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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 29 38
Rank change year-on-year +5 +9 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,638 2,712 3,198
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.41% 6.34% 5.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.33% 7.14% 6.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,844 1,589 1,622
10th Percentile £31,038 £28,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,500 £47,128
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 £77,500
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 76,889 38,006 52,896
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.85% 88.89% 82.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,783 21,806 28,108
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £44,738
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 £79,225
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
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 13 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 13 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 +9 1,559 £80,000 +14.29% 1,926
South East +15 1,050 £55,000 +10.00% 628
North of England +8 1,050 £50,000 +11.11% 632
Midlands +18 942 £55,000 +15.79% 345
North West +17 589 £60,000 +31.15% 341
South West 0 565 £55,000 +10.00% 314
West Midlands +6 488 £55,000 +6.90% 214
East Midlands +42 454 £55,000 +46.67% 129
East of England +32 437 £50,000 +13.53% 196
Yorkshire +2 341 £40,000 +21.21% 219
North East -11 120 £50,000 -25.93% 76
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
1 249 (4.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 245 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 28 (0.50%) IIS
4 25 (0.44%) Apache
5 11 (0.20%) Confluence
6 9 (0.16%) SAS
7 7 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.11%) CMS
9 4 (0.071%) WordPress
10 3 (0.053%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.035%) FactoryTalk
12 1 (0.018%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.018%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.018%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 100 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
2 69 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (0.32%) Simulink
5 11 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.11%) CATIA
7 3 (0.053%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.035%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.035%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.018%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.018%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.018%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 15 (0.27%) Cloudability
2 9 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.12%) Sage 200
4 6 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.089%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 4 (0.071%) Infor CloudSuite
6 4 (0.071%) Infor M3
6 4 (0.071%) SystmOne
7 3 (0.053%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.053%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.053%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.053%) Infor LN
7 3 (0.053%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.053%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.035%) Eikon
8 2 (0.035%) Odoo
8 2 (0.035%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.035%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.035%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1,233 (21.87%) Azure
2 850 (15.08%) Microsoft 365
3 538 (9.54%) Entra ID
4 463 (8.21%) AWS
5 205 (3.64%) SaaS
6 163 (2.89%) GCP
7 108 (1.92%) Power Platform
8 103 (1.83%) OneDrive
9 93 (1.65%) Azure Sentinel
10 85 (1.51%) Microsoft Purview
11 66 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
12 62 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
13 49 (0.87%) Mimecast
14 48 (0.85%) Serverless
15 43 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
16 38 (0.67%) Power Automate
17 37 (0.66%) Google Workspace
18 34 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
18 34 (0.60%) GitHub
19 28 (0.50%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 536 (9.51%) Firewall
2 289 (5.13%) DNS
3 269 (4.77%) VPN
4 248 (4.40%) Network Security
5 216 (3.83%) DHCP
6 207 (3.67%) TCP/IP
7 196 (3.48%) WAN
8 175 (3.10%) LAN
9 173 (3.07%) Wi-Fi
10 139 (2.47%) VLAN
11 102 (1.81%) Internet
12 96 (1.70%) Wireless
13 81 (1.44%) VoIP
14 62 (1.10%) Cisco Nexus
15 52 (0.92%) SSL
16 47 (0.83%) HTTP
17 42 (0.74%) Unified Communications
18 37 (0.66%) Modbus
18 37 (0.66%) Wireshark
19 36 (0.64%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (1.10%) Power BI
2 57 (1.01%) SQL Server
3 24 (0.43%) Big Data
4 19 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (0.28%) Tableau
6 14 (0.25%) 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 (0.12%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.12%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.11%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.089%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.089%) Flink
14 4 (0.071%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 57 (1.01%) JIRA
2 45 (0.80%) Git
3 36 (0.64%) Burp Suite
4 32 (0.57%) Metasploit
5 22 (0.39%) GitLab
6 20 (0.35%) Jenkins
7 16 (0.28%) Snyk
8 12 (0.21%) Yeoman
9 10 (0.18%) LabVIEW
10 9 (0.16%) Eclipse
11 6 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
12 4 (0.071%) Apache Continuum
12 4 (0.071%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.071%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.071%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.053%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.053%) Maven
13 3 (0.053%) Team Foundation Server
14 2 (0.035%) Xcode
14 2 (0.035%) Zephyr
General
1 1,570 (27.85%) Social Skills
2 622 (11.03%) Finance
3 455 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
4 393 (6.97%) Public Sector
5 325 (5.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 220 (3.90%) Legal
7 202 (3.58%) Law
8 193 (3.42%) Manufacturing
9 191 (3.39%) Marketing
9 191 (3.39%) Telecoms
10 185 (3.28%) Retail
11 175 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
12 138 (2.45%) Aerospace
13 132 (2.34%) Banking
14 128 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
15 71 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
16 55 (0.98%) Advertising
17 50 (0.89%) Aviation
18 45 (0.80%) Electronics
19 44 (0.78%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 674 (11.95%) Senior
2 647 (11.48%) Analyst
3 551 (9.77%) Consultant
4 424 (7.52%) Lead
5 414 (7.34%) Security Analyst
6 406 (7.20%) Architect
7 341 (6.05%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 336 (5.96%) IT Support
9 320 (5.68%) Security Consultant
10 307 (5.45%) Security Manager
11 293 (5.20%) Security Engineer
12 255 (4.52%) IT Engineer
12 255 (4.52%) Security Architect
13 251 (4.45%) IT Manager
14 214 (3.80%) Support Engineer
15 208 (3.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 206 (3.65%) Cybersecurity Manager
17 204 (3.62%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 194 (3.44%) Junior
19 184 (3.26%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (1.72%) Terraform
2 58 (1.03%) SAML
3 54 (0.96%) LDAP
4 53 (0.94%) OAuth
5 46 (0.82%) REST
6 45 (0.80%) OpenID
7 34 (0.60%) .NET
8 26 (0.46%) JSON
9 23 (0.41%) Node.js
9 23 (0.41%) React
10 21 (0.37%) HTML
11 19 (0.34%) RESTful
12 17 (0.30%) CSS
13 16 (0.28%) XML
14 15 (0.27%) Kafka
14 15 (0.27%) Middleware
14 15 (0.27%) SailPoint
15 13 (0.23%) FastAPI
16 12 (0.21%) AngularJS
16 12 (0.21%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 360 (6.39%) Security Posture
2 352 (6.24%) Cyber Threat
3 272 (4.82%) Onboarding
4 255 (4.52%) Management Information System
5 201 (3.57%) Driving Licence
6 194 (3.44%) Operational Technology
7 184 (3.26%) Cyberattack
8 165 (2.93%) Security Operations Centre
9 130 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
10 117 (2.08%) Cyber Defence
11 105 (1.86%) Cloud Native
12 104 (1.84%) Data Centre
13 91 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
14 73 (1.29%) SCADA
15 56 (0.99%) PKI
16 53 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
17 44 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
18 42 (0.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
19 39 (0.69%) Cyber Security Posture
20 37 (0.66%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 669 (11.87%) Windows
2 325 (5.76%) Windows Server
3 258 (4.58%) Linux
4 89 (1.58%) macOS
5 46 (0.82%) Windows 10
6 43 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
7 33 (0.59%) Apple iOS
7 33 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
8 27 (0.48%) Android
8 27 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 13 (0.23%) Ubuntu
10 7 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.11%) Kali Linux
11 6 (0.11%) Unix
12 4 (0.071%) VMS
13 3 (0.053%) Rocky
14 2 (0.035%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.035%) CentOS
14 2 (0.035%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.035%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 792 (14.05%) Problem-Solving
2 765 (13.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 669 (11.87%) AI
4 580 (10.29%) Information Security
5 566 (10.04%) Incident Response
6 562 (9.97%) Security Operations
7 549 (9.74%) Risk Management
8 538 (9.54%) Stakeholder Management
9 496 (8.80%) Vulnerability Management
10 485 (8.60%) Mentoring
11 454 (8.05%) SIEM
12 445 (7.89%) Decision-Making
13 443 (7.86%) Cloud Security
14 405 (7.18%) Disaster Recovery
15 358 (6.35%) Roadmaps
16 329 (5.84%) ITIL
17 324 (5.75%) Data Protection
18 319 (5.66%) Software Engineering
19 316 (5.60%) Service Delivery
20 305 (5.41%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 363 (6.44%) Python
2 247 (4.38%) PowerShell
3 103 (1.83%) SQL
4 86 (1.53%) C++
5 66 (1.17%) Bash
6 64 (1.14%) JavaScript
7 57 (1.01%) Java
8 54 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
9 41 (0.73%) C#
10 40 (0.71%) Rust
11 33 (0.59%) C
12 30 (0.53%) TypeScript
13 29 (0.51%) Go
14 18 (0.32%) MATLAB
15 17 (0.30%) Embedded C
15 17 (0.30%) Search Processing Language
16 13 (0.23%) Perl
17 12 (0.21%) Bicep
18 8 (0.14%) Shell Script
19 7 (0.12%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 792 (14.05%) Security Cleared
2 600 (10.64%) Degree
3 537 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 476 (8.44%) CISSP
5 317 (5.62%) CISM
6 284 (5.04%) Azure Certification
7 243 (4.31%) DV Cleared
8 217 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
9 161 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
10 156 (2.77%) CEH
11 145 (2.57%) Microsoft Certification
12 132 (2.34%) CompTIA CySA+
13 116 (2.06%) Master's Degree
14 107 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
15 100 (1.77%) CRISC
16 86 (1.53%) CISA
17 82 (1.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 80 (1.42%) DBS Check
19 72 (1.28%) CREST Certified
20 70 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 701 (12.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 536 (9.51%) NIST
3 361 (6.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 313 (5.55%) GRC
5 310 (5.50%) GDPR
6 150 (2.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 142 (2.52%) NCSC
8 125 (2.22%) PCI DSS
9 92 (1.63%) QA
10 57 (1.01%) SLA
11 50 (0.89%) ISO 22301
12 49 (0.87%) Accessibility
13 47 (0.83%) NIST 800
14 46 (0.82%) SOC 2
15 40 (0.71%) Data Quality
16 35 (0.62%) COBIT
17 32 (0.57%) JSP 440
18 27 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 23 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
20 21 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 510 (9.05%) Active Directory
2 169 (3.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 152 (2.70%) Hyper-V
4 62 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 58 (1.03%) Docker
6 45 (0.80%) Firmware
7 28 (0.50%) vSphere
8 20 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
9 15 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
10 13 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 10 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
12 6 (0.11%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.089%) ClearTrust
13 5 (0.089%) IAG
14 3 (0.053%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.053%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.053%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.035%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 2 (0.035%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 316 (5.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 83 (1.47%) Kubernetes
2 83 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
3 52 (0.92%) Ansible
4 29 (0.51%) Nmap
5 27 (0.48%) CASB
5 27 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
6 25 (0.44%) FortiGate
6 25 (0.44%) Grafana
6 25 (0.44%) SCCM
7 24 (0.43%) Nessus
8 21 (0.37%) Functional Safety
8 21 (0.37%) QRadar
9 11 (0.20%) Prometheus
10 9 (0.16%) Kibana
11 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
11 8 (0.14%) Progress Chef
11 8 (0.14%) WSUS
12 7 (0.12%) Autotask
12 7 (0.12%) Graylog
Vendors
1 1,553 (27.55%) Microsoft
2 243 (4.31%) Cisco
3 223 (3.96%) VMware
4 188 (3.33%) ForeScout
5 164 (2.91%) Palo Alto
6 109 (1.93%) Splunk
7 105 (1.86%) Google
8 93 (1.65%) CrowdStrike
9 78 (1.38%) Qualys
10 77 (1.37%) Aruba
11 73 (1.29%) Salesforce
12 63 (1.12%) ServiceNow
13 58 (1.03%) Apple
14 56 (0.99%) Fortinet
15 52 (0.92%) Meraki
15 52 (0.92%) Tenable
16 50 (0.89%) Veeam
17 42 (0.74%) CyberArk
17 42 (0.74%) SAP
17 42 (0.74%) SonicWALL