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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 32 35
Rank change year-on-year +10 +3 +5
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,885 2,699 3,550
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.75% 6.29% 5.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.84% 7.08% 6.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,790 1,592 1,917
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £36,250 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -6.98%

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 75,111 38,102 56,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.37% 88.73% 81.79%
Number of salaries quoted 53,062 21,909 31,807
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,560
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.45% -7.90%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 September 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 September 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
London +7 1,502 £80,000 +14.29% 2,641
North of England +16 1,202 £51,500 +8.42% 800
South East +12 1,071 £55,000 +10.00% 943
Midlands +16 1,040 £55,000 +21.17% 481
North West +26 612 £59,250 +23.20% 458
South West +4 591 £55,000 +10.00% 444
West Midlands +5 530 £55,000 +10.00% 311
East Midlands +37 510 £55,000 +57.14% 170
East of England +40 456 £45,000 - 276
Yorkshire +11 449 £43,250 +15.33% 262
North East +8 141 £50,000 -24.53% 97
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
1 242 (4.11%) SharePoint
2 228 (3.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (0.46%) IIS
4 21 (0.36%) Apache
5 11 (0.19%) Confluence
6 9 (0.15%) SAS
7 5 (0.085%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.085%) CMS
7 5 (0.085%) WordPress
8 3 (0.051%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.017%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 89 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
2 65 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.31%) Simulink
5 11 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.085%) CATIA
8 4 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.034%) SmartSuite
10 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.017%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 24 (0.41%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.085%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.085%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.068%) SystmOne
8 3 (0.051%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.051%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.051%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.051%) Infor LN
8 3 (0.051%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.051%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.051%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.034%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
9 2 (0.034%) Eikon
9 2 (0.034%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.017%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 1,629 (27.68%) Azure
2 832 (14.14%) Microsoft 365
3 484 (8.22%) Entra ID
4 443 (7.53%) AWS
5 194 (3.30%) SaaS
6 148 (2.51%) GCP
7 95 (1.61%) Power Platform
8 89 (1.51%) OneDrive
9 84 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
10 82 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
11 58 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
12 57 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
13 53 (0.90%) Serverless
14 44 (0.75%) Mimecast
15 31 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
15 31 (0.53%) Power Automate
16 29 (0.49%) Google Workspace
16 29 (0.49%) PaaS
17 27 (0.46%) Azure Logic Apps
17 27 (0.46%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 517 (8.79%) Firewall
2 265 (4.50%) DNS
3 241 (4.10%) Network Security
4 234 (3.98%) VPN
5 190 (3.23%) DHCP
6 183 (3.11%) WAN
7 182 (3.09%) TCP/IP
8 161 (2.74%) Wi-Fi
9 159 (2.70%) LAN
10 128 (2.18%) VLAN
11 96 (1.63%) Internet
12 86 (1.46%) VoIP
13 85 (1.44%) Wireless
14 57 (0.97%) Cisco Nexus
15 47 (0.80%) HTTP
16 46 (0.78%) SSL
17 45 (0.76%) Unified Communications
18 36 (0.61%) Wireshark
19 33 (0.56%) SD-WAN
20 30 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (0.95%) Power BI
2 54 (0.92%) SQL Server
3 14 (0.24%) Big Data
3 14 (0.24%) GIS
3 14 (0.24%) MySQL
3 14 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (0.22%) MongoDB
5 10 (0.17%) Tableau
6 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (0.10%) Metadata
8 6 (0.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.085%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.085%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.085%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.085%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.068%) Crystal Reports
10 4 (0.068%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.051%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 49 (0.83%) JIRA
2 41 (0.70%) Git
3 31 (0.53%) Burp Suite
4 29 (0.49%) Metasploit
5 27 (0.46%) Snyk
6 20 (0.34%) GitLab
7 19 (0.32%) Jenkins
8 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
9 9 (0.15%) Eclipse
10 7 (0.12%) LabVIEW
11 6 (0.10%) Rational DOORS
12 5 (0.085%) VersionOne
13 4 (0.068%) Apache Continuum
13 4 (0.068%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.068%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.068%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.051%) Bitbucket
15 2 (0.034%) git-flow
15 2 (0.034%) MLflow
15 2 (0.034%) Zephyr
General
1 1,948 (33.10%) Social Skills
2 589 (10.01%) Finance
3 455 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
4 373 (6.34%) Public Sector
5 332 (5.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 198 (3.36%) Legal
7 187 (3.18%) Retail
8 186 (3.16%) Marketing
9 184 (3.13%) Law
9 184 (3.13%) Telecoms
10 176 (2.99%) Manufacturing
11 150 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
12 132 (2.24%) Banking
13 128 (2.18%) Aerospace
14 124 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
15 58 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
16 53 (0.90%) Advertising
17 52 (0.88%) Local Government
18 43 (0.73%) Aviation
19 34 (0.58%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 894 (15.19%) Analyst
2 695 (11.81%) Senior
3 675 (11.47%) Security Analyst
4 585 (9.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 526 (8.94%) Consultant
6 419 (7.12%) Junior
7 392 (6.66%) Lead
8 378 (6.42%) Architect
9 345 (5.86%) Junior Analyst
10 335 (5.69%) Junior Security Analyst
11 329 (5.59%) Ethical Hacker
12 327 (5.56%) Security Manager
13 325 (5.52%) IT Support
14 316 (5.37%) Security Consultant
15 276 (4.69%) Security Engineer
16 266 (4.52%) Security Architect
17 249 (4.23%) IT Manager
18 243 (4.13%) IT Engineer
19 230 (3.91%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 208 (3.53%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (1.33%) Terraform
2 49 (0.83%) LDAP
2 49 (0.83%) SAML
3 46 (0.78%) OAuth
4 38 (0.65%) OpenID
5 37 (0.63%) REST
6 29 (0.49%) .NET
7 22 (0.37%) JSON
7 22 (0.37%) React
8 20 (0.34%) Node.js
9 19 (0.32%) HTML
10 18 (0.31%) Kafka
11 16 (0.27%) RESTful
11 16 (0.27%) XML
12 14 (0.24%) CSS
12 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
13 13 (0.22%) AngularJS
13 13 (0.22%) Middleware
13 13 (0.22%) SailPoint
14 10 (0.17%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 428 (7.27%) Cyberattack
2 352 (5.98%) Security Posture
3 309 (5.25%) Cyber Threat
4 268 (4.55%) Onboarding
5 235 (3.99%) Management Information System
6 187 (3.18%) Driving Licence
7 173 (2.94%) Operational Technology
8 159 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
9 138 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
10 104 (1.77%) Cyber Defence
10 104 (1.77%) Data Centre
11 97 (1.65%) Cloud Native
12 72 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
13 58 (0.99%) PKI
14 50 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
14 50 (0.85%) SCADA
15 42 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
15 42 (0.71%) Cyber Security Posture
16 36 (0.61%) CSOC
16 36 (0.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 625 (10.62%) Windows
2 302 (5.13%) Windows Server
3 227 (3.86%) Linux
4 78 (1.33%) Mac OS
5 38 (0.65%) Windows 10
5 38 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
7 27 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 24 (0.41%) Apple iOS
9 19 (0.32%) Android
10 15 (0.25%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.10%) Unix
11 6 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.068%) CentOS
12 4 (0.068%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.068%) VMS
13 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
14 1 (0.017%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 742 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
2 728 (12.37%) Mentoring
3 699 (11.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 589 (10.01%) AI
5 561 (9.53%) Information Security
6 534 (9.07%) Incident Response
7 528 (8.97%) Risk Management
8 517 (8.79%) Security Operations
9 467 (7.94%) Vulnerability Management
10 461 (7.83%) Stakeholder Management
11 454 (7.71%) SIEM
12 410 (6.97%) Cloud Security
13 387 (6.58%) Decision-Making
14 379 (6.44%) Disaster Recovery
15 336 (5.71%) Ethical Hacking
16 322 (5.47%) Roadmaps
17 315 (5.35%) Data Protection
18 307 (5.22%) Service Delivery
19 300 (5.10%) ITIL
20 278 (4.72%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 322 (5.47%) Python
2 240 (4.08%) PowerShell
3 97 (1.65%) SQL
4 75 (1.27%) C++
5 58 (0.99%) JavaScript
6 57 (0.97%) Bash
7 54 (0.92%) Java
7 54 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
8 37 (0.63%) C#
8 37 (0.63%) Rust
9 28 (0.48%) Go
10 27 (0.46%) C
11 22 (0.37%) TypeScript
12 20 (0.34%) MATLAB
13 17 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
14 16 (0.27%) Embedded C
15 12 (0.20%) Perl
16 6 (0.10%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.068%) Ada
17 4 (0.068%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 741 (12.59%) Security Cleared
2 736 (12.51%) Azure Certification
3 551 (9.36%) Degree
4 509 (8.65%) SC Cleared
5 476 (8.09%) CISSP
6 461 (7.83%) CompTIA Security+
7 396 (6.73%) CEH
8 373 (6.34%) CompTIA CySA+
9 313 (5.32%) CISM
10 231 (3.93%) DV Cleared
11 158 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
12 123 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
13 103 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
13 103 (1.75%) CRISC
14 93 (1.58%) Master's Degree
15 85 (1.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 85 (1.44%) CISA
16 79 (1.34%) CREST Certified
17 73 (1.24%) AWS Certification
18 71 (1.21%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 669 (11.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 514 (8.73%) NIST
3 345 (5.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 330 (5.61%) GDPR
5 315 (5.35%) GRC
6 145 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 136 (2.31%) PCI DSS
8 124 (2.11%) NCSC
9 98 (1.67%) QA
10 53 (0.90%) SOC 2
11 51 (0.87%) SLA
12 47 (0.80%) Accessibility
13 46 (0.78%) NIST 800
14 35 (0.59%) Data Quality
15 34 (0.58%) COBIT
16 32 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 30 (0.51%) JSP 440
18 27 (0.46%) ISO 22301
19 23 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
20 19 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 480 (8.16%) Active Directory
2 165 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 142 (2.41%) Hyper-V
4 65 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 52 (0.88%) Docker
6 41 (0.70%) Firmware
7 26 (0.44%) vSphere
8 17 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
10 11 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 11 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
11 9 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
12 6 (0.10%) IAG
12 6 (0.10%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.085%) ClearTrust
14 3 (0.051%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.034%) BitLocker
15 2 (0.034%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 2 (0.034%) ProxySG
16 1 (0.017%) NFS
Systems Management
1 278 (4.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 74 (1.26%) Kubernetes
3 68 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
4 46 (0.78%) Ansible
5 26 (0.44%) Nmap
6 24 (0.41%) Nessus
7 23 (0.39%) QRadar
8 22 (0.37%) CASB
9 21 (0.36%) FortiGate
9 21 (0.36%) Grafana
10 20 (0.34%) SCCM
11 16 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
12 14 (0.24%) Prometheus
13 11 (0.19%) Functional Safety
14 9 (0.15%) Kibana
15 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
16 7 (0.12%) Graylog
17 6 (0.10%) Cisco CUCM
17 6 (0.10%) Progress Chef
17 6 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,955 (33.22%) Microsoft
2 658 (11.18%) ForeScout
3 222 (3.77%) Cisco
4 214 (3.64%) VMware
5 173 (2.94%) Palo Alto
6 110 (1.87%) Splunk
7 95 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
8 79 (1.34%) Google
8 79 (1.34%) Qualys
9 73 (1.24%) ServiceNow
10 69 (1.17%) Aruba
11 64 (1.09%) Salesforce
12 61 (1.04%) Apple
12 61 (1.04%) Tenable
13 56 (0.95%) Fortinet
14 52 (0.88%) Veeam
15 42 (0.71%) Adobe
15 42 (0.71%) Meraki
15 42 (0.71%) SAP
16 40 (0.68%) SonicWALL