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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 37 36
Rank change year-on-year +22 -1 +7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,342 617 907
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.64% 7.31% 4.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.57% 7.86% 5.76%
Number of salaries quoted 695 274 699
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,313 £34,700
25th Percentile £35,000 £26,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,763 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +3.53% -16.67%
75th Percentile £74,533 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -9.25%

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 14,027 7,854 15,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 69.43% 93.02% 79.03%
Number of salaries quoted 10,452 3,734 11,911
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,963 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £79,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 23 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 23 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 +28 628 £55,000 - 181
Yorkshire +14 558 £50,000 +41.84% 116
North East +25 156 £47,500 -26.92% 51
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 (3.87%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.075%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.075%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.075%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (0.89%) Cloudability
2 2 (0.15%) Q-Pulse
2 2 (0.15%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 631 (47.02%) Azure
2 157 (11.70%) Microsoft 365
3 87 (6.48%) AWS
4 82 (6.11%) Entra ID
5 29 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
6 27 (2.01%) OneDrive
7 25 (1.86%) GCP
8 19 (1.42%) GitHub
8 19 (1.42%) SaaS
9 18 (1.34%) Microsoft Copilot
10 16 (1.19%) Power Platform
11 14 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
12 13 (0.97%) Power Automate
12 13 (0.97%) Serverless
13 11 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (0.75%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (0.67%) Copilot Studio
16 7 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
16 7 (0.52%) PaaS
17 6 (0.45%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 87 (6.48%) Firewall
2 41 (3.06%) DNS
3 34 (2.53%) DHCP
4 32 (2.38%) Network Security
5 28 (2.09%) VPN
6 25 (1.86%) Internet
7 24 (1.79%) LAN
7 24 (1.79%) WAN
8 22 (1.64%) VLAN
9 19 (1.42%) Unified Communications
10 17 (1.27%) VoIP
11 11 (0.82%) TCP/IP
12 9 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.52%) NGFW
14 5 (0.37%) Broadband
14 5 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
15 3 (0.22%) 4G
15 3 (0.22%) 5G
15 3 (0.22%) DKIM
15 3 (0.22%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.45%) Power BI
2 3 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.15%) GIS
3 2 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.075%) Big Data
4 1 (0.075%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.075%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.075%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.075%) MySQL
4 1 (0.075%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.075%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.075%) Pinecone
4 1 (0.075%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.075%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.075%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.075%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.075%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 20 (1.49%) Git
2 12 (0.89%) Snyk
3 4 (0.30%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.30%) JIRA
4 3 (0.22%) GitLab
5 2 (0.15%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.075%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.075%) GDB
6 1 (0.075%) JMeter
6 1 (0.075%) Locust
6 1 (0.075%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.075%) WinDbg
General
1 613 (45.68%) Social Skills
2 58 (4.32%) Finance
3 51 (3.80%) Multimedia
4 48 (3.58%) Public Sector
5 41 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (2.91%) Analytical Skills
7 38 (2.83%) Telecoms
8 36 (2.68%) Marketing
9 32 (2.38%) Law
10 22 (1.64%) Legal
11 20 (1.49%) Retail
12 19 (1.42%) Advertising
13 16 (1.19%) Manufacturing
14 12 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (0.82%) Local Government
16 10 (0.75%) Aerospace
17 7 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
18 6 (0.45%) Financial Institution
18 6 (0.45%) Police
19 5 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 336 (25.04%) Analyst
2 307 (22.88%) Security Analyst
3 278 (20.72%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 251 (18.70%) Junior
5 246 (18.33%) Junior Analyst
6 241 (17.96%) Junior Security Analyst
7 225 (16.77%) Ethical Hacker
8 149 (11.10%) Senior
9 73 (5.44%) Security Manager
10 70 (5.22%) Architect
10 70 (5.22%) Lead
11 69 (5.14%) Security Architect
12 66 (4.92%) Trainee
13 60 (4.47%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 60 (4.47%) IT Support
14 48 (3.58%) Sales Representative
15 43 (3.20%) IT Engineer
16 41 (3.06%) Security Engineer
17 40 (2.98%) IT Manager
18 38 (2.83%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.94%) HTML
2 22 (1.64%) CSS
3 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Graph
3 7 (0.52%) REST
4 6 (0.45%) .NET
4 6 (0.45%) React
4 6 (0.45%) Regular Expression
5 5 (0.37%) JSON
5 5 (0.37%) Node.js
6 4 (0.30%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.22%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.22%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.22%) AWS CDK
7 3 (0.22%) Middleware
7 3 (0.22%) NestJS
7 3 (0.22%) Vue
8 2 (0.15%) Ajax
8 2 (0.15%) OpenLayers
8 2 (0.15%) Spring
8 2 (0.15%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 273 (20.34%) Cyberattack
2 49 (3.65%) Driving Licence
3 45 (3.35%) Security Posture
4 42 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 28 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
5 28 (2.09%) Operational Technology
6 21 (1.56%) Data Centre
7 16 (1.19%) Management Information System
8 15 (1.12%) Cyber Security Posture
9 14 (1.04%) Cloud Native
9 14 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
11 9 (0.67%) Algorithms
12 7 (0.52%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.52%) Cyber Defence
12 7 (0.52%) Low-Code
12 7 (0.52%) Security Operations Centre
13 6 (0.45%) IoT
13 6 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 105 (7.82%) Windows
2 69 (5.14%) Windows Server
3 16 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
4 13 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
5 12 (0.89%) Linux
6 9 (0.67%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.52%) Android
8 6 (0.45%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.37%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (26.38%) Mentoring
2 259 (19.30%) Ethical Hacking
3 125 (9.31%) Continuous Improvement
4 93 (6.93%) Incident Response
5 92 (6.86%) Disaster Recovery
6 90 (6.71%) AI
7 73 (5.44%) SIEM
8 70 (5.22%) Problem-Solving
9 69 (5.14%) Security Architecture
10 62 (4.62%) Decision-Making
11 59 (4.40%) Risk Management
12 56 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 55 (4.10%) Customer Service
14 54 (4.02%) Cloud Security
15 52 (3.87%) Service Delivery
16 50 (3.73%) Business Continuity
16 50 (3.73%) Information Security
17 49 (3.65%) IT Strategy
18 48 (3.58%) Stakeholder Management
19 46 (3.43%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 58 (4.32%) PowerShell
2 50 (3.73%) Python
3 37 (2.76%) JavaScript
4 19 (1.42%) Bash
5 14 (1.04%) SQL
6 10 (0.75%) C#
7 6 (0.45%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.37%) C++
8 5 (0.37%) Java
8 5 (0.37%) R
9 4 (0.30%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.075%) Ada
10 1 (0.075%) C
10 1 (0.075%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.075%) Ladder Logic
10 1 (0.075%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.075%) Swift
10 1 (0.075%) XAML
Qualifications
1 491 (36.59%) Azure Certification
2 281 (20.94%) CompTIA Security+
3 263 (19.60%) CEH
4 247 (18.41%) CompTIA CySA+
5 57 (4.25%) Degree
6 45 (3.35%) Network+ Certification
7 40 (2.98%) A+ Certification
7 40 (2.98%) CISSP
8 34 (2.53%) AWS Certification
8 34 (2.53%) Security Cleared
9 30 (2.24%) SC Cleared
10 27 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
11 26 (1.94%) CISM
12 17 (1.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 17 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (1.19%) DBS Check
14 12 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 9 (0.67%) CCNA
16 8 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (7.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (5.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 74 (5.51%) NIST
4 66 (4.92%) GDPR
5 24 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 23 (1.71%) GRC
7 14 (1.04%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.52%) QA
9 5 (0.37%) NCSC
9 5 (0.37%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.22%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.22%) SLA
11 2 (0.15%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.075%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.075%) IEC 61508
12 1 (0.075%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.075%) PMO
12 1 (0.075%) WCAG
System Software
1 65 (4.84%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.34%) Hyper-V
2 18 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.60%) Docker
5 7 (0.52%) vSphere
6 1 (0.075%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 65 (4.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (1.04%) Terraform
3 8 (0.60%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.37%) SCCM
5 4 (0.30%) Grafana
5 4 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.22%) cPanel
6 3 (0.22%) Plesk
6 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.15%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.075%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.075%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.075%) Nessus
8 1 (0.075%) QRadar
Vendors
1 724 (53.95%) Microsoft
2 466 (34.72%) ForeScout
3 23 (1.71%) VMware
4 20 (1.49%) Apple
5 19 (1.42%) CrowdStrike
6 16 (1.19%) Cisco
7 15 (1.12%) Adobe
8 12 (0.89%) Palo Alto
8 12 (0.89%) ServiceNow
8 12 (0.89%) Tenable
8 12 (0.89%) Veeam
9 6 (0.45%) HubSpot
10 5 (0.37%) Aruba
10 5 (0.37%) Datto
10 5 (0.37%) SonicWALL
10 5 (0.37%) WatchGuard
11 4 (0.30%) Draytek
11 4 (0.30%) HP
11 4 (0.30%) Meraki
11 4 (0.30%) Red Hat