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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 43 39
Rank change year-on-year +15 -4 +16
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,376 761 1,355
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.29% 6.23% 5.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.68% 6.53% 6.26%
Number of salaries quoted 900 462 960
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,670 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £121,125 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -8.59%

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 17,921 11,657 21,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.96% 95.43% 89.31%
Number of salaries quoted 12,252 7,102 15,835
10th Percentile £40,625 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £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 £123,725 £117,500
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 29 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 29 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 +39 227 £70,000 -6.67% 55
West London +12 85 £40,000 -55.56% 46
South London +27 34 £50,000 -31.03% 10
East London +16 34 £87,500 - 21
North London +17 21 £60,000 - 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 33 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.29%) Apache
4 3 (0.22%) CMS
4 3 (0.22%) Confluence
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.15%) SAS
6 1 (0.073%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.073%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.073%) Maya
6 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.22%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 2 (0.15%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.15%) Shopify
4 1 (0.073%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.073%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.073%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 308 (22.38%) Azure
2 164 (11.92%) AWS
3 123 (8.94%) Microsoft 365
4 109 (7.92%) Entra ID
5 80 (5.81%) SaaS
6 63 (4.58%) GCP
7 28 (2.03%) Azure Sentinel
8 25 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
9 21 (1.53%) Power Platform
10 19 (1.38%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (1.38%) Google Workspace
11 17 (1.24%) Mimecast
12 16 (1.16%) Nutanix
13 13 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (0.80%) GitHub
14 11 (0.80%) Serverless
15 9 (0.65%) Amazon GuardDuty
16 7 (0.51%) Azure Logic Apps
17 6 (0.44%) AWS KMS
17 6 (0.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 115 (8.36%) Firewall
2 88 (6.40%) Network Security
3 32 (2.33%) VPN
4 27 (1.96%) Broadband
5 26 (1.89%) Internet
6 21 (1.53%) DNS
6 21 (1.53%) WAN
7 18 (1.31%) Intrusion Detection
7 18 (1.31%) TCP/IP
8 17 (1.24%) LAN
8 17 (1.24%) Wireless
9 16 (1.16%) CHAP
10 15 (1.09%) Kerberos
11 12 (0.87%) Cisco ISE
11 12 (0.87%) DHCP
11 12 (0.87%) VLAN
12 8 (0.58%) SD-WAN
12 8 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.44%) SAN
13 6 (0.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (1.31%) Power BI
2 10 (0.73%) Tableau
3 9 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (0.44%) MongoDB
4 6 (0.44%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.36%) Big Data
5 5 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.15%) ClickHouse
7 2 (0.15%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.15%) MySQL
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.073%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.073%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.073%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.073%) Flink
8 1 (0.073%) Metadata
8 1 (0.073%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.073%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (1.60%) GitLab
2 11 (0.80%) Git
3 10 (0.73%) JIRA
4 8 (0.58%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (0.29%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.15%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.15%) JMeter
6 2 (0.15%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.073%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.073%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.073%) Locust
7 1 (0.073%) MLflow
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle APEX
General
1 400 (29.07%) Social Skills
2 256 (18.60%) Finance
3 171 (12.43%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (9.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 97 (7.05%) Banking
6 83 (6.03%) Retail
7 77 (5.60%) Legal
8 63 (4.58%) Law
9 47 (3.42%) Public Sector
10 41 (2.98%) Marketing
11 39 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
12 35 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
12 35 (2.54%) Local Government
13 34 (2.47%) Aviation
14 24 (1.74%) Telecoms
15 23 (1.67%) Financial Institution
16 15 (1.09%) Advertising
16 15 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
17 13 (0.94%) Back Office
18 12 (0.87%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 163 (11.85%) Senior
2 142 (10.32%) Analyst
3 131 (9.52%) Consultant
4 120 (8.72%) Security Analyst
5 117 (8.50%) Architect
6 116 (8.43%) Lead
7 98 (7.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 96 (6.98%) Security Engineer
9 74 (5.38%) Security Manager
10 70 (5.09%) Security Architect
11 53 (3.85%) Security Consultant
12 47 (3.42%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 45 (3.27%) IT Manager
14 42 (3.05%) Developer
15 40 (2.91%) Security Specialist
16 39 (2.83%) Account Manager
17 33 (2.40%) Sales Representative
17 33 (2.40%) Senior Analyst
18 32 (2.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
18 32 (2.33%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.91%) OpenID
1 40 (2.91%) REST
1 40 (2.91%) SAML
2 37 (2.69%) OAuth
3 33 (2.40%) LDAP
4 22 (1.60%) SOAP
5 16 (1.16%) GraphQL
6 15 (1.09%) SailPoint
7 14 (1.02%) FastAPI
8 10 (0.73%) React
8 10 (0.73%) RESTful
9 9 (0.65%) Kafka
10 8 (0.58%) CSS
10 8 (0.58%) HTML
11 7 (0.51%) .NET
12 6 (0.44%) LangChain
12 6 (0.44%) Web Services
13 5 (0.36%) Apache NiFi
13 5 (0.36%) PyTorch
13 5 (0.36%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 145 (10.54%) Security Posture
2 94 (6.83%) Management Information System
3 77 (5.60%) Cyber Threat
4 57 (4.14%) Cloud Native
4 57 (4.14%) Cyber Defence
5 46 (3.34%) Cyberattack
6 43 (3.13%) Operational Technology
7 39 (2.83%) Security Operations Centre
8 38 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
9 36 (2.62%) Onboarding
10 21 (1.53%) Data Centre
11 19 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
12 18 (1.31%) Cloud Security Posture
13 16 (1.16%) Blog
14 15 (1.09%) AI Agents
14 15 (1.09%) Blockchain
14 15 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
15 14 (1.02%) PKI
16 13 (0.94%) Product Ownership
16 13 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 110 (7.99%) Windows
2 71 (5.16%) Linux
3 52 (3.78%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.53%) Mac OS
5 16 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.73%) Android
7 9 (0.65%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.51%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.44%) CentOS
9 6 (0.44%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.44%) Unix
10 2 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.073%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (19.19%) Information Security
2 253 (18.39%) Incident Response
3 223 (16.21%) Risk Management
4 187 (13.59%) Cloud Security
5 182 (13.23%) Mentoring
6 176 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
7 166 (12.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 153 (11.12%) Vulnerability Management
9 148 (10.76%) Agile
10 143 (10.39%) Security Operations
11 135 (9.81%) SIEM
12 121 (8.79%) Roadmaps
13 116 (8.43%) AI
14 111 (8.07%) Identity Access Management
15 109 (7.92%) Decision-Making
16 106 (7.70%) Stakeholder Management
17 103 (7.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 101 (7.34%) Project Management
19 99 (7.19%) Threat Intelligence
20 98 (7.12%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 148 (10.76%) Python
2 123 (8.94%) PowerShell
3 45 (3.27%) SQL
4 29 (2.11%) Bash
5 25 (1.82%) JavaScript
6 22 (1.60%) Java
7 20 (1.45%) C++
8 16 (1.16%) T-SQL
9 13 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (0.65%) Go
11 8 (0.58%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.29%) C#
12 4 (0.29%) R
13 2 (0.15%) Bicep
13 2 (0.15%) C
13 2 (0.15%) Rust
13 2 (0.15%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.073%) Perl
14 1 (0.073%) Scala
Qualifications
1 248 (18.02%) CISSP
2 193 (14.03%) Degree
3 155 (11.26%) CISM
4 116 (8.43%) Security Cleared
5 78 (5.67%) CISA
6 77 (5.60%) SC Cleared
7 63 (4.58%) CompTIA Security+
8 55 (4.00%) CRISC
9 54 (3.92%) CEH
9 54 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
10 50 (3.63%) Azure Certification
10 50 (3.63%) GIAC
11 44 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
11 44 (3.20%) Master's Degree
12 43 (3.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 39 (2.83%) CompTIA CySA+
14 36 (2.62%) SANS
15 35 (2.54%) CCSP
15 35 (2.54%) DV Cleared
16 33 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 290 (21.08%) NIST
2 249 (18.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 151 (10.97%) GDPR
4 81 (5.89%) Cyber Essentials
5 80 (5.81%) GRC
6 69 (5.01%) QA
7 67 (4.87%) PCI DSS
8 45 (3.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 36 (2.62%) NIST 800
10 33 (2.40%) COBIT
11 32 (2.33%) NCSC
12 28 (2.03%) SOC 2
13 20 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 19 (1.38%) Accessibility
15 13 (0.94%) SLA
16 10 (0.73%) HIPAA
16 10 (0.73%) ISO 22301
17 8 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 8 (0.58%) SOC 1
18 7 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 108 (7.85%) Active Directory
2 36 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.24%) Docker
3 17 (1.24%) Hyper-V
4 14 (1.02%) IAG
5 5 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.29%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 4 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.29%) vSphere
7 2 (0.15%) Firmware
7 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 44 (3.20%) Terraform
2 37 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 33 (2.40%) Kubernetes
4 24 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (0.94%) Ansible
6 10 (0.73%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 10 (0.73%) SCCM
7 8 (0.58%) VxRail
8 7 (0.51%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.36%) Grafana
10 4 (0.29%) Argo
10 4 (0.29%) CASB
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
11 3 (0.22%) Nessus
11 3 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.15%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.15%) Nmap
Vendors
1 278 (20.20%) Microsoft
2 48 (3.49%) VMware
3 43 (3.13%) Splunk
4 39 (2.83%) CrowdStrike
5 36 (2.62%) Salesforce
6 33 (2.40%) Palo Alto
7 31 (2.25%) ForeScout
8 30 (2.18%) Cisco
9 28 (2.03%) Google
10 26 (1.89%) CyberArk
11 19 (1.38%) Dell
11 19 (1.38%) Fortinet
12 15 (1.09%) Qualys
12 15 (1.09%) ServiceNow
13 14 (1.02%) Tenable
14 12 (0.87%) CheckPoint
14 12 (0.87%) Okta
14 12 (0.87%) Rapid7
14 12 (0.87%) Zscaler
15 11 (0.80%) Sophos