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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 38 29
Rank change year-on-year +32 -9 +21
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 9,412 2,300 4,714
As % of all permanent jobs in England 12.09% 6.16% 5.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.03% 6.61% 6.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,706 1,531 3,525
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £35,818
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 58,708 34,771 70,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 75.38% 93.06% 85.79%
Number of salaries quoted 36,937 20,617 53,431
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.86%

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 21 April 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 21 April 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 +42 2,947 £43,500 -16.75% 549
North West +40 2,034 £45,000 -18.18% 381
Midlands +30 1,899 £45,000 -18.18% 209
London +24 1,630 £71,000 -3.24% 766
South East +34 1,506 £50,000 -9.09% 507
West Midlands +27 1,397 £45,000 -28.00% 87
Yorkshire +36 761 £40,000 -11.11% 129
East of England +45 757 £40,000 -15.79% 228
South West +25 624 £60,000 +33.33% 168
East Midlands +28 513 £50,000 +33.33% 121
North East +32 152 £40,000 +5.44% 42
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 (1.26%) SharePoint
2 86 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.12%) CMS
4 9 (0.096%) WordPress
5 7 (0.074%) Confluence
6 6 (0.064%) Apache
6 6 (0.064%) nginx
7 5 (0.053%) Drupal
8 4 (0.042%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.042%) IIS
9 3 (0.032%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.021%) Oracle Coherence
10 2 (0.021%) SAS
11 1 (0.011%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 85 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.27%) Simulink
5 18 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 14 (0.15%) Maya
7 8 (0.085%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.053%) CATIA
8 5 (0.053%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.042%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.032%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.021%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.021%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 12 (0.13%) Cloudability
4 5 (0.053%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.042%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.042%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.042%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.042%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.042%) Shopify
5 4 (0.042%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.032%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 3 (0.032%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.021%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.021%) Yoast SEO
8 1 (0.011%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.011%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.011%) SAP CX
8 1 (0.011%) SAP FS
8 1 (0.011%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.011%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 4,045 (42.98%) Cloud Computing
2 2,617 (27.80%) Azure
3 554 (5.89%) AWS
4 482 (5.12%) Microsoft 365
5 290 (3.08%) Entra ID
6 178 (1.89%) GitHub
7 119 (1.26%) SaaS
8 102 (1.08%) GCP
9 70 (0.74%) Power Platform
10 61 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
11 58 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
12 39 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
13 38 (0.40%) PaaS
14 36 (0.38%) Google Workspace
15 32 (0.34%) Nutanix
16 29 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
16 29 (0.31%) Mimecast
17 28 (0.30%) IaaS
18 26 (0.28%) Serverless
19 24 (0.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4,190 (44.52%) Internet
2 336 (3.57%) Firewall
3 143 (1.52%) Network Security
4 121 (1.29%) VPN
5 102 (1.08%) DNS
6 79 (0.84%) DHCP
7 77 (0.82%) WAN
8 69 (0.73%) LAN
8 69 (0.73%) VLAN
9 65 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
10 53 (0.56%) TCP/IP
11 41 (0.44%) Broadband
12 32 (0.34%) VoIP
13 31 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
14 28 (0.30%) Wireless
15 25 (0.27%) CHAP
16 21 (0.22%) SD-WAN
16 21 (0.22%) Unified Communications
17 14 (0.15%) Cisco ASA
17 14 (0.15%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (0.42%) Power BI
2 24 (0.25%) Big Data
2 24 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
3 22 (0.23%) SQL Server
4 20 (0.21%) Neo4j
5 19 (0.20%) Tableau
6 13 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.085%) MySQL
9 7 (0.074%) Metadata
9 7 (0.074%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.064%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.053%) MariaDB
11 5 (0.053%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.042%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.042%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.042%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.021%) Apache Hive
13 2 (0.021%) ClickHouse
13 2 (0.021%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 177 (1.88%) Git
2 30 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
3 27 (0.29%) GitLab
4 25 (0.27%) JIRA
5 13 (0.14%) Jenkins
5 13 (0.14%) Snyk
6 12 (0.13%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.085%) JMeter
7 8 (0.085%) Locust
8 5 (0.053%) Apache Continuum
8 5 (0.053%) Burp Suite
8 5 (0.053%) Metasploit
9 4 (0.042%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.042%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.042%) MLflow
9 4 (0.042%) VersionOne
10 1 (0.011%) GDB
10 1 (0.011%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.011%) WinDbg
10 1 (0.011%) Yeoman
General
1 6,585 (69.96%) Social Skills
2 4,263 (45.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,171 (44.32%) Banking
4 560 (5.95%) Finance
5 364 (3.87%) Analytical Skills
6 318 (3.38%) Multimedia
7 198 (2.10%) Public Sector
8 159 (1.69%) Retail
9 155 (1.65%) Marketing
10 150 (1.59%) Legal
11 149 (1.58%) Law
12 130 (1.38%) Telecoms
13 114 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
14 97 (1.03%) Manufacturing
15 72 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
16 57 (0.61%) Local Government
17 48 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
18 40 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
19 39 (0.41%) Electronics
19 39 (0.41%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3,141 (33.37%) Lecturer
2 1,336 (14.19%) Analyst
3 1,194 (12.69%) Security Analyst
4 1,116 (11.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1,020 (10.84%) Junior
6 990 (10.52%) Junior Analyst
7 989 (10.51%) Junior Security Analyst
8 705 (7.49%) Ethical Hacker
9 461 (4.90%) Senior
10 334 (3.55%) Trainee
11 273 (2.90%) Consultant
12 267 (2.84%) Architect
13 237 (2.52%) Lead
14 210 (2.23%) IT Support
15 209 (2.22%) Security Manager
16 181 (1.92%) Security Engineer
17 176 (1.87%) Security Architect
18 164 (1.74%) Security Consultant
19 154 (1.64%) IT Manager
20 151 (1.60%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (1.95%) HTML
2 183 (1.94%) CSS
3 48 (0.51%) REST
4 43 (0.46%) OAuth
4 43 (0.46%) SAML
5 40 (0.42%) OpenID
6 39 (0.41%) LDAP
7 38 (0.40%) React
8 30 (0.32%) SOAP
9 26 (0.28%) GraphQL
10 20 (0.21%) AngularJS
11 17 (0.18%) MERN Stack
12 14 (0.15%) RESTful
12 14 (0.15%) SailPoint
12 14 (0.15%) SAP CAF
13 11 (0.12%) FastAPI
13 11 (0.12%) Middleware
13 11 (0.12%) Node.js
14 10 (0.11%) Kafka
14 10 (0.11%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 4,038 (42.90%) IoT
2 791 (8.40%) Cyberattack
3 242 (2.57%) Security Posture
4 185 (1.97%) Management Information System
5 138 (1.47%) Onboarding
6 129 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
7 102 (1.08%) Driving Licence
8 94 (1.00%) Security Operations Centre
9 86 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
10 76 (0.81%) Data Centre
11 75 (0.80%) Cyber Defence
12 72 (0.76%) Operational Technology
13 64 (0.68%) Cloud Native
14 62 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
15 55 (0.58%) Blog
16 48 (0.51%) PKI
17 44 (0.47%) Hybrid Cloud
18 43 (0.46%) Cyber Security Posture
19 36 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
20 33 (0.35%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 379 (4.03%) Windows
2 175 (1.86%) Windows Server
3 139 (1.48%) Linux
4 64 (0.68%) Windows 10
5 44 (0.47%) Mac OS
6 28 (0.30%) Android
7 20 (0.21%) Apple iOS
8 16 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (0.085%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.074%) Unix
12 6 (0.064%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.042%) CentOS
13 4 (0.042%) VMS
14 2 (0.021%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.011%) Debian
15 1 (0.011%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.011%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.011%) OpenWrt
15 1 (0.011%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,267 (45.34%) AI
2 4,046 (42.99%) User Experience
3 4,044 (42.97%) Machine Learning
4 4,025 (42.76%) Web Development
5 1,606 (17.06%) Mentoring
6 863 (9.17%) Ethical Hacking
7 463 (4.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 437 (4.64%) Problem-Solving
9 410 (4.36%) Information Security
10 393 (4.18%) Incident Response
11 388 (4.12%) Risk Management
12 269 (2.86%) SIEM
13 265 (2.82%) Agile
14 258 (2.74%) Cloud Security
15 234 (2.49%) Security Operations
16 218 (2.32%) Data Protection
17 210 (2.23%) Roadmaps
18 207 (2.20%) ITIL
19 204 (2.17%) Disaster Recovery
20 199 (2.11%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 418 (4.44%) Python
2 234 (2.49%) JavaScript
3 218 (2.32%) PowerShell
4 111 (1.18%) SQL
5 86 (0.91%) R
6 74 (0.79%) Bash
7 45 (0.48%) Java
8 38 (0.40%) C++
9 33 (0.35%) TypeScript
10 29 (0.31%) MATLAB
11 25 (0.27%) C#
11 25 (0.27%) T-SQL
12 23 (0.24%) C
13 14 (0.15%) Go
14 11 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (0.11%) Rust
16 6 (0.064%) PHP
17 4 (0.042%) Bicep
17 4 (0.042%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.042%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4,434 (47.11%) Degree
2 4,065 (43.19%) Master's Degree
3 3,999 (42.49%) PhD
4 3,998 (42.48%) Postgraduate
5 1,897 (20.16%) Azure Certification
6 1,210 (12.86%) CompTIA Security+
7 1,036 (11.01%) CompTIA CySA+
8 912 (9.69%) CEH
9 394 (4.19%) CISSP
10 377 (4.01%) Security Cleared
11 259 (2.75%) CISM
12 256 (2.72%) SC Cleared
13 239 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
14 225 (2.39%) AWS Certification
15 172 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
16 171 (1.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 166 (1.76%) A+ Certification
18 119 (1.26%) DV Cleared
19 111 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
20 106 (1.13%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 519 (5.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 489 (5.20%) NIST
3 298 (3.17%) GDPR
4 236 (2.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 219 (2.33%) GRC
6 129 (1.37%) PCI DSS
7 127 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 104 (1.10%) NCSC
9 96 (1.02%) QA
10 57 (0.61%) SOC 2
11 45 (0.48%) NIST 800
12 44 (0.47%) COBIT
13 43 (0.46%) SLA
14 37 (0.39%) Accessibility
15 23 (0.24%) Data Quality
15 23 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 21 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
16 21 (0.22%) JSP 440
17 17 (0.18%) HIPAA
17 17 (0.18%) SOC 3
System Software
1 309 (3.28%) Active Directory
2 78 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (0.66%) Docker
4 55 (0.58%) Hyper-V
5 41 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (0.24%) vSphere
7 10 (0.11%) Firmware
7 10 (0.11%) IAG
8 9 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (0.096%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.064%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.064%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.032%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 3 (0.032%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.021%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.021%) GPFS
11 2 (0.021%) Lustre
12 1 (0.011%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.011%) iptables
12 1 (0.011%) KVM
Systems Management
1 150 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 75 (0.80%) Terraform
3 71 (0.75%) Kubernetes
4 39 (0.41%) Ansible
5 28 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
6 25 (0.27%) Grafana
7 15 (0.16%) CASB
8 14 (0.15%) SCCM
9 12 (0.13%) CSIRT
9 12 (0.13%) QRadar
10 10 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (0.11%) FortiGate
10 10 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
11 9 (0.096%) Prometheus
12 8 (0.085%) Cisco CUCM
12 8 (0.085%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 7 (0.074%) Nessus
13 7 (0.074%) RSA Archer
13 7 (0.074%) vCenter Server
13 7 (0.074%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,640 (28.05%) Microsoft
2 1,693 (17.99%) ForeScout
3 123 (1.31%) VMware
4 103 (1.09%) Cisco
5 95 (1.01%) CrowdStrike
6 79 (0.84%) Palo Alto
7 66 (0.70%) Apple
8 64 (0.68%) Fortinet
9 53 (0.56%) Splunk
10 51 (0.54%) Google
11 47 (0.50%) SAP
12 45 (0.48%) Adobe
13 44 (0.47%) Tenable
14 43 (0.46%) ServiceNow
15 41 (0.44%) Salesforce
16 32 (0.34%) Dell
17 29 (0.31%) CyberArk
18 28 (0.30%) Siemens
19 22 (0.23%) Oracle
20 20 (0.21%) Veeam