Cybersecurity Job Trends in the North of England

Cybersecurity
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 39 40
Rank change year-on-year +16 +1 -5
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,195 603 587
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 5.07% 6.43% 4.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.18% 7.35% 5.33%
Number of salaries quoted 751 236 321
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £46,625 £54,793
Median % change year-on-year +11.53% -14.91% -7.91%
75th Percentile £74,533 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -5.62%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,632 8,209 11,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.57% 87.48% 78.41%
Number of salaries quoted 12,400 4,082 6,061
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,221
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,735 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% -2.53% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in the North of England

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the North of England

Cybersecurity
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 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 September 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 +25 604 £59,000 +21.65% 470
Yorkshire +11 450 £45,000 +20.00% 267
North East +9 141 £50,000 -24.53% 92
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 52 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 44 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.59%) IIS
4 6 (0.50%) Apache
5 1 (0.084%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.084%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (1.00%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.33%) SystmOne
3 3 (0.25%) Q-Pulse
3 3 (0.25%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 378 (31.63%) Azure
2 201 (16.82%) Microsoft 365
3 89 (7.45%) AWS
4 73 (6.11%) Entra ID
5 31 (2.59%) OneDrive
6 30 (2.51%) GCP
7 26 (2.18%) Power Platform
8 24 (2.01%) Microsoft Copilot
8 24 (2.01%) SaaS
9 21 (1.76%) Azure Sentinel
10 13 (1.09%) Serverless
11 12 (1.00%) Mimecast
12 11 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (0.92%) Power Automate
13 9 (0.75%) Copilot Studio
14 8 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (0.67%) IaaS
14 8 (0.67%) NetDocuments
15 6 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
16 5 (0.42%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 68 (5.69%) Firewall
2 52 (4.35%) DNS
3 42 (3.51%) DHCP
4 38 (3.18%) Network Security
5 34 (2.85%) VPN
6 33 (2.76%) TCP/IP
7 28 (2.34%) WAN
8 26 (2.18%) VoIP
9 24 (2.01%) LAN
9 24 (2.01%) Unified Communications
10 22 (1.84%) VLAN
11 17 (1.42%) Internet
11 17 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
12 12 (1.00%) Intrusion Detection
13 7 (0.59%) NGFW
13 7 (0.59%) Wireless
14 5 (0.42%) SSL
15 4 (0.33%) SD-WAN
15 4 (0.33%) SNMP
16 3 (0.25%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.17%) Power BI
2 10 (0.84%) SQL Server
3 7 (0.59%) MySQL
3 7 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.17%) Big Data
6 2 (0.17%) GIS
7 1 (0.084%) Chroma
7 1 (0.084%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.084%) Db2
7 1 (0.084%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.084%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.084%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.084%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.084%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.084%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.084%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 12 (1.00%) Snyk
2 6 (0.50%) Git
3 5 (0.42%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.33%) GitLab
5 2 (0.17%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.084%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.084%) GDB
6 1 (0.084%) JIRA
6 1 (0.084%) JMeter
6 1 (0.084%) Locust
6 1 (0.084%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.084%) WinDbg
General
1 402 (33.64%) Social Skills
2 72 (6.03%) Finance
3 68 (5.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 54 (4.52%) Public Sector
5 51 (4.27%) Telecoms
6 38 (3.18%) Marketing
7 36 (3.01%) Legal
8 34 (2.85%) Manufacturing
9 30 (2.51%) Analytical Skills
9 30 (2.51%) Retail
10 27 (2.26%) Law
11 21 (1.76%) Advertising
11 21 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (1.26%) Aerospace
13 8 (0.67%) Local Government
14 7 (0.59%) Banking
14 7 (0.59%) Police
15 6 (0.50%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 235 (19.67%) Analyst
2 189 (15.82%) Security Analyst
3 164 (13.72%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 158 (13.22%) Senior
5 125 (10.46%) Junior
6 114 (9.54%) Junior Analyst
7 109 (9.12%) Junior Security Analyst
8 105 (8.79%) Ethical Hacker
9 103 (8.62%) Consultant
10 86 (7.20%) Security Consultant
11 80 (6.69%) IT Support
11 80 (6.69%) Security Manager
12 73 (6.11%) Architect
13 66 (5.52%) Sales Representative
14 65 (5.44%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 65 (5.44%) Security Architect
15 60 (5.02%) Lead
16 59 (4.94%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 47 (3.93%) IT Manager
18 46 (3.85%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.00%) Terraform
2 8 (0.67%) JSON
3 7 (0.59%) HTML
3 7 (0.59%) Microsoft Graph
4 6 (0.50%) Regular Expression
5 5 (0.42%) REST
6 4 (0.33%) .NET
6 4 (0.33%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.33%) React
6 4 (0.33%) SAML
7 3 (0.25%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.25%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.25%) CSS
7 3 (0.25%) FHIR
7 3 (0.25%) LDAP
7 3 (0.25%) pgvector
7 3 (0.25%) PostGIS
7 3 (0.25%) Vue
8 2 (0.17%) Node.js
8 2 (0.17%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 176 (14.73%) Cyberattack
2 67 (5.61%) Security Posture
3 53 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 52 (4.35%) Driving Licence
5 39 (3.26%) Operational Technology
6 37 (3.10%) Cyber Threat
7 28 (2.34%) Data Centre
7 28 (2.34%) Management Information System
8 15 (1.26%) Cyber Security Posture
9 12 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (0.84%) Cloud Native
12 9 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (0.75%) Security Operations Centre
13 8 (0.67%) AI Agents
13 8 (0.67%) Cyber Defence
13 8 (0.67%) SCADA
14 7 (0.59%) Low-Code
14 7 (0.59%) Video Conferencing
15 6 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 153 (12.80%) Windows
2 84 (7.03%) Windows Server
3 30 (2.51%) Linux
4 17 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (1.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (1.00%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.75%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.59%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.25%) VMS
11 2 (0.17%) Android
11 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.17%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (15.31%) Mentoring
2 126 (10.54%) AI
3 124 (10.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 105 (8.79%) Ethical Hacking
5 94 (7.87%) Disaster Recovery
5 94 (7.87%) Problem-Solving
6 90 (7.53%) Incident Response
7 88 (7.36%) SIEM
8 74 (6.19%) Customer Service
9 70 (5.86%) Information Security
10 69 (5.77%) Risk Management
11 67 (5.61%) Cloud Security
12 66 (5.52%) IT Strategy
13 63 (5.27%) Vulnerability Management
14 62 (5.19%) ITIL
15 58 (4.85%) Decision-Making
16 57 (4.77%) Stakeholder Management
17 56 (4.69%) Service Delivery
18 53 (4.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 53 (4.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 50 (4.18%) PowerShell
2 35 (2.93%) Python
3 19 (1.59%) SQL
4 12 (1.00%) Bash
4 12 (1.00%) JavaScript
5 11 (0.92%) C#
6 8 (0.67%) C++
7 5 (0.42%) Java
8 4 (0.33%) XAML
9 3 (0.25%) C
10 2 (0.17%) Go
10 2 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.17%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.17%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.084%) Ada
11 1 (0.084%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.084%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.084%) Swift
11 1 (0.084%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 222 (18.58%) Azure Certification
2 121 (10.13%) CompTIA Security+
3 117 (9.79%) CompTIA CySA+
4 108 (9.04%) CEH
5 76 (6.36%) Degree
6 65 (5.44%) Security Cleared
7 57 (4.77%) SC Cleared
8 45 (3.77%) CISSP
9 34 (2.85%) CISM
10 19 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (1.34%) AWS Certification
12 13 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 11 (0.92%) A+ Certification
14 11 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 11 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
15 10 (0.84%) DBS Check
16 9 (0.75%) CREST Certified
17 8 (0.67%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (8.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (6.28%) NIST
3 68 (5.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 52 (4.35%) GDPR
5 33 (2.76%) GRC
6 31 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 17 (1.42%) QA
8 16 (1.34%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.59%) NCSC
9 7 (0.59%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.42%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.42%) SLA
11 4 (0.33%) PMO
12 3 (0.25%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.25%) HL7
12 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.25%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.084%) JSP 440
System Software
1 82 (6.86%) Active Directory
2 29 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (1.76%) Hyper-V
4 18 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.84%) Docker
6 6 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.50%) vSphere
7 1 (0.084%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 71 (5.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.59%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.50%) SCCM
4 6 (0.50%) WSUS
5 5 (0.42%) Nessus
6 4 (0.33%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.33%) Grafana
6 4 (0.33%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 3 (0.25%) cPanel
7 3 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.25%) Plesk
7 3 (0.25%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.17%) Ansible
8 2 (0.17%) Podman
8 2 (0.17%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.17%) QRadar
9 1 (0.084%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.084%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 509 (42.59%) Microsoft
2 210 (17.57%) ForeScout
3 33 (2.76%) VMware
4 24 (2.01%) Palo Alto
5 23 (1.92%) Cisco
6 20 (1.67%) CrowdStrike
7 18 (1.51%) Veeam
8 16 (1.34%) Apple
9 14 (1.17%) Adobe
10 13 (1.09%) ServiceNow
10 13 (1.09%) Tenable
11 12 (1.00%) SonicWALL
12 11 (0.92%) Aruba
13 10 (0.84%) HP
14 8 (0.67%) Tanium
15 6 (0.50%) CheckPoint
15 6 (0.50%) Dell
15 6 (0.50%) NetApp
15 6 (0.50%) Red Hat
16 5 (0.42%) Splunk