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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 37 35
Rank change year-on-year +33 -2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 2,417 421 666
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 19.24% 5.30% 5.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.87% 5.73% 6.18%
Number of salaries quoted 508 226 544
10th Percentile - £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,750 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £56,600 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year -38.16% +7.30% -11.38%
75th Percentile £57,239 £74,144 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £88,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -7.69%

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 9,717 7,349 10,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 77.33% 92.56% 86.41%
Number of salaries quoted 5,475 3,469 8,769
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,050 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £80,435
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 15 February 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 15 February 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 +31 1,831 £40,000 -27.27% 134
Yorkshire +34 496 £30,500 -50.41% 90
North East +39 90 £30,500 -20.78% 23
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 24 (0.99%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.41%) WordPress
4 5 (0.21%) Drupal
4 5 (0.21%) nginx
5 4 (0.17%) Confluence
6 2 (0.083%) Apache
6 2 (0.083%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.041%) FileNet
Applications
1 11 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.17%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.083%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,623 (67.15%) Cloud Computing
2 415 (17.17%) Azure
3 168 (6.95%) AWS
4 124 (5.13%) GitHub
5 84 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
6 65 (2.69%) Entra ID
7 22 (0.91%) Microsoft Purview
8 18 (0.74%) SaaS
9 13 (0.54%) Power Platform
10 12 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (0.46%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (0.33%) OneDrive
14 7 (0.29%) Azure Monitor
14 7 (0.29%) Power Automate
15 6 (0.25%) PaaS
16 5 (0.21%) OCI
17 4 (0.17%) AWS CloudFormation
17 4 (0.17%) dbt
18 3 (0.12%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1,738 (71.91%) Internet
2 57 (2.36%) Firewall
3 28 (1.16%) DNS
4 26 (1.08%) VPN
5 22 (0.91%) DHCP
6 20 (0.83%) VLAN
7 15 (0.62%) TCP/IP
8 9 (0.37%) Network Security
8 9 (0.37%) VoIP
9 8 (0.33%) LAN
9 8 (0.33%) WAN
9 8 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.25%) DMZ
11 5 (0.21%) Broadband
11 5 (0.21%) Modbus
12 4 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (0.17%) Wireless
13 3 (0.12%) 4G
13 3 (0.12%) 5G
14 2 (0.083%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (0.50%) SQL Server
2 7 (0.29%) Power BI
3 5 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (0.21%) MariaDB
4 4 (0.17%) Neo4j
5 3 (0.12%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.083%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.083%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.083%) Apache Iceberg
6 2 (0.083%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.083%) Data Vault
6 2 (0.083%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.083%) Tableau
7 1 (0.041%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 119 (4.92%) Git
2 5 (0.21%) JIRA
3 2 (0.083%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.083%) JMeter
3 2 (0.083%) Locust
4 1 (0.041%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.041%) Snyk
General
1 1,935 (80.06%) Social Skills
2 1,648 (68.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,618 (66.94%) Banking
4 199 (8.23%) Multimedia
5 53 (2.19%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (1.41%) Finance
7 26 (1.08%) Public Sector
8 17 (0.70%) Legal
9 16 (0.66%) Law
10 12 (0.50%) Telecoms
11 9 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (0.33%) Marketing
13 7 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (0.25%) German Language
15 5 (0.21%) Avionics
15 5 (0.21%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.21%) Local Government
15 5 (0.21%) Police
16 4 (0.17%) French Language
16 4 (0.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,224 (50.64%) Lecturer
2 199 (8.23%) Trainee
3 164 (6.79%) Analyst
4 149 (6.16%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 149 (6.16%) Security Analyst
5 139 (5.75%) Junior
6 136 (5.63%) Junior Analyst
6 136 (5.63%) Junior Security Analyst
7 65 (2.69%) Senior
8 63 (2.61%) Developer
8 63 (2.61%) Software Developer
8 63 (2.61%) Trainee Developer
8 63 (2.61%) Trainee Software Developer
9 58 (2.40%) Lead
10 45 (1.86%) Ethical Hacker
11 38 (1.57%) IT Support
12 33 (1.37%) IT Manager
13 31 (1.28%) Architect
14 25 (1.03%) Support Engineer
15 22 (0.91%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (5.38%) HTML
2 125 (5.17%) CSS
3 9 (0.37%) .NET
4 7 (0.29%) AngularJS
5 5 (0.21%) Node.js
6 4 (0.17%) MERN Stack
6 4 (0.17%) React
7 3 (0.12%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.12%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.12%) CSS3
7 3 (0.12%) HTML5
7 3 (0.12%) Sass
8 2 (0.083%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.083%) AWS CDK
8 2 (0.083%) Gherkin
8 2 (0.083%) Middleware
8 2 (0.083%) NestJS
8 2 (0.083%) Pandas
8 2 (0.083%) REST
8 2 (0.083%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1,619 (66.98%) IoT
2 63 (2.61%) Cyberattack
3 30 (1.24%) Onboarding
4 24 (0.99%) Operational Technology
5 22 (0.91%) Driving Licence
6 21 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (0.70%) Management Information System
8 14 (0.58%) Blog
9 12 (0.50%) Cloud Native
10 10 (0.41%) Security Posture
10 10 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (0.37%) Public Cloud
12 8 (0.33%) Product Ownership
13 6 (0.25%) Cyber Defence
13 6 (0.25%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (0.25%) LIMS
13 6 (0.25%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.21%) SCADA
14 5 (0.21%) Video Conferencing
15 4 (0.17%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 54 (2.23%) Windows
2 30 (1.24%) Windows Server
3 14 (0.58%) Linux
4 10 (0.41%) Mac OS
4 10 (0.41%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.17%) Android
7 4 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,652 (68.35%) AI
2 1,622 (67.11%) User Experience
3 1,619 (66.98%) Machine Learning
4 1,615 (66.82%) Web Development
5 357 (14.77%) Mentoring
6 126 (5.21%) Ethical Hacking
7 87 (3.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 85 (3.52%) Line Management
9 84 (3.48%) Problem-Solving
10 60 (2.48%) Incident Response
11 49 (2.03%) Stakeholder Management
12 48 (1.99%) Disaster Recovery
13 42 (1.74%) Data Protection
13 42 (1.74%) Risk Management
14 38 (1.57%) Service Delivery
14 38 (1.57%) SIEM
15 35 (1.45%) Project Management
15 35 (1.45%) Security Architecture
16 33 (1.37%) Decision-Making
16 33 (1.37%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 134 (5.54%) Python
2 130 (5.38%) JavaScript
3 56 (2.32%) R
4 27 (1.12%) SQL
5 20 (0.83%) PowerShell
6 9 (0.37%) Bash
7 6 (0.25%) Java
7 6 (0.25%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.21%) C#
9 4 (0.17%) Bicep
9 4 (0.17%) C
10 1 (0.041%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1,676 (69.34%) Degree
2 1,622 (67.11%) Master's Degree
3 1,618 (66.94%) PhD
4 1,616 (66.86%) Postgraduate
5 308 (12.74%) Azure Certification
6 222 (9.18%) CompTIA Security+
7 141 (5.83%) CompTIA CySA+
8 139 (5.75%) AWS Certification
9 128 (5.30%) CEH
10 125 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
11 119 (4.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 84 (3.48%) Network+ Certification
13 82 (3.39%) A+ Certification
14 20 (0.83%) Security Cleared
15 18 (0.74%) CISSP
16 16 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
16 16 (0.66%) PMP
17 15 (0.62%) DBS Check
17 15 (0.62%) SC Cleared
18 14 (0.58%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
2 57 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (1.82%) NIST
4 36 (1.49%) GDPR
5 20 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 20 (0.83%) GRC
6 8 (0.33%) SLA
7 7 (0.29%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.29%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.21%) QA
9 4 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.17%) Def Stans
9 4 (0.17%) GLBA
9 4 (0.17%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.12%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.12%) NCSC
10 3 (0.12%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.083%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.083%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.083%) WCAG
System Software
1 43 (1.78%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.58%) Docker
3 8 (0.33%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.083%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.083%) vSphere
7 1 (0.041%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 29 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (0.37%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.33%) Terraform
4 3 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.083%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.083%) Grafana
6 1 (0.041%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.041%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 419 (17.34%) Microsoft
2 181 (7.49%) ForeScout
3 15 (0.62%) Apple
4 9 (0.37%) Adobe
5 6 (0.25%) Cisco
5 6 (0.25%) SonicWALL
6 5 (0.21%) Fortinet
6 5 (0.21%) iManage
6 5 (0.21%) Oracle
6 5 (0.21%) Sage
7 4 (0.17%) PayPal
7 4 (0.17%) VMware
8 3 (0.12%) Citrix
8 3 (0.12%) Sparx
8 3 (0.12%) Veeam
9 2 (0.083%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.083%) Datto
9 2 (0.083%) Spotify
9 2 (0.083%) WatchGuard
9 2 (0.083%) Xero