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 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 45 35
Rank change year-on-year +41 -10 +16
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 2,358 515 850
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 12.83% 6.79% 5.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.02% 7.15% 6.08%
Number of salaries quoted 633 296 691
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,313 £35,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,875 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% +5.00% -19.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,625 £65,625
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,200 £87,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £59,400 £59,526
% change year-on-year -3.20% -0.21% -8.42%

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 13,086 7,206 13,972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 71.22% 95.00% 82.85%
Number of salaries quoted 8,541 3,813 11,125
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 11 May 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 11 May 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 +42 1,499 £55,000 - 170
Yorkshire +38 710 £43,500 -3.33% 104
North East +34 149 £45,000 -15.98% 36
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 30 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 22 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.13%) Drupal
3 3 (0.13%) nginx
3 3 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (0.51%) Cloudability
2 3 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,021 (43.30%) Cloud Computing
2 736 (31.21%) Azure
3 135 (5.73%) AWS
4 107 (4.54%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (2.97%) Entra ID
6 64 (2.71%) GitHub
7 25 (1.06%) Microsoft Purview
8 22 (0.93%) GCP
9 17 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
10 14 (0.59%) SaaS
11 12 (0.51%) OneDrive
12 11 (0.47%) Serverless
13 10 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (0.42%) Power Platform
14 9 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (0.25%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Copilot
15 6 (0.25%) PaaS
16 5 (0.21%) IaaS
16 5 (0.21%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1,081 (45.84%) Internet
2 71 (3.01%) Firewall
3 33 (1.40%) DNS
4 30 (1.27%) Network Security
5 29 (1.23%) DHCP
5 29 (1.23%) VPN
6 20 (0.85%) VLAN
6 20 (0.85%) WAN
7 19 (0.81%) LAN
8 9 (0.38%) Unified Communications
9 7 (0.30%) VoIP
10 6 (0.25%) DMZ
10 6 (0.25%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.17%) Modbus
12 4 (0.17%) NGFW
13 3 (0.13%) 4G
13 3 (0.13%) 5G
13 3 (0.13%) Broadband
13 3 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.17%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (0.13%) MariaDB
2 3 (0.13%) Neo4j
3 2 (0.085%) Power BI
3 2 (0.085%) Tableau
4 1 (0.042%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.042%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.042%) Big Data
4 1 (0.042%) GIS
4 1 (0.042%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 61 (2.59%) Git
2 11 (0.47%) Snyk
3 4 (0.17%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.13%) GitLab
4 3 (0.13%) JIRA
5 1 (0.042%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.042%) GDB
5 1 (0.042%) JMeter
5 1 (0.042%) Locust
5 1 (0.042%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.042%) WinDbg
General
1 1,684 (71.42%) Social Skills
2 1,062 (45.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,013 (42.96%) Banking
4 117 (4.96%) Multimedia
5 54 (2.29%) Finance
6 42 (1.78%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (1.44%) Public Sector
8 29 (1.23%) Law
9 27 (1.15%) Telecoms
10 23 (0.98%) Marketing
11 16 (0.68%) Retail
12 14 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (0.51%) Legal
14 9 (0.38%) Advertising
14 9 (0.38%) Police
15 8 (0.34%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.34%) Local Government
15 8 (0.34%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.34%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 728 (30.87%) Lecturer
2 396 (16.79%) Analyst
3 369 (15.65%) Security Analyst
4 343 (14.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 320 (13.57%) Junior
6 316 (13.40%) Junior Analyst
6 316 (13.40%) Junior Security Analyst
7 225 (9.54%) Ethical Hacker
8 149 (6.32%) Senior
9 123 (5.22%) Trainee
10 67 (2.84%) Security Manager
11 59 (2.50%) Architect
11 59 (2.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 57 (2.42%) Lead
13 55 (2.33%) Security Architect
14 43 (1.82%) IT Support
15 38 (1.61%) Sales Representative
16 37 (1.57%) Security Engineer
17 36 (1.53%) Developer
18 35 (1.48%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (2.84%) HTML
2 66 (2.80%) CSS
3 7 (0.30%) React
4 6 (0.25%) Regular Expression
5 5 (0.21%) AngularJS
5 5 (0.21%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (0.17%) .NET
6 4 (0.17%) Node.js
7 3 (0.13%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.13%) AWS CDK
7 3 (0.13%) MERN Stack
7 3 (0.13%) NestJS
7 3 (0.13%) REST
8 2 (0.085%) Middleware
8 2 (0.085%) Spring
8 2 (0.085%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.085%) Tailwind CSS
8 2 (0.085%) Vue
9 1 (0.042%) Ajax
9 1 (0.042%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1,014 (43.00%) IoT
2 270 (11.45%) Cyberattack
3 41 (1.74%) Driving Licence
4 40 (1.70%) Onboarding
5 29 (1.23%) Operational Technology
6 28 (1.19%) Security Posture
7 27 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
8 20 (0.85%) Data Centre
8 20 (0.85%) Management Information System
9 15 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (0.59%) Cloud Native
11 12 (0.51%) Cyber Security Posture
11 12 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
12 10 (0.42%) Cyber Defence
13 9 (0.38%) Public Cloud
14 8 (0.34%) Algorithms
15 7 (0.30%) Low-Code
15 7 (0.30%) Security Operations Centre
16 6 (0.25%) Analytical Mindset
16 6 (0.25%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 63 (2.67%) Windows
2 44 (1.87%) Windows Server
3 10 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
4 9 (0.38%) Linux
5 8 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (0.30%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.21%) Android
8 4 (0.17%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.17%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.085%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,084 (45.97%) AI
2 1,019 (43.21%) User Experience
3 1,016 (43.09%) Machine Learning
4 1,013 (42.96%) Web Development
5 483 (20.48%) Mentoring
6 280 (11.87%) Ethical Hacking
7 100 (4.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 88 (3.73%) Incident Response
9 73 (3.10%) Disaster Recovery
10 70 (2.97%) SIEM
11 63 (2.67%) Problem-Solving
12 62 (2.63%) Security Architecture
13 60 (2.54%) Line Management
14 54 (2.29%) Risk Management
15 52 (2.21%) Decision-Making
16 51 (2.16%) Information Security
17 48 (2.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 45 (1.91%) Data Protection
19 43 (1.82%) Stakeholder Management
20 40 (1.70%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 90 (3.82%) Python
2 79 (3.35%) JavaScript
3 44 (1.87%) PowerShell
4 27 (1.15%) R
5 19 (0.81%) Bash
6 13 (0.55%) SQL
7 6 (0.25%) Java
7 6 (0.25%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.21%) C#
9 4 (0.17%) C++
9 4 (0.17%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.13%) C
11 1 (0.042%) Bicep
11 1 (0.042%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 1,057 (44.83%) Degree
2 1,020 (43.26%) Master's Degree
3 1,014 (43.00%) PhD
4 1,011 (42.88%) Postgraduate
5 608 (25.78%) Azure Certification
6 379 (16.07%) CompTIA Security+
7 321 (13.61%) CompTIA CySA+
8 284 (12.04%) CEH
9 91 (3.86%) AWS Certification
10 70 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 67 (2.84%) Network+ Certification
12 62 (2.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 60 (2.54%) A+ Certification
14 34 (1.44%) CISSP
15 31 (1.31%) Security Cleared
16 27 (1.15%) CISM
16 27 (1.15%) SC Cleared
17 17 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
18 16 (0.68%) DBS Check
19 14 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 66 (2.80%) NIST
4 54 (2.29%) GDPR
5 33 (1.40%) GRC
6 18 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 18 (0.76%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.34%) SOC 2
8 7 (0.30%) SLA
9 4 (0.17%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.17%) NCSC
10 3 (0.13%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.13%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.13%) QA
11 2 (0.085%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.085%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.085%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.042%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.042%) IEC 61508
12 1 (0.042%) PMO
System Software
1 54 (2.29%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (0.51%) Docker
4 10 (0.42%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.17%) vSphere
7 2 (0.085%) Firmware
7 2 (0.085%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 46 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (0.51%) Terraform
3 9 (0.38%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.17%) Grafana
5 4 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.13%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.085%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.085%) SCCM
8 1 (0.042%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 781 (33.12%) Microsoft
2 541 (22.94%) ForeScout
3 26 (1.10%) Apple
4 21 (0.89%) Adobe
5 20 (0.85%) CrowdStrike
6 16 (0.68%) Cisco
7 12 (0.51%) Palo Alto
7 12 (0.51%) ServiceNow
8 11 (0.47%) Tenable
8 11 (0.47%) VMware
9 6 (0.25%) HubSpot
10 5 (0.21%) Fortinet
10 5 (0.21%) Veeam
11 4 (0.17%) Draytek
11 4 (0.17%) HP
11 4 (0.17%) Meraki
11 4 (0.17%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.13%) Citrix
12 3 (0.13%) Sparx
12 3 (0.13%) Ubiquiti