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Report July 2026

The UK cyber skills challenge is a wider capability and resilience issue, affecting leadership, operations, supply chains and everyday organisational practice as well as specialist recruitment.

Topics
Business Resilience, Cyber Skills, Workforce and Education

Overview

This report examines the UK cyber skills gap as a national capability challenge rather than a simple shortage of specialists. It considers workforce pathways, organisational resilience, leadership, regulation and international examples.

Key themes

  • Cyber capability should be treated as a resilience issue as well as a workforce issue.
  • Entry routes, progression and retention require as much attention as recruitment.
  • Leadership and shared responsibility should be embedded across organisations.
  • Government, education and industry initiatives need to form a more coherent national offer.

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