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 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 40 50
Rank change year-on-year +15 +10 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,126 1,038 917
As % of all permanent jobs in London 8.59% 5.90% 4.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.40% 6.45% 5.32%
Number of salaries quoted 527 559 780
10th Percentile £31,000 £48,389 £43,700
25th Percentile £47,500 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £72,500 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.52% -2.68% +2.76%
75th Percentile £92,500 £91,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -3.85%

All Process and 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 11,982 16,083 17,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.44% 91.43% 93.57%
Number of salaries quoted 7,579 9,459 14,021
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.44%

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 27 November 2025.

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 27 November 2025. 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 -1 132 £75,000 +15.38% 64
West London +26 118 £47,000 -43.03% 48
South London +40 115 £47,500 -34.48% 21
East London +13 69 £105,000 +84.21% 33
North London +12 18 £32,500 -50.00% 14
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 26 (2.31%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.71%) CMS
4 6 (0.53%) Confluence
5 5 (0.44%) Apache
6 4 (0.36%) nginx
7 3 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
7 3 (0.27%) Traefik
8 2 (0.18%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.089%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 59 (5.24%) Maya
2 25 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.62%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.27%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.27%) CINEMA 4D
6 3 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.27%) Sketch
6 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.089%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 23 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.69%) SAP IBP
3 18 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (1.15%) SAP CO
4 13 (1.15%) SAP FI
4 13 (1.15%) SAP FI/CO
4 13 (1.15%) SAP FSCM
5 11 (0.98%) SAP IS-U
6 9 (0.80%) SAP FS
7 6 (0.53%) Exchequer
8 4 (0.36%) Endur
8 4 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.27%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.27%) SAP CX
9 3 (0.27%) Yoast SEO
10 2 (0.18%) SAP MDG
11 1 (0.089%) Fidessa
11 1 (0.089%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 291 (25.84%) Cloud Computing
2 243 (21.58%) Azure
3 176 (15.63%) AWS
4 93 (8.26%) Microsoft 365
5 53 (4.71%) GCP
6 49 (4.35%) Power Platform
7 38 (3.37%) Entra ID
8 36 (3.20%) SaaS
9 35 (3.11%) PaaS
10 26 (2.31%) IaaS
10 26 (2.31%) Serverless
11 24 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (2.13%) GitHub
12 17 (1.51%) Azure Sentinel
13 14 (1.24%) Boomi
13 14 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (1.24%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 11 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
14 11 (0.98%) Nutanix
15 10 (0.89%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 276 (24.51%) Internet
2 97 (8.61%) Firewall
3 44 (3.91%) VPN
4 35 (3.11%) Network Security
5 34 (3.02%) WAN
6 28 (2.49%) Intrusion Detection
7 26 (2.31%) LAN
8 25 (2.22%) TCP/IP
9 23 (2.04%) DHCP
9 23 (2.04%) DNS
10 16 (1.42%) VoIP
11 14 (1.24%) VLAN
12 11 (0.98%) Wireshark
13 9 (0.80%) SD-WAN
14 7 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.62%) Wireless
15 6 (0.53%) CHAP
15 6 (0.53%) Modbus
16 5 (0.44%) IP Telephony
17 4 (0.36%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (3.64%) Power BI
2 33 (2.93%) Tableau
3 30 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (2.40%) SQL Server
5 21 (1.87%) SAP BW
6 15 (1.33%) Relational Database
7 14 (1.24%) Data Lake
8 11 (0.98%) Metadata
9 10 (0.89%) Big Data
10 9 (0.80%) Oracle Database
11 8 (0.71%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
13 6 (0.53%) Amazon Aurora
13 6 (0.53%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.53%) MySQL
14 4 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
15 3 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
15 3 (0.27%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 30 (2.66%) Git
2 14 (1.24%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.07%) JIRA
4 7 (0.62%) GitLab
5 4 (0.36%) IntelliJ
6 3 (0.27%) git-flow
6 3 (0.27%) Spinnaker
7 2 (0.18%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.089%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.089%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.089%) JMeter
8 1 (0.089%) JUnit
8 1 (0.089%) Locust
8 1 (0.089%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.089%) SonarQube
General
1 616 (54.71%) Social Skills
2 390 (34.64%) Banking
3 386 (34.28%) Finance
4 327 (29.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 213 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
6 150 (13.32%) Law
7 84 (7.46%) Legal
8 82 (7.28%) Games
9 80 (7.10%) Marketing
10 50 (4.44%) Retail
11 45 (4.00%) Public Sector
12 43 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
12 43 (3.82%) Telecoms
13 38 (3.37%) Manufacturing
14 36 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
15 30 (2.66%) Dutch Language
15 30 (2.66%) French Language
15 30 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
16 29 (2.58%) Financial Institution
17 25 (2.22%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 220 (19.54%) Lecturer
2 135 (11.99%) Senior
3 105 (9.33%) Lead
4 103 (9.15%) Analyst
5 85 (7.55%) Architect
6 64 (5.68%) Consultant
7 63 (5.60%) IT Manager
8 57 (5.06%) Security Analyst
9 51 (4.53%) Security Engineer
10 43 (3.82%) IT Architect
11 39 (3.46%) IT Support
12 35 (3.11%) Senior Consultant
13 32 (2.84%) Senior Architect
14 25 (2.22%) Developer
14 25 (2.22%) Trainee
15 24 (2.13%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 24 (2.13%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 24 (2.13%) Operations Manager
15 24 (2.13%) Security Specialist
16 23 (2.04%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.49%) CSS
1 28 (2.49%) HTML
1 28 (2.49%) React
2 23 (2.04%) REST
3 16 (1.42%) YAML
4 15 (1.33%) RESTful
5 14 (1.24%) AngularJS
5 14 (1.24%) Vue
6 11 (0.98%) Kafka
7 10 (0.89%) Middleware
8 7 (0.62%) .NET
8 7 (0.62%) Pandas
8 7 (0.62%) PyTorch
8 7 (0.62%) TensorFlow
9 6 (0.53%) jQuery
10 5 (0.44%) EDI
11 4 (0.36%) GraphQL
11 4 (0.36%) Spring Boot
11 4 (0.36%) XML
11 4 (0.36%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 268 (23.80%) IoT
2 109 (9.68%) Enterprise Software
3 81 (7.19%) Management Information System
4 66 (5.86%) Security Posture
5 50 (4.44%) Cyber Threat
6 43 (3.82%) Cloud Native
7 33 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
8 32 (2.84%) Onboarding
9 30 (2.66%) Hybrid Cloud
10 23 (2.04%) Data Centre
11 22 (1.95%) Blockchain
11 22 (1.95%) Virtual Team
12 21 (1.87%) CCTV
13 20 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
14 18 (1.60%) Cyberattack
14 18 (1.60%) Product Ownership
15 17 (1.51%) Security Operations Centre
16 14 (1.24%) Public Cloud
16 14 (1.24%) Taxonomies
17 13 (1.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 96 (8.53%) Windows
2 60 (5.33%) Linux
3 26 (2.31%) Mac OS
4 25 (2.22%) Windows Server
5 19 (1.69%) Android
6 16 (1.42%) Unix
7 15 (1.33%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.98%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (0.53%) VMS
11 5 (0.44%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.18%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.089%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.089%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (34.01%) AI
2 312 (27.71%) Machine Learning
3 281 (24.96%) User Experience
4 268 (23.80%) Web Development
5 243 (21.58%) Problem-Solving
6 221 (19.63%) Risk Management
7 169 (15.01%) Incident Response
8 150 (13.32%) Information Security
9 147 (13.06%) Agile
10 138 (12.26%) Analytics
11 125 (11.10%) Continuous Improvement
12 124 (11.01%) Mentoring
13 123 (10.92%) Project Management
14 115 (10.21%) Roadmaps
15 103 (9.15%) Business Strategy
16 100 (8.88%) Computer Science
17 98 (8.70%) DevOps
17 98 (8.70%) SIEM
18 90 (7.99%) IT Strategy
19 86 (7.64%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 105 (9.33%) Python
2 65 (5.77%) PowerShell
3 46 (4.09%) SQL
4 41 (3.64%) JavaScript
5 26 (2.31%) Java
6 18 (1.60%) Bash
7 16 (1.42%) R
8 8 (0.71%) C#
8 8 (0.71%) Kotlin
9 7 (0.62%) Scala
10 6 (0.53%) Go
11 5 (0.44%) C++
11 5 (0.44%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.44%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.27%) Perl
13 2 (0.18%) Bicep
13 2 (0.18%) C
13 2 (0.18%) VBScript
14 1 (0.089%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.089%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 517 (45.91%) Degree
2 297 (26.38%) Master's Degree
3 262 (23.27%) PhD
4 257 (22.82%) Postgraduate
5 183 (16.25%) CISSP
6 121 (10.75%) CISM
7 79 (7.02%) CISA
8 59 (5.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 49 (4.35%) CRISC
10 45 (4.00%) PMI Certification
11 40 (3.55%) Microsoft Certification
12 37 (3.29%) PMP
13 35 (3.11%) Azure Certification
14 33 (2.93%) CEH
15 31 (2.75%) AWS Certification
16 22 (1.95%) Security Cleared
17 20 (1.78%) CompTIA Security+
18 19 (1.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
19 16 (1.42%) SC Cleared
20 14 (1.24%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (16.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 184 (16.34%) NIST
3 125 (11.10%) GDPR
4 74 (6.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 58 (5.15%) GRC
6 40 (3.55%) QA
7 37 (3.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 30 (2.66%) PCI DSS
9 28 (2.49%) COBIT
10 27 (2.40%) SOC 2
11 23 (2.04%) NCSC
12 22 (1.95%) NIST 800
13 15 (1.33%) Data Quality
14 14 (1.24%) SLA
15 12 (1.07%) Accessibility
15 12 (1.07%) ITGC
15 12 (1.07%) SOC 1
16 11 (0.98%) PMO
17 9 (0.80%) IFRS
17 9 (0.80%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 47 (4.17%) Active Directory
2 26 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (2.22%) Docker
4 13 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.80%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.53%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.089%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.089%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (3.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (3.11%) Terraform
3 28 (2.49%) Kubernetes
4 23 (2.04%) Ansible
5 17 (1.51%) RSA Archer
6 9 (0.80%) SCCM
6 9 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
7 8 (0.71%) Nessus
7 8 (0.71%) QRadar
8 6 (0.53%) Autotask
8 6 (0.53%) CASB
8 6 (0.53%) Grafana
8 6 (0.53%) PaperCut
8 6 (0.53%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.44%) CSIRT
10 4 (0.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 4 (0.36%) Nagios
10 4 (0.36%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.27%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 242 (21.49%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.86%) SAP
3 53 (4.71%) Oracle
4 37 (3.29%) Salesforce
4 37 (3.29%) VMware
5 31 (2.75%) Palo Alto
6 28 (2.49%) CrowdStrike
7 24 (2.13%) Fortinet
7 24 (2.13%) ServiceNow
8 23 (2.04%) Splunk
9 21 (1.87%) Adobe
10 17 (1.51%) MuleSoft
11 14 (1.24%) Dell
12 13 (1.15%) Cisco
13 12 (1.07%) Duck Creek
13 12 (1.07%) Guidewire
14 10 (0.89%) Qualys
14 10 (0.89%) Sophos
14 10 (0.89%) Xero
15 9 (0.80%) Apple