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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 40 34
Rank change year-on-year +16 -6 +19
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,435 776 1,407
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.86% 6.44% 5.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.41% 6.70% 6.53%
Number of salaries quoted 860 473 1,031
10th Percentile £38,500 £45,200 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £58,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,100 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.20% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £106,375 £120,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,670 £59,400
% change year-on-year +4.04% -2.91% -8.62%

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 17,060 11,581 21,541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.60% 96.05% 90.01%
Number of salaries quoted 11,510 6,921 15,929
10th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £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 £58,100 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.27% +5.64% -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 2 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 2 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 +27 242 £70,000 -3.45% 121
West London +20 118 £38,000 -43.97% 38
South London +43 78 £50,000 -31.03% 11
East London +18 57 £87,500 +1.45% 16
North London +17 28 £60,000 - 15
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 25 (1.74%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.21%) Apache
3 3 (0.21%) CMS
4 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.14%) SAS
5 1 (0.070%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.070%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) Maya
6 1 (0.070%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.070%) 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 (0.070%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 314 (21.88%) Azure
2 178 (12.40%) AWS
3 134 (9.34%) Cloud Computing
4 112 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
5 97 (6.76%) Entra ID
6 68 (4.74%) SaaS
7 58 (4.04%) GCP
8 26 (1.81%) Microsoft Purview
9 24 (1.67%) Azure Sentinel
10 22 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
10 22 (1.53%) Power Platform
11 21 (1.46%) GitHub
11 21 (1.46%) Nutanix
12 19 (1.32%) Google Workspace
13 17 (1.18%) Mimecast
14 9 (0.63%) Serverless
15 7 (0.49%) Amazon GuardDuty
16 6 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
16 6 (0.42%) Datadog
17 5 (0.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 145 (10.10%) Internet
2 102 (7.11%) Firewall
3 79 (5.51%) Network Security
4 28 (1.95%) Broadband
5 27 (1.88%) VPN
6 21 (1.46%) WAN
7 20 (1.39%) CHAP
7 20 (1.39%) DNS
8 16 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
9 15 (1.05%) TCP/IP
10 14 (0.98%) LAN
11 13 (0.91%) Wireless
12 12 (0.84%) DHCP
13 11 (0.77%) Kerberos
14 10 (0.70%) Cisco ISE
14 10 (0.70%) SD-WAN
15 9 (0.63%) VLAN
16 8 (0.56%) VoIP
16 8 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
17 7 (0.49%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (1.53%) Power BI
2 16 (1.11%) Big Data
3 15 (1.05%) Tableau
4 9 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.42%) 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 (0.070%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.070%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.070%) Metadata
9 1 (0.070%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (1.60%) GitLab
2 20 (1.39%) Git
3 8 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.35%) JIRA
5 4 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (0.28%) MLflow
6 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.070%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.070%) JMeter
7 1 (0.070%) Locust
7 1 (0.070%) Oracle APEX
General
1 502 (34.98%) Social Skills
2 256 (17.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 247 (17.21%) Finance
4 220 (15.33%) Banking
5 172 (11.99%) Analytical Skills
6 89 (6.20%) Retail
7 75 (5.23%) Legal
8 55 (3.83%) Law
9 46 (3.21%) Marketing
10 43 (3.00%) Public Sector
11 36 (2.51%) Aviation
11 36 (2.51%) Local Government
12 34 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
13 32 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
14 28 (1.95%) Multimedia
15 24 (1.67%) Financial Institution
15 24 (1.67%) Telecoms
16 19 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
17 13 (0.91%) Advertising
18 9 (0.63%) Games
Job Titles
1 159 (11.08%) Senior
2 125 (8.71%) Analyst
3 115 (8.01%) Consultant
4 110 (7.67%) Architect
5 107 (7.46%) Lecturer
6 104 (7.25%) Security Analyst
7 102 (7.11%) Lead
8 92 (6.41%) Security Engineer
9 86 (5.99%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 76 (5.30%) Security Manager
11 67 (4.67%) Security Architect
12 47 (3.28%) Account Manager
13 45 (3.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 45 (3.14%) Developer
13 45 (3.14%) IT Manager
14 43 (3.00%) Security Consultant
15 38 (2.65%) Trainee
16 35 (2.44%) Senior Consultant
17 33 (2.30%) Cybersecurity Manager
18 32 (2.23%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (2.72%) REST
2 35 (2.44%) OAuth
2 35 (2.44%) OpenID
2 35 (2.44%) SAML
3 29 (2.02%) LDAP
4 23 (1.60%) SOAP
5 22 (1.53%) CSS
6 19 (1.32%) HTML
7 17 (1.18%) GraphQL
7 17 (1.18%) SailPoint
8 15 (1.05%) React
9 12 (0.84%) FastAPI
10 9 (0.63%) RESTful
11 8 (0.56%) Kafka
12 6 (0.42%) .NET
12 6 (0.42%) LangChain
12 6 (0.42%) PySpark
12 6 (0.42%) Web Services
13 5 (0.35%) PyTorch
13 5 (0.35%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 137 (9.55%) Security Posture
2 135 (9.41%) IoT
3 90 (6.27%) Management Information System
4 79 (5.51%) Cyber Threat
5 62 (4.32%) Cyber Defence
6 51 (3.55%) Cloud Native
7 47 (3.28%) Cyberattack
8 41 (2.86%) Operational Technology
9 39 (2.72%) Security Operations Centre
10 30 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
11 29 (2.02%) Onboarding
12 25 (1.74%) Data Centre
13 21 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
14 20 (1.39%) Cloud Security Posture
15 19 (1.32%) Blockchain
16 18 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
17 17 (1.18%) Blog
18 14 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
19 12 (0.84%) PKI
19 12 (0.84%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 107 (7.46%) Windows
2 70 (4.88%) Linux
3 50 (3.48%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.53%) Mac OS
5 13 (0.91%) Android
5 13 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (0.84%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.49%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.42%) CentOS
8 6 (0.42%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.35%) Unix
10 2 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (16.59%) Incident Response
1 238 (16.59%) Information Security
2 220 (15.33%) AI
3 200 (13.94%) Risk Management
4 195 (13.59%) Mentoring
5 177 (12.33%) Cloud Security
6 167 (11.64%) Machine Learning
7 162 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
8 142 (9.90%) Agile
9 135 (9.41%) User Experience
9 135 (9.41%) Vulnerability Management
10 131 (9.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 128 (8.92%) Web Development
12 122 (8.50%) Security Operations
13 112 (7.80%) Roadmaps
14 108 (7.53%) SIEM
15 106 (7.39%) Project Management
16 97 (6.76%) Threat Intelligence
17 96 (6.69%) Identity Access Management
18 95 (6.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 162 (11.29%) Python
2 128 (8.92%) PowerShell
3 52 (3.62%) SQL
4 38 (2.65%) JavaScript
5 30 (2.09%) Bash
6 22 (1.53%) C++
6 22 (1.53%) Java
7 17 (1.18%) T-SQL
8 15 (1.05%) R
9 11 (0.77%) Go
10 10 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
11 9 (0.63%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.28%) C#
13 3 (0.21%) C
14 2 (0.14%) Bicep
14 2 (0.14%) Perl
14 2 (0.14%) Rust
14 2 (0.14%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.070%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.070%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 312 (21.74%) Degree
2 236 (16.45%) CISSP
3 168 (11.71%) Master's Degree
4 143 (9.97%) CISM
5 121 (8.43%) PhD
5 121 (8.43%) Postgraduate
6 99 (6.90%) Security Cleared
7 80 (5.57%) CISA
8 66 (4.60%) SC Cleared
9 61 (4.25%) Azure Certification
9 61 (4.25%) CEH
9 61 (4.25%) CompTIA Security+
10 50 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
11 44 (3.07%) CRISC
11 44 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
12 43 (3.00%) CompTIA CySA+
13 41 (2.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 40 (2.79%) GIAC
15 38 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
16 37 (2.58%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 273 (19.02%) NIST
2 227 (15.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 128 (8.92%) GDPR
4 72 (5.02%) GRC
5 70 (4.88%) QA
6 68 (4.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 59 (4.11%) PCI DSS
8 42 (2.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 38 (2.65%) NCSC
10 34 (2.37%) NIST 800
11 30 (2.09%) COBIT
12 18 (1.25%) Accessibility
12 18 (1.25%) SOC 2
13 13 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 11 (0.77%) ISO 22301
15 9 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
15 9 (0.63%) SLA
16 8 (0.56%) HIPAA
17 7 (0.49%) Government Security Classifications
17 7 (0.49%) JSP 440
System Software
1 101 (7.04%) Active Directory
2 34 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (1.53%) Docker
4 17 (1.18%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.77%) IAG
6 6 (0.42%) 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 (0.070%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 45 (3.14%) Terraform
2 38 (2.65%) Kubernetes
3 31 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (0.91%) Ansible
6 10 (0.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 10 (0.70%) SCCM
7 8 (0.56%) VxRail
8 7 (0.49%) CASB
8 7 (0.49%) 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 (0.070%) DatAdvantage
Vendors
1 266 (18.54%) Microsoft
2 46 (3.21%) VMware
3 42 (2.93%) CrowdStrike
4 35 (2.44%) Splunk
5 33 (2.30%) ForeScout
6 31 (2.16%) Salesforce
7 29 (2.02%) Google
7 29 (2.02%) Palo Alto
8 26 (1.81%) Cisco
8 26 (1.81%) CyberArk
9 21 (1.46%) Dell
9 21 (1.46%) Fortinet
10 12 (0.84%) Commvault
11 11 (0.77%) Okta
12 10 (0.70%) Rapid7
12 10 (0.70%) SAP
12 10 (0.70%) Sophos
12 10 (0.70%) Zscaler
13 9 (0.63%) CheckPoint
13 9 (0.63%) ServiceNow