Cybersecurity Job Trends in London

Cybersecurity
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 37 38
Rank change year-on-year +21 +1 +14
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,416 974 1,232
As % of all permanent jobs in London 9.34% 6.42% 5.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.78% 6.74% 6.29%
Number of salaries quoted 637 539 1,044
10th Percentile £30,000 £51,200 £46,250
25th Percentile £46,000 £62,375 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,750 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £107,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Cybersecurity 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,133 14,447 19,598
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 86.67% 95.27% 91.86%
Number of salaries quoted 8,462 7,856 15,783
10th Percentile £37,375 £43,239 £39,085
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,000 £52,887
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £116,125 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,967 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.24% +12.67% -12.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in London

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in London over the 6 months to 8 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the London region over the 6 months to 8 February 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 +5 188 £70,000 - 66
South London +49 177 £50,000 -23.08% 11
West London +27 166 £47,000 -18.50% 31
East London +21 102 £105,000 +82.61% 26
North London +19 29 £70,000 +7.69% 7
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
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 28 (1.98%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.56%) CMS
4 3 (0.21%) Confluence
4 3 (0.21%) Oracle Coherence
5 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.14%) SAS
6 1 (0.071%) Apache
6 1 (0.071%) nginx
Applications
1 55 (3.88%) Maya
2 25 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.56%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.49%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.21%) CINEMA 4D
7 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.071%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.071%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.071%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (0.99%) SAP IBP
4 8 (0.56%) SAP CO
4 8 (0.56%) SAP FI
4 8 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
4 8 (0.56%) SAP FS
4 8 (0.56%) SAP FSCM
4 8 (0.56%) SAP IS-U
5 6 (0.42%) Exchequer
6 4 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.28%) Endur
7 3 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.21%) SAP CX
7 3 (0.21%) Yoast SEO
8 2 (0.14%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.071%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.071%) Fidessa
9 1 (0.071%) Pegasus Opera
9 1 (0.071%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 414 (29.24%) Cloud Computing
2 315 (22.25%) Azure
3 204 (14.41%) AWS
4 103 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (4.94%) Entra ID
6 54 (3.81%) GCP
7 41 (2.90%) Power Platform
8 33 (2.33%) GitHub
9 31 (2.19%) SaaS
10 26 (1.84%) Nutanix
11 24 (1.69%) PaaS
12 23 (1.62%) Azure Sentinel
13 21 (1.48%) Google Workspace
14 18 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
15 17 (1.20%) AWS CloudFormation
15 17 (1.20%) IaaS
15 17 (1.20%) Serverless
16 13 (0.92%) Boomi
16 13 (0.92%) OCI
16 13 (0.92%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 408 (28.81%) Internet
2 91 (6.43%) Firewall
3 42 (2.97%) Network Security
4 38 (2.68%) VPN
5 36 (2.54%) WAN
6 23 (1.62%) LAN
7 21 (1.48%) Broadband
8 20 (1.41%) DNS
9 19 (1.34%) TCP/IP
10 18 (1.27%) CHAP
10 18 (1.27%) DHCP
11 17 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
12 15 (1.06%) SD-WAN
13 14 (0.99%) Wireless
14 13 (0.92%) VoIP
15 11 (0.78%) VLAN
16 8 (0.56%) Wireshark
17 7 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
18 6 (0.42%) SAN
19 4 (0.28%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (2.61%) Power BI
2 35 (2.47%) Tableau
3 31 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.27%) Big Data
5 16 (1.13%) SAP BW
5 16 (1.13%) SQL Server
6 13 (0.92%) Data Lake
7 12 (0.85%) Metadata
8 11 (0.78%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.64%) Oracle Database
10 8 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.56%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.35%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
13 2 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.14%) Apache Hive
13 2 (0.14%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.14%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.14%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 35 (2.47%) Git
2 14 (0.99%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.78%) GitLab
4 5 (0.35%) JIRA
5 4 (0.28%) MLflow
6 1 (0.071%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.071%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.071%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.071%) JMeter
6 1 (0.071%) Locust
General
1 722 (50.99%) Social Skills
2 513 (36.23%) Banking
3 449 (31.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 341 (24.08%) Finance
5 194 (13.70%) Analytical Skills
6 118 (8.33%) Law
7 94 (6.64%) Legal
8 76 (5.37%) Games
9 72 (5.08%) Retail
10 56 (3.95%) Marketing
11 49 (3.46%) Multimedia
12 46 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
13 45 (3.18%) Public Sector
14 40 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
15 34 (2.40%) Financial Institution
16 30 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
17 26 (1.84%) Dutch Language
17 26 (1.84%) French Language
18 22 (1.55%) Local Government
19 20 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 326 (23.02%) Lecturer
2 175 (12.36%) Senior
3 110 (7.77%) Architect
4 100 (7.06%) Analyst
5 91 (6.43%) Consultant
5 91 (6.43%) Lead
6 72 (5.08%) Security Analyst
7 62 (4.38%) Security Engineer
8 49 (3.46%) Trainee
9 48 (3.39%) IT Manager
10 45 (3.18%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 45 (3.18%) Security Architect
10 45 (3.18%) Senior Consultant
11 43 (3.04%) Security Manager
12 42 (2.97%) Developer
13 38 (2.68%) Account Manager
14 37 (2.61%) IT Architect
15 32 (2.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 32 (2.26%) Senior Architect
16 30 (2.12%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.11%) CSS
2 40 (2.82%) HTML
3 30 (2.12%) REST
4 21 (1.48%) React
5 20 (1.41%) OAuth
6 19 (1.34%) SAML
7 18 (1.27%) LDAP
7 18 (1.27%) OpenID
8 17 (1.20%) GraphQL
8 17 (1.20%) SOAP
9 11 (0.78%) AngularJS
10 8 (0.56%) Middleware
10 8 (0.56%) PyTorch
10 8 (0.56%) RESTful
10 8 (0.56%) SailPoint
10 8 (0.56%) TensorFlow
11 7 (0.49%) Vue
12 6 (0.42%) Pandas
12 6 (0.42%) PySpark
12 6 (0.42%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 396 (27.97%) IoT
2 100 (7.06%) Enterprise Software
3 83 (5.86%) Security Posture
4 74 (5.23%) Management Information System
5 66 (4.66%) Cyber Threat
6 46 (3.25%) Cloud Native
7 37 (2.61%) Hybrid Cloud
8 35 (2.47%) Blockchain
9 34 (2.40%) Data Centre
10 33 (2.33%) Cyberattack
11 28 (1.98%) Cyber Defence
12 26 (1.84%) Security Operations Centre
13 24 (1.69%) Onboarding
13 24 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
14 21 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
15 18 (1.27%) CCTV
15 18 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
16 14 (0.99%) Mobile App
16 14 (0.99%) Product Ownership
16 14 (0.99%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 104 (7.34%) Windows
2 66 (4.66%) Linux
3 33 (2.33%) Windows Server
4 30 (2.12%) Mac OS
5 20 (1.41%) Android
6 16 (1.13%) Unix
7 12 (0.85%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.64%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.28%) VMS
10 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.071%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.071%) Solaris
12 1 (0.071%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 506 (35.73%) AI
2 415 (29.31%) Machine Learning
3 392 (27.68%) Web Development
4 388 (27.40%) User Experience
5 224 (15.82%) Risk Management
6 209 (14.76%) Problem-Solving
7 193 (13.63%) Incident Response
8 175 (12.36%) Mentoring
9 173 (12.22%) Information Security
10 148 (10.45%) Agile
11 135 (9.53%) Continuous Improvement
12 132 (9.32%) Analytics
13 129 (9.11%) Roadmaps
14 111 (7.84%) Project Management
15 106 (7.49%) Cloud Security
16 101 (7.13%) Business Strategy
17 97 (6.85%) SIEM
18 95 (6.71%) Computer Science
19 93 (6.57%) Vulnerability Management
20 86 (6.07%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 132 (9.32%) Python
2 94 (6.64%) PowerShell
3 59 (4.17%) JavaScript
4 53 (3.74%) SQL
5 25 (1.77%) Bash
5 25 (1.77%) R
6 21 (1.48%) C++
7 17 (1.20%) T-SQL
8 13 (0.92%) Java
9 11 (0.78%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.42%) Go
11 5 (0.35%) C
11 5 (0.35%) C#
12 4 (0.28%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.21%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.14%) Bicep
14 2 (0.14%) Perl
15 1 (0.071%) Rust
15 1 (0.071%) Scala
Qualifications
1 610 (43.08%) Degree
2 409 (28.88%) Master's Degree
3 378 (26.69%) PhD
4 374 (26.41%) Postgraduate
5 199 (14.05%) CISSP
6 134 (9.46%) CISM
7 98 (6.92%) CISA
8 64 (4.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 56 (3.95%) Azure Certification
10 46 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
11 45 (3.18%) AWS Certification
12 44 (3.11%) CRISC
13 42 (2.97%) CEH
14 40 (2.82%) Security Cleared
15 36 (2.54%) CompTIA Security+
16 33 (2.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 29 (2.05%) SANS
18 26 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
19 25 (1.77%) SC Cleared
20 24 (1.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 213 (15.04%) NIST
2 198 (13.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 125 (8.83%) GDPR
4 60 (4.24%) GRC
5 59 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 41 (2.90%) PCI DSS
7 37 (2.61%) NCSC
7 37 (2.61%) QA
8 36 (2.54%) COBIT
9 34 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 24 (1.69%) NIST 800
11 15 (1.06%) Data Quality
12 13 (0.92%) ISO 22301
13 12 (0.85%) SLA
14 11 (0.78%) Accessibility
14 11 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.71%) SOC 2
16 8 (0.56%) IFRS
16 8 (0.56%) IFRS 17
16 8 (0.56%) ITGC
System Software
1 76 (5.37%) Active Directory
2 27 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (1.55%) Docker
4 12 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.42%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.35%) BitLocker
6 5 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.28%) vSphere
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.14%) Firmware
10 1 (0.071%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 43 (3.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (2.33%) Terraform
3 24 (1.69%) Kubernetes
4 21 (1.48%) Ansible
5 16 (1.13%) SCCM
6 13 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.85%) CASB
7 12 (0.85%) RSA Archer
8 9 (0.64%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 6 (0.42%) PaperCut
9 6 (0.42%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 4 (0.28%) CSIRT
10 4 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.28%) Nagios
10 4 (0.28%) Nessus
10 4 (0.28%) VxRail
11 3 (0.21%) Grafana
11 3 (0.21%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.21%) QRadar
12 2 (0.14%) Suricata
Vendors
1 245 (17.30%) Microsoft
2 48 (3.39%) Oracle
3 42 (2.97%) SAP
3 42 (2.97%) VMware
4 30 (2.12%) CrowdStrike
5 27 (1.91%) Palo Alto
5 27 (1.91%) Salesforce
6 24 (1.69%) Fortinet
7 21 (1.48%) Google
8 20 (1.41%) ServiceNow
9 17 (1.20%) Dell
10 16 (1.13%) Adobe
10 16 (1.13%) Cisco
10 16 (1.13%) Commvault
10 16 (1.13%) MuleSoft
11 15 (1.06%) CyberArk
12 14 (0.99%) Splunk
13 11 (0.78%) Duck Creek
13 11 (0.78%) Guidewire
14 10 (0.71%) Xero