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 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 39 28
Rank change year-on-year +33 -11 +24
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 9,281 2,296 4,732
As % of all permanent jobs in England 12.03% 6.16% 5.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.94% 6.61% 6.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,675 1,524 3,540
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,844
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,763
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.40% -8.06%

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 58,241 34,721 70,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 75.47% 93.08% 85.88%
Number of salaries quoted 36,707 20,549 53,733
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 19 April 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 19 April 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 +40 2,913 £42,750 -18.57% 280
North West +40 2,023 £45,000 -18.18% 139
Midlands +29 1,869 £45,000 -18.18% 160
London +25 1,612 £71,000 -3.24% 460
South East +33 1,479 £50,000 -9.09% 347
West Midlands +24 1,380 £45,000 -28.00% 75
East of England +45 748 £38,250 -19.47% 110
Yorkshire +40 743 £40,000 -11.11% 107
South West +25 610 £59,250 +31.67% 139
East Midlands +30 500 £50,000 +35.13% 84
North East +35 147 £40,000 +5.44% 37
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
1 119 (1.28%) SharePoint
2 85 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.12%) CMS
4 9 (0.097%) WordPress
5 8 (0.086%) Confluence
6 6 (0.065%) Apache
6 6 (0.065%) nginx
7 5 (0.054%) Drupal
8 4 (0.043%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.043%) IIS
9 3 (0.032%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.022%) Oracle Coherence
10 2 (0.022%) SAS
11 1 (0.011%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 87 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.27%) Simulink
5 18 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 14 (0.15%) Maya
7 8 (0.086%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.054%) CATIA
8 5 (0.054%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.054%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.032%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.022%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.022%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (0.097%) Cloudability
4 5 (0.054%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.043%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.043%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.043%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.043%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.043%) Shopify
5 4 (0.043%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.032%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 3 (0.032%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.032%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.022%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.022%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.022%) Yoast SEO
8 1 (0.011%) Maximo
8 1 (0.011%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.011%) SAP CX
8 1 (0.011%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 4,045 (43.58%) Cloud Computing
2 2,518 (27.13%) Azure
3 550 (5.93%) AWS
4 481 (5.18%) Microsoft 365
5 289 (3.11%) Entra ID
6 177 (1.91%) GitHub
7 116 (1.25%) SaaS
8 98 (1.06%) GCP
9 69 (0.74%) Power Platform
10 61 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
11 58 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
12 39 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
12 39 (0.42%) PaaS
13 36 (0.39%) Google Workspace
14 33 (0.36%) Nutanix
15 30 (0.32%) Mimecast
16 29 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
17 28 (0.30%) IaaS
18 24 (0.26%) OneDrive
18 24 (0.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4,190 (45.15%) Internet
2 337 (3.63%) Firewall
3 143 (1.54%) Network Security
4 120 (1.29%) VPN
5 102 (1.10%) DNS
6 79 (0.85%) DHCP
7 78 (0.84%) WAN
8 71 (0.77%) VLAN
9 70 (0.75%) LAN
10 65 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
11 55 (0.59%) TCP/IP
12 37 (0.40%) Broadband
13 34 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
14 33 (0.36%) VoIP
15 29 (0.31%) Wireless
16 24 (0.26%) CHAP
17 21 (0.23%) SD-WAN
18 19 (0.20%) Unified Communications
19 14 (0.15%) Cisco ASA
19 14 (0.15%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (0.42%) Power BI
2 24 (0.26%) Big Data
2 24 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
3 22 (0.24%) SQL Server
4 20 (0.22%) Neo4j
5 18 (0.19%) Tableau
6 14 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.086%) MySQL
9 7 (0.075%) Metadata
9 7 (0.075%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.054%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.054%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.054%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.043%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.043%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.043%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.022%) Apache Hive
12 2 (0.022%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.022%) Impala
Development Applications
1 177 (1.91%) Git
2 30 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
3 26 (0.28%) GitLab
3 26 (0.28%) JIRA
4 13 (0.14%) Jenkins
5 12 (0.13%) Cucumber
6 11 (0.12%) Snyk
7 8 (0.086%) JMeter
7 8 (0.086%) Locust
8 5 (0.054%) Apache Continuum
8 5 (0.054%) Burp Suite
8 5 (0.054%) Metasploit
9 4 (0.043%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.043%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.043%) MLflow
9 4 (0.043%) VersionOne
10 1 (0.011%) GDB
10 1 (0.011%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.011%) WinDbg
10 1 (0.011%) Yeoman
General
1 6,490 (69.93%) Social Skills
2 4,255 (45.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,171 (44.94%) Banking
4 561 (6.04%) Finance
5 361 (3.89%) Analytical Skills
6 318 (3.43%) Multimedia
7 198 (2.13%) Public Sector
8 154 (1.66%) Marketing
9 152 (1.64%) Legal
9 152 (1.64%) Retail
10 150 (1.62%) Law
11 131 (1.41%) Telecoms
12 114 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
13 98 (1.06%) Manufacturing
14 72 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
15 57 (0.61%) Local Government
16 49 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
17 40 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
18 39 (0.42%) Electronics
19 38 (0.41%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3,141 (33.84%) Lecturer
2 1,279 (13.78%) Analyst
3 1,141 (12.29%) Security Analyst
4 1,066 (11.49%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 973 (10.48%) Junior
6 943 (10.16%) Junior Analyst
7 942 (10.15%) Junior Security Analyst
8 658 (7.09%) Ethical Hacker
9 454 (4.89%) Senior
10 332 (3.58%) Trainee
11 274 (2.95%) Consultant
12 265 (2.86%) Architect
13 237 (2.55%) Lead
14 210 (2.26%) IT Support
15 204 (2.20%) Security Manager
16 178 (1.92%) Security Engineer
17 174 (1.87%) Security Architect
18 164 (1.77%) Security Consultant
19 158 (1.70%) IT Manager
20 149 (1.61%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (1.98%) HTML
2 183 (1.97%) CSS
3 48 (0.52%) REST
4 43 (0.46%) OAuth
5 42 (0.45%) SAML
6 40 (0.43%) OpenID
7 38 (0.41%) LDAP
7 38 (0.41%) React
8 30 (0.32%) SOAP
9 26 (0.28%) GraphQL
10 20 (0.22%) AngularJS
11 17 (0.18%) MERN Stack
12 14 (0.15%) SailPoint
12 14 (0.15%) SAP CAF
13 11 (0.12%) Node.js
14 10 (0.11%) FastAPI
14 10 (0.11%) Kafka
14 10 (0.11%) Middleware
14 10 (0.11%) RESTful
14 10 (0.11%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 4,040 (43.53%) IoT
2 740 (7.97%) Cyberattack
3 237 (2.55%) Security Posture
4 181 (1.95%) Management Information System
5 134 (1.44%) Onboarding
6 124 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
7 103 (1.11%) Driving Licence
8 94 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
9 85 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
10 73 (0.79%) Data Centre
11 71 (0.77%) Operational Technology
12 70 (0.75%) Cyber Defence
13 63 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
14 62 (0.67%) Cloud Native
15 56 (0.60%) Blog
16 45 (0.48%) Hybrid Cloud
17 43 (0.46%) PKI
18 41 (0.44%) Cyber Security Posture
19 36 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
20 31 (0.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 382 (4.12%) Windows
2 177 (1.91%) Windows Server
3 138 (1.49%) Linux
4 65 (0.70%) Windows 10
5 44 (0.47%) Mac OS
6 28 (0.30%) Android
7 21 (0.23%) Apple iOS
8 16 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (0.086%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.075%) Unix
12 6 (0.065%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.043%) CentOS
13 4 (0.043%) VMS
14 2 (0.022%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.011%) Debian
15 1 (0.011%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.011%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.011%) OpenWrt
15 1 (0.011%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,263 (45.93%) AI
2 4,046 (43.59%) User Experience
3 4,041 (43.54%) Machine Learning
4 4,025 (43.37%) Web Development
5 1,556 (16.77%) Mentoring
6 816 (8.79%) Ethical Hacking
7 456 (4.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 434 (4.68%) Problem-Solving
9 402 (4.33%) Information Security
10 383 (4.13%) Risk Management
11 382 (4.12%) Incident Response
12 270 (2.91%) Agile
13 264 (2.84%) SIEM
14 254 (2.74%) Cloud Security
15 228 (2.46%) Security Operations
16 214 (2.31%) Data Protection
17 211 (2.27%) Roadmaps
18 204 (2.20%) Disaster Recovery
18 204 (2.20%) ITIL
19 196 (2.11%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 414 (4.46%) Python
2 233 (2.51%) JavaScript
3 218 (2.35%) PowerShell
4 108 (1.16%) SQL
5 86 (0.93%) R
6 72 (0.78%) Bash
7 45 (0.48%) Java
8 38 (0.41%) C++
9 33 (0.36%) TypeScript
10 29 (0.31%) MATLAB
11 25 (0.27%) T-SQL
12 24 (0.26%) C#
13 23 (0.25%) C
14 13 (0.14%) Go
15 11 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (0.11%) Rust
17 6 (0.065%) PHP
18 4 (0.043%) Bicep
18 4 (0.043%) Kotlin
18 4 (0.043%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4,436 (47.80%) Degree
2 4,063 (43.78%) Master's Degree
3 3,998 (43.08%) PhD
3 3,998 (43.08%) Postgraduate
4 1,802 (19.42%) Azure Certification
5 1,163 (12.53%) CompTIA Security+
6 989 (10.66%) CompTIA CySA+
7 866 (9.33%) CEH
8 390 (4.20%) CISSP
9 371 (4.00%) Security Cleared
10 256 (2.76%) CISM
11 252 (2.72%) SC Cleared
12 239 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
13 222 (2.39%) AWS Certification
14 172 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
15 171 (1.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 165 (1.78%) A+ Certification
17 117 (1.26%) DV Cleared
18 111 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
19 103 (1.11%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 509 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 476 (5.13%) NIST
3 294 (3.17%) GDPR
4 234 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 212 (2.28%) GRC
6 126 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 126 (1.36%) PCI DSS
7 105 (1.13%) NCSC
8 94 (1.01%) QA
9 55 (0.59%) SOC 2
10 44 (0.47%) NIST 800
11 42 (0.45%) COBIT
12 39 (0.42%) SLA
13 38 (0.41%) Accessibility
14 23 (0.25%) Data Quality
15 22 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 21 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
16 21 (0.23%) JSP 440
17 17 (0.18%) ISO 22301
17 17 (0.18%) SOC 3
System Software
1 310 (3.34%) Active Directory
2 76 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (0.66%) Docker
4 56 (0.60%) Hyper-V
5 39 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (0.25%) vSphere
7 10 (0.11%) Firmware
7 10 (0.11%) IAG
8 9 (0.097%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.086%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.065%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (0.065%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.032%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 3 (0.032%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.022%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.022%) GPFS
12 2 (0.022%) Lustre
13 1 (0.011%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.011%) iptables
13 1 (0.011%) KVM
Systems Management
1 151 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 74 (0.80%) Terraform
3 71 (0.77%) Kubernetes
4 39 (0.42%) Ansible
5 26 (0.28%) Grafana
5 26 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (0.15%) CASB
6 14 (0.15%) SCCM
7 12 (0.13%) CSIRT
8 11 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
8 11 (0.12%) QRadar
9 10 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 10 (0.11%) FortiGate
10 9 (0.097%) Prometheus
11 8 (0.086%) Cisco CUCM
11 8 (0.086%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 7 (0.075%) Nessus
12 7 (0.075%) RSA Archer
12 7 (0.075%) vCenter Server
12 7 (0.075%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,551 (27.49%) Microsoft
2 1,599 (17.23%) ForeScout
3 122 (1.31%) VMware
4 103 (1.11%) Cisco
5 92 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
6 78 (0.84%) Palo Alto
7 66 (0.71%) Fortinet
8 65 (0.70%) Apple
9 52 (0.56%) Splunk
10 51 (0.55%) Google
11 47 (0.51%) SAP
12 43 (0.46%) Tenable
13 42 (0.45%) Adobe
14 41 (0.44%) Salesforce
14 41 (0.44%) ServiceNow
15 32 (0.34%) Dell
16 30 (0.32%) Siemens
17 29 (0.31%) CyberArk
18 24 (0.26%) Oracle
19 20 (0.22%) Veeam