Approximately 69,600 full-time equivalent employees work in cyber security roles across the identified UK cyber security firms, an increase of about 2,300 jobs (3%) in the last 12 months.

Published by Department for Science, Innovation & Technology in Cyber security sectoral analysis 2026 , 12 May 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

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