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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 43 34
Rank change year-on-year +24 -9 +20
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,550 810 1,366
As % of all permanent jobs in London 8.31% 6.30% 6.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.88% 6.54% 6.63%
Number of salaries quoted 739 517 1,083
10th Percentile £35,000 £46,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.07% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £88,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £118,750 £105,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 15,693 12,378 20,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 84.09% 96.20% 91.51%
Number of salaries quoted 10,257 7,567 15,942
10th Percentile £39,860 £42,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -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 8 April 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 8 April 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 +28 248 £70,000 +7.69% 109
West London +29 183 £38,000 -39.44% 23
South London +52 175 £50,000 -0.99% 6
East London +25 107 £96,250 +49.22% 25
North London +15 44 £60,000 -7.69% 6
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 19 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
1 19 (1.23%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.45%) CMS
3 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.19%) Confluence
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
4 2 (0.13%) SAS
5 1 (0.065%) Apache
5 1 (0.065%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.065%) nginx
Applications
1 19 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.90%) Maya
4 13 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.52%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.45%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.065%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.19%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 3 (0.19%) Yoast SEO
4 2 (0.13%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.13%) Shopify
5 1 (0.065%) Endur
5 1 (0.065%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.065%) Maximo
5 1 (0.065%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.065%) SAP CX
5 1 (0.065%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.065%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.065%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 399 (25.74%) Cloud Computing
2 340 (21.94%) Azure
3 210 (13.55%) AWS
4 101 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
5 76 (4.90%) Entra ID
6 58 (3.74%) GCP
7 57 (3.68%) SaaS
8 31 (2.00%) Nutanix
9 30 (1.94%) GitHub
10 26 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
11 24 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
12 21 (1.35%) Google Workspace
13 18 (1.16%) Power Platform
14 17 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
15 15 (0.97%) Mimecast
16 12 (0.77%) PaaS
17 9 (0.58%) Serverless
18 6 (0.39%) Amazon GuardDuty
18 6 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
18 6 (0.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 402 (25.94%) Internet
2 102 (6.58%) Firewall
3 65 (4.19%) Network Security
4 33 (2.13%) VPN
5 25 (1.61%) Intrusion Detection
6 24 (1.55%) CHAP
7 23 (1.48%) WAN
8 21 (1.35%) Broadband
9 18 (1.16%) DNS
10 14 (0.90%) SD-WAN
10 14 (0.90%) Wireless
11 13 (0.84%) LAN
12 12 (0.77%) TCP/IP
13 11 (0.71%) DHCP
14 10 (0.65%) VLAN
15 8 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (0.45%) Unified Communications
17 6 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
17 6 (0.39%) Kerberos
17 6 (0.39%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (1.16%) Tableau
2 17 (1.10%) Big Data
2 17 (1.10%) Power BI
3 14 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (0.32%) Neo4j
6 4 (0.26%) Metadata
6 4 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.26%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.19%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.19%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Hive
8 2 (0.13%) ClickHouse
8 2 (0.13%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.13%) Impala
8 2 (0.13%) MySQL
8 2 (0.13%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 29 (1.87%) Git
2 18 (1.16%) GitLab
3 10 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.32%) JIRA
5 4 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (0.26%) MLflow
6 2 (0.13%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.13%) JMeter
6 2 (0.13%) Locust
General
1 734 (47.35%) Social Skills
2 500 (32.26%) Banking
3 472 (30.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 287 (18.52%) Finance
5 142 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
6 107 (6.90%) Legal
7 79 (5.10%) Retail
8 69 (4.45%) Law
9 49 (3.16%) Public Sector
10 47 (3.03%) Multimedia
11 43 (2.77%) Marketing
12 35 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
13 33 (2.13%) Financial Institution
14 32 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
15 29 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
16 28 (1.81%) Local Government
17 24 (1.55%) Games
17 24 (1.55%) Telecoms
18 23 (1.48%) Aviation
19 20 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 321 (20.71%) Lecturer
2 150 (9.68%) Senior
3 108 (6.97%) Analyst
3 108 (6.97%) Architect
4 105 (6.77%) Consultant
5 95 (6.13%) Lead
6 84 (5.42%) Security Analyst
7 76 (4.90%) Security Engineer
8 58 (3.74%) Account Manager
9 57 (3.68%) Security Manager
10 56 (3.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 56 (3.61%) Security Architect
11 48 (3.10%) IT Manager
12 47 (3.03%) Trainee
13 43 (2.77%) Developer
14 39 (2.52%) Security Consultant
14 39 (2.52%) Security Specialist
15 34 (2.19%) Senior Consultant
16 33 (2.13%) Auditor
16 33 (2.13%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.32%) CSS
2 34 (2.19%) REST
3 33 (2.13%) HTML
4 28 (1.81%) OAuth
5 27 (1.74%) SAML
6 26 (1.68%) OpenID
7 25 (1.61%) LDAP
8 22 (1.42%) SOAP
9 18 (1.16%) GraphQL
10 17 (1.10%) React
11 14 (0.90%) SailPoint
12 9 (0.58%) FastAPI
12 9 (0.58%) RESTful
13 6 (0.39%) LangChain
13 6 (0.39%) Node.js
13 6 (0.39%) PySpark
13 6 (0.39%) PyTorch
13 6 (0.39%) TensorFlow
14 5 (0.32%) Pandas
14 5 (0.32%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 394 (25.42%) IoT
2 122 (7.87%) Security Posture
3 84 (5.42%) Management Information System
4 47 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
5 44 (2.84%) Cloud Native
6 41 (2.65%) Cyber Defence
6 41 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
7 39 (2.52%) Cyberattack
8 36 (2.32%) Security Operations Centre
9 31 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
10 30 (1.94%) Data Centre
11 29 (1.87%) Blockchain
12 20 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
13 17 (1.10%) Cloud Security Posture
13 17 (1.10%) Onboarding
14 14 (0.90%) Mobile App
14 14 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
15 13 (0.84%) Product Ownership
16 12 (0.77%) Cyber Security Posture
17 10 (0.65%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 107 (6.90%) Windows
2 72 (4.65%) Linux
3 43 (2.77%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.42%) Mac OS
5 12 (0.77%) Android
6 10 (0.65%) Unix
7 8 (0.52%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.39%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.32%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.26%) CentOS
12 1 (0.065%) Solaris
12 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 472 (30.45%) AI
2 406 (26.19%) Machine Learning
3 393 (25.35%) User Experience
4 389 (25.10%) Web Development
5 201 (12.97%) Information Security
6 200 (12.90%) Incident Response
7 196 (12.65%) Risk Management
8 185 (11.94%) Mentoring
9 166 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
10 153 (9.87%) Cloud Security
11 144 (9.29%) Agile
12 137 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
13 119 (7.68%) Roadmaps
14 110 (7.10%) Vulnerability Management
15 96 (6.19%) SIEM
16 93 (6.00%) Project Management
17 90 (5.81%) Security Operations
18 88 (5.68%) Data Protection
19 86 (5.55%) Security Architecture
20 82 (5.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 147 (9.48%) Python
2 118 (7.61%) PowerShell
3 52 (3.35%) SQL
4 46 (2.97%) JavaScript
5 29 (1.87%) Bash
6 24 (1.55%) C++
7 23 (1.48%) R
8 19 (1.23%) Java
9 18 (1.16%) T-SQL
10 13 (0.84%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.45%) Go
12 5 (0.32%) C
13 4 (0.26%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.19%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.13%) C#
15 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.13%) Perl
16 1 (0.065%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 547 (35.29%) Degree
2 413 (26.65%) Master's Degree
3 374 (24.13%) Postgraduate
4 372 (24.00%) PhD
5 223 (14.39%) CISSP
6 139 (8.97%) CISM
7 87 (5.61%) CISA
8 68 (4.39%) Azure Certification
9 63 (4.06%) CEH
10 60 (3.87%) CompTIA Security+
11 54 (3.48%) Security Cleared
12 52 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
13 43 (2.77%) CRISC
14 40 (2.58%) CompTIA CySA+
15 38 (2.45%) AWS Certification
15 38 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
15 38 (2.45%) SANS
16 37 (2.39%) SC Cleared
17 35 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
18 34 (2.19%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 253 (16.32%) NIST
2 211 (13.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 132 (8.52%) GDPR
4 74 (4.77%) Cyber Essentials
5 59 (3.81%) GRC
6 55 (3.55%) PCI DSS
7 53 (3.42%) QA
8 49 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 34 (2.19%) COBIT
10 33 (2.13%) NCSC
11 30 (1.94%) NIST 800
12 16 (1.03%) Accessibility
12 16 (1.03%) ISO 22301
13 14 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 13 (0.84%) SOC 2
15 10 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
16 8 (0.52%) HIPAA
16 8 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 19770
17 7 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 7 (0.45%) JSP 440
System Software
1 84 (5.42%) Active Directory
2 25 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (1.55%) Docker
4 12 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.65%) IAG
6 8 (0.52%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.39%) vSphere
8 3 (0.19%) Firmware
9 2 (0.13%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.065%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 42 (2.71%) Terraform
2 32 (2.06%) Kubernetes
3 30 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.29%) Ansible
5 19 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (0.84%) SCCM
7 12 (0.77%) CASB
8 7 (0.45%) RSA Archer
8 7 (0.45%) VxRail
9 6 (0.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 4 (0.26%) Argo
11 3 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.19%) Grafana
11 3 (0.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.13%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.13%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.13%) QRadar
12 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Satellite
13 1 (0.065%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 258 (16.65%) Microsoft
2 44 (2.84%) VMware
3 41 (2.65%) CrowdStrike
4 33 (2.13%) Palo Alto
5 30 (1.94%) ForeScout
6 28 (1.81%) Splunk
7 27 (1.74%) Fortinet
8 26 (1.68%) Google
9 25 (1.61%) CyberArk
10 23 (1.48%) Dell
11 22 (1.42%) Salesforce
12 21 (1.35%) Cisco
13 20 (1.29%) Oracle
14 18 (1.16%) Commvault
15 17 (1.10%) ServiceNow
16 11 (0.71%) SAP
17 9 (0.58%) Okta
17 9 (0.58%) Sophos
17 9 (0.58%) Zscaler
18 7 (0.45%) Apple