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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 42 35
Rank change year-on-year +15 -7 +20
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,360 769 1,404
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.31% 6.32% 5.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.73% 6.60% 6.39%
Number of salaries quoted 888 463 1,007
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,438 £57,670 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,377 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.59% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -10.00%

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 17,595 11,649 21,974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.57% 95.70% 88.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,024 7,025 16,134
10th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,687 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £123,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +34 233 £70,000 -6.67% 63
West London +15 83 £40,000 -55.56% 37
South London +32 34 £50,000 -31.03% 6
East London +12 34 £87,500 - 14
North London +16 21 £60,000 - 16
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 (2.06%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.29%) Apache
4 3 (0.22%) CMS
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.15%) Confluence
5 2 (0.15%) SAS
6 1 (0.074%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.074%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.074%) Maya
6 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.22%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.15%) Shopify
4 1 (0.074%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.074%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.074%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.074%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 315 (23.16%) Azure
2 167 (12.28%) AWS
3 117 (8.60%) Microsoft 365
4 107 (7.87%) Entra ID
5 76 (5.59%) SaaS
6 61 (4.49%) GCP
7 27 (1.99%) Azure Sentinel
8 26 (1.91%) Microsoft Purview
9 22 (1.62%) Google Workspace
10 21 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
10 21 (1.54%) Power Platform
11 18 (1.32%) Nutanix
12 17 (1.25%) Mimecast
13 13 (0.96%) GitHub
14 11 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (0.81%) Serverless
15 8 (0.59%) Amazon GuardDuty
16 6 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
16 6 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
16 6 (0.44%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 111 (8.16%) Firewall
2 83 (6.10%) Network Security
3 31 (2.28%) VPN
4 30 (2.21%) Broadband
5 26 (1.91%) Internet
6 23 (1.69%) WAN
7 21 (1.54%) DNS
8 17 (1.25%) Intrusion Detection
8 17 (1.25%) LAN
8 17 (1.25%) TCP/IP
9 16 (1.18%) CHAP
10 15 (1.10%) Wireless
11 13 (0.96%) Kerberos
12 12 (0.88%) DHCP
13 11 (0.81%) Cisco ISE
14 10 (0.74%) SD-WAN
14 10 (0.74%) VLAN
15 7 (0.51%) VoIP
15 7 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
16 6 (0.44%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (1.47%) Power BI
2 12 (0.88%) Tableau
3 9 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (0.44%) Big Data
5 5 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.37%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.22%) Hadoop
7 3 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.22%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.15%) ClickHouse
8 2 (0.15%) MySQL
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.074%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.074%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.074%) GIS
9 1 (0.074%) Impala
9 1 (0.074%) Metadata
9 1 (0.074%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.074%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (1.69%) GitLab
2 13 (0.96%) Git
3 8 (0.59%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.51%) JIRA
5 4 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.15%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.15%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.15%) JMeter
6 2 (0.15%) MLflow
7 1 (0.074%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.074%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.074%) Locust
7 1 (0.074%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle APEX
General
1 390 (28.68%) Social Skills
2 254 (18.68%) Finance
3 171 (12.57%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (9.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 95 (6.99%) Banking
6 85 (6.25%) Retail
7 77 (5.66%) Legal
8 63 (4.63%) Law
9 44 (3.24%) Public Sector
10 42 (3.09%) Marketing
11 41 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
12 36 (2.65%) Aviation
13 35 (2.57%) Local Government
14 33 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (1.76%) Telecoms
16 22 (1.62%) Financial Institution
17 16 (1.18%) Multimedia
17 16 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (1.10%) Advertising
19 11 (0.81%) Games
Job Titles
1 165 (12.13%) Senior
2 139 (10.22%) Analyst
3 128 (9.41%) Consultant
4 116 (8.53%) Architect
4 116 (8.53%) Security Analyst
5 113 (8.31%) Lead
6 98 (7.21%) Security Engineer
7 97 (7.13%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 74 (5.44%) Security Manager
9 70 (5.15%) Security Architect
10 51 (3.75%) Security Consultant
11 49 (3.60%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 46 (3.38%) IT Manager
13 43 (3.16%) Developer
14 40 (2.94%) Account Manager
15 37 (2.72%) Security Specialist
16 33 (2.43%) Senior Consultant
17 32 (2.35%) Cybersecurity Manager
17 32 (2.35%) Sales Representative
17 32 (2.35%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.09%) REST
2 40 (2.94%) OpenID
2 40 (2.94%) SAML
3 38 (2.79%) OAuth
4 34 (2.50%) LDAP
5 25 (1.84%) SOAP
6 19 (1.40%) GraphQL
7 14 (1.03%) SailPoint
8 12 (0.88%) FastAPI
9 11 (0.81%) CSS
9 11 (0.81%) React
10 10 (0.74%) HTML
10 10 (0.74%) RESTful
11 9 (0.66%) Kafka
12 7 (0.51%) .NET
13 6 (0.44%) LangChain
13 6 (0.44%) Web Services
14 5 (0.37%) Apache NiFi
14 5 (0.37%) PyTorch
14 5 (0.37%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 144 (10.59%) Security Posture
2 91 (6.69%) Management Information System
3 80 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
4 59 (4.34%) Cyber Defence
5 57 (4.19%) Cloud Native
6 49 (3.60%) Cyberattack
7 42 (3.09%) Operational Technology
8 39 (2.87%) Security Operations Centre
9 36 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
10 32 (2.35%) Onboarding
11 21 (1.54%) Data Centre
12 19 (1.40%) Cloud Security Posture
12 19 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (1.18%) Blockchain
13 16 (1.18%) Blog
13 16 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (1.03%) AI Agents
15 13 (0.96%) PKI
15 13 (0.96%) Product Ownership
16 12 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 107 (7.87%) Windows
2 68 (5.00%) Linux
3 51 (3.75%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.54%) Mac OS
5 15 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.74%) Android
7 9 (0.66%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.44%) CentOS
8 6 (0.44%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.44%) Unix
8 6 (0.44%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.074%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (18.60%) Information Security
2 249 (18.31%) Incident Response
3 214 (15.74%) Risk Management
4 183 (13.46%) Cloud Security
4 183 (13.46%) Mentoring
5 174 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
6 158 (11.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 151 (11.10%) Vulnerability Management
8 145 (10.66%) Agile
9 140 (10.29%) Security Operations
10 125 (9.19%) SIEM
11 119 (8.75%) Roadmaps
12 115 (8.46%) AI
13 106 (7.79%) Decision-Making
13 106 (7.79%) Identity Access Management
14 104 (7.65%) Project Management
15 102 (7.50%) Stakeholder Management
16 100 (7.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 98 (7.21%) Threat Intelligence
18 94 (6.91%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 152 (11.18%) Python
2 127 (9.34%) PowerShell
3 49 (3.60%) SQL
4 32 (2.35%) Bash
5 29 (2.13%) JavaScript
6 21 (1.54%) Java
7 20 (1.47%) C++
8 19 (1.40%) T-SQL
9 12 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (0.66%) Go
11 8 (0.59%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.51%) R
13 4 (0.29%) C#
14 2 (0.15%) Bicep
14 2 (0.15%) C
14 2 (0.15%) Rust
14 2 (0.15%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.074%) Perl
15 1 (0.074%) Scala
Qualifications
1 242 (17.79%) CISSP
2 190 (13.97%) Degree
3 150 (11.03%) CISM
4 108 (7.94%) Security Cleared
5 80 (5.88%) CISA
6 74 (5.44%) SC Cleared
7 64 (4.71%) CompTIA Security+
8 57 (4.19%) CEH
9 52 (3.82%) Azure Certification
10 51 (3.75%) Cisco Certification
11 50 (3.68%) CRISC
12 47 (3.46%) GIAC
13 42 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
13 42 (3.09%) Master's Degree
14 41 (3.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 40 (2.94%) CompTIA CySA+
16 36 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
17 35 (2.57%) SANS
18 34 (2.50%) DV Cleared
19 32 (2.35%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 288 (21.18%) NIST
2 245 (18.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 143 (10.51%) GDPR
4 76 (5.59%) Cyber Essentials
4 76 (5.59%) GRC
5 70 (5.15%) QA
6 67 (4.93%) PCI DSS
7 46 (3.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 36 (2.65%) NCSC
9 35 (2.57%) NIST 800
10 31 (2.28%) COBIT
11 24 (1.76%) SOC 2
12 19 (1.40%) Accessibility
13 18 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 12 (0.88%) SLA
15 10 (0.74%) ISO 22301
16 9 (0.66%) HIPAA
17 8 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 7 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 7 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 107 (7.87%) Active Directory
2 36 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (1.40%) Docker
4 18 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.96%) IAG
6 5 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.29%) vSphere
8 3 (0.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.15%) Firmware
9 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 46 (3.38%) Terraform
2 35 (2.57%) Kubernetes
2 35 (2.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 24 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (1.03%) Ansible
5 11 (0.81%) SCCM
6 10 (0.74%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 7 (0.51%) RSA Archer
7 7 (0.51%) VxRail
8 6 (0.44%) CASB
9 5 (0.37%) Grafana
10 4 (0.29%) Argo
10 4 (0.29%) CSIRT
10 4 (0.29%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.22%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 2 (0.15%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.15%) QRadar
12 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 272 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 48 (3.53%) VMware
3 40 (2.94%) CrowdStrike
3 40 (2.94%) Splunk
4 37 (2.72%) Salesforce
5 32 (2.35%) Palo Alto
6 31 (2.28%) ForeScout
6 31 (2.28%) Google
7 29 (2.13%) Cisco
8 24 (1.76%) CyberArk
9 20 (1.47%) Fortinet
10 19 (1.40%) Dell
11 13 (0.96%) ServiceNow
12 12 (0.88%) Qualys
13 11 (0.81%) CheckPoint
13 11 (0.81%) iManage
13 11 (0.81%) Okta
13 11 (0.81%) Rapid7
13 11 (0.81%) Tenable
13 11 (0.81%) Zscaler