Research and analysis

Cyber security sectoral analysis 2025

An analysis of the UK's cyber security industry, including figures on size, employment and revenue.

From:
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Feryal Clark MP
Published
10 March 2025

Documents

Cyber security sectoral analysis 2025

PDF, 2.04 MB, 73 pages

Details

This report contains information about the UK cyber security sector, including the number of businesses, the sector’s contribution to the UK economy, the number of people employed and the products and services offered by these firms.

Key findings

  • The UK cyber security sector generated revenue of £13.2 billion, up 12% since last year
  • There are 74 new cyber security firms, bringing the total to 2,165, up 3.5% from 2,091 last year
  • The sector employs 67,300 people (full time equivalents), up 11% since last year, an increase of around 6,600 jobs
  • The total gross value added (GVA) for the sector has reached c. £7.8 billion, an increase of 21% since last year 
  • GVA per employee has increased from £106,300 to £116,200, an increase of 8%
  • In terms of investment, £206 million was raised across 59 deals within dedicated cyber security firms in 2024.

Also being published alongside this report is a new Analysis of the AI and software cyber security market which details the UK market in these products and services.

The analysis in the sectoral report builds upon several previous reports:

This research is part of the government’s work to improve the UK’s cyber defences, develop the UK cyber ecosystem and protect and grow our digital economy.

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Published 10 March 2025

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