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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 36 31
Rank change year-on-year +29 -5 +24
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 8,019 2,441 4,788
As % of all permanent jobs in England 9.64% 6.31% 5.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.03% 6.76% 6.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,975 1,459 3,512
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,835 £35,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £43,742
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,670 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.04% -3.08% -8.46%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,670 £59,500
% change year-on-year +4.04% -3.08% -8.46%

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 61,553 36,113 73,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.02% 93.35% 83.76%
Number of salaries quoted 41,006 19,403 54,576
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +8.00% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,610 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.15% +4.75% -9.69%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +28 2,335 £51,861 -1.22% 358
Midlands +34 1,918 £55,000 +10.00% 171
North West +44 1,511 £55,000 - 212
London +15 1,447 £71,200 -5.07% 511
West Midlands +21 1,427 £55,000 -4.35% 92
South East +27 1,145 £50,000 -9.09% 369
Yorkshire +15 673 £47,500 +61.02% 107
South West +28 587 £60,000 +33.94% 190
East of England +71 536 £40,000 -15.79% 112
East Midlands +48 502 £55,000 +61.76% 79
North East +28 151 £45,000 -30.77% 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
1 142 (1.77%) SharePoint
2 116 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.12%) Apache
3 10 (0.12%) CMS
4 5 (0.062%) SAS
5 4 (0.050%) IIS
5 4 (0.050%) WordPress
6 3 (0.037%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.025%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.025%) Confluence
8 1 (0.012%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 82 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (0.29%) Simulink
5 7 (0.087%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.075%) CATIA
7 5 (0.062%) Maya
8 4 (0.050%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.037%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.037%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.025%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.012%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 25 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (0.30%) Cloudability
3 16 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.062%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.050%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.037%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.037%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.037%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.025%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.025%) Shopify
9 1 (0.012%) Maximo
9 1 (0.012%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.012%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.012%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2,471 (30.81%) Cloud Computing
2 2,466 (30.75%) Azure
3 560 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
4 496 (6.19%) AWS
5 326 (4.07%) Entra ID
6 134 (1.67%) GCP
7 126 (1.57%) SaaS
8 101 (1.26%) GitHub
9 71 (0.89%) Microsoft Purview
9 71 (0.89%) Power Platform
10 65 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
11 43 (0.54%) Serverless
12 40 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
12 40 (0.50%) OneDrive
13 38 (0.47%) Google Workspace
14 31 (0.39%) Mimecast
15 29 (0.36%) PaaS
16 28 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
17 27 (0.34%) Nutanix
18 26 (0.32%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2,555 (31.86%) Internet
2 381 (4.75%) Firewall
3 175 (2.18%) Network Security
4 159 (1.98%) VPN
5 132 (1.65%) DNS
6 99 (1.23%) WAN
7 92 (1.15%) DHCP
8 87 (1.08%) LAN
9 79 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
10 72 (0.90%) TCP/IP
11 71 (0.89%) VLAN
12 47 (0.59%) Broadband
13 44 (0.55%) VoIP
14 33 (0.41%) Unified Communications
15 29 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
16 25 (0.31%) HTTP
17 24 (0.30%) Wireless
18 23 (0.29%) SSL
19 20 (0.25%) CHAP
20 19 (0.24%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (0.50%) Power BI
2 25 (0.31%) SQL Server
3 22 (0.27%) Big Data
4 18 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (0.19%) Tableau
6 14 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (0.15%) Neo4j
8 9 (0.11%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.11%) MySQL
9 6 (0.075%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.062%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.050%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.050%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.037%) GIS
12 3 (0.037%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.037%) Metadata
13 2 (0.025%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (0.025%) Apache Hive
13 2 (0.025%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.025%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 102 (1.27%) Git
2 36 (0.45%) GitLab
3 29 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
4 25 (0.31%) Snyk
5 23 (0.29%) JIRA
6 12 (0.15%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.087%) Burp Suite
7 7 (0.087%) Metasploit
7 7 (0.087%) Yeoman
8 6 (0.075%) Apache Continuum
8 6 (0.075%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.062%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.062%) VersionOne
10 4 (0.050%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.050%) JMeter
10 4 (0.050%) Locust
10 4 (0.050%) MLflow
11 2 (0.025%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.025%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.025%) Visual Studio
General
1 4,887 (60.94%) Social Skills
2 2,730 (34.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2,570 (32.05%) Banking
4 517 (6.45%) Finance
5 405 (5.05%) Analytical Skills
6 231 (2.88%) Public Sector
7 181 (2.26%) Multimedia
8 168 (2.10%) Retail
9 156 (1.95%) Marketing
10 133 (1.66%) Law
11 127 (1.58%) Legal
12 121 (1.51%) Telecoms
13 111 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
14 93 (1.16%) Manufacturing
15 76 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
16 66 (0.82%) Local Government
17 52 (0.65%) Aerospace
18 42 (0.52%) Aviation
19 39 (0.49%) Advertising
20 35 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,871 (23.33%) Lecturer
2 1,264 (15.76%) Analyst
3 1,100 (13.72%) Security Analyst
4 1,026 (12.79%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 880 (10.97%) Junior
6 850 (10.60%) Junior Analyst
7 849 (10.59%) Junior Security Analyst
8 705 (8.79%) Ethical Hacker
9 515 (6.42%) Senior
10 338 (4.21%) Architect
11 302 (3.77%) Consultant
12 271 (3.38%) Lead
13 263 (3.28%) Security Manager
14 246 (3.07%) Security Architect
15 221 (2.76%) IT Support
16 207 (2.58%) Trainee
17 200 (2.49%) Security Engineer
18 194 (2.42%) IT Manager
19 187 (2.33%) Security Consultant
20 182 (2.27%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (1.35%) HTML
2 104 (1.30%) CSS
3 55 (0.69%) REST
4 51 (0.64%) SAML
5 50 (0.62%) OAuth
6 49 (0.61%) LDAP
7 46 (0.57%) OpenID
8 33 (0.41%) React
9 30 (0.37%) SOAP
10 25 (0.31%) GraphQL
11 17 (0.21%) SailPoint
12 16 (0.20%) Kafka
13 14 (0.17%) AngularJS
13 14 (0.17%) Node.js
14 13 (0.16%) .NET
14 13 (0.16%) RESTful
15 12 (0.15%) FastAPI
16 11 (0.14%) Middleware
17 9 (0.11%) JSON
17 9 (0.11%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 2,462 (30.70%) IoT
2 806 (10.05%) Cyberattack
3 266 (3.32%) Security Posture
4 193 (2.41%) Management Information System
5 171 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
5 171 (2.13%) Onboarding
6 129 (1.61%) Security Operations Centre
7 107 (1.33%) Driving Licence
8 98 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
8 98 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
9 95 (1.18%) Operational Technology
10 83 (1.04%) Data Centre
11 76 (0.95%) Cloud Native
12 53 (0.66%) PKI
13 46 (0.57%) Cyber Security Posture
14 44 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
15 43 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
16 40 (0.50%) Blog
17 34 (0.42%) Cloud Security Posture
18 33 (0.41%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 439 (5.47%) Windows
2 211 (2.63%) Windows Server
3 158 (1.97%) Linux
4 53 (0.66%) Windows 10
5 47 (0.59%) Mac OS
6 30 (0.37%) Android
7 23 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 22 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 19 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
10 17 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 10 (0.12%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.075%) CentOS
12 6 (0.075%) VMS
13 5 (0.062%) Unix
14 2 (0.025%) Amazon Linux
15 1 (0.012%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.012%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.012%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,755 (34.36%) AI
2 2,491 (31.06%) Machine Learning
3 2,487 (31.01%) User Experience
4 2,448 (30.53%) Web Development
5 1,374 (17.13%) Mentoring
6 807 (10.06%) Ethical Hacking
7 502 (6.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 463 (5.77%) Incident Response
9 459 (5.72%) Problem-Solving
10 423 (5.27%) Information Security
11 406 (5.06%) Risk Management
12 333 (4.15%) Security Operations
13 322 (4.02%) Cloud Security
14 320 (3.99%) SIEM
15 265 (3.30%) Vulnerability Management
16 243 (3.03%) Disaster Recovery
17 241 (3.01%) Agile
18 237 (2.96%) Roadmaps
19 229 (2.86%) Decision-Making
20 228 (2.84%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 359 (4.48%) Python
2 254 (3.17%) PowerShell
3 158 (1.97%) JavaScript
4 111 (1.38%) SQL
5 80 (1.00%) Bash
6 49 (0.61%) C++
6 49 (0.61%) R
7 39 (0.49%) Java
8 32 (0.40%) C#
9 27 (0.34%) MATLAB
10 24 (0.30%) T-SQL
11 22 (0.27%) TypeScript
12 21 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
13 18 (0.22%) Go
14 17 (0.21%) Rust
15 13 (0.16%) C
16 10 (0.12%) Perl
17 7 (0.087%) PHP
17 7 (0.087%) Search Processing Language
18 3 (0.037%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 2,862 (35.69%) Degree
2 2,503 (31.21%) Master's Degree
3 2,436 (30.38%) PhD
3 2,436 (30.38%) Postgraduate
4 1,684 (21.00%) Azure Certification
5 1,029 (12.83%) CompTIA Security+
6 894 (11.15%) CompTIA CySA+
7 860 (10.72%) CEH
8 468 (5.84%) Security Cleared
9 399 (4.98%) CISSP
10 330 (4.12%) SC Cleared
11 255 (3.18%) CISM
12 162 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
13 151 (1.88%) AWS Certification
13 151 (1.88%) DV Cleared
14 136 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
15 123 (1.53%) Network+ Certification
16 117 (1.46%) A+ Certification
17 103 (1.28%) CISA
18 96 (1.20%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 553 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 507 (6.32%) NIST
3 297 (3.70%) GDPR
4 258 (3.22%) GRC
5 256 (3.19%) Cyber Essentials
6 139 (1.73%) PCI DSS
7 122 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 109 (1.36%) NCSC
9 107 (1.33%) QA
10 53 (0.66%) SOC 2
11 47 (0.59%) SLA
12 43 (0.54%) NIST 800
13 38 (0.47%) Accessibility
14 35 (0.44%) COBIT
15 31 (0.39%) JSP 440
16 28 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
17 26 (0.32%) Data Quality
18 20 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 17 (0.21%) HIPAA
20 15 (0.19%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 360 (4.49%) Active Directory
2 90 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 74 (0.92%) Hyper-V
4 57 (0.71%) Docker
5 43 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
6 25 (0.31%) vSphere
7 12 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
8 11 (0.14%) IAG
9 9 (0.11%) Firmware
9 9 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (0.075%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.037%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 3 (0.037%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.025%) ClearTrust
13 1 (0.012%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.012%) KVM
Systems Management
1 173 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 87 (1.08%) Terraform
3 75 (0.94%) Kubernetes
4 38 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
5 36 (0.45%) Ansible
6 28 (0.35%) Grafana
7 18 (0.22%) SCCM
8 17 (0.21%) QRadar
9 16 (0.20%) CASB
10 15 (0.19%) Prometheus
11 13 (0.16%) FortiGate
12 11 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 10 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 10 (0.12%) CSIRT
14 9 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
15 8 (0.100%) vCenter Server
15 8 (0.100%) VxRail
16 7 (0.087%) Kibana
16 7 (0.087%) Nmap
16 7 (0.087%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2,566 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 1,552 (19.35%) ForeScout
3 131 (1.63%) VMware
4 125 (1.56%) Cisco
5 110 (1.37%) CrowdStrike
6 93 (1.16%) Palo Alto
7 74 (0.92%) Apple
8 73 (0.91%) Splunk
9 62 (0.77%) Fortinet
10 59 (0.74%) Google
11 58 (0.72%) Tenable
12 56 (0.70%) Adobe
13 47 (0.59%) ServiceNow
14 42 (0.52%) Salesforce
15 37 (0.46%) SAP
16 31 (0.39%) Dell
17 26 (0.32%) CyberArk
17 26 (0.32%) Siemens
17 26 (0.32%) Veeam
18 23 (0.29%) Aruba