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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 31 38
Rank change year-on-year +9 +7 +2
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,700 2,713 3,255
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.49% 6.30% 5.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.45% 7.08% 6.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3,831 1,584 1,672
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £47,102
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 £77,563
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 76,488 38,338 53,847
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.64% 88.97% 82.73%
Number of salaries quoted 53,556 21,844 28,773
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 1,545 £80,000 +14.29% 2,497
North of England +14 1,080 £50,000 +10.19% 791
South East +13 1,073 £55,000 +10.00% 820
Midlands +18 964 £55,000 +15.79% 470
North West +24 593 £60,000 +31.15% 440
South West 0 571 £55,000 +10.00% 399
West Midlands +8 496 £55,000 +6.80% 302
East Midlands +39 468 £55,000 +46.67% 167
East of England +32 434 £50,000 +11.11% 240
Yorkshire +7 362 £40,000 +6.67% 257
North East -10 125 £50,000 -25.93% 101
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
1 243 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 243 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 28 (0.49%) IIS
3 25 (0.44%) Apache
4 11 (0.19%) Confluence
5 9 (0.16%) SAS
6 7 (0.12%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.11%) CMS
8 4 (0.070%) WordPress
9 3 (0.053%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.018%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.018%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.018%) ArchestrA
10 1 (0.018%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 100 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 70 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.32%) Simulink
6 11 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.11%) CATIA
8 3 (0.053%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.035%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.035%) SmartSuite
10 1 (0.018%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.018%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.018%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 19 (0.33%) Cloudability
2 9 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.11%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.088%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 4 (0.070%) Infor CloudSuite
6 4 (0.070%) Infor M3
6 4 (0.070%) SystmOne
7 3 (0.053%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.053%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.053%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.053%) Infor LN
7 3 (0.053%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.053%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.053%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.035%) Eikon
8 2 (0.035%) Odoo
8 2 (0.035%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.035%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1,315 (23.07%) Azure
2 844 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
3 528 (9.26%) Entra ID
4 461 (8.09%) AWS
5 198 (3.47%) SaaS
6 167 (2.93%) GCP
7 102 (1.79%) OneDrive
7 102 (1.79%) Power Platform
8 90 (1.58%) Azure Sentinel
9 85 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
10 65 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
11 61 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
12 52 (0.91%) Serverless
13 48 (0.84%) Mimecast
14 44 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
15 37 (0.65%) Google Workspace
16 36 (0.63%) Power Automate
17 34 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
17 34 (0.60%) GitHub
18 26 (0.46%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 523 (9.18%) Firewall
2 283 (4.96%) DNS
3 260 (4.56%) VPN
4 248 (4.35%) Network Security
5 210 (3.68%) DHCP
6 199 (3.49%) TCP/IP
7 192 (3.37%) WAN
8 170 (2.98%) LAN
8 170 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
9 131 (2.30%) VLAN
10 101 (1.77%) Internet
11 92 (1.61%) Wireless
12 81 (1.42%) VoIP
13 60 (1.05%) Cisco Nexus
14 51 (0.89%) SSL
15 48 (0.84%) HTTP
16 42 (0.74%) Unified Communications
17 37 (0.65%) Wireshark
18 35 (0.61%) Modbus
19 34 (0.60%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (1.04%) Power BI
2 57 (1.00%) SQL Server
3 22 (0.39%) Big Data
4 17 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (0.26%) Tableau
6 13 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (0.23%) GIS
7 12 (0.21%) Metadata
7 12 (0.21%) MongoDB
7 12 (0.21%) MySQL
8 10 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (0.12%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.12%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.088%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.088%) Flink
12 5 (0.088%) NoSQL
13 4 (0.070%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 56 (0.98%) JIRA
2 41 (0.72%) Git
3 35 (0.61%) Burp Suite
4 32 (0.56%) Metasploit
5 20 (0.35%) Snyk
6 19 (0.33%) GitLab
6 19 (0.33%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.19%) Yeoman
8 10 (0.18%) LabVIEW
9 9 (0.16%) Eclipse
10 6 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
11 4 (0.070%) Apache Continuum
11 4 (0.070%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.070%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.070%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.053%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.053%) Maven
12 3 (0.053%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (0.053%) VersionOne
13 2 (0.035%) Cypress.io
General
1 1,647 (28.89%) Social Skills
2 618 (10.84%) Finance
3 453 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
4 392 (6.88%) Public Sector
5 331 (5.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 215 (3.77%) Legal
7 198 (3.47%) Law
8 190 (3.33%) Marketing
8 190 (3.33%) Telecoms
9 188 (3.30%) Manufacturing
9 188 (3.30%) Retail
10 173 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
11 138 (2.42%) Aerospace
12 133 (2.33%) Banking
13 129 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
14 70 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
15 53 (0.93%) Advertising
16 48 (0.84%) Aviation
17 46 (0.81%) Local Government
18 43 (0.75%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 712 (12.49%) Analyst
2 679 (11.91%) Senior
3 550 (9.65%) Consultant
4 474 (8.32%) Security Analyst
5 408 (7.16%) Lead
6 405 (7.11%) Architect
7 394 (6.91%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 334 (5.86%) IT Support
9 322 (5.65%) Security Consultant
10 314 (5.51%) Security Manager
11 289 (5.07%) Security Engineer
12 257 (4.51%) Security Architect
13 250 (4.39%) IT Engineer
14 245 (4.30%) IT Manager
15 242 (4.25%) Junior
16 213 (3.74%) Cybersecurity Manager
17 211 (3.70%) Support Engineer
18 206 (3.61%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 205 (3.60%) Cybersecurity Engineer
20 181 (3.18%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (1.63%) Terraform
2 55 (0.96%) SAML
3 53 (0.93%) LDAP
4 52 (0.91%) OAuth
5 44 (0.77%) OpenID
6 43 (0.75%) REST
7 32 (0.56%) .NET
8 25 (0.44%) JSON
9 20 (0.35%) Node.js
9 20 (0.35%) React
10 19 (0.33%) HTML
11 16 (0.28%) Middleware
11 16 (0.28%) RESTful
11 16 (0.28%) XML
12 15 (0.26%) CSS
12 15 (0.26%) Kafka
12 15 (0.26%) SailPoint
13 13 (0.23%) FastAPI
14 12 (0.21%) AngularJS
14 12 (0.21%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 359 (6.30%) Security Posture
2 348 (6.11%) Cyber Threat
3 271 (4.75%) Onboarding
4 250 (4.39%) Management Information System
5 231 (4.05%) Cyberattack
6 196 (3.44%) Driving Licence
7 184 (3.23%) Operational Technology
8 167 (2.93%) Security Operations Centre
9 128 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
10 115 (2.02%) Cyber Defence
11 105 (1.84%) Data Centre
12 104 (1.82%) Cloud Native
13 87 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
14 66 (1.16%) SCADA
15 58 (1.02%) PKI
16 52 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
17 43 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
18 40 (0.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
19 38 (0.67%) Cyber Security Posture
20 36 (0.63%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 657 (11.53%) Windows
2 315 (5.53%) Windows Server
3 251 (4.40%) Linux
4 87 (1.53%) Mac OS
5 45 (0.79%) Windows 10
6 42 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
7 33 (0.58%) Apple iOS
8 32 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
9 27 (0.47%) Android
9 27 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 13 (0.23%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (0.11%) Kali Linux
12 6 (0.11%) Unix
13 4 (0.070%) VMS
14 3 (0.053%) Rocky
15 2 (0.035%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.035%) CentOS
15 2 (0.035%) Embedded Linux
15 2 (0.035%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 780 (13.68%) Problem-Solving
2 756 (13.26%) Continuous Improvement
3 658 (11.54%) AI
4 583 (10.23%) Information Security
5 564 (9.89%) Incident Response
6 563 (9.88%) Security Operations
7 546 (9.58%) Risk Management
8 534 (9.37%) Mentoring
9 520 (9.12%) Stakeholder Management
10 490 (8.60%) Vulnerability Management
11 453 (7.95%) SIEM
12 442 (7.75%) Cloud Security
13 436 (7.65%) Decision-Making
14 400 (7.02%) Disaster Recovery
15 349 (6.12%) Roadmaps
16 325 (5.70%) Data Protection
17 323 (5.67%) ITIL
18 311 (5.46%) Service Delivery
19 302 (5.30%) Software Engineering
20 298 (5.23%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 350 (6.14%) Python
2 241 (4.23%) PowerShell
3 99 (1.74%) SQL
4 82 (1.44%) C++
5 65 (1.14%) Bash
6 59 (1.04%) JavaScript
7 56 (0.98%) Java
8 54 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
9 40 (0.70%) C#
10 38 (0.67%) Rust
11 31 (0.54%) C
11 31 (0.54%) Go
12 27 (0.47%) TypeScript
13 19 (0.33%) MATLAB
14 17 (0.30%) Search Processing Language
15 16 (0.28%) Embedded C
16 13 (0.23%) Perl
17 11 (0.19%) Bicep
18 8 (0.14%) Shell Script
19 6 (0.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 781 (13.70%) Security Cleared
2 587 (10.30%) Degree
3 534 (9.37%) SC Cleared
4 478 (8.39%) CISSP
5 376 (6.60%) Azure Certification
6 319 (5.60%) CISM
7 265 (4.65%) CompTIA Security+
8 242 (4.25%) DV Cleared
9 204 (3.58%) CEH
10 179 (3.14%) CompTIA CySA+
11 159 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
12 140 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
13 109 (1.91%) Master's Degree
14 106 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
15 99 (1.74%) CRISC
16 85 (1.49%) CISA
17 83 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 78 (1.37%) DBS Check
19 72 (1.26%) CREST Certified
20 69 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 694 (12.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 530 (9.30%) NIST
3 357 (6.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 313 (5.49%) GRC
5 306 (5.37%) GDPR
6 150 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 138 (2.42%) NCSC
8 127 (2.23%) PCI DSS
9 95 (1.67%) QA
10 56 (0.98%) SLA
11 48 (0.84%) Accessibility
11 48 (0.84%) ISO 22301
12 47 (0.82%) SOC 2
13 45 (0.79%) NIST 800
14 38 (0.67%) Data Quality
15 34 (0.60%) COBIT
16 32 (0.56%) JSP 440
17 27 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 23 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
19 21 (0.37%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 501 (8.79%) Active Directory
2 166 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 146 (2.56%) Hyper-V
4 65 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
5 55 (0.96%) Docker
6 43 (0.75%) Firmware
7 28 (0.49%) vSphere
8 20 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
10 14 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
11 12 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 9 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
13 6 (0.11%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.088%) ClearTrust
14 5 (0.088%) IAG
15 3 (0.053%) BitLocker
15 3 (0.053%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.035%) DFS Replication
16 2 (0.035%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.035%) NFS
Systems Management
1 305 (5.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 82 (1.44%) Kubernetes
3 80 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
4 51 (0.89%) Ansible
5 29 (0.51%) Nmap
6 26 (0.46%) CASB
6 26 (0.46%) Grafana
6 26 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
7 24 (0.42%) Nessus
8 23 (0.40%) FortiGate
8 23 (0.40%) SCCM
9 22 (0.39%) QRadar
10 20 (0.35%) Functional Safety
11 12 (0.21%) Prometheus
12 9 (0.16%) Kibana
13 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
13 8 (0.14%) Progress Chef
13 8 (0.14%) WSUS
14 7 (0.12%) Graylog
15 6 (0.11%) Podman
Vendors
1 1,636 (28.70%) Microsoft
2 282 (4.95%) ForeScout
3 240 (4.21%) Cisco
4 220 (3.86%) VMware
5 167 (2.93%) Palo Alto
6 110 (1.93%) Splunk
7 104 (1.82%) Google
8 97 (1.70%) CrowdStrike
9 78 (1.37%) Qualys
10 73 (1.28%) Aruba
11 71 (1.25%) Salesforce
12 67 (1.18%) ServiceNow
13 60 (1.05%) Apple
14 55 (0.96%) Tenable
15 54 (0.95%) Fortinet
16 52 (0.91%) Meraki
17 50 (0.88%) Veeam
18 42 (0.74%) SonicWALL
19 41 (0.72%) CyberArk
19 41 (0.72%) SAP