Cyber Security job market insights report: Trends and statistics for the UK cyber security sector [October 25]
Based on current data taken from Adzuna, one of the UK's largest job search engines, we've identified the clear trends and figures that define the state of the Cyber and IT Security sector job market today. This report was last updated in October 2025.
Where does this data come from and what does it mean?
To create this report, we've partnered with Adzuna, one of the UK's biggest job search engine platforms and an extremely comprehensive source of job market data.
Based on millions of job postings, the Adzuna Intelligence database gives us a better understanding of job or specific role demand in the cyber and IT security sector.
It also helps us identify trends related to salary, geographic location within the UK, the kinds of benefits that are being offered to cyber and IT security professionals, and much more.
These insights into the cyber security job market provide an overview of Q1, Q2, and Q3 2025.
The purpose of this? To give you insight into the job market that can guide your career choices as well as decision about training and development within the cyber security sector, ensuring better alignment with market demands.
The following cyber and IT security job titles were included when collecting the data for this report:
- Cyber Security Analyst
- Cyber Security Architect
- Cyber Security Consultant
- Cyber Security Engineer
- Cyber Security Manager
- IT Security Administrator
- IT Security Analyst
- IT Security Engineer
- IT Security Technician
- IT Security Manager
IT Security roles: Salary trend and mean salary
- Mean salaries for cyber and IT security roles have increased significantly compared to 2024, consistently exceeding the national average.
- The mean salary for IT security roles January to September 2025 inclusively is £60,234 which represents a 21.8% YoY increase. And is 44.9% more than the overall national mean salary of £41,580.
Cyber and IT Security roles: Demand and interest trend
- The total number of unique postings for cyber and IT security job roles on the Adzuna website, January to September inclusively 2025.
8,275 - The number of new postings for cyber and IT security job roles on the Adzuna website, January to September inclusively 2025.
7,537
Industries hiring cyber and IT security professionals
The demand for cyber and IT security professionals continues to increase across diverse sectors, in 2025, as organisations recognise the critical importance of having security professionals within their organisations.
As technology evolves and the need for effective and certified security professionals expands, cyber and IT security plays a pivotal role in protecting systems and data, and identifying and responding to threats across various growing fields.
Cyber and IT security roles: Benefits offered
- The salary data above is calculated from 4,518 (54.6%) unique postings matching our criteria that contained salary information.
- 4,403 (53.2%) unique postings offered at least one benefit.
Cyber and IT security roles: Working patterns
- 31% of cyber and IT security job roles were listed on Adzuna as hybrid or flexible roles
- 61.6% required on-site work
- 7.4% were fully remote
Cyber and IT security roles: Demand by location
London leads data job demand with cyber and IT security job openings on Adzuna, reflecting its status as a major business hub. The South East follows, and the North West thereafter for Q1, Q2, and Q3 2025.
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