Cybersecurity Job Trends in York

Cybersecurity
North Yorkshire > York

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in York requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 14 28
Rank change year-on-year +2 +14 +15
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 10 18 9
As % of all permanent jobs in York 7.87% 7.44% 5.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.11% 8.07% 5.45%
Number of salaries quoted 5 15 6
10th Percentile - £47,300 -
25th Percentile £28,250 £53,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -53.08% +4.00% +15.74%
75th Percentile £48,750 £100,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £60,000 - -
North Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -26.92% +4.00% +8.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
York

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 York.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 90 223 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in York 70.87% 92.15% 92.70%
Number of salaries quoted 37 97 138
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £34,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £65,375
North Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in York

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in York

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in York

Salary distribution trend for jobs in York citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in York citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in York

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in York over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in York

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (90.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) AWS
2 3 (30.00%) GitHub
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Git
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Multimedia
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Junior
1 5 (50.00%) Junior Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Junior Security Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Security Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Trainee
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) CSS
1 3 (30.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (10.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (30.00%) Python
1 3 (30.00%) R
2 1 (10.00%) Bash
2 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Azure Certification
2 5 (50.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (30.00%) AWS Certification
3 3 (30.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) ForeScout