Cyber Threat Jobs in the City of London

Cyber Threats
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 145 210
Rank change year-on-year +17 +65 +69
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 15 27 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.74% 0.81% 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.80% 2.39% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 10 23 18
10th Percentile £56,153 £54,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,670 £62,500 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £67,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% -21.18% +36.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £110,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £91,750 £112,500 £109,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £69,750 £82,500
% change year-on-year +3.94% -15.45% +40.43%

All Generic Skills
City of London

Cyber Threat 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 833 1,131 1,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 41.16% 33.97% 41.08%
Number of salaries quoted 622 872 1,575
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,592 £43,162
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £57,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,750 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.34% -6.13% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £117,500 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year - -6.45% +3.33%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the City of London

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in the City of London

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in the City of London over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in the City of London

Cyber Threat
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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (13.33%) GCP
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (6.67%) GitHub
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) VPN
2 1 (6.67%) Firewall
2 1 (6.67%) tcpdump
2 1 (6.67%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Advertising
4 1 (6.67%) Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 7 (46.67%) Security Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Business Continuity Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Business Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Risk Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Security Assurance Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Lead
4 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Team Leader
4 1 (6.67%) Threat Hunter
4 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) Leaflet
2 1 (6.67%) AWS CDK
2 1 (6.67%) NestJS
2 1 (6.67%) Node.js
2 1 (6.67%) REST
2 1 (6.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (20.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 3 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (6.67%) Blockchain
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (6.67%) Digital Wallet
3 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (6.67%) Mobile Payment
3 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 5 (33.33%) Security Management
4 4 (26.67%) Decision-Making
4 4 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (26.67%) Incident Response
4 4 (26.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (20.00%) Business Continuity
5 3 (20.00%) Cyber Intelligence
5 3 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
5 3 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (20.00%) Information Assurance
5 3 (20.00%) Information Security
5 3 (20.00%) Information Security Management
5 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Security Operations
5 3 (20.00%) Security Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (6.67%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) CISSP
2 3 (20.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 3 (20.00%) CISMP
3 2 (13.33%) Azure Certification
3 2 (13.33%) CREST Certified
4 1 (6.67%) CCNA
4 1 (6.67%) CCSP
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (6.67%) Degree
4 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) NIST
2 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Terraform
2 1 (6.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (6.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Google
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (6.67%) Intel
2 1 (6.67%) Ping Identity
2 1 (6.67%) Tenable