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 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 33 39
Rank change year-on-year +12 +6 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,946 2,745 3,595
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.20% 6.28% 4.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.44% 7.04% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,637 1,669 2,369
10th Percentile £31,000 £26,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,825 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -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 70,479 38,967 58,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.53% 89.08% 81.04%
Number of salaries quoted 49,893 22,561 37,721
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,762
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.37% -10.78%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% 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 23 August 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 23 August 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 +12 1,469 £75,000 +6.38% 464
North of England +15 1,288 £50,000 +5.26% 362
South East +12 1,075 £55,000 +10.00% 400
Midlands +21 1,031 £55,000 +24.85% 245
North West +28 633 £57,500 +9.52% 179
South West +9 592 £55,000 +13.40% 227
West Midlands +10 519 £55,000 +6.90% 135
East Midlands +37 511 £55,000 +57.14% 109
Yorkshire +12 502 £43,750 +32.58% 139
East of England +50 473 £45,000 -5.26% 144
North East +19 153 £50,000 -25.93% 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
1 199 (3.35%) SharePoint
2 195 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (0.34%) IIS
4 17 (0.29%) Apache
5 9 (0.15%) Confluence
5 9 (0.15%) SAS
6 8 (0.13%) CMS
7 5 (0.084%) WordPress
8 3 (0.050%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.050%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.017%) Anypoint
Applications
1 83 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
2 57 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.20%) Simulink
5 8 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.10%) CATIA
6 6 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.034%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.017%) Maya
9 1 (0.017%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (0.40%) Cloudability
2 11 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.084%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 5 (0.084%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.067%) SystmOne
8 3 (0.050%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 3 (0.050%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.050%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.050%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.050%) Infor LN
8 3 (0.050%) Infor M3
8 3 (0.050%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.050%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.034%) Eikon
9 2 (0.034%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 2 (0.034%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,953 (32.85%) Azure
2 744 (12.51%) Microsoft 365
3 455 (7.65%) AWS
4 406 (6.83%) Entra ID
5 195 (3.28%) SaaS
6 146 (2.46%) GCP
7 84 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
8 79 (1.33%) Power Platform
9 69 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
10 67 (1.13%) OneDrive
11 54 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
12 46 (0.77%) Serverless
13 45 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
14 41 (0.69%) Mimecast
15 34 (0.57%) GitHub
16 27 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
17 26 (0.44%) PaaS
18 25 (0.42%) Google Workspace
19 23 (0.39%) IaaS
20 20 (0.34%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 493 (8.29%) Firewall
2 247 (4.15%) Network Security
3 215 (3.62%) DNS
4 200 (3.36%) VPN
5 170 (2.86%) WAN
6 149 (2.51%) LAN
7 148 (2.49%) Wi-Fi
8 143 (2.40%) DHCP
9 141 (2.37%) TCP/IP
10 114 (1.92%) VLAN
11 95 (1.60%) Internet
12 75 (1.26%) VoIP
13 70 (1.18%) Wireless
14 50 (0.84%) Cisco Nexus
15 47 (0.79%) Unified Communications
16 43 (0.72%) HTTP
17 39 (0.66%) SSL
18 30 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
18 30 (0.50%) SD-WAN
19 28 (0.47%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (0.86%) Power BI
2 46 (0.77%) SQL Server
3 13 (0.22%) Big Data
3 13 (0.22%) GIS
3 13 (0.22%) MongoDB
4 12 (0.20%) MySQL
4 12 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (0.15%) Tableau
6 6 (0.10%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.10%) Metadata
6 6 (0.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.084%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.084%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.067%) Crystal Reports
8 4 (0.067%) Neo4j
8 4 (0.067%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.050%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 47 (0.79%) JIRA
2 46 (0.77%) Git
3 27 (0.45%) Snyk
4 26 (0.44%) Burp Suite
5 25 (0.42%) GitLab
5 25 (0.42%) Metasploit
6 20 (0.34%) Jenkins
7 12 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
8 10 (0.17%) Yeoman
9 6 (0.10%) Apache Continuum
10 5 (0.084%) JMeter
10 5 (0.084%) VersionOne
11 4 (0.067%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.067%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.067%) Locust
11 4 (0.067%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.067%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.050%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.050%) Eclipse
13 2 (0.034%) Zephyr
General
1 2,219 (37.32%) Social Skills
2 559 (9.40%) Finance
3 443 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
4 330 (5.55%) Public Sector
5 326 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 184 (3.09%) Marketing
7 180 (3.03%) Law
8 174 (2.93%) Legal
9 170 (2.86%) Retail
10 161 (2.71%) Telecoms
11 145 (2.44%) Manufacturing
12 130 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
13 127 (2.14%) Banking
14 117 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
15 102 (1.72%) Aerospace
16 57 (0.96%) Local Government
17 54 (0.91%) Advertising
18 47 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
19 36 (0.61%) Aviation
20 33 (0.55%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,055 (17.74%) Analyst
2 863 (14.51%) Security Analyst
3 763 (12.83%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 648 (10.90%) Senior
5 603 (10.14%) Junior
6 531 (8.93%) Junior Analyst
7 521 (8.76%) Junior Security Analyst
8 517 (8.69%) Ethical Hacker
9 489 (8.22%) Consultant
10 370 (6.22%) Architect
11 367 (6.17%) Lead
12 308 (5.18%) Security Consultant
13 295 (4.96%) Security Manager
14 272 (4.57%) IT Support
15 264 (4.44%) IT Manager
16 255 (4.29%) Security Architect
17 247 (4.15%) Security Engineer
18 205 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Manager
18 205 (3.45%) IT Engineer
19 204 (3.43%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (1.35%) Terraform
2 48 (0.81%) SAML
3 45 (0.76%) LDAP
4 43 (0.72%) OAuth
5 37 (0.62%) OpenID
6 36 (0.61%) REST
7 30 (0.50%) HTML
8 23 (0.39%) CSS
8 23 (0.39%) React
9 22 (0.37%) .NET
10 19 (0.32%) JSON
10 19 (0.32%) Kafka
11 18 (0.30%) Node.js
12 16 (0.27%) SailPoint
13 15 (0.25%) FastAPI
13 15 (0.25%) RESTful
13 15 (0.25%) XML
14 12 (0.20%) AngularJS
14 12 (0.20%) XMPP
15 11 (0.18%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 613 (10.31%) Cyberattack
2 343 (5.77%) Security Posture
3 264 (4.44%) Cyber Threat
4 237 (3.99%) Onboarding
5 232 (3.90%) Management Information System
6 163 (2.74%) Driving Licence
6 163 (2.74%) Security Operations Centre
7 137 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
8 133 (2.24%) Operational Technology
9 106 (1.78%) Cyber Defence
10 98 (1.65%) Data Centre
11 95 (1.60%) Cloud Native
12 62 (1.04%) PKI
13 59 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
14 49 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
15 46 (0.77%) Cyber Security Posture
16 39 (0.66%) CSOC
17 35 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
18 33 (0.55%) Blog
19 31 (0.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 572 (9.62%) Windows
2 280 (4.71%) Windows Server
3 212 (3.57%) Linux
4 72 (1.21%) Mac OS
5 35 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 26 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (0.40%) Windows 10
8 22 (0.37%) Apple iOS
9 19 (0.32%) Android
10 15 (0.25%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.10%) CentOS
12 4 (0.067%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.050%) Unix
13 3 (0.050%) 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
1 933 (15.69%) Mentoring
2 680 (11.44%) Problem-Solving
3 652 (10.97%) Continuous Improvement
4 547 (9.20%) Information Security
5 533 (8.96%) Ethical Hacking
6 517 (8.69%) Incident Response
7 507 (8.53%) AI
8 504 (8.48%) Risk Management
9 483 (8.12%) Security Operations
10 449 (7.55%) SIEM
11 427 (7.18%) Vulnerability Management
12 409 (6.88%) Cloud Security
13 375 (6.31%) Stakeholder Management
14 374 (6.29%) Disaster Recovery
15 348 (5.85%) Decision-Making
16 301 (5.06%) Roadmaps
17 293 (4.93%) Service Delivery
18 281 (4.73%) Data Protection
19 280 (4.71%) Agile
20 269 (4.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 317 (5.33%) Python
2 236 (3.97%) PowerShell
3 96 (1.61%) SQL
4 71 (1.19%) C++
5 66 (1.11%) JavaScript
6 57 (0.96%) Bash
7 45 (0.76%) Java
7 45 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
8 31 (0.52%) C#
8 31 (0.52%) Rust
9 24 (0.40%) Go
10 21 (0.35%) TypeScript
11 20 (0.34%) C
12 16 (0.27%) MATLAB
12 16 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
13 12 (0.20%) Perl
14 8 (0.13%) Embedded C
15 5 (0.084%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.067%) Ada
16 4 (0.067%) R
Qualifications
1 1,117 (18.79%) Azure Certification
2 666 (11.20%) CompTIA Security+
3 660 (11.10%) Security Cleared
4 593 (9.97%) CEH
5 559 (9.40%) CompTIA CySA+
6 498 (8.38%) Degree
7 456 (7.67%) CISSP
8 452 (7.60%) SC Cleared
9 289 (4.86%) CISM
10 218 (3.67%) DV Cleared
11 157 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
12 110 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
13 99 (1.66%) CRISC
14 87 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 86 (1.45%) CISA
16 83 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
17 82 (1.38%) AWS Certification
18 75 (1.26%) CREST Certified
19 72 (1.21%) Master's Degree
20 66 (1.11%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 634 (10.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 514 (8.64%) NIST
3 329 (5.53%) GDPR
4 307 (5.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 299 (5.03%) GRC
6 138 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 138 (2.32%) PCI DSS
7 104 (1.75%) QA
8 94 (1.58%) NCSC
9 61 (1.03%) SOC 2
10 44 (0.74%) SLA
11 42 (0.71%) Accessibility
11 42 (0.71%) NIST 800
12 37 (0.62%) COBIT
12 37 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 31 (0.52%) JSP 440
14 30 (0.50%) Data Quality
15 22 (0.37%) ISO 22301
15 22 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 21 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 441 (7.42%) Active Directory
2 155 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 118 (1.98%) Hyper-V
4 54 (0.91%) Docker
4 54 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
5 34 (0.57%) Firmware
6 26 (0.44%) vSphere
7 15 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
8 14 (0.24%) IAG
8 14 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 10 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 7 (0.12%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.084%) ClearTrust
12 3 (0.050%) Embedded Firmware
12 3 (0.050%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 3 (0.050%) VMware Server
13 2 (0.034%) ProxySG
14 1 (0.017%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 234 (3.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 81 (1.36%) Kubernetes
3 51 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
4 45 (0.76%) Ansible
5 27 (0.45%) Grafana
6 22 (0.37%) FortiGate
6 22 (0.37%) Nmap
6 22 (0.37%) QRadar
7 21 (0.35%) Nessus
8 18 (0.30%) SCCM
9 17 (0.29%) CASB
10 16 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
11 14 (0.24%) Prometheus
12 9 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (0.15%) Kibana
13 8 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
14 7 (0.12%) Functional Safety
14 7 (0.12%) Graylog
15 6 (0.10%) vCenter Server
16 5 (0.084%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 2,240 (37.67%) Microsoft
2 1,034 (17.39%) ForeScout
3 210 (3.53%) Cisco
4 194 (3.26%) VMware
5 168 (2.83%) Palo Alto
6 118 (1.98%) Splunk
7 101 (1.70%) CrowdStrike
8 73 (1.23%) Qualys
9 70 (1.18%) Google
10 67 (1.13%) Apple
11 66 (1.11%) ServiceNow
12 64 (1.08%) Fortinet
13 63 (1.06%) Aruba
14 61 (1.03%) Tenable
15 58 (0.98%) Salesforce
16 43 (0.72%) Veeam
17 42 (0.71%) SAP
18 41 (0.69%) Adobe
19 39 (0.66%) CyberArk
20 34 (0.57%) SonicWALL