UK
We've curated 247 cybersecurity statistics about the UK to help you understand how data breaches and cyber threats are shaping the landscape of digital security practices in 2025.
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UK organisations are now more than three times more likely to recover from backups than pay the ransom.
59% of UK organisations have immutable backups.
24% of UK organisations have a formal policy never to pay a ransom. This figure is double the figure from 2023
As a result of U.S. cybersecurity instability, 43% of U.K. IT and security decision-makers have reassessed existing partnerships.
46% of organisations in the UK and Ireland cite management failing to prioritise cloud migration as a key barrier.
98% of organisations in the UK and Ireland are considering cloud moves
54% of IT leaders in the UK and Ireland lack complete visibility into their cloud spend, which makes it impossible to measure return on investment (ROI).
Hybrid cloud adoption has jumped to 68% in the UK and Ireland, an increase from 58% in 2022.
82% of organisations in the UK and Ireland say cloud modernisation efforts have contributed to a more agile culture.
Among those still relying heavily on legacy systems in the UK and Ireland, 70% believe migrating to the cloud could reduce costs.
71% of organisations in the UK and Ireland report that outdated on-prem technology is actively holding them back.
MSP (Managed Service Provider) involvement in cloud projects has risen to 40% in the UK and Ireland. This is a jump from 30% year-on-year.
Only one-third (33%) of cloud projects in the UK and Ireland deliver on every goal.
Three-quarters (or 75%) of UK organisations have conducted security reviews in response to threats in the last 12 months.
More than a third (34%) of UK business leaders who support a proposed ransom payment ban believe it would lead to increased government support and intervention to safeguard cyber resilience.
94% of UK business leaders support limiting ransom payments for public entities.
99% of UK business leaders support limiting ransom payments for private organisations.
A third (33%) of UK business leaders believe that a ban would decrease the prevalence of ransomware attacks by reducing the incentive for attackers.
For the third year running, cyber is identified as the leading cause of downtime and data loss in the UK.
In real-world situations within the private sector, if a ransom payment ban were to take hold, only 10% of UK business leaders said they would comply if they were attacked.