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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 40 37
Rank change year-on-year +23 -3 +16
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,433 857 1,265
As % of all permanent jobs in London 8.61% 6.27% 5.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.09% 6.52% 6.30%
Number of salaries quoted 648 512 1,067
10th Percentile £30,500 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £107,500
England median annual salary £51,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -17.60% +4.17% -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 14,203 13,151 20,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 85.39% 96.20% 91.63%
Number of salaries quoted 9,220 7,643 15,943
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £54,250 £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 £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 11 March 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 11 March 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 +15 214 £70,000 +7.69% 63
South London +50 177 £50,000 -23.08% 7
West London +28 172 £47,000 -18.50% 33
East London +23 105 £96,250 +58.44% 34
North London +19 40 £65,000 - 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 20 (1.40%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.56%) CMS
4 3 (0.21%) Oracle Coherence
5 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.14%) Confluence
5 2 (0.14%) SAS
6 1 (0.070%) Apache
6 1 (0.070%) nginx
Applications
1 28 (1.95%) Maya
2 21 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.63%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.49%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.070%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.070%) CINEMA 4D
8 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.28%) Endur
2 4 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.21%) Exchequer
3 3 (0.21%) SAP CX
3 3 (0.21%) SAP FS
3 3 (0.21%) Yoast SEO
4 2 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.14%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.14%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.14%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (0.14%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.14%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (0.14%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.070%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.070%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.070%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.070%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 405 (28.26%) Cloud Computing
2 323 (22.54%) Azure
3 204 (14.24%) AWS
4 88 (6.14%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (4.75%) Entra ID
6 56 (3.91%) GCP
7 35 (2.44%) SaaS
8 33 (2.30%) GitHub
9 30 (2.09%) Nutanix
10 23 (1.61%) Power Platform
11 22 (1.54%) Google Workspace
12 21 (1.47%) AWS CloudFormation
13 20 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
14 18 (1.26%) PaaS
15 16 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
16 14 (0.98%) Mimecast
17 12 (0.84%) IaaS
18 11 (0.77%) Serverless
19 10 (0.70%) OCI
20 8 (0.56%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 409 (28.54%) Internet
2 99 (6.91%) Firewall
3 57 (3.98%) Network Security
4 33 (2.30%) VPN
5 27 (1.88%) WAN
6 22 (1.54%) CHAP
7 21 (1.47%) Broadband
7 21 (1.47%) Intrusion Detection
8 16 (1.12%) SD-WAN
9 15 (1.05%) DNS
10 14 (0.98%) LAN
10 14 (0.98%) Wireless
11 13 (0.91%) TCP/IP
12 12 (0.84%) DHCP
13 10 (0.70%) VLAN
14 7 (0.49%) VoIP
15 6 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
16 5 (0.35%) Cisco ISE
16 5 (0.35%) SAN
16 5 (0.35%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (1.54%) Power BI
1 22 (1.54%) Tableau
2 20 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (1.26%) Big Data
4 9 (0.63%) Metadata
5 8 (0.56%) Data Lake
5 8 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (0.49%) Oracle Database
6 7 (0.49%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.42%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.35%) Neo4j
9 4 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.28%) SAP BW
10 3 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.21%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.14%) Apache Hive
11 2 (0.14%) ClickHouse
11 2 (0.14%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.14%) Impala
11 2 (0.14%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 33 (2.30%) Git
2 15 (1.05%) GitLab
3 11 (0.77%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.35%) JIRA
5 4 (0.28%) MLflow
6 2 (0.14%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.14%) JMeter
6 2 (0.14%) Locust
General
1 695 (48.50%) Social Skills
2 502 (35.03%) Banking
3 462 (32.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 306 (21.35%) Finance
5 147 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
6 106 (7.40%) Legal
7 85 (5.93%) Law
8 76 (5.30%) Retail
9 55 (3.84%) Public Sector
10 51 (3.56%) Multimedia
11 47 (3.28%) Marketing
12 43 (3.00%) Games
13 36 (2.51%) Financial Institution
13 36 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
14 35 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
15 29 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
16 26 (1.81%) Local Government
17 19 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
17 19 (1.33%) Telecoms
18 12 (0.84%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 325 (22.68%) Lecturer
2 149 (10.40%) Senior
3 96 (6.70%) Architect
4 92 (6.42%) Analyst
4 92 (6.42%) Consultant
5 85 (5.93%) Lead
6 68 (4.75%) Security Analyst
7 67 (4.68%) Security Engineer
8 51 (3.56%) Trainee
9 48 (3.35%) Security Manager
10 47 (3.28%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 45 (3.14%) Account Manager
12 44 (3.07%) Security Architect
13 41 (2.86%) Developer
14 39 (2.72%) IT Manager
14 39 (2.72%) Security Specialist
15 36 (2.51%) Security Consultant
16 35 (2.44%) Senior Consultant
17 33 (2.30%) Cybersecurity Engineer
18 30 (2.09%) Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (2.72%) CSS
2 36 (2.51%) HTML
3 31 (2.16%) REST
4 25 (1.74%) OAuth
5 24 (1.67%) SAML
6 23 (1.61%) OpenID
7 22 (1.54%) LDAP
8 20 (1.40%) SOAP
9 18 (1.26%) GraphQL
10 16 (1.12%) React
11 11 (0.77%) SailPoint
12 8 (0.56%) RESTful
13 7 (0.49%) FastAPI
13 7 (0.49%) PyTorch
13 7 (0.49%) TensorFlow
14 6 (0.42%) AngularJS
14 6 (0.42%) LangChain
14 6 (0.42%) Pandas
14 6 (0.42%) PySpark
14 6 (0.42%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 396 (27.63%) IoT
2 106 (7.40%) Security Posture
3 77 (5.37%) Management Information System
4 67 (4.68%) Enterprise Software
5 54 (3.77%) Cyber Threat
6 43 (3.00%) Cloud Native
7 34 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
8 33 (2.30%) Data Centre
9 31 (2.16%) Cyberattack
10 30 (2.09%) Cyber Defence
11 29 (2.02%) Blockchain
11 29 (2.02%) Security Operations Centre
12 19 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
13 16 (1.12%) Cloud Security Posture
13 16 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
14 14 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
14 14 (0.98%) Mobile App
15 12 (0.84%) Cyber Security Posture
15 12 (0.84%) PKI
16 11 (0.77%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 96 (6.70%) Windows
2 61 (4.26%) Linux
3 41 (2.86%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.67%) Mac OS
5 17 (1.19%) Android
6 10 (0.70%) Unix
7 9 (0.63%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.42%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.070%) Solaris
10 1 (0.070%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 489 (34.12%) AI
2 417 (29.10%) Machine Learning
3 393 (27.42%) Web Development
4 389 (27.15%) User Experience
5 206 (14.38%) Risk Management
6 192 (13.40%) Information Security
7 183 (12.77%) Incident Response
8 179 (12.49%) Mentoring
9 167 (11.65%) Problem-Solving
10 131 (9.14%) Agile
11 128 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
12 123 (8.58%) Cloud Security
13 115 (8.03%) Roadmaps
14 94 (6.56%) Vulnerability Management
15 93 (6.49%) Analytics
16 90 (6.28%) SIEM
17 87 (6.07%) Project Management
18 83 (5.79%) Computer Science
19 81 (5.65%) Data Protection
20 76 (5.30%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 143 (9.98%) Python
2 106 (7.40%) PowerShell
3 52 (3.63%) SQL
4 48 (3.35%) JavaScript
5 27 (1.88%) Bash
6 24 (1.67%) C++
6 24 (1.67%) R
7 18 (1.26%) Java
7 18 (1.26%) T-SQL
8 11 (0.77%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.49%) Go
10 5 (0.35%) C
11 4 (0.28%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.21%) C#
12 3 (0.21%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.14%) Perl
14 1 (0.070%) Bicep
14 1 (0.070%) Scala
Qualifications
1 554 (38.66%) Degree
2 414 (28.89%) Master's Degree
3 378 (26.38%) PhD
4 374 (26.10%) Postgraduate
5 208 (14.52%) CISSP
6 137 (9.56%) CISM
7 91 (6.35%) CISA
8 61 (4.26%) Azure Certification
9 58 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 54 (3.77%) CEH
11 45 (3.14%) CompTIA Security+
12 44 (3.07%) AWS Certification
13 43 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
13 43 (3.00%) CRISC
14 42 (2.93%) Security Cleared
15 33 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
16 32 (2.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 32 (2.23%) SANS
17 29 (2.02%) CompTIA CySA+
17 29 (2.02%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 229 (15.98%) NIST
2 203 (14.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 116 (8.09%) GDPR
4 59 (4.12%) Cyber Essentials
5 54 (3.77%) GRC
6 40 (2.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 39 (2.72%) PCI DSS
7 39 (2.72%) QA
8 34 (2.37%) COBIT
8 34 (2.37%) NCSC
9 26 (1.81%) NIST 800
10 16 (1.12%) ISO 22301
11 11 (0.77%) Accessibility
11 11 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
11 11 (0.77%) Data Quality
12 9 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 19770
13 8 (0.56%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.35%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.35%) JSP 440
System Software
1 77 (5.37%) Active Directory
2 28 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (1.54%) Docker
4 11 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.56%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.35%) vSphere
8 3 (0.21%) Firmware
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.14%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.14%) IAG
10 1 (0.070%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 39 (2.72%) Terraform
2 28 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 26 (1.81%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.26%) Ansible
5 17 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.84%) CASB
6 12 (0.84%) SCCM
7 9 (0.63%) RSA Archer
8 8 (0.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 6 (0.42%) VxRail
10 5 (0.35%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 4 (0.28%) Nessus
12 3 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.21%) Grafana
12 3 (0.21%) PaperCut
12 3 (0.21%) Proxmox
13 2 (0.14%) AirWatch
13 2 (0.14%) CSIRT
14 1 (0.070%) DatAdvantage
14 1 (0.070%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 239 (16.68%) Microsoft
2 46 (3.21%) VMware
3 38 (2.65%) CrowdStrike
4 32 (2.23%) Oracle
4 32 (2.23%) Palo Alto
5 27 (1.88%) Dell
5 27 (1.88%) Fortinet
6 24 (1.67%) Google
7 20 (1.40%) ForeScout
7 20 (1.40%) Salesforce
8 19 (1.33%) Commvault
8 19 (1.33%) SAP
9 18 (1.26%) CyberArk
10 16 (1.12%) Cisco
10 16 (1.12%) ServiceNow
11 14 (0.98%) Splunk
12 10 (0.70%) MuleSoft
13 9 (0.63%) Xero
14 8 (0.56%) CheckPoint
14 8 (0.56%) Sophos