Cybersecurity Specialist Job Trends in Central London

Cybersecurity Specialist
London > Central London

The median Cybersecurity Specialist salary in Central London is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 164 -
Rank change year-on-year +19 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 1 20 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.051% 0.60% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.64% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £53,750 £59,375 -
90th Percentile - £64,375 -
London median annual salary £80,000 £63,750 £107,500
% change year-on-year +25.49% -40.70% +36.51%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 1,848 3,145 3,508
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 94.70% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,495 2,083 3,154
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £52,593
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -3.33% +7.14%

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in Central London

Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancies in Central London.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancies in Central London

Cybersecurity Specialist
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 Cybersecurity Specialist within the Central London region over the 6 months to 26 September 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 +15 1 £52,500 -4.55% 2
Cybersecurity Specialist
London

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 26 September 2025, Cybersecurity Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Central London region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft