLA
11 44 (0.58%) COBIT
12 39 (0.51%) NIST 800
13 37 (0.48%) SOC 2
14 28 (0.37%) Data Quality
15 21 (0.28%) Accessibility
16 19 (0.25%) JSP 440
17 18 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 17 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
18 17 (0.22%) SOC 3
19 15 (0.20%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 282 (3.69%) Active Directory
2 65 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (0.68%) Hyper-V
4 51 (0.67%) Docker
5 32 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.18%) vSphere
7 8 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.092%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.079%) Firmware
10 4 (0.052%) BitLocker
10 4 (0.052%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.039%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 3 (0.039%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.026%) GPFS
12 2 (0.026%) Lustre
13 1 (0.013%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.013%) iptables
13 1 (0.013%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 158 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 56 (0.73%) Terraform
3 50 (0.65%) Kubernetes
4 31 (0.41%) Ansible
5 25 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (0.21%) SCCM
7 15 (0.20%) CASB
8 12 (0.16%) CSIRT
8 12 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
8 12 (0.16%) Nessus
8 12 (0.16%) RSA Archer
9 11 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 9 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 9 (0.12%) Grafana
11 9 (0.12%) Nagios
12 6 (0.079%) FTK
12 6 (0.079%) PaperCut
12 6 (0.079%) QRadar
12 6 (0.079%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1,444 (18.92%) Microsoft
2 518 (6.79%) ForeScout
3 110 (1.44%) VMware
4 89 (1.17%) SAP
5 86 (1.13%) Cisco
6 71 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
7 68 (0.89%) Fortinet
8 67 (0.88%) Palo Alto
9 61 (0.80%) Oracle
10 49 (0.64%) Apple
10 49 (0.64%) Salesforce
11 43 (0.56%) Adobe
12 33 (0.43%) Google
13 32 (0.42%) ServiceNow
14 31 (0.41%) Tenable
15 26 (0.34%) Siemens
16 24 (0.31%) MuleSoft
16 24 (0.31%) Splunk
17 22 (0.29%) Dell
18 19 (0.25%) PayPal