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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 40 39
Rank change year-on-year +20 -1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,243 621 607
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 5.43% 6.58% 4.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.70% 7.49% 5.26%
Number of salaries quoted 758 257 391
10th Percentile £28,850 £25,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £45,750 £54,714
Median % change year-on-year +12.57% -16.38% -8.08%
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 16,134 8,288 11,542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.43% 87.78% 78.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12,106 4,211 6,998
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £74,985 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 +28 620 £57,500 +15.58% 314
Yorkshire +9 478 £45,000 +36.36% 208
North East +16 145 £50,000 -23.08% 93
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 53 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 43 (3.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.40%) IIS
4 4 (0.32%) Apache
5 1 (0.080%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.080%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (0.97%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.32%) SystmOne
3 3 (0.24%) Q-Pulse
3 3 (0.24%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 441 (35.48%) Azure
2 193 (15.53%) Microsoft 365
3 92 (7.40%) AWS
4 70 (5.63%) Entra ID
5 31 (2.49%) OneDrive
6 29 (2.33%) GCP
7 28 (2.25%) Power Platform
8 26 (2.09%) SaaS
9 23 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
10 19 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
11 13 (1.05%) Microsoft Purview
11 13 (1.05%) Serverless
12 12 (0.97%) Mimecast
13 11 (0.88%) Power Automate
14 9 (0.72%) Copilot Studio
14 9 (0.72%) IaaS
15 8 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (0.64%) NetDocuments
16 7 (0.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 68 (5.47%) Firewall
2 46 (3.70%) DNS
3 45 (3.62%) Network Security
4 37 (2.98%) DHCP
5 30 (2.41%) WAN
6 29 (2.33%) VPN
7 27 (2.17%) TCP/IP
8 26 (2.09%) LAN
8 26 (2.09%) VoIP
9 24 (1.93%) Unified Communications
10 22 (1.77%) VLAN
11 19 (1.53%) Internet
12 14 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
14 7 (0.56%) NGFW
14 7 (0.56%) Wireless
15 4 (0.32%) SD-WAN
15 4 (0.32%) SNMP
15 4 (0.32%) SSL
16 3 (0.24%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.21%) Power BI
2 8 (0.64%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.40%) MySQL
5 4 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.16%) GIS
8 1 (0.080%) Big Data
8 1 (0.080%) Chroma
8 1 (0.080%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.080%) Db2
8 1 (0.080%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.080%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.080%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.080%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.080%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.080%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.080%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 12 (0.97%) Snyk
2 8 (0.64%) Git
3 5 (0.40%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.32%) GitLab
5 2 (0.16%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.16%) JIRA
6 1 (0.080%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.080%) GDB
6 1 (0.080%) JMeter
6 1 (0.080%) Locust
6 1 (0.080%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.080%) WinDbg
General
1 450 (36.20%) Social Skills
2 68 (5.47%) Finance
3 64 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 52 (4.18%) Public Sector
5 46 (3.70%) Telecoms
6 37 (2.98%) Marketing
7 33 (2.65%) Legal
7 33 (2.65%) Manufacturing
8 28 (2.25%) Law
9 26 (2.09%) Analytical Skills
10 25 (2.01%) Retail
11 21 (1.69%) Advertising
12 20 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.05%) Aerospace
14 9 (0.72%) Local Government
15 7 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.48%) Banking
16 6 (0.48%) Financial Institution
16 6 (0.48%) Police
17 5 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 266 (21.40%) Analyst
2 225 (18.10%) Security Analyst
3 193 (15.53%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 155 (12.47%) Junior
5 151 (12.15%) Senior
6 144 (11.58%) Junior Analyst
7 139 (11.18%) Junior Security Analyst
8 135 (10.86%) Ethical Hacker
9 99 (7.96%) Consultant
10 84 (6.76%) Security Consultant
11 80 (6.44%) Security Manager
12 76 (6.11%) Architect
12 76 (6.11%) IT Support
13 68 (5.47%) Security Architect
14 66 (5.31%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 64 (5.15%) Sales Representative
16 58 (4.67%) Lead
17 56 (4.51%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 49 (3.94%) IT Manager
19 44 (3.54%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (0.97%) Terraform
2 10 (0.80%) HTML
3 8 (0.64%) JSON
4 7 (0.56%) Microsoft Graph
5 6 (0.48%) CSS
5 6 (0.48%) React
5 6 (0.48%) Regular Expression
6 5 (0.40%) REST
7 4 (0.32%) .NET
7 4 (0.32%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.32%) SAML
8 3 (0.24%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.24%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.24%) FHIR
8 3 (0.24%) LDAP
8 3 (0.24%) pgvector
8 3 (0.24%) PostGIS
8 3 (0.24%) Vue
9 2 (0.16%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (0.16%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 203 (16.33%) Cyberattack
2 67 (5.39%) Security Posture
3 52 (4.18%) Driving Licence
4 48 (3.86%) Onboarding
5 38 (3.06%) Operational Technology
6 33 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
7 28 (2.25%) Data Centre
8 27 (2.17%) Management Information System
9 16 (1.29%) Cyber Security Posture
10 14 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (0.72%) Cloud Native
11 9 (0.72%) Cyber Defence
11 9 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (0.72%) Security Operations Centre
12 8 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.56%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (0.56%) Low-Code
14 6 (0.48%) Algorithms
14 6 (0.48%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 148 (11.91%) Windows
2 82 (6.60%) Windows Server
3 25 (2.01%) Linux
4 17 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (0.97%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.64%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.40%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.24%) VMS
11 2 (0.16%) Android
11 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (17.14%) Mentoring
2 136 (10.94%) Ethical Hacking
3 121 (9.73%) AI
3 121 (9.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 97 (7.80%) Disaster Recovery
5 90 (7.24%) Problem-Solving
6 87 (7.00%) Incident Response
7 82 (6.60%) SIEM
8 69 (5.55%) Information Security
9 67 (5.39%) Customer Service
9 67 (5.39%) IT Strategy
10 64 (5.15%) Risk Management
11 63 (5.07%) Cloud Security
12 62 (4.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 60 (4.83%) ITIL
13 60 (4.83%) Vulnerability Management
14 56 (4.51%) Decision-Making
15 55 (4.42%) Service Delivery
16 51 (4.10%) Security Architecture
17 50 (4.02%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 50 (4.02%) PowerShell
2 37 (2.98%) Python
3 19 (1.53%) SQL
4 15 (1.21%) JavaScript
5 11 (0.88%) C#
6 10 (0.80%) Bash
7 8 (0.64%) C++
8 5 (0.40%) Java
9 4 (0.32%) XAML
10 3 (0.24%) C
10 3 (0.24%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.16%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.080%) Ada
12 1 (0.080%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.080%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.080%) Swift
12 1 (0.080%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 286 (23.01%) Azure Certification
2 150 (12.07%) CompTIA Security+
3 145 (11.67%) CompTIA CySA+
4 140 (11.26%) CEH
5 75 (6.03%) Degree
6 56 (4.51%) Security Cleared
7 50 (4.02%) SC Cleared
8 43 (3.46%) CISSP
9 32 (2.57%) CISM
10 22 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
11 20 (1.61%) AWS Certification
12 16 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.97%) A+ Certification
14 12 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 12 (0.97%) Network+ Certification
15 11 (0.88%) DBS Check
15 11 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 8 (0.64%) CCNA
16 8 (0.64%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (8.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (5.47%) NIST
3 65 (5.23%) Cyber Essentials
4 51 (4.10%) GDPR
5 32 (2.57%) GRC
6 30 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 16 (1.29%) PCI DSS
8 15 (1.21%) QA
9 7 (0.56%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.40%) NCSC
11 3 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.24%) HL7
11 3 (0.24%) SLA
12 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.16%) PMO
13 1 (0.080%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.080%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.080%) GxP
13 1 (0.080%) WCAG
System Software
1 80 (6.44%) Active Directory
2 28 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (1.93%) Hyper-V
4 18 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.64%) Docker
6 6 (0.48%) vSphere
7 4 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.080%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 74 (5.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.56%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.48%) SCCM
5 5 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.40%) Nessus
6 4 (0.32%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.32%) Grafana
6 4 (0.32%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 4 (0.32%) WSUS
7 3 (0.24%) cPanel
7 3 (0.24%) Plesk
7 3 (0.24%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.16%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.16%) QRadar
9 1 (0.080%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 563 (45.29%) Microsoft
2 270 (21.72%) ForeScout
3 33 (2.65%) VMware
4 24 (1.93%) Cisco
5 22 (1.77%) Palo Alto
6 20 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
7 18 (1.45%) Apple
8 16 (1.29%) Veeam
9 14 (1.13%) Adobe
10 13 (1.05%) ServiceNow
11 12 (0.97%) Tenable
12 10 (0.80%) SonicWALL
13 9 (0.72%) Aruba
14 8 (0.64%) HP
14 8 (0.64%) Tanium
15 5 (0.40%) Aderant
15 5 (0.40%) HubSpot
15 5 (0.40%) iManage
15 5 (0.40%) OpenAI
16 4 (0.32%) Meraki