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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 40 41
Rank change year-on-year +13 +1 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,472 802 1,061
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.15% 6.61% 5.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.53% 7.01% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,002 473 652
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £71,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% -4.05% +5.71%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £118,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.25%

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 19,540 11,444 17,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.65% 94.31% 89.14%
Number of salaries quoted 13,181 7,205 11,587
10th Percentile £40,800 £39,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £121,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -11.26%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 +27 186 £72,500 -3.33% 97
West London 0 87 £50,000 -45.95% 53
South London +15 34 £50,000 +8.70% 17
East London -4 25 £87,500 -2.78% 27
North London +8 13 £60,000 +9.09% 16
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 38 (2.58%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.48%) Confluence
4 6 (0.41%) SAS
5 5 (0.34%) Apache
6 3 (0.20%) HCL Notes
6 3 (0.20%) IIS
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.14%) CMS
8 1 (0.068%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.14%) SmartSuite
4 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.068%) Maya
5 1 (0.068%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.20%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
1 3 (0.20%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.14%) Eikon
2 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.14%) Shopify
3 1 (0.068%) Maximo
3 1 (0.068%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 295 (20.04%) Azure
2 192 (13.04%) AWS
3 140 (9.51%) Microsoft 365
4 117 (7.95%) Entra ID
5 97 (6.59%) SaaS
6 71 (4.82%) GCP
7 35 (2.38%) Microsoft Purview
8 26 (1.77%) Azure Sentinel
9 23 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
10 22 (1.49%) Mimecast
11 18 (1.22%) Power Platform
12 13 (0.88%) Azure Logic Apps
12 13 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
13 12 (0.82%) GitHub
14 11 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
14 11 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
15 10 (0.68%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 10 (0.68%) Nutanix
15 10 (0.68%) Serverless
15 10 (0.68%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 137 (9.31%) Firewall
2 94 (6.39%) Network Security
3 48 (3.26%) VPN
4 36 (2.45%) WAN
5 34 (2.31%) DNS
6 32 (2.17%) Internet
6 32 (2.17%) LAN
7 27 (1.83%) TCP/IP
8 21 (1.43%) VLAN
9 19 (1.29%) Kerberos
9 19 (1.29%) Wireless
10 18 (1.22%) DHCP
11 14 (0.95%) Cisco ISE
11 14 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
12 13 (0.88%) SD-WAN
13 12 (0.82%) Broadband
14 9 (0.61%) OSPF
14 9 (0.61%) Wireshark
15 8 (0.54%) CHAP
15 8 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (0.95%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.88%) Power BI
3 11 (0.75%) Big Data
4 8 (0.54%) MongoDB
5 6 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.41%) Tableau
6 5 (0.34%) Metadata
7 4 (0.27%) MySQL
8 3 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.20%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.14%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.14%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.14%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.14%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.068%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.068%) GIS
10 1 (0.068%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (1.15%) JIRA
2 16 (1.09%) GitLab
3 15 (1.02%) Git
4 12 (0.82%) Burp Suite
4 12 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.54%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.14%) git-flow
7 2 (0.14%) JMeter
7 2 (0.14%) Snyk
7 2 (0.14%) Xcode
7 2 (0.14%) XCTest
7 2 (0.14%) XCUITest
8 1 (0.068%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.068%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.068%) Locust
8 1 (0.068%) Vite
8 1 (0.068%) webpack
8 1 (0.068%) Yeoman
General
1 455 (30.91%) Social Skills
2 261 (17.73%) Finance
3 181 (12.30%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (10.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 94 (6.39%) Banking
6 81 (5.50%) Law
7 77 (5.23%) Legal
8 71 (4.82%) Retail
9 63 (4.28%) Public Sector
10 52 (3.53%) Marketing
11 51 (3.46%) Influencing Skills
12 40 (2.72%) Telecoms
13 38 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
14 30 (2.04%) Local Government
15 27 (1.83%) Aviation
16 26 (1.77%) Financial Institution
17 20 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.95%) Back Office
18 14 (0.95%) Mandarin Language
19 11 (0.75%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 158 (10.73%) Senior
2 155 (10.53%) Consultant
3 152 (10.33%) Lead
4 139 (9.44%) Analyst
5 134 (9.10%) Architect
6 114 (7.74%) Security Analyst
7 95 (6.45%) Security Engineer
8 86 (5.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 81 (5.50%) Security Manager
10 79 (5.37%) Security Architect
11 67 (4.55%) Security Consultant
12 45 (3.06%) Account Manager
12 45 (3.06%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 45 (3.06%) IT Manager
13 42 (2.85%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 41 (2.79%) Security Specialist
15 37 (2.51%) Business Manager
16 35 (2.38%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 34 (2.31%) Software Engineer
18 32 (2.17%) IAM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (2.38%) Terraform
2 32 (2.17%) OpenID
2 32 (2.17%) SAML
3 28 (1.90%) OAuth
4 26 (1.77%) REST
5 23 (1.56%) LDAP
6 16 (1.09%) SailPoint
7 13 (0.88%) FastAPI
7 13 (0.88%) RESTful
8 12 (0.82%) .NET
9 11 (0.75%) Kafka
10 8 (0.54%) React
10 8 (0.54%) SOAP
10 8 (0.54%) Web Services
11 7 (0.48%) FIX Protocol
12 6 (0.41%) Apache NiFi
12 6 (0.41%) HTML
13 5 (0.34%) CSS
13 5 (0.34%) Node.js
14 4 (0.27%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 140 (9.51%) Security Posture
2 113 (7.68%) Management Information System
3 79 (5.37%) Cyber Threat
4 66 (4.48%) Onboarding
5 56 (3.80%) Cloud Native
6 53 (3.60%) Operational Technology
7 48 (3.26%) Cyber Defence
8 38 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
9 37 (2.51%) Data Centre
10 29 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
10 29 (1.97%) Security Operations Centre
11 26 (1.77%) Cyberattack
12 19 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
13 18 (1.22%) AI Agents
14 17 (1.15%) Product Ownership
14 17 (1.15%) Virtual Team
15 16 (1.09%) Blog
16 13 (0.88%) Driving Licence
16 13 (0.88%) PKI
17 12 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 108 (7.34%) Windows
2 69 (4.69%) Linux
3 52 (3.53%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.22%) Mac OS
4 18 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (0.68%) Android
5 10 (0.68%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.61%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.48%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.41%) CentOS
9 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.20%) Unix
11 2 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (19.09%) Information Security
2 245 (16.64%) Incident Response
3 243 (16.51%) Risk Management
4 206 (13.99%) Cloud Security
5 197 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 194 (13.18%) Problem-Solving
7 170 (11.55%) Vulnerability Management
8 168 (11.41%) Mentoring
9 165 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
10 163 (11.07%) Security Operations
11 157 (10.67%) SIEM
12 153 (10.39%) AI
13 144 (9.78%) Agile
13 144 (9.78%) Roadmaps
14 131 (8.90%) Decision-Making
15 120 (8.15%) Identity Access Management
16 116 (7.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 113 (7.68%) Data Protection
18 110 (7.47%) Penetration Testing
19 108 (7.34%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 139 (9.44%) Python
2 97 (6.59%) PowerShell
3 27 (1.83%) SQL
4 26 (1.77%) Java
5 21 (1.43%) JavaScript
6 20 (1.36%) Kusto Query Language
7 16 (1.09%) Bash
8 12 (0.82%) Go
9 9 (0.61%) C#
10 8 (0.54%) C++
11 4 (0.27%) Rust
11 4 (0.27%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.20%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.14%) R
13 2 (0.14%) Scala
13 2 (0.14%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (0.14%) Swift
13 2 (0.14%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.14%) VBA
13 2 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 258 (17.53%) CISSP
2 212 (14.40%) Degree
3 158 (10.73%) CISM
3 158 (10.73%) Security Cleared
4 96 (6.52%) SC Cleared
5 67 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
6 63 (4.28%) CompTIA Security+
7 62 (4.21%) CISA
8 60 (4.08%) Master's Degree
9 55 (3.74%) CRISC
10 53 (3.60%) Azure Certification
11 51 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
12 45 (3.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 45 (3.06%) CEH
13 41 (2.79%) GIAC
14 40 (2.72%) CCSP
15 34 (2.31%) DV Cleared
16 31 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
17 26 (1.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 25 (1.70%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 271 (18.41%) NIST
2 255 (17.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 164 (11.14%) GDPR
4 93 (6.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 91 (6.18%) GRC
6 69 (4.69%) PCI DSS
7 52 (3.53%) QA
8 44 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 37 (2.51%) SOC 2
10 30 (2.04%) NCSC
11 29 (1.97%) NIST 800
12 27 (1.83%) COBIT
13 21 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 20 (1.36%) Accessibility
15 14 (0.95%) SLA
16 13 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 11 (0.75%) PMO
18 10 (0.68%) ISO 22301
19 9 (0.61%) HIPAA
20 8 (0.54%) SOC 1
System Software
1 106 (7.20%) Active Directory
2 38 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (1.22%) Docker
4 16 (1.09%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.95%) IAG
6 8 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.48%) vSphere
8 4 (0.27%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.14%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.068%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (2.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 31 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (1.15%) Ansible
5 13 (0.88%) Nessus
6 8 (0.54%) Nmap
7 5 (0.34%) CASB
7 5 (0.34%) Grafana
7 5 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
7 5 (0.34%) SCCM
7 5 (0.34%) VxRail
8 4 (0.27%) Argo
8 4 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 4 (0.27%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.27%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.20%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (0.20%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.20%) QRadar
9 3 (0.20%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 307 (20.86%) Microsoft
2 55 (3.74%) Cisco
3 52 (3.53%) VMware
4 50 (3.40%) Palo Alto
5 46 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
5 46 (3.13%) Splunk
6 36 (2.45%) Salesforce
7 35 (2.38%) Google
8 32 (2.17%) CyberArk
9 26 (1.77%) Rapid7
10 25 (1.70%) Fortinet
10 25 (1.70%) Tenable
11 23 (1.56%) ForeScout
12 22 (1.49%) ServiceNow
13 18 (1.22%) Qualys
14 16 (1.09%) Meraki
14 16 (1.09%) Okta
15 15 (1.02%) SAP
16 14 (0.95%) Zscaler
17 12 (0.82%) Oracle