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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 40 45
Rank change year-on-year +29 +5 +11
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 4,325 3,062 2,626
As % of all permanent jobs in England 9.45% 5.06% 5.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.92% 6.07% 5.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,831 1,543 2,031
10th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £48,389 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £73,875 £78,750 £80,375
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,450 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -19.35% -0.80% -3.85%

All Process and 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 39,596 50,469 43,882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 86.50% 83.32% 93.73%
Number of salaries quoted 24,163 26,275 33,564
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,717 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £54,537 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.11% - -

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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
North of England +35 1,189 £38,500 -30.00% 369
London +13 1,093 £70,000 -3.45% 819
South East +20 879 £48,924 -16.37% 527
North West +33 791 £45,000 -17.87% 217
Midlands +15 413 £47,500 -17.39% 248
East of England +48 401 £38,875 -22.25% 142
Yorkshire +25 346 £33,000 -45.00% 114
South West +29 323 £50,000 -23.08% 191
West Midlands +11 254 £52,500 -12.50% 171
East Midlands +34 156 £37,500 -21.05% 77
North East +24 52 £30,500 -39.37% 40
South Coast - 1 £59,000 -
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
1 125 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 80 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (0.49%) Confluence
4 20 (0.46%) CMS
5 16 (0.37%) IIS
6 10 (0.23%) Apache
6 10 (0.23%) WordPress
7 7 (0.16%) nginx
8 6 (0.14%) Apache Solr
9 5 (0.12%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.092%) FactoryTalk
10 4 (0.092%) Traefik
10 4 (0.092%) WinCC
11 3 (0.069%) Oracle Coherence
12 2 (0.046%) Apache Airflow
12 2 (0.046%) ArchestrA
12 2 (0.046%) Drupal
13 1 (0.023%) FileNet
Applications
1 118 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (1.16%) Maya
3 35 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 30 (0.69%) Chatbot
5 11 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.21%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.18%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.092%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.092%) Sketch
10 3 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.069%) CINEMA 4D
10 3 (0.069%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.023%) Civil 3D
11 1 (0.023%) GNU Octave
11 1 (0.023%) Revit
Business Applications
1 32 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (0.44%) SAP IBP
4 13 (0.30%) SAP CO
4 13 (0.30%) SAP FI
4 13 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
4 13 (0.30%) SAP FSCM
5 11 (0.25%) SAP IS-U
6 8 (0.18%) SAP FS
7 7 (0.16%) Shopify
8 6 (0.14%) Exchequer
8 6 (0.14%) Sage 200
9 5 (0.12%) NetSuite
9 5 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.092%) Magento
10 4 (0.092%) NEC Housing
11 3 (0.069%) Endur
11 3 (0.069%) Oracle ERP
11 3 (0.069%) SAP GRC
11 3 (0.069%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1,641 (37.94%) Cloud Computing
2 699 (16.16%) Azure
3 428 (9.90%) Microsoft 365
4 405 (9.36%) AWS
5 175 (4.05%) Entra ID
6 128 (2.96%) GitHub
7 92 (2.13%) SaaS
8 85 (1.97%) Power Platform
9 76 (1.76%) GCP
10 70 (1.62%) PaaS
11 53 (1.23%) IaaS
12 47 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
13 43 (0.99%) Serverless
14 41 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
15 39 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
16 27 (0.62%) OneDrive
17 20 (0.46%) Power Automate
18 19 (0.44%) AWS Lambda
19 18 (0.42%) Amazon S3
20 17 (0.39%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 1,694 (39.17%) Internet
2 324 (7.49%) Firewall
3 147 (3.40%) VPN
4 146 (3.38%) Network Security
5 131 (3.03%) TCP/IP
6 116 (2.68%) DNS
7 92 (2.13%) DHCP
8 91 (2.10%) WAN
9 82 (1.90%) LAN
10 74 (1.71%) VoIP
11 63 (1.46%) VLAN
12 60 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
13 47 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
14 35 (0.81%) Modbus
15 32 (0.74%) SD-WAN
16 30 (0.69%) Wireless
17 29 (0.67%) SAN
18 14 (0.32%) NAS
19 13 (0.30%) Unified Communications
19 13 (0.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (1.76%) SQL Server
2 56 (1.29%) Power BI
3 33 (0.76%) Tableau
4 31 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (0.69%) Relational Database
6 20 (0.46%) SAP BW
7 16 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
8 15 (0.35%) Data Lake
9 13 (0.30%) Big Data
9 13 (0.30%) Metadata
9 13 (0.30%) MySQL
10 12 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
10 12 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (0.25%) Oracle Database
12 8 (0.18%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (0.18%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.18%) NoSQL
12 8 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (0.16%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 132 (3.05%) Git
2 42 (0.97%) JIRA
3 15 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.23%) GitLab
5 8 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
6 5 (0.12%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.12%) IntelliJ
7 4 (0.092%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.092%) git-flow
7 4 (0.092%) JMeter
7 4 (0.092%) Locust
7 4 (0.092%) Spinnaker
7 4 (0.092%) Toad
8 3 (0.069%) Metasploit
8 3 (0.069%) Snyk
9 2 (0.046%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.046%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.023%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.023%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.023%) JUnit
General
1 2,666 (61.64%) Social Skills
2 1,739 (40.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,726 (39.91%) Banking
4 561 (12.97%) Finance
5 433 (10.01%) Analytical Skills
6 225 (5.20%) Marketing
7 215 (4.97%) Telecoms
8 201 (4.65%) Law
9 189 (4.37%) Public Sector
10 183 (4.23%) Multimedia
11 153 (3.54%) Legal
12 143 (3.31%) Manufacturing
13 101 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
14 90 (2.08%) Retail
15 81 (1.87%) Electronics
16 79 (1.83%) Games
17 70 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
18 48 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
19 46 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
20 30 (0.69%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 1,282 (29.64%) Lecturer
2 297 (6.87%) Senior
3 260 (6.01%) Analyst
4 233 (5.39%) Lead
5 222 (5.13%) IT Support
6 186 (4.30%) Trainee
7 184 (4.25%) Consultant
8 170 (3.93%) Architect
9 150 (3.47%) Support Engineer
10 130 (3.01%) IT Manager
11 128 (2.96%) Security Engineer
12 121 (2.80%) IT Engineer
13 113 (2.61%) Security Analyst
14 110 (2.54%) Security Consultant
15 93 (2.15%) Developer
16 81 (1.87%) Security Manager
17 71 (1.64%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 71 (1.64%) Cybersecurity Engineer
18 63 (1.46%) IT Support Engineer
19 62 (1.43%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (3.08%) HTML
2 131 (3.03%) CSS
3 36 (0.83%) React
4 33 (0.76%) REST
5 30 (0.69%) .NET
6 26 (0.60%) YAML
7 23 (0.53%) AngularJS
8 21 (0.49%) Web Services
9 20 (0.46%) RESTful
10 19 (0.44%) Kafka
11 18 (0.42%) SAP CAF
12 16 (0.37%) Vue
13 11 (0.25%) EDI
13 11 (0.25%) Middleware
14 9 (0.21%) Node.js
14 9 (0.21%) OAuth
14 9 (0.21%) Pandas
14 9 (0.21%) XML
15 7 (0.16%) CSS3
15 7 (0.16%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1,644 (38.01%) IoT
2 201 (4.65%) Management Information System
3 170 (3.93%) Security Posture
4 148 (3.42%) Operational Technology
5 131 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
6 113 (2.61%) Driving Licence
7 110 (2.54%) Cyber Threat
8 107 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
9 92 (2.13%) Onboarding
10 90 (2.08%) Data Centre
11 72 (1.66%) Cyberattack
12 71 (1.64%) Cloud Native
13 70 (1.62%) Renewable Energy
14 69 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
15 61 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
16 38 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
17 37 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
18 36 (0.83%) Product Ownership
18 36 (0.83%) SCADA
19 32 (0.74%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 489 (11.31%) Windows
2 173 (4.00%) Windows Server
3 146 (3.38%) Linux
4 79 (1.83%) Windows 10
5 77 (1.78%) Mac OS
6 25 (0.58%) Unix
7 23 (0.53%) Apple iOS
8 21 (0.49%) Android
9 13 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 12 (0.28%) VMS
11 10 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
12 9 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
13 8 (0.18%) Debian
14 5 (0.12%) Mac OS X
14 5 (0.12%) Windows 7
15 4 (0.092%) Ubuntu
16 2 (0.046%) Check Point GAiA
16 2 (0.046%) Kali Linux
16 2 (0.046%) Windows Server 2012
17 1 (0.023%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,806 (41.76%) AI
2 1,653 (38.22%) Machine Learning
3 1,616 (37.36%) User Experience
4 1,592 (36.81%) Web Development
5 593 (13.71%) Problem-Solving
6 446 (10.31%) Mentoring
7 366 (8.46%) Risk Management
8 335 (7.75%) Information Security
9 317 (7.33%) Incident Response
10 285 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 283 (6.54%) Agile
12 240 (5.55%) ITIL
13 229 (5.29%) Project Management
14 206 (4.76%) Computer Science
15 202 (4.67%) Vulnerability Management
16 201 (4.65%) Analytics
17 197 (4.55%) SIEM
18 190 (4.39%) Project Delivery
19 187 (4.32%) Decision-Making
20 185 (4.28%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 266 (6.15%) Python
2 152 (3.51%) JavaScript
3 135 (3.12%) PowerShell
4 115 (2.66%) SQL
5 57 (1.32%) R
6 43 (0.99%) Java
7 37 (0.86%) Bash
8 34 (0.79%) C#
9 21 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
10 15 (0.35%) Bicep
10 15 (0.35%) TypeScript
11 10 (0.23%) Go
11 10 (0.23%) Kotlin
12 9 (0.21%) Scala
13 8 (0.18%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.16%) C++
15 6 (0.14%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.12%) Perl
17 4 (0.092%) C
17 4 (0.092%) VB
Qualifications
1 2,135 (49.36%) Degree
2 1,656 (38.29%) Master's Degree
3 1,583 (36.60%) PhD
4 1,576 (36.44%) Postgraduate
5 354 (8.18%) CISSP
6 264 (6.10%) Security Cleared
7 238 (5.50%) CISM
8 184 (4.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 180 (4.16%) SC Cleared
10 158 (3.65%) CompTIA Security+
11 151 (3.49%) Azure Certification
11 151 (3.49%) CEH
12 145 (3.35%) AWS Certification
13 111 (2.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 105 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
15 91 (2.10%) CISA
16 90 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
17 85 (1.97%) A+ Certification
17 85 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
18 77 (1.78%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 450 (10.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 392 (9.06%) NIST
3 241 (5.57%) GDPR
4 199 (4.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 133 (3.08%) GRC
6 91 (2.10%) NCSC
7 81 (1.87%) PCI DSS
8 79 (1.83%) QA
9 75 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 46 (1.06%) NIST 800
11 45 (1.04%) SLA
12 42 (0.97%) SOC 2
13 35 (0.81%) COBIT
14 30 (0.69%) JSP 440
15 25 (0.58%) PMO
16 22 (0.51%) RMADS
17 20 (0.46%) Data Quality
18 19 (0.44%) Accessibility
18 19 (0.44%) ISO 9001
19 17 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 334 (7.72%) Active Directory
2 105 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (1.62%) Hyper-V
4 65 (1.50%) Virtual Servers
5 44 (1.02%) Docker
6 40 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
8 18 (0.42%) vSphere
9 6 (0.14%) BitLocker
10 5 (0.12%) Kamailio
11 4 (0.092%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.069%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.046%) Firmware
13 2 (0.046%) XenApp
14 1 (0.023%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 1 (0.023%) iptables
14 1 (0.023%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.023%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 170 (3.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 57 (1.32%) Terraform
3 49 (1.13%) Kubernetes
4 26 (0.60%) Ansible
5 25 (0.58%) SCCM
6 20 (0.46%) RSA Archer
7 17 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
8 16 (0.37%) Functional Safety
9 15 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
9 15 (0.35%) QRadar
10 12 (0.28%) Nessus
11 11 (0.25%) CSIRT
11 11 (0.25%) PaperCut
12 10 (0.23%) Grafana
13 9 (0.21%) CASB
14 7 (0.16%) Nagios
15 6 (0.14%) Autotask
15 6 (0.14%) Computer Incident Response Team
15 6 (0.14%) FortiGate
15 6 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 869 (20.09%) Microsoft
2 147 (3.40%) VMware
3 133 (3.08%) SAP
4 100 (2.31%) Cisco
5 79 (1.83%) Palo Alto
6 71 (1.64%) Oracle
7 55 (1.27%) Apple
8 53 (1.23%) Salesforce
9 49 (1.13%) Adobe
9 49 (1.13%) Fortinet
10 48 (1.11%) CrowdStrike
11 45 (1.04%) Splunk
12 40 (0.92%) ServiceNow
13 36 (0.83%) Sophos
14 26 (0.60%) Siemens
15 25 (0.58%) Qualys
16 24 (0.55%) Dell
16 24 (0.55%) Progress
17 20 (0.46%) Rockwell
18 19 (0.44%) PayPal