Cybersecurity Jobs

Cybersecurity
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 38 34
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 +40
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 3,608 5,109 5,570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.00% 4.93% 6.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.68% 5.97% 6.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,159 3,673 3,048
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,250 £36,675
25th Percentile £40,270 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £64,029
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -10.20% +0.05%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,683 £52,550 £59,526
% change year-on-year -9.26% -11.72% +3.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 54,035 85,534 82,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 89.93% 82.61% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 28,425 58,385 52,665
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,862 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,700 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the UK over the 6 months to 12 July 2025. 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
England -1 3,167 £52,500 -8.70% 2,837
UK excluding London +4 2,540 £47,683 -9.26% 2,279
Work from Home +14 1,702 £47,683 -20.53% 1,437
London -3 805 £72,500 - 927
North of England -11 701 £47,683 -8.45% 559
South East +7 671 £47,683 -7.14% 588
Midlands +9 460 £47,683 -9.18% 367
North West -31 367 £52,500 -4.55% 305
Yorkshire +17 311 £47,683 -4.63% 196
West Midlands +4 283 £54,750 -3.76% 236
South West +3 274 £47,683 -20.53% 256
East Midlands +12 175 £41,645 -2.01% 127
Scotland +18 173 £47,683 -9.18% 175
East of England +1 170 £47,683 -4.63% 245
Wales +27 53 £50,393 +10.75% 77
Northern Ireland +40 38 £63,442 +49.27% 55
North East -13 23 £67,192 +49.32% 64
Channel Islands 0 2 £78,750 -21.25%
Isle of Man +6 1 £34,500 -8.00% 1

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 112 (3.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 104 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 20 (0.55%) CMS
4 18 (0.50%) IIS
5 17 (0.47%) Confluence
6 12 (0.33%) Apache
6 12 (0.33%) Umbraco
7 9 (0.25%) Apache Solr
7 9 (0.25%) nginx
8 5 (0.14%) WordPress
9 4 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.11%) Traefik
10 3 (0.083%) SAS
10 3 (0.083%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.055%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.055%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.055%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.055%) TPMS
Applications
1 118 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (1.00%) Maya
4 20 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.39%) Trello
6 13 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 13 (0.36%) Simulink
7 6 (0.17%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.11%) Sketch
9 3 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.028%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.028%) OrCAD
10 1 (0.028%) Revit
Business Applications
1 34 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
3 13 (0.36%) SAP IBP
4 11 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 7 (0.19%) SAP CO
5 7 (0.19%) SAP FI
5 7 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
5 7 (0.19%) SAP FSCM
6 6 (0.17%) Sage 200
7 5 (0.14%) Exchequer
7 5 (0.14%) SAP IS-U
8 4 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
8 4 (0.11%) Fidessa
8 4 (0.11%) Magento
9 3 (0.083%) Sage 50
9 3 (0.083%) SAP CX
10 1 (0.028%) CiviCRM
10 1 (0.028%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.028%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 549 (15.22%) Azure
2 463 (12.83%) Microsoft 365
3 388 (10.75%) AWS
4 135 (3.74%) Entra ID
5 112 (3.10%) Serverless
6 105 (2.91%) GCP
7 100 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
8 88 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
9 69 (1.91%) Power Platform
10 68 (1.88%) SaaS
11 67 (1.86%) PaaS
12 56 (1.55%) IaaS
13 51 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
14 42 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
15 30 (0.83%) GitHub
16 28 (0.78%) Google Workspace
17 27 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
18 25 (0.69%) OneDrive
19 24 (0.67%) Power Automate
20 23 (0.64%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 406 (11.25%) Firewall
2 166 (4.60%) Network Security
3 141 (3.91%) DNS
4 125 (3.46%) VPN
5 111 (3.08%) DHCP
6 109 (3.02%) TCP/IP
7 99 (2.74%) SSL
8 86 (2.38%) WAN
9 85 (2.36%) Broadband
10 82 (2.27%) SSH
11 75 (2.08%) VoIP
12 71 (1.97%) VLAN
13 61 (1.69%) LAN
14 50 (1.39%) Intrusion Detection
15 45 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
16 32 (0.89%) SAN
17 28 (0.78%) Wireless
18 27 (0.75%) SD-WAN
19 24 (0.67%) Internet
20 20 (0.55%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (1.66%) SQL Server
2 54 (1.50%) Power BI
3 32 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (0.78%) MongoDB
5 27 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (0.69%) MySQL
7 24 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (0.44%) Relational Database
10 15 (0.42%) Data Lake
10 15 (0.42%) Tableau
11 13 (0.36%) SAP BW
12 12 (0.33%) NoSQL
13 11 (0.30%) BigQuery
14 9 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
14 9 (0.25%) Big Data
15 8 (0.22%) Amazon Athena
15 8 (0.22%) DynamoDB
16 6 (0.17%) Metadata
17 4 (0.11%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 89 (2.47%) JIRA
2 41 (1.14%) Rational DOORS
3 32 (0.89%) Git
4 13 (0.36%) Selenium
5 12 (0.33%) Burp Suite
6 10 (0.28%) GitLab
6 10 (0.28%) IntelliJ
7 8 (0.22%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.22%) Metasploit
8 6 (0.17%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.17%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.14%) Babel
9 5 (0.14%) webpack
10 4 (0.11%) git-flow
10 4 (0.11%) Spinnaker
10 4 (0.11%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.083%) gulp
11 3 (0.083%) Subversion
12 2 (0.055%) rollup.js
12 2 (0.055%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,188 (32.93%) Social Skills
2 644 (17.85%) Finance
3 476 (13.19%) Presentation Skills
4 449 (12.44%) Law
5 430 (11.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 421 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
7 398 (11.03%) Legal
8 195 (5.40%) Telecoms
9 193 (5.35%) Banking
10 188 (5.21%) Marketing
11 165 (4.57%) Public Sector
12 134 (3.71%) Manufacturing
13 93 (2.58%) Electronics
14 72 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
15 70 (1.94%) Retail
16 64 (1.77%) Games
17 46 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
18 45 (1.25%) Aerospace
18 45 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
19 35 (0.97%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 431 (11.95%) Systems Engineer
2 373 (10.34%) Analyst
3 267 (7.40%) Senior
4 262 (7.26%) Security Engineer
5 245 (6.79%) IT Support
6 240 (6.65%) Lead
7 185 (5.13%) Security Analyst
8 171 (4.74%) Architect
9 139 (3.85%) IT Manager
10 124 (3.44%) Consultant
11 115 (3.19%) Principal Engineer
12 101 (2.80%) Cloud Engineer
12 101 (2.80%) Principal Security Engineer
13 99 (2.74%) IT Engineer
14 96 (2.66%) Security Manager
15 94 (2.61%) DevOps Engineer
16 87 (2.41%) IT Analyst
17 77 (2.13%) Support Engineer
18 72 (2.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
18 72 (2.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (3.10%) Web Services
2 104 (2.88%) RESTful
3 65 (1.80%) React
4 60 (1.66%) Software Packaging
5 48 (1.33%) REST
6 41 (1.14%) Kafka
7 38 (1.05%) .NET
8 37 (1.03%) Node.js
9 34 (0.94%) CSS
10 30 (0.83%) Middleware
11 26 (0.72%) YAML
12 21 (0.58%) HTML
13 19 (0.53%) OAuth
14 18 (0.50%) SAML
14 18 (0.50%) Vue
15 17 (0.47%) AngularJS
16 15 (0.42%) EDI
16 15 (0.42%) OpenID
17 12 (0.33%) MERN Stack
18 11 (0.30%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 427 (11.83%) Cyberattack
2 331 (9.17%) Management Information System
3 213 (5.90%) Cyber Threat
4 200 (5.54%) Security Posture
5 174 (4.82%) Operational Technology
6 150 (4.16%) Onboarding
7 141 (3.91%) Data Centre
8 102 (2.83%) PKI
9 71 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
10 68 (1.88%) Security Operations Centre
11 65 (1.80%) Driving Licence
12 61 (1.69%) Renewable Energy
13 58 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
14 54 (1.50%) Cloud Native
15 46 (1.27%) Social Media
16 44 (1.22%) SCADA
17 39 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
18 35 (0.97%) Cyber Defence
19 32 (0.89%) PMI
20 28 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 508 (14.08%) Windows
2 196 (5.43%) Windows Server
3 153 (4.24%) Linux
4 86 (2.38%) Windows 10
5 51 (1.41%) Mac OS
6 28 (0.78%) Apple iOS
7 26 (0.72%) Android
8 23 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 22 (0.61%) Unix
10 13 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
11 11 (0.30%) VMS
11 11 (0.30%) Windows 7
11 11 (0.30%) Windows Vista
12 10 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
13 5 (0.14%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.055%) Check Point GAiA
15 2 (0.055%) Kali Linux
15 2 (0.055%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.055%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 710 (19.68%) Agile
2 672 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
3 515 (14.27%) Information Security
4 506 (14.02%) Risk Management
5 483 (13.39%) Systems Engineering
6 407 (11.28%) SysML
7 400 (11.09%) MODAF
8 399 (11.06%) UML
9 394 (10.92%) Line Management
10 388 (10.75%) Project Management
11 352 (9.76%) Incident Response
12 325 (9.01%) Creative Thinking
13 290 (8.04%) Continuous Improvement
14 287 (7.95%) Mentoring
15 269 (7.46%) Artificial Intelligence
16 259 (7.18%) Computer Science
17 249 (6.90%) Roadmaps
18 240 (6.65%) Project Delivery
18 240 (6.65%) SIEM
19 236 (6.54%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 411 (11.39%) MATLAB
2 271 (7.51%) Python
3 185 (5.13%) PowerShell
4 116 (3.22%) SQL
5 64 (1.77%) JavaScript
6 57 (1.58%) Java
7 49 (1.36%) TypeScript
8 47 (1.30%) Bash
8 47 (1.30%) C#
9 35 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
10 22 (0.61%) C++
11 20 (0.55%) Perl
12 17 (0.47%) C
13 15 (0.42%) PHP
14 11 (0.30%) Go
15 9 (0.25%) Kotlin
15 9 (0.25%) R
16 8 (0.22%) Scala
16 8 (0.22%) T-SQL
17 5 (0.14%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 1,177 (32.62%) Degree
2 551 (15.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 450 (12.47%) CISSP
4 326 (9.04%) CISM
4 326 (9.04%) Security Cleared
5 175 (4.85%) SC Cleared
6 130 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 111 (3.08%) CESG Certified Professional
8 106 (2.94%) DV Cleared
9 103 (2.85%) PMI Certification
10 93 (2.58%) Master's Degree
11 86 (2.38%) CEH
12 80 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
13 73 (2.02%) PMP
14 72 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
15 70 (1.94%) CRISC
16 64 (1.77%) HND
17 63 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
18 60 (1.66%) CISA
19 50 (1.39%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 599 (16.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 539 (14.94%) NIST
3 381 (10.56%) NCSC
4 234 (6.49%) GDPR
5 185 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 111 (3.08%) JSP 440
7 103 (2.85%) RMADS
8 88 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 85 (2.36%) PCI DSS
10 79 (2.19%) GRC
11 72 (2.00%) QA
12 50 (1.39%) SLA
13 33 (0.91%) NIST 800
14 30 (0.83%) SOC 2
15 28 (0.78%) GxP
16 27 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 24 (0.67%) Accessibility
17 24 (0.67%) COBIT
18 19 (0.53%) HIPAA
19 18 (0.50%) PMO
System Software
1 410 (11.36%) Active Directory
2 118 (3.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 77 (2.13%) Hyper-V
4 63 (1.75%) Virtual Servers
5 59 (1.64%) Docker
6 45 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
7 24 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (0.47%) Firmware
9 15 (0.42%) vSphere
10 5 (0.14%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.055%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.055%) Postfix
11 2 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.055%) XenApp
12 1 (0.028%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.028%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.028%) HDFS
12 1 (0.028%) pfSense
12 1 (0.028%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 1 (0.028%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 126 (3.49%) Terraform
2 125 (3.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 70 (1.94%) Kubernetes
4 36 (1.00%) Ansible
5 33 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
6 27 (0.75%) QRadar
7 26 (0.72%) SCCM
8 23 (0.64%) Functional Safety
9 19 (0.53%) Nessus
10 17 (0.47%) RSA Archer
11 14 (0.39%) FortiGate
12 10 (0.28%) CASB
13 9 (0.25%) CSIRT
14 7 (0.19%) Grafana
14 7 (0.19%) PaperCut
14 7 (0.19%) Prometheus
14 7 (0.19%) ZABBIX
15 6 (0.17%) ArcSight ESM
15 6 (0.17%) Puppet
15 6 (0.17%) SCOM
Vendors
1 782 (21.67%) Microsoft
2 172 (4.77%) VMware
3 143 (3.96%) Cisco
4 93 (2.58%) SAP
5 89 (2.47%) Thales
6 73 (2.02%) Google
7 65 (1.80%) Splunk
8 47 (1.30%) Salesforce
9 40 (1.11%) Sophos
10 39 (1.08%) Tenable
11 37 (1.03%) Fortinet
11 37 (1.03%) Qualys
12 36 (1.00%) IBM
12 36 (1.00%) ServiceNow
13 34 (0.94%) Oracle
14 33 (0.91%) Siemens
15 32 (0.89%) Palo Alto
16 31 (0.86%) Apple
17 30 (0.83%) Adobe
18 24 (0.67%) CrowdStrike