Cybersecurity Job Trends in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 28 50
Rank change year-on-year +13 +22 -3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 516 266 172
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 6.98% 7.51% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.46% 8.47% 4.14%
Number of salaries quoted 253 109 119
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,000 £33,700
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £33,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% -34.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £62,761 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,021 £67,500 £76,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,932 3,140 4,156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 66.70% 88.60% 78.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,574 1,532 2,510
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £29,731
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,625 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,922 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
West Yorkshire +10 236 £50,000 +33.33% 60
South Yorkshire +11 128 £42,500 -29.17% 35
East Yorkshire +4 69 £42,500 +10.39% 16
North Yorkshire +12 68 £47,500 +131.71% 11
Humberside - 1 - - 10
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 17 (3.29%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.58%) Q-Pulse
1 3 (0.58%) Sage 200
1 3 (0.58%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 271 (52.52%) Azure
2 77 (14.92%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (7.56%) Entra ID
4 19 (3.68%) Microsoft Copilot
4 19 (3.68%) Power Platform
5 17 (3.29%) AWS
6 10 (1.94%) Power Automate
7 9 (1.74%) Copilot Studio
8 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (0.97%) OneDrive
9 4 (0.78%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (0.78%) GCP
9 4 (0.78%) SaaS
10 3 (0.58%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.39%) Azure AI
11 2 (0.39%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.19%) Amplience
12 1 (0.19%) ChatGPT
12 1 (0.19%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.19%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.65%) LAN
1 24 (4.65%) WAN
2 23 (4.46%) Firewall
3 13 (2.52%) Network Security
4 11 (2.13%) DHCP
4 11 (2.13%) DNS
4 11 (2.13%) VPN
5 5 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.78%) Internet
6 4 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.58%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.58%) VLAN
8 1 (0.19%) ADSL
8 1 (0.19%) Broadband
8 1 (0.19%) ISDN
8 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.19%) VDSL
8 1 (0.19%) VoIP
8 1 (0.19%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.74%) Power BI
2 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Git
General
1 260 (50.39%) Social Skills
2 25 (4.84%) Telecoms
3 17 (3.29%) Legal
4 16 (3.10%) Finance
5 15 (2.91%) Public Sector
6 13 (2.52%) Advertising
7 12 (2.33%) Manufacturing
8 8 (1.55%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (1.16%) Law
9 6 (1.16%) Multimedia
9 6 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (0.97%) Retail
11 4 (0.78%) Banking
12 3 (0.58%) Aviation
13 2 (0.39%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.39%) Marketing
14 1 (0.19%) Aeronautics
14 1 (0.19%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 138 (26.74%) Analyst
2 132 (25.58%) Security Analyst
3 125 (24.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 114 (22.09%) Junior
5 110 (21.32%) Junior Analyst
6 108 (20.93%) Ethical Hacker
6 108 (20.93%) Junior Security Analyst
7 55 (10.66%) Sales Representative
8 47 (9.11%) Senior
9 32 (6.20%) IT Manager
10 30 (5.81%) Security Manager
11 29 (5.62%) IT Support
11 29 (5.62%) Senior Sales Representative
12 26 (5.04%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 20 (3.88%) Account Manager
14 19 (3.68%) Sales Manager
15 17 (3.29%) Consultant
15 17 (3.29%) IT Technician
16 16 (3.10%) Information Manager
16 16 (3.10%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.16%) HTML
2 4 (0.78%) JSON
3 3 (0.58%) FHIR
4 2 (0.39%) CSS
5 1 (0.19%) React
5 1 (0.19%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (0.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 161 (31.20%) Cyberattack
2 21 (4.07%) Driving Licence
2 21 (4.07%) Security Posture
3 13 (2.52%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (1.94%) Operational Technology
5 9 (1.74%) Cyber Security Posture
5 9 (1.74%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.55%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.55%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (0.97%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.78%) SCADA
10 3 (0.58%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.58%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.58%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (0.58%) Robotics
11 2 (0.39%) CCTV
12 1 (0.19%) PMI
12 1 (0.19%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 47 (9.11%) Windows
2 24 (4.65%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.71%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (0.97%) Linux
4 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.39%) Android
5 2 (0.39%) VMS
6 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (25.78%) Mentoring
2 112 (21.71%) Ethical Hacking
3 50 (9.69%) Disaster Recovery
4 44 (8.53%) AI
5 36 (6.98%) Incident Response
6 34 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (6.01%) SIEM
8 30 (5.81%) Problem-Solving
9 29 (5.62%) Service Delivery
10 27 (5.23%) Service Management
11 26 (5.04%) B2B
12 25 (4.84%) IT Strategy
12 25 (4.84%) ITSM
13 24 (4.65%) Decision-Making
13 24 (4.65%) ITIL
13 24 (4.65%) Stakeholder Management
14 23 (4.46%) Vulnerability Management
15 22 (4.26%) Data Protection
15 22 (4.26%) Information Security
16 21 (4.07%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 18 (3.49%) PowerShell
2 6 (1.16%) SQL
3 4 (0.78%) Python
4 3 (0.58%) Bash
4 3 (0.58%) XAML
5 2 (0.39%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.39%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 225 (43.60%) Azure Certification
2 117 (22.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 112 (21.71%) CEH
4 111 (21.51%) CompTIA CySA+
5 22 (4.26%) Degree
6 14 (2.71%) A+ Certification
6 14 (2.71%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (2.52%) CISSP
8 11 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.74%) CISM
9 9 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (1.16%) CCNA
11 6 (1.16%) Postgraduate
11 6 (1.16%) Security Cleared
12 5 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.97%) CCSP
12 5 (0.97%) SC Cleared
13 4 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (0.58%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (6.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 23 (4.46%) GDPR
4 19 (3.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 16 (3.10%) NIST
6 6 (1.16%) GRC
7 5 (0.97%) QA
8 3 (0.58%) HL7
8 3 (0.58%) NCSC
9 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.19%) PMO
10 1 (0.19%) SLA
10 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (4.84%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.16%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.19%) Firmware
5 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (5.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.78%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (0.39%) Proxmox
4 1 (0.19%) Nessus
4 1 (0.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 307 (59.50%) Microsoft
2 216 (41.86%) ForeScout
3 6 (1.16%) VMware
4 5 (0.97%) Cisco
4 5 (0.97%) Veeam
5 4 (0.78%) HP
6 3 (0.58%) Sage
7 2 (0.39%) Foundry
7 2 (0.39%) Freshdesk
7 2 (0.39%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.39%) SonicWALL
7 2 (0.39%) Zoho
8 1 (0.19%) Apple
8 1 (0.19%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.19%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.19%) SAP