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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 37 35
Rank change year-on-year +21 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,380 643 844
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.62% 6.82% 4.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.43% 7.54% 5.81%
Number of salaries quoted 725 296 645
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,313 £34,850
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,382 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% -2.13% -11.80%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -6.40%

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 14,630 8,532 14,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.21% 90.53% 79.53%
Number of salaries quoted 10,960 4,226 10,745
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,803 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,235 £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 13 July 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 13 July 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 +26 647 £55,000 - 218
Yorkshire +11 564 £47,500 +43.94% 113
North East +25 169 £50,000 -25.59% 47
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 51 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 36 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.22%) Apache
3 3 (0.22%) IIS
4 1 (0.072%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.072%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (0.87%) Cloudability
2 3 (0.22%) Q-Pulse
2 3 (0.22%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 622 (45.07%) Azure
2 174 (12.61%) Microsoft 365
3 82 (5.94%) AWS
4 80 (5.80%) Entra ID
5 28 (2.03%) Microsoft Purview
6 27 (1.96%) OneDrive
7 26 (1.88%) GCP
8 20 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
9 19 (1.38%) SaaS
10 18 (1.30%) Power Platform
11 13 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
11 13 (0.94%) Power Automate
11 13 (0.94%) Serverless
12 11 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (0.65%) Copilot Studio
14 7 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (0.51%) Azure Monitor
14 7 (0.51%) GitHub
14 7 (0.51%) PaaS
15 6 (0.43%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 87 (6.30%) Firewall
2 44 (3.19%) DNS
3 37 (2.68%) DHCP
4 32 (2.32%) Network Security
5 29 (2.10%) VPN
6 26 (1.88%) VLAN
7 25 (1.81%) LAN
7 25 (1.81%) WAN
8 21 (1.52%) TCP/IP
8 21 (1.52%) Unified Communications
9 20 (1.45%) VoIP
10 14 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (0.94%) Internet
12 7 (0.51%) NGFW
13 5 (0.36%) Broadband
13 5 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.22%) 4G
14 3 (0.22%) DKIM
14 3 (0.22%) PBX
14 3 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (0.58%) Power BI
2 4 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (0.29%) MySQL
2 4 (0.29%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.14%) GIS
4 2 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.072%) Big Data
5 1 (0.072%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.072%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.072%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.072%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.072%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.072%) Pinecone
5 1 (0.072%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.072%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.072%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.072%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 12 (0.87%) Snyk
2 8 (0.58%) Git
3 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.22%) GitLab
4 3 (0.22%) JIRA
5 2 (0.14%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.072%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.072%) GDB
6 1 (0.072%) JMeter
6 1 (0.072%) Locust
6 1 (0.072%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.072%) WinDbg
General
1 632 (45.80%) Social Skills
2 61 (4.42%) Finance
3 52 (3.77%) Public Sector
4 47 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 45 (3.26%) Telecoms
6 38 (2.75%) Analytical Skills
7 37 (2.68%) Marketing
8 35 (2.54%) Multimedia
9 34 (2.46%) Law
10 23 (1.67%) Legal
10 23 (1.67%) Manufacturing
11 20 (1.45%) Advertising
12 19 (1.38%) Retail
13 12 (0.87%) Aerospace
14 11 (0.80%) Local Government
14 11 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.51%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.43%) Police
16 6 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 343 (24.86%) Analyst
2 311 (22.54%) Security Analyst
3 282 (20.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 254 (18.41%) Junior
5 246 (17.83%) Junior Analyst
6 241 (17.46%) Junior Security Analyst
7 225 (16.30%) Ethical Hacker
8 150 (10.87%) Senior
9 74 (5.36%) Security Manager
10 72 (5.22%) IT Support
11 69 (5.00%) Architect
11 69 (5.00%) Lead
12 61 (4.42%) Security Architect
13 60 (4.35%) Consultant
14 59 (4.28%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 59 (4.28%) Sales Representative
15 53 (3.84%) Security Consultant
16 50 (3.62%) Trainee
17 47 (3.41%) IT Engineer
18 44 (3.19%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.01%) HTML
2 10 (0.72%) CSS
3 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Graph
3 7 (0.51%) REST
4 6 (0.43%) .NET
4 6 (0.43%) React
4 6 (0.43%) Regular Expression
5 5 (0.36%) JSON
5 5 (0.36%) Node.js
6 4 (0.29%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.22%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.22%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.22%) AWS CDK
7 3 (0.22%) NestJS
7 3 (0.22%) Vue
8 2 (0.14%) FHIR
8 2 (0.14%) Jinja
8 2 (0.14%) OpenLayers
8 2 (0.14%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.14%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 283 (20.51%) Cyberattack
2 54 (3.91%) Driving Licence
3 53 (3.84%) Security Posture
4 41 (2.97%) Onboarding
5 27 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
6 21 (1.52%) Data Centre
7 19 (1.38%) Operational Technology
8 16 (1.16%) Management Information System
9 15 (1.09%) Cyber Security Posture
10 14 (1.01%) Cloud Native
11 13 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
11 13 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (0.65%) Algorithms
13 8 (0.58%) Cyber Defence
14 7 (0.51%) AI Agents
14 7 (0.51%) Low-Code
14 7 (0.51%) Security Operations Centre
15 6 (0.43%) IoT
15 6 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
15 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 120 (8.70%) Windows
2 76 (5.51%) Windows Server
3 17 (1.23%) Linux
4 16 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (0.72%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.51%) Android
8 6 (0.43%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.36%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.22%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (24.93%) Mentoring
2 255 (18.48%) Ethical Hacking
3 129 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
4 97 (7.03%) Incident Response
5 94 (6.81%) AI
6 93 (6.74%) Disaster Recovery
7 80 (5.80%) SIEM
8 77 (5.58%) Problem-Solving
9 66 (4.78%) Security Architecture
10 65 (4.71%) Customer Service
10 65 (4.71%) Decision-Making
10 65 (4.71%) Risk Management
11 57 (4.13%) Cloud Security
12 54 (3.91%) Service Delivery
13 53 (3.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 51 (3.70%) Business Continuity
15 49 (3.55%) Information Security
15 49 (3.55%) IT Strategy
15 49 (3.55%) Stakeholder Management
16 48 (3.48%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (3.91%) PowerShell
2 41 (2.97%) Python
3 25 (1.81%) JavaScript
4 16 (1.16%) Bash
5 15 (1.09%) SQL
6 10 (0.72%) C#
7 7 (0.51%) C++
8 6 (0.43%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.36%) Java
10 4 (0.29%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.22%) C
12 2 (0.14%) XAML
13 1 (0.072%) Ada
13 1 (0.072%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.072%) Ladder Logic
13 1 (0.072%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.072%) Swift
Qualifications
1 479 (34.71%) Azure Certification
2 277 (20.07%) CompTIA Security+
3 258 (18.70%) CEH
4 247 (17.90%) CompTIA CySA+
5 67 (4.86%) Degree
6 45 (3.26%) Security Cleared
7 41 (2.97%) SC Cleared
8 40 (2.90%) CISSP
8 40 (2.90%) Network+ Certification
9 36 (2.61%) A+ Certification
10 26 (1.88%) CISM
11 21 (1.52%) AWS Certification
12 18 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
13 16 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (1.16%) DBS Check
14 13 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 9 (0.65%) CCNA
17 8 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 7 (0.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 79 (5.72%) NIST
3 78 (5.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 65 (4.71%) GDPR
5 26 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 22 (1.59%) GRC
7 13 (0.94%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.58%) QA
9 5 (0.36%) NCSC
9 5 (0.36%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.22%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.14%) HL7
11 2 (0.14%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.14%) SLA
12 1 (0.072%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.072%) GxP
12 1 (0.072%) IEC 61508
12 1 (0.072%) WCAG
System Software
1 69 (5.00%) Active Directory
2 23 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (1.38%) Hyper-V
4 14 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.58%) Docker
6 6 (0.43%) vSphere
7 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.072%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 63 (4.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (1.01%) Terraform
3 8 (0.58%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (0.36%) SCCM
5 4 (0.29%) Grafana
6 3 (0.22%) cPanel
6 3 (0.22%) Plesk
6 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.22%) WSUS
7 2 (0.14%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.14%) QRadar
8 1 (0.072%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.072%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.072%) Nessus
Vendors
1 734 (53.19%) Microsoft
2 466 (33.77%) ForeScout
3 28 (2.03%) VMware
4 21 (1.52%) Cisco
5 20 (1.45%) Apple
6 19 (1.38%) CrowdStrike
7 16 (1.16%) Palo Alto
8 15 (1.09%) Veeam
9 14 (1.01%) Adobe
10 12 (0.87%) ServiceNow
10 12 (0.87%) Tenable
11 8 (0.58%) Aruba
12 7 (0.51%) HP
12 7 (0.51%) SonicWALL
12 7 (0.51%) Tanium
13 6 (0.43%) HubSpot
14 5 (0.36%) OpenAI
15 4 (0.29%) Datto
15 4 (0.29%) Draytek
15 4 (0.29%) Meraki