Cyber Defence Jobs in the City of London

Cyber Defence
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 174 231
Rank change year-on-year +36 +57 +19
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 4 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.21% 0.090% 0.065%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.50% 0.27% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £63,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,590 £67,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.94% +35.00% -41.18%
75th Percentile - £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile - - £98,500
Central London median annual salary £44,590 £67,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -33.94% +35.00% -41.18%

All Generic Skills
City of London

Cyber Defence falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 799 1,127 1,882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 41.19% 33.87% 40.96%
Number of salaries quoted 594 867 1,571
10th Percentile £41,625 £40,819 £43,162
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,143 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £79,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -8.81% +2.58%
75th Percentile £102,188 £97,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £141,750 £117,500 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year - -6.45% +3.33%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Cyber Defence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence in the City of London

Cyber Defence
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence in the City of London.

Salary trend for Cyber Defence in the City of London

Cyber Defence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) IaaS
3 1 (25.00%) PaaS
3 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Coaching
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (75.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (75.00%) Data Science
2 3 (75.00%) Information Management
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Rapid7