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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 38 32
Rank change year-on-year +32 -6 +19
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 8,082 2,379 3,906
As % of all permanent jobs in England 12.68% 5.77% 5.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.14% 6.18% 6.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,324 1,378 3,036
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,125 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.35% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £64,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -22.18% +7.08% -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 50,059 38,488 61,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 78.51% 93.43% 87.64%
Number of salaries quoted 30,809 20,039 48,115
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £40,000
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 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,350 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.86% +9.73% -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 6 March 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 6 March 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 2,529 £37,000 -32.73% 278
North West +28 1,870 £42,500 -22.73% 138
Midlands +26 1,580 £42,500 -29.17% 175
London +24 1,445 £70,000 -6.67% 400
South East +36 1,283 £48,000 -18.82% 332
West Midlands +19 1,256 £45,000 -28.00% 91
East of England +50 673 £35,000 -30.00% 130
Yorkshire +36 554 £31,500 -42.73% 103
South West +47 511 £55,000 +10.00% 145
East Midlands +34 336 £37,500 -16.67% 81
North East +43 105 £30,500 -27.59% 38
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
1 122 (1.51%) SharePoint
2 74 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.17%) CMS
4 11 (0.14%) Confluence
5 9 (0.11%) WordPress
6 6 (0.074%) Apache
6 6 (0.074%) nginx
7 5 (0.062%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.062%) Drupal
8 3 (0.037%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.025%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.025%) SAS
10 1 (0.012%) FileNet
10 1 (0.012%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 106 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (0.46%) Maya
5 24 (0.30%) Simulink
6 20 (0.25%) Chatbot
7 10 (0.12%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.062%) CATIA
9 4 (0.049%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.037%) CINEMA 4D
10 3 (0.037%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.025%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.025%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.012%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.012%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 30 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.074%) Shopify
5 5 (0.062%) Exchequer
5 5 (0.062%) SAP IBP
6 4 (0.049%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.049%) Endur
6 4 (0.049%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.049%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.049%) SAP FS
6 4 (0.049%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.049%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.037%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.037%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.037%) SAP CX
7 3 (0.037%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.037%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.037%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.037%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 4,057 (50.20%) Cloud Computing
2 1,753 (21.69%) Azure
3 538 (6.66%) AWS
4 428 (5.30%) Microsoft 365
5 270 (3.34%) Entra ID
6 202 (2.50%) GitHub
7 85 (1.05%) SaaS
8 80 (0.99%) GCP
9 71 (0.88%) Power Platform
10 51 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
11 48 (0.59%) PaaS
12 47 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
13 37 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
14 33 (0.41%) Google Workspace
14 33 (0.41%) Nutanix
15 31 (0.38%) IaaS
16 29 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
17 26 (0.32%) OneDrive
18 25 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
19 22 (0.27%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 4,212 (52.12%) Internet
2 298 (3.69%) Firewall
3 126 (1.56%) Network Security
4 124 (1.53%) VPN
5 96 (1.19%) DNS
6 83 (1.03%) DHCP
7 75 (0.93%) WAN
8 69 (0.85%) TCP/IP
9 68 (0.84%) LAN
10 66 (0.82%) VLAN
11 57 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (0.49%) VoIP
13 38 (0.47%) Broadband
14 34 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
15 25 (0.31%) Wireless
16 20 (0.25%) CHAP
16 20 (0.25%) SD-WAN
17 16 (0.20%) DMZ
18 13 (0.16%) Cisco ASA
18 13 (0.16%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (0.51%) Power BI
2 28 (0.35%) Tableau
3 27 (0.33%) SQL Server
4 26 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (0.30%) Big Data
6 21 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (0.21%) Neo4j
8 15 (0.19%) Relational Database
9 14 (0.17%) Metadata
10 12 (0.15%) Data Lake
11 11 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (0.12%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.087%) SAP BW
14 6 (0.074%) NoSQL
15 5 (0.062%) MariaDB
15 5 (0.062%) PostgreSQL
16 4 (0.049%) MongoDB
17 3 (0.037%) MySQL
18 2 (0.025%) Apache Hive
18 2 (0.025%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 204 (2.52%) Git
2 32 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
3 29 (0.36%) JIRA
4 21 (0.26%) GitLab
5 13 (0.16%) Jenkins
6 10 (0.12%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.074%) JMeter
7 6 (0.074%) Locust
8 5 (0.062%) Apache Continuum
9 4 (0.049%) Burp Suite
9 4 (0.049%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.049%) Metasploit
9 4 (0.049%) MLflow
10 1 (0.012%) Snyk
10 1 (0.012%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.012%) Yeoman
General
1 5,763 (71.31%) Social Skills
2 4,201 (51.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,166 (51.55%) Banking
4 535 (6.62%) Finance
5 360 (4.45%) Multimedia
6 350 (4.33%) Analytical Skills
7 197 (2.44%) Public Sector
8 171 (2.12%) Marketing
9 159 (1.97%) Law
10 157 (1.94%) Legal
11 131 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
12 125 (1.55%) Telecoms
13 113 (1.40%) Retail
14 98 (1.21%) Manufacturing
15 65 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
16 64 (0.79%) Games
17 56 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
18 52 (0.64%) Electronics
19 45 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
20 43 (0.53%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3,139 (38.84%) Lecturer
2 818 (10.12%) Analyst
3 693 (8.57%) Security Analyst
4 654 (8.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 588 (7.28%) Junior
6 566 (7.00%) Junior Analyst
7 565 (6.99%) Junior Security Analyst
8 366 (4.53%) Senior
9 364 (4.50%) Trainee
10 282 (3.49%) Ethical Hacker
11 245 (3.03%) Consultant
12 224 (2.77%) Lead
13 218 (2.70%) Architect
14 210 (2.60%) IT Support
15 153 (1.89%) Developer
16 152 (1.88%) Security Manager
17 148 (1.83%) Security Consultant
18 141 (1.74%) Security Engineer
19 134 (1.66%) Support Engineer
20 129 (1.60%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 213 (2.64%) HTML
2 210 (2.60%) CSS
3 43 (0.53%) REST
4 37 (0.46%) OAuth
5 36 (0.45%) SAML
6 34 (0.42%) OpenID
6 34 (0.42%) React
7 29 (0.36%) LDAP
8 27 (0.33%) SOAP
9 26 (0.32%) GraphQL
9 26 (0.32%) SAP CAF
10 23 (0.28%) AngularJS
11 17 (0.21%) MERN Stack
12 12 (0.15%) Middleware
13 10 (0.12%) .NET
13 10 (0.12%) Node.js
13 10 (0.12%) PyTorch
13 10 (0.12%) SailPoint
13 10 (0.12%) TensorFlow
14 9 (0.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4,073 (50.40%) IoT
2 345 (4.27%) Cyberattack
3 191 (2.36%) Security Posture
4 175 (2.17%) Management Information System
5 122 (1.51%) Cyber Threat
6 117 (1.45%) Driving Licence
7 112 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
8 106 (1.31%) Onboarding
9 93 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
10 78 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
11 71 (0.88%) Cloud Native
12 68 (0.84%) Data Centre
13 56 (0.69%) Cyber Defence
14 55 (0.68%) Operational Technology
15 46 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
16 41 (0.51%) Blog
17 38 (0.47%) Analytical Mindset
18 37 (0.46%) Public Cloud
19 35 (0.43%) PKI
20 34 (0.42%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 374 (4.63%) Windows
2 167 (2.07%) Windows Server
3 116 (1.44%) Linux
4 68 (0.84%) Windows 10
5 58 (0.72%) Mac OS
6 37 (0.46%) Android
7 26 (0.32%) Apple iOS
8 12 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
9 11 (0.14%) Unix
10 6 (0.074%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.049%) VMS
12 3 (0.037%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.025%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.012%) Debian
14 1 (0.012%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.012%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.012%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.012%) Solaris
14 1 (0.012%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,263 (52.75%) AI
2 4,066 (50.31%) Machine Learning
3 4,040 (49.99%) User Experience
4 4,035 (49.93%) Web Development
5 1,168 (14.45%) Mentoring
6 459 (5.68%) Problem-Solving
7 458 (5.67%) Ethical Hacking
8 411 (5.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 381 (4.71%) Risk Management
10 351 (4.34%) Information Security
11 346 (4.28%) Incident Response
12 259 (3.20%) Agile
13 213 (2.64%) SIEM
14 204 (2.52%) ITIL
15 196 (2.43%) Decision-Making
15 196 (2.43%) Line Management
16 195 (2.41%) Roadmaps
17 191 (2.36%) Project Management
18 188 (2.33%) Cloud Security
19 185 (2.29%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 399 (4.94%) Python
2 255 (3.16%) JavaScript
3 182 (2.25%) PowerShell
4 114 (1.41%) SQL
5 103 (1.27%) R
6 57 (0.71%) Bash
7 42 (0.52%) Java
8 31 (0.38%) C++
9 30 (0.37%) TypeScript
10 25 (0.31%) C#
10 25 (0.31%) MATLAB
10 25 (0.31%) T-SQL
11 21 (0.26%) C
12 10 (0.12%) Go
12 10 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (0.087%) Rust
14 6 (0.074%) Bicep
15 5 (0.062%) PHP
16 4 (0.049%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.037%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 4,457 (55.15%) Degree
2 4,072 (50.38%) Master's Degree
3 4,014 (49.67%) PhD
4 4,004 (49.54%) Postgraduate
5 1,077 (13.33%) Azure Certification
6 779 (9.64%) CompTIA Security+
7 602 (7.45%) CompTIA CySA+
8 496 (6.14%) CEH
9 344 (4.26%) CISSP
10 312 (3.86%) Security Cleared
11 263 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
12 245 (3.03%) AWS Certification
13 242 (2.99%) CISM
14 209 (2.59%) SC Cleared
15 196 (2.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 189 (2.34%) Network+ Certification
17 182 (2.25%) A+ Certification
18 110 (1.36%) CISA
19 103 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
19 103 (1.27%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 492 (6.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 447 (5.53%) NIST
3 262 (3.24%) GDPR
4 222 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 181 (2.24%) GRC
6 112 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 107 (1.32%) NCSC
8 97 (1.20%) PCI DSS
9 64 (0.79%) QA
10 45 (0.56%) SLA
11 42 (0.52%) COBIT
11 42 (0.52%) SOC 2
12 37 (0.46%) NIST 800
13 29 (0.36%) Data Quality
14 25 (0.31%) Accessibility
15 21 (0.26%) JSP 440
16 19 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
16 19 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 18 (0.22%) ISO 22301
17 18 (0.22%) SOC 3
System Software
1 298 (3.69%) Active Directory
2 69 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 53 (0.66%) Docker
5 28 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (0.21%) vSphere
7 9 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.087%) Firmware
9 6 (0.074%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.074%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.074%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.049%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.037%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 2 (0.025%) GPFS
12 2 (0.025%) Lustre
13 1 (0.012%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.012%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.012%) iptables
13 1 (0.012%) KVM
Systems Management
1 159 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 64 (0.79%) Terraform
3 52 (0.64%) Kubernetes
4 33 (0.41%) Ansible
5 27 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (0.20%) CASB
7 15 (0.19%) Grafana
8 13 (0.16%) SCCM
9 12 (0.15%) CSIRT
9 12 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
9 12 (0.15%) Nessus
10 11 (0.14%) FortiGate
11 10 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (0.12%) RSA Archer
12 8 (0.099%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 7 (0.087%) FTK
14 6 (0.074%) Nagios
14 6 (0.074%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
15 5 (0.062%) Backup Exec
15 5 (0.062%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 1,777 (21.99%) Microsoft
2 847 (10.48%) ForeScout
3 120 (1.48%) VMware
4 91 (1.13%) Cisco
5 74 (0.92%) CrowdStrike
6 72 (0.89%) Fortinet
7 70 (0.87%) SAP
8 68 (0.84%) Palo Alto
9 53 (0.66%) Apple
10 49 (0.61%) Oracle
11 42 (0.52%) Salesforce
12 39 (0.48%) Google
13 38 (0.47%) Dell
14 37 (0.46%) Adobe
15 33 (0.41%) Tenable
16 32 (0.40%) Siemens
17 30 (0.37%) ServiceNow
18 27 (0.33%) Splunk
19 22 (0.27%) MuleSoft
20 20 (0.25%) CyberArk