Information Security Job Trends in the City of Westminster

Information Security (InfoSec)
Central London > City of Westminster

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of Westminster requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 47 14
Rank change year-on-year +36 -33 +1
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 6 7 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of Westminster 8.96% 2.90% 4.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.29% 3.04% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £82,750
25th Percentile - £91,250 £83,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £92,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.82% +10.45%
75th Percentile - £93,750 £86,875
90th Percentile - - £87,250
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -6.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of Westminster

Information Security 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 Westminster.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42 230 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 62.69% 95.44% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 7 76 36
10th Percentile £62,984 - £47,500
25th Percentile £72,912 £50,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £61,919 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year +33.24% -21.37% +21.15%
75th Percentile £87,500 £68,750 £150,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £83,500 -
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Information Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster.

Information Security job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

Information Security
Salary Trend in the City of Westminster

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Information Security

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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 4 (66.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Adobe Premiere
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (66.67%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (66.67%) OneDrive
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 4 (66.67%) Dutch Language
1 4 (66.67%) French Language
1 4 (66.67%) German Language
1 4 (66.67%) Spanish Language
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Service Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Information Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) Break/Fix
2 4 (66.67%) Coaching
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) Digital Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) ITSM
2 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 4 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 4 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 4 (66.67%) Service Management
2 4 (66.67%) Videography
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 2 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (33.33%) Key Management
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Register
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) Master's Degree
2 4 (66.67%) PMI Certification
2 4 (66.67%) PMP
3 2 (33.33%) CCNA
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (33.33%) CompTIA CySA+
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (33.33%) GCIH
3 2 (33.33%) GIAC
3 2 (33.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) ITGC
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) ArcSight ESM
1 2 (33.33%) QRadar
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Adobe
3 2 (33.33%) ArcSight
3 2 (33.33%) LogLogic
3 2 (33.33%) McAfee
3 2 (33.33%) Splunk