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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 44 37
Rank change year-on-year +40 -7 +16
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 2,240 430 502
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 20.95% 4.65% 6.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.93% 5.16% 7.02%
Number of salaries quoted 445 219 376
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £55,000 £55,750
Median % change year-on-year -44.55% -1.35% -3.04%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,520 £88,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -23.08% +4.00% -3.85%

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 8,640 8,336 7,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.80% 90.22% 88.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,595 3,746 5,599
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,512
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -0.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 +36 1,776 £41,750 -23.80% 128
Yorkshire +35 395 £30,500 -47.82% 84
North East +36 69 £30,500 -34.01% 28
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 18 (0.80%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.45%) WordPress
3 6 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.22%) Confluence
4 5 (0.22%) Drupal
4 5 (0.22%) nginx
5 3 (0.13%) Apache
5 3 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.045%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.045%) CMS
6 1 (0.045%) FileNet
Applications
1 11 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.089%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.045%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1,620 (72.32%) Cloud Computing
2 302 (13.48%) Azure
3 165 (7.37%) AWS
4 123 (5.49%) GitHub
5 72 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (1.38%) Entra ID
7 22 (0.98%) SaaS
8 15 (0.67%) Power Platform
9 9 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (0.36%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (0.36%) IaaS
10 8 (0.36%) OneDrive
11 7 (0.31%) PaaS
12 6 (0.27%) dbt
12 6 (0.27%) Power Automate
13 5 (0.22%) OCI
13 5 (0.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 3 (0.13%) AWS Step Functions
14 3 (0.13%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 1,736 (77.50%) Internet
2 30 (1.34%) Firewall
3 27 (1.21%) VPN
4 23 (1.03%) DNS
5 20 (0.89%) TCP/IP
6 18 (0.80%) VLAN
6 18 (0.80%) VoIP
7 15 (0.67%) DHCP
8 13 (0.58%) Network Security
9 11 (0.49%) DMZ
10 9 (0.40%) LAN
10 9 (0.40%) WAN
10 9 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.31%) Remote Desktop
11 7 (0.31%) Wireless
12 5 (0.22%) STUN
13 4 (0.18%) Modbus
14 2 (0.089%) Broadband
14 2 (0.089%) Intrusion Detection
15 1 (0.045%) ISDN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (0.85%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.36%) Power BI
3 5 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (0.22%) MariaDB
4 3 (0.13%) Amazon Aurora
4 3 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (0.13%) Apache Iceberg
4 3 (0.13%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.13%) Data Vault
4 3 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.13%) Neo4j
4 3 (0.13%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.089%) Tableau
6 1 (0.045%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.045%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 118 (5.27%) Git
2 6 (0.27%) JIRA
3 2 (0.089%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.089%) JMeter
3 2 (0.089%) Locust
4 1 (0.045%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.045%) Snyk
General
1 1,818 (81.16%) Social Skills
2 1,656 (73.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,618 (72.23%) Banking
4 178 (7.95%) Multimedia
5 38 (1.70%) Finance
6 33 (1.47%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (0.98%) Legal
8 18 (0.80%) Public Sector
8 18 (0.80%) Telecoms
9 13 (0.58%) Law
10 10 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (0.45%) Marketing
11 8 (0.36%) German Language
11 8 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (0.31%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.22%) Local Government
13 5 (0.22%) Police
13 5 (0.22%) Retail
14 4 (0.18%) Avionics
14 4 (0.18%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1,224 (54.64%) Lecturer
2 178 (7.95%) Trainee
3 102 (4.55%) Analyst
4 88 (3.93%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 88 (3.93%) Security Analyst
5 75 (3.35%) Junior
5 75 (3.35%) Junior Analyst
5 75 (3.35%) Junior Security Analyst
6 61 (2.72%) Developer
6 61 (2.72%) Software Developer
6 61 (2.72%) Trainee Developer
6 61 (2.72%) Trainee Software Developer
7 58 (2.59%) Senior
8 38 (1.70%) Architect
9 33 (1.47%) Lead
10 32 (1.43%) IT Manager
11 29 (1.29%) IT Support
12 27 (1.21%) Support Engineer
13 21 (0.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (0.80%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (5.58%) HTML
2 120 (5.36%) CSS
3 6 (0.27%) .NET
3 6 (0.27%) AngularJS
4 5 (0.22%) FreeSWITCH
5 3 (0.13%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.13%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.13%) CSS3
5 3 (0.13%) HTML5
5 3 (0.13%) MERN Stack
5 3 (0.13%) Node.js
5 3 (0.13%) Pandas
5 3 (0.13%) React
5 3 (0.13%) Sass
6 2 (0.089%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.089%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.089%) Middleware
6 2 (0.089%) YAML
7 1 (0.045%) Django
7 1 (0.045%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 1,619 (72.28%) IoT
2 27 (1.21%) Onboarding
3 25 (1.12%) Operational Technology
4 18 (0.80%) Driving Licence
5 17 (0.76%) Management Information System
6 14 (0.63%) Blog
7 12 (0.54%) Data Centre
8 11 (0.49%) Cyberattack
8 11 (0.49%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (0.45%) Cyber Threat
10 9 (0.40%) Public Cloud
10 9 (0.40%) Security Posture
11 8 (0.36%) Cyber Defence
11 8 (0.36%) LIMS
12 7 (0.31%) Cloud Native
12 7 (0.31%) Product Ownership
13 6 (0.27%) SCADA
13 6 (0.27%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 5 (0.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 56 (2.50%) Windows
2 30 (1.34%) Windows Server
3 25 (1.12%) Linux
4 8 (0.36%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.27%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.22%) Debian
7 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,661 (74.15%) AI
2 1,622 (72.41%) User Experience
3 1,616 (72.14%) Machine Learning
4 1,615 (72.10%) Web Development
5 265 (11.83%) Mentoring
6 78 (3.48%) Problem-Solving
7 73 (3.26%) Line Management
8 62 (2.77%) Ethical Hacking
9 48 (2.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 40 (1.79%) Stakeholder Management
11 36 (1.61%) Information Security
12 34 (1.52%) Incident Response
13 33 (1.47%) ITIL
14 30 (1.34%) Service Delivery
15 28 (1.25%) DevOps
15 28 (1.25%) IT Strategy
16 27 (1.21%) Project Management
17 26 (1.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 26 (1.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 26 (1.16%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 130 (5.80%) Python
2 122 (5.45%) JavaScript
3 56 (2.50%) R
4 33 (1.47%) SQL
5 13 (0.58%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.22%) C#
6 5 (0.22%) Java
7 4 (0.18%) Bash
7 4 (0.18%) Bicep
8 3 (0.13%) C
8 3 (0.13%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.089%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1,680 (75.00%) Degree
2 1,619 (72.28%) Master's Degree
3 1,616 (72.14%) Postgraduate
4 1,615 (72.10%) PhD
5 200 (8.93%) Azure Certification
6 143 (6.38%) CompTIA Security+
7 138 (6.16%) AWS Certification
8 124 (5.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 117 (5.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 76 (3.39%) CompTIA CySA+
11 67 (2.99%) A+ Certification
12 65 (2.90%) Network+ Certification
13 63 (2.81%) CEH
14 19 (0.85%) Security Cleared
15 18 (0.80%) CISSP
16 15 (0.67%) HND
16 15 (0.67%) PMP
16 15 (0.67%) SC Cleared
17 13 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
17 13 (0.58%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 27 (1.21%) NIST
4 21 (0.94%) GRC
5 18 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 16 (0.71%) GDPR
7 12 (0.54%) ISO 9001
8 9 (0.40%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.27%) SLA
10 5 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.22%) GLBA
10 5 (0.22%) QA
11 4 (0.18%) Def Stans
11 4 (0.18%) NCSC
11 4 (0.18%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.13%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.089%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.089%) ISO 14001
13 2 (0.089%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.089%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (1.70%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.67%) Docker
3 9 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.22%) Kamailio
5 4 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.089%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.045%) Firmware
7 1 (0.045%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.36%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.27%) Terraform
4 2 (0.089%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.089%) Grafana
4 2 (0.089%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.045%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 295 (13.17%) Microsoft
2 75 (3.35%) ForeScout
3 28 (1.25%) Apple
4 20 (0.89%) Adobe
5 10 (0.45%) Palo Alto
5 10 (0.45%) Sage
6 7 (0.31%) SonicWALL
7 6 (0.27%) Cisco
7 6 (0.27%) iManage
7 6 (0.27%) Salesforce
8 5 (0.22%) Oracle
9 4 (0.18%) PayPal
10 3 (0.13%) Citrix
10 3 (0.13%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (0.13%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.13%) Sparx
11 2 (0.089%) Dell
11 2 (0.089%) Spotify
11 2 (0.089%) VMware
11 2 (0.089%) Xero