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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 40 41
Rank change year-on-year +18 +1 -5
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,221 609 586
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 5.23% 6.48% 4.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.42% 7.41% 5.30%
Number of salaries quoted 757 241 344
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £47,500 £54,793
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% -13.31% -7.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £77,125
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 16,465 8,223 11,063
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.48% 87.55% 77.96%
Number of salaries quoted 12,348 4,133 6,270
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,335
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,136 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.26% -3.73% -9.09%
75th Percentile £74,986 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,225
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 10 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 10 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 +26 612 £57,808 +11.68% 291
Yorkshire +11 464 £45,000 +36.36% 193
North East +16 145 £50,000 -25.93% 71
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 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 43 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.49%) IIS
4 5 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.082%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.082%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (0.98%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.33%) SystmOne
3 3 (0.25%) Q-Pulse
3 3 (0.25%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 412 (33.74%) Azure
2 196 (16.05%) Microsoft 365
3 92 (7.53%) AWS
4 71 (5.81%) Entra ID
5 31 (2.54%) OneDrive
6 29 (2.38%) GCP
7 28 (2.29%) Power Platform
8 26 (2.13%) SaaS
9 25 (2.05%) Microsoft Copilot
10 20 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
11 13 (1.06%) Serverless
12 12 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
12 12 (0.98%) Mimecast
13 11 (0.90%) Power Automate
14 9 (0.74%) Copilot Studio
14 9 (0.74%) IaaS
15 8 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (0.66%) NetDocuments
16 7 (0.57%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 69 (5.65%) Firewall
2 47 (3.85%) DNS
3 42 (3.44%) Network Security
4 38 (3.11%) DHCP
5 31 (2.54%) VPN
6 29 (2.38%) WAN
7 28 (2.29%) TCP/IP
8 26 (2.13%) VoIP
9 25 (2.05%) LAN
10 24 (1.97%) Unified Communications
11 22 (1.80%) VLAN
12 18 (1.47%) Internet
13 15 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (0.82%) Intrusion Detection
15 7 (0.57%) NGFW
15 7 (0.57%) Wireless
16 4 (0.33%) SD-WAN
16 4 (0.33%) SNMP
16 4 (0.33%) SSL
17 3 (0.25%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.23%) Power BI
2 9 (0.74%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.49%) MySQL
3 6 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.16%) Big Data
6 2 (0.16%) GIS
7 1 (0.082%) Chroma
7 1 (0.082%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.082%) Db2
7 1 (0.082%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.082%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.082%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.082%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.082%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.082%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.082%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 12 (0.98%) Snyk
2 8 (0.66%) Git
3 5 (0.41%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.33%) GitLab
5 2 (0.16%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.16%) JIRA
6 1 (0.082%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.082%) GDB
6 1 (0.082%) JMeter
6 1 (0.082%) Locust
6 1 (0.082%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.082%) WinDbg
General
1 424 (34.73%) Social Skills
2 72 (5.90%) Finance
3 65 (5.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 54 (4.42%) Public Sector
5 49 (4.01%) Telecoms
6 37 (3.03%) Marketing
7 34 (2.78%) Legal
8 33 (2.70%) Manufacturing
9 29 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
10 28 (2.29%) Law
10 28 (2.29%) Retail
11 22 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (1.72%) Advertising
13 15 (1.23%) Aerospace
14 9 (0.74%) Local Government
15 7 (0.57%) Banking
15 7 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.49%) Financial Institution
16 6 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.49%) Police
Job Titles
1 247 (20.23%) Analyst
2 206 (16.87%) Security Analyst
3 178 (14.58%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 153 (12.53%) Senior
5 140 (11.47%) Junior
6 129 (10.57%) Junior Analyst
7 124 (10.16%) Junior Security Analyst
8 120 (9.83%) Ethical Hacker
9 100 (8.19%) Consultant
10 85 (6.96%) Security Consultant
11 81 (6.63%) Security Manager
12 77 (6.31%) IT Support
13 74 (6.06%) Architect
14 67 (5.49%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 66 (5.41%) Security Architect
16 65 (5.32%) Sales Representative
17 59 (4.83%) Lead
18 57 (4.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 48 (3.93%) IT Manager
20 45 (3.69%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (0.98%) Terraform
2 10 (0.82%) HTML
3 8 (0.66%) JSON
4 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Graph
5 6 (0.49%) CSS
5 6 (0.49%) React
5 6 (0.49%) Regular Expression
6 5 (0.41%) REST
7 4 (0.33%) .NET
7 4 (0.33%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.33%) SAML
8 3 (0.25%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.25%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.25%) FHIR
8 3 (0.25%) LDAP
8 3 (0.25%) pgvector
8 3 (0.25%) PostGIS
8 3 (0.25%) Vue
9 2 (0.16%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (0.16%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 189 (15.48%) Cyberattack
2 68 (5.57%) Security Posture
3 52 (4.26%) Driving Licence
4 51 (4.18%) Onboarding
5 36 (2.95%) Operational Technology
6 35 (2.87%) Cyber Threat
7 28 (2.29%) Data Centre
7 28 (2.29%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.31%) Cyber Security Posture
9 14 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (0.74%) Cloud Native
11 9 (0.74%) Cyber Defence
11 9 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
12 8 (0.66%) AI Agents
12 8 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (0.57%) Low-Code
14 6 (0.49%) IoT
14 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 149 (12.20%) Windows
2 83 (6.80%) Windows Server
3 28 (2.29%) Linux
4 17 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (0.98%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.66%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.49%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.25%) VMS
10 2 (0.16%) Android
10 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (16.30%) Mentoring
2 128 (10.48%) AI
3 123 (10.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 121 (9.91%) Ethical Hacking
5 97 (7.94%) Disaster Recovery
6 92 (7.53%) Problem-Solving
7 90 (7.37%) Incident Response
8 85 (6.96%) SIEM
9 71 (5.81%) Customer Service
10 69 (5.65%) IT Strategy
11 68 (5.57%) Information Security
11 68 (5.57%) Risk Management
12 65 (5.32%) Cloud Security
13 62 (5.08%) Vulnerability Management
14 60 (4.91%) ITIL
15 58 (4.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 57 (4.67%) Decision-Making
17 56 (4.59%) Service Delivery
17 56 (4.59%) Stakeholder Management
18 52 (4.26%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 50 (4.10%) PowerShell
2 38 (3.11%) Python
3 19 (1.56%) SQL
4 15 (1.23%) JavaScript
5 12 (0.98%) Bash
6 11 (0.90%) C#
7 8 (0.66%) C++
8 5 (0.41%) Java
9 4 (0.33%) XAML
10 3 (0.25%) C
10 3 (0.25%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.16%) Go
11 2 (0.16%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.082%) Ada
12 1 (0.082%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.082%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.082%) Swift
12 1 (0.082%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 256 (20.97%) Azure Certification
2 136 (11.14%) CompTIA Security+
3 131 (10.73%) CompTIA CySA+
4 125 (10.24%) CEH
5 76 (6.22%) Degree
6 59 (4.83%) Security Cleared
7 52 (4.26%) SC Cleared
8 47 (3.85%) CISSP
9 36 (2.95%) CISM
10 22 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
11 20 (1.64%) AWS Certification
12 15 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.98%) A+ Certification
14 12 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 12 (0.98%) Network+ Certification
15 11 (0.90%) DBS Check
15 11 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 8 (0.66%) CREST Certified
16 8 (0.66%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (8.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 72 (5.90%) NIST
3 66 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 53 (4.34%) GDPR
5 32 (2.62%) GRC
6 31 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 16 (1.31%) PCI DSS
8 15 (1.23%) QA
9 7 (0.57%) NCSC
9 7 (0.57%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.33%) PMO
11 3 (0.25%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.25%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.25%) HL7
11 3 (0.25%) SLA
12 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.082%) GxP
System Software
1 80 (6.55%) Active Directory
2 29 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (1.88%) Hyper-V
4 18 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.82%) Docker
6 6 (0.49%) vSphere
7 5 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.082%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 73 (5.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.57%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.49%) SCCM
5 5 (0.41%) Nessus
5 5 (0.41%) WSUS
6 4 (0.33%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.33%) Grafana
6 4 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.33%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 3 (0.25%) cPanel
7 3 (0.25%) Plesk
7 3 (0.25%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.16%) Ansible
8 2 (0.16%) Podman
8 2 (0.16%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.16%) QRadar
9 1 (0.082%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 538 (44.06%) Microsoft
2 240 (19.66%) ForeScout
3 34 (2.78%) VMware
4 23 (1.88%) Cisco
4 23 (1.88%) Palo Alto
5 20 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
6 17 (1.39%) Apple
6 17 (1.39%) Veeam
7 14 (1.15%) Adobe
8 13 (1.06%) ServiceNow
9 12 (0.98%) Tenable
10 11 (0.90%) SonicWALL
11 10 (0.82%) Aruba
12 9 (0.74%) HP
13 8 (0.66%) Tanium
14 6 (0.49%) Red Hat
15 5 (0.41%) CheckPoint
15 5 (0.41%) Dell
15 5 (0.41%) NetApp
15 5 (0.41%) OpenAI