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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 36 31
Rank change year-on-year +21 -5 +20
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,635 2,512 4,837
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.88% 6.39% 5.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.44% 6.89% 6.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,009 1,487 3,497
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,942 £35,631
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,670 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.04% -1.42% -10.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,670 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.04% -1.42% -10.00%

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 59,697 36,481 76,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 72.91% 92.81% 82.64%
Number of salaries quoted 41,672 19,839 55,609
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +22 1,345 £55,000 +5.77% 363
London +13 1,326 £72,500 -3.33% 432
South East +23 979 £50,000 -4.76% 373
Midlands +21 954 £55,000 +6.50% 164
North West +35 631 £55,000 - 191
South West +26 578 £60,000 +33.33% 162
Yorkshire +11 563 £47,500 +48.44% 121
West Midlands +11 521 £55,450 -3.57% 88
East Midlands +46 432 £55,000 +74.60% 76
East of England +66 417 £40,000 -15.79% 133
North East +28 151 £45,750 -29.62% 54
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
1 144 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 120 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.18%) Apache
3 10 (0.18%) CMS
4 5 (0.089%) SAS
5 4 (0.071%) IIS
5 4 (0.071%) WordPress
6 3 (0.053%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.035%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.035%) Confluence
8 1 (0.018%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 79 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (0.43%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) CATIA
5 7 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.071%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.053%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.053%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.035%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.018%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.018%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (0.43%) Cloudability
1 24 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.089%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.071%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.071%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.053%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 3 (0.053%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.053%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.035%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.035%) Shopify
8 1 (0.018%) Maximo
8 1 (0.018%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.018%) SAP EHS
8 1 (0.018%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2,406 (42.70%) Azure
2 568 (10.08%) Microsoft 365
3 465 (8.25%) AWS
4 327 (5.80%) Entra ID
5 137 (2.43%) GCP
6 128 (2.27%) SaaS
7 89 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
8 82 (1.46%) GitHub
9 70 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
10 65 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
10 65 (1.15%) Power Platform
11 44 (0.78%) OneDrive
11 44 (0.78%) Serverless
12 40 (0.71%) Google Workspace
13 34 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
14 30 (0.53%) Mimecast
15 29 (0.51%) PaaS
16 27 (0.48%) AWS CloudFormation
16 27 (0.48%) IaaS
16 27 (0.48%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 391 (6.94%) Firewall
2 175 (3.11%) Network Security
3 171 (3.03%) Internet
4 163 (2.89%) VPN
5 141 (2.50%) DNS
6 105 (1.86%) WAN
7 97 (1.72%) DHCP
8 92 (1.63%) LAN
9 89 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
10 77 (1.37%) VLAN
11 75 (1.33%) TCP/IP
12 48 (0.85%) Broadband
13 47 (0.83%) VoIP
14 36 (0.64%) Unified Communications
15 28 (0.50%) HTTP
15 28 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
15 28 (0.50%) Wireless
16 27 (0.48%) SSL
17 20 (0.35%) CHAP
17 20 (0.35%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (0.69%) Power BI
2 24 (0.43%) SQL Server
3 18 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
4 14 (0.25%) Tableau
5 12 (0.21%) Neo4j
6 10 (0.18%) Big Data
7 8 (0.14%) MySQL
8 7 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.11%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.071%) Metadata
10 4 (0.071%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.071%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.071%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.053%) GIS
11 3 (0.053%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.035%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.035%) Apache Hive
12 2 (0.035%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.035%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 83 (1.47%) Git
2 37 (0.66%) GitLab
3 30 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
4 25 (0.44%) Snyk
5 24 (0.43%) JIRA
6 13 (0.23%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.14%) Burp Suite
7 8 (0.14%) Metasploit
8 7 (0.12%) Apache Continuum
8 7 (0.12%) Yeoman
9 6 (0.11%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.089%) JMeter
10 5 (0.089%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.089%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.071%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.071%) Locust
11 4 (0.071%) MLflow
12 2 (0.035%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.035%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.035%) Visual Studio
General
1 2,458 (43.62%) Social Skills
2 505 (8.96%) Finance
3 396 (7.03%) Analytical Skills
4 339 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 234 (4.15%) Public Sector
6 189 (3.35%) Banking
7 172 (3.05%) Retail
8 152 (2.70%) Marketing
9 147 (2.61%) Multimedia
10 134 (2.38%) Law
11 128 (2.27%) Legal
12 125 (2.22%) Telecoms
13 114 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
14 95 (1.69%) Manufacturing
15 72 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
16 61 (1.08%) Local Government
17 55 (0.98%) Aerospace
18 42 (0.75%) Advertising
18 42 (0.75%) Aviation
19 34 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,239 (21.99%) Analyst
2 1,073 (19.04%) Security Analyst
3 995 (17.66%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 837 (14.85%) Junior
5 806 (14.30%) Junior Analyst
6 802 (14.23%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (12.51%) Ethical Hacker
8 524 (9.30%) Senior
9 334 (5.93%) Architect
10 317 (5.63%) Consultant
11 278 (4.93%) Lead
12 264 (4.69%) Security Manager
13 246 (4.37%) Security Architect
14 231 (4.10%) IT Support
15 198 (3.51%) Security Consultant
15 198 (3.51%) Security Engineer
16 188 (3.34%) IT Manager
17 184 (3.27%) Cybersecurity Manager
18 174 (3.09%) Trainee
19 158 (2.80%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (1.53%) HTML
2 82 (1.46%) CSS
3 53 (0.94%) REST
4 52 (0.92%) SAML
5 51 (0.91%) OAuth
6 49 (0.87%) LDAP
7 45 (0.80%) OpenID
8 30 (0.53%) React
8 30 (0.53%) SOAP
9 24 (0.43%) GraphQL
10 16 (0.28%) Kafka
10 16 (0.28%) SailPoint
11 14 (0.25%) AngularJS
11 14 (0.25%) Middleware
12 13 (0.23%) .NET
12 13 (0.23%) Node.js
12 13 (0.23%) RESTful
13 12 (0.21%) FastAPI
14 10 (0.18%) JSON
15 9 (0.16%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 809 (14.36%) Cyberattack
2 277 (4.92%) Security Posture
3 191 (3.39%) Management Information System
4 170 (3.02%) Cyber Threat
5 160 (2.84%) Onboarding
6 135 (2.40%) Security Operations Centre
7 111 (1.97%) Driving Licence
8 101 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
9 93 (1.65%) Cyber Defence
9 93 (1.65%) Operational Technology
10 81 (1.44%) Data Centre
10 81 (1.44%) IoT
11 76 (1.35%) Cloud Native
12 55 (0.98%) PKI
13 47 (0.83%) Cyber Security Posture
14 41 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
15 40 (0.71%) Blog
15 40 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
16 34 (0.60%) Cloud Security Posture
17 33 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 452 (8.02%) Windows
2 220 (3.90%) Windows Server
3 156 (2.77%) Linux
4 50 (0.89%) Windows 10
5 48 (0.85%) Mac OS
6 29 (0.51%) Android
7 23 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 23 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
8 22 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 10 (0.18%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.11%) CentOS
11 6 (0.11%) VMS
12 5 (0.089%) Unix
13 2 (0.035%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.018%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.018%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.018%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,278 (22.68%) Mentoring
2 795 (14.11%) Ethical Hacking
3 508 (9.02%) Continuous Improvement
4 464 (8.23%) Incident Response
4 464 (8.23%) Problem-Solving
5 424 (7.52%) Information Security
6 402 (7.13%) Risk Management
7 377 (6.69%) AI
8 346 (6.14%) Security Operations
9 325 (5.77%) SIEM
10 324 (5.75%) Cloud Security
11 275 (4.88%) Vulnerability Management
12 253 (4.49%) Disaster Recovery
13 250 (4.44%) Decision-Making
14 234 (4.15%) Roadmaps
15 233 (4.13%) Agile
16 231 (4.10%) Security Architecture
17 215 (3.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 209 (3.71%) ITIL
19 208 (3.69%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 332 (5.89%) Python
2 250 (4.44%) PowerShell
3 131 (2.32%) JavaScript
4 107 (1.90%) SQL
5 81 (1.44%) Bash
6 48 (0.85%) C++
7 39 (0.69%) Java
8 38 (0.67%) R
9 28 (0.50%) C#
9 28 (0.50%) MATLAB
10 24 (0.43%) T-SQL
11 23 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
12 21 (0.37%) TypeScript
13 18 (0.32%) Go
14 17 (0.30%) Rust
15 14 (0.25%) C
16 10 (0.18%) Perl
16 10 (0.18%) Search Processing Language
17 7 (0.12%) PHP
18 3 (0.053%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 1,618 (28.71%) Azure Certification
2 975 (17.30%) CompTIA Security+
3 847 (15.03%) CEH
3 847 (15.03%) CompTIA CySA+
4 483 (8.57%) Security Cleared
5 481 (8.54%) Degree
6 401 (7.12%) CISSP
7 342 (6.07%) SC Cleared
8 255 (4.53%) CISM
9 160 (2.84%) DV Cleared
10 146 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
11 139 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
12 122 (2.17%) AWS Certification
13 120 (2.13%) Master's Degree
14 112 (1.99%) Network+ Certification
15 104 (1.85%) A+ Certification
16 100 (1.77%) CISA
17 94 (1.67%) CREST Certified
18 79 (1.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 73 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 553 (9.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 508 (9.02%) NIST
3 299 (5.31%) GDPR
4 259 (4.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 256 (4.54%) GRC
6 136 (2.41%) PCI DSS
7 126 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 111 (1.97%) NCSC
9 107 (1.90%) QA
10 50 (0.89%) SOC 2
11 46 (0.82%) SLA
12 43 (0.76%) NIST 800
13 37 (0.66%) Accessibility
14 35 (0.62%) COBIT
15 33 (0.59%) JSP 440
16 29 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
16 29 (0.51%) Data Quality
17 22 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 17 (0.30%) HIPAA
19 14 (0.25%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 366 (6.50%) Active Directory
2 95 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 80 (1.42%) Hyper-V
4 57 (1.01%) Docker
5 41 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
6 25 (0.44%) vSphere
7 12 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
8 11 (0.20%) IAG
9 10 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 8 (0.14%) Firmware
12 6 (0.11%) VMware NSX
13 4 (0.071%) ClearTrust
14 3 (0.053%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.053%) VMware ESXi
15 1 (0.018%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.018%) KVM
Systems Management
1 182 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 88 (1.56%) Terraform
3 75 (1.33%) Kubernetes
4 37 (0.66%) Ansible
4 37 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
5 29 (0.51%) Grafana
6 18 (0.32%) SCCM
7 17 (0.30%) CASB
7 17 (0.30%) QRadar
8 16 (0.28%) Prometheus
9 13 (0.23%) FortiGate
10 10 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 10 (0.18%) CSIRT
11 9 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
12 8 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
12 8 (0.14%) Kibana
12 8 (0.14%) Nmap
12 8 (0.14%) vCenter Server
12 8 (0.14%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,502 (44.40%) Microsoft
2 1,505 (26.71%) ForeScout
3 136 (2.41%) VMware
4 132 (2.34%) Cisco
5 109 (1.93%) CrowdStrike
6 99 (1.76%) Palo Alto
7 77 (1.37%) Splunk
8 64 (1.14%) Apple
9 60 (1.06%) Fortinet
9 60 (1.06%) Google
10 55 (0.98%) Tenable
11 47 (0.83%) Salesforce
11 47 (0.83%) ServiceNow
12 45 (0.80%) Adobe
13 36 (0.64%) SAP
14 31 (0.55%) Dell
15 28 (0.50%) Aruba
15 28 (0.50%) Veeam
16 26 (0.46%) Qualys
17 25 (0.44%) CyberArk