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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 39 41
Rank change year-on-year +11 +2 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,467 806 1,077
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.10% 6.69% 5.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.48% 7.11% 6.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,008 472 647
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £54,688 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -3.42% +4.29%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £119,875 £112,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.92%

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 19,608 11,341 17,399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.49% 94.16% 89.07%
Number of salaries quoted 13,256 7,167 11,457
10th Percentile £40,804 £39,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,668 £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 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%

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 26 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 26 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 +28 183 £72,500 -3.33% 94
West London 0 85 £51,407 -42.88% 62
South London +12 32 £50,000 +8.70% 6
East London -1 23 £87,500 -2.78% 14
North London +5 10 £60,000 +9.09% 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 40 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.98%) 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
1 288 (19.63%) Azure
2 187 (12.75%) AWS
3 145 (9.88%) Microsoft 365
4 122 (8.32%) Entra ID
5 96 (6.54%) SaaS
6 68 (4.64%) GCP
7 36 (2.45%) Microsoft Purview
8 28 (1.91%) Azure Sentinel
9 23 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
9 23 (1.57%) Mimecast
10 18 (1.23%) Power Platform
11 14 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
12 13 (0.89%) Microsoft Copilot
13 12 (0.82%) GitHub
14 11 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
15 10 (0.68%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 10 (0.68%) Serverless
15 10 (0.68%) WeChat
16 9 (0.61%) AWS CloudFormation
17 8 (0.55%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 140 (9.54%) Firewall
2 93 (6.34%) Network Security
3 50 (3.41%) VPN
4 36 (2.45%) DNS
4 36 (2.45%) WAN
5 32 (2.18%) Internet
5 32 (2.18%) LAN
6 29 (1.98%) TCP/IP
7 22 (1.50%) VLAN
8 20 (1.36%) Wireless
9 19 (1.30%) DHCP
9 19 (1.30%) Kerberos
10 14 (0.95%) Cisco ISE
11 13 (0.89%) Intrusion Detection
11 13 (0.89%) SD-WAN
12 12 (0.82%) Broadband
13 10 (0.68%) Wireshark
14 9 (0.61%) Cisco Nexus
14 9 (0.61%) OSPF
15 8 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (0.95%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.89%) Power BI
3 11 (0.75%) Big Data
4 8 (0.55%) 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 (1.16%) JIRA
2 16 (1.09%) Git
3 14 (0.95%) GitLab
4 13 (0.89%) Burp Suite
4 13 (0.89%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.61%) 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
1 462 (31.49%) Social Skills
2 258 (17.59%) Finance
3 180 (12.27%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (10.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 92 (6.27%) Banking
6 82 (5.59%) Law
7 78 (5.32%) Legal
8 71 (4.84%) Retail
9 58 (3.95%) Public Sector
10 52 (3.54%) Marketing
11 50 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
12 40 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
13 39 (2.66%) Telecoms
14 29 (1.98%) Local Government
15 28 (1.91%) Aviation
16 24 (1.64%) 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 (10.77%) Senior
2 157 (10.70%) Consultant
3 150 (10.22%) Lead
4 140 (9.54%) Analyst
5 134 (9.13%) Architect
6 115 (7.84%) Security Analyst
7 95 (6.48%) Security Engineer
8 86 (5.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 83 (5.66%) Security Manager
10 80 (5.45%) Security Architect
11 67 (4.57%) Security Consultant
12 47 (3.20%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 45 (3.07%) IT Manager
14 42 (2.86%) Account Manager
14 42 (2.86%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 40 (2.73%) Security Specialist
16 38 (2.59%) Business Manager
17 35 (2.39%) Software Engineer
18 33 (2.25%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 33 (2.25%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.25%) Terraform
2 32 (2.18%) OpenID
2 32 (2.18%) SAML
3 28 (1.91%) OAuth
4 26 (1.77%) REST
5 23 (1.57%) LDAP
6 16 (1.09%) SailPoint
7 13 (0.89%) FastAPI
7 13 (0.89%) RESTful
8 12 (0.82%) .NET
9 11 (0.75%) Kafka
10 8 (0.55%) React
10 8 (0.55%) SOAP
10 8 (0.55%) 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
1 137 (9.34%) Security Posture
2 111 (7.57%) Management Information System
3 80 (5.45%) Cyber Threat
4 67 (4.57%) Onboarding
5 56 (3.82%) Operational Technology
6 55 (3.75%) Cloud Native
7 48 (3.27%) Cyber Defence
8 38 (2.59%) Data Centre
8 38 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
9 29 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
9 29 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
10 25 (1.70%) Cyberattack
11 18 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
12 17 (1.16%) AI Agents
12 17 (1.16%) Product Ownership
12 17 (1.16%) Virtual Team
13 15 (1.02%) Blog
14 13 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
14 13 (0.89%) Driving Licence
14 13 (0.89%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 111 (7.57%) Windows
2 70 (4.77%) Linux
3 53 (3.61%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.36%) Mac OS
5 18 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (0.82%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.68%) Android
8 9 (0.61%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.48%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.41%) CentOS
11 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.20%) Unix
13 2 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (18.88%) Information Security
2 242 (16.50%) Incident Response
3 239 (16.29%) Risk Management
4 201 (13.70%) Cloud Security
5 198 (13.50%) Problem-Solving
6 196 (13.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 173 (11.79%) Stakeholder Management
8 170 (11.59%) Vulnerability Management
9 166 (11.32%) Security Operations
10 165 (11.25%) Mentoring
11 157 (10.70%) SIEM
12 155 (10.57%) AI
13 144 (9.82%) Roadmaps
14 142 (9.68%) Agile
15 126 (8.59%) Decision-Making
16 124 (8.45%) Identity Access Management
17 113 (7.70%) Penetration Testing
17 113 (7.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 111 (7.57%) Data Protection
19 108 (7.36%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 137 (9.34%) Python
2 98 (6.68%) PowerShell
3 28 (1.91%) SQL
4 26 (1.77%) Java
5 22 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
6 21 (1.43%) JavaScript
7 15 (1.02%) Bash
8 13 (0.89%) Go
9 9 (0.61%) C#
10 7 (0.48%) 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
1 259 (17.66%) CISSP
2 215 (14.66%) Degree
3 157 (10.70%) CISM
3 157 (10.70%) Security Cleared
4 95 (6.48%) SC Cleared
5 66 (4.50%) Cisco Certification
6 62 (4.23%) CISA
6 62 (4.23%) CompTIA Security+
6 62 (4.23%) Master's Degree
7 54 (3.68%) CRISC
8 53 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 51 (3.48%) Azure Certification
10 44 (3.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 42 (2.86%) CEH
12 40 (2.73%) GIAC
13 39 (2.66%) CCSP
14 33 (2.25%) DV Cleared
15 32 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
16 27 (1.84%) OSCP
17 26 (1.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 267 (18.20%) NIST
2 259 (17.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 164 (11.18%) GDPR
4 95 (6.48%) GRC
5 94 (6.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 69 (4.70%) PCI DSS
7 51 (3.48%) QA
8 43 (2.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 37 (2.52%) SOC 2
10 34 (2.32%) NCSC
11 29 (1.98%) NIST 800
12 25 (1.70%) COBIT
13 21 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 20 (1.36%) Accessibility
15 14 (0.95%) SLA
16 13 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 11 (0.75%) PMO
18 9 (0.61%) HIPAA
18 9 (0.61%) ISO 22301
19 8 (0.55%) SOC 1
System Software
1 110 (7.50%) Active Directory
2 39 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (1.23%) Docker
4 17 (1.16%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.95%) IAG
6 10 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.41%) 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 38 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (2.39%) Kubernetes
3 33 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (1.16%) Ansible
5 14 (0.95%) Nessus
6 9 (0.61%) Nmap
7 6 (0.41%) CASB
7 6 (0.41%) SCCM
8 5 (0.34%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.34%) Grafana
8 5 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
9 4 (0.27%) Argo
9 4 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 4 (0.27%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.27%) VxRail
10 3 (0.20%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (0.20%) CSIRT
10 3 (0.20%) QRadar
10 3 (0.20%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 2 (0.14%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 311 (21.20%) Microsoft
2 55 (3.75%) Cisco
3 51 (3.48%) Palo Alto
3 51 (3.48%) VMware
4 47 (3.20%) Splunk
5 43 (2.93%) CrowdStrike
6 36 (2.45%) Salesforce
7 34 (2.32%) Google
8 32 (2.18%) CyberArk
9 26 (1.77%) Tenable
10 25 (1.70%) Rapid7
11 24 (1.64%) Fortinet
12 22 (1.50%) ServiceNow
13 21 (1.43%) ForeScout
14 18 (1.23%) Meraki
14 18 (1.23%) Qualys
15 16 (1.09%) Okta
15 16 (1.09%) Zscaler
16 15 (1.02%) SAP
17 13 (0.89%) Sophos