Cyber Threat Job Trends in England

Cyber Threats
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 401 466
Rank change year-on-year +12 +65 +80
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 236 303 218
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 0.63% 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.27% 1.68% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 104 127 180
10th Percentile £40,275 £40,000 £43,625
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -13.29%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,250 £120,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.11%

All Generic Skills
England

Cyber Threat falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,545 18,027 17,873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.09% 37.45% 36.27%
Number of salaries quoted 9,384 8,461 13,288
10th Percentile £27,750 £34,000 £31,592
25th Percentile £36,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Threat relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in England

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cyber Threat.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cyber Threat

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in England

Cyber Threat
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat 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
London +12 77 £69,384 -10.47% 80
North of England -17 49 £63,500 +15.45% 30
Midlands +32 42 £65,000 +13.04% 11
West Midlands +28 24 £65,000 +11.11% 2
North West -6 24 £63,500 +8.55% 27
East of England +35 22 £59,500 +19.00% 14
South East +19 21 £54,000 +13.68% 57
South West +7 21 £80,000 +41.11% 20
Yorkshire -10 20 £57,500 +4.55% 2
East Midlands -3 18 £36,250 -36.96% 9
North East +10 5 £68,500 - 1
Cyber Threat
UK

Cyber Threat
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 2 (0.85%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 43 (18.22%) Azure
2 22 (9.32%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (8.05%) Entra ID
4 14 (5.93%) SaaS
5 13 (5.51%) AWS
6 12 (5.08%) Google Workspace
7 7 (2.97%) Datadog
7 7 (2.97%) IaaS
7 7 (2.97%) PaaS
8 5 (2.12%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.27%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.27%) Tessian
10 2 (0.85%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 2 (0.85%) dbt
10 2 (0.85%) GCP
11 1 (0.42%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.42%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 30 (12.71%) Firewall
2 16 (6.78%) Network Security
3 15 (6.36%) DNS
4 14 (5.93%) VPN
5 13 (5.51%) Broadband
6 11 (4.66%) DHCP
7 9 (3.81%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (3.39%) SAN
8 8 (3.39%) VLAN
9 7 (2.97%) TCP/IP
9 7 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.69%) HTTP
11 3 (1.27%) SSL
12 2 (0.85%) Unified Communications
13 1 (0.42%) DMZ
13 1 (0.42%) FTP
13 1 (0.42%) ICMP
13 1 (0.42%) NAS
13 1 (0.42%) SMTP
13 1 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.97%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.42%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (2.97%) Chocolatey
2 2 (0.85%) IDA Disassembler
3 1 (0.42%) Artifactory
General
1 59 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 38 (16.10%) Finance
3 26 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.78%) Banking
5 15 (6.36%) Law
6 13 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.51%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.81%) Legal
8 5 (2.12%) Aerospace
8 5 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.69%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.69%) Police
10 3 (1.27%) Marketing
10 3 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.27%) Retail
11 2 (0.85%) Avionics
11 2 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.85%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.42%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 84 (35.59%) Lead
2 43 (18.22%) Analyst
3 32 (13.56%) Security Analyst
3 32 (13.56%) Senior
4 27 (11.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 14 (5.93%) Security Engineer
6 11 (4.66%) Security Manager
7 10 (4.24%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 10 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (3.81%) Risk Manager
9 8 (3.39%) IT Manager
9 8 (3.39%) Systems Engineer
9 8 (3.39%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
10 7 (2.97%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (2.97%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (2.97%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (2.97%) Cyber Threat Analyst
10 7 (2.97%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
10 7 (2.97%) IT Security Manager
11 6 (2.54%) Compliance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.93%) OAuth
1 14 (5.93%) OpenID
1 14 (5.93%) SAML
2 13 (5.51%) LDAP
3 12 (5.08%) GraphQL
3 12 (5.08%) REST
3 12 (5.08%) SOAP
4 4 (1.69%) Google JAX
4 4 (1.69%) JAX
4 4 (1.69%) PyTorch
4 4 (1.69%) TensorFlow
5 2 (0.85%) Django
5 2 (0.85%) DPDK
5 2 (0.85%) eBPF
6 1 (0.42%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 81 (34.32%) Security Operations Centre
2 73 (30.93%) Operational Technology
3 68 (28.81%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 27 (11.44%) Cyberattack
5 20 (8.47%) Security Posture
6 15 (6.36%) Management Information System
7 12 (5.08%) Cyber Defence
8 10 (4.24%) Virtual Team
9 5 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.69%) Blog
10 4 (1.69%) CUDA
10 4 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.27%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.27%) Insider Threat
11 3 (1.27%) IoT
11 3 (1.27%) SCADA
12 2 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.36%) Windows
2 8 (3.39%) Linux
3 3 (1.27%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (51.27%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 121 (51.27%) Cybersecurity
1 121 (51.27%) Threat Intelligence
2 118 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 103 (43.64%) Cyber Intelligence
4 102 (43.22%) Mentoring
5 97 (41.10%) Vulnerability Management
6 87 (36.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 85 (36.02%) Roadmaps
8 79 (33.47%) Risk Management
9 77 (32.63%) ITIL
10 73 (30.93%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
11 70 (29.66%) Business Strategy
12 67 (28.39%) Coaching
13 66 (27.97%) SABSA
14 65 (27.54%) Change Advisory Board
14 65 (27.54%) Technology Roadmap
15 63 (26.69%) Incident Response
16 45 (19.07%) SIEM
17 43 (18.22%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 19 (8.05%) SQL
2 17 (7.20%) PowerShell
3 16 (6.78%) Python
4 15 (6.36%) Bash
5 12 (5.08%) T-SQL
6 7 (2.97%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (1.69%) C
7 4 (1.69%) C++
8 2 (0.85%) Go
8 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.42%) Perl
Qualifications
1 29 (12.29%) Degree
2 23 (9.75%) CISSP
3 17 (7.20%) Security Cleared
4 14 (5.93%) CISM
5 11 (4.66%) CompTIA Security+
6 10 (4.24%) GIAC
7 9 (3.81%) SC Cleared
8 8 (3.39%) Azure Certification
8 8 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (3.39%) CREST Certified
9 6 (2.54%) CEH
9 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (2.12%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.69%) CRISC
11 4 (1.69%) GCIH
11 4 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (1.69%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (1.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 3 (1.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 3 (1.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (48.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 106 (44.92%) NIST
3 66 (27.97%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 15 (6.36%) NCSC
5 13 (5.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (5.51%) GDPR
6 11 (4.66%) SLA
7 8 (3.39%) QA
8 6 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (2.54%) GRC
9 5 (2.12%) PCI DSS
10 4 (1.69%) COBIT
11 3 (1.27%) NIST 800
11 3 (1.27%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.42%) Def Stans
System Software
1 29 (12.29%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.69%) Firmware
3 3 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.85%) KVM
4 2 (0.85%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 11 (4.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.97%) CSIRT
2 7 (2.97%) SCCM
3 5 (2.12%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.69%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.27%) Ansible
6 2 (0.85%) Terraform
7 1 (0.42%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.42%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.42%) Nagios
7 1 (0.42%) Nmap
7 1 (0.42%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.42%) Puppet
Vendors
1 29 (12.29%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.24%) VMware
3 9 (3.81%) Tenable
4 7 (2.97%) AppDynamics
4 7 (2.97%) Dynatrace
4 7 (2.97%) Splunk
5 5 (2.12%) CrowdStrike
5 5 (2.12%) Palo Alto
6 2 (0.85%) Cisco
6 2 (0.85%) ConnectWise
6 2 (0.85%) Draytek
6 2 (0.85%) Fortinet
6 2 (0.85%) Qualys
6 2 (0.85%) SaltStack
7 1 (0.42%) Blue Coat
7 1 (0.42%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.42%) F5
7 1 (0.42%) Juniper
7 1 (0.42%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.42%) Rapid7