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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 41 42
Rank change year-on-year +17 +1 -10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,136 599 572
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.72% 6.27% 4.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.64% 7.12% 5.29%
Number of salaries quoted 750 230 282
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £48,092 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.09% -12.56% -5.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £77,500
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 17,096 8,415 10,822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 71.03% 88.14% 79.55%
Number of salaries quoted 12,718 4,036 5,547
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,225
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 +27 613 £60,000 +24.76% 448
Yorkshire +9 392 £42,500 +8.28% 251
North East +5 131 £50,000 -26.95% 103
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 (4.58%) SharePoint
2 44 (3.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.62%) IIS
4 6 (0.53%) Apache
5 3 (0.26%) Confluence
6 1 (0.088%) Anypoint
Applications
1 22 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.088%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.088%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 12 (1.06%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.35%) SystmOne
3 3 (0.26%) Q-Pulse
3 3 (0.26%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 288 (25.35%) Azure
2 203 (17.87%) Microsoft 365
3 90 (7.92%) AWS
4 78 (6.87%) Entra ID
5 31 (2.73%) OneDrive
6 30 (2.64%) GCP
7 26 (2.29%) SaaS
8 23 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
8 23 (2.02%) Power Platform
9 22 (1.94%) Azure Sentinel
10 13 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
10 13 (1.14%) Serverless
11 11 (0.97%) Mimecast
11 11 (0.97%) Power Automate
12 9 (0.79%) Copilot Studio
13 8 (0.70%) NetDocuments
14 7 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (0.53%) Google Workspace
15 6 (0.53%) IaaS
16 4 (0.35%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 61 (5.37%) Firewall
2 51 (4.49%) DNS
3 42 (3.70%) DHCP
4 35 (3.08%) TCP/IP
5 34 (2.99%) Network Security
5 34 (2.99%) VPN
6 29 (2.55%) WAN
7 26 (2.29%) VoIP
8 25 (2.20%) LAN
9 24 (2.11%) Unified Communications
10 22 (1.94%) VLAN
11 19 (1.67%) Internet
11 19 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
13 8 (0.70%) Wireless
14 7 (0.62%) NGFW
15 5 (0.44%) SSL
16 4 (0.35%) SD-WAN
16 4 (0.35%) SNMP
17 3 (0.26%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.14%) Power BI
2 12 (1.06%) SQL Server
3 9 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.62%) MySQL
5 4 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.26%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.18%) Big Data
7 2 (0.18%) GIS
8 1 (0.088%) Chroma
8 1 (0.088%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.088%) Db2
8 1 (0.088%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.088%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.088%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.088%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.088%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.088%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 12 (1.06%) Snyk
2 6 (0.53%) Git
3 5 (0.44%) GitLab
3 5 (0.44%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.35%) JIRA
5 2 (0.18%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.088%) Maven
6 1 (0.088%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 336 (29.58%) Social Skills
2 77 (6.78%) Finance
3 71 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 59 (5.19%) Public Sector
5 45 (3.96%) Telecoms
6 41 (3.61%) Marketing
7 38 (3.35%) Legal
7 38 (3.35%) Manufacturing
8 36 (3.17%) Retail
9 35 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
10 26 (2.29%) Law
10 26 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (1.76%) Advertising
12 17 (1.50%) Aerospace
13 9 (0.79%) Police
14 8 (0.70%) Local Government
15 7 (0.62%) Banking
16 6 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 197 (17.34%) Analyst
2 157 (13.82%) Senior
3 144 (12.68%) Security Analyst
4 123 (10.83%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 104 (9.15%) Consultant
6 87 (7.66%) Security Consultant
7 86 (7.57%) Security Manager
8 81 (7.13%) Junior
9 77 (6.78%) IT Support
10 76 (6.69%) Architect
11 69 (6.07%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 69 (6.07%) Junior Analyst
12 68 (5.99%) Security Architect
13 66 (5.81%) Sales Representative
14 64 (5.63%) Junior Security Analyst
15 60 (5.28%) Ethical Hacker
16 59 (5.19%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 59 (5.19%) Lead
17 47 (4.14%) IT Engineer
18 46 (4.05%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.23%) Terraform
2 8 (0.70%) JSON
3 7 (0.62%) HTML
3 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Graph
4 6 (0.53%) .NET
4 6 (0.53%) Regular Expression
5 5 (0.44%) REST
6 4 (0.35%) React
6 4 (0.35%) SAML
7 3 (0.26%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.26%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.26%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.26%) CSS
7 3 (0.26%) FHIR
7 3 (0.26%) LDAP
7 3 (0.26%) Node.js
7 3 (0.26%) pgvector
7 3 (0.26%) PostGIS
8 2 (0.18%) Flask
8 2 (0.18%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 133 (11.71%) Cyberattack
2 69 (6.07%) Security Posture
3 58 (5.11%) Onboarding
4 50 (4.40%) Driving Licence
5 43 (3.79%) Operational Technology
6 38 (3.35%) Cyber Threat
7 29 (2.55%) Management Information System
8 28 (2.46%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.14%) Cyber Security Posture
10 11 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (0.88%) Cloud Native
11 10 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
12 9 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (0.79%) SCADA
13 8 (0.70%) AI Agents
13 8 (0.70%) Cyber Defence
14 7 (0.62%) Video Conferencing
15 6 (0.53%) Algorithms
15 6 (0.53%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 158 (13.91%) Windows
2 86 (7.57%) Windows Server
3 29 (2.55%) Linux
4 17 (1.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (1.14%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.79%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.62%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.26%) VMS
10 2 (0.18%) Android
10 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (12.41%) Mentoring
2 136 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
3 131 (11.53%) AI
4 111 (9.77%) Problem-Solving
5 102 (8.98%) Incident Response
6 91 (8.01%) Disaster Recovery
7 84 (7.39%) SIEM
8 81 (7.13%) Information Security
9 77 (6.78%) Customer Service
9 77 (6.78%) Risk Management
10 72 (6.34%) Stakeholder Management
10 72 (6.34%) Vulnerability Management
11 71 (6.25%) Cloud Security
12 65 (5.72%) Decision-Making
13 64 (5.63%) ITIL
14 63 (5.55%) IT Strategy
15 62 (5.46%) Security Operations
16 60 (5.28%) Ethical Hacking
17 57 (5.02%) Data Protection
18 56 (4.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 48 (4.23%) PowerShell
2 37 (3.26%) Python
3 20 (1.76%) SQL
4 13 (1.14%) Bash
4 13 (1.14%) JavaScript
5 11 (0.97%) C#
6 4 (0.35%) C
6 4 (0.35%) C++
6 4 (0.35%) Go
6 4 (0.35%) XAML
7 3 (0.26%) Java
7 3 (0.26%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.18%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.088%) Ada
9 1 (0.088%) Objective-C
9 1 (0.088%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.088%) Swift
9 1 (0.088%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 133 (11.71%) Azure Certification
2 81 (7.13%) Degree
3 75 (6.60%) CompTIA Security+
3 75 (6.60%) Security Cleared
4 72 (6.34%) CompTIA CySA+
5 65 (5.72%) SC Cleared
6 62 (5.46%) CEH
7 43 (3.79%) CISSP
8 31 (2.73%) CISM
9 21 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (1.50%) AWS Certification
11 15 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 11 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.88%) Postgraduate
15 9 (0.79%) A+ Certification
15 9 (0.79%) CISA
15 9 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
15 9 (0.79%) DBS Check
15 9 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (9.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 77 (6.78%) NIST
3 72 (6.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 54 (4.75%) GDPR
5 41 (3.61%) GRC
6 33 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 18 (1.58%) PCI DSS
8 16 (1.41%) QA
9 8 (0.70%) NCSC
10 7 (0.62%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.44%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.44%) SLA
12 4 (0.35%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.26%) HL7
13 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.26%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.26%) PMO
14 2 (0.18%) ISO 22301
15 1 (0.088%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 84 (7.39%) Active Directory
2 27 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (1.76%) Hyper-V
4 18 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.97%) Docker
6 6 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.53%) vSphere
7 1 (0.088%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 71 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (0.70%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.62%) SCCM
5 6 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (0.53%) WSUS
6 5 (0.44%) Nessus
7 4 (0.35%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.35%) Network Intrusion Detection System
8 3 (0.26%) Ansible
8 3 (0.26%) cPanel
8 3 (0.26%) Functional Safety
8 3 (0.26%) Grafana
8 3 (0.26%) Plesk
8 3 (0.26%) Podman
8 3 (0.26%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.18%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.18%) QRadar
10 1 (0.088%) CloudHub
10 1 (0.088%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 429 (37.76%) Microsoft
2 120 (10.56%) ForeScout
3 30 (2.64%) VMware
4 27 (2.38%) Cisco
5 24 (2.11%) Palo Alto
6 19 (1.67%) CrowdStrike
7 18 (1.58%) Veeam
8 16 (1.41%) Apple
9 14 (1.23%) Adobe
9 14 (1.23%) Tenable
10 13 (1.14%) ServiceNow
11 12 (1.06%) SonicWALL
12 11 (0.97%) Aruba
13 10 (0.88%) HP
14 8 (0.70%) Google
14 8 (0.70%) Tanium
15 7 (0.62%) Red Hat
16 6 (0.53%) CheckPoint
16 6 (0.53%) Dell
16 6 (0.53%) NetApp