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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 34 32
Rank change year-on-year +16 -2 +17
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,830 2,615 4,755
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.79% 6.31% 5.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.22% 6.90% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,259 1,600 3,388
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £35,425
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,481 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% -9.38%
75th Percentile £79,250 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £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 63,256 37,900 76,178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.69% 91.38% 82.28%
Number of salaries quoted 44,700 21,237 54,996
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,889 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,926 £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 £72,500
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% -9.09%

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 2 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 2 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 +14 1,370 £75,000 +3.45% 732
North of England +20 1,363 £52,250 +0.94% 421
South East +14 1,060 £50,000 -4.76% 453
Midlands +24 971 £55,450 +11.18% 235
North West +28 640 £55,000 - 243
South West +17 583 £57,500 +27.78% 203
Yorkshire +12 562 £50,000 +33.33% 130
West Midlands +17 512 £60,000 +9.09% 135
East Midlands +45 458 £55,000 +74.60% 100
East of England +62 453 £43,500 -8.42% 172
North East +24 161 £48,500 -27.82% 52
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
1 175 (3.00%) SharePoint
2 155 (2.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.21%) Apache
4 11 (0.19%) CMS
5 8 (0.14%) IIS
6 5 (0.086%) Confluence
6 5 (0.086%) SAS
6 5 (0.086%) WordPress
7 4 (0.069%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.017%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 71 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.36%) Simulink
5 7 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.086%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.069%) CATIA
8 3 (0.051%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.034%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.017%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (0.41%) Cloudability
2 19 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.086%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.069%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.069%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.069%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.051%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.051%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.051%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.034%) Distributed Ledger
8 2 (0.034%) JDE EnterpriseOne
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 2,364 (40.55%) Azure
2 657 (11.27%) Microsoft 365
3 428 (7.34%) AWS
4 378 (6.48%) Entra ID
5 161 (2.76%) SaaS
6 146 (2.50%) GCP
7 72 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
7 72 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
8 70 (1.20%) Power Platform
9 56 (0.96%) OneDrive
10 46 (0.79%) Serverless
11 41 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
12 40 (0.69%) GitHub
13 36 (0.62%) Google Workspace
14 32 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
15 29 (0.50%) Microsoft Copilot
15 29 (0.50%) Mimecast
16 28 (0.48%) PaaS
17 24 (0.41%) AWS CloudFormation
17 24 (0.41%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 465 (7.98%) Firewall
2 210 (3.60%) Network Security
3 182 (3.12%) VPN
4 175 (3.00%) DNS
5 134 (2.30%) WAN
6 122 (2.09%) LAN
7 121 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
8 117 (2.01%) DHCP
9 105 (1.80%) VLAN
10 102 (1.75%) TCP/IP
11 86 (1.48%) Internet
12 60 (1.03%) VoIP
13 46 (0.79%) Broadband
14 44 (0.75%) Wireless
15 41 (0.70%) Unified Communications
16 34 (0.58%) HTTP
17 30 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
17 30 (0.51%) SSL
18 29 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
19 21 (0.36%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (0.72%) Power BI
2 30 (0.51%) SQL Server
3 15 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
4 11 (0.19%) Tableau
5 10 (0.17%) MySQL
6 9 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (0.14%) Big Data
7 8 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.14%) Neo4j
8 7 (0.12%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.086%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.069%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.051%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.051%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.051%) GIS
11 3 (0.051%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.034%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.034%) Flink
12 2 (0.034%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 45 (0.77%) Git
2 34 (0.58%) GitLab
3 28 (0.48%) JIRA
4 25 (0.43%) Snyk
5 22 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
6 13 (0.22%) Burp Suite
6 13 (0.22%) Metasploit
7 11 (0.19%) Jenkins
8 8 (0.14%) Yeoman
9 5 (0.086%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.086%) JMeter
9 5 (0.086%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.086%) VersionOne
10 4 (0.069%) Apache Continuum
10 4 (0.069%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.069%) Locust
11 2 (0.034%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.034%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.034%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.017%) Eclipse
General
1 2,439 (41.84%) Social Skills
2 516 (8.85%) Finance
3 409 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
4 272 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 264 (4.53%) Public Sector
6 174 (2.98%) Retail
7 169 (2.90%) Marketing
8 150 (2.57%) Law
9 136 (2.33%) Legal
10 135 (2.32%) Telecoms
11 128 (2.20%) Banking
12 123 (2.11%) Manufacturing
13 115 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
14 86 (1.48%) Multimedia
15 76 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
16 60 (1.03%) Aerospace
16 60 (1.03%) Local Government
17 48 (0.82%) Advertising
18 39 (0.67%) Aviation
19 36 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,246 (21.37%) Analyst
2 1,077 (18.47%) Security Analyst
3 987 (16.93%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 802 (13.76%) Junior
5 765 (13.12%) Junior Analyst
6 755 (12.95%) Junior Security Analyst
7 705 (12.09%) Ethical Hacker
8 567 (9.73%) Senior
9 380 (6.52%) Consultant
10 345 (5.92%) Architect
11 306 (5.25%) Lead
12 271 (4.65%) Security Manager
13 266 (4.56%) IT Support
14 247 (4.24%) Security Architect
15 243 (4.17%) Security Consultant
16 212 (3.64%) Security Engineer
17 208 (3.57%) IT Manager
18 184 (3.16%) Cybersecurity Manager
18 184 (3.16%) IT Engineer
19 165 (2.83%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (1.03%) SAML
2 56 (0.96%) OAuth
3 55 (0.94%) LDAP
4 54 (0.93%) REST
5 50 (0.86%) OpenID
6 43 (0.74%) HTML
7 36 (0.62%) CSS
8 27 (0.46%) SOAP
9 23 (0.39%) React
10 20 (0.34%) GraphQL
11 18 (0.31%) Kafka
12 16 (0.27%) .NET
12 16 (0.27%) SailPoint
13 15 (0.26%) Middleware
14 14 (0.24%) FastAPI
14 14 (0.24%) Node.js
14 14 (0.24%) RESTful
15 13 (0.22%) JSON
16 11 (0.19%) XML
16 11 (0.19%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 814 (13.96%) Cyberattack
2 322 (5.52%) Security Posture
3 190 (3.26%) Cyber Threat
4 187 (3.21%) Management Information System
5 171 (2.93%) Onboarding
6 152 (2.61%) Security Operations Centre
7 134 (2.30%) Driving Licence
8 124 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
9 101 (1.73%) Operational Technology
10 97 (1.66%) Cyber Defence
11 81 (1.39%) Cloud Native
12 74 (1.27%) Data Centre
13 57 (0.98%) PKI
14 48 (0.82%) Cyber Security Posture
15 43 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
16 42 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
17 40 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
18 39 (0.67%) Blog
19 30 (0.51%) CSOC
20 29 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 519 (8.90%) Windows
2 263 (4.51%) Windows Server
3 177 (3.04%) Linux
4 49 (0.84%) Mac OS
5 39 (0.67%) Windows 10
6 29 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 29 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
7 25 (0.43%) Android
8 22 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 20 (0.34%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.19%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.10%) CentOS
11 6 (0.10%) VMS
12 5 (0.086%) Unix
13 4 (0.069%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.034%) Amazon Linux
15 1 (0.017%) Embedded Linux
15 1 (0.017%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.017%) Kali Linux
15 1 (0.017%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,201 (20.60%) Mentoring
2 777 (13.33%) Ethical Hacking
3 579 (9.93%) Continuous Improvement
4 568 (9.74%) Problem-Solving
5 506 (8.68%) Incident Response
6 462 (7.92%) Information Security
7 447 (7.67%) Risk Management
8 400 (6.86%) SIEM
9 399 (6.84%) Security Operations
10 365 (6.26%) Cloud Security
11 346 (5.93%) AI
11 346 (5.93%) Vulnerability Management
12 307 (5.27%) Disaster Recovery
13 296 (5.08%) Decision-Making
14 259 (4.44%) Roadmaps
15 245 (4.20%) Stakeholder Management
16 236 (4.05%) Agile
17 233 (4.00%) Data Protection
17 233 (4.00%) Penetration Testing
17 233 (4.00%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 297 (5.09%) Python
2 255 (4.37%) PowerShell
3 103 (1.77%) SQL
4 87 (1.49%) JavaScript
5 75 (1.29%) Bash
6 58 (0.99%) C++
7 39 (0.67%) Java
8 31 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
9 26 (0.45%) C#
10 25 (0.43%) MATLAB
11 21 (0.36%) Rust
12 20 (0.34%) T-SQL
12 20 (0.34%) TypeScript
13 16 (0.27%) Go
14 13 (0.22%) C
14 13 (0.22%) Search Processing Language
15 11 (0.19%) R
16 8 (0.14%) Perl
17 7 (0.12%) PHP
18 5 (0.086%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,532 (26.28%) Azure Certification
2 918 (15.75%) CompTIA Security+
3 825 (14.15%) CEH
4 802 (13.76%) CompTIA CySA+
5 520 (8.92%) Security Cleared
6 433 (7.43%) CISSP
6 433 (7.43%) Degree
7 362 (6.21%) SC Cleared
8 275 (4.72%) CISM
9 175 (3.00%) DV Cleared
10 152 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
11 110 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
12 97 (1.66%) CISA
13 91 (1.56%) CRISC
14 88 (1.51%) Network+ Certification
15 87 (1.49%) CREST Certified
16 85 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 83 (1.42%) A+ Certification
18 72 (1.23%) AWS Certification
19 68 (1.17%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 618 (10.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 528 (9.06%) NIST
3 341 (5.85%) GDPR
4 287 (4.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 259 (4.44%) GRC
6 148 (2.54%) PCI DSS
7 136 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 114 (1.96%) QA
9 105 (1.80%) NCSC
10 57 (0.98%) SOC 2
11 46 (0.79%) NIST 800
12 37 (0.63%) COBIT
13 36 (0.62%) Accessibility
14 34 (0.58%) JSP 440
14 34 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 34 (0.58%) SLA
15 31 (0.53%) Data Quality
16 28 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
17 19 (0.33%) HIPAA
18 18 (0.31%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 416 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 123 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 101 (1.73%) Hyper-V
4 51 (0.87%) Docker
5 48 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
6 27 (0.46%) vSphere
7 14 (0.24%) IAG
8 11 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
10 9 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 8 (0.14%) Firmware
12 5 (0.086%) ClearTrust
12 5 (0.086%) VMware NSX
13 4 (0.069%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 4 (0.069%) VMware ESXi
14 3 (0.051%) VMware Server
15 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.017%) Embedded Firmware
15 1 (0.017%) KVM
Systems Management
1 206 (3.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 89 (1.53%) Terraform
3 71 (1.22%) Kubernetes
4 40 (0.69%) Ansible
5 38 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
6 31 (0.53%) Grafana
7 19 (0.33%) QRadar
7 19 (0.33%) SCCM
8 18 (0.31%) Prometheus
9 16 (0.27%) FortiGate
10 14 (0.24%) CASB
11 10 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 10 (0.17%) Nmap
12 9 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 9 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
12 9 (0.15%) Kibana
12 9 (0.15%) vCenter Server
13 8 (0.14%) CSIRT
14 7 (0.12%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,548 (43.70%) Microsoft
2 1,458 (25.01%) ForeScout
3 171 (2.93%) VMware
4 149 (2.56%) Cisco
5 128 (2.20%) Palo Alto
6 107 (1.84%) CrowdStrike
7 93 (1.60%) Splunk
8 62 (1.06%) Fortinet
8 62 (1.06%) Tenable
9 60 (1.03%) Google
10 56 (0.96%) ServiceNow
11 55 (0.94%) Qualys
12 52 (0.89%) Apple
12 52 (0.89%) Aruba
13 50 (0.86%) Salesforce
14 36 (0.62%) Veeam
15 34 (0.58%) SAP
16 33 (0.57%) Adobe
17 29 (0.50%) Dell
18 25 (0.43%) CyberArk