Cybersecurity Engineer Job Trends in the North of England

Cybersecurity Engineer
England > North of England

The median Cybersecurity Engineer salary in the North of England is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 261 296
Rank change year-on-year +8 +35 +103
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 10 18 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.090% 0.20% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.21% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5 18 10
10th Percentile £48,304 - £36,475
25th Percentile £64,509 £37,716 £38,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £42,468 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +100.15% -10.59% -27.48%
75th Percentile £100,000 £53,866 £55,000
90th Percentile - £53,904 £60,700
England median annual salary £65,000 £53,688 £65,000
% change year-on-year +21.07% -17.40% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 9,914 8,472 9,505
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.90% 93.81% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 5,832 3,992 7,676
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,369 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +2.74% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,225 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% -8.80%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in the North of England

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 21 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Engineer in the North of England

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 21 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
North West +23 10 £85,000 +80.85% 15
Cybersecurity Engineer
England

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 21 January 2026, Cybersecurity Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 5 (50.00%) NIST
3 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (40.00%) Network Security
3 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (30.00%) Azure
4 3 (30.00%) CISSP
4 3 (30.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (30.00%) Digital Forensics
4 3 (30.00%) DMZ
4 3 (30.00%) HND
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (30.00%) Modbus
4 3 (30.00%) Risk Register
4 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) AWS
5 2 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (20.00%) CESG Certified Professional
5 2 (20.00%) CISM
5 2 (20.00%) Compliance Management
5 2 (20.00%) Def Stans
5 2 (20.00%) GRC
5 2 (20.00%) Information Security
5 2 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) AWS
2 2 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (10.00%) dbt
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Network Security
2 3 (30.00%) DMZ
2 3 (30.00%) Modbus
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Driving Licence
1 3 (30.00%) Operational Technology
1 3 (30.00%) SCADA
2 2 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (10.00%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (30.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (30.00%) Digital Forensics
3 3 (30.00%) Risk Register
4 2 (20.00%) Compliance Management
4 2 (20.00%) Information Security
4 2 (20.00%) Product Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) Security Management
4 2 (20.00%) SIEM
5 1 (10.00%) Cyber Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (10.00%) DevOps
5 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) CISSP
2 3 (30.00%) HND
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (20.00%) CESG Certified Professional
3 2 (20.00%) CISM
3 2 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) NIST
2 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (20.00%) Def Stans
3 2 (20.00%) GRC
4 1 (10.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Splunk