Cybersecurity Jobs in England

Cybersecurity
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 31 47
Rank change year-on-year -6 +16 +33
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 3,112 4,920 5,011
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.36% 5.50% 5.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.76% 6.54% 6.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,806 3,634 2,732
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,920 £37,397
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -11.54% -
75th Percentile £73,159 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% -11.54% -

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 46,039 75,199 82,570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.03% 84.05% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 22,875 54,702 49,146
10th Percentile £29,500 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in England.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in England over the 6 months to 30 May 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 30 May 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
London -6 794 £75,000 +3.45% 899
North of England -13 684 £47,683 -8.45% 1,618
South East -2 588 £47,683 -5.58% 2,071
Midlands +11 538 £47,683 -13.30% 1,351
North West -31 381 £54,022 +3.72% 771
West Midlands +4 339 £57,500 +4.38% 726
Yorkshire +17 286 £47,683 -4.63% 645
South West +1 245 £47,683 -20.53% 865
East Midlands +18 196 £47,683 +12.20% 536
East of England +2 169 £47,683 -4.63% 1,069
North East -15 17 £65,000 +52.94% 204
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 82 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 70 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 19 (0.61%) Confluence
4 16 (0.51%) IIS
5 8 (0.26%) Apache
6 6 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.16%) CMS
7 5 (0.16%) nginx
8 3 (0.096%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.096%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.096%) WordPress
9 2 (0.064%) TPMS
9 2 (0.064%) Traefik
10 1 (0.032%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 73 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (1.12%) Maya
3 25 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
4 20 (0.64%) Simulink
5 17 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.45%) Chatbot
6 14 (0.45%) Trello
7 12 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (0.096%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.064%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.064%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.064%) Sketch
10 1 (0.032%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 25 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.35%) NetSuite
2 11 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.32%) SAP IBP
4 8 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.16%) Exchequer
6 4 (0.13%) Fidessa
6 4 (0.13%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.13%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.13%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.096%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.096%) Sage 50
7 3 (0.096%) SAP CX
7 3 (0.096%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.032%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.032%) Lorenzo
8 1 (0.032%) SystmOne
8 1 (0.032%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 442 (14.20%) Azure
2 355 (11.41%) Microsoft 365
3 317 (10.19%) AWS
4 96 (3.08%) Serverless
5 93 (2.99%) Entra ID
6 91 (2.92%) AWS Lambda
7 81 (2.60%) Cloud Computing
8 80 (2.57%) GCP
9 53 (1.70%) SaaS
10 48 (1.54%) PaaS
10 48 (1.54%) Power Platform
11 41 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
12 36 (1.16%) IaaS
13 32 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
14 31 (1.00%) OneDrive
15 27 (0.87%) GitHub
16 26 (0.84%) Power Automate
17 18 (0.58%) Amazon EC2
17 18 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
18 17 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 378 (12.15%) Firewall
2 135 (4.34%) Network Security
3 111 (3.57%) DNS
4 98 (3.15%) WAN
5 95 (3.05%) SSL
6 93 (2.99%) VoIP
7 89 (2.86%) TCP/IP
8 86 (2.76%) Broadband
8 86 (2.76%) VPN
9 82 (2.63%) SSH
10 78 (2.51%) DHCP
11 74 (2.38%) LAN
12 51 (1.64%) VLAN
13 46 (1.48%) Intrusion Detection
14 30 (0.96%) SAN
14 30 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
15 28 (0.90%) 5G
16 23 (0.74%) Internet
16 23 (0.74%) SD-WAN
17 22 (0.71%) 3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (1.25%) SQL Server
2 38 (1.22%) Power BI
3 28 (0.90%) MongoDB
4 23 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
6 19 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (0.51%) Data Lake
7 16 (0.51%) MySQL
8 13 (0.42%) Tableau
9 12 (0.39%) NoSQL
10 11 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
11 10 (0.32%) Relational Database
11 10 (0.32%) SAP BW
12 9 (0.29%) Big Data
13 6 (0.19%) Metadata
14 5 (0.16%) Hadoop
15 4 (0.13%) Amazon Athena
15 4 (0.13%) Amazon Aurora
15 4 (0.13%) DynamoDB
16 3 (0.096%) Apache Ignite
Development Applications
1 86 (2.76%) JIRA
2 38 (1.22%) Rational DOORS
3 21 (0.67%) Git
4 18 (0.58%) Selenium
5 14 (0.45%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.35%) Burp Suite
7 10 (0.32%) SonarQube
8 7 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.22%) GitLab
8 7 (0.22%) IntelliJ
9 6 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (0.16%) Babel
10 5 (0.16%) webpack
11 4 (0.13%) AppScan
11 4 (0.13%) Metasploit
12 3 (0.096%) gulp
12 3 (0.096%) Subversion
13 2 (0.064%) git-flow
13 2 (0.064%) rollup.js
13 2 (0.064%) Spinnaker
General
1 888 (28.53%) Social Skills
2 452 (14.52%) Finance
3 442 (14.20%) Presentation Skills
4 413 (13.27%) Law
5 403 (12.95%) Legal
6 370 (11.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 308 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
8 145 (4.66%) Banking
9 116 (3.73%) Telecoms
10 103 (3.31%) Retail
11 96 (3.08%) Marketing
12 83 (2.67%) Public Sector
13 71 (2.28%) Manufacturing
14 64 (2.06%) Games
15 59 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
16 48 (1.54%) Electronics
17 36 (1.16%) Aerospace
17 36 (1.16%) Military
17 36 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
18 29 (0.93%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 420 (13.50%) Systems Engineer
2 378 (12.15%) Analyst
3 342 (10.99%) Security Engineer
4 253 (8.13%) Senior
5 247 (7.94%) Security Analyst
6 200 (6.43%) IT Support
7 188 (6.04%) Lead
8 156 (5.01%) Principal Engineer
9 147 (4.72%) Principal Security Engineer
10 135 (4.34%) Architect
11 105 (3.37%) Cloud Engineer
12 99 (3.18%) Security Manager
13 94 (3.02%) DevOps Engineer
14 91 (2.92%) Consultant
14 91 (2.92%) IT Manager
15 88 (2.83%) Product Analyst
16 87 (2.80%) Principal Security Analyst
17 79 (2.54%) IT Engineer
18 67 (2.15%) Senior Security Engineer
19 65 (2.09%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (3.47%) Web Services
2 95 (3.05%) RESTful
3 48 (1.54%) React
3 48 (1.54%) Software Packaging
4 44 (1.41%) REST
5 37 (1.19%) Kafka
6 34 (1.09%) Node.js
7 26 (0.84%) Middleware
8 22 (0.71%) YAML
9 20 (0.64%) .NET
10 18 (0.58%) AngularJS
11 16 (0.51%) HTML
12 15 (0.48%) CSS
12 15 (0.48%) MERN Stack
13 14 (0.45%) Vue
14 11 (0.35%) Leaflet
15 8 (0.26%) ADO
15 8 (0.26%) GraphQL
15 8 (0.26%) SOAP
15 8 (0.26%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 404 (12.98%) Cyberattack
2 337 (10.83%) Management Information System
3 187 (6.01%) Cyber Threat
4 171 (5.49%) Security Posture
5 137 (4.40%) Onboarding
6 124 (3.98%) Operational Technology
7 118 (3.79%) Data Centre
8 105 (3.37%) PKI
9 55 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
10 54 (1.74%) Security Operations Centre
11 45 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
12 41 (1.32%) CCTV
13 37 (1.19%) Social Media
14 36 (1.16%) Cloud Native
15 35 (1.12%) Driving Licence
16 30 (0.96%) SCADA
17 28 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
18 27 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
19 26 (0.84%) Product Ownership
20 25 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 428 (13.75%) Windows
2 133 (4.27%) Windows Server
3 121 (3.89%) Linux
4 87 (2.80%) Windows 10
5 34 (1.09%) Mac OS
6 22 (0.71%) Android
6 22 (0.71%) Apple iOS
7 15 (0.48%) Unix
8 14 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (0.32%) Windows Vista
10 8 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (0.22%) Windows 7
11 7 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.16%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.064%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.064%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.032%) Debian
15 1 (0.032%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 640 (20.57%) Agile
2 540 (17.35%) Information Security
3 526 (16.90%) Risk Management
4 492 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
5 466 (14.97%) Systems Engineering
6 406 (13.05%) SysML
7 392 (12.60%) MODAF
8 390 (12.53%) UML
9 367 (11.79%) Line Management
10 356 (11.44%) Project Management
11 320 (10.28%) Incident Response
12 318 (10.22%) Creative Thinking
13 256 (8.23%) Computer Science
14 242 (7.78%) SIEM
15 233 (7.49%) Roadmaps
16 219 (7.04%) Artificial Intelligence
17 217 (6.97%) Continuous Improvement
18 216 (6.94%) Mentoring
19 203 (6.52%) DevOps
20 202 (6.49%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 410 (13.17%) MATLAB
2 258 (8.29%) Python
3 169 (5.43%) PowerShell
4 94 (3.02%) SQL
5 51 (1.64%) TypeScript
6 46 (1.48%) JavaScript
7 42 (1.35%) Java
8 36 (1.16%) Bash
9 31 (1.00%) C#
10 20 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
11 18 (0.58%) Perl
12 17 (0.55%) C++
13 13 (0.42%) PHP
14 11 (0.35%) C
15 8 (0.26%) Go
15 8 (0.26%) R
16 7 (0.22%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.19%) Ruby
18 3 (0.096%) Scala
18 3 (0.096%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,164 (37.40%) Degree
2 638 (20.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 472 (15.17%) CISSP
4 355 (11.41%) CISM
5 219 (7.04%) Security Cleared
6 159 (5.11%) CESG Certified Professional
7 119 (3.82%) SC Cleared
8 109 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 77 (2.47%) CEH
10 70 (2.25%) Master's Degree
11 69 (2.22%) PMI Certification
12 68 (2.19%) CompTIA Security+
13 58 (1.86%) CRISC
13 58 (1.86%) DV Cleared
13 58 (1.86%) PMP
14 57 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
15 54 (1.74%) GCIH
16 50 (1.61%) CISA
17 46 (1.48%) OSCP
18 42 (1.35%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 572 (18.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 526 (16.90%) NIST
3 381 (12.24%) NCSC
4 175 (5.62%) GDPR
5 159 (5.11%) JSP 440
6 148 (4.76%) RMADS
7 145 (4.66%) Cyber Essentials
8 71 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 66 (2.12%) PCI DSS
10 63 (2.02%) GRC
11 52 (1.67%) QA
12 38 (1.22%) SLA
13 26 (0.84%) NIST 800
14 25 (0.80%) HIPAA
15 24 (0.77%) Accessibility
15 24 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 22 (0.71%) GxP
17 18 (0.58%) COBIT
18 17 (0.55%) SOC 2
19 15 (0.48%) Def Stans
System Software
1 359 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 70 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (1.86%) Virtual Servers
4 48 (1.54%) Hyper-V
5 47 (1.51%) Docker
6 42 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (0.22%) Firmware
9 6 (0.19%) vSphere
10 5 (0.16%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.064%) Postfix
13 1 (0.032%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.032%) HDFS
13 1 (0.032%) pfSense
13 1 (0.032%) Snort
13 1 (0.032%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.032%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.032%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 113 (3.63%) Terraform
2 94 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 58 (1.86%) Kubernetes
4 36 (1.16%) Ansible
5 30 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
6 25 (0.80%) QRadar
7 24 (0.77%) SCCM
8 14 (0.45%) Nessus
9 13 (0.42%) FortiGate
10 11 (0.35%) CSIRT
11 10 (0.32%) CASB
11 10 (0.32%) Functional Safety
11 10 (0.32%) Progress Chef
11 10 (0.32%) Puppet
12 9 (0.29%) RSA Archer
13 7 (0.22%) ZABBIX
14 6 (0.19%) ArcSight ESM
14 6 (0.19%) SCOM
15 5 (0.16%) PaperCut
15 5 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 620 (19.92%) Microsoft
2 116 (3.73%) VMware
3 101 (3.25%) Cisco
4 84 (2.70%) Thales
5 51 (1.64%) Google
5 51 (1.64%) Splunk
6 44 (1.41%) SAP
7 42 (1.35%) Tenable
8 37 (1.19%) Fortinet
9 28 (0.90%) IBM
9 28 (0.90%) Salesforce
9 28 (0.90%) Siemens
10 27 (0.87%) CrowdStrike
11 25 (0.80%) Qualys
12 23 (0.74%) Oracle
13 21 (0.67%) Sophos
14 20 (0.64%) Adobe
14 20 (0.64%) Palo Alto
15 18 (0.58%) Ping Identity
15 18 (0.58%) ServiceNow