Cybersecurity Jobs in London

Cybersecurity
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 58 102
Rank change year-on-year +25 +44 -13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,443 1,835 2,505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.12% 5.33% 3.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.71% 5.60% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,078 1,189 1,400
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £54,438 £55,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £107,500 £110,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,502 32,794 65,164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.13% 95.33% 96.94%
Number of salaries quoted 15,970 23,578 33,920
10th Percentile £37,800 £43,477 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,750 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,565 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +13 172 £67,250 -18.48% 37
West London -7 137 £55,000 +10.00% 20
South London -8 40 £78,750 +21.15% 3
North London +5 12 £60,500 -3.20% 5
East London +11 11 £68,750 +25.00% 10
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 68 (4.71%) SharePoint
2 46 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.62%) IIS
4 8 (0.55%) Apache
5 4 (0.28%) Confluence
5 4 (0.28%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.14%) CMS
6 2 (0.14%) nginx
6 2 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
6 2 (0.14%) WordPress
7 1 (0.069%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.069%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 59 (4.09%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.69%) AutoCAD
3 10 (0.69%) Revit
4 9 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.21%) Trello
7 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 8 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.14%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.069%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.069%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 457 (31.67%) Azure
2 201 (13.93%) Microsoft 365
3 186 (12.89%) Entra ID
4 154 (10.67%) AWS
5 77 (5.34%) GCP
6 45 (3.12%) SaaS
7 39 (2.70%) PaaS
7 39 (2.70%) Power Platform
8 33 (2.29%) IaaS
9 32 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
10 22 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
11 20 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (1.25%) Serverless
13 17 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
14 14 (0.97%) Google Workspace
15 13 (0.90%) Mimecast
15 13 (0.90%) Nutanix
16 11 (0.76%) Amazon S3
17 10 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 10 (0.69%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 287 (19.89%) Firewall
2 158 (10.95%) Broadband
3 154 (10.67%) 5G
4 140 (9.70%) Network Security
5 92 (6.38%) DNS
6 72 (4.99%) TCP/IP
7 60 (4.16%) WAN
8 53 (3.67%) LAN
9 47 (3.26%) Wi-Fi
10 46 (3.19%) Intrusion Detection
11 43 (2.98%) DHCP
11 43 (2.98%) Wireless
12 41 (2.84%) VPN
13 36 (2.49%) Internet
14 25 (1.73%) SD-WAN
15 22 (1.52%) SAN
16 21 (1.46%) Unified Communications
16 21 (1.46%) Wireshark
17 16 (1.11%) MPLS
18 14 (0.97%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.43%) Power BI
2 31 (2.15%) SQL Server
3 17 (1.18%) Oracle Database
4 16 (1.11%) MongoDB
5 14 (0.97%) MySQL
6 13 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.49%) Big Data
8 7 (0.49%) Hadoop
8 7 (0.49%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.42%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.42%) SAP HANA
10 5 (0.35%) CockroachDB
11 4 (0.28%) GIS
11 4 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.21%) Data Hub
12 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.14%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.14%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 53 (3.67%) Jenkins
2 31 (2.15%) Metasploit
3 28 (1.94%) Burp Suite
4 23 (1.59%) JIRA
5 17 (1.18%) Oracle APEX
6 8 (0.55%) Git
7 5 (0.35%) Jaeger
7 5 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.28%) Maven
8 4 (0.28%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.21%) Subversion
9 3 (0.21%) Xcode
10 2 (0.14%) GitLab
10 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.069%) Ant
11 1 (0.069%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.069%) Vagrant
General
1 345 (23.91%) Social Skills
2 332 (23.01%) Finance
3 329 (22.80%) Analytical Skills
4 198 (13.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 123 (8.52%) Legal
6 111 (7.69%) Law
7 70 (4.85%) Public Sector
8 56 (3.88%) Banking
9 49 (3.40%) Telecoms
10 48 (3.33%) Marketing
10 48 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
11 47 (3.26%) Retail
12 39 (2.70%) Games
13 28 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
14 26 (1.80%) Pharmaceutical
15 19 (1.32%) Aerospace
16 17 (1.18%) Financial Institution
16 17 (1.18%) Manufacturing
17 16 (1.11%) Military
18 13 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 338 (23.42%) Senior
2 230 (15.94%) Analyst
3 145 (10.05%) Linux Specialist
4 143 (9.91%) Technical Specialist
5 140 (9.70%) Security Analyst
6 136 (9.42%) Security Engineer
7 135 (9.36%) Architect
8 101 (7.00%) Consultant
9 96 (6.65%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 91 (6.31%) Senior Linux Specialist
11 89 (6.17%) Senior Technical Specialist
11 89 (6.17%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
12 87 (6.03%) Lead
13 74 (5.13%) Security Manager
14 66 (4.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 66 (4.57%) Security Architect
15 64 (4.44%) Security Consultant
16 63 (4.37%) Tester
17 60 (4.16%) Penetration Tester
18 59 (4.09%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (2.43%) JSON
2 34 (2.36%) HTML
3 30 (2.08%) .NET
4 28 (1.94%) Elastic Stack
5 26 (1.80%) REST
6 25 (1.73%) CSS
7 20 (1.39%) jQuery
8 19 (1.32%) OAuth
9 15 (1.04%) OpenID
10 14 (0.97%) Microsoft Graph
11 13 (0.90%) ARM Templates
11 13 (0.90%) SAML
12 12 (0.83%) Django
12 12 (0.83%) Flask
12 12 (0.83%) Spring Boot
13 11 (0.76%) YAML
14 10 (0.69%) Kafka
14 10 (0.69%) OpenAPI
14 10 (0.69%) Unreal Engine
14 10 (0.69%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 154 (10.67%) Social Media
2 148 (10.26%) Management Information System
3 86 (5.96%) Cyber Threat
3 86 (5.96%) Security Posture
4 74 (5.13%) PKI
5 58 (4.02%) Cyberattack
6 50 (3.47%) Data Centre
7 41 (2.84%) IoT
8 40 (2.77%) Operational Technology
9 39 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
10 33 (2.29%) Onboarding
11 32 (2.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 30 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
12 30 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
13 29 (2.01%) Cyber Defence
14 27 (1.87%) Replication
14 27 (1.87%) Video Conferencing
15 21 (1.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 20 (1.39%) Product Ownership
17 17 (1.18%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 273 (18.92%) Linux
2 236 (16.35%) Windows
3 152 (10.53%) Ubuntu
4 97 (6.72%) Windows Server
5 46 (3.19%) Apple iOS
6 40 (2.77%) Android
7 32 (2.22%) Windows 10
8 28 (1.94%) Kali Linux
9 18 (1.25%) Mac OS
10 14 (0.97%) Windows Server 2008
11 11 (0.76%) Unix
12 8 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
13 7 (0.49%) Debian
13 7 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
14 6 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
15 5 (0.35%) Mac OS X
16 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 2 (0.14%) CentOS
18 1 (0.069%) Solaris
18 1 (0.069%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (25.29%) Information Security
2 266 (18.43%) SIEM
3 233 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
4 206 (14.28%) IT Strategy
5 205 (14.21%) Incident Response
6 194 (13.44%) Technology Strategy
7 186 (12.89%) Artificial Intelligence
7 186 (12.89%) Security Operations
8 164 (11.37%) Penetration Testing
9 159 (11.02%) CRM
10 139 (9.63%) Computer Science
11 136 (9.42%) Security Architecture
12 130 (9.01%) Risk Management
13 126 (8.73%) Cloud Security
14 124 (8.59%) ITIL
15 118 (8.18%) Agile
16 113 (7.83%) DevOps
16 113 (7.83%) Disaster Recovery
17 112 (7.76%) Mentoring
18 103 (7.14%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 195 (13.51%) Bash
2 147 (10.19%) Python
3 105 (7.28%) PowerShell
4 90 (6.24%) SQL
5 46 (3.19%) Java
5 46 (3.19%) JavaScript
6 28 (1.94%) C
7 23 (1.59%) C#
8 17 (1.18%) PL/SQL
9 16 (1.11%) C++
10 13 (0.90%) TypeScript
11 10 (0.69%) Perl
11 10 (0.69%) RPG
12 5 (0.35%) Go
13 4 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.28%) Objective-C
13 4 (0.28%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.28%) Swift
14 3 (0.21%) PHP
15 2 (0.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 284 (19.68%) CISSP
2 271 (18.78%) Degree
3 151 (10.46%) CISM
4 143 (9.91%) Security Cleared
5 89 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 86 (5.96%) SC Cleared
7 77 (5.34%) Cisco Certification
8 74 (5.13%) DV Cleared
9 60 (4.16%) CRISC
10 59 (4.09%) CEH
10 59 (4.09%) GIAC
11 57 (3.95%) CISA
12 51 (3.53%) CREST Certified
13 50 (3.47%) Master's Degree
13 50 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
14 44 (3.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 43 (2.98%) CCSP
16 39 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
17 35 (2.43%) CompTIA CySA+
18 24 (1.66%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 245 (16.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 170 (11.78%) NIST
3 80 (5.54%) GDPR
4 61 (4.23%) GRC
5 57 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials
6 53 (3.67%) PCI DSS
7 49 (3.40%) NCSC
8 35 (2.43%) QA
9 33 (2.29%) SOC 2
10 31 (2.15%) COBIT
11 24 (1.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 18 (1.25%) SLA
13 14 (0.97%) Data Quality
14 12 (0.83%) HIPAA
14 12 (0.83%) NIST 800
15 10 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 10 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 7 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
16 7 (0.49%) ISO 31000
17 5 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 285 (19.75%) Active Directory
2 81 (5.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (3.60%) Docker
4 21 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (1.39%) Hyper-V
6 19 (1.32%) vSphere
7 16 (1.11%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (0.69%) Firmware
9 7 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.42%) Forefront TMG
10 6 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
11 3 (0.21%) XenApp
12 2 (0.14%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
13 1 (0.069%) LXC
13 1 (0.069%) OpenAM
13 1 (0.069%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 175 (12.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 145 (10.05%) Jamf Pro
3 50 (3.47%) Ansible
4 30 (2.08%) Terraform
5 29 (2.01%) Kubernetes
5 29 (2.01%) QRadar
6 23 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (1.11%) SCOM
8 12 (0.83%) Graphite
8 12 (0.83%) Nagios
9 11 (0.76%) Grafana
10 10 (0.69%) CSIRT
10 10 (0.69%) HAProxy
10 10 (0.69%) Puppet
10 10 (0.69%) vCenter Server
11 9 (0.62%) CASB
11 9 (0.62%) WSUS
12 7 (0.49%) FortiGate
12 7 (0.49%) Nessus
12 7 (0.49%) Nmap
Vendors
1 532 (36.87%) Microsoft
2 163 (11.30%) CyberArk
3 158 (10.95%) Tanium
4 95 (6.58%) VMware
5 74 (5.13%) Cisco
6 63 (4.37%) Google
7 51 (3.53%) Splunk
8 38 (2.63%) Veeam
9 33 (2.29%) IBM
9 33 (2.29%) Qualys
10 27 (1.87%) Oracle
11 25 (1.73%) Adobe
11 25 (1.73%) Apple
12 24 (1.66%) Juniper
12 24 (1.66%) Palo Alto
13 23 (1.59%) HP
13 23 (1.59%) SolarWinds
14 21 (1.46%) Dell
14 21 (1.46%) ServiceNow
15 20 (1.39%) SAP