Security Testing Job Trends in Central London

Security Testing
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Security Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 146 174
Rank change year-on-year +9 +28 +63
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 6 32 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.24% 1.00% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 1.04% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 1 11 1
10th Percentile - £67,500 -
25th Percentile £71,500 £76,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £92,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.08% +37.04% -25.00%
75th Percentile £74,500 £113,750 £78,750
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £77,500 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -8.82% +13.33% -11.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Security Testing 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 2,181 3,066 2,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 87.21% 95.75% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,607 1,844 2,595
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Security Testing job vacancy trend in Central London

Security Testing
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Security Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Security Testing

Security Testing
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 Security Testing within the Central London region over the 6 months to 11 January 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 +6 5 - - 3
Security Testing
London

Security Testing
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 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (66.67%) PaaS
3 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Lead
1 4 (66.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Auditor
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Auditor
2 1 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Security Auditor
2 1 (16.67%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Application Security
2 4 (66.67%) Backlog Management
2 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (66.67%) Coaching
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (66.67%) Creative Thinking
2 4 (66.67%) DevOps
2 4 (66.67%) DevSecOps
2 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 4 (66.67%) OWASP
2 4 (66.67%) Product Management
2 4 (66.67%) Product Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) SDLC
2 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 4 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
2 4 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (66.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
1 4 (66.67%) Master's Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
2 1 (16.67%) CISA
2 1 (16.67%) CISM
2 1 (16.67%) CISSP
2 1 (16.67%) CRISC
2 1 (16.67%) GIAC
2 1 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (66.67%) NCSC
2 4 (66.67%) NIST
3 1 (16.67%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft