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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 35 34
Rank change year-on-year +29 -1 +21
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 7,129 2,751 2,924
As % of all permanent jobs in England 13.49% 5.71% 5.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.61% 6.29% 6.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,068 1,401 2,179
10th Percentile £28,250 £38,500 £35,920
25th Percentile £30,750 £49,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +4.84% -4.62%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,125 £100,000 £95,810
UK median annual salary £50,000 £64,375 £62,500
% change year-on-year -22.33% +3.00% -3.85%

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 42,913 43,729 44,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.21% 90.84% 89.77%
Number of salaries quoted 25,804 21,413 34,236
10th Percentile £28,742 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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
North of England +39 2,244 £30,500 -44.55% 339
North West +35 1,776 £42,500 -22.58% 176
Midlands +26 1,429 £42,073 -27.27% 222
London +17 1,345 £67,500 -7.53% 428
West Midlands +21 1,187 £45,000 -25.00% 97
South East +33 1,083 £48,000 -16.52% 523
East of England +50 570 £35,000 -37.18% 216
South West +40 406 £52,500 -19.23% 209
Yorkshire +35 399 £30,500 -48.20% 124
East Midlands +31 251 £37,500 -21.36% 123
North East +46 69 £30,500 -34.01% 43
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
1 120 (1.68%) SharePoint
2 63 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.22%) Confluence
3 16 (0.22%) IIS
4 11 (0.15%) WordPress
5 8 (0.11%) CMS
6 6 (0.084%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.084%) nginx
7 5 (0.070%) Apache
7 5 (0.070%) Drupal
8 4 (0.056%) FactoryTalk
8 4 (0.056%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.056%) WinCC
9 3 (0.042%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.042%) Oracle Coherence
10 2 (0.028%) ArchestrA
10 2 (0.028%) SAS
11 1 (0.014%) FileNet
Applications
1 99 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
2 60 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 59 (0.83%) Maya
4 27 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 10 (0.14%) Simulink
7 9 (0.13%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.098%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.056%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.042%) CATIA
10 3 (0.042%) CINEMA 4D
10 3 (0.042%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.014%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 34 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.22%) SAP IBP
4 10 (0.14%) SAP CO
4 10 (0.14%) SAP FI
4 10 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
4 10 (0.14%) SAP FSCM
5 9 (0.13%) SAP FS
5 9 (0.13%) SAP IS-U
6 7 (0.098%) Shopify
7 6 (0.084%) Exchequer
8 5 (0.070%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.056%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (0.056%) Endur
9 4 (0.056%) NEC Housing
9 4 (0.056%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.042%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.042%) SAP CX
10 3 (0.042%) Teamcenter
10 3 (0.042%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 4,061 (56.96%) Cloud Computing
2 1,079 (15.14%) Azure
3 523 (7.34%) AWS
4 385 (5.40%) Microsoft 365
5 222 (3.11%) GitHub
6 189 (2.65%) Entra ID
7 90 (1.26%) Power Platform
8 86 (1.21%) SaaS
9 64 (0.90%) GCP
10 55 (0.77%) PaaS
11 42 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
11 42 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
12 38 (0.53%) IaaS
13 34 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
14 31 (0.43%) OneDrive
15 27 (0.38%) Nutanix
16 24 (0.34%) Microsoft Purview
17 20 (0.28%) Google Workspace
17 20 (0.28%) Power Automate
18 19 (0.27%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4,230 (59.34%) Internet
2 244 (3.42%) Firewall
3 127 (1.78%) Network Security
4 121 (1.70%) VPN
5 102 (1.43%) TCP/IP
6 98 (1.37%) DNS
7 78 (1.09%) DHCP
8 77 (1.08%) WAN
9 70 (0.98%) LAN
10 66 (0.93%) VoIP
11 56 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
12 45 (0.63%) VLAN
13 33 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
14 30 (0.42%) SD-WAN
15 28 (0.39%) Wireless
16 22 (0.31%) Modbus
17 21 (0.29%) SAN
18 18 (0.25%) Broadband
19 17 (0.24%) DMZ
20 15 (0.21%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (0.81%) Power BI
2 55 (0.77%) SQL Server
3 44 (0.62%) Tableau
4 35 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (0.32%) Big Data
6 20 (0.28%) Relational Database
7 18 (0.25%) SAP BW
8 17 (0.24%) Data Lake
9 16 (0.22%) Metadata
10 15 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
11 13 (0.18%) Neo4j
12 11 (0.15%) Oracle Database
13 10 (0.14%) NoSQL
14 8 (0.11%) Amazon RDS
15 7 (0.098%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 6 (0.084%) MS Access
17 5 (0.070%) MariaDB
18 4 (0.056%) Azure SQL Database
18 4 (0.056%) BusinessObjects
18 4 (0.056%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 220 (3.09%) Git
2 32 (0.45%) JIRA
3 18 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (0.22%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.15%) GitLab
6 7 (0.098%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.056%) JMeter
7 4 (0.056%) Locust
7 4 (0.056%) MLflow
7 4 (0.056%) Toad
8 3 (0.042%) Apache Continuum
8 3 (0.042%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.042%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.042%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.028%) Snyk
10 1 (0.014%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.014%) Bitbucket
General
1 5,176 (72.60%) Social Skills
2 4,175 (58.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,160 (58.35%) Banking
4 530 (7.43%) Finance
5 369 (5.18%) Analytical Skills
6 338 (4.74%) Multimedia
7 194 (2.72%) Marketing
8 187 (2.62%) Public Sector
9 173 (2.43%) Law
10 158 (2.22%) Telecoms
11 152 (2.13%) Legal
12 122 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
13 104 (1.46%) Manufacturing
14 93 (1.30%) Retail
15 90 (1.26%) Games
16 68 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
17 67 (0.94%) Electronics
18 59 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
19 43 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
20 35 (0.49%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3,134 (43.96%) Lecturer
2 481 (6.75%) Analyst
3 352 (4.94%) Senior
4 348 (4.88%) Security Analyst
5 338 (4.74%) Trainee
6 304 (4.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 259 (3.63%) Junior
8 237 (3.32%) Junior Analyst
9 236 (3.31%) Junior Security Analyst
10 222 (3.11%) Consultant
11 208 (2.92%) Lead
12 207 (2.90%) Architect
13 178 (2.50%) IT Support
14 153 (2.15%) Support Engineer
15 144 (2.02%) Developer
16 142 (1.99%) Security Consultant
17 138 (1.94%) IT Manager
18 129 (1.81%) Security Engineer
19 122 (1.71%) Security Manager
20 113 (1.59%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (3.27%) HTML
2 229 (3.21%) CSS
3 32 (0.45%) React
4 26 (0.36%) REST
4 26 (0.36%) SAP CAF
5 24 (0.34%) AngularJS
6 19 (0.27%) OAuth
7 18 (0.25%) SAML
7 18 (0.25%) YAML
8 16 (0.22%) OpenID
9 14 (0.20%) LDAP
10 13 (0.18%) GraphQL
10 13 (0.18%) MERN Stack
10 13 (0.18%) Middleware
10 13 (0.18%) Pandas
11 12 (0.17%) PyTorch
11 12 (0.17%) SOAP
11 12 (0.17%) TensorFlow
12 10 (0.14%) .NET
13 9 (0.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4,071 (57.10%) IoT
2 187 (2.62%) Management Information System
3 151 (2.12%) Security Posture
4 149 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
5 121 (1.70%) Cyber Threat
6 112 (1.57%) Onboarding
7 101 (1.42%) Driving Licence
8 94 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
9 80 (1.12%) Data Centre
10 66 (0.93%) Cloud Native
11 65 (0.91%) Operational Technology
12 56 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
12 56 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
13 45 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
14 41 (0.58%) Cyber Defence
15 39 (0.55%) Public Cloud
16 37 (0.52%) Cyberattack
17 34 (0.48%) Blockchain
18 31 (0.43%) Blog
18 31 (0.43%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 359 (5.04%) Windows
2 143 (2.01%) Windows Server
3 135 (1.89%) Linux
4 67 (0.94%) Mac OS
5 63 (0.88%) Windows 10
6 22 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 21 (0.29%) Android
7 21 (0.29%) Unix
8 8 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.084%) Debian
9 6 (0.084%) VMS
9 6 (0.084%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.070%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.042%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.042%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.028%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.014%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.014%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.014%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,263 (59.80%) AI
2 4,067 (57.05%) Machine Learning
3 4,038 (56.64%) User Experience
4 4,033 (56.57%) Web Development
5 796 (11.17%) Mentoring
6 490 (6.87%) Problem-Solving
7 369 (5.18%) Risk Management
8 331 (4.64%) Information Security
9 314 (4.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 312 (4.38%) Incident Response
11 260 (3.65%) Agile
12 226 (3.17%) ITIL
13 205 (2.88%) Project Management
14 204 (2.86%) Analytics
15 190 (2.67%) Roadmaps
16 188 (2.64%) SIEM
17 182 (2.55%) Data Protection
18 179 (2.51%) Line Management
19 177 (2.48%) Decision-Making
19 177 (2.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 367 (5.15%) Python
2 259 (3.63%) JavaScript
3 150 (2.10%) PowerShell
4 121 (1.70%) SQL
5 114 (1.60%) R
6 41 (0.58%) Bash
7 24 (0.34%) Java
8 20 (0.28%) C#
9 19 (0.27%) TypeScript
10 18 (0.25%) C++
11 16 (0.22%) T-SQL
12 15 (0.21%) Bicep
13 14 (0.20%) C
14 13 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (0.14%) MATLAB
16 6 (0.084%) Go
17 5 (0.070%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.056%) Kotlin
18 4 (0.056%) Perl
18 4 (0.056%) VB
Qualifications
1 4,506 (63.21%) Degree
2 4,080 (57.23%) Master's Degree
3 4,012 (56.28%) PhD
4 4,004 (56.16%) Postgraduate
5 488 (6.85%) Azure Certification
6 420 (5.89%) CompTIA Security+
7 353 (4.95%) CISSP
8 289 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 276 (3.87%) Security Cleared
10 266 (3.73%) AWS Certification
11 253 (3.55%) CompTIA CySA+
12 252 (3.53%) CISM
13 216 (3.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 197 (2.76%) SC Cleared
15 183 (2.57%) CEH
16 146 (2.05%) Network+ Certification
17 144 (2.02%) A+ Certification
18 110 (1.54%) CISA
19 85 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
20 79 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 453 (6.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 416 (5.84%) NIST
3 234 (3.28%) GDPR
4 212 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 176 (2.47%) GRC
6 102 (1.43%) NCSC
7 91 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 91 (1.28%) PCI DSS
8 58 (0.81%) QA
9 53 (0.74%) SLA
10 44 (0.62%) COBIT
11 42 (0.59%) NIST 800
12 36 (0.50%) SOC 2
13 33 (0.46%) JSP 440
14 26 (0.36%) Data Quality
15 21 (0.29%) RMADS
16 20 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 18 (0.25%) ISO 9001
17 18 (0.25%) PMO
18 17 (0.24%) Accessibility
System Software
1 245 (3.44%) Active Directory
2 80 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 54 (0.76%) Hyper-V
4 44 (0.62%) Docker
5 36 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (0.21%) vSphere
7 6 (0.084%) BitLocker
7 6 (0.084%) Firmware
7 6 (0.084%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.070%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.070%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.056%) Kamailio
9 4 (0.056%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.042%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.028%) GPFS
11 2 (0.028%) Lustre
12 1 (0.014%) iptables
12 1 (0.014%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.014%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 157 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (0.65%) Terraform
3 38 (0.53%) Kubernetes
4 28 (0.39%) Ansible
5 22 (0.31%) SCCM
6 20 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
8 15 (0.21%) CASB
9 14 (0.20%) CSIRT
9 14 (0.20%) Nessus
10 9 (0.13%) QRadar
10 9 (0.13%) RSA Archer
11 8 (0.11%) FortiGate
11 8 (0.11%) Nagios
11 8 (0.11%) PaperCut
12 6 (0.084%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 6 (0.084%) Grafana
12 6 (0.084%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 4 (0.056%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 4 (0.056%) MaaS360
Vendors
1 1,144 (16.05%) Microsoft
2 235 (3.30%) ForeScout
3 118 (1.66%) VMware
4 116 (1.63%) SAP
5 86 (1.21%) Cisco
6 82 (1.15%) Palo Alto
7 70 (0.98%) Apple
8 68 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
9 67 (0.94%) Oracle
10 65 (0.91%) Fortinet
11 59 (0.83%) Adobe
12 50 (0.70%) Salesforce
13 35 (0.49%) ServiceNow
14 31 (0.43%) Google
15 27 (0.38%) Dell
16 24 (0.34%) Tenable
17 22 (0.31%) MuleSoft
17 22 (0.31%) Splunk
18 21 (0.29%) Siemens
19 19 (0.27%) PayPal