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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 32 40
Rank change year-on-year +6 +8 +1
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,586 2,633 3,163
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.33% 6.18% 5.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.21% 6.96% 6.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,852 1,607 1,625
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -13.60% -1.02%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,000
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% -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 77,501 37,821 52,182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.92% 88.83% 82.64%
Number of salaries quoted 54,213 21,941 27,921
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,325 £33,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £45,000
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 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £98,750
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 16 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 16 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 +6 1,551 £80,000 +14.29% 275
South East +14 1,056 £55,000 +10.00% 256
North of England +7 1,029 £50,000 +11.11% 291
Midlands +19 921 £55,000 +15.79% 172
North West +31 587 £60,000 +31.15% 148
South West 0 555 £55,000 +10.00% 168
West Midlands +4 487 £55,000 +6.00% 116
East of England +29 436 £50,000 +16.05% 81
East Midlands +46 434 £57,500 +53.33% 56
Yorkshire +3 325 £40,250 +21.97% 113
North East -12 117 £50,000 -25.93% 34
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
1 248 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 244 (4.37%) SharePoint
3 27 (0.48%) IIS
4 25 (0.45%) Apache
5 11 (0.20%) Confluence
6 9 (0.16%) SAS
7 7 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.11%) CMS
9 3 (0.054%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.054%) WordPress
10 2 (0.036%) FactoryTalk
11 1 (0.018%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.018%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.018%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 100 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
2 69 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (0.32%) Simulink
5 11 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.11%) CATIA
7 2 (0.036%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.036%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.036%) SmartSuite
8 1 (0.018%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.018%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.018%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 15 (0.27%) Cloudability
2 9 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.13%) Sage 200
4 6 (0.11%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.090%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.090%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 4 (0.072%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.072%) Infor CloudSuite
6 4 (0.072%) Infor M3
6 4 (0.072%) SystmOne
7 3 (0.054%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.054%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.054%) Infor LN
7 3 (0.054%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.054%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.036%) Eikon
8 2 (0.036%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.036%) Odoo
8 2 (0.036%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.036%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1,148 (20.55%) Azure
2 857 (15.34%) Microsoft 365
3 543 (9.72%) Entra ID
4 468 (8.38%) AWS
5 208 (3.72%) SaaS
6 165 (2.95%) GCP
7 107 (1.92%) Power Platform
8 103 (1.84%) OneDrive
9 93 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
10 89 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
11 68 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
12 62 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
13 51 (0.91%) Mimecast
14 48 (0.86%) Serverless
15 43 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
16 38 (0.68%) Power Automate
17 37 (0.66%) Google Workspace
18 35 (0.63%) GitHub
19 34 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
20 27 (0.48%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 532 (9.52%) Firewall
2 289 (5.17%) DNS
3 271 (4.85%) VPN
4 250 (4.48%) Network Security
5 218 (3.90%) DHCP
6 207 (3.71%) TCP/IP
7 195 (3.49%) WAN
8 174 (3.11%) LAN
9 171 (3.06%) Wi-Fi
10 139 (2.49%) VLAN
11 101 (1.81%) Internet
12 96 (1.72%) Wireless
13 81 (1.45%) VoIP
14 62 (1.11%) Cisco Nexus
15 53 (0.95%) SSL
16 45 (0.81%) HTTP
17 42 (0.75%) Unified Communications
18 39 (0.70%) Modbus
19 38 (0.68%) Wireshark
20 37 (0.66%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (1.11%) Power BI
2 57 (1.02%) SQL Server
3 24 (0.43%) Big Data
4 20 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (0.29%) Tableau
6 15 (0.27%) MongoDB
7 13 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (0.23%) GIS
8 12 (0.21%) Metadata
8 12 (0.21%) MySQL
9 11 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (0.13%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.13%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.13%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.090%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.090%) Flink
14 4 (0.072%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 57 (1.02%) JIRA
2 47 (0.84%) Git
3 38 (0.68%) Burp Suite
4 34 (0.61%) Metasploit
5 22 (0.39%) GitLab
6 21 (0.38%) Jenkins
7 16 (0.29%) Snyk
8 12 (0.21%) Yeoman
9 10 (0.18%) LabVIEW
10 9 (0.16%) Eclipse
11 6 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
12 4 (0.072%) Apache Continuum
12 4 (0.072%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.072%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.072%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.054%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.054%) Maven
13 3 (0.054%) Team Foundation Server
14 2 (0.036%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.036%) Xcode
General
1 1,485 (26.58%) Social Skills
2 622 (11.13%) Finance
3 454 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
4 395 (7.07%) Public Sector
5 313 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 220 (3.94%) Legal
7 204 (3.65%) Law
8 198 (3.54%) Telecoms
9 191 (3.42%) Marketing
10 190 (3.40%) Manufacturing
11 183 (3.28%) Retail
12 176 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
13 139 (2.49%) Aerospace
14 130 (2.33%) Banking
15 126 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
16 74 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
17 53 (0.95%) Advertising
18 50 (0.90%) Aviation
19 46 (0.82%) Electronics
20 42 (0.75%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 684 (12.24%) Senior
2 604 (10.81%) Analyst
3 551 (9.86%) Consultant
4 432 (7.73%) Lead
5 415 (7.43%) Architect
6 365 (6.53%) Security Analyst
7 335 (6.00%) IT Support
8 320 (5.73%) Security Consultant
9 312 (5.59%) Security Manager
10 294 (5.26%) Security Engineer
11 293 (5.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 263 (4.71%) Security Architect
13 260 (4.65%) IT Manager
14 257 (4.60%) IT Engineer
15 215 (3.85%) Support Engineer
16 213 (3.81%) Cybersecurity Engineer
17 212 (3.80%) Cybersecurity Manager
18 203 (3.63%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 185 (3.31%) IT Support Engineer
20 168 (3.01%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (1.75%) Terraform
2 55 (0.98%) SAML
3 50 (0.90%) LDAP
3 50 (0.90%) OAuth
4 45 (0.81%) REST
5 42 (0.75%) OpenID
6 34 (0.61%) .NET
7 26 (0.47%) JSON
8 24 (0.43%) Node.js
8 24 (0.43%) React
9 22 (0.39%) HTML
10 20 (0.36%) RESTful
11 18 (0.32%) CSS
12 15 (0.27%) Kafka
12 15 (0.27%) Middleware
12 15 (0.27%) SailPoint
12 15 (0.27%) XML
13 13 (0.23%) FastAPI
14 12 (0.21%) AngularJS
14 12 (0.21%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 363 (6.50%) Security Posture
2 355 (6.36%) Cyber Threat
3 267 (4.78%) Onboarding
4 257 (4.60%) Management Information System
5 203 (3.63%) Driving Licence
6 200 (3.58%) Operational Technology
7 162 (2.90%) Security Operations Centre
8 136 (2.43%) Cyberattack
9 128 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
10 116 (2.08%) Cyber Defence
11 108 (1.93%) Cloud Native
12 103 (1.84%) Data Centre
13 93 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
14 77 (1.38%) SCADA
15 55 (0.98%) PKI
16 53 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
17 43 (0.77%) Cyber Kill Chain
18 42 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
19 40 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
20 39 (0.70%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 665 (11.90%) Windows
2 325 (5.82%) Windows Server
3 258 (4.62%) Linux
4 89 (1.59%) macOS
5 45 (0.81%) Windows 10
6 43 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
7 33 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
8 32 (0.57%) Apple iOS
9 27 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 26 (0.47%) Android
11 13 (0.23%) Ubuntu
12 7 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
13 6 (0.11%) Kali Linux
13 6 (0.11%) Unix
14 4 (0.072%) VMS
15 3 (0.054%) Rocky
16 2 (0.036%) Amazon Linux
16 2 (0.036%) CentOS
16 2 (0.036%) Embedded Linux
16 2 (0.036%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 792 (14.18%) Problem-Solving
2 772 (13.82%) Continuous Improvement
3 679 (12.16%) AI
4 581 (10.40%) Information Security
5 571 (10.22%) Incident Response
6 566 (10.13%) Security Operations
7 551 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
8 550 (9.85%) Risk Management
9 504 (9.02%) Vulnerability Management
10 460 (8.23%) Decision-Making
11 456 (8.16%) Cloud Security
12 450 (8.06%) SIEM
13 439 (7.86%) Mentoring
14 410 (7.34%) Disaster Recovery
15 364 (6.52%) Roadmaps
16 333 (5.96%) Data Protection
17 329 (5.89%) ITIL
18 322 (5.76%) Service Delivery
18 322 (5.76%) Software Engineering
19 314 (5.62%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 360 (6.44%) Python
2 240 (4.30%) PowerShell
3 104 (1.86%) SQL
4 87 (1.56%) C++
5 66 (1.18%) JavaScript
6 65 (1.16%) Bash
7 58 (1.04%) Java
8 51 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
9 42 (0.75%) Rust
10 41 (0.73%) C#
11 33 (0.59%) C
12 31 (0.55%) TypeScript
13 30 (0.54%) Go
14 18 (0.32%) MATLAB
15 17 (0.30%) Embedded C
15 17 (0.30%) Search Processing Language
16 12 (0.21%) Bicep
16 12 (0.21%) Perl
17 8 (0.14%) Kotlin
18 7 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 796 (14.25%) Security Cleared
2 596 (10.67%) Degree
3 544 (9.74%) SC Cleared
4 479 (8.58%) CISSP
5 322 (5.76%) CISM
6 243 (4.35%) DV Cleared
7 191 (3.42%) Azure Certification
8 168 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
9 167 (2.99%) CompTIA Security+
10 143 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 115 (2.06%) Master's Degree
12 111 (1.99%) CEH
13 105 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
14 100 (1.79%) CRISC
15 86 (1.54%) CISA
16 85 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 84 (1.50%) CompTIA CySA+
18 78 (1.40%) DBS Check
19 72 (1.29%) CCNA
20 70 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 718 (12.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 551 (9.86%) NIST
3 368 (6.59%) Cyber Essentials
4 315 (5.64%) GRC
5 313 (5.60%) GDPR
6 153 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 146 (2.61%) NCSC
8 130 (2.33%) PCI DSS
9 87 (1.56%) QA
10 57 (1.02%) SLA
11 55 (0.98%) ISO 22301
12 50 (0.90%) Accessibility
13 48 (0.86%) NIST 800
14 47 (0.84%) SOC 2
15 40 (0.72%) Data Quality
16 37 (0.66%) COBIT
17 32 (0.57%) JSP 440
18 27 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 25 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
20 23 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 512 (9.17%) Active Directory
2 172 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 153 (2.74%) Hyper-V
4 62 (1.11%) Docker
5 61 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
6 45 (0.81%) Firmware
7 29 (0.52%) vSphere
8 20 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
10 14 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
11 13 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 10 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
13 6 (0.11%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.090%) ClearTrust
14 5 (0.090%) IAG
15 3 (0.054%) BitLocker
15 3 (0.054%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.054%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.036%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.036%) Snort
Systems Management
1 317 (5.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 85 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
3 84 (1.50%) Kubernetes
4 53 (0.95%) Ansible
5 31 (0.55%) Nmap
6 27 (0.48%) CASB
6 27 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
7 25 (0.45%) FortiGate
7 25 (0.45%) SCCM
8 24 (0.43%) Grafana
8 24 (0.43%) Nessus
9 22 (0.39%) Functional Safety
10 18 (0.32%) QRadar
11 11 (0.20%) 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 (0.13%) Graylog
14 7 (0.13%) Podman
Vendors
1 1,462 (26.17%) Microsoft
2 246 (4.40%) Cisco
3 226 (4.05%) VMware
4 164 (2.94%) Palo Alto
5 106 (1.90%) Google
5 106 (1.90%) Splunk
6 95 (1.70%) CrowdStrike
7 94 (1.68%) ForeScout
8 78 (1.40%) Qualys
9 77 (1.38%) Aruba
10 73 (1.31%) Salesforce
11 61 (1.09%) ServiceNow
12 58 (1.04%) Apple
13 55 (0.98%) Fortinet
14 53 (0.95%) Meraki
14 53 (0.95%) Tenable
15 50 (0.90%) Veeam
16 42 (0.75%) CyberArk
16 42 (0.75%) SonicWALL
17 40 (0.72%) SAP