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 13 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 443 474 484
Rank change year-on-year +31 +10 +32
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 290 178 382
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.33% 0.41% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.29% 0.99% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 200 151 292
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,625 £52,500 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,466 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.41% - +9.20%
75th Percentile £80,625 £81,875 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £66,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -2.26% +11.72%

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 22,539 18,005 29,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.73% 41.47% 33.44%
Number of salaries quoted 14,885 9,001 19,740
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £38,844
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,527 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,577 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.87% +4.55% -14.06%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 +38 133 £80,000 - 42
South East +5 57 £56,250 -4.66% 26
East of England +18 41 £80,000 +128.57% 15
North of England -33 22 £72,500 +11.54% 22
North West -5 21 £72,500 +9.24% 15
South West -60 20 £50,000 +3.08% 13
Midlands -43 14 £70,000 +12.00% 2
East Midlands -20 11 £70,000 - 1
West Midlands -42 3 £65,000 +4.00% 1
Yorkshire -48 1 £44,000 -29.60% 6
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 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 83 (28.62%) Azure
2 44 (15.17%) AWS
3 38 (13.10%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (7.59%) SaaS
5 21 (7.24%) Entra ID
6 17 (5.86%) IaaS
6 17 (5.86%) PaaS
7 16 (5.52%) Datadog
8 14 (4.83%) Google Workspace
9 12 (4.14%) GCP
10 9 (3.10%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.72%) GitHub
12 3 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.03%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.69%) Serverless
14 1 (0.34%) Azure DevOps
14 1 (0.34%) Azure Monitor
14 1 (0.34%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 68 (23.45%) Firewall
2 42 (14.48%) DNS
3 28 (9.66%) Broadband
3 28 (9.66%) VPN
4 27 (9.31%) TCP/IP
5 20 (6.90%) DHCP
5 20 (6.90%) VLAN
5 20 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (6.21%) Network Security
7 16 (5.52%) SAN
8 12 (4.14%) HTTP
9 8 (2.76%) HTTPS
9 8 (2.76%) LAN
10 6 (2.07%) SSL
10 6 (2.07%) WAN
11 4 (1.38%) DMZ
11 4 (1.38%) Internet
11 4 (1.38%) SSH
11 4 (1.38%) Wireshark
12 2 (0.69%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 16 (5.52%) Chocolatey
2 8 (2.76%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.38%) Metasploit
4 3 (1.03%) JIRA
General
1 81 (27.93%) Social Skills
2 72 (24.83%) Finance
3 64 (22.07%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.59%) Banking
5 13 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (4.14%) Legal
7 11 (3.79%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.10%) Aerospace
8 9 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (3.10%) Law
9 8 (2.76%) Retail
10 7 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.72%) Games
12 4 (1.38%) Military
12 4 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.38%) Police
13 3 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.69%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.69%) Local Government
14 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 54 (18.62%) Analyst
2 39 (13.45%) Senior
3 33 (11.38%) Security Manager
4 31 (10.69%) Security Analyst
5 21 (7.24%) Incident Manager
5 21 (7.24%) Lead
6 20 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 20 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 19 (6.55%) Architect
7 19 (6.55%) Cyber Threat Specialist
8 17 (5.86%) Azure Engineer
8 17 (5.86%) Cyber Threat Analyst
8 17 (5.86%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 16 (5.52%) Developer
9 16 (5.52%) Software Engineer
10 13 (4.48%) Security Specialist
11 11 (3.79%) Python Developer
11 11 (3.79%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
12 10 (3.45%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
12 10 (3.45%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.17%) LDAP
2 13 (4.48%) GraphQL
2 13 (4.48%) OAuth
2 13 (4.48%) OpenID
2 13 (4.48%) REST
2 13 (4.48%) SAML
2 13 (4.48%) SOAP
3 4 (1.38%) RESTful
4 1 (0.34%) Middleware
4 1 (0.34%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 38 (13.10%) Security Posture
2 37 (12.76%) Cyberattack
3 24 (8.28%) Cyber Defence
4 21 (7.24%) Management Information System
5 16 (5.52%) Security Operations Centre
6 15 (5.17%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (3.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 9 (3.10%) Operational Technology
8 6 (2.07%) Insider Threat
8 6 (2.07%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.72%) CSOC
9 5 (1.72%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.38%) PKI
11 3 (1.03%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.03%) Cybercrime
11 3 (1.03%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.03%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.03%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.69%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 59 (20.34%) Windows
2 34 (11.72%) Linux
3 13 (4.48%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.45%) Unix
5 4 (1.38%) Kali Linux
5 4 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (72.41%) Cybersecurity
2 107 (36.90%) Incident Response
3 75 (25.86%) Information Security
3 75 (25.86%) SIEM
4 68 (23.45%) Threat Intelligence
5 65 (22.41%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 60 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
7 58 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 50 (17.24%) Security Operations
9 45 (15.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 44 (15.17%) Disaster Recovery
11 41 (14.14%) Threat Detection
12 37 (12.76%) AI
12 37 (12.76%) Roadmaps
13 34 (11.72%) Cyber Intelligence
13 34 (11.72%) Mentoring
14 33 (11.38%) Cloud Security
15 32 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
16 31 (10.69%) Penetration Testing
17 30 (10.34%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 42 (14.48%) Python
2 32 (11.03%) PowerShell
3 25 (8.62%) Bash
4 14 (4.83%) C++
4 14 (4.83%) SQL
5 13 (4.48%) T-SQL
6 10 (3.45%) Rust
7 7 (2.41%) Search Processing Language
8 5 (1.72%) C#
8 5 (1.72%) Go
8 5 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (1.38%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.38%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.03%) C
10 3 (1.03%) Java
10 3 (1.03%) Objective-C
10 3 (1.03%) Perl
10 3 (1.03%) Ruby
11 1 (0.34%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 45 (15.52%) CISSP
2 43 (14.83%) Security Cleared
3 38 (13.10%) Degree
4 29 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 24 (8.28%) OSCP
6 19 (6.55%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (6.21%) CISM
7 18 (6.21%) GIAC
8 15 (5.17%) Azure Certification
8 15 (5.17%) CompTIA Security+
9 14 (4.83%) SANS
10 13 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (4.48%) CREST Certified
10 13 (4.48%) GCIH
11 12 (4.14%) CEH
12 11 (3.79%) GCIA
13 10 (3.45%) OSCE
14 9 (3.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 8 (2.76%) CCNP
15 8 (2.76%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (24.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 45 (15.52%) NIST
3 31 (10.69%) GDPR
4 30 (10.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 27 (9.31%) PCI DSS
6 22 (7.59%) NCSC
7 20 (6.90%) SLA
8 15 (5.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (3.45%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (3.45%) GRC
10 5 (1.72%) PERC
11 4 (1.38%) SOC 2
12 3 (1.03%) ISO 22301
12 3 (1.03%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.69%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.34%) COBIT
14 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.34%) QA
System Software
1 41 (14.14%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.83%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.72%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.34%) Docker
5 1 (0.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (6.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (5.52%) SCCM
3 13 (4.48%) Kubernetes
4 9 (3.10%) Ansible
4 9 (3.10%) Kibana
5 7 (2.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 4 (1.38%) Iperf
7 3 (1.03%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 3 (1.03%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.69%) Nessus
8 2 (0.69%) QRadar
9 1 (0.34%) Argo
9 1 (0.34%) CASB
9 1 (0.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 62 (21.38%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.24%) VMware
3 19 (6.55%) Tenable
4 16 (5.52%) AppDynamics
4 16 (5.52%) Dynatrace
5 14 (4.83%) Splunk
6 13 (4.48%) CrowdStrike
7 7 (2.41%) Carbon Black
8 6 (2.07%) Checkmarx
8 6 (2.07%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.72%) Cisco
9 5 (1.72%) Qualys
9 5 (1.72%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.38%) Ruckus Wireless
10 4 (1.38%) SonicWALL
10 4 (1.38%) Thales
10 4 (1.38%) TOWER Software
11 3 (1.03%) New Relic
11 3 (1.03%) SolarWinds
11 3 (1.03%) Zerto