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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 36 37
Rank change year-on-year +19 +1 +17
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,421 967 1,227
As % of all permanent jobs in London 9.18% 6.44% 5.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.63% 6.76% 6.27%
Number of salaries quoted 639 532 1,043
10th Percentile £30,000 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £46,000 £61,250 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £94,063 £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 13,371 14,315 19,567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 86.43% 95.41% 91.82%
Number of salaries quoted 8,632 7,813 15,771
10th Percentile £37,375 £43,250 £39,085
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,001 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 15 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 15 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 +2 191 £70,000 +7.69% 55
South London +48 178 £50,000 -23.08% 9
West London +29 168 £47,000 -18.50% 29
East London +22 102 £105,000 +84.21% 27
North London +19 31 £70,000 +7.69% 13
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 (1.83%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.34%) 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 (0.070%) Apache
6 1 (0.070%) nginx
Applications
1 49 (3.45%) Maya
2 25 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.20%) 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 (0.070%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.070%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.070%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 18 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.77%) SAP IBP
4 7 (0.49%) SAP FS
5 6 (0.42%) Exchequer
5 6 (0.42%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.42%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (0.42%) SAP FSCM
5 6 (0.42%) SAP IS-U
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%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.14%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.070%) Fidessa
9 1 (0.070%) Pegasus Opera
9 1 (0.070%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 413 (29.06%) Cloud Computing
2 314 (22.10%) Azure
3 201 (14.14%) AWS
4 99 (6.97%) Microsoft 365
5 73 (5.14%) Entra ID
6 54 (3.80%) GCP
7 36 (2.53%) Power Platform
8 33 (2.32%) GitHub
9 29 (2.04%) SaaS
10 26 (1.83%) Nutanix
11 23 (1.62%) Azure Sentinel
12 22 (1.55%) Google Workspace
12 22 (1.55%) PaaS
13 18 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
14 17 (1.20%) AWS CloudFormation
15 16 (1.13%) IaaS
16 15 (1.06%) Serverless
17 13 (0.91%) OCI
18 12 (0.84%) Boomi
18 12 (0.84%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 408 (28.71%) Internet
2 95 (6.69%) Firewall
3 46 (3.24%) Network Security
4 33 (2.32%) VPN
5 32 (2.25%) WAN
6 22 (1.55%) Broadband
7 20 (1.41%) DNS
8 19 (1.34%) LAN
9 18 (1.27%) CHAP
9 18 (1.27%) Intrusion Detection
10 17 (1.20%) DHCP
10 17 (1.20%) TCP/IP
11 15 (1.06%) SD-WAN
12 14 (0.99%) Wireless
13 12 (0.84%) VoIP
14 11 (0.77%) VLAN
15 7 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
16 6 (0.42%) SAN
17 5 (0.35%) Unified Communications
17 5 (0.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.46%) Power BI
2 34 (2.39%) Tableau
3 29 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.27%) Big Data
5 15 (1.06%) SQL Server
6 13 (0.91%) SAP BW
7 12 (0.84%) Data Lake
7 12 (0.84%) Metadata
8 11 (0.77%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.63%) Oracle Database
10 8 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (0.42%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.35%) Neo4j
13 4 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
14 3 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
15 2 (0.14%) Apache Hive
15 2 (0.14%) Hadoop
15 2 (0.14%) Impala
15 2 (0.14%) MongoDB
15 2 (0.14%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 35 (2.46%) Git
2 14 (0.99%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.77%) GitLab
4 5 (0.35%) JIRA
5 4 (0.28%) MLflow
6 1 (0.070%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.070%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.070%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.070%) JMeter
6 1 (0.070%) Locust
General
1 716 (50.39%) Social Skills
2 511 (35.96%) Banking
3 453 (31.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 336 (23.65%) Finance
5 181 (12.74%) Analytical Skills
6 110 (7.74%) Law
7 98 (6.90%) Legal
8 75 (5.28%) Retail
9 70 (4.93%) Games
10 54 (3.80%) Marketing
11 50 (3.52%) Multimedia
12 48 (3.38%) Public Sector
13 44 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
14 40 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
15 33 (2.32%) Financial Institution
16 30 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
17 24 (1.69%) Local Government
18 22 (1.55%) Dutch Language
18 22 (1.55%) French Language
19 21 (1.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 326 (22.94%) Lecturer
2 171 (12.03%) Senior
3 107 (7.53%) Architect
4 96 (6.76%) Analyst
5 93 (6.54%) Consultant
6 87 (6.12%) Lead
7 71 (5.00%) Security Analyst
8 61 (4.29%) Security Engineer
9 50 (3.52%) Trainee
10 46 (3.24%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 46 (3.24%) IT Manager
11 45 (3.17%) Security Architect
11 45 (3.17%) Security Manager
12 44 (3.10%) Developer
13 43 (3.03%) Senior Consultant
14 38 (2.67%) Account Manager
15 33 (2.32%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 33 (2.32%) IT Architect
16 32 (2.25%) Security Specialist
17 30 (2.11%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.10%) CSS
2 40 (2.81%) HTML
3 31 (2.18%) REST
4 23 (1.62%) OAuth
5 22 (1.55%) SAML
6 21 (1.48%) LDAP
6 21 (1.48%) OpenID
7 19 (1.34%) React
8 18 (1.27%) GraphQL
8 18 (1.27%) SOAP
9 9 (0.63%) AngularJS
10 8 (0.56%) PyTorch
10 8 (0.56%) RESTful
10 8 (0.56%) TensorFlow
11 7 (0.49%) Middleware
11 7 (0.49%) SailPoint
12 6 (0.42%) jQuery
12 6 (0.42%) Pandas
12 6 (0.42%) PySpark
12 6 (0.42%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 397 (27.94%) IoT
2 93 (6.54%) Enterprise Software
3 88 (6.19%) Security Posture
4 74 (5.21%) Management Information System
5 66 (4.64%) Cyber Threat
6 46 (3.24%) Cloud Native
7 36 (2.53%) Cyberattack
7 36 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
8 34 (2.39%) Blockchain
8 34 (2.39%) Data Centre
9 29 (2.04%) Cyber Defence
10 26 (1.83%) Security Operations Centre
11 22 (1.55%) Onboarding
12 21 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
14 18 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
15 16 (1.13%) CCTV
16 14 (0.99%) Mobile App
16 14 (0.99%) Public Cloud
17 13 (0.91%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 98 (6.90%) Windows
2 63 (4.43%) Linux
3 34 (2.39%) Windows Server
4 26 (1.83%) Mac OS
5 22 (1.55%) Android
6 14 (0.99%) Unix
7 11 (0.77%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.42%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.21%) VMS
10 1 (0.070%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.070%) Solaris
10 1 (0.070%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 499 (35.12%) AI
2 416 (29.28%) Machine Learning
3 392 (27.59%) Web Development
4 389 (27.38%) User Experience
5 220 (15.48%) Risk Management
6 200 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
7 190 (13.37%) Incident Response
8 178 (12.53%) Information Security
9 174 (12.24%) Mentoring
10 139 (9.78%) Agile
11 130 (9.15%) Roadmaps
12 129 (9.08%) Continuous Improvement
13 120 (8.44%) Analytics
14 110 (7.74%) Cloud Security
15 105 (7.39%) Project Management
16 94 (6.62%) SIEM
17 91 (6.40%) Computer Science
17 91 (6.40%) Vulnerability Management
18 90 (6.33%) Business Strategy
19 86 (6.05%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 133 (9.36%) Python
2 97 (6.83%) PowerShell
3 57 (4.01%) JavaScript
4 52 (3.66%) SQL
5 26 (1.83%) Bash
6 25 (1.76%) R
7 22 (1.55%) C++
8 18 (1.27%) T-SQL
9 15 (1.06%) Java
10 11 (0.77%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.56%) Go
12 5 (0.35%) C
12 5 (0.35%) C#
13 4 (0.28%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.21%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.14%) Bicep
15 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.14%) Perl
16 1 (0.070%) Rust
16 1 (0.070%) Scala
Qualifications
1 593 (41.73%) Degree
2 408 (28.71%) Master's Degree
3 378 (26.60%) PhD
4 374 (26.32%) Postgraduate
5 204 (14.36%) CISSP
6 139 (9.78%) CISM
7 96 (6.76%) CISA
8 65 (4.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 56 (3.94%) Azure Certification
10 47 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
11 46 (3.24%) CRISC
12 45 (3.17%) CEH
13 44 (3.10%) AWS Certification
14 41 (2.89%) Security Cleared
15 37 (2.60%) CompTIA Security+
16 33 (2.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 29 (2.04%) SANS
18 26 (1.83%) SC Cleared
19 25 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
19 25 (1.76%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 214 (15.06%) NIST
2 201 (14.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 125 (8.80%) GDPR
4 61 (4.29%) GRC
5 59 (4.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 41 (2.89%) PCI DSS
7 40 (2.81%) QA
8 36 (2.53%) NCSC
9 35 (2.46%) COBIT
9 35 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 27 (1.90%) NIST 800
11 14 (0.99%) Data Quality
12 13 (0.91%) ISO 22301
13 12 (0.84%) Accessibility
13 12 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.70%) SLA
14 10 (0.70%) SOC 2
15 8 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 19770
15 8 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (0.49%) IFRS
System Software
1 76 (5.35%) Active Directory
2 27 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (1.55%) Docker
4 12 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.28%) vSphere
8 3 (0.21%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.21%) Firmware
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.070%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 38 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (2.32%) Terraform
3 26 (1.83%) Kubernetes
4 21 (1.48%) Ansible
5 15 (1.06%) SCCM
6 14 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.84%) CASB
7 12 (0.84%) RSA Archer
8 9 (0.63%) 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%) Nessus
10 4 (0.28%) VxRail
11 3 (0.21%) Grafana
11 3 (0.21%) Nagios
11 3 (0.21%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.14%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 2 (0.14%) QRadar
Vendors
1 247 (17.38%) Microsoft
2 47 (3.31%) Oracle
3 42 (2.96%) VMware
4 37 (2.60%) SAP
5 30 (2.11%) CrowdStrike
6 27 (1.90%) Palo Alto
7 26 (1.83%) Salesforce
8 24 (1.69%) Fortinet
9 23 (1.62%) Google
10 19 (1.34%) Dell
10 19 (1.34%) ServiceNow
11 16 (1.13%) Commvault
12 15 (1.06%) Adobe
12 15 (1.06%) Cisco
12 15 (1.06%) MuleSoft
13 14 (0.99%) CyberArk
14 13 (0.91%) Splunk
15 12 (0.84%) ForeScout
16 10 (0.70%) Duck Creek
16 10 (0.70%) Xero