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 28 October 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 608 601 622
Rank change year-on-year -7 +21 -34
Permanent Cybersecurity Engineer jobs 233 69 125
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.15% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 170 58 90
10th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 -
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,688 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,188 £78,438
90th Percentile £85,150 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £50,309
% change year-on-year +4.00% +24.23% -18.86%

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
28 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 111,899 44,574 64,814
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.11% 90.14% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 75,070 26,702 36,798
10th Percentile £30,625 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,623 £52,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.57% -7.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,390 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.17% -9.22% -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 28 October 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 28 October 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 +17 222 £70,000 +7.69% 42
UK excluding London -18 171 £65,000 +4.00% 38
Work from Home -12 79 £75,000 +11.62% 26
Midlands -2 74 £65,000 +18.18% 6
London -29 59 £80,000 -8.57% 12
South East -39 49 £65,000 - 6
East Midlands - 48 £65,000 - 2
North of England -55 28 £55,000 -15.38% 11
West Midlands -26 26 £72,500 +31.82% 4
Yorkshire - 13 £55,000 - 2
North West -45 12 £55,000 -15.38% 9
East of England -35 10 £80,000 +6.67% 4
Scotland +7 5 £35,000 -39.13% 2
Northern Ireland -76 4 - -
North East - 3 £50,000 -
South West -73 1 £40,000 -29.02% 5

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

For the 6 months to 28 October 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%233
2Azure39.9%93
3Microsoft31.8%74
4SIEM27.0%63
5Vulnerability Management24.5%57
6Security Operations23.6%55
7Cloud Security21.0%49
8AI20.2%47
9Incident Response18.9%44
10ISO/IEC 2700118.0%42
11Entra ID17.2%40
11Threat Detection17.2%40
13Python16.7%39
14Firewall16.3%38
15DevOps15.5%36
16CISSP14.6%34
16NIST14.6%34
18Microsoft 36513.7%32
19Software Engineering13.3%31
20Azure Sentinel12.9%30
21Problem-Solving12.0%28
22Security Architecture11.6%27
23CrowdStrike11.2%26
24AWS10.7%25
24Data Loss Prevention10.7%25
24Infrastructure Engineering10.7%25
24Microsoft Purview10.7%25
28Business Continuity10.3%24
28Windows10.3%24
30CompTIA Security+9.9%23

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 Engineer81.1%189
2Senior Security Engineer16.3%38
3Network Security Engineer9.0%21
4Senior Network Security Engineer8.2%19
5Software Engineer7.7%18
6Senior Network Engineer7.3%17
7DevOps Engineer6.9%16
8Infrastructure Security Engineer6.0%14
9Cloud Engineer5.6%13
9Embedded Engineer5.6%13
9Security Support Engineer5.6%13
12Firmware Engineer5.2%12
12Product Engineer5.2%12
12SIEM Engineer5.2%12
12Technical Support Engineer5.2%12
16Network Infrastructure Engineer4.7%11
16Senior Firewall Engineer4.7%11
16Senior Infrastructure Engineer4.7%11
19Azure Engineer4.3%10
20Azure Security Engineer3.9%9
51 Cybersecurity Engineer jobs Nationwide