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 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 41 53
Rank change year-on-year +16 +12 +15
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,102 1,041 939
As % of all permanent jobs in London 8.51% 5.91% 4.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.27% 6.50% 5.30%
Number of salaries quoted 522 560 791
10th Percentile £31,025 £48,389 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,375 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.69% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £92,500 £90,313 £92,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -3.85%

All Process and 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 11,882 16,011 17,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.70% 90.85% 93.59%
Number of salaries quoted 7,508 9,451 14,406
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £116,875
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 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 -5 129 £75,000 +15.38% 262
West London +26 117 £48,100 -41.70% 61
South London +35 112 £47,500 -34.48% 26
East London +13 69 £105,000 +84.21% 36
North London +10 18 £32,500 -50.00% 15
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 26 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.73%) CMS
4 6 (0.54%) Confluence
5 5 (0.45%) Apache
6 4 (0.36%) nginx
7 3 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
7 3 (0.27%) Traefik
8 2 (0.18%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.091%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 50 (4.54%) Maya
2 25 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.64%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.27%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.27%) CINEMA 4D
6 3 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.27%) Sketch
6 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.091%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.091%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 22 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.72%) SAP IBP
3 16 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (1.18%) SAP CO
4 13 (1.18%) SAP FI
4 13 (1.18%) SAP FI/CO
4 13 (1.18%) SAP FSCM
5 11 (1.00%) SAP IS-U
6 8 (0.73%) SAP FS
7 6 (0.54%) Exchequer
8 3 (0.27%) Endur
8 3 (0.27%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.27%) Yoast SEO
9 2 (0.18%) SAP CX
10 1 (0.091%) Fidessa
10 1 (0.091%) Pegasus Opera
10 1 (0.091%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 287 (26.04%) Cloud Computing
2 240 (21.78%) Azure
3 173 (15.70%) AWS
4 90 (8.17%) Microsoft 365
5 52 (4.72%) GCP
6 48 (4.36%) Power Platform
7 40 (3.63%) Entra ID
8 36 (3.27%) SaaS
9 34 (3.09%) PaaS
10 26 (2.36%) Serverless
11 25 (2.27%) IaaS
12 24 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (2.18%) GitHub
13 17 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
14 13 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
15 12 (1.09%) Boomi
15 12 (1.09%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
16 11 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
17 10 (0.91%) Nutanix
17 10 (0.91%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 275 (24.95%) Internet
2 96 (8.71%) Firewall
3 44 (3.99%) VPN
4 33 (2.99%) Network Security
4 33 (2.99%) WAN
5 27 (2.45%) Intrusion Detection
6 26 (2.36%) LAN
7 24 (2.18%) DNS
8 23 (2.09%) DHCP
8 23 (2.09%) TCP/IP
9 16 (1.45%) VoIP
10 14 (1.27%) VLAN
11 11 (1.00%) Wireshark
12 8 (0.73%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.54%) CHAP
13 6 (0.54%) Modbus
13 6 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.54%) Wireless
14 5 (0.45%) IP Telephony
15 4 (0.36%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (3.63%) Power BI
2 32 (2.90%) Tableau
3 27 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (2.45%) SQL Server
4 20 (1.81%) SAP BW
5 15 (1.36%) Relational Database
6 12 (1.09%) Data Lake
7 11 (1.00%) Metadata
8 10 (0.91%) Big Data
9 9 (0.82%) Oracle Database
10 8 (0.73%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
12 6 (0.54%) Amazon Aurora
12 6 (0.54%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.54%) MySQL
13 4 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
14 3 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.27%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 30 (2.72%) Git
2 14 (1.27%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.09%) JIRA
4 7 (0.64%) GitLab
5 4 (0.36%) IntelliJ
6 3 (0.27%) git-flow
6 3 (0.27%) Spinnaker
7 2 (0.18%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.091%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.091%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.091%) JMeter
8 1 (0.091%) JUnit
8 1 (0.091%) Locust
8 1 (0.091%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.091%) SonarQube
General
1 612 (55.54%) Social Skills
2 389 (35.30%) Banking
3 374 (33.94%) Finance
4 325 (29.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 205 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
6 136 (12.34%) Law
7 84 (7.62%) Legal
8 80 (7.26%) Marketing
9 71 (6.44%) Games
10 48 (4.36%) Retail
11 43 (3.90%) Public Sector
11 43 (3.90%) Telecoms
12 42 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
13 38 (3.45%) Manufacturing
14 36 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
15 28 (2.54%) Financial Institution
15 28 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
16 26 (2.36%) Dutch Language
16 26 (2.36%) French Language
17 24 (2.18%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 220 (19.96%) Lecturer
2 125 (11.34%) Senior
3 103 (9.35%) Lead
4 101 (9.17%) Analyst
5 80 (7.26%) Architect
6 63 (5.72%) IT Manager
7 59 (5.35%) Consultant
8 58 (5.26%) Security Analyst
9 50 (4.54%) Security Engineer
10 40 (3.63%) IT Support
11 38 (3.45%) IT Architect
12 32 (2.90%) Senior Consultant
13 29 (2.63%) Senior Architect
14 26 (2.36%) Operations Manager
15 24 (2.18%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 24 (2.18%) Trainee
16 23 (2.09%) Developer
16 23 (2.09%) Software Engineer
17 22 (2.00%) Security Specialist
17 22 (2.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.45%) CSS
1 27 (2.45%) HTML
1 27 (2.45%) React
2 23 (2.09%) REST
3 16 (1.45%) YAML
4 14 (1.27%) AngularJS
4 14 (1.27%) RESTful
4 14 (1.27%) Vue
5 11 (1.00%) Kafka
6 9 (0.82%) Middleware
7 7 (0.64%) .NET
7 7 (0.64%) Pandas
7 7 (0.64%) PyTorch
7 7 (0.64%) TensorFlow
8 6 (0.54%) jQuery
9 5 (0.45%) EDI
9 5 (0.45%) OAuth
10 4 (0.36%) GraphQL
10 4 (0.36%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.36%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 268 (24.32%) IoT
2 97 (8.80%) Enterprise Software
3 85 (7.71%) Management Information System
4 66 (5.99%) Security Posture
5 49 (4.45%) Cyber Threat
6 41 (3.72%) Cloud Native
7 33 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
8 32 (2.90%) Onboarding
9 29 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
10 22 (2.00%) Virtual Team
11 21 (1.91%) Data Centre
12 20 (1.81%) CCTV
13 19 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
14 18 (1.63%) Blockchain
14 18 (1.63%) Cyberattack
14 18 (1.63%) Product Ownership
14 18 (1.63%) Security Operations Centre
15 14 (1.27%) Public Cloud
15 14 (1.27%) Taxonomies
16 13 (1.18%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 96 (8.71%) Windows
2 60 (5.44%) Linux
3 25 (2.27%) Mac OS
3 25 (2.27%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.63%) Android
5 16 (1.45%) Unix
6 15 (1.36%) Windows 10
7 11 (1.00%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.54%) VMS
10 5 (0.45%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.18%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.091%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.091%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 375 (34.03%) AI
2 312 (28.31%) Machine Learning
3 279 (25.32%) User Experience
4 267 (24.23%) Web Development
5 239 (21.69%) Problem-Solving
6 209 (18.97%) Risk Management
7 172 (15.61%) Incident Response
8 151 (13.70%) Information Security
9 138 (12.52%) Agile
10 135 (12.25%) Analytics
11 125 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
12 119 (10.80%) Project Management
13 115 (10.44%) Mentoring
14 109 (9.89%) Roadmaps
15 98 (8.89%) DevOps
16 97 (8.80%) SIEM
17 94 (8.53%) Computer Science
18 90 (8.17%) Business Strategy
19 87 (7.89%) Vulnerability Management
20 85 (7.71%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 103 (9.35%) Python
2 67 (6.08%) PowerShell
3 46 (4.17%) SQL
4 40 (3.63%) JavaScript
5 26 (2.36%) Java
6 19 (1.72%) Bash
7 16 (1.45%) R
8 8 (0.73%) C#
9 7 (0.64%) Kotlin
9 7 (0.64%) Scala
10 6 (0.54%) Go
11 5 (0.45%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.45%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.27%) C++
12 3 (0.27%) Perl
13 2 (0.18%) Bicep
13 2 (0.18%) C
13 2 (0.18%) VBScript
14 1 (0.091%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.091%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 507 (46.01%) Degree
2 296 (26.86%) Master's Degree
3 262 (23.77%) PhD
4 257 (23.32%) Postgraduate
5 184 (16.70%) CISSP
6 122 (11.07%) CISM
7 80 (7.26%) CISA
8 54 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 49 (4.45%) CRISC
10 44 (3.99%) PMI Certification
11 38 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
12 36 (3.27%) PMP
13 33 (2.99%) Azure Certification
14 32 (2.90%) CEH
15 30 (2.72%) AWS Certification
16 22 (2.00%) Security Cleared
17 19 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
18 18 (1.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
19 16 (1.45%) SC Cleared
20 14 (1.27%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (17.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 184 (16.70%) NIST
3 126 (11.43%) GDPR
4 74 (6.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 56 (5.08%) GRC
6 40 (3.63%) QA
7 38 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 31 (2.81%) PCI DSS
9 28 (2.54%) COBIT
9 28 (2.54%) SOC 2
10 23 (2.09%) NCSC
11 21 (1.91%) NIST 800
12 15 (1.36%) Data Quality
13 14 (1.27%) Accessibility
13 14 (1.27%) SLA
14 12 (1.09%) ITGC
14 12 (1.09%) SOC 1
15 9 (0.82%) PMO
16 8 (0.73%) IFRS
16 8 (0.73%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 48 (4.36%) Active Directory
2 26 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (2.27%) Docker
4 13 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.82%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.54%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.091%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.091%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (3.18%) Terraform
3 28 (2.54%) Kubernetes
4 23 (2.09%) Ansible
5 17 (1.54%) RSA Archer
6 10 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.82%) SCCM
8 8 (0.73%) Nessus
8 8 (0.73%) QRadar
9 7 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (0.54%) Autotask
10 6 (0.54%) CASB
10 6 (0.54%) Grafana
10 6 (0.54%) PaperCut
10 6 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 5 (0.45%) CSIRT
12 4 (0.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 4 (0.36%) Nagios
12 4 (0.36%) Prometheus
13 3 (0.27%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 239 (21.69%) Microsoft
2 62 (5.63%) SAP
3 48 (4.36%) Oracle
4 36 (3.27%) VMware
5 34 (3.09%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.81%) Palo Alto
7 29 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
8 24 (2.18%) Fortinet
8 24 (2.18%) ServiceNow
9 22 (2.00%) Splunk
10 19 (1.72%) Adobe
11 15 (1.36%) MuleSoft
12 13 (1.18%) Cisco
13 12 (1.09%) Dell
14 10 (0.91%) Duck Creek
14 10 (0.91%) Guidewire
14 10 (0.91%) Qualys
14 10 (0.91%) Sophos
14 10 (0.91%) Xero
15 9 (0.82%) CyberArk