Cybersecurity Job Trends in the City of London

Cybersecurity
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 30 56
Rank change year-on-year -1 +26 +7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 136 192 126
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 6.46% 7.08% 4.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.39% 7.42% 4.69%
Number of salaries quoted 79 103 112
10th Percentile £40,500 £50,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,875 £51,250 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -10.34% -14.71%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £96,250 £139,750
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -10.34% -14.71%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Cybersecurity 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,841 2,588 2,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 87.50% 95.46% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,362 1,685 2,414
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,325
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 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in the City of London

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the City of London

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (5.15%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.74%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.74%) Confluence
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.74%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 38 (27.94%) Azure
2 21 (15.44%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (10.29%) AWS
4 9 (6.62%) Entra ID
5 8 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (3.68%) GCP
6 5 (3.68%) OneDrive
6 5 (3.68%) PaaS
7 4 (2.94%) Power Automate
7 4 (2.94%) SaaS
8 3 (2.21%) dbt
8 3 (2.21%) Mimecast
8 3 (2.21%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.21%) Snowflake
8 3 (2.21%) Tessian
9 2 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.47%) Google App Engine
9 2 (1.47%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.74%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 24 (17.65%) Firewall
2 12 (8.82%) Network Security
3 7 (5.15%) DHCP
3 7 (5.15%) DNS
4 6 (4.41%) VPN
5 5 (3.68%) Intrusion Detection
5 5 (3.68%) Modbus
5 5 (3.68%) TCP/IP
5 5 (3.68%) VoIP
5 5 (3.68%) WAN
6 4 (2.94%) LAN
7 2 (1.47%) Internet
7 2 (1.47%) Wireless
8 1 (0.74%) Broadband
8 1 (0.74%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.21%) Data Mining
1 3 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (2.21%) Power BI
1 3 (2.21%) SQL Server
1 3 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.74%) Metadata
2 1 (0.74%) MS Access
2 1 (0.74%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.74%) JIRA
General
1 60 (44.12%) Finance
2 52 (38.24%) Social Skills
3 32 (23.53%) Banking
4 28 (20.59%) Legal
5 23 (16.91%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (15.44%) Retail
7 11 (8.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (6.62%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (5.15%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (4.41%) Financial Institution
10 6 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.94%) Law
11 4 (2.94%) Telecoms
11 4 (2.94%) Wholesale Banking
12 3 (2.21%) International Banking
13 2 (1.47%) Marketing
14 1 (0.74%) Advertising
14 1 (0.74%) Automotive
14 1 (0.74%) Local Government
14 1 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 38 (27.94%) Lead
2 16 (11.76%) Senior
3 14 (10.29%) Security Engineer
4 10 (7.35%) Support Engineer
4 10 (7.35%) Technical Leader
5 9 (6.62%) Consultant
5 9 (6.62%) Service Manager
6 8 (5.88%) Analyst
6 8 (5.88%) Asset and Configuration Manager
6 8 (5.88%) Configuration Manager
6 8 (5.88%) Designer
6 8 (5.88%) Lead Designer
6 8 (5.88%) Senior Manager
6 8 (5.88%) Solutions Designer
7 7 (5.15%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 7 (5.15%) Technical Engineer
8 6 (4.41%) Security Specialist
9 5 (3.68%) Risk Manager
9 5 (3.68%) Security Manager
9 5 (3.68%) Security Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.94%) YAML
2 2 (1.47%) .NET
2 2 (1.47%) OAuth
2 2 (1.47%) PyTorch
2 2 (1.47%) React
2 2 (1.47%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.74%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.74%) LDAP
3 1 (0.74%) OpenID
3 1 (0.74%) Pandas
3 1 (0.74%) REST
3 1 (0.74%) RESTful
3 1 (0.74%) SAML
3 1 (0.74%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.74%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.56%) Security Posture
2 12 (8.82%) Cyber Threat
3 10 (7.35%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.88%) CMDB
5 7 (5.15%) Onboarding
5 7 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.68%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (3.68%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (3.68%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (2.94%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.94%) Blockchain
7 4 (2.94%) CCTV
7 4 (2.94%) Credit Risk
7 4 (2.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (2.21%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.21%) Market Risk
9 2 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.47%) IoT
9 2 (1.47%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.03%) Windows
2 8 (5.88%) Linux
3 6 (4.41%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.21%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.74%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.74%) Unix
5 1 (0.74%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (25.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 29 (21.32%) Mentoring
4 25 (18.38%) Risk Management
5 22 (16.18%) SIEM
6 21 (15.44%) AI
6 21 (15.44%) Service Management
7 20 (14.71%) Agile
7 20 (14.71%) Change Management
7 20 (14.71%) Information Security
8 19 (13.97%) Incident Response
8 19 (13.97%) ITSM
8 19 (13.97%) Security Operations
9 18 (13.24%) ITIL
10 17 (12.50%) Decision-Making
10 17 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
11 13 (9.56%) Computer Science
11 13 (9.56%) Security Architecture
11 13 (9.56%) Zero Trust
12 12 (8.82%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.03%) PowerShell
2 14 (10.29%) Python
3 7 (5.15%) SQL
4 3 (2.21%) Bash
5 2 (1.47%) C#
5 2 (1.47%) C++
5 2 (1.47%) Java
6 1 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.74%) Perl
6 1 (0.74%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.74%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (27.21%) CISSP
2 31 (22.79%) CISM
3 22 (16.18%) Degree
4 10 (7.35%) CISA
4 10 (7.35%) CRISC
5 8 (5.88%) Master's Degree
6 7 (5.15%) CEH
7 6 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (4.41%) GIAC
8 5 (3.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (3.68%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.21%) CREST Certified
9 3 (2.21%) GSEC
9 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (2.21%) OSCP
9 3 (2.21%) PMI Certification
9 3 (2.21%) PMP
10 2 (1.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (1.47%) PhD
10 2 (1.47%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (20.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (14.71%) NIST
3 10 (7.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (5.88%) GDPR
4 8 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 19770
5 6 (4.41%) GRC
6 5 (3.68%) Data Quality
6 5 (3.68%) NCSC
6 5 (3.68%) QA
7 3 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (1.47%) COBIT
8 2 (1.47%) NIST 800
8 2 (1.47%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.47%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.74%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.74%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (8.09%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.62%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.94%) BitLocker
4 4 (2.94%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (6.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.68%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (2.94%) Nagios
3 4 (2.94%) SCCM
4 3 (2.21%) Autotask
5 1 (0.74%) Ansible
5 1 (0.74%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.74%) Nessus
5 1 (0.74%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (0.74%) Terraform
5 1 (0.74%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 33 (24.26%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.29%) ServiceNow
3 6 (4.41%) CrowdStrike
3 6 (4.41%) VMware
4 5 (3.68%) Cisco
4 5 (3.68%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.94%) Fortinet
5 4 (2.94%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.94%) Symantec
6 3 (2.21%) Apple
6 3 (2.21%) SonicWALL
7 2 (1.47%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.47%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.74%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (0.74%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.74%) iManage
8 1 (0.74%) Meraki
8 1 (0.74%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.74%) Stonesoft
8 1 (0.74%) Thales