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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 37 31
Rank change year-on-year +30 -6 +23
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 7,987 2,369 4,741
As % of all permanent jobs in England 9.65% 6.18% 5.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.06% 6.62% 6.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,891 1,439 3,493
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,971 £35,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -0.17% -8.46%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year - +0.84% -8.46%

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 61,148 35,802 72,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.84% 93.41% 84.38%
Number of salaries quoted 40,513 19,133 54,000
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,367
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -9.84%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 +35 2,330 £50,000 -5.66% 343
Midlands +35 1,911 £54,000 +3.46% 177
North West +45 1,504 £55,000 -3.51% 196
London +15 1,445 £71,000 -5.33% 525
West Midlands +20 1,419 £50,000 -13.04% 106
South East +27 1,131 £50,000 -9.09% 390
Yorkshire +21 679 £47,500 +11.76% 115
South West +24 582 £60,000 +34.56% 176
East of England +65 534 £40,000 -15.79% 88
East Midlands +48 503 £55,000 +74.60% 70
North East +31 147 £45,000 -33.03% 34
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
1 127 (1.59%) SharePoint
2 108 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.13%) CMS
4 9 (0.11%) Apache
5 6 (0.075%) WordPress
6 4 (0.050%) IIS
6 4 (0.050%) SAS
7 3 (0.038%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.025%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.025%) Confluence
8 2 (0.025%) Drupal
8 2 (0.025%) nginx
9 1 (0.013%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 79 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (0.29%) Simulink
5 14 (0.18%) Maya
6 7 (0.088%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.063%) CATIA
8 4 (0.050%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.038%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.025%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.025%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.013%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 26 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (0.30%) Cloudability
3 16 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 12 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.063%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.050%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.038%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.038%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.038%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.025%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.025%) Shopify
9 1 (0.013%) Endur
9 1 (0.013%) Maximo
9 1 (0.013%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.013%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.013%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.013%) SAP FS
9 1 (0.013%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.013%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2,495 (31.24%) Azure
2 2,472 (30.95%) Cloud Computing
3 527 (6.60%) Microsoft 365
4 492 (6.16%) AWS
5 316 (3.96%) Entra ID
6 124 (1.55%) GCP
7 120 (1.50%) SaaS
8 109 (1.36%) GitHub
9 68 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
9 68 (0.85%) Power Platform
10 65 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
11 42 (0.53%) Serverless
12 39 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
13 38 (0.48%) Google Workspace
14 33 (0.41%) OneDrive
15 31 (0.39%) Mimecast
16 30 (0.38%) PaaS
17 29 (0.36%) Nutanix
18 28 (0.35%) IaaS
19 27 (0.34%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 2,559 (32.04%) Internet
2 358 (4.48%) Firewall
3 168 (2.10%) Network Security
4 148 (1.85%) VPN
5 120 (1.50%) DNS
6 87 (1.09%) WAN
7 84 (1.05%) DHCP
8 76 (0.95%) LAN
9 69 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
10 67 (0.84%) TCP/IP
10 67 (0.84%) VLAN
11 46 (0.58%) Broadband
12 37 (0.46%) VoIP
13 30 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
13 30 (0.38%) Unified Communications
14 28 (0.35%) Wireless
15 21 (0.26%) HTTP
15 21 (0.26%) SSL
16 20 (0.25%) CHAP
17 19 (0.24%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (0.48%) Power BI
2 23 (0.29%) SQL Server
3 21 (0.26%) Big Data
4 18 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
4 18 (0.23%) Tableau
5 14 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (0.14%) Neo4j
7 8 (0.10%) MySQL
8 6 (0.075%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.063%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.050%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.050%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.038%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.038%) GIS
11 3 (0.038%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.038%) Metadata
12 2 (0.025%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.025%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.025%) Impala
Development Applications
1 112 (1.40%) Git
2 36 (0.45%) GitLab
3 28 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
4 25 (0.31%) Snyk
5 19 (0.24%) JIRA
6 13 (0.16%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.075%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.075%) Yeoman
8 5 (0.063%) Apache Continuum
8 5 (0.063%) Burp Suite
8 5 (0.063%) Metasploit
8 5 (0.063%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.063%) VersionOne
9 4 (0.050%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.050%) JMeter
9 4 (0.050%) Locust
9 4 (0.050%) MLflow
10 2 (0.025%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.025%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.025%) Visual Studio
General
1 4,911 (61.49%) Social Skills
2 2,731 (34.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2,570 (32.18%) Banking
4 519 (6.50%) Finance
5 410 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
6 222 (2.78%) Public Sector
7 197 (2.47%) Multimedia
8 164 (2.05%) Retail
9 156 (1.95%) Marketing
10 143 (1.79%) Law
11 120 (1.50%) Legal
12 117 (1.46%) Telecoms
13 110 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
14 91 (1.14%) Manufacturing
15 75 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
16 68 (0.85%) Local Government
17 52 (0.65%) Aerospace
18 41 (0.51%) Aviation
19 37 (0.46%) Games
20 35 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,871 (23.43%) Lecturer
2 1,293 (16.19%) Analyst
3 1,132 (14.17%) Security Analyst
4 1,061 (13.28%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 925 (11.58%) Junior
6 896 (11.22%) Junior Analyst
7 895 (11.21%) Junior Security Analyst
8 705 (8.83%) Ethical Hacker
9 511 (6.40%) Senior
10 336 (4.21%) Architect
11 293 (3.67%) Consultant
12 263 (3.29%) Lead
13 254 (3.18%) Security Manager
14 240 (3.00%) Security Architect
15 221 (2.77%) Trainee
16 207 (2.59%) IT Support
17 194 (2.43%) Security Engineer
18 180 (2.25%) IT Manager
19 176 (2.20%) Security Consultant
20 173 (2.17%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (1.46%) HTML
2 115 (1.44%) CSS
3 53 (0.66%) REST
4 49 (0.61%) SAML
5 48 (0.60%) LDAP
5 48 (0.60%) OAuth
6 46 (0.58%) OpenID
7 34 (0.43%) React
8 30 (0.38%) SOAP
9 25 (0.31%) GraphQL
10 17 (0.21%) SailPoint
11 16 (0.20%) Kafka
12 13 (0.16%) AngularJS
12 13 (0.16%) Node.js
12 13 (0.16%) RESTful
13 12 (0.15%) .NET
13 12 (0.15%) Middleware
14 11 (0.14%) FastAPI
15 10 (0.13%) Tailwind CSS
16 9 (0.11%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 2,460 (30.80%) IoT
2 805 (10.08%) Cyberattack
3 254 (3.18%) Security Posture
4 188 (2.35%) Management Information System
5 170 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
6 158 (1.98%) Onboarding
7 122 (1.53%) Security Operations Centre
8 99 (1.24%) Driving Licence
9 95 (1.19%) Cyber Defence
9 95 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
10 93 (1.16%) Operational Technology
11 84 (1.05%) Data Centre
12 75 (0.94%) Cloud Native
13 57 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
14 50 (0.63%) PKI
15 47 (0.59%) Cyber Security Posture
16 43 (0.54%) Blog
17 42 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
18 34 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
18 34 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 412 (5.16%) Windows
2 197 (2.47%) Windows Server
3 152 (1.90%) Linux
4 52 (0.65%) Windows 10
5 43 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 30 (0.38%) Android
7 22 (0.28%) Apple iOS
8 20 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (0.11%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.075%) CentOS
12 6 (0.075%) VMS
13 5 (0.063%) Unix
14 2 (0.025%) Amazon Linux
15 1 (0.013%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.013%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.013%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,750 (34.43%) AI
2 2,488 (31.15%) Machine Learning
3 2,482 (31.08%) User Experience
4 2,450 (30.67%) Web Development
5 1,433 (17.94%) Mentoring
6 811 (10.15%) Ethical Hacking
7 470 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 450 (5.63%) Problem-Solving
9 441 (5.52%) Incident Response
10 417 (5.22%) Information Security
11 397 (4.97%) Risk Management
12 308 (3.86%) Security Operations
13 302 (3.78%) Cloud Security
14 294 (3.68%) SIEM
15 247 (3.09%) Agile
16 240 (3.00%) Vulnerability Management
17 235 (2.94%) Roadmaps
18 227 (2.84%) Security Architecture
19 226 (2.83%) Disaster Recovery
20 220 (2.75%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 364 (4.56%) Python
2 246 (3.08%) PowerShell
3 166 (2.08%) JavaScript
4 102 (1.28%) SQL
5 78 (0.98%) Bash
6 52 (0.65%) R
7 49 (0.61%) C++
8 38 (0.48%) Java
9 31 (0.39%) C#
10 27 (0.34%) MATLAB
11 24 (0.30%) T-SQL
12 22 (0.28%) TypeScript
13 18 (0.23%) Go
14 17 (0.21%) Rust
15 15 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
16 13 (0.16%) C
17 10 (0.13%) Perl
18 6 (0.075%) PHP
19 4 (0.050%) Search Processing Language
20 3 (0.038%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 2,865 (35.87%) Degree
2 2,502 (31.33%) Master's Degree
3 2,436 (30.50%) PhD
4 2,435 (30.49%) Postgraduate
5 1,737 (21.75%) Azure Certification
6 1,073 (13.43%) CompTIA Security+
7 937 (11.73%) CompTIA CySA+
8 864 (10.82%) CEH
9 448 (5.61%) Security Cleared
10 387 (4.85%) CISSP
11 314 (3.93%) SC Cleared
12 252 (3.16%) CISM
13 170 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
14 164 (2.05%) AWS Certification
15 140 (1.75%) DV Cleared
16 127 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
17 126 (1.58%) Network+ Certification
18 120 (1.50%) A+ Certification
19 101 (1.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
19 101 (1.26%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 537 (6.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 494 (6.19%) NIST
3 289 (3.62%) GDPR
4 250 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 250 (3.13%) GRC
5 138 (1.73%) PCI DSS
6 123 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 106 (1.33%) QA
8 105 (1.31%) NCSC
9 52 (0.65%) SOC 2
10 45 (0.56%) NIST 800
11 43 (0.54%) SLA
12 37 (0.46%) Accessibility
13 35 (0.44%) COBIT
14 28 (0.35%) JSP 440
15 27 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
16 26 (0.33%) Data Quality
17 19 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 17 (0.21%) HIPAA
19 16 (0.20%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 343 (4.29%) Active Directory
2 85 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 67 (0.84%) Hyper-V
4 56 (0.70%) Docker
5 42 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
6 25 (0.31%) vSphere
7 12 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (0.14%) IAG
8 11 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (0.11%) Firmware
10 8 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (0.075%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.038%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.025%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 1 (0.013%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.013%) ClearTrust
14 1 (0.013%) KVM
Systems Management
1 163 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 80 (1.00%) Terraform
3 74 (0.93%) Kubernetes
4 37 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
5 36 (0.45%) Ansible
6 28 (0.35%) Grafana
7 18 (0.23%) SCCM
8 17 (0.21%) QRadar
9 15 (0.19%) CASB
9 15 (0.19%) Prometheus
10 11 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 11 (0.14%) FortiGate
11 10 (0.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 10 (0.13%) CSIRT
12 9 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
13 8 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (0.088%) RSA Archer
14 7 (0.088%) vCenter Server
14 7 (0.088%) VxRail
15 6 (0.075%) Kibana
Vendors
1 2,578 (32.28%) Microsoft
2 1,599 (20.02%) ForeScout
3 125 (1.57%) VMware
4 111 (1.39%) Cisco
5 109 (1.36%) CrowdStrike
6 86 (1.08%) Palo Alto
7 75 (0.94%) Apple
8 68 (0.85%) Splunk
9 63 (0.79%) Fortinet
10 60 (0.75%) Tenable
11 57 (0.71%) Adobe
12 55 (0.69%) Google
13 47 (0.59%) ServiceNow
14 46 (0.58%) Salesforce
15 45 (0.56%) SAP
16 33 (0.41%) Dell
17 26 (0.33%) CyberArk
17 26 (0.33%) Siemens
18 22 (0.28%) Veeam
19 18 (0.23%) Sophos