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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 36 34
Rank change year-on-year +34 -2 +14
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 2,675 513 849
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 14.57% 6.99% 5.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.28% 7.36% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 622 291 690
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,313 £35,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £72,980 £69,375 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £59,400 £59,526
% change year-on-year -3.20% -0.21% -8.42%

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 13,189 6,974 13,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 71.85% 94.97% 82.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,349 3,756 11,084
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,882 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% +3.76% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +37 1,796 £55,000 - 148
Yorkshire +37 732 £43,500 -3.33% 87
North East +34 147 £43,500 +8.67% 33
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 28 (1.05%) SharePoint
2 20 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.15%) Drupal
3 4 (0.15%) nginx
3 4 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (0.41%) Cloudability
2 3 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,358 (50.77%) Cloud Computing
2 732 (27.36%) Azure
3 134 (5.01%) AWS
4 100 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (2.54%) Entra ID
6 65 (2.43%) GitHub
7 26 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
8 20 (0.75%) GCP
9 17 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
10 14 (0.52%) SaaS
11 10 (0.37%) Azure Monitor
11 10 (0.37%) OneDrive
12 9 (0.34%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (0.34%) Power Platform
12 9 (0.34%) Serverless
13 6 (0.22%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (0.22%) PaaS
14 5 (0.19%) IaaS
14 5 (0.19%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (0.15%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1,421 (53.12%) Internet
2 72 (2.69%) Firewall
3 32 (1.20%) DNS
4 29 (1.08%) Network Security
5 28 (1.05%) DHCP
5 28 (1.05%) VPN
6 21 (0.79%) VLAN
6 21 (0.79%) WAN
7 20 (0.75%) LAN
8 8 (0.30%) Unified Communications
8 8 (0.30%) VoIP
9 7 (0.26%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.22%) DMZ
11 5 (0.19%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.15%) Modbus
13 3 (0.11%) 4G
13 3 (0.11%) 5G
13 3 (0.11%) Broadband
14 2 (0.075%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (0.075%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.15%) MariaDB
1 4 (0.15%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.11%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (0.11%) Neo4j
3 2 (0.075%) Power BI
3 2 (0.075%) Tableau
4 1 (0.037%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.037%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.037%) Big Data
4 1 (0.037%) GIS
4 1 (0.037%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 62 (2.32%) Git
2 9 (0.34%) Snyk
3 4 (0.15%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.11%) GitLab
4 3 (0.11%) JIRA
5 1 (0.037%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.037%) GDB
5 1 (0.037%) JMeter
5 1 (0.037%) Locust
5 1 (0.037%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.037%) WinDbg
General
1 2,022 (75.59%) Social Skills
2 1,398 (52.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,350 (50.47%) Banking
4 118 (4.41%) Multimedia
5 50 (1.87%) Finance
6 44 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (1.27%) Public Sector
8 28 (1.05%) Law
9 27 (1.01%) Telecoms
10 21 (0.79%) Marketing
11 16 (0.60%) Retail
12 15 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (0.41%) Legal
14 10 (0.37%) Police
15 8 (0.30%) Advertising
15 8 (0.30%) Local Government
15 8 (0.30%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.30%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (0.26%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.22%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 982 (36.71%) Lecturer
2 392 (14.65%) Analyst
3 364 (13.61%) Security Analyst
4 339 (12.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 320 (11.96%) Junior
6 316 (11.81%) Junior Analyst
6 316 (11.81%) Junior Security Analyst
7 225 (8.41%) Ethical Hacker
8 144 (5.38%) Senior
9 124 (4.64%) Trainee
10 65 (2.43%) Security Manager
11 57 (2.13%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 56 (2.09%) Lead
13 55 (2.06%) Architect
14 51 (1.91%) Security Architect
15 41 (1.53%) IT Support
16 37 (1.38%) Developer
17 36 (1.35%) Security Engineer
17 36 (1.35%) Trainee Developer
18 35 (1.31%) Sales Representative
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (2.50%) CSS
1 67 (2.50%) HTML
2 7 (0.26%) React
3 6 (0.22%) Regular Expression
4 5 (0.19%) AngularJS
5 4 (0.15%) .NET
5 4 (0.15%) Node.js
6 3 (0.11%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.11%) AWS CDK
6 3 (0.11%) MERN Stack
6 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Graph
6 3 (0.11%) NestJS
6 3 (0.11%) REST
7 2 (0.075%) Middleware
7 2 (0.075%) Spring
7 2 (0.075%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.075%) Tailwind CSS
7 2 (0.075%) Vue
8 1 (0.037%) Ajax
8 1 (0.037%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1,350 (50.47%) IoT
2 270 (10.09%) Cyberattack
3 40 (1.50%) Driving Licence
4 38 (1.42%) Onboarding
5 29 (1.08%) Operational Technology
6 27 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
6 27 (1.01%) Security Posture
7 22 (0.82%) Management Information System
8 18 (0.67%) Data Centre
9 15 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (0.49%) Cloud Native
11 11 (0.41%) Cyber Security Posture
11 11 (0.41%) Cyber Threat
12 10 (0.37%) Cyber Defence
13 9 (0.34%) Public Cloud
14 8 (0.30%) Algorithms
15 7 (0.26%) Low-Code
15 7 (0.26%) Security Operations Centre
16 6 (0.22%) Analytical Mindset
16 6 (0.22%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 58 (2.17%) Windows
2 44 (1.64%) Windows Server
3 10 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
4 8 (0.30%) Linux
4 8 (0.30%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.19%) Android
7 4 (0.15%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.075%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.075%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,417 (52.97%) AI
2 1,355 (50.65%) User Experience
3 1,353 (50.58%) Machine Learning
4 1,350 (50.47%) Web Development
5 483 (18.06%) Mentoring
6 280 (10.47%) Ethical Hacking
7 100 (3.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 88 (3.29%) Incident Response
9 70 (2.62%) SIEM
10 68 (2.54%) Disaster Recovery
11 64 (2.39%) Problem-Solving
12 60 (2.24%) Line Management
12 60 (2.24%) Security Architecture
13 53 (1.98%) Risk Management
14 51 (1.91%) Information Security
15 49 (1.83%) Decision-Making
15 49 (1.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 45 (1.68%) Data Protection
17 42 (1.57%) Stakeholder Management
18 38 (1.42%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 89 (3.33%) Python
2 80 (2.99%) JavaScript
3 39 (1.46%) PowerShell
4 27 (1.01%) R
5 17 (0.64%) Bash
6 13 (0.49%) SQL
7 6 (0.22%) Java
7 6 (0.22%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.19%) C#
9 4 (0.15%) C++
9 4 (0.15%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.11%) C
11 1 (0.037%) Bicep
11 1 (0.037%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 1,396 (52.19%) Degree
2 1,357 (50.73%) Master's Degree
3 1,351 (50.50%) PhD
4 1,348 (50.39%) Postgraduate
5 608 (22.73%) Azure Certification
6 379 (14.17%) CompTIA Security+
7 321 (12.00%) CompTIA CySA+
8 285 (10.65%) CEH
9 92 (3.44%) AWS Certification
10 71 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 67 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
12 63 (2.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 60 (2.24%) A+ Certification
14 35 (1.31%) CISSP
15 31 (1.16%) Security Cleared
16 27 (1.01%) CISM
16 27 (1.01%) SC Cleared
17 17 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
18 16 (0.60%) DBS Check
19 13 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 66 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 64 (2.39%) NIST
4 54 (2.02%) GDPR
5 31 (1.16%) GRC
6 18 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 18 (0.67%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.30%) SOC 2
8 7 (0.26%) SLA
9 5 (0.19%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.15%) NCSC
11 3 (0.11%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.11%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.11%) QA
12 2 (0.075%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.075%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.075%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.037%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.037%) IEC 61508
13 1 (0.037%) PMO
System Software
1 53 (1.98%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.49%) Docker
2 13 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (0.37%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.11%) vSphere
6 2 (0.075%) Firmware
6 2 (0.075%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 43 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (0.45%) Terraform
3 9 (0.34%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.15%) Grafana
6 3 (0.11%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.075%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.037%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.037%) SCCM
Vendors
1 771 (28.82%) Microsoft
2 541 (20.22%) ForeScout
3 26 (0.97%) Apple
4 20 (0.75%) Adobe
5 18 (0.67%) CrowdStrike
6 16 (0.60%) Cisco
7 11 (0.41%) ServiceNow
8 10 (0.37%) Palo Alto
8 10 (0.37%) VMware
9 9 (0.34%) Tenable
10 6 (0.22%) HubSpot
11 5 (0.19%) Fortinet
11 5 (0.19%) Meraki
12 4 (0.15%) Draytek
12 4 (0.15%) Ubiquiti
12 4 (0.15%) Veeam
13 3 (0.11%) Citrix
13 3 (0.11%) HP
13 3 (0.11%) Sparx
14 2 (0.075%) WatchGuard