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 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 39 43
Rank change year-on-year +16 +4 -8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,218 604 579
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 5.19% 6.42% 4.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.38% 7.34% 5.24%
Number of salaries quoted 749 236 335
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £47,500 £54,793
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% -13.31% -7.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £75,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%

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 16,511 8,230 11,059
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.39% 87.49% 78.13%
Number of salaries quoted 12,341 4,109 6,234
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,221
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,136 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.26% -3.73% -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% -8.00%

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 13 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 13 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 +24 610 £59,500 +14.95% 270
Yorkshire +12 463 £45,000 +36.36% 170
North East +16 145 £50,000 -25.93% 68
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 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 43 (3.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.49%) IIS
4 5 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.082%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.082%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (0.99%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.33%) SystmOne
3 3 (0.25%) Q-Pulse
3 3 (0.25%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 407 (33.42%) Azure
2 197 (16.17%) Microsoft 365
3 88 (7.22%) AWS
4 71 (5.83%) Entra ID
5 31 (2.55%) OneDrive
6 29 (2.38%) GCP
7 26 (2.13%) Power Platform
8 24 (1.97%) Microsoft Copilot
8 24 (1.97%) SaaS
9 21 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
10 13 (1.07%) Serverless
11 12 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
11 12 (0.99%) Mimecast
12 11 (0.90%) Power Automate
13 9 (0.74%) Copilot Studio
14 8 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (0.66%) IaaS
14 8 (0.66%) NetDocuments
15 7 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
16 5 (0.41%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 71 (5.83%) Firewall
2 48 (3.94%) DNS
3 39 (3.20%) DHCP
3 39 (3.20%) Network Security
4 31 (2.55%) VPN
5 29 (2.38%) TCP/IP
6 28 (2.30%) WAN
7 27 (2.22%) VoIP
8 24 (1.97%) LAN
8 24 (1.97%) Unified Communications
9 22 (1.81%) VLAN
10 16 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
11 15 (1.23%) Internet
12 12 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
13 7 (0.57%) NGFW
13 7 (0.57%) Wireless
14 4 (0.33%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.33%) SNMP
14 4 (0.33%) SSL
15 3 (0.25%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.15%) Power BI
2 9 (0.74%) SQL Server
3 7 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (0.49%) MySQL
5 4 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.16%) Big Data
7 2 (0.16%) GIS
8 1 (0.082%) Chroma
8 1 (0.082%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.082%) Db2
8 1 (0.082%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.082%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.082%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.082%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.082%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.082%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.082%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 12 (0.99%) Snyk
2 6 (0.49%) Git
3 5 (0.41%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.33%) GitLab
5 2 (0.16%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.16%) JIRA
6 1 (0.082%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.082%) GDB
6 1 (0.082%) JMeter
6 1 (0.082%) Locust
6 1 (0.082%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.082%) WinDbg
General
1 430 (35.30%) Social Skills
2 72 (5.91%) Finance
3 66 (5.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 53 (4.35%) Public Sector
5 50 (4.11%) Telecoms
6 36 (2.96%) Marketing
7 34 (2.79%) Legal
8 33 (2.71%) Manufacturing
9 30 (2.46%) Analytical Skills
10 29 (2.38%) Retail
11 27 (2.22%) Law
12 21 (1.72%) Advertising
12 21 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (1.23%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.66%) Local Government
15 7 (0.57%) Banking
15 7 (0.57%) Police
16 6 (0.49%) Financial Institution
16 6 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
17 5 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 248 (20.36%) Analyst
2 203 (16.67%) Security Analyst
3 178 (14.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 154 (12.64%) Senior
5 140 (11.49%) Junior
6 129 (10.59%) Junior Analyst
7 124 (10.18%) Junior Security Analyst
8 120 (9.85%) Ethical Hacker
9 103 (8.46%) Consultant
10 86 (7.06%) Security Consultant
11 82 (6.73%) Security Manager
12 76 (6.24%) IT Support
13 74 (6.08%) Architect
14 67 (5.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 66 (5.42%) Security Architect
16 65 (5.34%) Sales Representative
17 59 (4.84%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 59 (4.84%) Lead
18 46 (3.78%) IT Manager
19 45 (3.69%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (0.99%) Terraform
2 8 (0.66%) JSON
3 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Graph
4 6 (0.49%) HTML
4 6 (0.49%) Regular Expression
5 5 (0.41%) 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%) FHIR
7 3 (0.25%) LDAP
7 3 (0.25%) pgvector
7 3 (0.25%) PostGIS
7 3 (0.25%) Vue
8 2 (0.16%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.16%) Node.js
8 2 (0.16%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 190 (15.60%) Cyberattack
2 68 (5.58%) Security Posture
3 53 (4.35%) Driving Licence
4 51 (4.19%) Onboarding
5 39 (3.20%) Operational Technology
6 36 (2.96%) Cyber Threat
7 29 (2.38%) Management Information System
8 28 (2.30%) Data Centre
9 15 (1.23%) Cyber Security Posture
10 13 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (0.74%) Cloud Native
12 9 (0.74%) Cyber Defence
12 9 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
13 8 (0.66%) AI Agents
13 8 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.57%) Low-Code
14 7 (0.57%) SCADA
15 6 (0.49%) IoT
15 6 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 151 (12.40%) Windows
2 85 (6.98%) Windows Server
3 28 (2.30%) Linux
4 17 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (0.99%) Mac OS
7 10 (0.82%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.49%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.25%) VMS
10 2 (0.16%) Android
10 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (16.17%) Mentoring
2 126 (10.34%) AI
3 122 (10.02%) Continuous Improvement
4 120 (9.85%) Ethical Hacking
5 95 (7.80%) Disaster Recovery
6 93 (7.64%) Problem-Solving
7 92 (7.55%) Incident Response
8 86 (7.06%) SIEM
9 72 (5.91%) Customer Service
10 70 (5.75%) Information Security
11 69 (5.67%) Risk Management
12 66 (5.42%) Cloud Security
12 66 (5.42%) IT Strategy
13 65 (5.34%) Vulnerability Management
14 60 (4.93%) ITIL
15 57 (4.68%) Stakeholder Management
16 56 (4.60%) Decision-Making
17 55 (4.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 54 (4.43%) Service Delivery
19 52 (4.27%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 51 (4.19%) PowerShell
2 34 (2.79%) Python
3 19 (1.56%) SQL
4 12 (0.99%) Bash
5 11 (0.90%) C#
5 11 (0.90%) JavaScript
6 8 (0.66%) C++
7 5 (0.41%) Java
8 4 (0.33%) XAML
9 3 (0.25%) C
9 3 (0.25%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.16%) Go
10 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.16%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.082%) Ada
11 1 (0.082%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.082%) Swift
11 1 (0.082%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 252 (20.69%) Azure Certification
2 136 (11.17%) CompTIA Security+
3 132 (10.84%) CompTIA CySA+
4 124 (10.18%) CEH
5 78 (6.40%) Degree
6 63 (5.17%) Security Cleared
7 55 (4.52%) SC Cleared
8 46 (3.78%) CISSP
9 35 (2.87%) CISM
10 19 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (1.31%) AWS Certification
12 15 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 11 (0.90%) A+ Certification
15 11 (0.90%) DBS Check
15 11 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 11 (0.90%) Network+ Certification
16 8 (0.66%) CISA
16 8 (0.66%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (6.16%) NIST
3 68 (5.58%) Cyber Essentials
4 52 (4.27%) GDPR
5 32 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 32 (2.63%) GRC
6 16 (1.31%) PCI DSS
7 15 (1.23%) QA
8 7 (0.57%) NCSC
8 7 (0.57%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.41%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.33%) PMO
10 4 (0.33%) SLA
11 3 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.25%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.25%) HL7
11 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.082%) JSP 440
System Software
1 81 (6.65%) Active Directory
2 28 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (1.89%) Hyper-V
4 18 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.82%) Docker
6 6 (0.49%) vSphere
7 5 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.082%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 73 (5.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.57%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.49%) SCCM
5 5 (0.41%) Nessus
5 5 (0.41%) WSUS
6 4 (0.33%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.33%) Grafana
6 4 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.33%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 3 (0.25%) cPanel
7 3 (0.25%) Plesk
7 3 (0.25%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.16%) Ansible
8 2 (0.16%) Podman
8 2 (0.16%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.16%) QRadar
9 1 (0.082%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 535 (43.92%) Microsoft
2 240 (19.70%) ForeScout
3 33 (2.71%) VMware
4 23 (1.89%) Cisco
4 23 (1.89%) Palo Alto
5 20 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
6 17 (1.40%) Apple
6 17 (1.40%) Veeam
7 14 (1.15%) Adobe
8 13 (1.07%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.07%) Tenable
9 11 (0.90%) SonicWALL
10 10 (0.82%) Aruba
11 9 (0.74%) HP
12 8 (0.66%) Tanium
13 6 (0.49%) Red Hat
14 5 (0.41%) CheckPoint
14 5 (0.41%) Dell
14 5 (0.41%) NetApp
14 5 (0.41%) OpenAI