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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 40 34
Rank change year-on-year +2 -6 +17
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 604 591 627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.42% 4.19% 7.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.34% 5.34% 7.42%
Number of salaries quoted 236 320 472
10th Percentile £26,250 £36,750 £30,083
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,625 £54,793 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -14.91% -6.74% +2.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -6.25% -1.54%

All Process and 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 8,225 11,058 8,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 87.43% 78.47% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,089 6,080 6,151
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £39,390 £40,043
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,720 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,400
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.85% +4.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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 -18 323 £47,500 -13.31% 205
Yorkshire +17 246 £37,500 -33.04% 121
North East +18 35 £66,250 +55.88% 46
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (2.15%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.16%) CMS
4 5 (0.83%) WordPress
5 4 (0.66%) Confluence
6 3 (0.50%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.33%) Apache
7 2 (0.33%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.17%) FileNet
Applications
1 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.99%) Sage 200
2 4 (0.66%) Magento
3 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.17%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 99 (16.39%) Azure
2 89 (14.74%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (8.94%) AWS
4 21 (3.48%) GitHub
5 12 (1.99%) Entra ID
6 10 (1.66%) Power Platform
7 9 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (1.32%) OneDrive
8 8 (1.32%) SaaS
9 7 (1.16%) GCP
9 7 (1.16%) IaaS
10 6 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (0.99%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.83%) OCI
11 5 (0.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.50%) Cloudflare
12 3 (0.50%) dbt
12 3 (0.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 97 (16.06%) Firewall
2 32 (5.30%) VoIP
3 22 (3.64%) DNS
3 22 (3.64%) Internet
3 22 (3.64%) VPN
4 19 (3.15%) VLAN
5 17 (2.81%) Network Security
6 16 (2.65%) DHCP
7 15 (2.48%) TCP/IP
8 13 (2.15%) WAN
9 12 (1.99%) Wireless
10 8 (1.32%) LAN
10 8 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
12 5 (0.83%) DMZ
12 5 (0.83%) Modbus
12 5 (0.83%) STUN
13 3 (0.50%) SD-WAN
14 2 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
14 2 (0.33%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.32%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.32%) Power BI
3 6 (0.99%) MySQL
4 4 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.50%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.50%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.33%) Apache Iceberg
6 2 (0.33%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.33%) Data Vault
6 2 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.33%) EDMS
7 1 (0.17%) GIS
7 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (3.48%) Git
2 5 (0.83%) JIRA
3 1 (0.17%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.17%) Metasploit
General
1 193 (31.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 190 (31.46%) Legal
3 186 (30.79%) Law
4 165 (27.32%) Social Skills
5 57 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (5.96%) Finance
7 27 (4.47%) Multimedia
8 26 (4.30%) Telecoms
9 17 (2.81%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.32%) Public Sector
12 7 (1.16%) German Language
12 7 (1.16%) Retail
13 6 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.99%) Marketing
14 4 (0.66%) Billing
14 4 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.33%) Automotive
15 2 (0.33%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 47 (7.78%) IT Engineer
2 39 (6.46%) PLC Engineer
3 35 (5.79%) Architect
4 33 (5.46%) Analyst
5 27 (4.47%) Trainee
6 24 (3.97%) Senior
6 24 (3.97%) Support Engineer
7 22 (3.64%) Lead
8 21 (3.48%) IT Support
9 19 (3.15%) Instrumentation Engineer
10 17 (2.81%) Security Architect
10 17 (2.81%) Security Manager
11 16 (2.65%) Developer
11 16 (2.65%) IT Manager
12 15 (2.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (2.48%) IT Analyst
13 13 (2.15%) Technical Support
14 11 (1.82%) Infrastructure Support
15 10 (1.66%) Security Analyst
15 10 (1.66%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.97%) HTML
2 19 (3.15%) CSS
3 8 (1.32%) Node.js
4 7 (1.16%) REST
4 7 (1.16%) Web Services
5 5 (0.83%) FreeSWITCH
6 4 (0.66%) .NET
6 4 (0.66%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.66%) React
7 3 (0.50%) Vue
8 2 (0.33%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.33%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.33%) Node-RED
8 2 (0.33%) Pandas
8 2 (0.33%) YAML
9 1 (0.17%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.17%) D3.js
9 1 (0.17%) Django
9 1 (0.17%) ModSecurity
9 1 (0.17%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 213 (35.26%) Cyberattack
2 74 (12.25%) Operational Technology
3 43 (7.12%) Renewable Energy
4 15 (2.48%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (2.48%) Data Centre
5 14 (2.32%) Driving Licence
5 14 (2.32%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.32%) Security Posture
6 11 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.32%) SCADA
7 8 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (0.99%) Management Information System
10 5 (0.83%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.83%) LIMS
10 5 (0.83%) Robotics
10 5 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (0.66%) Biopharmaceutical
11 4 (0.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.50%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 118 (19.54%) Windows
2 38 (6.29%) Windows Server
3 22 (3.64%) Linux
4 21 (3.48%) Windows 10
5 10 (1.66%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.83%) Debian
7 2 (0.33%) Check Point GAiA
7 2 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (31.62%) Line Management
2 172 (28.48%) Creative Thinking
3 100 (16.56%) Problem-Solving
4 63 (10.43%) Network Design
5 62 (10.26%) Network Management
6 54 (8.94%) Stakeholder Management
7 50 (8.28%) Software Engineering
8 49 (8.11%) Project Delivery
9 44 (7.28%) Mentoring
10 37 (6.13%) Information Security
11 36 (5.96%) Incident Response
12 30 (4.97%) SIEM
13 27 (4.47%) Internal Audit
13 27 (4.47%) Security Architecture
14 26 (4.30%) DevOps
15 25 (4.14%) Agile
15 25 (4.14%) Vulnerability Management
16 23 (3.81%) Computer Science
17 22 (3.64%) Penetration Testing
17 22 (3.64%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (6.13%) Python
2 24 (3.97%) JavaScript
3 22 (3.64%) SQL
4 12 (1.99%) PowerShell
5 8 (1.32%) R
5 8 (1.32%) TypeScript
6 5 (0.83%) Bash
7 4 (0.66%) C#
8 3 (0.50%) Progress 4GL
9 2 (0.33%) Bicep
9 2 (0.33%) Java
9 2 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 47 (7.78%) HND
2 38 (6.29%) Degree
3 27 (4.47%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (3.97%) AWS Certification
5 23 (3.81%) Azure Certification
6 19 (3.15%) Security Cleared
7 18 (2.98%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 17 (2.81%) A+ Certification
9 15 (2.48%) CISSP
10 14 (2.32%) CEH
10 14 (2.32%) CompTIA Security+
10 14 (2.32%) SC Cleared
11 13 (2.15%) Network+ Certification
12 10 (1.66%) CISM
13 7 (1.16%) DBS Check
13 7 (1.16%) HNC
13 7 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.83%) CompTIA CySA+
15 4 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
15 4 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (30.30%) NCSC
2 41 (6.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (5.46%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (3.15%) GDPR
5 18 (2.98%) NIST
6 11 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (1.32%) ISO 9001
7 8 (1.32%) QA
8 6 (0.99%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.83%) GRC
10 4 (0.66%) SLA
11 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.33%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.33%) GLBA
11 2 (0.33%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.33%) PMO
12 1 (0.17%) COBIT
12 1 (0.17%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 99 (16.39%) Active Directory
2 57 (9.44%) Virtual Servers
3 15 (2.48%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.32%) Docker
5 5 (0.83%) Kamailio
6 1 (0.17%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.83%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.66%) Functional Safety
4 3 (0.50%) Autotask
5 2 (0.33%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.33%) Terraform
6 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.17%) Nessus
6 1 (0.17%) Nmap
6 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.17%) QRadar
6 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 137 (22.68%) Microsoft
2 16 (2.65%) Apple
3 15 (2.48%) Cisco
3 15 (2.48%) Sage
4 12 (1.99%) Palo Alto
5 11 (1.82%) Adobe
6 10 (1.66%) SonicWALL
7 8 (1.32%) Fortinet
8 7 (1.16%) Oracle
9 6 (0.99%) Meraki
9 6 (0.99%) Ping Identity
10 5 (0.83%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (0.83%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.83%) WatchGuard
11 4 (0.66%) Qualys
11 4 (0.66%) Rapid7
11 4 (0.66%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.66%) Sophos
11 4 (0.66%) Splunk
11 4 (0.66%) Veeam