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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 35 37
Rank change year-on-year +20 +2 +6
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,335 616 908
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.64% 7.43% 4.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.59% 7.96% 5.76%
Number of salaries quoted 690 271 699
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 £75,000 £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% -10.00%

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 13,924 7,740 15,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 69.28% 93.35% 78.99%
Number of salaries quoted 10,354 3,692 11,971
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £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 £80,000
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 20 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 20 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 +29 626 £55,000 - 210
Yorkshire +9 555 £50,000 +41.84% 111
North East +26 154 £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 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.075%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.075%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (0.90%) Cloudability
2 2 (0.15%) Q-Pulse
2 2 (0.15%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 633 (47.42%) Azure
2 155 (11.61%) Microsoft 365
3 89 (6.67%) AWS
4 82 (6.14%) Entra ID
5 29 (2.17%) Microsoft Purview
6 27 (2.02%) OneDrive
7 25 (1.87%) GCP
8 19 (1.42%) GitHub
8 19 (1.42%) SaaS
9 18 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
10 16 (1.20%) Power Platform
11 15 (1.12%) 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 86 (6.44%) Firewall
2 42 (3.15%) DNS
3 35 (2.62%) DHCP
4 32 (2.40%) Network Security
5 29 (2.17%) VPN
6 25 (1.87%) Internet
7 24 (1.80%) LAN
7 24 (1.80%) WAN
8 23 (1.72%) VLAN
9 18 (1.35%) Unified Communications
10 16 (1.20%) VoIP
11 10 (0.75%) 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%) DKIM
15 3 (0.22%) DMARC
15 3 (0.22%) PBX
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 (1.50%) Git
2 12 (0.90%) 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
1 612 (45.84%) Social Skills
2 58 (4.34%) Finance
3 51 (3.82%) Multimedia
4 47 (3.52%) Public Sector
5 43 (3.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (2.92%) Analytical Skills
7 37 (2.77%) Telecoms
8 36 (2.70%) Marketing
9 32 (2.40%) Law
10 22 (1.65%) Legal
11 20 (1.50%) Retail
12 18 (1.35%) Advertising
13 16 (1.20%) Manufacturing
14 12 (0.90%) 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
1 338 (25.32%) Analyst
2 307 (23.00%) Security Analyst
3 278 (20.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 250 (18.73%) Junior
5 246 (18.43%) Junior Analyst
6 241 (18.05%) Junior Security Analyst
7 225 (16.85%) Ethical Hacker
8 149 (11.16%) Senior
9 73 (5.47%) Security Manager
10 70 (5.24%) Architect
10 70 (5.24%) Lead
11 69 (5.17%) Security Architect
12 66 (4.94%) Trainee
13 62 (4.64%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 59 (4.42%) IT Support
15 48 (3.60%) Sales Representative
16 42 (3.15%) IT Engineer
17 40 (3.00%) IT Manager
17 40 (3.00%) Security Engineer
18 38 (2.85%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.95%) HTML
2 22 (1.65%) 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 (20.45%) Cyberattack
2 49 (3.67%) Driving Licence
3 44 (3.30%) Security Posture
4 42 (3.15%) Onboarding
5 28 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
6 27 (2.02%) Operational Technology
7 21 (1.57%) Data Centre
8 16 (1.20%) Management Information System
9 15 (1.12%) Cyber Security Posture
10 14 (1.05%) Cloud Native
10 14 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (0.67%) Algorithms
13 7 (0.52%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.52%) Cyber Defence
13 7 (0.52%) Low-Code
13 7 (0.52%) Security Operations Centre
14 6 (0.45%) IoT
14 6 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
15 4 (0.30%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 103 (7.72%) Windows
2 69 (5.17%) Windows Server
3 16 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
4 13 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
5 12 (0.90%) 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
1 353 (26.44%) Mentoring
2 259 (19.40%) Ethical Hacking
3 123 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 93 (6.97%) Incident Response
5 91 (6.82%) AI
5 91 (6.82%) Disaster Recovery
6 73 (5.47%) SIEM
7 71 (5.32%) Problem-Solving
8 69 (5.17%) Security Architecture
9 62 (4.64%) Decision-Making
10 58 (4.34%) Risk Management
11 55 (4.12%) Customer Service
11 55 (4.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 53 (3.97%) Cloud Security
12 53 (3.97%) Service Delivery
13 50 (3.75%) Information Security
14 49 (3.67%) Business Continuity
15 48 (3.60%) IT Strategy
15 48 (3.60%) Stakeholder Management
16 46 (3.45%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 58 (4.34%) PowerShell
2 50 (3.75%) Python
3 37 (2.77%) JavaScript
4 19 (1.42%) Bash
5 14 (1.05%) 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 (36.78%) Azure Certification
2 281 (21.05%) CompTIA Security+
3 263 (19.70%) CEH
4 247 (18.50%) CompTIA CySA+
5 55 (4.12%) Degree
6 46 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
7 40 (3.00%) A+ Certification
8 39 (2.92%) CISSP
9 36 (2.70%) AWS Certification
10 33 (2.47%) Security Cleared
11 29 (2.17%) SC Cleared
12 27 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
13 25 (1.87%) CISM
14 17 (1.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 17 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
15 16 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
15 16 (1.20%) DBS Check
16 12 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 9 (0.67%) CCNA
18 8 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (7.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (5.62%) Cyber Essentials
3 73 (5.47%) NIST
4 66 (4.94%) GDPR
5 24 (1.80%) GRC
6 23 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 14 (1.05%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.45%) QA
9 5 (0.37%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.30%) NCSC
11 3 (0.22%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.22%) SLA
12 2 (0.15%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.075%) GxP
13 1 (0.075%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.075%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.075%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.075%) PMO
System Software
1 65 (4.87%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.35%) Hyper-V
3 17 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.60%) Docker
6 7 (0.52%) vSphere
7 1 (0.075%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 65 (4.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (1.05%) 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 (54.23%) Microsoft
2 466 (34.91%) ForeScout
3 22 (1.65%) Apple
3 22 (1.65%) VMware
4 19 (1.42%) CrowdStrike
5 17 (1.27%) Adobe
6 16 (1.20%) Cisco
7 12 (0.90%) Palo Alto
7 12 (0.90%) ServiceNow
7 12 (0.90%) Tenable
8 11 (0.82%) 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