Cyber Defence Job Trends in London

Cyber Defence
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 380 468
Rank change year-on-year +57 +88 +20
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 83 25 31
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.43% 0.19% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.18% 0.43% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 28 19 27
10th Percentile - £44,590 £67,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £57,670 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -27.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £86,200 £109,000 -
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -27.78% +5.88%

All Generic Skills
London

Cyber Defence 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,029 5,828 9,380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 36.23% 45.09% 40.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4,117 3,326 6,717
10th Percentile £39,911 £42,125 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £136,250 £125,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Cyber Defence job vacancy trend in London

Cyber Defence
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cyber Defence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cyber Defence

Cyber Defence
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Defence in London over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Cyber Defence in London

Cyber Defence
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence within the London region over the 6 months to 20 April 2026. 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
Central London +45 41 £70,000 +56.99% 2
West London -23 3 - - 2
Cyber Defence
England

Cyber Defence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.20%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.66%) Azure
2 5 (6.02%) AWS
2 5 (6.02%) GCP
3 4 (4.82%) Mimecast
3 4 (4.82%) SaaS
4 3 (3.61%) AWS CloudFormation
4 3 (3.61%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 24 (28.92%) Network Security
2 11 (13.25%) Firewall
3 9 (10.84%) Wireless
4 4 (4.82%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (4.82%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (4.82%) DNS
4 4 (4.82%) HTTPS
4 4 (4.82%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (4.82%) TCP/IP
4 4 (4.82%) VPN
5 3 (3.61%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.20%) Power BI
1 1 (1.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (15.66%) Metasploit
2 9 (10.84%) Burp Suite
3 4 (4.82%) Bitbucket
General
1 27 (32.53%) Finance
1 27 (32.53%) Social Skills
2 17 (20.48%) Retail
3 15 (18.07%) Aviation
4 13 (15.66%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.82%) Aerospace
5 4 (4.82%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.20%) Legal
6 1 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (44.58%) Analyst
2 33 (39.76%) Security Analyst
3 24 (28.92%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 18 (21.69%) Senior
5 12 (14.46%) Digital Analyst
5 12 (14.46%) Senior Analyst
5 12 (14.46%) Senior Digital Analyst
6 10 (12.05%) Consultant
6 10 (12.05%) Security Consultant
6 10 (12.05%) Security Manager
7 9 (10.84%) Senior Security Analyst
8 8 (9.64%) Engineering Manager
8 8 (9.64%) Operational Security Manager
8 8 (9.64%) Operations Manager
8 8 (9.64%) Security Operations Manager
9 4 (4.82%) Network Security Specialist
9 4 (4.82%) Network Specialist
9 4 (4.82%) Sales Executive
9 4 (4.82%) Security Specialist
9 4 (4.82%) Senior Sales Executive
Miscellaneous
1 29 (34.94%) Security Posture
2 16 (19.28%) Security Operations Centre
3 9 (10.84%) Mobile App
4 6 (7.23%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (6.02%) Cloud Native
6 4 (4.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (4.82%) Social Media
7 3 (3.61%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (3.61%) Management Information System
8 2 (2.41%) Product Ownership
8 2 (2.41%) Virtual Team
9 1 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
9 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.20%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 23 (27.71%) Windows
2 20 (24.10%) Linux
3 4 (4.82%) Kali Linux
3 4 (4.82%) Unix
4 3 (3.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (54.22%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (51.81%) Agile
3 42 (50.60%) Security Operations
4 35 (42.17%) Incident Response
5 28 (33.73%) Mentoring
5 28 (33.73%) SIEM
6 26 (31.33%) Coaching
7 25 (30.12%) Penetration Testing
8 24 (28.92%) Creative Thinking
9 23 (27.71%) Business Strategy
9 23 (27.71%) Business Transformation
9 23 (27.71%) Internal Audit
10 22 (26.51%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 22 (26.51%) Vulnerability Management
11 21 (25.30%) Cloud Security
11 21 (25.30%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 21 (25.30%) SOAR
11 21 (25.30%) Threat Intelligence
12 20 (24.10%) Red Team
13 19 (22.89%) Offensive Security
Programming Languages
1 37 (44.58%) PowerShell
2 31 (37.35%) Python
3 14 (16.87%) Bash
4 1 (1.20%) Perl
4 1 (1.20%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (24.10%) OSCP
2 19 (22.89%) CREST Certified
3 17 (20.48%) GIAC
4 14 (16.87%) CISSP
5 12 (14.46%) CEH
5 12 (14.46%) Security Cleared
6 9 (10.84%) CCSAM
6 9 (10.84%) CHECK Team Leader
6 9 (10.84%) CHECK Team Member
7 8 (9.64%) SC Cleared
8 7 (8.43%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (8.43%) CISM
9 4 (4.82%) CCNA
9 4 (4.82%) CCNP
9 4 (4.82%) CISA
10 3 (3.61%) CCSP
10 3 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (3.61%) Degree
10 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (3.61%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (36.14%) NIST
2 8 (9.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.61%) GDPR
3 3 (3.61%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.20%) GRC
5 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (1.20%) NCSC
5 1 (1.20%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (3.61%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.61%) Docker
1 3 (3.61%) Hyper-V
1 3 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (10.84%) Nessus
2 7 (8.43%) Ansible
2 7 (8.43%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.61%) SCCM
3 3 (3.61%) Terraform
4 1 (1.20%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 19 (22.89%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.02%) Splunk
3 4 (4.82%) CheckPoint
3 4 (4.82%) Cisco
3 4 (4.82%) Fortinet
3 4 (4.82%) Okta
3 4 (4.82%) Sophos
3 4 (4.82%) Zscaler
4 3 (3.61%) Google
4 3 (3.61%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.61%) VMware
5 2 (2.41%) CrowdStrike