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 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 42 33
Rank change year-on-year +26 -9 +25
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,679 807 1,451
As % of all permanent jobs in London 8.23% 6.33% 6.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.01% 6.59% 6.79%
Number of salaries quoted 860 512 1,087
10th Percentile £37,500 £46,325 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £59,400 £59,526
% change year-on-year -3.20% -0.21% -8.42%

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 16,781 12,244 21,380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.22% 96.05% 91.28%
Number of salaries quoted 11,101 7,440 16,102
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% -6.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £123,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +28 251 £70,000 +3.70% 106
West London +22 198 £39,000 -42.49% 24
South London +53 174 £50,000 -23.08% 13
East London +29 108 £96,250 +10.00% 26
North London +12 43 £60,000 -7.69% 5
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 20 (1.19%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.24%) CMS
4 3 (0.18%) Apache
4 3 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.12%) SAS
6 1 (0.060%) Confluence
6 1 (0.060%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.83%) Maya
3 11 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.48%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.060%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.30%) 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%) 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
Cloud Services
1 393 (23.41%) Cloud Computing
2 330 (19.65%) Azure
3 189 (11.26%) AWS
4 110 (6.55%) Microsoft 365
5 88 (5.24%) Entra ID
6 66 (3.93%) SaaS
7 52 (3.10%) GCP
8 27 (1.61%) GitHub
9 26 (1.55%) Nutanix
10 24 (1.43%) AWS CloudFormation
10 24 (1.43%) Microsoft Purview
11 23 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
12 21 (1.25%) Power Platform
13 20 (1.19%) Google Workspace
14 16 (0.95%) Mimecast
15 8 (0.48%) Serverless
16 6 (0.36%) Amazon GuardDuty
16 6 (0.36%) OCI
17 5 (0.30%) Datadog
17 5 (0.30%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 398 (23.70%) Internet
2 109 (6.49%) Firewall
3 77 (4.59%) Network Security
4 30 (1.79%) VPN
5 26 (1.55%) CHAP
6 23 (1.37%) Broadband
7 22 (1.31%) WAN
8 19 (1.13%) Intrusion Detection
9 15 (0.89%) DNS
10 14 (0.83%) SD-WAN
10 14 (0.83%) TCP/IP
10 14 (0.83%) Wireless
11 12 (0.71%) LAN
12 10 (0.60%) VLAN
12 10 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
13 9 (0.54%) Kerberos
14 8 (0.48%) DHCP
14 8 (0.48%) Unified Communications
15 7 (0.42%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (1.25%) Power BI
2 19 (1.13%) Big Data
2 19 (1.13%) Tableau
3 11 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.18%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.18%) Metadata
7 3 (0.18%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.18%) Neo4j
7 3 (0.18%) SQL Server
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%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.060%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (1.55%) Git
2 22 (1.31%) GitLab
3 9 (0.54%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 4 (0.24%) MLflow
5 3 (0.18%) JIRA
6 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.060%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.060%) JMeter
7 1 (0.060%) Locust
General
1 755 (44.97%) Social Skills
2 497 (29.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 483 (28.77%) Banking
4 277 (16.50%) Finance
5 170 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
6 88 (5.24%) Retail
7 77 (4.59%) Legal
8 66 (3.93%) Law
9 45 (2.68%) Marketing
10 42 (2.50%) Public Sector
11 41 (2.44%) Multimedia
12 38 (2.26%) Local Government
13 36 (2.14%) Aviation
14 33 (1.97%) Financial Institution
14 33 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
15 30 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
16 25 (1.49%) Telecoms
17 24 (1.43%) Games
18 22 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
19 11 (0.66%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 317 (18.88%) Lecturer
2 158 (9.41%) Senior
3 126 (7.50%) Analyst
4 113 (6.73%) Consultant
5 108 (6.43%) Architect
6 104 (6.19%) Security Analyst
7 98 (5.84%) Security Engineer
8 91 (5.42%) Lead
9 81 (4.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 72 (4.29%) Security Manager
11 59 (3.51%) Security Architect
12 58 (3.45%) Account Manager
13 53 (3.16%) Developer
14 51 (3.04%) Trainee
15 47 (2.80%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 45 (2.68%) IT Manager
17 41 (2.44%) Security Consultant
18 38 (2.26%) Senior Consultant
19 33 (1.97%) Security Specialist
20 32 (1.91%) Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (2.26%) REST
2 34 (2.03%) OAuth
3 33 (1.97%) SAML
4 32 (1.91%) CSS
4 32 (1.91%) OpenID
5 29 (1.73%) HTML
6 28 (1.67%) LDAP
7 24 (1.43%) SOAP
8 18 (1.07%) GraphQL
9 17 (1.01%) React
10 14 (0.83%) SailPoint
11 13 (0.77%) FastAPI
12 12 (0.71%) RESTful
13 6 (0.36%) Kafka
13 6 (0.36%) LangChain
13 6 (0.36%) Node.js
13 6 (0.36%) PySpark
13 6 (0.36%) PyTorch
13 6 (0.36%) TensorFlow
13 6 (0.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 387 (23.05%) IoT
2 135 (8.04%) Security Posture
3 90 (5.36%) Management Information System
4 71 (4.23%) Cyber Threat
5 58 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
6 44 (2.62%) Cloud Native
6 44 (2.62%) Cyberattack
7 41 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
8 35 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
9 32 (1.91%) Data Centre
10 28 (1.67%) Blockchain
10 28 (1.67%) Operational Technology
11 25 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
12 22 (1.31%) Onboarding
12 22 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
13 19 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
14 17 (1.01%) Blog
14 17 (1.01%) Cloud Security Posture
15 14 (0.83%) Mobile App
16 13 (0.77%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 106 (6.31%) Windows
2 75 (4.47%) Linux
3 44 (2.62%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.25%) Mac OS
5 14 (0.83%) Android
6 13 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (0.66%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.54%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.36%) CentOS
9 6 (0.36%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.36%) Unix
10 2 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 470 (27.99%) AI
2 408 (24.30%) Machine Learning
3 385 (22.93%) Web Development
4 383 (22.81%) User Experience
5 247 (14.71%) Information Security
6 223 (13.28%) Incident Response
7 215 (12.81%) Risk Management
8 209 (12.45%) Mentoring
9 164 (9.77%) Cloud Security
10 162 (9.65%) Problem-Solving
11 149 (8.87%) Agile
12 127 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
13 120 (7.15%) Vulnerability Management
14 118 (7.03%) Roadmaps
15 113 (6.73%) Project Management
16 108 (6.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 107 (6.37%) Security Operations
18 102 (6.08%) SIEM
19 90 (5.36%) Computer Science
20 87 (5.18%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 169 (10.07%) Python
2 127 (7.56%) PowerShell
3 53 (3.16%) SQL
4 44 (2.62%) JavaScript
5 34 (2.03%) Bash
6 24 (1.43%) C++
7 19 (1.13%) Java
8 18 (1.07%) R
8 18 (1.07%) T-SQL
9 11 (0.66%) TypeScript
10 9 (0.54%) Go
11 4 (0.24%) C
11 4 (0.24%) C#
12 3 (0.18%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.18%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.12%) Bicep
13 2 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.12%) Perl
14 1 (0.060%) Rust
Qualifications
1 569 (33.89%) Degree
2 420 (25.01%) Master's Degree
3 371 (22.10%) PhD
4 370 (22.04%) Postgraduate
5 244 (14.53%) CISSP
6 150 (8.93%) CISM
7 89 (5.30%) CISA
8 80 (4.76%) Security Cleared
9 71 (4.23%) Azure Certification
10 66 (3.93%) CompTIA Security+
11 65 (3.87%) CEH
12 53 (3.16%) SC Cleared
13 50 (2.98%) Microsoft Certification
14 47 (2.80%) CRISC
15 46 (2.74%) CompTIA CySA+
16 43 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
16 43 (2.56%) SANS
17 38 (2.26%) GIAC
18 36 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
19 35 (2.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 276 (16.44%) NIST
2 226 (13.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 132 (7.86%) GDPR
4 72 (4.29%) GRC
5 69 (4.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 66 (3.93%) QA
7 59 (3.51%) PCI DSS
8 45 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 38 (2.26%) COBIT
9 38 (2.26%) NCSC
10 37 (2.20%) NIST 800
11 17 (1.01%) Accessibility
12 14 (0.83%) ISO 22301
12 14 (0.83%) SOC 2
13 13 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 10 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (0.48%) HIPAA
15 8 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 7 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 7 (0.42%) JSP 440
System Software
1 88 (5.24%) Active Directory
2 31 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (1.19%) Docker
4 13 (0.77%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.60%) IAG
6 6 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.36%) vSphere
7 3 (0.18%) Firmware
7 3 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.12%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.060%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 43 (2.56%) Terraform
2 33 (1.97%) Kubernetes
3 29 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
5 16 (0.95%) Ansible
6 11 (0.66%) SCCM
7 9 (0.54%) CASB
7 9 (0.54%) 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
10 4 (0.24%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
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
1 262 (15.60%) Microsoft
2 47 (2.80%) VMware
3 40 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
4 36 (2.14%) ForeScout
5 33 (1.97%) Palo Alto
6 30 (1.79%) Splunk
7 27 (1.61%) CyberArk
7 27 (1.61%) Salesforce
8 25 (1.49%) Cisco
8 25 (1.49%) Google
9 23 (1.37%) Dell
10 21 (1.25%) Fortinet
11 15 (0.89%) Commvault
12 13 (0.77%) Oracle
13 11 (0.66%) SAP
14 10 (0.60%) Okta
15 9 (0.54%) Sophos
15 9 (0.54%) Zscaler
16 8 (0.48%) Computacenter
16 8 (0.48%) Red Hat