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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 36 40
Rank change year-on-year +7 +4 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,512 818 1,049
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.95% 6.95% 5.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.37% 7.38% 6.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,057 477 566
10th Percentile £42,800 £36,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -5.41% +3.50%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £92,188
90th Percentile £105,000 £121,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%

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 20,509 11,083 16,877
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.76% 94.15% 89.37%
Number of salaries quoted 13,842 7,005 10,277
10th Percentile £41,013 £38,490 £40,003
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.11% -7.18%

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 22 September 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 22 September 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 +18 161 £72,500 -3.33% 210
West London -4 72 £72,500 +4.17% 79
South London +7 32 £50,000 +8.70% 14
East London -8 17 £110,000 +12.82% 24
North London -2 3 £60,000 +45.45% 7
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 43 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.46%) Confluence
4 6 (0.40%) SAS
5 5 (0.33%) Apache
6 4 (0.26%) IIS
7 3 (0.20%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.066%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.13%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 3 (0.20%) Distributed Ledger
1 3 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 2 (0.13%) Eikon
3 1 (0.066%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.066%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.066%) Magento
3 1 (0.066%) Maximo
3 1 (0.066%) RMDS
3 1 (0.066%) SAP CAR
3 1 (0.066%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 297 (19.64%) Azure
2 179 (11.84%) AWS
3 162 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
4 156 (10.32%) Entra ID
5 100 (6.61%) SaaS
6 70 (4.63%) GCP
7 45 (2.98%) Microsoft Purview
8 27 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
8 27 (1.79%) Mimecast
9 26 (1.72%) Power Platform
10 23 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
11 20 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
12 19 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (1.26%) GitHub
12 19 (1.26%) Microsoft Copilot
13 16 (1.06%) PaaS
13 16 (1.06%) Serverless
14 11 (0.73%) Azure API Management
15 10 (0.66%) IaaS
15 10 (0.66%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 141 (9.33%) Firewall
2 90 (5.95%) Network Security
3 59 (3.90%) VPN
4 46 (3.04%) DNS
5 38 (2.51%) WAN
6 37 (2.45%) Internet
7 35 (2.31%) LAN
8 34 (2.25%) TCP/IP
9 27 (1.79%) DHCP
10 26 (1.72%) Wireless
11 20 (1.32%) VLAN
12 18 (1.19%) Kerberos
13 16 (1.06%) Cisco ISE
14 15 (0.99%) SD-WAN
15 12 (0.79%) Broadband
15 12 (0.79%) Wireshark
16 11 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
16 11 (0.73%) OSPF
16 11 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
17 8 (0.53%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (1.26%) Power BI
2 16 (1.06%) SQL Server
3 11 (0.73%) Big Data
4 8 (0.53%) Metadata
4 8 (0.53%) MongoDB
5 7 (0.46%) Tableau
6 4 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.26%) MySQL
7 3 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.13%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.13%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.13%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.13%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.13%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.13%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.066%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 18 (1.19%) Burp Suite
2 17 (1.12%) JIRA
3 16 (1.06%) Git
4 13 (0.86%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.86%) Metasploit
5 12 (0.79%) GitLab
6 2 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.13%) git-flow
6 2 (0.13%) Snyk
6 2 (0.13%) Xcode
6 2 (0.13%) XCTest
6 2 (0.13%) XCUITest
6 2 (0.13%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.066%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.066%) JMeter
7 1 (0.066%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.066%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.066%) Vite
General
1 468 (30.95%) Social Skills
2 265 (17.53%) Finance
3 177 (11.71%) Analytical Skills
4 141 (9.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 97 (6.42%) Banking
6 93 (6.15%) Law
7 80 (5.29%) Legal
7 80 (5.29%) Public Sector
8 75 (4.96%) Retail
9 55 (3.64%) Marketing
10 52 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
11 42 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
11 42 (2.78%) Telecoms
12 28 (1.85%) Local Government
13 24 (1.59%) Financial Institution
14 17 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (1.06%) Aviation
16 14 (0.93%) Back Office
17 12 (0.79%) Mandarin Language
18 9 (0.60%) French Language
Job Titles
1 176 (11.64%) Senior
2 169 (11.18%) Consultant
3 144 (9.52%) Architect
4 143 (9.46%) Lead
5 136 (8.99%) Analyst
6 110 (7.28%) Security Analyst
7 106 (7.01%) Security Engineer
8 94 (6.22%) Security Manager
9 93 (6.15%) Security Architect
10 80 (5.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 69 (4.56%) Security Consultant
12 58 (3.84%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 51 (3.37%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 46 (3.04%) Security Specialist
15 43 (2.84%) IT Manager
15 43 (2.84%) Software Engineer
16 41 (2.71%) Business Manager
17 38 (2.51%) IAM Consultant
18 37 (2.45%) Senior Consultant
19 34 (2.25%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (2.51%) Terraform
2 35 (2.31%) OpenID
3 33 (2.18%) SAML
4 32 (2.12%) OAuth
5 31 (2.05%) REST
6 24 (1.59%) LDAP
7 14 (0.93%) RESTful
7 14 (0.93%) SailPoint
8 13 (0.86%) .NET
9 11 (0.73%) Kafka
10 10 (0.66%) FastAPI
11 9 (0.60%) React
12 7 (0.46%) FIX Protocol
12 7 (0.46%) Middleware
12 7 (0.46%) SOAP
13 6 (0.40%) Apache NiFi
13 6 (0.40%) Node.js
13 6 (0.40%) OAuth2
13 6 (0.40%) Web Services
14 5 (0.33%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 140 (9.26%) Security Posture
2 113 (7.47%) Management Information System
3 95 (6.28%) Cyber Threat
4 73 (4.83%) Onboarding
5 68 (4.50%) Operational Technology
6 52 (3.44%) Cloud Native
7 44 (2.91%) Cyber Defence
8 42 (2.78%) Data Centre
9 39 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
10 38 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
11 25 (1.65%) Security Operations Centre
12 19 (1.26%) AI Agents
12 19 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
13 17 (1.12%) Cyberattack
14 16 (1.06%) Virtual Team
15 15 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
15 15 (0.99%) PKI
16 14 (0.93%) Blog
16 14 (0.93%) IoT
17 13 (0.86%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 113 (7.47%) Windows
2 71 (4.70%) Linux
3 51 (3.37%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.46%) Mac OS
5 16 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 15 (0.99%) Windows 10
7 12 (0.79%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.73%) Android
9 6 (0.40%) Unix
10 5 (0.33%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.26%) CentOS
11 4 (0.26%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.066%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (18.92%) Information Security
2 249 (16.47%) Incident Response
3 235 (15.54%) Risk Management
4 211 (13.96%) Continuous Improvement
5 206 (13.62%) Problem-Solving
5 206 (13.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 194 (12.83%) Cloud Security
7 186 (12.30%) AI
8 183 (12.10%) Security Operations
9 182 (12.04%) Vulnerability Management
10 156 (10.32%) Roadmaps
11 154 (10.19%) Mentoring
12 153 (10.12%) SIEM
13 134 (8.86%) Decision-Making
14 132 (8.73%) Identity Access Management
15 129 (8.53%) Agile
16 119 (7.87%) Security Architecture
17 118 (7.80%) Penetration Testing
18 115 (7.61%) Data Protection
19 111 (7.34%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 134 (8.86%) Python
2 92 (6.08%) PowerShell
3 27 (1.79%) Java
4 26 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
5 25 (1.65%) SQL
6 20 (1.32%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.06%) Bash
7 16 (1.06%) Go
8 11 (0.73%) C#
9 10 (0.66%) C++
10 8 (0.53%) Bicep
11 6 (0.40%) Rust
12 5 (0.33%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.26%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.20%) Swift
14 3 (0.20%) VBA
14 3 (0.20%) VBScript
15 2 (0.13%) Scala
15 2 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
15 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 259 (17.13%) CISSP
2 215 (14.22%) Degree
3 202 (13.36%) Security Cleared
4 160 (10.58%) CISM
5 135 (8.93%) SC Cleared
6 70 (4.63%) Cisco Certification
7 66 (4.37%) Master's Degree
8 57 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
9 52 (3.44%) CISA
10 49 (3.24%) CompTIA Security+
10 49 (3.24%) CRISC
11 47 (3.11%) Azure Certification
12 43 (2.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 38 (2.51%) CCSP
14 35 (2.31%) DV Cleared
15 33 (2.18%) CEH
16 31 (2.05%) OSCP
17 30 (1.98%) GIAC
18 29 (1.92%) CREST Certified
18 29 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 277 (18.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 249 (16.47%) NIST
3 162 (10.71%) GDPR
4 110 (7.28%) GRC
5 98 (6.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 71 (4.70%) PCI DSS
7 48 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 44 (2.91%) NCSC
9 41 (2.71%) QA
10 34 (2.25%) SOC 2
11 24 (1.59%) NIST 800
12 21 (1.39%) COBIT
13 18 (1.19%) Accessibility
13 18 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 15 (0.99%) SLA
15 14 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 12 (0.79%) PMO
17 8 (0.53%) SOC 1
18 7 (0.46%) ISO 22301
19 5 (0.33%) HIPAA
System Software
1 114 (7.54%) Active Directory
2 40 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.12%) Docker
3 17 (1.12%) Hyper-V
4 15 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.40%) IAG
6 5 (0.33%) vSphere
7 4 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.13%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.13%) ProxySG
9 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (3.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
3 37 (2.45%) Kubernetes
4 17 (1.12%) Ansible
5 16 (1.06%) Nessus
6 13 (0.86%) Nmap
7 12 (0.79%) Grafana
8 9 (0.60%) CASB
9 6 (0.40%) SCCM
10 5 (0.33%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (0.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.26%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.26%) QRadar
12 3 (0.20%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.20%) CSIRT
12 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.20%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 3 (0.20%) VxRail
13 2 (0.13%) Argo
Vendors
1 329 (21.76%) Microsoft
2 60 (3.97%) Cisco
3 54 (3.57%) Palo Alto
4 48 (3.17%) VMware
5 42 (2.78%) CrowdStrike
6 40 (2.65%) Splunk
7 39 (2.58%) Google
8 33 (2.18%) CyberArk
9 30 (1.98%) Salesforce
10 27 (1.79%) Rapid7
10 27 (1.79%) Tenable
11 24 (1.59%) ServiceNow
12 22 (1.46%) Meraki
13 21 (1.39%) Fortinet
14 20 (1.32%) Qualys
15 18 (1.19%) Zscaler
16 16 (1.06%) Okta
16 16 (1.06%) SAP
17 12 (0.79%) Netskope
17 12 (0.79%) Oracle