Information Security Specialist Jobs in Central London

Information Security Specialist
London > Central London

The median Information Security Specialist salary in Central London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 August 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 191 216
Rank change year-on-year +44 +25 +95
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Specialist 3 5 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.14% 0.15% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.15% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile - £75,350 £52,500
25th Percentile £77,500 £77,375 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +41.67% -20.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,875 £65,000
90th Percentile - £91,850 £66,500
London median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +23.08% +8.33%

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 2,072 3,308 4,245
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 95.97% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,553 2,280 3,501
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.47% -5.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £96,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £110,000 £115,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £70,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +2.84% -2.76% +3.57%

Information Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Specialist in Central London

Information Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Specialist in Central London.

Salary trend for Information Security Specialist in Central London

Information Security 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 Information Security Specialist within the Central London region over the 6 months to 15 August 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 3 £80,000 -
Information Security Specialist
London

Information Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 15 August 2025, Information Security 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 Information Security Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) CMDB
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 3 (100.00%) CSIRT
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) Novell Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Banking

Information Security 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 3 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Novell Certification
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 3 (100.00%) CSIRT