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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 32 36
Rank change year-on-year +9 +4 +4
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,812 2,688 3,441
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.68% 6.28% 5.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.73% 7.08% 6.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,802 1,583 1,872
10th Percentile £31,138 £28,050 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £36,250 £46,713
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 £97,500 £95,000 £97,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -7.55%

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 75,153 37,954 55,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.39% 88.70% 81.81%
Number of salaries quoted 53,163 21,787 31,186
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,250
25th Percentile £42,441 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.11% -7.18%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,750
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 22 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 22 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 1,512 £80,000 +14.29% 2,505
North of England +17 1,169 £51,500 +8.42% 771
South East +11 1,056 £55,000 +10.00% 927
Midlands +17 1,017 £55,000 +21.69% 474
North West +28 603 £59,250 +22.16% 441
South West +2 583 £55,000 +10.00% 431
West Midlands +4 521 £55,000 +10.00% 306
East Midlands +38 496 £55,000 +51.72% 168
East of England +44 450 £45,000 - 264
Yorkshire +12 430 £44,000 +15.79% 251
North East +4 136 £50,000 -24.53% 95
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
1 243 (4.18%) SharePoint
2 232 (3.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (0.46%) IIS
4 21 (0.36%) Apache
5 11 (0.19%) Confluence
6 9 (0.15%) SAS
7 5 (0.086%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.086%) CMS
7 5 (0.086%) WordPress
8 3 (0.052%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.017%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 89 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
2 65 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.31%) Simulink
5 11 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.086%) CATIA
8 4 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.034%) SmartSuite
10 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.017%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 24 (0.41%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.086%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.086%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.069%) SystmOne
8 3 (0.052%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.052%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.052%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.052%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.052%) Infor LN
8 3 (0.052%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.052%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.052%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.034%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
9 2 (0.034%) Eikon
9 2 (0.034%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.017%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 1,551 (26.69%) Azure
2 836 (14.38%) Microsoft 365
3 495 (8.52%) Entra ID
4 451 (7.76%) AWS
5 201 (3.46%) SaaS
6 154 (2.65%) GCP
7 98 (1.69%) Power Platform
8 89 (1.53%) OneDrive
9 84 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
10 82 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
11 58 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
12 57 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
12 57 (0.98%) Serverless
13 44 (0.76%) Mimecast
14 39 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
15 33 (0.57%) GitHub
15 33 (0.57%) Power Automate
16 32 (0.55%) PaaS
17 29 (0.50%) Google Workspace
17 29 (0.50%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 520 (8.95%) Firewall
2 269 (4.63%) DNS
3 243 (4.18%) Network Security
4 237 (4.08%) VPN
5 193 (3.32%) DHCP
6 184 (3.17%) TCP/IP
6 184 (3.17%) WAN
7 163 (2.80%) Wi-Fi
8 160 (2.75%) LAN
9 128 (2.20%) VLAN
10 97 (1.67%) Internet
11 87 (1.50%) VoIP
12 86 (1.48%) Wireless
13 57 (0.98%) Cisco Nexus
14 47 (0.81%) HTTP
14 47 (0.81%) SSL
15 45 (0.77%) Unified Communications
16 37 (0.64%) Wireshark
17 34 (0.58%) SD-WAN
18 29 (0.50%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (0.98%) Power BI
2 55 (0.95%) SQL Server
3 15 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (0.24%) Big Data
4 14 (0.24%) GIS
4 14 (0.24%) MySQL
5 13 (0.22%) MongoDB
6 10 (0.17%) Tableau
7 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.14%) Metadata
9 7 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.10%) Data Lake
10 6 (0.10%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.086%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.069%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (0.069%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.052%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 49 (0.84%) JIRA
2 41 (0.71%) Git
3 31 (0.53%) Burp Suite
4 29 (0.50%) Metasploit
5 27 (0.46%) Snyk
6 20 (0.34%) GitLab
7 19 (0.33%) Jenkins
8 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
9 9 (0.15%) Eclipse
10 7 (0.12%) LabVIEW
11 6 (0.10%) Rational DOORS
12 5 (0.086%) VersionOne
13 4 (0.069%) Apache Continuum
13 4 (0.069%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.069%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.069%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.052%) Bitbucket
15 2 (0.034%) git-flow
15 2 (0.034%) MLflow
15 2 (0.034%) Zephyr
General
1 1,870 (32.17%) Social Skills
2 593 (10.20%) Finance
3 457 (7.86%) Analytical Skills
4 383 (6.59%) Public Sector
5 334 (5.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 197 (3.39%) Legal
7 189 (3.25%) Retail
8 187 (3.22%) Marketing
9 186 (3.20%) Law
9 186 (3.20%) Telecoms
10 176 (3.03%) Manufacturing
11 151 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
12 133 (2.29%) Banking
13 130 (2.24%) Aerospace
14 124 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
15 61 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
16 53 (0.91%) Advertising
17 52 (0.89%) Local Government
18 43 (0.74%) Aviation
19 34 (0.58%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 849 (14.61%) Analyst
2 701 (12.06%) Senior
3 629 (10.82%) Security Analyst
4 539 (9.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 525 (9.03%) Consultant
6 393 (6.76%) Lead
7 389 (6.69%) Architect
8 372 (6.40%) Junior
9 326 (5.61%) IT Support
10 325 (5.59%) Security Manager
11 315 (5.42%) Security Consultant
12 298 (5.13%) Junior Analyst
13 288 (4.96%) Junior Security Analyst
14 282 (4.85%) Ethical Hacker
15 276 (4.75%) Security Engineer
16 267 (4.59%) Security Architect
17 246 (4.23%) IT Manager
18 243 (4.18%) IT Engineer
19 228 (3.92%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 209 (3.60%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (1.46%) Terraform
2 50 (0.86%) LDAP
2 50 (0.86%) SAML
3 48 (0.83%) OAuth
4 42 (0.72%) REST
5 40 (0.69%) OpenID
6 30 (0.52%) .NET
7 23 (0.40%) JSON
8 22 (0.38%) React
9 20 (0.34%) Node.js
10 19 (0.33%) HTML
11 18 (0.31%) Kafka
12 17 (0.29%) XML
13 16 (0.28%) RESTful
14 15 (0.26%) Middleware
15 14 (0.24%) CSS
15 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
15 14 (0.24%) SailPoint
16 13 (0.22%) AngularJS
17 10 (0.17%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 380 (6.54%) Cyberattack
2 356 (6.13%) Security Posture
3 312 (5.37%) Cyber Threat
4 269 (4.63%) Onboarding
5 242 (4.16%) Management Information System
6 187 (3.22%) Driving Licence
7 174 (2.99%) Operational Technology
8 159 (2.74%) Security Operations Centre
9 139 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
10 105 (1.81%) Data Centre
11 103 (1.77%) Cyber Defence
12 100 (1.72%) Cloud Native
13 78 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
14 58 (1.00%) PKI
15 52 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
16 50 (0.86%) SCADA
17 43 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
18 42 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
19 37 (0.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
20 36 (0.62%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 631 (10.86%) Windows
2 303 (5.21%) Windows Server
3 230 (3.96%) Linux
4 79 (1.36%) Mac OS
5 39 (0.67%) Windows 10
6 38 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 28 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
8 27 (0.46%) Apple iOS
8 27 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 22 (0.38%) Android
10 15 (0.26%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.10%) Unix
11 6 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (0.086%) Kali Linux
13 4 (0.069%) CentOS
13 4 (0.069%) 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
1 746 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
2 711 (12.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 684 (11.77%) Mentoring
4 595 (10.24%) AI
5 564 (9.70%) Information Security
6 535 (9.21%) Incident Response
7 529 (9.10%) Risk Management
8 520 (8.95%) Security Operations
9 472 (8.12%) Stakeholder Management
10 469 (8.07%) Vulnerability Management
11 456 (7.85%) SIEM
12 419 (7.21%) Cloud Security
13 388 (6.68%) Decision-Making
14 384 (6.61%) Disaster Recovery
15 331 (5.70%) Roadmaps
16 318 (5.47%) Data Protection
17 307 (5.28%) Service Delivery
18 300 (5.16%) ITIL
19 289 (4.97%) Ethical Hacking
20 281 (4.83%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 327 (5.63%) Python
2 243 (4.18%) PowerShell
3 100 (1.72%) SQL
4 78 (1.34%) C++
5 58 (1.00%) JavaScript
6 57 (0.98%) Bash
7 55 (0.95%) Java
8 54 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
9 39 (0.67%) Rust
10 38 (0.65%) C#
11 29 (0.50%) Go
12 28 (0.48%) C
13 24 (0.41%) TypeScript
14 20 (0.34%) MATLAB
15 17 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
16 16 (0.28%) Embedded C
17 12 (0.21%) Perl
18 9 (0.15%) Bicep
19 6 (0.10%) Shell Script
20 4 (0.069%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 752 (12.94%) Security Cleared
2 648 (11.15%) Azure Certification
3 558 (9.60%) Degree
4 519 (8.93%) SC Cleared
5 477 (8.21%) CISSP
6 414 (7.12%) CompTIA Security+
7 350 (6.02%) CEH
8 326 (5.61%) CompTIA CySA+
9 313 (5.39%) CISM
10 232 (3.99%) DV Cleared
11 159 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
12 125 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
13 104 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
14 102 (1.75%) CRISC
15 93 (1.60%) Master's Degree
16 85 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 85 (1.46%) CISA
17 81 (1.39%) CREST Certified
18 75 (1.29%) AWS Certification
19 71 (1.22%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 674 (11.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 518 (8.91%) NIST
3 346 (5.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 331 (5.70%) GDPR
5 316 (5.44%) GRC
6 146 (2.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 137 (2.36%) PCI DSS
8 125 (2.15%) NCSC
9 99 (1.70%) QA
10 53 (0.91%) SOC 2
11 51 (0.88%) SLA
12 48 (0.83%) Accessibility
13 46 (0.79%) NIST 800
14 36 (0.62%) Data Quality
15 34 (0.58%) COBIT
16 32 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 30 (0.52%) JSP 440
18 27 (0.46%) ISO 22301
19 23 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
20 19 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 483 (8.31%) Active Directory
2 165 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 142 (2.44%) Hyper-V
4 67 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
5 53 (0.91%) Docker
6 41 (0.71%) Firmware
7 26 (0.45%) vSphere
8 18 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
10 11 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 11 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
11 9 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
12 6 (0.10%) IAG
12 6 (0.10%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.086%) ClearTrust
14 3 (0.052%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.034%) BitLocker
15 2 (0.034%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 2 (0.034%) ProxySG
16 1 (0.017%) Snort
Systems Management
1 282 (4.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 77 (1.32%) Kubernetes
3 70 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
4 46 (0.79%) Ansible
5 28 (0.48%) Grafana
6 26 (0.45%) Nmap
7 24 (0.41%) Nessus
8 23 (0.40%) QRadar
9 22 (0.38%) CASB
10 21 (0.36%) FortiGate
11 20 (0.34%) SCCM
12 16 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
13 14 (0.24%) Prometheus
14 11 (0.19%) Functional Safety
15 9 (0.15%) Kibana
16 8 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
17 7 (0.12%) Graylog
18 6 (0.10%) Cisco CUCM
18 6 (0.10%) Progress Chef
18 6 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,874 (32.24%) Microsoft
2 564 (9.70%) ForeScout
3 224 (3.85%) Cisco
4 215 (3.70%) VMware
5 173 (2.98%) Palo Alto
6 111 (1.91%) Splunk
7 96 (1.65%) CrowdStrike
8 80 (1.38%) Google
9 79 (1.36%) Qualys
10 73 (1.26%) ServiceNow
11 70 (1.20%) Aruba
12 65 (1.12%) Salesforce
13 61 (1.05%) Apple
13 61 (1.05%) Tenable
14 57 (0.98%) Fortinet
15 52 (0.89%) Veeam
16 43 (0.74%) Adobe
17 42 (0.72%) Meraki
17 42 (0.72%) SAP
18 40 (0.69%) CyberArk