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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 43 37
Rank change year-on-year +15 -6 +17
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,365 765 1,371
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.28% 6.28% 5.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.66% 6.56% 6.31%
Number of salaries quoted 892 465 980
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,670 £52,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,600 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.90% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £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 17,811 11,656 21,743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.91% 95.64% 89.21%
Number of salaries quoted 12,181 7,073 15,932
10th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,420 £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 £122,500 £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 26 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 26 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 +37 226 £70,000 -6.67% 55
West London +9 83 £40,000 -55.56% 47
East London +19 34 £87,500 - 21
South London +29 33 £50,000 -31.03% 8
North London +16 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 30 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.12%) 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 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.66%) 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
1 310 (22.71%) Azure
2 167 (12.23%) AWS
3 119 (8.72%) Microsoft 365
4 107 (7.84%) Entra ID
5 80 (5.86%) SaaS
6 63 (4.62%) GCP
7 28 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
8 25 (1.83%) Microsoft Purview
9 20 (1.47%) Power Platform
10 19 (1.39%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (1.39%) Google Workspace
11 17 (1.25%) Mimecast
12 16 (1.17%) Nutanix
13 13 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
13 13 (0.95%) GitHub
14 11 (0.81%) Serverless
15 9 (0.66%) Amazon GuardDuty
16 7 (0.51%) Azure Logic Apps
17 6 (0.44%) AWS KMS
17 6 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 114 (8.35%) Firewall
2 88 (6.45%) Network Security
3 32 (2.34%) VPN
4 28 (2.05%) Internet
5 27 (1.98%) Broadband
6 21 (1.54%) WAN
7 20 (1.47%) DNS
8 18 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
9 17 (1.25%) LAN
9 17 (1.25%) TCP/IP
9 17 (1.25%) Wireless
10 16 (1.17%) CHAP
11 15 (1.10%) Kerberos
12 12 (0.88%) Cisco ISE
12 12 (0.88%) VLAN
13 11 (0.81%) DHCP
14 8 (0.59%) SD-WAN
14 8 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (0.44%) SAN
15 6 (0.44%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (1.32%) Power BI
2 10 (0.73%) Tableau
3 9 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (0.44%) MongoDB
4 6 (0.44%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.37%) Big Data
5 5 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.29%) 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 (1.61%) GitLab
2 13 (0.95%) Git
3 9 (0.66%) JIRA
4 8 (0.59%) 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
6 2 (0.15%) MLflow
7 1 (0.073%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.073%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.073%) Locust
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle APEX
General
1 396 (29.01%) Social Skills
2 256 (18.75%) Finance
3 170 (12.45%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (9.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 97 (7.11%) Banking
6 83 (6.08%) Retail
7 77 (5.64%) Legal
8 63 (4.62%) Law
9 45 (3.30%) Public Sector
10 41 (3.00%) Marketing
11 39 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
12 35 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
12 35 (2.56%) Local Government
13 34 (2.49%) Aviation
14 24 (1.76%) Telecoms
15 23 (1.68%) Financial Institution
16 15 (1.10%) Advertising
16 15 (1.10%) Multimedia
16 15 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
17 12 (0.88%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 162 (11.87%) Senior
2 140 (10.26%) Analyst
3 131 (9.60%) Consultant
4 118 (8.64%) Security Analyst
5 117 (8.57%) Architect
6 115 (8.42%) Lead
7 97 (7.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 97 (7.11%) Security Engineer
8 74 (5.42%) Security Manager
9 70 (5.13%) Security Architect
10 53 (3.88%) Security Consultant
11 47 (3.44%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 44 (3.22%) IT Manager
13 43 (3.15%) Developer
14 39 (2.86%) Account Manager
14 39 (2.86%) Security Specialist
15 33 (2.42%) Senior Consultant
16 32 (2.34%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 32 (2.34%) Sales Representative
16 32 (2.34%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.93%) REST
2 39 (2.86%) OpenID
2 39 (2.86%) SAML
3 36 (2.64%) OAuth
4 33 (2.42%) LDAP
5 22 (1.61%) SOAP
6 16 (1.17%) GraphQL
7 14 (1.03%) FastAPI
7 14 (1.03%) SailPoint
8 11 (0.81%) CSS
8 11 (0.81%) React
9 10 (0.73%) HTML
9 10 (0.73%) RESTful
10 9 (0.66%) Kafka
11 7 (0.51%) .NET
11 7 (0.51%) LangChain
12 6 (0.44%) PyTorch
12 6 (0.44%) TensorFlow
12 6 (0.44%) Web Services
13 5 (0.37%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 146 (10.70%) Security Posture
2 92 (6.74%) Management Information System
3 77 (5.64%) Cyber Threat
4 58 (4.25%) Cloud Native
5 57 (4.18%) Cyber Defence
6 46 (3.37%) Cyberattack
7 43 (3.15%) Operational Technology
8 39 (2.86%) Security Operations Centre
9 38 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
10 35 (2.56%) Onboarding
11 21 (1.54%) Data Centre
12 20 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.32%) Cloud Security Posture
14 16 (1.17%) Blog
15 15 (1.10%) AI Agents
15 15 (1.10%) Blockchain
15 15 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
16 14 (1.03%) PKI
17 13 (0.95%) Product Ownership
18 12 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 109 (7.99%) Windows
2 71 (5.20%) Linux
3 52 (3.81%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.54%) Mac OS
5 16 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.73%) Android
7 9 (0.66%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.44%) CentOS
8 6 (0.44%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.44%) Unix
8 6 (0.44%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.073%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (18.97%) Information Security
2 252 (18.46%) Incident Response
3 219 (16.04%) Risk Management
4 187 (13.70%) Cloud Security
5 184 (13.48%) Mentoring
6 175 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
7 165 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 153 (11.21%) Vulnerability Management
9 148 (10.84%) Agile
10 144 (10.55%) Security Operations
11 135 (9.89%) SIEM
12 121 (8.86%) Roadmaps
13 117 (8.57%) AI
14 109 (7.99%) Decision-Making
15 108 (7.91%) Identity Access Management
16 103 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
17 102 (7.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 101 (7.40%) Project Management
19 99 (7.25%) Threat Intelligence
20 98 (7.18%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 151 (11.06%) Python
2 124 (9.08%) PowerShell
3 46 (3.37%) SQL
4 29 (2.12%) Bash
5 28 (2.05%) JavaScript
6 22 (1.61%) Java
7 20 (1.47%) C++
8 16 (1.17%) T-SQL
9 13 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (0.66%) Go
11 8 (0.59%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.44%) R
13 4 (0.29%) C#
14 2 (0.15%) Bicep
14 2 (0.15%) C
14 2 (0.15%) Rust
14 2 (0.15%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.073%) Scala
15 1 (0.073%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 245 (17.95%) CISSP
2 193 (14.14%) Degree
3 152 (11.14%) CISM
4 112 (8.21%) Security Cleared
5 78 (5.71%) CISA
6 76 (5.57%) SC Cleared
7 64 (4.69%) CompTIA Security+
8 55 (4.03%) CEH
9 54 (3.96%) Cisco Certification
10 52 (3.81%) Azure Certification
10 52 (3.81%) CRISC
11 50 (3.66%) GIAC
12 44 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
13 43 (3.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 43 (3.15%) Master's Degree
14 39 (2.86%) CompTIA CySA+
15 36 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
15 36 (2.64%) SANS
16 35 (2.56%) CCSP
17 34 (2.49%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 289 (21.17%) NIST
2 245 (17.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 147 (10.77%) GDPR
4 77 (5.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 77 (5.64%) GRC
5 69 (5.05%) QA
6 67 (4.91%) PCI DSS
7 44 (3.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 36 (2.64%) NIST 800
9 33 (2.42%) COBIT
10 32 (2.34%) NCSC
11 28 (2.05%) SOC 2
12 20 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 19 (1.39%) Accessibility
14 13 (0.95%) SLA
15 10 (0.73%) HIPAA
15 10 (0.73%) ISO 22301
16 8 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 8 (0.59%) SOC 1
17 7 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 106 (7.77%) Active Directory
2 36 (2.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (1.32%) Docker
4 17 (1.25%) Hyper-V
5 14 (1.03%) IAG
6 5 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.29%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 4 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.29%) vSphere
8 2 (0.15%) Firmware
8 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 44 (3.22%) Terraform
2 36 (2.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 34 (2.49%) Kubernetes
4 24 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (0.95%) Ansible
6 10 (0.73%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 10 (0.73%) SCCM
7 8 (0.59%) VxRail
8 7 (0.51%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.37%) 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%) Nmap
12 2 (0.15%) QRadar
Vendors
1 276 (20.22%) Microsoft
2 48 (3.52%) VMware
3 43 (3.15%) Splunk
4 40 (2.93%) CrowdStrike
5 36 (2.64%) Salesforce
6 34 (2.49%) Palo Alto
7 31 (2.27%) ForeScout
8 30 (2.20%) Cisco
9 28 (2.05%) Google
10 25 (1.83%) CyberArk
11 20 (1.47%) Fortinet
12 19 (1.39%) Dell
13 15 (1.10%) Qualys
14 14 (1.03%) ServiceNow
14 14 (1.03%) Tenable
15 12 (0.88%) CheckPoint
15 12 (0.88%) Rapid7
15 12 (0.88%) Zscaler
16 11 (0.81%) Okta
16 11 (0.81%) Sophos