SANS Job Trends in the City of London

SANS Institute
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for SANS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 - 164
Rank change year-on-year - - +27
Permanent jobs citing SANS 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.095% - 0.036%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.61% - 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -39.29%
75th Percentile £74,375 - £43,750
90th Percentile £77,000 - -
Central London median annual salary £70,000 - £42,500
% change year-on-year - - -39.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

SANS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 494 520 908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 15.71% 30.48% 32.30%
Number of salaries quoted 327 383 539
10th Percentile £46,000 £40,000 £43,425
25th Percentile £57,500 £49,000 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -6.90% +11.54%
75th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £90,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £68,500 £69,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -0.72% -1.43% +7.69%

SANS
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

SANS job vacancy trend in the City of London

SANS
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

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

SANS
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Learning Management System
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Cryptography
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Forensics
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) IT Audit
2 2 (66.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (66.67%) OWASP
2 2 (66.67%) Patch Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Psychology
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (66.67%) CCSP
2 2 (66.67%) CEH
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CISM
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
3 1 (33.33%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Proofpoint