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Cybersecurity reports and statistics published by Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
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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.
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CybersecurityEmploymentLabor Market
GVA per employee in the UK cyber security sector increases from £116,200 to £131,200, a 13% rise.
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CybersecurityProductivityGross Value Added
In 2025, dedicated cyber security firms raised £184 million across 47 deals.
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CybersecurityInvestmentVenture Funding
Total annual revenue in the UK cyber security sector reaches £14.7 billion, a nominal increase of about 11% since the previous year.
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CybersecuritySector RevenueEconomic Output
Total gross value added (GVA) for the UK cyber security sector reaches approximately £9.1 billion, an increase of 17% since the previous year.
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CybersecurityGross Value AddedEconomic Output
There are 2,603 firms currently active in the UK providing cyber security products and services, an increase of 438 firms (20%) from 2,165 firms.
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CybersecurityIndustry SizeBusiness Growth
Impersonation breaches or attacks were significantly down among charities compared with the previous two years (7% this year down from 11% in 2024/2025 and 12% in 2023/2024).
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UKImpersonation
There has been an increase in businesses reporting that the breach or attack led to loss of revenue or share value (2% in 2024/2025 to 5% in 2025/2026) and an increase in those reporting it resulted in reputational damage (1% in 2024/2025 to 3% in 2025/2026).
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UKBreachBreach Consequences
Adoption of more advanced controls like two-factor authentication (47% businesses and 38% charities), a virtual private network for staff connecting remotely (36% businesses and 17% charities) and user monitoring (30% businesses and 31% charities) remain lower than other measures.
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UKSecurity controls2FA
A formal cyber security strategy was in place for almost six in ten medium businesses (57%), rising to seven in ten large businesses.
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UKCyber Security Strategy
Around one in seven businesses (14%) and one in five charities (22%) said they held personal data that was not protected by techniques such as anonymisation or encryption, suggesting that the majority do protect personal data (77% of businesses and 69% of charities).
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UKData ProtectionData Encryption
Around a third of businesses (30%) conducted a risk assessment covering cyber security, in line with last year (29%).
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UKRisk Assessment
Cyber security was considered a high priority for senior management in around seven in ten businesses (72%) and six in ten charities (60%).
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UKCyber Security
Seeking external information or guidance on cyber security was reported by 44% of businesses and 31% of charities.
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UKExternal Guidance
The most commonly cited individual source of information remained external cyber security or IT consultants/providers (27% of businesses and 13% of charities).
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UKExternal GuidanceCyber Security Consultant
The proportion of charities experiencing a takeover has decreased from 3% in 2024/2025 to 1% this year (although was in line with 2% in 2023/2024).
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UKTakeover
Around eight in ten businesses (81%) and charities (84%) said they informed directors or trustees following an incident, and 62% of businesses and 73% of charities said they kept an internal record of the incident.
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UKIncident Reporting
Medium (65%) and large (69%) businesses were more likely to have experienced a cyber breach or attack in the last 12 months compared to micro (42%) and small (46%) businesses.
5/27/2026•
UKBreach
Phishing attacks remained the most prevalent type of breach or attack by far (experienced by 38% of businesses and 25% of charities)
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UKPhishing
The proportion of businesses and charities experiencing any negative outcome following a breach or attack has remained consistent with 2024/2025 (19% for business and 11% for charities in 2025 compared to 16% for both businesses and charities in 2024/2025).
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UKBreachBreach Consequences
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