Information Security Specialist Job Trends in the City of London

Information Security Specialist
Central London > City of London

The median Information Security Specialist salary in the City of London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 163 176
Rank change year-on-year +41 +13 +117
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Specialist 4 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.25% 0.14% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.15% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile - - £53,125
25th Percentile £77,500 £74,000 £55,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +28.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,000 £70,000
90th Percentile - - £74,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +28.00% -13.79%

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 1,495 2,603 3,011
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 93.87% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,233 1,734 2,703
10th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,470 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% +1.34% -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -

Information Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Information Security Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Information Security Specialist job vacancy trend in the City of London

Information Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

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

Information Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, Information Security Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Information Security Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 4 (100.00%) CSIRT
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
1 4 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Novell Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Time Management
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Burp Suite
2 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps

Information Security Specialist Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 4 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 4 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Time Management
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 4 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Novell Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 4 (100.00%) CSIRT