Cybersecurity Engineer Job Trends

Cybersecurity Engineer
UK

The median Cybersecurity Engineer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 November 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 601 579 627
Rank change year-on-year -22 +48 -41
Permanent Cybersecurity Engineer jobs 244 73 124
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.16% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 177 60 90
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,125 -
25th Percentile £60,000 £59,000 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,692 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.44% +32.75% -19.23%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £77,188
90th Percentile £85,600 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £50,309
% change year-on-year - +29.20% -20.15%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
12 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 113,326 47,055 63,902
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.78% 89.88% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 74,791 28,951 35,850
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,444 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.66% -7.30% -4.76%

Cybersecurity Engineer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Cybersecurity Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Cybersecurity Engineer Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Cybersecurity Engineer Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for Cybersecurity Engineer jobs over the 6 months to 12 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Engineer in the UK

Cybersecurity Engineer Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Cybersecurity Engineer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 12 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England -18 234 £70,000 - 209
UK excluding London -41 181 £65,000 - 164
Work from Home -19 87 £75,000 +15.38% 109
Midlands -4 76 £65,000 +23.81% 30
London -32 61 £80,000 -8.57% 58
South East -40 50 £65,000 - 32
East Midlands - 49 £65,000 - 8
North of England -57 31 £55,000 -20.73% 34
West Midlands -37 27 £75,000 +42.86% 22
North West -60 15 £55,000 -20.73% 21
East of England -44 14 £80,000 +6.67% 18
Yorkshire - 13 £55,000 - 11
Scotland -2 5 £35,000 -39.13% 30
Northern Ireland -80 4 - - 6
North East - 3 £50,000 - 2
South West -70 1 £40,000 -29.02% 14

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, Cybersecurity Engineer job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent Cybersecurity Engineer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Cybersecurity100.0%244
2Azure36.9%90
3Microsoft31.6%77
4Vulnerability Management27.0%66
5SIEM24.6%60
6Cloud Security23.4%57
6Security Operations23.4%57
8ISO/IEC 2700120.5%50
9AI19.7%48
10Incident Response18.9%46
11Threat Detection18.0%44
12Entra ID17.2%42
13NIST16.0%39
14CISSP15.2%37
14Python15.2%37
16Software Engineering14.3%35
17DevOps13.9%34
18Firewall13.5%33
19Microsoft 36512.3%30
20CrowdStrike11.9%29
20Data Loss Prevention11.9%29
22Microsoft Purview11.5%28
22Problem-Solving11.5%28
22Security Architecture11.5%28
25Cyber Essentials11.1%27
26Azure Sentinel10.7%26
26CompTIA Security+10.7%26
26Infrastructure Engineering10.7%26
26Windows10.7%26
30AWS10.2%25

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Security Engineer82.4%201
2Senior Security Engineer15.6%38
3Network Security Engineer8.6%21
3Software Engineer8.6%21
5Senior Network Security Engineer7.8%19
6Senior Network Engineer7.0%17
7Cloud Engineer6.6%16
8Infrastructure Security Engineer6.1%15
9DevOps Engineer5.7%14
9Embedded Engineer5.7%14
9Security Support Engineer5.7%14
12Firmware Engineer4.9%12
12Product Engineer4.9%12
12SIEM Engineer4.9%12
12Technical Support Engineer4.9%12
16Network Infrastructure Engineer4.5%11
16Senior Firewall Engineer4.5%11
16Senior Infrastructure Engineer4.5%11
19Azure Engineer4.1%10
19C++ Software Engineer4.1%10
262 Cybersecurity Engineer jobs Nationwide