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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 37 31
Rank change year-on-year +30 -6 +21
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 8,321 2,270 4,160
As % of all permanent jobs in England 12.61% 5.87% 5.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.17% 6.27% 6.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,383 1,466 3,265
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,200 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.68% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -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 51,465 36,201 64,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.96% 93.57% 87.09%
Number of salaries quoted 31,875 20,423 50,708
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,000 £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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.78%

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 16 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 16 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 2,608 £35,000 -34.12% 290
North West +29 1,902 £41,000 -25.45% 144
Midlands +27 1,641 £42,250 -29.58% 182
London +25 1,468 £70,000 -6.67% 373
South East +41 1,328 £47,500 -17.63% 352
West Midlands +21 1,283 £42,500 -32.00% 87
East of England +44 691 £35,000 -26.32% 120
Yorkshire +38 591 £30,500 -39.00% 109
South West +32 529 £55,000 +15.79% 145
East Midlands +43 369 £37,500 -10.71% 95
North East +36 115 £30,500 -23.81% 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
1 120 (1.44%) SharePoint
2 75 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.16%) CMS
4 10 (0.12%) Confluence
5 6 (0.072%) Apache
5 6 (0.072%) nginx
5 6 (0.072%) WordPress
6 5 (0.060%) Drupal
7 4 (0.048%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.036%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.024%) SAS
10 1 (0.012%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.012%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 97 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
2 63 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (0.34%) Maya
5 24 (0.29%) Simulink
6 19 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 10 (0.12%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.060%) CATIA
9 4 (0.048%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.036%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.024%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.024%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 27 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.096%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.084%) Shopify
5 4 (0.048%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.048%) Endur
5 4 (0.048%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.048%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.048%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.036%) Exchequer
6 3 (0.036%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.036%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.036%) SAP FS
6 3 (0.036%) Yoast SEO
7 2 (0.024%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.024%) SAP FSCM
7 2 (0.024%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.024%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.024%) SAP IS-U
7 2 (0.024%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 4,053 (48.71%) Cloud Computing
2 1,949 (23.42%) Azure
3 550 (6.61%) AWS
4 420 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
5 266 (3.20%) Entra ID
6 210 (2.52%) GitHub
7 87 (1.05%) SaaS
8 82 (0.99%) GCP
9 67 (0.81%) Power Platform
10 51 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
11 50 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
12 43 (0.52%) PaaS
13 37 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
14 35 (0.42%) Nutanix
15 33 (0.40%) Google Workspace
16 29 (0.35%) IaaS
17 27 (0.32%) AWS CloudFormation
18 25 (0.30%) Dynamics 365
19 23 (0.28%) Mimecast
20 22 (0.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4,223 (50.75%) Internet
2 299 (3.59%) Firewall
3 138 (1.66%) Network Security
4 125 (1.50%) VPN
5 88 (1.06%) DNS
6 76 (0.91%) DHCP
7 70 (0.84%) WAN
8 65 (0.78%) VLAN
9 64 (0.77%) LAN
10 59 (0.71%) TCP/IP
11 53 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (0.44%) Broadband
13 35 (0.42%) VoIP
14 34 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
15 27 (0.32%) Wireless
16 22 (0.26%) CHAP
17 20 (0.24%) SD-WAN
18 15 (0.18%) DMZ
19 12 (0.14%) Unified Communications
20 11 (0.13%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (0.43%) Power BI
2 24 (0.29%) Big Data
2 24 (0.29%) SQL Server
2 24 (0.29%) Tableau
3 22 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
5 18 (0.22%) Neo4j
6 11 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (0.13%) Metadata
6 11 (0.13%) Relational Database
7 10 (0.12%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.084%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.060%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.060%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.060%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.048%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.048%) MySQL
10 4 (0.048%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.024%) Apache Hive
11 2 (0.024%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 213 (2.56%) Git
2 30 (0.36%) JIRA
3 29 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
4 22 (0.26%) GitLab
5 13 (0.16%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.13%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.084%) JMeter
7 7 (0.084%) Locust
8 5 (0.060%) Apache Continuum
8 5 (0.060%) Burp Suite
8 5 (0.060%) Metasploit
9 4 (0.048%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.048%) MLflow
10 1 (0.012%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.012%) Snyk
10 1 (0.012%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.012%) Yeoman
General
1 5,915 (71.09%) Social Skills
2 4,203 (50.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,162 (50.02%) Banking
4 524 (6.30%) Finance
5 380 (4.57%) Multimedia
6 333 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
7 195 (2.34%) Public Sector
8 167 (2.01%) Marketing
9 155 (1.86%) Legal
10 152 (1.83%) Law
11 126 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
12 118 (1.42%) Telecoms
13 113 (1.36%) Retail
14 89 (1.07%) Manufacturing
15 68 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
16 55 (0.66%) Games
17 52 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
18 49 (0.59%) Electronics
19 46 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
20 45 (0.54%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3,142 (37.76%) Lecturer
2 924 (11.10%) Analyst
3 798 (9.59%) Security Analyst
4 746 (8.97%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 682 (8.20%) Junior
6 660 (7.93%) Junior Analyst
7 659 (7.92%) Junior Security Analyst
8 385 (4.63%) Trainee
9 376 (4.52%) Ethical Hacker
10 356 (4.28%) Senior
11 238 (2.86%) Consultant
12 221 (2.66%) Architect
13 220 (2.64%) Lead
14 203 (2.44%) IT Support
15 164 (1.97%) Developer
16 153 (1.84%) Security Manager
17 150 (1.80%) Security Consultant
18 139 (1.67%) Security Engineer
19 137 (1.65%) IT Manager
20 130 (1.56%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 221 (2.66%) CSS
1 221 (2.66%) HTML
2 42 (0.50%) REST
3 36 (0.43%) OAuth
4 35 (0.42%) React
4 35 (0.42%) SAML
5 33 (0.40%) OpenID
6 29 (0.35%) LDAP
7 27 (0.32%) SOAP
8 26 (0.31%) GraphQL
9 23 (0.28%) SAP CAF
10 21 (0.25%) AngularJS
11 17 (0.20%) MERN Stack
12 11 (0.13%) SailPoint
13 10 (0.12%) Node.js
13 10 (0.12%) Tailwind CSS
14 9 (0.11%) Middleware
14 9 (0.11%) YAML
15 8 (0.096%) .NET
15 8 (0.096%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4,072 (48.94%) IoT
2 439 (5.28%) Cyberattack
3 199 (2.39%) Security Posture
4 182 (2.19%) Management Information System
5 113 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
6 112 (1.35%) Driving Licence
7 96 (1.15%) Onboarding
8 94 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
9 85 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
10 78 (0.94%) Security Operations Centre
11 67 (0.81%) Data Centre
12 63 (0.76%) Cloud Native
13 57 (0.69%) Cyber Defence
14 52 (0.62%) Operational Technology
15 47 (0.56%) Blog
16 46 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
17 35 (0.42%) PKI
18 34 (0.41%) Public Cloud
19 33 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
19 33 (0.40%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 369 (4.43%) Windows
2 166 (1.99%) Windows Server
3 124 (1.49%) Linux
4 68 (0.82%) Windows 10
5 49 (0.59%) Mac OS
6 33 (0.40%) Android
7 23 (0.28%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.12%) Unix
10 6 (0.072%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.048%) VMS
12 3 (0.036%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.036%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.036%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.012%) CentOS
13 1 (0.012%) Debian
13 1 (0.012%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.012%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.012%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.012%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,256 (51.15%) AI
2 4,065 (48.85%) Machine Learning
3 4,043 (48.59%) User Experience
4 4,038 (48.53%) Web Development
5 1,286 (15.45%) Mentoring
6 560 (6.73%) Ethical Hacking
7 436 (5.24%) Problem-Solving
8 419 (5.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 371 (4.46%) Risk Management
10 356 (4.28%) Information Security
11 353 (4.24%) Incident Response
12 264 (3.17%) Agile
13 222 (2.67%) SIEM
14 207 (2.49%) Line Management
15 202 (2.43%) Cloud Security
16 197 (2.37%) ITIL
17 188 (2.26%) Roadmaps
18 183 (2.20%) Decision-Making
19 182 (2.19%) Data Protection
20 181 (2.18%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 409 (4.92%) Python
2 265 (3.18%) JavaScript
3 184 (2.21%) PowerShell
4 109 (1.31%) SQL
5 105 (1.26%) R
6 58 (0.70%) Bash
7 40 (0.48%) Java
8 30 (0.36%) TypeScript
9 29 (0.35%) C++
10 26 (0.31%) MATLAB
11 25 (0.30%) T-SQL
12 23 (0.28%) C#
13 22 (0.26%) C
14 10 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
15 9 (0.11%) Go
16 7 (0.084%) Rust
17 6 (0.072%) PHP
18 4 (0.048%) Kotlin
19 3 (0.036%) Bicep
19 3 (0.036%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 4,436 (53.31%) Degree
2 4,071 (48.92%) Master's Degree
3 4,014 (48.24%) PhD
4 4,005 (48.13%) Postgraduate
5 1,276 (15.33%) Azure Certification
6 886 (10.65%) CompTIA Security+
7 699 (8.40%) CompTIA CySA+
8 601 (7.22%) CEH
9 345 (4.15%) CISSP
10 300 (3.61%) Security Cleared
11 271 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
12 254 (3.05%) AWS Certification
13 241 (2.90%) CISM
14 208 (2.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 196 (2.36%) Network+ Certification
15 196 (2.36%) SC Cleared
16 186 (2.24%) A+ Certification
17 111 (1.33%) CISA
18 105 (1.26%) DV Cleared
19 99 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 493 (5.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 457 (5.49%) NIST
3 257 (3.09%) GDPR
4 223 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 179 (2.15%) GRC
6 114 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 105 (1.26%) NCSC
8 100 (1.20%) PCI DSS
9 69 (0.83%) QA
10 44 (0.53%) COBIT
11 40 (0.48%) SLA
12 39 (0.47%) SOC 2
13 36 (0.43%) NIST 800
14 29 (0.35%) Accessibility
14 29 (0.35%) Data Quality
15 21 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
15 21 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 19 (0.23%) ISO 22301
17 18 (0.22%) JSP 440
17 18 (0.22%) SOC 3
System Software
1 298 (3.58%) Active Directory
2 69 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (0.72%) Hyper-V
4 53 (0.64%) Docker
5 26 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (0.23%) vSphere
7 9 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.096%) Firmware
9 6 (0.072%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.072%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.048%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.036%) IAG
12 3 (0.036%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.024%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.024%) GPFS
13 2 (0.024%) Lustre
14 1 (0.012%) iptables
14 1 (0.012%) KVM
Systems Management
1 155 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 64 (0.77%) Terraform
3 55 (0.66%) Kubernetes
4 33 (0.40%) Ansible
5 26 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (0.19%) CASB
6 16 (0.19%) Grafana
7 14 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
8 12 (0.14%) CSIRT
8 12 (0.14%) SCCM
9 11 (0.13%) FortiGate
9 11 (0.13%) Nessus
10 10 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (0.11%) RSA Archer
12 7 (0.084%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 7 (0.084%) FTK
12 7 (0.084%) VxRail
13 5 (0.060%) Backup Exec
13 5 (0.060%) Prometheus
13 5 (0.060%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1,959 (23.54%) Microsoft
2 1,035 (12.44%) ForeScout
3 119 (1.43%) VMware
4 91 (1.09%) Cisco
5 75 (0.90%) CrowdStrike
6 66 (0.79%) Fortinet
7 63 (0.76%) Palo Alto
8 60 (0.72%) SAP
9 59 (0.71%) Apple
10 41 (0.49%) Google
11 38 (0.46%) Salesforce
12 37 (0.44%) Dell
12 37 (0.44%) Oracle
13 35 (0.42%) Splunk
14 33 (0.40%) Tenable
15 32 (0.38%) Adobe
16 30 (0.36%) Siemens
17 27 (0.32%) ServiceNow
18 21 (0.25%) CyberArk
19 20 (0.24%) MuleSoft