Cybersecurity Jobs in the City of London

Cybersecurity
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 65 45
Rank change year-on-year +15 -20 +40
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 161 218 416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 4.79% 4.57% 5.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.19% 4.80% 6.19%
Number of salaries quoted 126 174 250
10th Percentile £42,538 £42,875 £47,500
25th Percentile £47,813 £56,938 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £85,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.18% +3.03% +26.92%
75th Percentile £83,438 £100,000 £103,750
90th Percentile £105,625 £104,625 £129,010
Central London median annual salary £67,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -21.18% +6.25% +28.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,103 4,543 6,719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 92.38% 95.14% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,472 3,814 5,602
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £45,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the City of London

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the City of London.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the City of London

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the City of London

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.24%) CMS
2 1 (0.62%) Hyperledger
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.62%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.62%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (1.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 44 (27.33%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (26.71%) Azure
3 11 (6.83%) AWS
3 11 (6.83%) Azure Sentinel
4 10 (6.21%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (6.21%) Google Workspace
5 9 (5.59%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (4.97%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (3.11%) GCP
8 4 (2.48%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.48%) WhatsApp
9 3 (1.86%) Serverless
10 2 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.24%) ClickUp
10 2 (1.24%) Google Ads
10 2 (1.24%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.62%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.62%) Google Docs
11 1 (0.62%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 52 (32.30%) Firewall
2 21 (13.04%) Network Security
3 18 (11.18%) TCP/IP
4 11 (6.83%) DNS
4 11 (6.83%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (5.59%) NAS
5 9 (5.59%) Wireless
6 8 (4.97%) Broadband
7 7 (4.35%) LAN
7 7 (4.35%) WAN
7 7 (4.35%) Wireshark
8 5 (3.11%) IPsec
8 5 (3.11%) SSL
9 4 (2.48%) VPN
10 3 (1.86%) VLAN
10 3 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (1.24%) Internet
11 2 (1.24%) Radio Access Network
11 2 (1.24%) SNA
11 2 (1.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.48%) Power BI
2 2 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.24%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.24%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.62%) Big Data
3 1 (0.62%) MySQL
3 1 (0.62%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.62%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (1.24%) JIRA
2 1 (0.62%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.62%) Jenkins
General
1 52 (32.30%) Finance
2 47 (29.19%) Social Skills
3 38 (23.60%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.70%) Law
5 13 (8.07%) Legal
6 10 (6.21%) Games
7 9 (5.59%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (4.97%) Financial Institution
9 7 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (4.35%) Retail
10 6 (3.73%) Telecoms
11 5 (3.11%) Advertising
12 4 (2.48%) Banking
12 4 (2.48%) Marketing
13 2 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.24%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.24%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.62%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 45 (27.95%) Analyst
2 36 (22.36%) Security Analyst
3 35 (21.74%) Senior
4 19 (11.80%) Architect
4 19 (11.80%) Senior Analyst
5 18 (11.18%) Senior Security Analyst
6 17 (10.56%) Security Engineer
7 15 (9.32%) IT Analyst
7 15 (9.32%) IT Security Analyst
8 14 (8.70%) Security Architect
9 13 (8.07%) CISSP Analyst
9 13 (8.07%) Senior IT Security Analyst
10 10 (6.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 10 (6.21%) Lead
11 9 (5.59%) Consultant
11 9 (5.59%) IT Manager
12 8 (4.97%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 8 (4.97%) IT Consultant
13 7 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 7 (4.35%) Information Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.11%) HTML
2 3 (1.86%) CSS
3 2 (1.24%) .NET
3 2 (1.24%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.24%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.62%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.62%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.62%) jQuery
4 1 (0.62%) LangChain
4 1 (0.62%) OAuth
4 1 (0.62%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.62%) OpenID
4 1 (0.62%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.62%) REST
4 1 (0.62%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.62%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.94%) Management Information System
2 10 (6.21%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (5.59%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.59%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (4.97%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (4.35%) Security Posture
5 7 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.73%) Cyberattack
7 4 (2.48%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.86%) Blockchain
8 3 (1.86%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.86%) Social Media
9 2 (1.24%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.24%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (1.24%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.24%) Digital Media
9 2 (1.24%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (1.24%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 34 (21.12%) Windows
2 15 (9.32%) Windows Server
3 10 (6.21%) Apple iOS
3 10 (6.21%) Linux
4 9 (5.59%) Android
4 9 (5.59%) Mac OS
5 6 (3.73%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.24%) Debian
6 2 (1.24%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.24%) Unix
7 1 (0.62%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.62%) VMS
7 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (27.95%) Information Security
2 42 (26.09%) SIEM
3 41 (25.47%) Incident Response
4 30 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (14.29%) Security Management
6 22 (13.66%) Security Operations
7 21 (13.04%) Penetration Testing
7 21 (13.04%) Security Architecture
8 20 (12.42%) Business Continuity
8 20 (12.42%) Incident Management
8 20 (12.42%) Privileged Access Management
8 20 (12.42%) Vulnerability Management
9 19 (11.80%) Risk Management
10 17 (10.56%) Application Security
10 17 (10.56%) Cloud Security
10 17 (10.56%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 17 (10.56%) Threat Detection
11 16 (9.94%) Computer Science
11 16 (9.94%) Data Protection
11 16 (9.94%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 19 (11.80%) Python
2 11 (6.83%) PowerShell
3 9 (5.59%) Bash
3 9 (5.59%) Java
4 6 (3.73%) JavaScript
4 6 (3.73%) SQL
5 3 (1.86%) C
6 2 (1.24%) C#
6 2 (1.24%) C++
6 2 (1.24%) Go
6 2 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (1.24%) R
7 1 (0.62%) PHP
7 1 (0.62%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 42 (26.09%) CISSP
2 31 (19.25%) Degree
3 18 (11.18%) CEH
4 13 (8.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 13 (8.07%) CCSP
4 13 (8.07%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (8.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (7.45%) GIAC
6 11 (6.83%) CISM
7 8 (4.97%) CompTIA Security+
7 8 (4.97%) SANS
7 8 (4.97%) Security Cleared
8 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (4.35%) SC Cleared
8 7 (4.35%) SSCP
9 6 (3.73%) CISA
9 6 (3.73%) CREST Certified
9 6 (3.73%) CRISC
10 5 (3.11%) MCSA
10 5 (3.11%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (24.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (16.15%) NIST
3 11 (6.83%) NCSC
4 10 (6.21%) PCI DSS
4 10 (6.21%) SOC 2
5 8 (4.97%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (3.11%) GDPR
6 5 (3.11%) QA
7 3 (1.86%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (1.24%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.24%) COBIT
8 2 (1.24%) FISMA
8 2 (1.24%) GLBA
8 2 (1.24%) GRC
8 2 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.62%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (13.66%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.97%) Docker
4 7 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (1.86%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.62%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.62%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (7.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (5.59%) Kubernetes
3 8 (4.97%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (4.35%) Nmap
5 2 (1.24%) CASB
6 1 (0.62%) cPanel
6 1 (0.62%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.62%) QRadar
6 1 (0.62%) SCCM
6 1 (0.62%) Terraform
6 1 (0.62%) WMI
6 1 (0.62%) WSUS
Vendors
1 65 (40.37%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.94%) Google
3 11 (6.83%) Apple
3 11 (6.83%) VMware
4 10 (6.21%) Qualys
4 10 (6.21%) Rapid7
5 9 (5.59%) Splunk
6 7 (4.35%) Thycotic
7 4 (2.48%) Adobe
8 3 (1.86%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.24%) Cisco
9 2 (1.24%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.24%) iManage
9 2 (1.24%) LogRhythm
9 2 (1.24%) Meraki
9 2 (1.24%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.24%) Sun
10 1 (0.62%) ForgeRock
10 1 (0.62%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.62%) Synology