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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 37 38
Rank change year-on-year +10 +1 +14
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,489 827 1,105
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.98% 6.93% 5.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.41% 7.36% 6.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,037 487 583
10th Percentile £42,100 £36,250 £45,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,625 £56,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -5.41% +5.71%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,875
90th Percentile £105,000 £120,000 £114,566
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -5.62%

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 20,107 11,233 17,147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.80% 94.14% 89.41%
Number of salaries quoted 13,640 7,113 10,472
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +21 168 £71,250 -5.00% 240
West London -1 72 £72,500 -19.44% 82
South London +8 33 £50,000 +8.70% 29
East London -9 18 £110,000 +12.82% 25
North London +2 5 £60,000 +45.45% 7
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 43 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.47%) Confluence
4 6 (0.40%) SAS
5 5 (0.34%) Apache
6 4 (0.27%) IIS
7 3 (0.20%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.067%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.13%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 3 (0.20%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
1 3 (0.20%) Distributed Ledger
1 3 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.13%) Eikon
3 1 (0.067%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.067%) Magento
3 1 (0.067%) Maximo
3 1 (0.067%) RMDS
3 1 (0.067%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 282 (18.94%) Azure
2 179 (12.02%) AWS
3 156 (10.48%) Microsoft 365
4 145 (9.74%) Entra ID
5 94 (6.31%) SaaS
6 68 (4.57%) GCP
7 43 (2.89%) Microsoft Purview
8 27 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
9 26 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
10 25 (1.68%) Mimecast
11 20 (1.34%) Power Platform
12 18 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
12 18 (1.21%) Microsoft Copilot
13 12 (0.81%) Serverless
14 11 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (0.74%) GitHub
14 11 (0.74%) PaaS
15 10 (0.67%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 10 (0.67%) OneDrive
15 10 (0.67%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 142 (9.54%) Firewall
2 90 (6.04%) Network Security
3 56 (3.76%) VPN
4 43 (2.89%) DNS
5 37 (2.48%) WAN
6 36 (2.42%) Internet
7 34 (2.28%) TCP/IP
8 33 (2.22%) LAN
9 25 (1.68%) DHCP
9 25 (1.68%) Wireless
10 20 (1.34%) VLAN
11 18 (1.21%) Kerberos
12 17 (1.14%) Cisco ISE
13 14 (0.94%) SD-WAN
14 12 (0.81%) Broadband
14 12 (0.81%) Wireshark
15 11 (0.74%) Cisco Nexus
15 11 (0.74%) OSPF
16 9 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
16 9 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.01%) Power BI
1 15 (1.01%) SQL Server
2 11 (0.74%) Big Data
3 8 (0.54%) MongoDB
4 7 (0.47%) Tableau
5 5 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (0.34%) Metadata
6 4 (0.27%) MySQL
7 3 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.13%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.13%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.13%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.13%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.13%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.067%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.067%) Flink
9 1 (0.067%) GIS
9 1 (0.067%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 18 (1.21%) Burp Suite
2 17 (1.14%) JIRA
3 15 (1.01%) Git
4 13 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.87%) Metasploit
5 12 (0.81%) GitLab
6 3 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.13%) git-flow
7 2 (0.13%) Snyk
7 2 (0.13%) Xcode
7 2 (0.13%) XCTest
7 2 (0.13%) XCUITest
7 2 (0.13%) Yeoman
8 1 (0.067%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.067%) JMeter
8 1 (0.067%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.067%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.067%) Vite
8 1 (0.067%) webpack
General
1 466 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 257 (17.26%) Finance
3 174 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
4 146 (9.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 96 (6.45%) Banking
6 89 (5.98%) Law
7 77 (5.17%) Legal
8 76 (5.10%) Retail
9 69 (4.63%) Public Sector
10 53 (3.56%) Marketing
11 50 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
12 43 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
13 40 (2.69%) Telecoms
14 29 (1.95%) Local Government
15 25 (1.68%) Financial Institution
16 19 (1.28%) Aviation
17 18 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.94%) Back Office
19 13 (0.87%) Mandarin Language
20 9 (0.60%) French Language
Job Titles
1 170 (11.42%) Consultant
1 170 (11.42%) Senior
2 143 (9.60%) Lead
3 136 (9.13%) Analyst
4 131 (8.80%) Architect
5 110 (7.39%) Security Analyst
6 106 (7.12%) Security Engineer
7 91 (6.11%) Security Manager
8 86 (5.78%) Security Architect
9 79 (5.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 68 (4.57%) Security Consultant
11 57 (3.83%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 51 (3.43%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 43 (2.89%) IT Manager
13 43 (2.89%) Security Specialist
14 42 (2.82%) Software Engineer
15 40 (2.69%) Business Manager
16 39 (2.62%) IAM Consultant
17 37 (2.48%) Senior Consultant
18 35 (2.35%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.15%) Terraform
2 31 (2.08%) OpenID
2 31 (2.08%) SAML
3 28 (1.88%) OAuth
4 26 (1.75%) REST
5 23 (1.54%) LDAP
6 15 (1.01%) SailPoint
7 13 (0.87%) .NET
7 13 (0.87%) RESTful
8 11 (0.74%) Kafka
9 10 (0.67%) FastAPI
10 9 (0.60%) React
11 7 (0.47%) FIX Protocol
11 7 (0.47%) SOAP
12 6 (0.40%) Apache NiFi
12 6 (0.40%) Node.js
12 6 (0.40%) Web Services
13 5 (0.34%) .NET Core
14 4 (0.27%) LangGraph
14 4 (0.27%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 140 (9.40%) Security Posture
2 110 (7.39%) Management Information System
3 93 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
4 70 (4.70%) Onboarding
5 66 (4.43%) Operational Technology
6 53 (3.56%) Cloud Native
7 46 (3.09%) Cyber Defence
8 40 (2.69%) Data Centre
9 39 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
10 32 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
11 27 (1.81%) Security Operations Centre
12 19 (1.28%) AI Agents
13 18 (1.21%) Cyberattack
14 17 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
15 16 (1.07%) Blog
15 16 (1.07%) Virtual Team
16 14 (0.94%) IoT
17 13 (0.87%) Driving Licence
17 13 (0.87%) PKI
17 13 (0.87%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 113 (7.59%) Windows
2 73 (4.90%) Linux
3 50 (3.36%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.48%) Mac OS
5 17 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (0.94%) Windows 10
7 11 (0.74%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.67%) Android
9 6 (0.40%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.40%) Unix
10 5 (0.34%) CentOS
11 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.067%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (18.80%) Information Security
2 246 (16.52%) Incident Response
3 236 (15.85%) Risk Management
4 202 (13.57%) Problem-Solving
5 199 (13.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 189 (12.69%) Cloud Security
6 189 (12.69%) Stakeholder Management
7 184 (12.36%) AI
8 181 (12.16%) Security Operations
8 181 (12.16%) Vulnerability Management
9 158 (10.61%) SIEM
10 152 (10.21%) Mentoring
11 149 (10.01%) Roadmaps
12 133 (8.93%) Agile
13 132 (8.87%) Decision-Making
14 127 (8.53%) Identity Access Management
15 118 (7.92%) Penetration Testing
16 113 (7.59%) Data Protection
17 111 (7.45%) Computer Science
17 111 (7.45%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 133 (8.93%) Python
2 92 (6.18%) PowerShell
3 26 (1.75%) Java
3 26 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
4 23 (1.54%) SQL
5 19 (1.28%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.07%) Bash
7 15 (1.01%) Go
8 11 (0.74%) C#
9 9 (0.60%) C++
10 5 (0.34%) Rust
10 5 (0.34%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.27%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.20%) Swift
12 3 (0.20%) VBA
12 3 (0.20%) VBScript
13 2 (0.13%) Bicep
13 2 (0.13%) Scala
13 2 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 258 (17.33%) CISSP
2 214 (14.37%) Degree
3 188 (12.63%) Security Cleared
4 156 (10.48%) CISM
5 122 (8.19%) SC Cleared
6 68 (4.57%) Cisco Certification
7 65 (4.37%) Master's Degree
8 56 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 54 (3.63%) CISA
10 52 (3.49%) CompTIA Security+
10 52 (3.49%) CRISC
11 41 (2.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 41 (2.75%) Azure Certification
12 37 (2.48%) CCSP
13 36 (2.42%) GIAC
14 35 (2.35%) CEH
14 35 (2.35%) DV Cleared
15 31 (2.08%) CREST Certified
16 30 (2.01%) OSCP
17 29 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 274 (18.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 256 (17.19%) NIST
3 162 (10.88%) GDPR
4 108 (7.25%) GRC
5 97 (6.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 73 (4.90%) PCI DSS
7 46 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 44 (2.96%) QA
9 41 (2.75%) NCSC
10 36 (2.42%) SOC 2
11 25 (1.68%) NIST 800
12 22 (1.48%) COBIT
13 19 (1.28%) Accessibility
14 18 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 15 (1.01%) SLA
16 14 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 11 (0.74%) PMO
18 8 (0.54%) SOC 1
19 7 (0.47%) ISO 22301
20 6 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 110 (7.39%) Active Directory
2 39 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.14%) Hyper-V
4 16 (1.07%) Docker
5 14 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.67%) IAG
7 5 (0.34%) vSphere
8 4 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.13%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.13%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.067%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 46 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (2.69%) Single Sign-On
3 35 (2.35%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.21%) Ansible
5 16 (1.07%) Nessus
6 13 (0.87%) Nmap
7 8 (0.54%) CASB
8 7 (0.47%) SCCM
9 5 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
10 4 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 4 (0.27%) Grafana
10 4 (0.27%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.27%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.27%) QRadar
11 3 (0.20%) Argo
11 3 (0.20%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.20%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.20%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 3 (0.20%) VxRail
Vendors
1 315 (21.16%) Microsoft
2 59 (3.96%) Cisco
3 53 (3.56%) Palo Alto
4 48 (3.22%) VMware
5 43 (2.89%) Splunk
6 42 (2.82%) CrowdStrike
7 40 (2.69%) Google
8 33 (2.22%) CyberArk
9 31 (2.08%) Salesforce
10 27 (1.81%) Tenable
11 26 (1.75%) Rapid7
12 21 (1.41%) Meraki
13 20 (1.34%) Fortinet
13 20 (1.34%) Qualys
13 20 (1.34%) ServiceNow
14 17 (1.14%) Okta
14 17 (1.14%) Zscaler
15 15 (1.01%) SAP
16 14 (0.94%) ForeScout
17 11 (0.74%) Netskope