Cyber Defence Jobs in Central London

Cyber Defence
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 194 240
Rank change year-on-year +33 +46 +35
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 4 3 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.16% 0.079% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.39% 0.23% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile - - £47,500
25th Percentile - £63,750 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,590 £67,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.94% -15.63% -5.88%
75th Percentile - £71,250 £96,875
90th Percentile - - £103,750
London median annual salary £65,000 £90,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -27.78% +5.88% +21.43%

All Generic Skills
Central London

Cyber Defence falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,033 1,284 2,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 40.67% 33.94% 40.92%
Number of salaries quoted 692 982 1,796
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,397 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,000 £56,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.45% +3.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £101,250
90th Percentile £130,000 £115,000 £117,500
London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Cyber Defence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence in Central London

Cyber Defence
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence in Central London.

Salary trend for Cyber Defence in Central London

Cyber Defence
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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
City of London +39 4 £44,590 -33.94% 2
City of Westminster - 3 £44,590 -
Cyber Defence
London

Cyber Defence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) IaaS
3 1 (25.00%) PaaS
3 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Coaching
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (75.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (75.00%) Data Science
2 3 (75.00%) Information Management
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Rapid7