Cyber Defence Jobs 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 8 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 476 500
Rank change year-on-year +109 +24 +281
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 27 40 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.21% 0.16% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.48% 0.41% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 16 27 20
10th Percentile £44,590 £67,500 £49,525
25th Percentile £56,565 £70,000 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £90,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% +56.52% -17.86%
75th Percentile £71,250 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £91,875 - £97,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £90,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -27.78% +44.00% +8.70%

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 5,672 9,801 14,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 44.52% 40.00% 46.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3,028 6,831 10,068
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £136,250 £130,000 £125,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Cyber Defence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence in London

Cyber Defence
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence in London.

Salary trend for Cyber Defence in London

Cyber Defence
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Defence in London over the 6 months to 8 June 2025.

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 8 June 2025. 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 +33 5 £44,590 -33.94%
West London - 2 £57,670 -
Cyber Defence
England

Cyber Defence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (14.81%) Confluence
2 1 (3.70%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.93%) Azure
2 4 (14.81%) AWS
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.70%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (3.70%) Amazon S3
4 1 (3.70%) AWS Fargate
4 1 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.70%) IaaS
4 1 (3.70%) PaaS
4 1 (3.70%) SaaS
4 1 (3.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) 4G
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (3.70%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) Bitbucket
2 1 (3.70%) Git
2 1 (3.70%) GitLab
2 1 (3.70%) JUnit
General
1 13 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.41%) Finance
4 2 (7.41%) Games
4 2 (7.41%) Military
4 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Security Manager
2 7 (25.93%) Lead
3 5 (18.52%) Information Manager
3 5 (18.52%) Information Security Manager
3 5 (18.52%) Operational Security Manager
3 5 (18.52%) Operations Manager
3 5 (18.52%) Security Operations Manager
4 4 (14.81%) Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) Security Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Technical Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Head of Cybersecurity
6 2 (7.41%) Head of Security
6 2 (7.41%) Security Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Senior
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Service Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) Leaflet
2 1 (3.70%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (3.70%) Hibernate
2 1 (3.70%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Onboarding
2 3 (11.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 3 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (11.11%) Freedom of Information
2 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.70%) Insider Threat
4 1 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
1 15 (55.56%) Information Security
2 8 (29.63%) Risk Management
3 7 (25.93%) Agile
3 7 (25.93%) Coaching
3 7 (25.93%) Incident Response
3 7 (25.93%) Information Security Management
3 7 (25.93%) Security Operations
4 6 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (22.22%) Mentoring
5 5 (18.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 5 (18.52%) Logistics
5 5 (18.52%) SIEM
5 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (18.52%) Threat Intelligence
6 4 (14.81%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (14.81%) Customer Service
7 3 (11.11%) Commercial Awareness
7 3 (11.11%) Data Science
7 3 (11.11%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) R
2 1 (3.70%) Java
2 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (3.70%) Python
2 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) Security Cleared
2 6 (22.22%) CISSP
2 6 (22.22%) DV Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) CISM
3 4 (14.81%) Degree
3 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared
4 3 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (11.11%) CCSP
4 3 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (7.41%) CCSAS
5 2 (7.41%) CESG Certified Professional
5 2 (7.41%) CISMP
5 2 (7.41%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (18.52%) NIST
2 3 (11.11%) GRC
2 3 (11.11%) QA
3 2 (7.41%) GDPR
3 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 2 (7.41%) NCSC
4 1 (3.70%) NIST 800
4 1 (3.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Kibana
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) Splunk
3 1 (3.70%) Atlassian
3 1 (3.70%) Oracle
3 1 (3.70%) Rapid7