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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 39 34
Rank change year-on-year +15 -5 +22
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,447 774 1,409
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.90% 6.43% 5.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.45% 6.70% 6.57%
Number of salaries quoted 871 470 1,038
10th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £58,750 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,200 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.07% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,670 £59,500
% change year-on-year +4.04% -3.08% -8.46%

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 17,122 11,558 21,435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.70% 96.07% 90.28%
Number of salaries quoted 11,563 6,915 15,882
10th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,500 £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 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,400 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.01% +8.00% -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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +32 240 £70,000 -3.45% 56
West London +23 117 £38,000 -43.97% 33
South London +44 79 £50,000 -31.03% 10
East London +20 57 £87,500 +1.45% 15
North London +17 28 £60,000 - 12
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 (1.80%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.28%) CMS
4 3 (0.21%) Apache
5 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.14%) SAS
6 1 (0.069%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.069%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.48%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.35%) Maya
6 1 (0.069%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.069%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.21%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
3 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.14%) Shopify
4 1 (0.069%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 314 (21.70%) Azure
2 180 (12.44%) AWS
3 136 (9.40%) Cloud Computing
4 112 (7.74%) Microsoft 365
5 97 (6.70%) Entra ID
6 66 (4.56%) SaaS
7 57 (3.94%) GCP
8 26 (1.80%) Microsoft Purview
9 24 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
10 23 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
11 22 (1.52%) GitHub
11 22 (1.52%) Power Platform
12 21 (1.45%) Nutanix
13 19 (1.31%) Google Workspace
14 17 (1.17%) Mimecast
15 9 (0.62%) Serverless
16 7 (0.48%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 6 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
17 6 (0.41%) Datadog
18 5 (0.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 144 (9.95%) Internet
2 103 (7.12%) Firewall
3 79 (5.46%) Network Security
4 28 (1.94%) Broadband
4 28 (1.94%) VPN
5 21 (1.45%) DNS
5 21 (1.45%) WAN
6 20 (1.38%) CHAP
7 16 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
7 16 (1.11%) TCP/IP
8 14 (0.97%) LAN
9 13 (0.90%) DHCP
9 13 (0.90%) Wireless
10 11 (0.76%) Kerberos
11 10 (0.69%) Cisco ISE
11 10 (0.69%) SD-WAN
11 10 (0.69%) VLAN
12 8 (0.55%) VoIP
12 8 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.48%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (1.52%) Power BI
2 16 (1.11%) Big Data
3 15 (1.04%) Tableau
4 9 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.21%) Hadoop
7 3 (0.21%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Hive
8 2 (0.14%) ClickHouse
8 2 (0.14%) Impala
8 2 (0.14%) MySQL
8 2 (0.14%) Neo4j
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.14%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.069%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.069%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.069%) GIS
9 1 (0.069%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 23 (1.59%) GitLab
2 21 (1.45%) Git
3 8 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.35%) JIRA
5 4 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (0.28%) MLflow
6 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.069%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.069%) JMeter
7 1 (0.069%) Locust
7 1 (0.069%) Oracle APEX
General
1 506 (34.97%) Social Skills
2 254 (17.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 253 (17.48%) Finance
4 221 (15.27%) Banking
5 175 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
6 89 (6.15%) Retail
7 74 (5.11%) Legal
8 55 (3.80%) Law
9 46 (3.18%) Public Sector
10 43 (2.97%) Marketing
11 39 (2.70%) Local Government
12 36 (2.49%) Aviation
13 34 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
14 32 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
15 30 (2.07%) Multimedia
16 25 (1.73%) Telecoms
17 24 (1.66%) Financial Institution
18 19 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
19 13 (0.90%) Advertising
20 12 (0.83%) Games
Job Titles
1 160 (11.06%) Senior
2 125 (8.64%) Analyst
3 114 (7.88%) Consultant
4 113 (7.81%) Architect
5 107 (7.39%) Lecturer
6 104 (7.19%) Security Analyst
7 103 (7.12%) Lead
8 94 (6.50%) Security Engineer
9 86 (5.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 77 (5.32%) Security Manager
11 69 (4.77%) Security Architect
12 49 (3.39%) Account Manager
13 48 (3.32%) Developer
14 46 (3.18%) IT Manager
15 45 (3.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 43 (2.97%) Security Consultant
17 40 (2.76%) Trainee
18 36 (2.49%) Senior Consultant
19 33 (2.28%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 31 (2.14%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.76%) REST
2 35 (2.42%) OAuth
2 35 (2.42%) OpenID
2 35 (2.42%) SAML
3 29 (2.00%) LDAP
4 23 (1.59%) CSS
4 23 (1.59%) SOAP
5 20 (1.38%) HTML
6 17 (1.17%) GraphQL
6 17 (1.17%) SailPoint
7 15 (1.04%) React
8 12 (0.83%) FastAPI
9 11 (0.76%) RESTful
10 8 (0.55%) Kafka
11 6 (0.41%) .NET
11 6 (0.41%) PySpark
11 6 (0.41%) Web Services
12 5 (0.35%) LangChain
12 5 (0.35%) Node.js
12 5 (0.35%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 136 (9.40%) Security Posture
2 135 (9.33%) IoT
3 90 (6.22%) Management Information System
4 79 (5.46%) Cyber Threat
5 62 (4.28%) Cyber Defence
6 52 (3.59%) Cloud Native
7 47 (3.25%) Cyberattack
8 41 (2.83%) Operational Technology
9 39 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
10 29 (2.00%) Onboarding
10 29 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
11 26 (1.80%) Data Centre
12 24 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
13 21 (1.45%) Blockchain
14 20 (1.38%) Cloud Security Posture
15 18 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
16 17 (1.17%) Blog
17 15 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
18 12 (0.83%) Mobile App
18 12 (0.83%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 108 (7.46%) Windows
2 71 (4.91%) Linux
3 51 (3.52%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.59%) Mac OS
5 14 (0.97%) Android
6 13 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (0.83%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.55%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.41%) CentOS
9 6 (0.41%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.35%) Unix
11 2 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (16.59%) Information Security
2 239 (16.52%) Incident Response
3 223 (15.41%) AI
4 204 (14.10%) Risk Management
5 200 (13.82%) Mentoring
6 179 (12.37%) Cloud Security
7 166 (11.47%) Machine Learning
7 166 (11.47%) Problem-Solving
8 146 (10.09%) Agile
9 136 (9.40%) User Experience
10 135 (9.33%) Vulnerability Management
11 132 (9.12%) Continuous Improvement
12 128 (8.85%) Web Development
13 122 (8.43%) Security Operations
14 115 (7.95%) Roadmaps
15 108 (7.46%) SIEM
16 107 (7.39%) Project Management
17 98 (6.77%) Threat Intelligence
18 96 (6.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 95 (6.57%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 162 (11.20%) Python
2 128 (8.85%) PowerShell
3 52 (3.59%) SQL
4 39 (2.70%) JavaScript
5 30 (2.07%) Bash
6 24 (1.66%) C++
7 22 (1.52%) Java
8 17 (1.17%) T-SQL
9 15 (1.04%) R
10 11 (0.76%) Go
11 10 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
12 9 (0.62%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.28%) C#
14 3 (0.21%) C
15 2 (0.14%) Bicep
15 2 (0.14%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.14%) Perl
15 2 (0.14%) Rust
15 2 (0.14%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.069%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 317 (21.91%) Degree
2 237 (16.38%) CISSP
3 170 (11.75%) Master's Degree
4 145 (10.02%) CISM
5 121 (8.36%) PhD
5 121 (8.36%) Postgraduate
6 99 (6.84%) Security Cleared
7 81 (5.60%) CISA
8 66 (4.56%) SC Cleared
9 62 (4.28%) Azure Certification
9 62 (4.28%) CEH
9 62 (4.28%) CompTIA Security+
10 51 (3.52%) Cisco Certification
11 45 (3.11%) CRISC
12 44 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
13 43 (2.97%) CompTIA CySA+
14 42 (2.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 41 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
16 40 (2.76%) GIAC
17 37 (2.56%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 273 (18.87%) NIST
2 228 (15.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 128 (8.85%) GDPR
4 73 (5.04%) GRC
5 71 (4.91%) QA
6 68 (4.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 59 (4.08%) PCI DSS
8 42 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 38 (2.63%) NCSC
10 34 (2.35%) NIST 800
11 31 (2.14%) COBIT
12 18 (1.24%) Accessibility
12 18 (1.24%) SOC 2
13 13 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 11 (0.76%) ISO 22301
15 9 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
15 9 (0.62%) SLA
16 8 (0.55%) HIPAA
17 7 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 7 (0.48%) JSP 440
System Software
1 101 (6.98%) Active Directory
2 34 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (1.52%) Docker
4 17 (1.17%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.76%) IAG
6 6 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.35%) vSphere
8 3 (0.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.21%) Firmware
8 3 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.069%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 46 (3.18%) Terraform
2 38 (2.63%) Kubernetes
3 31 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (0.90%) Ansible
6 10 (0.69%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 10 (0.69%) SCCM
7 8 (0.55%) VxRail
8 7 (0.48%) CASB
8 7 (0.48%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.35%) CSIRT
10 4 (0.28%) Argo
10 4 (0.28%) Grafana
11 3 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.21%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.14%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.14%) QRadar
13 1 (0.069%) DatAdvantage
Vendors
1 267 (18.45%) Microsoft
2 46 (3.18%) VMware
3 42 (2.90%) CrowdStrike
4 35 (2.42%) Splunk
5 33 (2.28%) ForeScout
6 29 (2.00%) Google
6 29 (2.00%) Palo Alto
6 29 (2.00%) Salesforce
7 26 (1.80%) Cisco
7 26 (1.80%) CyberArk
8 21 (1.45%) Dell
8 21 (1.45%) Fortinet
9 12 (0.83%) Commvault
10 11 (0.76%) Okta
11 10 (0.69%) Oracle
11 10 (0.69%) Rapid7
11 10 (0.69%) SAP
11 10 (0.69%) Sophos
11 10 (0.69%) Zscaler
12 9 (0.62%) CheckPoint