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 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 38 41
Rank change year-on-year +18 +3 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,279 635 630
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 5.63% 6.65% 4.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.01% 7.52% 5.28%
Number of salaries quoted 756 272 430
10th Percentile £28,375 £25,313 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,813 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -11.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.25%

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 15,974 8,440 11,927
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.31% 88.39% 78.07%
Number of salaries quoted 11,978 4,267 7,513
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%

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 25 August 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 25 August 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 +24 633 £57,500 +9.52% 188
Yorkshire +11 495 £43,750 +32.58% 139
North East +20 151 £50,000 -25.93% 48
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 54 (4.22%) SharePoint
2 42 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.31%) IIS
4 3 (0.23%) Apache
5 1 (0.078%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.078%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (0.94%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.31%) SystmOne
3 3 (0.23%) Q-Pulse
3 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 482 (37.69%) Azure
2 195 (15.25%) Microsoft 365
3 88 (6.88%) AWS
4 71 (5.55%) Entra ID
5 31 (2.42%) OneDrive
6 28 (2.19%) Power Platform
7 27 (2.11%) GCP
8 26 (2.03%) SaaS
9 23 (1.80%) Microsoft Copilot
10 18 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
11 14 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
12 13 (1.02%) Serverless
13 11 (0.86%) Mimecast
13 11 (0.86%) Power Automate
14 9 (0.70%) Copilot Studio
14 9 (0.70%) IaaS
15 8 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (0.55%) GitHub
16 7 (0.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (5.39%) Firewall
2 44 (3.44%) Network Security
3 43 (3.36%) DNS
4 36 (2.81%) DHCP
5 32 (2.50%) WAN
6 29 (2.27%) LAN
7 26 (2.03%) VoIP
7 26 (2.03%) VPN
8 25 (1.95%) TCP/IP
8 25 (1.95%) Unified Communications
9 22 (1.72%) VLAN
10 16 (1.25%) Internet
11 13 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (0.70%) Intrusion Detection
13 7 (0.55%) NGFW
13 7 (0.55%) Wireless
14 3 (0.23%) DKIM
14 3 (0.23%) FTP
14 3 (0.23%) HTTP
14 3 (0.23%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.17%) Power BI
2 7 (0.55%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.31%) MySQL
5 3 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.16%) GIS
7 1 (0.078%) Big Data
7 1 (0.078%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.078%) Db2
7 1 (0.078%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.078%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.078%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.078%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.078%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.078%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.078%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 12 (0.94%) Snyk
2 8 (0.63%) Git
3 5 (0.39%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.31%) GitLab
5 3 (0.23%) JIRA
6 2 (0.16%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.078%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.078%) GDB
7 1 (0.078%) JMeter
7 1 (0.078%) Locust
7 1 (0.078%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.078%) WinDbg
General
1 490 (38.31%) Social Skills
2 66 (5.16%) Finance
3 59 (4.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 51 (3.99%) Public Sector
5 46 (3.60%) Telecoms
6 37 (2.89%) Marketing
7 35 (2.74%) Manufacturing
8 33 (2.58%) Legal
9 31 (2.42%) Law
10 25 (1.95%) Analytical Skills
10 25 (1.95%) Retail
11 21 (1.64%) Advertising
12 20 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.02%) Aerospace
14 10 (0.78%) Local Government
15 7 (0.55%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.47%) Police
17 5 (0.39%) Banking
17 5 (0.39%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 276 (21.58%) Analyst
2 238 (18.61%) Security Analyst
3 206 (16.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 168 (13.14%) Junior
5 165 (12.90%) Ethical Hacker
6 157 (12.28%) Junior Analyst
7 152 (11.88%) Junior Security Analyst
8 150 (11.73%) Senior
9 93 (7.27%) Consultant
10 79 (6.18%) Security Consultant
11 77 (6.02%) IT Support
12 75 (5.86%) Security Manager
13 74 (5.79%) Architect
14 66 (5.16%) Security Architect
15 65 (5.08%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 64 (5.00%) Sales Representative
17 56 (4.38%) Lead
18 52 (4.07%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 50 (3.91%) IT Manager
20 43 (3.36%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (0.94%) Terraform
2 10 (0.78%) HTML
3 8 (0.63%) JSON
4 7 (0.55%) Microsoft Graph
5 6 (0.47%) CSS
5 6 (0.47%) React
5 6 (0.47%) Regular Expression
6 5 (0.39%) REST
7 4 (0.31%) .NET
7 4 (0.31%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.23%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.23%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.23%) FHIR
8 3 (0.23%) pgvector
8 3 (0.23%) PostGIS
8 3 (0.23%) SAML
8 3 (0.23%) Vue
9 2 (0.16%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (0.16%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.16%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 231 (18.06%) Cyberattack
2 63 (4.93%) Security Posture
3 54 (4.22%) Driving Licence
4 47 (3.67%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.66%) Operational Technology
6 32 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
7 28 (2.19%) Data Centre
8 26 (2.03%) Management Information System
9 17 (1.33%) Cyber Security Posture
10 15 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (0.70%) Cloud Native
11 9 (0.70%) Cyber Defence
11 9 (0.70%) Security Operations Centre
12 8 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.55%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (0.55%) Low-Code
13 7 (0.55%) Video Conferencing
14 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 144 (11.26%) Windows
2 81 (6.33%) Windows Server
3 22 (1.72%) Linux
4 16 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (0.94%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.63%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.31%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.23%) Android
9 3 (0.23%) VMS
10 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (17.75%) Mentoring
2 166 (12.98%) Ethical Hacking
3 118 (9.23%) AI
4 117 (9.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 96 (7.51%) Disaster Recovery
6 89 (6.96%) Problem-Solving
7 84 (6.57%) Incident Response
8 79 (6.18%) SIEM
9 70 (5.47%) Information Security
10 67 (5.24%) Customer Service
11 65 (5.08%) IT Strategy
12 63 (4.93%) Cloud Security
13 62 (4.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 62 (4.85%) Risk Management
14 60 (4.69%) Vulnerability Management
15 56 (4.38%) ITIL
16 55 (4.30%) Decision-Making
16 55 (4.30%) Service Delivery
17 50 (3.91%) Security Architecture
18 48 (3.75%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 51 (3.99%) PowerShell
2 37 (2.89%) Python
3 19 (1.49%) SQL
4 15 (1.17%) JavaScript
5 11 (0.86%) Bash
5 11 (0.86%) C#
6 8 (0.63%) C++
7 5 (0.39%) Java
8 4 (0.31%) MATLAB
8 4 (0.31%) XAML
9 3 (0.23%) C
10 2 (0.16%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.078%) Ada
11 1 (0.078%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.078%) Ladder Logic
11 1 (0.078%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.078%) Swift
Qualifications
1 330 (25.80%) Azure Certification
2 170 (13.29%) CEH
3 162 (12.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 159 (12.43%) CompTIA CySA+
5 74 (5.79%) Degree
6 55 (4.30%) Security Cleared
7 49 (3.83%) SC Cleared
8 41 (3.21%) CISSP
9 28 (2.19%) CISM
10 21 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
11 20 (1.56%) AWS Certification
12 17 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (1.02%) A+ Certification
14 13 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
15 12 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 12 (0.94%) DBS Check
15 12 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 9 (0.70%) CCNA
17 7 (0.55%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (7.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 65 (5.08%) NIST
3 63 (4.93%) Cyber Essentials
4 49 (3.83%) GDPR
5 33 (2.58%) GRC
6 28 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 16 (1.25%) PCI DSS
8 13 (1.02%) QA
9 7 (0.55%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.39%) NCSC
11 3 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.23%) HL7
11 3 (0.23%) SLA
12 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.16%) PMO
13 1 (0.078%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.078%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.078%) GxP
13 1 (0.078%) IEC 61508
13 1 (0.078%) WCAG
System Software
1 79 (6.18%) Active Directory
2 26 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (1.88%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.63%) Docker
6 6 (0.47%) vSphere
7 3 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.078%) Firmware
8 1 (0.078%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 75 (5.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.55%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.39%) Nessus
5 5 (0.39%) SCCM
6 4 (0.31%) Grafana
6 4 (0.31%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 3 (0.23%) cPanel
7 3 (0.23%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.23%) Plesk
7 3 (0.23%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.23%) WSUS
8 2 (0.16%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.16%) QRadar
9 1 (0.078%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 604 (47.22%) Microsoft
2 315 (24.63%) ForeScout
3 31 (2.42%) VMware
4 25 (1.95%) Cisco
5 21 (1.64%) Palo Alto
6 20 (1.56%) Apple
6 20 (1.56%) CrowdStrike
7 15 (1.17%) Veeam
8 14 (1.09%) Adobe
9 13 (1.02%) ServiceNow
10 12 (0.94%) Tenable
11 9 (0.70%) SonicWALL
12 8 (0.63%) Aruba
12 8 (0.63%) Tanium
13 7 (0.55%) HP
14 6 (0.47%) HubSpot
15 5 (0.39%) Meraki
15 5 (0.39%) OpenAI
15 5 (0.39%) Splunk
16 4 (0.31%) Aderant