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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 37 29
Rank change year-on-year +30 -8 +23
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 8,929 2,158 4,509
As % of all permanent jobs in England 12.14% 5.90% 5.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.92% 6.33% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,571 1,507 3,464
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,950 £35,631
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £44,250
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 £76,438
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 56,082 34,068 68,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 76.26% 93.20% 86.14%
Number of salaries quoted 35,346 20,472 52,516
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% -10.57%

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 8 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 8 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 +36 2,789 £42,500 -19.05% 296
North West +33 1,968 £45,000 -18.18% 147
Midlands +32 1,784 £45,000 -18.92% 166
London +24 1,550 £71,000 -2.07% 426
South East +35 1,429 £48,000 -12.73% 351
West Midlands +25 1,340 £45,000 -28.00% 83
East of England +41 743 £35,000 -26.32% 111
Yorkshire +39 687 £40,000 -11.11% 112
South West +31 579 £57,500 +27.78% 150
East Midlands +36 455 £50,000 +35.13% 82
North East +37 134 £38,750 +4.82% 40
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 (1.34%) SharePoint
2 78 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.13%) CMS
4 8 (0.090%) Confluence
5 7 (0.078%) WordPress
6 6 (0.067%) nginx
7 5 (0.056%) Apache
7 5 (0.056%) Drupal
8 3 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.034%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.022%) IIS
9 2 (0.022%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.022%) SAS
10 1 (0.011%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 90 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.28%) Simulink
5 18 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 14 (0.16%) Maya
7 8 (0.090%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.056%) CATIA
8 5 (0.056%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.045%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.022%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.022%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.011%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 25 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.067%) Shopify
4 5 (0.056%) Cloudability
4 5 (0.056%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.045%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.045%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.045%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.045%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.034%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 3 (0.034%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.034%) Yoast SEO
7 2 (0.022%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.022%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.022%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.022%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.011%) Endur
8 1 (0.011%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.011%) Maximo
8 1 (0.011%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 4,048 (45.34%) Cloud Computing
2 2,329 (26.08%) Azure
3 551 (6.17%) AWS
4 457 (5.12%) Microsoft 365
5 294 (3.29%) Entra ID
6 182 (2.04%) GitHub
7 105 (1.18%) SaaS
8 93 (1.04%) GCP
9 65 (0.73%) Power Platform
10 57 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
11 54 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
12 40 (0.45%) PaaS
13 38 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
14 35 (0.39%) Google Workspace
15 34 (0.38%) Nutanix
16 29 (0.32%) Mimecast
17 28 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
18 27 (0.30%) IaaS
19 21 (0.24%) OneDrive
19 21 (0.24%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4,196 (46.99%) Internet
2 319 (3.57%) Firewall
3 151 (1.69%) Network Security
4 120 (1.34%) VPN
5 92 (1.03%) DNS
6 76 (0.85%) DHCP
7 70 (0.78%) WAN
8 69 (0.77%) VLAN
9 64 (0.72%) LAN
10 58 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
11 48 (0.54%) TCP/IP
12 37 (0.41%) Broadband
12 37 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
13 30 (0.34%) VoIP
14 26 (0.29%) Wireless
15 24 (0.27%) CHAP
16 20 (0.22%) SD-WAN
17 16 (0.18%) Unified Communications
18 15 (0.17%) DMZ
19 12 (0.13%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (0.40%) Power BI
2 24 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
3 23 (0.26%) Big Data
4 22 (0.25%) SQL Server
5 20 (0.22%) Neo4j
5 20 (0.22%) Tableau
6 15 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.090%) MySQL
9 7 (0.078%) Metadata
9 7 (0.078%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.056%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.056%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.045%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.045%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.045%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.045%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.022%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.022%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.022%) Impala
Development Applications
1 183 (2.05%) Git
2 30 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
3 26 (0.29%) JIRA
4 25 (0.28%) GitLab
5 14 (0.16%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.13%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.090%) JMeter
7 8 (0.090%) Locust
8 7 (0.078%) Snyk
9 5 (0.056%) Apache Continuum
9 5 (0.056%) Burp Suite
9 5 (0.056%) Metasploit
10 4 (0.045%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.045%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.045%) MLflow
11 2 (0.022%) VersionOne
12 1 (0.011%) GDB
12 1 (0.011%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.011%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.011%) WinDbg
General
1 6,302 (70.58%) Social Skills
2 4,229 (47.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,167 (46.67%) Banking
4 524 (5.87%) Finance
5 333 (3.73%) Multimedia
6 332 (3.72%) Analytical Skills
7 201 (2.25%) Public Sector
8 157 (1.76%) Marketing
9 149 (1.67%) Legal
10 143 (1.60%) Law
11 129 (1.44%) Retail
12 126 (1.41%) Telecoms
13 120 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
14 90 (1.01%) Manufacturing
15 70 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
16 49 (0.55%) Local Government
17 48 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
18 46 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
19 42 (0.47%) Electronics
20 38 (0.43%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3,142 (35.19%) Lecturer
2 1,146 (12.83%) Analyst
3 1,018 (11.40%) Security Analyst
4 949 (10.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 876 (9.81%) Junior
6 849 (9.51%) Junior Analyst
7 848 (9.50%) Junior Security Analyst
8 564 (6.32%) Ethical Hacker
9 407 (4.56%) Senior
10 338 (3.79%) Trainee
11 263 (2.95%) Consultant
12 254 (2.84%) Architect
13 236 (2.64%) Lead
14 213 (2.39%) IT Support
15 183 (2.05%) Security Manager
16 162 (1.81%) Security Architect
16 162 (1.81%) Security Engineer
17 161 (1.80%) Security Consultant
18 154 (1.72%) IT Manager
19 151 (1.69%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (2.14%) HTML
2 190 (2.13%) CSS
3 45 (0.50%) REST
4 39 (0.44%) OAuth
5 38 (0.43%) SAML
6 37 (0.41%) React
7 36 (0.40%) OpenID
8 34 (0.38%) LDAP
9 29 (0.32%) SOAP
10 26 (0.29%) GraphQL
11 20 (0.22%) AngularJS
12 17 (0.19%) MERN Stack
13 16 (0.18%) SAP CAF
14 14 (0.16%) SailPoint
15 11 (0.12%) Node.js
16 10 (0.11%) Tailwind CSS
17 9 (0.10%) FastAPI
17 9 (0.10%) Kafka
17 9 (0.10%) RESTful
17 9 (0.10%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4,063 (45.50%) IoT
2 639 (7.16%) Cyberattack
3 221 (2.48%) Security Posture
4 184 (2.06%) Management Information System
5 113 (1.27%) Onboarding
6 111 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
7 108 (1.21%) Driving Licence
8 86 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
9 82 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
10 67 (0.75%) Data Centre
11 65 (0.73%) Cyber Defence
12 64 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
13 63 (0.71%) Cloud Native
13 63 (0.71%) Operational Technology
14 55 (0.62%) Blog
15 46 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
16 39 (0.44%) Cyber Security Posture
16 39 (0.44%) PKI
17 32 (0.36%) Public Cloud
18 31 (0.35%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 383 (4.29%) Windows
2 176 (1.97%) Windows Server
3 141 (1.58%) Linux
4 67 (0.75%) Windows 10
5 42 (0.47%) Mac OS
6 26 (0.29%) Android
7 20 (0.22%) Apple iOS
8 15 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.11%) Unix
10 8 (0.090%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.078%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (0.067%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.045%) CentOS
13 4 (0.045%) VMS
14 2 (0.022%) 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 4,256 (47.66%) AI
2 4,050 (45.36%) Machine Learning
3 4,049 (45.35%) User Experience
4 4,033 (45.17%) Web Development
5 1,445 (16.18%) Mentoring
6 730 (8.18%) Ethical Hacking
7 446 (4.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 426 (4.77%) Problem-Solving
9 372 (4.17%) Information Security
10 368 (4.12%) Risk Management
11 366 (4.10%) Incident Response
12 272 (3.05%) Agile
13 244 (2.73%) SIEM
14 242 (2.71%) Cloud Security
15 205 (2.30%) ITIL
16 201 (2.25%) Security Operations
17 200 (2.24%) Roadmaps
18 198 (2.22%) Data Protection
19 194 (2.17%) Disaster Recovery
20 190 (2.13%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 401 (4.49%) Python
2 237 (2.65%) JavaScript
3 205 (2.30%) PowerShell
4 107 (1.20%) SQL
5 91 (1.02%) R
6 66 (0.74%) Bash
7 43 (0.48%) Java
8 34 (0.38%) C++
9 33 (0.37%) TypeScript
10 27 (0.30%) MATLAB
11 25 (0.28%) T-SQL
12 23 (0.26%) C
13 22 (0.25%) C#
14 11 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
15 9 (0.10%) Go
16 8 (0.090%) Rust
17 6 (0.067%) PHP
18 4 (0.045%) Kotlin
19 3 (0.034%) Shell Script
19 3 (0.034%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 4,425 (49.56%) Degree
2 4,066 (45.54%) Master's Degree
3 4,004 (44.84%) PhD
3 4,004 (44.84%) Postgraduate
4 1,619 (18.13%) Azure Certification
5 1,067 (11.95%) CompTIA Security+
6 891 (9.98%) CompTIA CySA+
7 776 (8.69%) CEH
8 370 (4.14%) CISSP
9 340 (3.81%) Security Cleared
10 244 (2.73%) CISM
11 243 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 227 (2.54%) SC Cleared
13 225 (2.52%) AWS Certification
14 182 (2.04%) Network+ Certification
15 178 (1.99%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 170 (1.90%) A+ Certification
17 111 (1.24%) DV Cleared
18 106 (1.19%) CISA
19 105 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 510 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 474 (5.31%) NIST
3 288 (3.23%) GDPR
4 234 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 198 (2.22%) GRC
6 124 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 123 (1.38%) PCI DSS
8 104 (1.16%) NCSC
9 81 (0.91%) QA
10 51 (0.57%) SOC 2
11 43 (0.48%) COBIT
12 39 (0.44%) NIST 800
13 38 (0.43%) SLA
14 36 (0.40%) Accessibility
15 25 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 24 (0.27%) Data Quality
17 21 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
17 21 (0.24%) JSP 440
18 18 (0.20%) ISO 22301
18 18 (0.20%) SOC 3
System Software
1 311 (3.48%) Active Directory
2 72 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (0.66%) Docker
3 59 (0.66%) Hyper-V
4 34 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (0.26%) vSphere
6 10 (0.11%) Firmware
6 10 (0.11%) IAG
7 8 (0.090%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.090%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (0.067%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.067%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.034%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.034%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.022%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.022%) GPFS
10 2 (0.022%) Lustre
11 1 (0.011%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.011%) iptables
11 1 (0.011%) KVM
Systems Management
1 162 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 73 (0.82%) Terraform
3 65 (0.73%) Kubernetes
4 39 (0.44%) Ansible
5 28 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
6 22 (0.25%) Grafana
7 16 (0.18%) CASB
8 14 (0.16%) SCCM
9 13 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
10 10 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (0.11%) CSIRT
10 10 (0.11%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.078%) FTK
11 7 (0.078%) Nessus
11 7 (0.078%) Prometheus
11 7 (0.078%) QRadar
11 7 (0.078%) RSA Archer
11 7 (0.078%) vCenter Server
11 7 (0.078%) VxRail
12 6 (0.067%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 2,346 (26.27%) Microsoft
2 1,411 (15.80%) ForeScout
3 119 (1.33%) VMware
4 98 (1.10%) Cisco
5 83 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
6 72 (0.81%) Palo Alto
7 67 (0.75%) Fortinet
8 63 (0.71%) Apple
9 48 (0.54%) SAP
10 47 (0.53%) Google
11 46 (0.52%) Splunk
12 39 (0.44%) Tenable
13 37 (0.41%) Salesforce
13 37 (0.41%) ServiceNow
14 35 (0.39%) Adobe
15 32 (0.36%) Dell
16 31 (0.35%) Siemens
17 27 (0.30%) CyberArk
17 27 (0.30%) Oracle
18 19 (0.21%) Veeam