Cybersecurity Specialist Job Trends in the City of London

Cybersecurity Specialist
Central London > City of London

The median Cybersecurity Specialist salary in the City of London is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 September 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 149 -
Rank change year-on-year +15 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 1 20 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.059% 0.69% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.73% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £53,750 £59,375 -
90th Percentile - £64,375 -
Central London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 -
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,594 2,739 3,231
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.43% 94.35% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,290 1,849 2,896
10th Percentile £36,700 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £54,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.68% +2.76%
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £72,500

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in the City of London

Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancies in the City of London

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 26 September 2025, Cybersecurity 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 City of London region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft