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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 32 34
Rank change year-on-year +11 +2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,920 2,723 3,553
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.91% 6.27% 5.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.06% 7.07% 6.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,798 1,614 2,038
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £36,250 £46,250
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 £77,188
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -6.98%

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 73,420 38,536 56,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.29% 88.67% 81.27%
Number of salaries quoted 52,272 22,193 32,991
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 1,509 £78,500 +12.14% 1,202
North of England +19 1,221 £51,722 +8.89% 441
South East +11 1,058 £55,000 +10.00% 554
Midlands +18 1,034 £55,000 +25.50% 303
North West +28 610 £59,000 +15.69% 223
South West +8 605 £55,000 +10.00% 266
West Midlands +6 524 £55,000 +10.00% 163
East Midlands +35 510 £55,000 +57.14% 140
East of England +45 468 £45,000 -5.26% 167
Yorkshire +11 465 £45,000 +36.36% 165
North East +16 146 £50,000 -25.93% 61
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
1 235 (3.97%) SharePoint
2 221 (3.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (0.41%) IIS
4 19 (0.32%) Apache
5 9 (0.15%) Confluence
5 9 (0.15%) SAS
6 6 (0.10%) CMS
7 5 (0.084%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.084%) WordPress
8 3 (0.051%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
Applications
1 85 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
2 64 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.24%) Simulink
5 8 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.068%) CATIA
8 2 (0.034%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 24 (0.41%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.084%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.084%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.068%) SystmOne
8 3 (0.051%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 3 (0.051%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.051%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.051%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.051%) Infor LN
8 3 (0.051%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.051%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.051%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.034%) Eikon
9 2 (0.034%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.017%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,716 (28.99%) Azure
2 808 (13.65%) Microsoft 365
3 467 (7.89%) Entra ID
4 464 (7.84%) AWS
5 197 (3.33%) SaaS
6 151 (2.55%) GCP
7 91 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
8 88 (1.49%) Power Platform
9 82 (1.39%) OneDrive
10 77 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
11 60 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
12 54 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
13 52 (0.88%) Serverless
14 44 (0.74%) Mimecast
15 33 (0.56%) GitHub
16 29 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
17 28 (0.47%) IaaS
17 28 (0.47%) PaaS
18 27 (0.46%) Power Automate
19 26 (0.44%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 528 (8.92%) Firewall
2 249 (4.21%) DNS
3 248 (4.19%) Network Security
4 228 (3.85%) VPN
5 178 (3.01%) WAN
6 174 (2.94%) DHCP
7 167 (2.82%) TCP/IP
8 158 (2.67%) Wi-Fi
9 153 (2.58%) LAN
10 129 (2.18%) VLAN
11 101 (1.71%) Internet
12 88 (1.49%) VoIP
13 85 (1.44%) Wireless
14 57 (0.96%) Cisco Nexus
15 47 (0.79%) Unified Communications
16 44 (0.74%) HTTP
17 43 (0.73%) SSL
18 35 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
19 33 (0.56%) SD-WAN
19 33 (0.56%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (0.90%) SQL Server
2 51 (0.86%) Power BI
3 14 (0.24%) Big Data
3 14 (0.24%) GIS
3 14 (0.24%) MySQL
4 13 (0.22%) MongoDB
5 12 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (0.15%) Tableau
7 6 (0.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.084%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.084%) Metadata
8 5 (0.084%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.068%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.068%) Crystal Reports
9 4 (0.068%) Neo4j
9 4 (0.068%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.068%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 46 (0.78%) Git
2 43 (0.73%) JIRA
3 30 (0.51%) Burp Suite
4 28 (0.47%) Metasploit
5 27 (0.46%) Snyk
6 22 (0.37%) GitLab
7 21 (0.35%) Jenkins
8 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
9 7 (0.12%) Eclipse
10 5 (0.084%) LabVIEW
10 5 (0.084%) Rational DOORS
10 5 (0.084%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.068%) Apache Continuum
11 4 (0.068%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.068%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.068%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.068%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.051%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.034%) git-flow
13 2 (0.034%) Zephyr
General
1 2,018 (34.09%) Social Skills
2 575 (9.71%) Finance
3 450 (7.60%) Analytical Skills
4 360 (6.08%) Public Sector
5 336 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 188 (3.18%) Law
6 188 (3.18%) Legal
6 188 (3.18%) Marketing
6 188 (3.18%) Retail
7 177 (2.99%) Telecoms
8 165 (2.79%) Manufacturing
9 143 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
10 133 (2.25%) Banking
11 122 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
12 119 (2.01%) Aerospace
13 61 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
14 55 (0.93%) Advertising
14 55 (0.93%) Local Government
15 50 (0.84%) Aviation
16 31 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 930 (15.71%) Analyst
2 724 (12.23%) Security Analyst
3 684 (11.55%) Senior
4 628 (10.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 526 (8.89%) Consultant
6 470 (7.94%) Junior
7 393 (6.64%) Junior Analyst
8 383 (6.47%) Junior Security Analyst
9 382 (6.45%) Lead
10 376 (6.35%) Ethical Hacker
11 369 (6.23%) Architect
12 324 (5.47%) Security Manager
13 323 (5.46%) Security Consultant
14 308 (5.20%) IT Support
15 270 (4.56%) Security Engineer
16 264 (4.46%) IT Manager
17 262 (4.43%) Security Architect
18 236 (3.99%) IT Engineer
19 228 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 208 (3.51%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (1.35%) Terraform
2 48 (0.81%) SAML
3 45 (0.76%) LDAP
4 42 (0.71%) OAuth
5 36 (0.61%) OpenID
6 35 (0.59%) REST
7 26 (0.44%) .NET
8 23 (0.39%) HTML
8 23 (0.39%) React
9 20 (0.34%) JSON
10 19 (0.32%) Node.js
11 18 (0.30%) CSS
11 18 (0.30%) Kafka
12 15 (0.25%) RESTful
12 15 (0.25%) SailPoint
12 15 (0.25%) XML
13 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
14 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
15 11 (0.19%) Middleware
16 10 (0.17%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 473 (7.99%) Cyberattack
2 360 (6.08%) Security Posture
3 294 (4.97%) Cyber Threat
4 257 (4.34%) Onboarding
5 237 (4.00%) Management Information System
6 183 (3.09%) Driving Licence
7 164 (2.77%) Operational Technology
8 162 (2.74%) Security Operations Centre
9 140 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
10 105 (1.77%) Cyber Defence
10 105 (1.77%) Data Centre
11 100 (1.69%) Cloud Native
12 63 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
13 59 (1.00%) PKI
14 53 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
15 45 (0.76%) Cyber Security Posture
16 40 (0.68%) SCADA
17 39 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
18 35 (0.59%) CSOC
19 34 (0.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 612 (10.34%) Windows
2 298 (5.03%) Windows Server
3 234 (3.95%) Linux
4 77 (1.30%) Mac OS
5 38 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
6 34 (0.57%) Windows 10
7 28 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 28 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
8 24 (0.41%) Apple iOS
9 20 (0.34%) Android
10 17 (0.29%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.10%) CentOS
11 6 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (0.084%) Unix
13 4 (0.068%) Kali Linux
13 4 (0.068%) VMS
14 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.017%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 784 (13.24%) Mentoring
2 721 (12.18%) Problem-Solving
3 689 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 565 (9.54%) AI
5 555 (9.38%) Information Security
6 538 (9.09%) Incident Response
7 531 (8.97%) Risk Management
8 517 (8.73%) Security Operations
9 464 (7.84%) SIEM
10 455 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
11 432 (7.30%) Stakeholder Management
12 424 (7.16%) Cloud Security
13 393 (6.64%) Disaster Recovery
14 388 (6.55%) Ethical Hacking
15 376 (6.35%) Decision-Making
16 323 (5.46%) Roadmaps
17 317 (5.35%) Service Delivery
18 307 (5.19%) Data Protection
19 293 (4.95%) ITIL
20 284 (4.80%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 319 (5.39%) Python
2 236 (3.99%) PowerShell
3 95 (1.60%) SQL
4 71 (1.20%) C++
5 61 (1.03%) JavaScript
6 58 (0.98%) Bash
7 48 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
8 47 (0.79%) Java
9 35 (0.59%) C#
10 33 (0.56%) Rust
11 28 (0.47%) Go
12 23 (0.39%) C
13 21 (0.35%) TypeScript
14 17 (0.29%) MATLAB
15 16 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
16 13 (0.22%) Embedded C
17 12 (0.20%) Perl
18 6 (0.10%) Shell Script
19 4 (0.068%) Ada
19 4 (0.068%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 837 (14.14%) Azure Certification
2 714 (12.06%) Security Cleared
3 524 (8.85%) Degree
4 520 (8.78%) CompTIA Security+
5 489 (8.26%) SC Cleared
6 478 (8.07%) CISSP
7 454 (7.67%) CEH
8 420 (7.09%) CompTIA CySA+
9 312 (5.27%) CISM
10 233 (3.94%) DV Cleared
11 163 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
12 127 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
13 104 (1.76%) CRISC
14 96 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
15 87 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 87 (1.47%) CISA
16 86 (1.45%) Master's Degree
17 83 (1.40%) CREST Certified
18 81 (1.37%) AWS Certification
19 65 (1.10%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 674 (11.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 527 (8.90%) NIST
3 342 (5.78%) GDPR
4 341 (5.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 319 (5.39%) GRC
6 146 (2.47%) PCI DSS
7 145 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 114 (1.93%) NCSC
9 98 (1.66%) QA
10 59 (1.00%) SOC 2
11 48 (0.81%) Accessibility
11 48 (0.81%) NIST 800
12 46 (0.78%) SLA
13 36 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 34 (0.57%) COBIT
14 34 (0.57%) JSP 440
15 33 (0.56%) Data Quality
16 28 (0.47%) ISO 22301
17 23 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 21 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 469 (7.92%) Active Directory
2 164 (2.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 140 (2.36%) Hyper-V
4 63 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
5 52 (0.88%) Docker
6 38 (0.64%) Firmware
7 27 (0.46%) vSphere
8 15 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
10 12 (0.20%) IAG
10 12 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 10 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
12 7 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
13 6 (0.10%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.084%) ClearTrust
15 3 (0.051%) BitLocker
15 3 (0.051%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.034%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.034%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 270 (4.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 79 (1.33%) Kubernetes
3 63 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
4 49 (0.83%) Ansible
5 25 (0.42%) Nmap
6 24 (0.41%) Nessus
6 24 (0.41%) QRadar
7 23 (0.39%) FortiGate
8 21 (0.35%) Grafana
8 21 (0.35%) SCCM
9 20 (0.34%) CASB
10 15 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
11 13 (0.22%) Prometheus
12 9 (0.15%) Kibana
13 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
13 8 (0.14%) Functional Safety
14 7 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
14 7 (0.12%) Graylog
15 6 (0.10%) vCenter Server
16 5 (0.084%) Argo
Vendors
1 2,041 (34.48%) Microsoft
2 752 (12.70%) ForeScout
3 223 (3.77%) Cisco
4 213 (3.60%) VMware
5 172 (2.91%) Palo Alto
6 117 (1.98%) Splunk
7 101 (1.71%) CrowdStrike
8 76 (1.28%) Google
8 76 (1.28%) Qualys
9 69 (1.17%) ServiceNow
10 68 (1.15%) Aruba
11 65 (1.10%) Apple
12 63 (1.06%) Salesforce
13 59 (1.00%) Fortinet
13 59 (1.00%) Tenable
14 52 (0.88%) Veeam
15 41 (0.69%) Adobe
15 41 (0.69%) SAP
16 40 (0.68%) SonicWALL
17 38 (0.64%) Meraki