Cybersecurity Jobs in the City of London

Cybersecurity
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 49 66
Rank change year-on-year -8 +17 -20
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 91 164 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 4.50% 4.92% 4.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.68% 5.34% 4.66%
Number of salaries quoted 64 127 158
10th Percentile £46,000 £43,750 £42,483
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,000 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% -14.92% -5.97%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £92,750 £105,000 £103,750
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £67,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -2.99% -13.55% -3.13%

All Process and 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 1,943 3,069 4,374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 96.00% 92.02% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,466 2,415 3,653
10th Percentile £41,875 £41,250 £43,162
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £121,250 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the City of London

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the City of London

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the City of London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the City of London

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the City of London region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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
London Bridge - 1 £120,000 -
Cybersecurity
Central London

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (12.09%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Fidessa
1 3 (3.30%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (19.78%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (15.38%) Azure
3 13 (14.29%) AWS
4 9 (9.89%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (5.49%) Entra ID
6 4 (4.40%) Power Platform
7 3 (3.30%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (3.30%) Fivetran
7 3 (3.30%) Google Analytics
7 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (3.30%) Power Automate
7 3 (3.30%) Snowflake
7 3 (3.30%) Zapier
8 2 (2.20%) PaaS
9 1 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.10%) GitHub
9 1 (1.10%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.10%) SaaS
9 1 (1.10%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (14.29%) Firewall
2 7 (7.69%) VPN
3 6 (6.59%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (6.59%) IPsec
4 5 (5.49%) SSL
4 5 (5.49%) TCP/IP
5 4 (4.40%) Network Security
6 3 (3.30%) NetScaler
7 2 (2.20%) LAN
7 2 (2.20%) WAN
8 1 (1.10%) 4G
8 1 (1.10%) 5G
8 1 (1.10%) DKIM
8 1 (1.10%) DMARC
8 1 (1.10%) Internet
8 1 (1.10%) tcpdump
8 1 (1.10%) VLAN
8 1 (1.10%) VoIP
8 1 (1.10%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.40%) Power BI
2 3 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.30%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.10%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.20%) Git
2 1 (1.10%) IDA Disassembler
2 1 (1.10%) JIRA
General
1 29 (31.87%) Finance
2 25 (27.47%) Social Skills
3 15 (16.48%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.79%) Law
4 8 (8.79%) Retail
5 6 (6.59%) Banking
5 6 (6.59%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (5.49%) Marketing
7 3 (3.30%) Financial Institution
7 3 (3.30%) Games
8 1 (1.10%) Advertising
8 1 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.10%) Local Government
8 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (17.58%) IT Manager
1 16 (17.58%) Senior
2 14 (15.38%) Security Manager
3 12 (13.19%) Analyst
4 10 (10.99%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 8 (8.79%) Senior Software Engineer
5 8 (8.79%) Software Engineer
6 7 (7.69%) IT Support
6 7 (7.69%) Security Engineer
6 7 (7.69%) SOC Analyst
7 6 (6.59%) AWS Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) AWS Software Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) IT Support Manager
7 6 (6.59%) Lead
7 6 (6.59%) Support Manager
8 5 (5.49%) Digital Programme Manager
8 5 (5.49%) IT Security Manager
8 5 (5.49%) Programme Manager
8 5 (5.49%) Security Analyst
8 5 (5.49%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.09%) REST
2 9 (9.89%) Web Services
3 7 (7.69%) Node.js
4 3 (3.30%) AngularJS
4 3 (3.30%) Leaflet
4 3 (3.30%) React
5 2 (2.20%) GraphQL
5 2 (2.20%) Middleware
6 1 (1.10%) .NET
6 1 (1.10%) AWS CDK
6 1 (1.10%) J2EE
6 1 (1.10%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 21 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 13 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (8.79%) CSOC
3 8 (8.79%) Onboarding
3 8 (8.79%) Virtual Team
4 7 (7.69%) Security Posture
5 6 (6.59%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (4.40%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (3.30%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (3.30%) Cyberattack
7 3 (3.30%) Freedom of Information
7 3 (3.30%) Product Ownership
7 3 (3.30%) Social Media
8 2 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (2.20%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.10%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (1.10%) Data Centre
9 1 (1.10%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.79%) Windows
2 6 (6.59%) Windows Server
3 5 (5.49%) Linux
4 3 (3.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.10%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (24.18%) Information Security
2 18 (19.78%) Risk Management
3 17 (18.68%) Mentoring
3 17 (18.68%) Security Operations
3 17 (18.68%) SIEM
4 16 (17.58%) Disaster Recovery
4 16 (17.58%) Incident Response
4 16 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (16.48%) Agile
5 15 (16.48%) Business Continuity
5 15 (16.48%) Roadmaps
6 14 (15.38%) Project Management
7 13 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
8 12 (13.19%) Security Architecture
9 11 (12.09%) Cloud Security
9 11 (12.09%) Decision-Making
10 10 (10.99%) Data Protection
10 10 (10.99%) DevOps
11 9 (9.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (9.89%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.29%) Python
2 9 (9.89%) PowerShell
2 9 (9.89%) TypeScript
3 3 (3.30%) Bash
3 3 (3.30%) SQL
3 3 (3.30%) T-SQL
4 2 (2.20%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.10%) Java
5 1 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.10%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 15 (16.48%) Degree
2 13 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 11 (12.09%) CISSP
4 8 (8.79%) SC Cleared
5 6 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (5.49%) CISM
6 5 (5.49%) CompTIA CySA+
6 5 (5.49%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (5.49%) GIAC
6 5 (5.49%) MCSA
7 4 (4.40%) Azure Certification
8 3 (3.30%) CESG Certified Professional
8 3 (3.30%) CISMP
8 3 (3.30%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.20%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.20%) CCSP
9 2 (2.20%) CISA
9 2 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (2.20%) CREST Certified
9 2 (2.20%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (10.99%) NIST
3 9 (9.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (9.89%) NCSC
4 6 (6.59%) Accessibility
5 4 (4.40%) GDPR
6 3 (3.30%) COBIT
6 3 (3.30%) Data Quality
7 2 (2.20%) PCI DSS
8 1 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.10%) ISO 22301
8 1 (1.10%) NIST 800
8 1 (1.10%) QA
8 1 (1.10%) SLA
8 1 (1.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (5.49%) Active Directory
1 5 (5.49%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (4.40%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.20%) Firmware
5 1 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (8.79%) QRadar
2 6 (6.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (4.40%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (3.30%) SCCM
4 3 (3.30%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.20%) Ansible
5 2 (2.20%) SCOM
6 1 (1.10%) CASB
6 1 (1.10%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (1.10%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.10%) Nessus
6 1 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (41.76%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.89%) Ping Identity
3 5 (5.49%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (5.49%) VMware
4 4 (4.40%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.30%) Bloomberg
5 3 (3.30%) Cisco
5 3 (3.30%) Citrix
5 3 (3.30%) FactSet
5 3 (3.30%) Fortinet
5 3 (3.30%) Google
5 3 (3.30%) Mitel
5 3 (3.30%) NetApp
5 3 (3.30%) Refinitiv
5 3 (3.30%) Veeam
5 3 (3.30%) Xero
6 2 (2.20%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.10%) HP
7 1 (1.10%) Intel
7 1 (1.10%) Sophos