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 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 42 35
Rank change year-on-year +38 -7 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 2,328 418 663
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 19.45% 4.97% 5.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.94% 5.40% 6.35%
Number of salaries quoted 478 217 533
10th Percentile - £36,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +1.85% -9.28%
75th Percentile £57,239 £73,886 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,250 £88,000 £88,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -7.69%

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 9,334 7,744 10,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 77.99% 92.11% 86.64%
Number of salaries quoted 5,149 3,538 8,524
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,550 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.77%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,070
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,440
% change year-on-year -11.29% +11.83% -11.30%

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 5 February 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 5 February 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 +31 1,806 £40,000 -27.27% 160
Yorkshire +35 444 £30,500 -50.41% 86
North East +33 78 £30,500 -20.78% 30
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 23 (0.99%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.43%) WordPress
4 5 (0.21%) Drupal
4 5 (0.21%) nginx
5 4 (0.17%) Confluence
6 2 (0.086%) Apache
6 2 (0.086%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.043%) FileNet
Applications
1 11 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.17%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.086%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.043%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,623 (69.72%) Cloud Computing
2 353 (15.16%) Azure
3 169 (7.26%) AWS
4 124 (5.33%) GitHub
5 82 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (2.66%) Entra ID
7 22 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
8 19 (0.82%) SaaS
9 13 (0.56%) Power Platform
10 11 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
11 10 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (0.34%) OneDrive
14 7 (0.30%) Power Automate
15 6 (0.26%) Azure Monitor
15 6 (0.26%) PaaS
16 5 (0.21%) dbt
16 5 (0.21%) OCI
17 4 (0.17%) AWS CloudFormation
18 3 (0.13%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1,738 (74.66%) Internet
2 56 (2.41%) Firewall
3 28 (1.20%) DNS
3 28 (1.20%) VPN
4 20 (0.86%) DHCP
5 19 (0.82%) VLAN
6 16 (0.69%) TCP/IP
7 10 (0.43%) Network Security
7 10 (0.43%) VoIP
8 9 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.34%) LAN
9 8 (0.34%) WAN
10 7 (0.30%) DMZ
11 5 (0.21%) Modbus
12 4 (0.17%) Broadband
12 4 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (0.17%) Wireless
13 2 (0.086%) 4G
13 2 (0.086%) 5G
13 2 (0.086%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (0.64%) SQL Server
2 7 (0.30%) Power BI
3 5 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (0.21%) MariaDB
4 4 (0.17%) Neo4j
5 3 (0.13%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.086%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.086%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.086%) Apache Iceberg
6 2 (0.086%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.086%) Data Vault
6 2 (0.086%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.086%) Tableau
7 1 (0.043%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 119 (5.11%) Git
2 5 (0.21%) JIRA
3 2 (0.086%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.086%) JMeter
3 2 (0.086%) Locust
4 1 (0.043%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.043%) Snyk
General
1 1,877 (80.63%) Social Skills
2 1,649 (70.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,618 (69.50%) Banking
4 194 (8.33%) Multimedia
5 54 (2.32%) Analytical Skills
6 35 (1.50%) Finance
7 18 (0.77%) Legal
7 18 (0.77%) Public Sector
8 13 (0.56%) Law
9 11 (0.47%) Telecoms
10 10 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (0.39%) Marketing
12 7 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.21%) Avionics
14 5 (0.21%) Billing
14 5 (0.21%) German Language
14 5 (0.21%) Local Government
14 5 (0.21%) Police
15 4 (0.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1,224 (52.58%) Lecturer
2 194 (8.33%) Trainee
3 133 (5.71%) Analyst
4 118 (5.07%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 118 (5.07%) Security Analyst
5 107 (4.60%) Junior
6 105 (4.51%) Junior Analyst
6 105 (4.51%) Junior Security Analyst
7 63 (2.71%) Developer
7 63 (2.71%) Software Developer
7 63 (2.71%) Trainee Developer
7 63 (2.71%) Trainee Software Developer
8 58 (2.49%) Lead
9 56 (2.41%) Senior
10 36 (1.55%) IT Support
11 32 (1.37%) Architect
12 31 (1.33%) IT Manager
13 25 (1.07%) Support Engineer
14 21 (0.90%) Security Engineer
15 20 (0.86%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (5.58%) HTML
2 125 (5.37%) CSS
3 9 (0.39%) .NET
4 7 (0.30%) AngularJS
5 5 (0.21%) Node.js
6 4 (0.17%) MERN Stack
6 4 (0.17%) React
7 3 (0.13%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.13%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.13%) CSS3
7 3 (0.13%) HTML5
7 3 (0.13%) Sass
8 2 (0.086%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.086%) AWS CDK
8 2 (0.086%) Gherkin
8 2 (0.086%) Middleware
8 2 (0.086%) NestJS
8 2 (0.086%) Pandas
8 2 (0.086%) REST
8 2 (0.086%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1,619 (69.54%) IoT
2 30 (1.29%) Onboarding
3 28 (1.20%) Cyberattack
4 25 (1.07%) Operational Technology
5 22 (0.95%) Driving Licence
6 21 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
7 18 (0.77%) Management Information System
8 14 (0.60%) Blog
9 12 (0.52%) Cloud Native
10 11 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (0.39%) Public Cloud
12 8 (0.34%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (0.34%) LIMS
12 8 (0.34%) Product Ownership
12 8 (0.34%) Security Posture
13 6 (0.26%) Cyber Defence
13 6 (0.26%) Data Centre
14 5 (0.21%) SCADA
14 5 (0.21%) Video Conferencing
14 5 (0.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 55 (2.36%) Windows
2 29 (1.25%) Windows Server
3 17 (0.73%) Linux
4 11 (0.47%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.39%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.13%) Android
8 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.043%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,654 (71.05%) AI
2 1,622 (69.67%) User Experience
3 1,619 (69.54%) Machine Learning
4 1,615 (69.37%) Web Development
5 312 (13.40%) Mentoring
6 91 (3.91%) Ethical Hacking
7 85 (3.65%) Problem-Solving
8 80 (3.44%) Line Management
9 74 (3.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 59 (2.53%) Incident Response
11 49 (2.10%) Stakeholder Management
12 47 (2.02%) Disaster Recovery
13 42 (1.80%) Data Protection
14 41 (1.76%) Risk Management
15 38 (1.63%) SIEM
16 36 (1.55%) Service Delivery
17 34 (1.46%) Decision-Making
17 34 (1.46%) Information Security
17 34 (1.46%) Security Architecture
18 32 (1.37%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 134 (5.76%) Python
2 130 (5.58%) JavaScript
3 56 (2.41%) R
4 31 (1.33%) SQL
5 18 (0.77%) PowerShell
6 8 (0.34%) Bash
7 6 (0.26%) Java
7 6 (0.26%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.21%) C#
9 4 (0.17%) Bicep
9 4 (0.17%) C
10 2 (0.086%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1,677 (72.04%) Degree
2 1,620 (69.59%) Master's Degree
3 1,616 (69.42%) PhD
3 1,616 (69.42%) Postgraduate
4 247 (10.61%) Azure Certification
5 185 (7.95%) CompTIA Security+
6 139 (5.97%) AWS Certification
7 125 (5.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 119 (5.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 110 (4.73%) CompTIA CySA+
10 93 (3.99%) CEH
11 77 (3.31%) Network+ Certification
12 76 (3.26%) A+ Certification
13 20 (0.86%) Security Cleared
14 17 (0.73%) CISSP
15 16 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
15 16 (0.69%) HND
16 15 (0.64%) DBS Check
16 15 (0.64%) PMP
16 15 (0.64%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 58 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 46 (1.98%) NIST
4 36 (1.55%) GDPR
5 21 (0.90%) GRC
6 19 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (0.34%) ISO 9001
7 8 (0.34%) SLA
8 7 (0.30%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (0.21%) GLBA
9 5 (0.21%) QA
10 4 (0.17%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.17%) NCSC
10 4 (0.17%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.13%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.086%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.086%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.086%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.086%) WCAG
System Software
1 43 (1.85%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.60%) Docker
3 8 (0.34%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.086%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.086%) vSphere
7 1 (0.043%) Firmware
7 1 (0.043%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 27 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (0.39%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.34%) Terraform
4 2 (0.086%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.086%) Grafana
4 2 (0.086%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.043%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.043%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 359 (15.42%) Microsoft
2 120 (5.15%) ForeScout
3 16 (0.69%) Apple
4 11 (0.47%) Adobe
5 6 (0.26%) Cisco
5 6 (0.26%) iManage
5 6 (0.26%) Sage
5 6 (0.26%) SonicWALL
6 5 (0.21%) Fortinet
6 5 (0.21%) Oracle
7 4 (0.17%) PayPal
7 4 (0.17%) VMware
8 3 (0.13%) Citrix
8 3 (0.13%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (0.13%) Sparx
8 3 (0.13%) Veeam
9 2 (0.086%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.086%) Qualys
9 2 (0.086%) Splunk
9 2 (0.086%) Xero