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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 38 31
Rank change year-on-year +31 -7 +22
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 8,570 2,163 4,326
As % of all permanent jobs in England 12.50% 5.90% 5.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.17% 6.31% 6.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,436 1,485 3,361
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,200 £35,000
25th Percentile £33,313 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +0.80% -8.42%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -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 53,002 34,266 66,641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.33% 93.54% 86.56%
Number of salaries quoted 32,961 20,243 51,625
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,750 £74,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 26 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 26 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 +38 2,675 £40,000 -24.17% 296
North West +32 1,923 £42,500 -22.73% 147
Midlands +30 1,700 £45,000 -21.74% 166
London +22 1,505 £70,039 -3.39% 426
South East +41 1,371 £47,500 -13.64% 351
West Midlands +22 1,306 £45,000 -28.00% 83
East of England +46 713 £35,000 -26.32% 111
Yorkshire +41 627 £30,750 -38.50% 112
South West +32 551 £57,500 +27.78% 150
East Midlands +45 405 £45,000 +8.43% 82
North East +40 125 £30,500 -19.60% 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
1 119 (1.39%) SharePoint
2 74 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.14%) CMS
4 10 (0.12%) Confluence
5 6 (0.070%) nginx
5 6 (0.070%) WordPress
6 5 (0.058%) Apache
6 5 (0.058%) Drupal
7 3 (0.035%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.035%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.023%) SAS
9 1 (0.012%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.012%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 93 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (0.28%) Simulink
5 23 (0.27%) Maya
6 18 (0.21%) Chatbot
7 9 (0.11%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.058%) CATIA
9 4 (0.047%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.047%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.023%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.023%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 26 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (0.082%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.082%) Shopify
4 4 (0.047%) Dynamics GP
4 4 (0.047%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.047%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.047%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.035%) Endur
5 3 (0.035%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.035%) Yoast SEO
6 2 (0.023%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 2 (0.023%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.023%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.023%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.023%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.023%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.023%) SAP FS
6 2 (0.023%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.023%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 4,053 (47.29%) Cloud Computing
2 2,138 (24.95%) Azure
3 549 (6.41%) AWS
4 431 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
5 284 (3.31%) Entra ID
6 196 (2.29%) GitHub
7 92 (1.07%) SaaS
8 87 (1.02%) GCP
9 66 (0.77%) Power Platform
10 54 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
11 50 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
12 43 (0.50%) PaaS
13 37 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
14 36 (0.42%) Nutanix
15 33 (0.39%) Google Workspace
16 29 (0.34%) IaaS
17 27 (0.32%) AWS CloudFormation
18 26 (0.30%) Mimecast
19 22 (0.26%) Dynamics 365
19 22 (0.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4,211 (49.14%) Internet
2 308 (3.59%) Firewall
3 141 (1.65%) Network Security
4 124 (1.45%) VPN
5 88 (1.03%) DNS
6 75 (0.88%) DHCP
7 67 (0.78%) VLAN
8 66 (0.77%) WAN
9 61 (0.71%) LAN
10 54 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
11 51 (0.60%) TCP/IP
12 37 (0.43%) Broadband
13 35 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
14 29 (0.34%) VoIP
15 26 (0.30%) Wireless
16 23 (0.27%) CHAP
17 18 (0.21%) SD-WAN
18 15 (0.18%) DMZ
19 12 (0.14%) Unified Communications
20 11 (0.13%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (0.41%) Power BI
2 25 (0.29%) SQL Server
3 24 (0.28%) Big Data
4 22 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
4 22 (0.26%) Tableau
5 20 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (0.22%) Neo4j
7 11 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (0.12%) Metadata
9 9 (0.11%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.082%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.070%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.058%) MariaDB
12 5 (0.058%) MySQL
12 5 (0.058%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (0.047%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.047%) NoSQL
14 3 (0.035%) SAP BW
15 2 (0.023%) Apache Hive
15 2 (0.023%) Impala
Development Applications
1 200 (2.33%) Git
2 30 (0.35%) JIRA
3 29 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
4 23 (0.27%) GitLab
5 13 (0.15%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.13%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.082%) JMeter
7 7 (0.082%) Locust
8 5 (0.058%) Apache Continuum
8 5 (0.058%) Burp Suite
8 5 (0.058%) Metasploit
9 4 (0.047%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.047%) MLflow
10 2 (0.023%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.012%) GDB
11 1 (0.012%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.012%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.012%) WinDbg
11 1 (0.012%) Yeoman
General
1 6,100 (71.18%) Social Skills
2 4,210 (49.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,165 (48.60%) Banking
4 524 (6.11%) Finance
5 358 (4.18%) Multimedia
6 326 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
7 194 (2.26%) Public Sector
8 160 (1.87%) Marketing
9 155 (1.81%) Legal
10 147 (1.72%) Law
11 122 (1.42%) Retail
12 121 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
12 121 (1.41%) Telecoms
13 87 (1.02%) Manufacturing
14 66 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
15 48 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
16 47 (0.55%) Local Government
17 46 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
17 46 (0.54%) Electronics
17 46 (0.54%) Games
Job Titles
1 3,143 (36.67%) Lecturer
2 1,024 (11.95%) Analyst
3 902 (10.53%) Security Analyst
4 845 (9.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 777 (9.07%) Junior
6 755 (8.81%) Junior Analyst
7 754 (8.80%) Junior Security Analyst
8 470 (5.48%) Ethical Hacker
9 363 (4.24%) Trainee
10 362 (4.22%) Senior
11 252 (2.94%) Consultant
12 230 (2.68%) Architect
13 226 (2.64%) Lead
14 204 (2.38%) IT Support
15 158 (1.84%) Security Consultant
16 157 (1.83%) Developer
16 157 (1.83%) Security Manager
17 149 (1.74%) Security Engineer
18 145 (1.69%) IT Manager
19 134 (1.56%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (2.40%) CSS
1 206 (2.40%) HTML
2 41 (0.48%) REST
3 36 (0.42%) OAuth
4 35 (0.41%) SAML
5 34 (0.40%) React
6 33 (0.39%) OpenID
7 30 (0.35%) LDAP
8 27 (0.32%) SOAP
9 26 (0.30%) GraphQL
10 20 (0.23%) SAP CAF
11 19 (0.22%) AngularJS
12 17 (0.20%) MERN Stack
13 14 (0.16%) SailPoint
14 11 (0.13%) YAML
15 10 (0.12%) Tailwind CSS
16 9 (0.11%) Node.js
17 8 (0.093%) Middleware
17 8 (0.093%) PyTorch
17 8 (0.093%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4,071 (47.50%) IoT
2 532 (6.21%) Cyberattack
3 216 (2.52%) Security Posture
4 175 (2.04%) Management Information System
5 111 (1.30%) Driving Licence
6 109 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
7 98 (1.14%) Onboarding
8 85 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
9 80 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
10 78 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
11 64 (0.75%) Cyber Defence
12 62 (0.72%) Cloud Native
13 61 (0.71%) Data Centre
14 58 (0.68%) Operational Technology
15 52 (0.61%) Blog
16 46 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
17 38 (0.44%) PKI
18 37 (0.43%) Cyber Security Posture
19 34 (0.40%) Public Cloud
20 31 (0.36%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 373 (4.35%) Windows
2 172 (2.01%) Windows Server
3 137 (1.60%) Linux
4 68 (0.79%) Windows 10
5 45 (0.53%) Mac OS
6 28 (0.33%) Android
7 21 (0.25%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.12%) Unix
10 6 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.058%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.058%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.047%) VMS
13 3 (0.035%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.023%) CentOS
15 1 (0.012%) Debian
15 1 (0.012%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.012%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.012%) OpenWrt
15 1 (0.012%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,250 (49.59%) AI
2 4,059 (47.36%) Machine Learning
3 4,050 (47.26%) User Experience
4 4,038 (47.12%) Web Development
5 1,364 (15.92%) Mentoring
6 645 (7.53%) Ethical Hacking
7 428 (4.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 424 (4.95%) Problem-Solving
9 373 (4.35%) Risk Management
10 359 (4.19%) Information Security
11 357 (4.17%) Incident Response
12 271 (3.16%) Agile
13 231 (2.70%) SIEM
14 222 (2.59%) Cloud Security
15 200 (2.33%) Line Management
16 198 (2.31%) ITIL
17 195 (2.28%) Roadmaps
18 189 (2.21%) Project Management
19 187 (2.18%) Security Operations
20 185 (2.16%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 401 (4.68%) Python
2 250 (2.92%) JavaScript
3 192 (2.24%) PowerShell
4 105 (1.23%) SQL
5 99 (1.16%) R
6 62 (0.72%) Bash
7 41 (0.48%) Java
8 32 (0.37%) C++
9 30 (0.35%) TypeScript
10 26 (0.30%) MATLAB
11 25 (0.29%) T-SQL
12 22 (0.26%) C
12 22 (0.26%) C#
13 10 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
14 9 (0.11%) Go
15 7 (0.082%) Rust
16 6 (0.070%) PHP
17 4 (0.047%) Kotlin
18 3 (0.035%) Bicep
18 3 (0.035%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 4,427 (51.66%) Degree
2 4,070 (47.49%) Master's Degree
3 4,010 (46.79%) PhD
4 4,006 (46.74%) Postgraduate
5 1,450 (16.92%) Azure Certification
6 976 (11.39%) CompTIA Security+
7 794 (9.26%) CompTIA CySA+
8 689 (8.04%) CEH
9 356 (4.15%) CISSP
10 310 (3.62%) Security Cleared
11 258 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
12 241 (2.81%) CISM
13 238 (2.78%) AWS Certification
14 204 (2.38%) SC Cleared
15 194 (2.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 190 (2.22%) Network+ Certification
17 179 (2.09%) A+ Certification
18 109 (1.27%) DV Cleared
19 105 (1.23%) CISA
20 102 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 508 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 473 (5.52%) NIST
3 275 (3.21%) GDPR
4 222 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 187 (2.18%) GRC
6 118 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 112 (1.31%) PCI DSS
8 103 (1.20%) NCSC
9 74 (0.86%) QA
10 46 (0.54%) SOC 2
11 43 (0.50%) COBIT
12 38 (0.44%) NIST 800
12 38 (0.44%) SLA
13 32 (0.37%) Accessibility
14 26 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 24 (0.28%) Data Quality
16 21 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
17 20 (0.23%) JSP 440
18 19 (0.22%) ISO 22301
19 18 (0.21%) SOC 3
System Software
1 307 (3.58%) Active Directory
2 70 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (0.71%) Hyper-V
4 54 (0.63%) Docker
5 27 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (0.25%) vSphere
7 10 (0.12%) Firmware
8 9 (0.11%) IAG
8 9 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.082%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (0.070%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.058%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.047%) VMware ESXi
13 3 (0.035%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 2 (0.023%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.023%) GPFS
14 2 (0.023%) Lustre
15 1 (0.012%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.012%) iptables
15 1 (0.012%) KVM
Systems Management
1 157 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 67 (0.78%) Terraform
3 59 (0.69%) Kubernetes
4 36 (0.42%) Ansible
5 27 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.20%) Grafana
7 16 (0.19%) CASB
8 14 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
8 14 (0.16%) SCCM
9 11 (0.13%) CSIRT
10 10 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (0.11%) FortiGate
12 8 (0.093%) Nessus
12 8 (0.093%) RSA Archer
13 7 (0.082%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 7 (0.082%) FTK
13 7 (0.082%) VxRail
14 6 (0.070%) vCenter Server
15 5 (0.058%) Prometheus
15 5 (0.058%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2,147 (25.05%) Microsoft
2 1,223 (14.27%) ForeScout
3 120 (1.40%) VMware
4 92 (1.07%) Cisco
5 75 (0.88%) CrowdStrike
6 64 (0.75%) Fortinet
7 62 (0.72%) Palo Alto
8 61 (0.71%) Apple
9 53 (0.62%) SAP
10 44 (0.51%) Google
11 41 (0.48%) Splunk
12 37 (0.43%) Salesforce
13 35 (0.41%) Dell
14 34 (0.40%) Oracle
15 31 (0.36%) Adobe
15 31 (0.36%) Tenable
16 30 (0.35%) Siemens
17 29 (0.34%) ServiceNow
18 26 (0.30%) CyberArk
19 20 (0.23%) Commvault