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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 37 35
Rank change year-on-year +21 -2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,369 638 876
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.63% 7.00% 4.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.47% 7.67% 5.82%
Number of salaries quoted 711 292 672
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,313 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,188 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,763 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% -1.40% -12.50%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,250
% change year-on-year +4.35% -1.29% -8.48%

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 14,451 8,322 15,053
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.02% 91.27% 79.44%
Number of salaries quoted 10,811 4,081 11,247
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £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 5 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 5 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 +28 645 £55,000 - 228
Yorkshire +11 562 £50,000 +33.33% 128
North East +30 162 £50,000 -23.08% 53
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 (3.87%) SharePoint
2 36 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.15%) Apache
3 2 (0.15%) IIS
4 1 (0.073%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.073%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (0.88%) Cloudability
2 3 (0.22%) Q-Pulse
2 3 (0.22%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 621 (45.36%) Azure
2 171 (12.49%) Microsoft 365
3 81 (5.92%) Entra ID
4 79 (5.77%) AWS
5 29 (2.12%) Microsoft Purview
6 27 (1.97%) OneDrive
7 26 (1.90%) GCP
8 19 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
8 19 (1.39%) SaaS
9 17 (1.24%) Power Platform
10 13 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
10 13 (0.95%) Power Automate
10 13 (0.95%) Serverless
11 11 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (0.66%) Copilot Studio
13 8 (0.58%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (0.58%) GitHub
14 7 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (0.51%) PaaS
15 6 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 89 (6.50%) Firewall
2 44 (3.21%) DNS
3 37 (2.70%) DHCP
4 32 (2.34%) Network Security
5 29 (2.12%) VPN
6 26 (1.90%) VLAN
7 25 (1.83%) LAN
7 25 (1.83%) WAN
8 21 (1.53%) Unified Communications
9 20 (1.46%) TCP/IP
9 20 (1.46%) VoIP
10 14 (1.02%) Internet
11 13 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (0.51%) NGFW
13 5 (0.37%) Broadband
13 5 (0.37%) 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 7 (0.51%) Power BI
2 4 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.22%) MySQL
3 3 (0.22%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.15%) GIS
4 2 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.073%) Big Data
5 1 (0.073%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.073%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.073%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.073%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.073%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.073%) Pinecone
5 1 (0.073%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.073%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.073%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.073%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 12 (0.88%) Snyk
2 9 (0.66%) Git
3 4 (0.29%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.29%) JIRA
4 3 (0.22%) GitLab
5 2 (0.15%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.073%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.073%) GDB
6 1 (0.073%) JMeter
6 1 (0.073%) Locust
6 1 (0.073%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.073%) WinDbg
General
1 624 (45.58%) Social Skills
2 59 (4.31%) Finance
3 51 (3.73%) Public Sector
4 44 (3.21%) Telecoms
5 43 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (2.85%) Analytical Skills
7 37 (2.70%) Marketing
8 36 (2.63%) Multimedia
9 33 (2.41%) Law
10 23 (1.68%) Legal
11 22 (1.61%) Manufacturing
12 20 (1.46%) Advertising
12 20 (1.46%) Retail
13 12 (0.88%) Aerospace
13 12 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (0.80%) Local Government
15 7 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.44%) Financial Institution
16 6 (0.44%) Police
16 6 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 339 (24.76%) Analyst
2 307 (22.43%) Security Analyst
3 278 (20.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 251 (18.33%) Junior
5 246 (17.97%) Junior Analyst
6 241 (17.60%) Junior Security Analyst
7 225 (16.44%) Ethical Hacker
8 148 (10.81%) Senior
9 75 (5.48%) Security Manager
10 70 (5.11%) Architect
10 70 (5.11%) Lead
11 69 (5.04%) IT Support
12 66 (4.82%) Security Architect
13 60 (4.38%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 54 (3.94%) Sales Representative
15 51 (3.73%) Trainee
16 50 (3.65%) Consultant
17 47 (3.43%) IT Engineer
18 45 (3.29%) Security Consultant
19 42 (3.07%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.10%) HTML
2 11 (0.80%) CSS
3 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Graph
3 7 (0.51%) REST
4 6 (0.44%) .NET
4 6 (0.44%) React
4 6 (0.44%) Regular Expression
5 5 (0.37%) JSON
5 5 (0.37%) 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 (0.15%) boto
8 2 (0.15%) Jinja
8 2 (0.15%) OpenLayers
8 2 (0.15%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.15%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 279 (20.38%) Cyberattack
2 53 (3.87%) Driving Licence
3 50 (3.65%) Security Posture
4 43 (3.14%) Onboarding
5 28 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
6 25 (1.83%) Operational Technology
7 21 (1.53%) Data Centre
8 16 (1.17%) Management Information System
9 15 (1.10%) Cyber Security Posture
10 14 (1.02%) Cloud Native
10 14 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (0.66%) Algorithms
13 7 (0.51%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.51%) Cyber Defence
13 7 (0.51%) Low-Code
13 7 (0.51%) Security Operations Centre
14 6 (0.44%) IoT
14 6 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
14 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 116 (8.47%) Windows
2 75 (5.48%) Windows Server
3 16 (1.17%) Linux
3 16 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
4 15 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (0.66%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.51%) Android
7 6 (0.44%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.37%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.15%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (25.13%) Mentoring
2 255 (18.63%) Ethical Hacking
3 129 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 94 (6.87%) Incident Response
5 93 (6.79%) Disaster Recovery
6 92 (6.72%) AI
7 76 (5.55%) SIEM
8 75 (5.48%) Problem-Solving
9 67 (4.89%) Security Architecture
10 65 (4.75%) Decision-Making
11 64 (4.67%) Risk Management
12 63 (4.60%) Customer Service
13 56 (4.09%) Cloud Security
14 55 (4.02%) Service Delivery
15 54 (3.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 52 (3.80%) Information Security
17 51 (3.73%) Business Continuity
18 50 (3.65%) IT Strategy
19 48 (3.51%) Stakeholder Management
19 48 (3.51%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (3.94%) PowerShell
2 41 (2.99%) Python
3 26 (1.90%) JavaScript
4 17 (1.24%) Bash
5 14 (1.02%) SQL
6 10 (0.73%) C#
7 7 (0.51%) C++
8 6 (0.44%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.37%) Java
10 4 (0.29%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.22%) C
12 2 (0.15%) XAML
13 1 (0.073%) Ada
13 1 (0.073%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.073%) Ladder Logic
13 1 (0.073%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.073%) Swift
Qualifications
1 480 (35.06%) Azure Certification
2 277 (20.23%) CompTIA Security+
3 258 (18.85%) CEH
4 247 (18.04%) CompTIA CySA+
5 62 (4.53%) Degree
6 41 (2.99%) CISSP
7 40 (2.92%) Network+ Certification
7 40 (2.92%) Security Cleared
8 36 (2.63%) A+ Certification
8 36 (2.63%) SC Cleared
9 27 (1.97%) CISM
10 22 (1.61%) AWS Certification
11 18 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (1.17%) DBS Check
14 15 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 9 (0.66%) CCNA
17 8 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 7 (0.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (7.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 78 (5.70%) NIST
3 77 (5.62%) Cyber Essentials
4 67 (4.89%) GDPR
5 26 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 21 (1.53%) GRC
7 13 (0.95%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.51%) QA
9 5 (0.37%) NCSC
9 5 (0.37%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.22%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.15%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.15%) SLA
12 1 (0.073%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.073%) GxP
12 1 (0.073%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.073%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.073%) WCAG
System Software
1 68 (4.97%) Active Directory
2 23 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (1.46%) Hyper-V
4 14 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.58%) Docker
6 7 (0.51%) vSphere
7 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.073%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 64 (4.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (1.02%) Terraform
3 8 (0.58%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (0.37%) SCCM
5 4 (0.29%) Grafana
6 3 (0.22%) cPanel
6 3 (0.22%) Plesk
6 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.15%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.15%) WSUS
8 1 (0.073%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.073%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.073%) Nessus
8 1 (0.073%) QRadar
Vendors
1 729 (53.25%) Microsoft
2 466 (34.04%) ForeScout
3 28 (2.05%) VMware
4 20 (1.46%) Apple
4 20 (1.46%) Cisco
5 19 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
6 15 (1.10%) Veeam
7 14 (1.02%) Adobe
7 14 (1.02%) Palo Alto
8 12 (0.88%) ServiceNow
8 12 (0.88%) Tenable
9 7 (0.51%) Aruba
9 7 (0.51%) SonicWALL
10 6 (0.44%) HP
10 6 (0.44%) HubSpot
11 5 (0.37%) Datto
11 5 (0.37%) WatchGuard
12 4 (0.29%) Draytek
12 4 (0.29%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.29%) Tanium