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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 42 34
Rank change year-on-year +16 -8 +21
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,355 776 1,404
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.32% 6.36% 5.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.77% 6.65% 6.42%
Number of salaries quoted 888 466 1,011
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,690 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £72,830 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% +0.45% +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% -9.30%

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 17,450 11,677 21,859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.40% 95.78% 88.96%
Number of salaries quoted 11,957 6,996 16,057
10th Percentile £40,878 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,500 £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 £123,750 £115,000
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 17 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 17 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 +37 235 £70,000 -6.67% 90
West London +17 82 £40,000 -54.29% 52
East London +13 36 £87,500 - 22
South London +32 33 £50,000 -31.03% 16
North London +17 21 £60,000 - 18
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 28 (2.07%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.30%) Apache
4 3 (0.22%) CMS
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.15%) Confluence
6 1 (0.074%) SAS
6 1 (0.074%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.074%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.074%) Maya
6 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.22%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 2 (0.15%) Carpe Diem
3 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.15%) Shopify
4 1 (0.074%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 317 (23.39%) Azure
2 173 (12.77%) AWS
3 117 (8.63%) Microsoft 365
4 106 (7.82%) Entra ID
5 75 (5.54%) SaaS
6 60 (4.43%) GCP
7 26 (1.92%) Azure Sentinel
8 25 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
9 23 (1.70%) Google Workspace
10 21 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
11 20 (1.48%) Power Platform
12 19 (1.40%) Nutanix
13 18 (1.33%) Mimecast
14 17 (1.25%) GitHub
15 11 (0.81%) Serverless
16 9 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
17 7 (0.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
18 6 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
18 6 (0.44%) Datadog
19 5 (0.37%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 111 (8.19%) Firewall
2 81 (5.98%) Network Security
3 32 (2.36%) VPN
4 30 (2.21%) Broadband
5 25 (1.85%) Internet
5 25 (1.85%) WAN
6 21 (1.55%) DNS
7 18 (1.33%) LAN
8 17 (1.25%) CHAP
8 17 (1.25%) TCP/IP
9 16 (1.18%) Intrusion Detection
10 15 (1.11%) Wireless
11 13 (0.96%) DHCP
11 13 (0.96%) Kerberos
12 11 (0.81%) Cisco ISE
12 11 (0.81%) SD-WAN
13 10 (0.74%) VLAN
14 7 (0.52%) VoIP
14 7 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (0.44%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (1.48%) Power BI
2 12 (0.89%) Tableau
3 9 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (0.44%) Big Data
5 5 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.37%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.22%) Hadoop
6 3 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.22%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.15%) ClickHouse
7 2 (0.15%) MySQL
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.074%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.074%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.074%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.074%) Flink
8 1 (0.074%) Impala
8 1 (0.074%) Metadata
8 1 (0.074%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (1.70%) GitLab
2 17 (1.25%) Git
3 8 (0.59%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.52%) JIRA
5 4 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.22%) MLflow
7 2 (0.15%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.15%) JMeter
8 1 (0.074%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.074%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.074%) Locust
8 1 (0.074%) Oracle APEX
General
1 388 (28.63%) Social Skills
2 250 (18.45%) Finance
3 171 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (9.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 94 (6.94%) Banking
6 86 (6.35%) Retail
7 77 (5.68%) Legal
8 61 (4.50%) Law
9 44 (3.25%) Public Sector
10 40 (2.95%) Marketing
10 40 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
11 36 (2.66%) Aviation
12 35 (2.58%) Local Government
13 34 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (1.70%) Telecoms
15 21 (1.55%) Financial Institution
15 21 (1.55%) Multimedia
16 16 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (1.03%) Advertising
18 11 (0.81%) Games
Job Titles
1 165 (12.18%) Senior
2 135 (9.96%) Analyst
3 123 (9.08%) Consultant
4 118 (8.71%) Architect
5 113 (8.34%) Lead
6 112 (8.27%) Security Analyst
7 96 (7.08%) Security Engineer
8 94 (6.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 76 (5.61%) Security Manager
10 73 (5.39%) Security Architect
11 48 (3.54%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 47 (3.47%) IT Manager
12 47 (3.47%) Security Consultant
13 45 (3.32%) Developer
14 41 (3.03%) Account Manager
15 35 (2.58%) Security Specialist
16 33 (2.44%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 33 (2.44%) Senior Consultant
17 31 (2.29%) Senior Analyst
17 31 (2.29%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.10%) REST
2 40 (2.95%) OpenID
2 40 (2.95%) SAML
3 38 (2.80%) OAuth
4 34 (2.51%) LDAP
5 25 (1.85%) SOAP
6 19 (1.40%) GraphQL
7 16 (1.18%) CSS
8 15 (1.11%) SailPoint
9 14 (1.03%) HTML
10 12 (0.89%) FastAPI
10 12 (0.89%) React
11 10 (0.74%) RESTful
12 9 (0.66%) Kafka
13 7 (0.52%) .NET
13 7 (0.52%) LangChain
14 6 (0.44%) PyTorch
14 6 (0.44%) TensorFlow
14 6 (0.44%) Web Services
15 5 (0.37%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 142 (10.48%) Security Posture
2 91 (6.72%) Management Information System
3 79 (5.83%) Cyber Threat
4 59 (4.35%) Cyber Defence
5 57 (4.21%) Cloud Native
6 49 (3.62%) Cyberattack
7 41 (3.03%) Operational Technology
8 39 (2.88%) Security Operations Centre
9 35 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
10 29 (2.14%) Onboarding
11 21 (1.55%) Data Centre
12 20 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
13 19 (1.40%) Cloud Security Posture
14 16 (1.18%) Blockchain
14 16 (1.18%) Blog
15 15 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
16 14 (1.03%) AI Agents
17 13 (0.96%) PKI
17 13 (0.96%) Product Ownership
18 12 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 107 (7.90%) Windows
2 67 (4.94%) Linux
3 51 (3.76%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.70%) Mac OS
5 15 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (0.81%) Android
6 11 (0.81%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.52%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.44%) CentOS
8 6 (0.44%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.44%) Unix
9 2 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (18.52%) Information Security
2 248 (18.30%) Incident Response
3 212 (15.65%) Risk Management
4 185 (13.65%) Mentoring
5 182 (13.43%) Cloud Security
6 171 (12.62%) Problem-Solving
7 154 (11.37%) Continuous Improvement
8 149 (11.00%) Vulnerability Management
9 143 (10.55%) Agile
10 136 (10.04%) Security Operations
11 121 (8.93%) SIEM
12 116 (8.56%) Roadmaps
13 109 (8.04%) AI
14 107 (7.90%) Identity Access Management
15 105 (7.75%) Decision-Making
15 105 (7.75%) Project Management
16 102 (7.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 100 (7.38%) Stakeholder Management
18 98 (7.23%) Threat Intelligence
19 92 (6.79%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 154 (11.37%) Python
2 124 (9.15%) PowerShell
3 51 (3.76%) SQL
4 33 (2.44%) JavaScript
5 32 (2.36%) Bash
6 22 (1.62%) Java
7 20 (1.48%) C++
8 19 (1.40%) T-SQL
9 11 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
10 10 (0.74%) Go
10 10 (0.74%) R
11 8 (0.59%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.30%) C#
13 2 (0.15%) Bicep
13 2 (0.15%) C
13 2 (0.15%) Rust
13 2 (0.15%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.074%) Perl
14 1 (0.074%) PHP
Qualifications
1 242 (17.86%) CISSP
2 187 (13.80%) Degree
3 151 (11.14%) CISM
4 109 (8.04%) Security Cleared
5 80 (5.90%) CISA
6 75 (5.54%) SC Cleared
7 64 (4.72%) CompTIA Security+
8 58 (4.28%) CEH
9 56 (4.13%) Azure Certification
10 51 (3.76%) Cisco Certification
11 50 (3.69%) CRISC
12 45 (3.32%) GIAC
13 41 (3.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 41 (3.03%) Master's Degree
14 40 (2.95%) CompTIA CySA+
15 39 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
15 39 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
16 35 (2.58%) SANS
17 34 (2.51%) DV Cleared
18 33 (2.44%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 284 (20.96%) NIST
2 242 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 141 (10.41%) GDPR
4 76 (5.61%) GRC
5 75 (5.54%) Cyber Essentials
6 69 (5.09%) QA
7 67 (4.94%) PCI DSS
8 45 (3.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 37 (2.73%) NCSC
10 34 (2.51%) NIST 800
11 32 (2.36%) COBIT
12 23 (1.70%) SOC 2
13 19 (1.40%) Accessibility
14 18 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 12 (0.89%) SLA
16 9 (0.66%) ISO 22301
17 8 (0.59%) HIPAA
17 8 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 7 (0.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 7 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 107 (7.90%) Active Directory
2 36 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (1.48%) Docker
4 18 (1.33%) Hyper-V
5 12 (0.89%) IAG
6 5 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.30%) vSphere
8 3 (0.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.15%) Firmware
9 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 45 (3.32%) Terraform
2 37 (2.73%) Kubernetes
3 35 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.03%) Ansible
6 11 (0.81%) SCCM
7 10 (0.74%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 7 (0.52%) CASB
8 7 (0.52%) RSA Archer
8 7 (0.52%) VxRail
9 5 (0.37%) Grafana
10 4 (0.30%) Argo
10 4 (0.30%) CSIRT
10 4 (0.30%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.22%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 2 (0.15%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.15%) QRadar
12 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 276 (20.37%) Microsoft
2 47 (3.47%) VMware
3 41 (3.03%) CrowdStrike
4 39 (2.88%) Splunk
5 35 (2.58%) Salesforce
6 32 (2.36%) Palo Alto
7 31 (2.29%) ForeScout
7 31 (2.29%) Google
8 29 (2.14%) Cisco
9 25 (1.85%) CyberArk
10 21 (1.55%) Fortinet
11 20 (1.48%) Dell
12 13 (0.96%) ServiceNow
13 11 (0.81%) CheckPoint
13 11 (0.81%) Okta
13 11 (0.81%) Rapid7
14 10 (0.74%) iManage
14 10 (0.74%) Qualys
14 10 (0.74%) Sophos
14 10 (0.74%) Tenable