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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 42 32
Rank change year-on-year +26 -10 +23
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,664 805 1,453
As % of all permanent jobs in London 8.38% 6.28% 6.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.12% 6.54% 6.84%
Number of salaries quoted 834 508 1,090
10th Percentile £36,575 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £54,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £89,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £119,125 £105,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 16,439 12,308 21,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.79% 96.01% 91.36%
Number of salaries quoted 10,826 7,520 16,010
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,070
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £99,142 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £59,450 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.92% +9.09% -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 28 April 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 28 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 +29 257 £70,000 +7.69% 149
West London +23 199 £38,000 -43.97% 22
South London +47 172 £50,000 -23.08% 7
East London +27 109 £87,500 +35.66% 21
North London +13 44 £60,000 -7.69% 8
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 24 (1.44%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.30%) CMS
4 3 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.18%) Confluence
5 2 (0.12%) Apache
5 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
5 2 (0.12%) SAS
6 1 (0.060%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.84%) Maya
3 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.48%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.24%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.060%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.060%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.18%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.12%) Shopify
5 1 (0.060%) Endur
5 1 (0.060%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.060%) Maximo
5 1 (0.060%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.060%) SAP CX
5 1 (0.060%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.060%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.060%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.060%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 394 (23.68%) Cloud Computing
2 345 (20.73%) Azure
3 197 (11.84%) AWS
4 113 (6.79%) Microsoft 365
5 90 (5.41%) Entra ID
6 65 (3.91%) SaaS
7 57 (3.43%) GCP
8 28 (1.68%) GitHub
9 27 (1.62%) Nutanix
10 24 (1.44%) AWS CloudFormation
10 24 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
11 22 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
11 22 (1.32%) Power Platform
12 21 (1.26%) Google Workspace
13 17 (1.02%) Mimecast
14 7 (0.42%) PaaS
14 7 (0.42%) Serverless
15 6 (0.36%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 6 (0.36%) OCI
15 6 (0.36%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 399 (23.98%) Internet
2 110 (6.61%) Firewall
3 75 (4.51%) Network Security
4 35 (2.10%) VPN
5 26 (1.56%) CHAP
6 24 (1.44%) WAN
7 23 (1.38%) Broadband
8 19 (1.14%) DNS
8 19 (1.14%) Intrusion Detection
9 15 (0.90%) Wireless
10 14 (0.84%) LAN
10 14 (0.84%) SD-WAN
10 14 (0.84%) TCP/IP
11 12 (0.72%) DHCP
12 11 (0.66%) VLAN
12 11 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.54%) Kerberos
14 8 (0.48%) Cisco ISE
14 8 (0.48%) Unified Communications
15 6 (0.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (1.26%) Power BI
2 19 (1.14%) Tableau
3 18 (1.08%) Big Data
4 12 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.24%) Metadata
6 4 (0.24%) Neo4j
6 4 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.24%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.18%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.18%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.12%) Apache Hive
8 2 (0.12%) ClickHouse
8 2 (0.12%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.12%) Impala
8 2 (0.12%) MySQL
8 2 (0.12%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.12%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 28 (1.68%) Git
2 20 (1.20%) GitLab
3 8 (0.48%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.30%) JIRA
5 4 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (0.24%) MLflow
6 1 (0.060%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.060%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.060%) JMeter
6 1 (0.060%) Locust
General
1 757 (45.49%) Social Skills
2 496 (29.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 492 (29.57%) Banking
4 291 (17.49%) Finance
5 168 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
6 96 (5.77%) Retail
7 90 (5.41%) Legal
8 69 (4.15%) Law
9 44 (2.64%) Multimedia
9 44 (2.64%) Public Sector
10 42 (2.52%) Marketing
11 37 (2.22%) Local Government
12 36 (2.16%) Aviation
13 34 (2.04%) Financial Institution
14 32 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
15 29 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
16 26 (1.56%) Telecoms
17 24 (1.44%) Games
18 22 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
19 14 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 317 (19.05%) Lecturer
2 154 (9.25%) Senior
3 127 (7.63%) Analyst
4 111 (6.67%) Architect
5 110 (6.61%) Consultant
6 100 (6.01%) Security Analyst
7 99 (5.95%) Security Engineer
8 93 (5.59%) Lead
9 77 (4.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 67 (4.03%) Security Manager
11 61 (3.67%) Security Architect
12 57 (3.43%) Account Manager
13 54 (3.25%) Trainee
14 52 (3.13%) Developer
15 47 (2.82%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 46 (2.76%) IT Manager
17 40 (2.40%) Security Consultant
18 37 (2.22%) Senior Consultant
19 34 (2.04%) Security Specialist
20 32 (1.92%) Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (2.34%) REST
2 34 (2.04%) CSS
2 34 (2.04%) OAuth
3 33 (1.98%) SAML
4 32 (1.92%) OpenID
5 31 (1.86%) HTML
6 28 (1.68%) LDAP
7 24 (1.44%) SOAP
8 18 (1.08%) GraphQL
9 17 (1.02%) React
10 14 (0.84%) SailPoint
11 13 (0.78%) FastAPI
11 13 (0.78%) RESTful
12 6 (0.36%) LangChain
12 6 (0.36%) Node.js
12 6 (0.36%) PySpark
12 6 (0.36%) PyTorch
12 6 (0.36%) TensorFlow
12 6 (0.36%) Web Services
13 5 (0.30%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 388 (23.32%) IoT
2 137 (8.23%) Security Posture
3 89 (5.35%) Management Information System
4 65 (3.91%) Cyber Threat
5 55 (3.31%) Cyber Defence
6 44 (2.64%) Cyberattack
7 43 (2.58%) Cloud Native
8 38 (2.28%) Security Operations Centre
9 37 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
10 32 (1.92%) Data Centre
11 29 (1.74%) Blockchain
12 27 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
13 24 (1.44%) Operational Technology
14 20 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
15 19 (1.14%) Onboarding
15 19 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
16 17 (1.02%) Blog
16 17 (1.02%) Cloud Security Posture
17 15 (0.90%) Mobile App
18 13 (0.78%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 106 (6.37%) Windows
2 70 (4.21%) Linux
3 45 (2.70%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.38%) Mac OS
5 15 (0.90%) Android
6 11 (0.66%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.48%) Windows 10
9 7 (0.42%) Unix
10 6 (0.36%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.30%) CentOS
12 1 (0.060%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.060%) Solaris
12 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 477 (28.67%) AI
2 410 (24.64%) Machine Learning
3 388 (23.32%) User Experience
4 385 (23.14%) Web Development
5 241 (14.48%) Information Security
6 222 (13.34%) Incident Response
7 213 (12.80%) Risk Management
8 212 (12.74%) Mentoring
9 169 (10.16%) Problem-Solving
10 158 (9.50%) Cloud Security
11 149 (8.95%) Agile
12 138 (8.29%) Continuous Improvement
13 121 (7.27%) Roadmaps
14 118 (7.09%) Vulnerability Management
15 109 (6.55%) Project Management
16 106 (6.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 102 (6.13%) SIEM
18 98 (5.89%) Security Operations
19 92 (5.53%) Data Protection
20 91 (5.47%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 167 (10.04%) Python
2 127 (7.63%) PowerShell
3 54 (3.25%) SQL
4 46 (2.76%) JavaScript
5 32 (1.92%) Bash
6 25 (1.50%) C++
7 19 (1.14%) Java
7 19 (1.14%) R
8 18 (1.08%) T-SQL
9 12 (0.72%) TypeScript
10 9 (0.54%) Go
11 5 (0.30%) C
12 4 (0.24%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.18%) C#
13 3 (0.18%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.12%) Bicep
14 2 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.12%) Perl
15 1 (0.060%) Rust
Qualifications
1 570 (34.25%) Degree
2 422 (25.36%) Master's Degree
3 371 (22.30%) PhD
4 370 (22.24%) Postgraduate
5 248 (14.90%) CISSP
6 150 (9.01%) CISM
7 89 (5.35%) CISA
8 77 (4.63%) Security Cleared
9 73 (4.39%) Azure Certification
10 68 (4.09%) CompTIA Security+
11 66 (3.97%) CEH
12 53 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
13 49 (2.94%) SC Cleared
14 48 (2.88%) CRISC
15 45 (2.70%) CompTIA CySA+
16 42 (2.52%) Cisco Certification
16 42 (2.52%) SANS
17 39 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
18 38 (2.28%) GIAC
19 36 (2.16%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 277 (16.65%) NIST
2 227 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 133 (7.99%) GDPR
4 71 (4.27%) GRC
5 70 (4.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 65 (3.91%) QA
7 56 (3.37%) PCI DSS
8 45 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 43 (2.58%) NCSC
10 38 (2.28%) COBIT
11 37 (2.22%) NIST 800
12 17 (1.02%) Accessibility
13 15 (0.90%) ISO 22301
14 14 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 14 (0.84%) SOC 2
15 10 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
16 8 (0.48%) HIPAA
17 7 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
17 7 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 7 (0.42%) JSP 440
System Software
1 91 (5.47%) Active Directory
2 28 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (1.26%) Docker
4 10 (0.60%) Hyper-V
4 10 (0.60%) IAG
5 7 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.36%) vSphere
7 5 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.18%) Firmware
9 2 (0.12%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.060%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 41 (2.46%) Terraform
2 33 (1.98%) Kubernetes
3 31 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (1.02%) Ansible
6 11 (0.66%) SCCM
7 8 (0.48%) CASB
7 8 (0.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 7 (0.42%) RSA Archer
8 7 (0.42%) VxRail
9 5 (0.30%) CSIRT
10 4 (0.24%) Argo
11 3 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.18%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 2 (0.12%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.12%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.12%) Grafana
12 2 (0.12%) QRadar
12 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
13 1 (0.060%) DatAdvantage
Vendors
1 272 (16.35%) Microsoft
2 45 (2.70%) VMware
3 41 (2.46%) CrowdStrike
4 36 (2.16%) ForeScout
5 34 (2.04%) Palo Alto
6 28 (1.68%) Splunk
7 27 (1.62%) CyberArk
7 27 (1.62%) Salesforce
8 26 (1.56%) Google
9 24 (1.44%) Cisco
10 23 (1.38%) Dell
11 21 (1.26%) Fortinet
12 17 (1.02%) Oracle
13 16 (0.96%) Commvault
14 11 (0.66%) ServiceNow
15 10 (0.60%) Okta
15 10 (0.60%) SAP
16 9 (0.54%) Sophos
16 9 (0.54%) Zscaler
17 8 (0.48%) iManage