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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 34 35
Rank change year-on-year +16 +1 +11
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,910 2,680 4,582
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.83% 6.30% 5.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.23% 6.93% 6.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,318 1,644 3,313
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% -8.88%
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% -10.08%

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 64,006 38,666 74,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.97% 90.92% 82.63%
Number of salaries quoted 45,252 21,897 53,464
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,822 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

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 8 July 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 8 July 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 +15 1,381 £75,000 +3.45% 630
North of England +20 1,376 £52,000 +0.46% 361
South East +14 1,080 £52,500 +3.45% 417
Midlands +20 984 £57,500 +15.29% 208
North West +29 646 £55,000 - 198
South West +17 596 £57,500 +28.36% 191
Yorkshire +12 566 £48,750 +30.00% 118
West Midlands +15 515 £60,000 +7.14% 107
East Midlands +41 468 £55,000 +65.41% 101
East of England +63 466 £42,500 -10.53% 162
North East +30 164 £50,000 -23.08% 49
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
1 178 (3.01%) SharePoint
2 162 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.24%) Apache
4 12 (0.20%) CMS
5 10 (0.17%) IIS
6 7 (0.12%) SAS
7 6 (0.10%) Confluence
8 5 (0.085%) WordPress
9 4 (0.068%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.017%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 74 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.32%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.085%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.085%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.068%) CATIA
8 2 (0.034%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (0.41%) Cloudability
2 17 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.085%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.085%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.085%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.068%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.051%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.051%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.051%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 3 (0.051%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.051%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.034%) Shopify
9 1 (0.017%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.017%) Maximo
9 1 (0.017%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.017%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2,379 (40.25%) Azure
2 678 (11.47%) Microsoft 365
3 434 (7.34%) AWS
4 388 (6.57%) Entra ID
5 164 (2.77%) SaaS
6 147 (2.49%) GCP
7 75 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
8 74 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
9 72 (1.22%) Power Platform
10 57 (0.96%) OneDrive
11 47 (0.80%) Serverless
12 43 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
13 36 (0.61%) Google Workspace
14 33 (0.56%) GitHub
15 32 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
16 31 (0.52%) Microsoft Copilot
17 30 (0.51%) Mimecast
18 28 (0.47%) PaaS
19 24 (0.41%) AWS CloudFormation
19 24 (0.41%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 484 (8.19%) Firewall
2 213 (3.60%) Network Security
3 192 (3.25%) VPN
4 183 (3.10%) DNS
5 144 (2.44%) WAN
6 132 (2.23%) Wi-Fi
7 128 (2.17%) LAN
8 123 (2.08%) DHCP
9 111 (1.88%) VLAN
10 110 (1.86%) TCP/IP
11 81 (1.37%) Internet
12 61 (1.03%) VoIP
13 47 (0.80%) Broadband
13 47 (0.80%) Wireless
14 43 (0.73%) Unified Communications
15 35 (0.59%) HTTP
16 33 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
17 31 (0.52%) SSL
18 30 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
19 23 (0.39%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (0.74%) Power BI
2 32 (0.54%) SQL Server
3 15 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
4 11 (0.19%) MySQL
4 11 (0.19%) Tableau
5 9 (0.15%) Big Data
5 9 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (0.14%) Neo4j
7 7 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.12%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.085%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.068%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.051%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.051%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.051%) GIS
10 3 (0.051%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.034%) Flink
11 2 (0.034%) Metadata
11 2 (0.034%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 40 (0.68%) Git
2 34 (0.58%) GitLab
3 32 (0.54%) JIRA
4 25 (0.42%) Snyk
5 20 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
6 15 (0.25%) Burp Suite
7 14 (0.24%) Metasploit
8 11 (0.19%) Jenkins
9 9 (0.15%) Yeoman
10 5 (0.085%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.085%) JMeter
10 5 (0.085%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.085%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.068%) Apache Continuum
11 4 (0.068%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.068%) Locust
12 3 (0.051%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.034%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.034%) Claude Code
14 1 (0.017%) GDB
General
1 2,474 (41.86%) Social Skills
2 528 (8.93%) Finance
3 419 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
4 277 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 277 (4.69%) Public Sector
5 179 (3.03%) Retail
6 172 (2.91%) Marketing
7 157 (2.66%) Law
8 141 (2.39%) Telecoms
9 138 (2.34%) Legal
10 131 (2.22%) Banking
11 128 (2.17%) Manufacturing
12 117 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
13 76 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
14 75 (1.27%) Multimedia
15 62 (1.05%) Aerospace
16 59 (1.00%) Local Government
17 50 (0.85%) Advertising
18 39 (0.66%) Aviation
19 38 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,247 (21.10%) Analyst
2 1,081 (18.29%) Security Analyst
3 989 (16.73%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 807 (13.65%) Junior
5 765 (12.94%) Junior Analyst
6 755 (12.77%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (11.93%) Ethical Hacker
8 578 (9.78%) Senior
9 396 (6.70%) Consultant
10 348 (5.89%) Architect
11 311 (5.26%) Lead
12 274 (4.64%) IT Support
13 270 (4.57%) Security Manager
14 254 (4.30%) Security Consultant
15 241 (4.08%) Security Architect
16 217 (3.67%) Security Engineer
17 215 (3.64%) IT Manager
18 190 (3.21%) IT Engineer
19 180 (3.05%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 173 (2.93%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (1.05%) SAML
2 57 (0.96%) OAuth
3 56 (0.95%) LDAP
4 54 (0.91%) REST
5 51 (0.86%) OpenID
6 36 (0.61%) HTML
7 28 (0.47%) CSS
8 27 (0.46%) SOAP
9 23 (0.39%) React
10 20 (0.34%) GraphQL
10 20 (0.34%) Kafka
11 17 (0.29%) .NET
12 16 (0.27%) SailPoint
13 15 (0.25%) Middleware
14 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
14 14 (0.24%) JSON
14 14 (0.24%) Node.js
14 14 (0.24%) RESTful
15 12 (0.20%) XML
15 12 (0.20%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 817 (13.82%) Cyberattack
2 335 (5.67%) Security Posture
3 202 (3.42%) Cyber Threat
4 195 (3.30%) Management Information System
5 177 (2.99%) Onboarding
6 154 (2.61%) Security Operations Centre
7 145 (2.45%) Driving Licence
8 125 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
9 101 (1.71%) Operational Technology
10 98 (1.66%) Cyber Defence
11 86 (1.46%) Cloud Native
12 76 (1.29%) Data Centre
13 56 (0.95%) PKI
14 50 (0.85%) Cyber Security Posture
15 43 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
16 41 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
17 40 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
18 39 (0.66%) Blog
19 32 (0.54%) CSOC
20 29 (0.49%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 538 (9.10%) Windows
2 271 (4.59%) Windows Server
3 188 (3.18%) Linux
4 51 (0.86%) Mac OS
5 40 (0.68%) Windows 10
6 31 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 31 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 25 (0.42%) Android
8 23 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 20 (0.34%) Apple iOS
10 12 (0.20%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.10%) CentOS
11 6 (0.10%) VMS
12 5 (0.085%) Unix
12 5 (0.085%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.034%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.034%) FreeRTOS
14 1 (0.017%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.017%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,204 (20.37%) Mentoring
2 773 (13.08%) Ethical Hacking
3 595 (10.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 583 (9.86%) Problem-Solving
5 519 (8.78%) Incident Response
6 473 (8.00%) Information Security
7 466 (7.88%) Risk Management
8 421 (7.12%) SIEM
9 413 (6.99%) Security Operations
10 376 (6.36%) Cloud Security
11 360 (6.09%) AI
11 360 (6.09%) Vulnerability Management
12 316 (5.35%) Disaster Recovery
13 304 (5.14%) Decision-Making
14 271 (4.59%) Roadmaps
15 260 (4.40%) Stakeholder Management
16 249 (4.21%) Agile
17 239 (4.04%) Data Protection
18 237 (4.01%) Penetration Testing
19 236 (3.99%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 301 (5.09%) Python
2 257 (4.35%) PowerShell
3 104 (1.76%) SQL
4 80 (1.35%) JavaScript
5 75 (1.27%) Bash
6 61 (1.03%) C++
7 41 (0.69%) Java
8 35 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
9 27 (0.46%) C#
10 26 (0.44%) Rust
11 23 (0.39%) MATLAB
12 20 (0.34%) T-SQL
12 20 (0.34%) TypeScript
13 19 (0.32%) Go
14 18 (0.30%) C
15 14 (0.24%) Search Processing Language
16 8 (0.14%) Perl
17 7 (0.12%) PHP
18 6 (0.10%) Shell Script
19 5 (0.085%) R
Qualifications
1 1,526 (25.82%) Azure Certification
2 916 (15.50%) CompTIA Security+
3 828 (14.01%) CEH
4 803 (13.59%) CompTIA CySA+
5 550 (9.31%) Security Cleared
6 444 (7.51%) Degree
7 442 (7.48%) CISSP
8 382 (6.46%) SC Cleared
9 283 (4.79%) CISM
10 188 (3.18%) DV Cleared
11 157 (2.66%) Cisco Certification
12 105 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
13 99 (1.68%) CISA
14 94 (1.59%) CRISC
15 87 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 84 (1.42%) CREST Certified
17 83 (1.40%) Network+ Certification
18 78 (1.32%) A+ Certification
19 69 (1.17%) CCNA
19 69 (1.17%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 634 (10.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 540 (9.14%) NIST
3 344 (5.82%) GDPR
4 292 (4.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 265 (4.48%) GRC
6 149 (2.52%) PCI DSS
7 137 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 113 (1.91%) QA
9 104 (1.76%) NCSC
10 58 (0.98%) SOC 2
11 48 (0.81%) NIST 800
12 36 (0.61%) Accessibility
12 36 (0.61%) COBIT
13 34 (0.58%) JSP 440
13 34 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 33 (0.56%) SLA
15 30 (0.51%) Data Quality
16 28 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
17 19 (0.32%) HIPAA
18 18 (0.30%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 426 (7.21%) Active Directory
2 128 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 106 (1.79%) Hyper-V
4 50 (0.85%) Docker
5 48 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
6 27 (0.46%) vSphere
7 14 (0.24%) IAG
8 11 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (0.17%) Firmware
9 10 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
10 9 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (0.10%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.085%) ClearTrust
12 5 (0.085%) VMware ESXi
13 4 (0.068%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.051%) VMware Server
15 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.017%) Embedded Firmware
15 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 211 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 90 (1.52%) Terraform
3 71 (1.20%) Kubernetes
4 42 (0.71%) Ansible
5 41 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
6 31 (0.52%) Grafana
7 20 (0.34%) QRadar
8 19 (0.32%) SCCM
9 18 (0.30%) Prometheus
10 17 (0.29%) FortiGate
11 16 (0.27%) CASB
12 11 (0.19%) Nmap
13 10 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 9 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 9 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
14 9 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.15%) Kibana
14 9 (0.15%) vCenter Server
15 8 (0.14%) CSIRT
15 8 (0.14%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2,567 (43.43%) Microsoft
2 1,458 (24.67%) ForeScout
3 179 (3.03%) VMware
4 157 (2.66%) Cisco
5 134 (2.27%) Palo Alto
6 106 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
7 98 (1.66%) Splunk
8 64 (1.08%) Fortinet
9 61 (1.03%) Tenable
10 60 (1.02%) Google
10 60 (1.02%) Qualys
11 58 (0.98%) ServiceNow
12 57 (0.96%) Aruba
13 51 (0.86%) Apple
14 50 (0.85%) Salesforce
15 37 (0.63%) Veeam
16 34 (0.58%) SAP
17 33 (0.56%) Adobe
18 29 (0.49%) Dell
19 27 (0.46%) CyberArk