Cybersecurity Jobs in Central London

Cybersecurity
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 65 42
Rank change year-on-year +10 -23 +43
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 169 238 488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 4.46% 4.53% 6.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.82% 4.78% 6.37%
Number of salaries quoted 133 184 311
10th Percentile £43,750 £44,125 £47,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 £60,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £83,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +4.69% +28.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £106,000 £103,750 £127,500
London median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% +7.14%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,506 4,979 7,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 92.43% 94.84% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,731 4,119 6,401
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,555 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.93% +7.14% -

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Central London

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Central London

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Central London

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

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Central London

Cybersecurity
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 within the Central London region over the 6 months to 6 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
City of London +16 163 £67,250 -20.88% 34
City of Westminster -9 3 £50,000 -16.67% 2
West End of London +1 2 £83,750 +11.67% 3
Southwark +19 1 £60,000 -17.24%
Cybersecurity
London

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.18%) CMS
1 2 (1.18%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.59%) Hyperledger
2 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.59%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (1.18%) Trello
3 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.59%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 46 (27.22%) Azure
1 46 (27.22%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (7.10%) AWS
3 11 (6.51%) Azure Sentinel
4 10 (5.92%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (5.92%) Google Workspace
5 9 (5.33%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (4.73%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.96%) GCP
8 4 (2.37%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.78%) Serverless
9 3 (1.78%) WhatsApp
10 2 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.18%) ClickUp
10 2 (1.18%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.18%) Google Ads
10 2 (1.18%) Google Analytics
10 2 (1.18%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.59%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 53 (31.36%) Firewall
2 23 (13.61%) Network Security
3 19 (11.24%) TCP/IP
4 12 (7.10%) DNS
5 11 (6.51%) Intrusion Detection
6 9 (5.33%) NAS
6 9 (5.33%) Wireless
7 8 (4.73%) Broadband
8 7 (4.14%) LAN
8 7 (4.14%) WAN
8 7 (4.14%) Wireshark
9 5 (2.96%) IPsec
9 5 (2.96%) SSL
10 4 (2.37%) VPN
11 3 (1.78%) 5G
11 3 (1.78%) Internet
11 3 (1.78%) Radio Access Network
11 3 (1.78%) VLAN
11 3 (1.78%) VoIP
11 3 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.37%) Power BI
2 2 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.18%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.18%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.59%) Big Data
3 1 (0.59%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.59%) MySQL
3 1 (0.59%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.59%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (1.18%) JIRA
2 1 (0.59%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.59%) Jenkins
General
1 55 (32.54%) Finance
2 45 (26.63%) Social Skills
3 37 (21.89%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.10%) Law
4 12 (7.10%) Legal
5 10 (5.92%) Games
6 9 (5.33%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (4.73%) Financial Institution
8 7 (4.14%) Retail
8 7 (4.14%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.96%) Advertising
11 4 (2.37%) Banking
11 4 (2.37%) Marketing
12 2 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.18%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.59%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.59%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 48 (28.40%) Analyst
2 38 (22.49%) Security Analyst
3 35 (20.71%) Senior
4 19 (11.24%) Architect
4 19 (11.24%) Senior Analyst
5 18 (10.65%) Security Engineer
5 18 (10.65%) Senior Security Analyst
6 15 (8.88%) IT Analyst
6 15 (8.88%) IT Security Analyst
7 14 (8.28%) Security Architect
8 13 (7.69%) CISSP Analyst
8 13 (7.69%) Senior IT Security Analyst
9 12 (7.10%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 11 (6.51%) Lead
11 9 (5.33%) Consultant
11 9 (5.33%) IT Manager
12 8 (4.73%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 8 (4.73%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 8 (4.73%) IT Consultant
13 7 (4.14%) Information Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.96%) HTML
2 3 (1.78%) CSS
3 2 (1.18%) .NET
3 2 (1.18%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.18%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.59%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.59%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.59%) Express.js
4 1 (0.59%) jQuery
4 1 (0.59%) LangChain
4 1 (0.59%) MERN Stack
4 1 (0.59%) OAuth
4 1 (0.59%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.59%) OpenID
4 1 (0.59%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.59%) React
4 1 (0.59%) REST
4 1 (0.59%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.59%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.06%) Management Information System
2 10 (5.92%) Cyber Threat
2 10 (5.92%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.33%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (4.73%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (4.14%) Security Posture
5 7 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.55%) Cyberattack
7 4 (2.37%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.78%) Blockchain
8 3 (1.78%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.78%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (1.78%) Educational Technology
8 3 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.78%) Social Media
9 2 (1.18%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (1.18%) Digital Media
9 2 (1.18%) Insider Threat
9 2 (1.18%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (1.18%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 36 (21.30%) Windows
2 15 (8.88%) Windows Server
3 10 (5.92%) Apple iOS
3 10 (5.92%) Linux
4 9 (5.33%) Android
4 9 (5.33%) Mac OS
5 6 (3.55%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.18%) Debian
6 2 (1.18%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.18%) Unix
6 2 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.59%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.59%) VMS
7 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (28.99%) Information Security
2 43 (25.44%) Incident Response
2 43 (25.44%) SIEM
3 29 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (14.20%) Security Management
5 23 (13.61%) Penetration Testing
5 23 (13.61%) Security Operations
6 21 (12.43%) Vulnerability Management
7 20 (11.83%) Business Continuity
7 20 (11.83%) Incident Management
7 20 (11.83%) Privileged Access Management
7 20 (11.83%) Risk Management
7 20 (11.83%) Security Architecture
8 17 (10.06%) Application Security
8 17 (10.06%) Cloud Security
8 17 (10.06%) Computer Science
8 17 (10.06%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
8 17 (10.06%) Threat Detection
9 16 (9.47%) Data Protection
10 15 (8.88%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 20 (11.83%) Python
2 12 (7.10%) PowerShell
3 9 (5.33%) Bash
3 9 (5.33%) Java
4 6 (3.55%) JavaScript
4 6 (3.55%) SQL
5 3 (1.78%) C
6 2 (1.18%) C#
6 2 (1.18%) C++
6 2 (1.18%) Go
6 2 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (1.18%) R
6 2 (1.18%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.59%) PHP
Qualifications
1 44 (26.04%) CISSP
2 31 (18.34%) Degree
3 18 (10.65%) CEH
4 14 (8.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 13 (7.69%) CCSP
5 13 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (7.69%) CISM
6 12 (7.10%) GIAC
7 8 (4.73%) CompTIA Security+
7 8 (4.73%) SANS
7 8 (4.73%) Security Cleared
8 7 (4.14%) CISA
8 7 (4.14%) CRISC
8 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (4.14%) SSCP
9 6 (3.55%) CREST Certified
9 6 (3.55%) SC Cleared
10 5 (2.96%) MCSA
10 5 (2.96%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (24.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (17.16%) NIST
3 12 (7.10%) NCSC
4 10 (5.92%) PCI DSS
4 10 (5.92%) SOC 2
5 9 (5.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (2.96%) GDPR
6 5 (2.96%) QA
7 4 (2.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (1.78%) GRC
8 3 (1.78%) HIPAA
9 2 (1.18%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.18%) COBIT
9 2 (1.18%) FISMA
9 2 (1.18%) GLBA
9 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.59%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.59%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (13.02%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.73%) Docker
4 7 (4.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (1.78%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.59%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.59%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (5.33%) Kubernetes
3 8 (4.73%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (4.14%) Nmap
5 2 (1.18%) CASB
6 1 (0.59%) cPanel
6 1 (0.59%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.59%) QRadar
6 1 (0.59%) SCCM
6 1 (0.59%) Terraform
6 1 (0.59%) WMI
6 1 (0.59%) WSUS
Vendors
1 69 (40.83%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.47%) Google
3 11 (6.51%) Apple
3 11 (6.51%) VMware
4 10 (5.92%) Qualys
4 10 (5.92%) Rapid7
4 10 (5.92%) Splunk
5 7 (4.14%) Thycotic
6 4 (2.37%) Adobe
7 2 (1.18%) Cisco
7 2 (1.18%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.18%) iManage
7 2 (1.18%) LogRhythm
7 2 (1.18%) Meraki
7 2 (1.18%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.18%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.18%) Sun
8 1 (0.59%) ForgeRock
8 1 (0.59%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.59%) Synology