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 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 35 36
Rank change year-on-year +30 +1 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 2,337 592 890
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 11.63% 7.45% 4.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.47% 7.89% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 679 264 700
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,313 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £26,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £52,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% +4.50% -16.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,820 £85,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,670 £59,500
% change year-on-year +4.04% -3.08% -8.46%

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 14,190 7,507 14,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.64% 94.45% 80.79%
Number of salaries quoted 9,625 3,563 11,442
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.88% +0.11% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £89,300 £84,370 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -12.00%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +46 1,514 £55,000 - 274
Yorkshire +14 672 £47,500 +53.23% 147
North East +32 151 £45,000 -30.77% 56
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 40 (1.71%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (0.51%) Cloudability
2 3 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,001 (42.83%) Cloud Computing
2 693 (29.65%) Azure
3 137 (5.86%) Microsoft 365
4 121 (5.18%) AWS
5 76 (3.25%) Entra ID
6 44 (1.88%) GitHub
7 26 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
8 24 (1.03%) GCP
9 20 (0.86%) OneDrive
10 17 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
11 14 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
11 14 (0.60%) Power Platform
12 13 (0.56%) SaaS
13 12 (0.51%) Power Automate
13 12 (0.51%) Serverless
14 11 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
15 10 (0.43%) Azure Monitor
16 7 (0.30%) Copilot Studio
17 6 (0.26%) Dynamics 365
17 6 (0.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1,039 (44.46%) Internet
2 82 (3.51%) Firewall
3 38 (1.63%) DNS
4 32 (1.37%) DHCP
4 32 (1.37%) Network Security
5 31 (1.33%) VPN
6 23 (0.98%) VLAN
7 22 (0.94%) WAN
8 21 (0.90%) LAN
9 15 (0.64%) Unified Communications
10 13 (0.56%) VoIP
11 7 (0.30%) NGFW
11 7 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.26%) TCP/IP
13 5 (0.21%) Broadband
13 5 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.13%) 4G
14 3 (0.13%) 5G
14 3 (0.13%) DMZ
15 2 (0.086%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.17%) Power BI
1 4 (0.17%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.086%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.086%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (0.086%) GIS
2 2 (0.086%) Neo4j
2 2 (0.086%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.043%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.043%) Big Data
3 1 (0.043%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.043%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (1.80%) Git
2 12 (0.51%) Snyk
3 4 (0.17%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.13%) GitLab
4 3 (0.13%) JIRA
5 1 (0.043%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.043%) GDB
5 1 (0.043%) JMeter
5 1 (0.043%) Locust
5 1 (0.043%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.043%) WinDbg
General
1 1,626 (69.58%) Social Skills
2 1,040 (44.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 994 (42.53%) Banking
4 86 (3.68%) Multimedia
5 59 (2.52%) Finance
6 41 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
7 38 (1.63%) Public Sector
8 31 (1.33%) Law
8 31 (1.33%) Telecoms
9 30 (1.28%) Marketing
10 20 (0.86%) Retail
11 19 (0.81%) Legal
12 17 (0.73%) Advertising
13 14 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (0.39%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.34%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.34%) Local Government
15 8 (0.34%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.26%) Police
Job Titles
1 728 (31.15%) Lecturer
2 356 (15.23%) Analyst
3 327 (13.99%) Security Analyst
4 298 (12.75%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 276 (11.81%) Junior
6 272 (11.64%) Junior Analyst
7 271 (11.60%) Junior Security Analyst
8 225 (9.63%) Ethical Hacker
9 144 (6.16%) Senior
10 96 (4.11%) Trainee
11 74 (3.17%) Architect
12 72 (3.08%) Security Manager
13 70 (3.00%) Security Architect
14 68 (2.91%) Lead
15 63 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 53 (2.27%) IT Support
17 47 (2.01%) Sales Representative
18 41 (1.75%) IT Manager
19 40 (1.71%) IT Engineer
20 39 (1.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.18%) HTML
2 47 (2.01%) CSS
3 8 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
4 6 (0.26%) React
4 6 (0.26%) Regular Expression
5 5 (0.21%) .NET
5 5 (0.21%) Node.js
6 4 (0.17%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.17%) JSON
6 4 (0.17%) REST
7 3 (0.13%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.13%) AWS CDK
7 3 (0.13%) NestJS
8 2 (0.086%) boto
8 2 (0.086%) Flask
8 2 (0.086%) Jinja
8 2 (0.086%) MERN Stack
8 2 (0.086%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.086%) Tailwind CSS
8 2 (0.086%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 994 (42.53%) IoT
2 274 (11.72%) Cyberattack
3 45 (1.93%) Driving Licence
3 45 (1.93%) Onboarding
4 33 (1.41%) Security Posture
5 27 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
6 26 (1.11%) Operational Technology
7 22 (0.94%) Management Information System
8 21 (0.90%) Data Centre
9 15 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (0.60%) Cloud Native
11 13 (0.56%) Cyber Security Posture
12 12 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
13 9 (0.39%) Algorithms
13 9 (0.39%) Cyber Defence
13 9 (0.39%) Public Cloud
14 7 (0.30%) Low-Code
14 7 (0.30%) Security Operations Centre
15 5 (0.21%) AI Agents
15 5 (0.21%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 88 (3.77%) Windows
2 60 (2.57%) Windows Server
3 13 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
4 12 (0.51%) Linux
4 12 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (0.34%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.30%) Android
7 6 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.21%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.086%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,074 (45.96%) AI
2 1,005 (43.00%) User Experience
3 995 (42.58%) Machine Learning
4 992 (42.45%) Web Development
5 415 (17.76%) Mentoring
6 269 (11.51%) Ethical Hacking
7 113 (4.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 89 (3.81%) Incident Response
9 87 (3.72%) Disaster Recovery
10 70 (3.00%) Security Architecture
11 69 (2.95%) SIEM
12 63 (2.70%) Problem-Solving
13 56 (2.40%) Risk Management
14 55 (2.35%) Decision-Making
15 53 (2.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 49 (2.10%) Customer Service
16 49 (2.10%) Information Security
16 49 (2.10%) Service Delivery
17 47 (2.01%) Line Management
17 47 (2.01%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (3.04%) Python
2 61 (2.61%) JavaScript
3 54 (2.31%) PowerShell
4 19 (0.81%) Bash
4 19 (0.81%) R
5 15 (0.64%) SQL
6 9 (0.39%) C#
7 6 (0.26%) Java
8 5 (0.21%) C++
8 5 (0.21%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.17%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.086%) C
11 1 (0.043%) Ada
11 1 (0.043%) Ladder Logic
11 1 (0.043%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.043%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1,034 (44.24%) Degree
2 999 (42.75%) Master's Degree
3 993 (42.49%) PhD
4 991 (42.40%) Postgraduate
5 547 (23.41%) Azure Certification
6 322 (13.78%) CompTIA Security+
7 276 (11.81%) CompTIA CySA+
8 273 (11.68%) CEH
9 70 (3.00%) AWS Certification
10 58 (2.48%) Network+ Certification
11 52 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
12 51 (2.18%) A+ Certification
13 42 (1.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 38 (1.63%) CISSP
15 31 (1.33%) Security Cleared
16 27 (1.16%) SC Cleared
17 24 (1.03%) CISM
18 16 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
18 16 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
19 14 (0.60%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (3.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 77 (3.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 69 (2.95%) NIST
4 59 (2.52%) GDPR
5 31 (1.33%) GRC
6 21 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 19 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.30%) SLA
9 6 (0.26%) QA
9 6 (0.26%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.13%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.13%) NCSC
11 2 (0.086%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.086%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.043%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.043%) IEC 61508
12 1 (0.043%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.043%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.043%) PMO
12 1 (0.043%) WCAG
System Software
1 63 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 17 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (0.68%) Hyper-V
4 12 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.39%) Docker
6 5 (0.21%) vSphere
7 2 (0.086%) Firmware
7 2 (0.086%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 61 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.60%) Terraform
3 9 (0.39%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.17%) Grafana
5 4 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.13%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.13%) SCCM
7 2 (0.086%) cPanel
7 2 (0.086%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.086%) Plesk
8 1 (0.043%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.043%) Nessus
8 1 (0.043%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 755 (32.31%) Microsoft
2 496 (21.22%) ForeScout
3 27 (1.16%) Apple
4 22 (0.94%) Adobe
5 20 (0.86%) CrowdStrike
6 16 (0.68%) Cisco
6 16 (0.68%) VMware
7 12 (0.51%) Palo Alto
7 12 (0.51%) ServiceNow
7 12 (0.51%) Tenable
8 9 (0.39%) Veeam
9 6 (0.26%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.17%) Datto
10 4 (0.17%) Draytek
10 4 (0.17%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.17%) HP
10 4 (0.17%) Meraki
10 4 (0.17%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.17%) SonicWALL
10 4 (0.17%) WatchGuard