Cybersecurity Jobs in Central London

Cybersecurity
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 52 66
Rank change year-on-year -3 +14 -23
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 123 167 225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 4.94% 4.44% 4.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.12% 4.83% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 73 129 172
10th Percentile £46,000 £44,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -12.90% -3.13%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £105,000 £103,750
London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,401 3,461 4,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 96.43% 92.07% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,646 2,656 4,011
10th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,073 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.03% -6.57% +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 18 May 2025.

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 18 May 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 -2 93 £65,000 -3.70% 46
City of Westminster +10 16 £51,130 +2.26% 3
Southwark +9 14 £120,000 +100.00%
Camden - 9 - -
West End of London +4 1 - - 6
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 14 (11.38%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.44%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.44%) Fidessa
1 3 (2.44%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (18.70%) Azure
1 23 (18.70%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (13.82%) AWS
3 12 (9.76%) Cloud Computing
3 12 (9.76%) Entra ID
4 5 (4.07%) Power Automate
5 4 (3.25%) GitHub
5 4 (3.25%) OneDrive
5 4 (3.25%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (2.44%) Fivetran
6 3 (2.44%) Google Analytics
6 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (2.44%) npm
6 3 (2.44%) Snowflake
6 3 (2.44%) Zapier
7 2 (1.63%) IaaS
7 2 (1.63%) PaaS
8 1 (0.81%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.01%) Firewall
2 7 (5.69%) VPN
3 6 (4.88%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (4.88%) IPsec
3 6 (4.88%) TCP/IP
4 5 (4.07%) SSL
5 4 (3.25%) Network Security
6 3 (2.44%) NetScaler
6 3 (2.44%) WAN
7 2 (1.63%) LAN
8 1 (0.81%) 4G
8 1 (0.81%) 5G
8 1 (0.81%) DHCP
8 1 (0.81%) DNS
8 1 (0.81%) Internet
8 1 (0.81%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.81%) tcpdump
8 1 (0.81%) VLAN
8 1 (0.81%) VoIP
8 1 (0.81%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.88%) Metadata
1 6 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.25%) Power BI
3 3 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (4.07%) Git
2 3 (2.44%) Babel
2 3 (2.44%) gulp
2 3 (2.44%) webpack
3 1 (0.81%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.81%) IDA Disassembler
3 1 (0.81%) JIRA
3 1 (0.81%) Metasploit
General
1 30 (24.39%) Finance
2 28 (22.76%) Social Skills
3 19 (15.45%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (13.01%) Law
5 12 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (9.76%) Retail
6 8 (6.50%) Legal
7 7 (5.69%) Banking
8 6 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (4.07%) Marketing
10 4 (3.25%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.44%) Financial Institution
11 3 (2.44%) Fire and Rescue
11 3 (2.44%) Games
11 3 (2.44%) Publishing
12 2 (1.63%) Local Government
13 1 (0.81%) Advertising
13 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (13.82%) Senior
2 16 (13.01%) IT Manager
3 13 (10.57%) Analyst
3 13 (10.57%) Security Manager
4 12 (9.76%) Security Engineer
5 9 (7.32%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 9 (7.32%) IT Support
6 8 (6.50%) Senior Software Engineer
6 8 (6.50%) Software Engineer
7 7 (5.69%) SOC Analyst
8 6 (4.88%) AWS Engineer
8 6 (4.88%) AWS Software Engineer
8 6 (4.88%) IT Engineer
8 6 (4.88%) IT Support Manager
8 6 (4.88%) Lead
8 6 (4.88%) Security Analyst
8 6 (4.88%) Support Manager
9 5 (4.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (4.07%) IT Security Manager
9 5 (4.07%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.38%) REST
2 10 (8.13%) Node.js
3 9 (7.32%) Web Services
4 6 (4.88%) React
5 3 (2.44%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.44%) CSS
5 3 (2.44%) HTML
5 3 (2.44%) Leaflet
5 3 (2.44%) OAuth
5 3 (2.44%) Sass
5 3 (2.44%) Svelte
5 3 (2.44%) Vue
6 2 (1.63%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.63%) Middleware
7 1 (0.81%) .NET
7 1 (0.81%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.81%) J2EE
7 1 (0.81%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 27 (21.95%) Management Information System
2 13 (10.57%) Cyber Threat
3 10 (8.13%) Onboarding
4 8 (6.50%) CSOC
4 8 (6.50%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (6.50%) Virtual Team
5 7 (5.69%) Cyberattack
5 7 (5.69%) Security Posture
5 7 (5.69%) Video\Live Streaming
6 6 (4.88%) Smart City
7 4 (3.25%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.44%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (2.44%) Freedom of Information
8 3 (2.44%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.44%) Social Media
9 2 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.63%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.63%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.50%) Linux
1 8 (6.50%) Windows
2 6 (4.88%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.44%) Ubuntu
3 3 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.81%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (21.14%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (18.70%) Information Security
3 21 (17.07%) Mentoring
3 21 (17.07%) Project Management
4 19 (15.45%) Risk Management
5 17 (13.82%) Artificial Intelligence
5 17 (13.82%) SIEM
6 16 (13.01%) Agile
6 16 (13.01%) Disaster Recovery
6 16 (13.01%) Security Operations
7 15 (12.20%) Business Continuity
7 15 (12.20%) Incident Response
7 15 (12.20%) Penetration Testing
7 15 (12.20%) Roadmaps
8 14 (11.38%) Decision-Making
9 13 (10.57%) DevOps
10 12 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (9.76%) Data Protection
10 12 (9.76%) Security Architecture
11 11 (8.94%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 20 (16.26%) Python
2 15 (12.20%) PowerShell
3 9 (7.32%) TypeScript
4 5 (4.07%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.25%) Perl
5 4 (3.25%) SQL
6 3 (2.44%) Bash
6 3 (2.44%) R
6 3 (2.44%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.81%) Java
7 1 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.81%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 22 (17.89%) Degree
2 13 (10.57%) Security Cleared
3 12 (9.76%) CISSP
4 8 (6.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (6.50%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.88%) CISM
6 5 (4.07%) CompTIA CySA+
6 5 (4.07%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (4.07%) GIAC
6 5 (4.07%) MCSA
7 4 (3.25%) Azure Certification
7 4 (3.25%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.44%) CCSP
8 3 (2.44%) CESG Certified Professional
8 3 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.44%) CISMP
8 3 (2.44%) CREST Certified
8 3 (2.44%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.63%) CISA
9 2 (1.63%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (14.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (13.01%) NIST
3 13 (10.57%) NCSC
4 11 (8.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (4.88%) Accessibility
5 6 (4.88%) Data Quality
6 4 (3.25%) GDPR
7 3 (2.44%) COBIT
7 3 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.63%) ISO 9001
8 2 (1.63%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.63%) QA
9 1 (0.81%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.81%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.81%) SLA
9 1 (0.81%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (4.07%) Active Directory
1 5 (4.07%) Hyper-V
1 5 (4.07%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.63%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (8.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (6.50%) QRadar
3 7 (5.69%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (4.88%) SCCM
5 3 (2.44%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.63%) Ansible
6 2 (1.63%) Nessus
6 2 (1.63%) SCOM
7 1 (0.81%) CASB
7 1 (0.81%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.81%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.81%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (38.21%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.32%) Ping Identity
3 5 (4.07%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (4.07%) VMware
4 4 (3.25%) Okta
4 4 (3.25%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.44%) Bloomberg
5 3 (2.44%) Cisco
5 3 (2.44%) Citrix
5 3 (2.44%) FactSet
5 3 (2.44%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.44%) Google
5 3 (2.44%) iManage
5 3 (2.44%) Mitel
5 3 (2.44%) NetApp
5 3 (2.44%) Refinitiv
5 3 (2.44%) Veeam
5 3 (2.44%) Xero
6 2 (1.63%) ConnectWise
6 2 (1.63%) ServiceNow