SANS Job Trends in Central London

SANS Institute
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for SANS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 - 188
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Permanent jobs citing SANS 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.090% - 0.031%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.55% - 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -39.29%
75th Percentile £74,375 - £43,750
90th Percentile £77,000 - -
London median annual salary £110,000 £107,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.33% +152.94% -52.78%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

SANS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Central London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 549 611 1,089
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 16.53% 30.78% 33.79%
Number of salaries quoted 359 455 582
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,125
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £52,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £69,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% -1.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £119,500 £107,500
London median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% -

SANS
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SANS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

SANS job vacancy trend in Central London

SANS
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SANS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SANS

SANS
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 SANS within the Central London region over the 6 months to 15 September 2026. 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 - 3 £70,000 - 1
SANS
London

SANS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Learning Management System
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Cryptography
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Forensics
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) IT Audit
2 2 (66.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (66.67%) OWASP
2 2 (66.67%) Patch Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Psychology
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (66.67%) CCSP
2 2 (66.67%) CEH
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CISM
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
3 1 (33.33%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Proofpoint