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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 39 40
Rank change year-on-year +11 +1 +14
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,481 815 1,097
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.14% 6.78% 5.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.56% 7.21% 6.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,022 479 637
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £44,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £54,375 £55,159
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £119,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.87%

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 19,600 11,305 17,284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.30% 94.08% 89.27%
Number of salaries quoted 13,295 7,169 11,114
10th Percentile £40,808 £38,810 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,000 £53,046
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 1 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 1 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 +29 179 £72,500 -3.33% 157
West London 0 83 £55,703 -38.11% 77
South London +8 32 £50,000 +8.70% 18
East London 0 23 £87,500 -2.78% 25
North London +2 8 £60,000 +9.09% 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 42 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.47%) Confluence
4 6 (0.41%) SAS
5 5 (0.34%) Apache
6 4 (0.27%) IIS
7 3 (0.20%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.068%) CMS
9 1 (0.068%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.14%) SmartSuite
4 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.068%) Maya
Business Applications
1 3 (0.20%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
1 3 (0.20%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.14%) Eikon
2 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.068%) Maximo
3 1 (0.068%) RMDS
3 1 (0.068%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 291 (19.65%) Azure
2 188 (12.69%) AWS
3 148 (9.99%) Microsoft 365
4 130 (8.78%) Entra ID
5 98 (6.62%) SaaS
6 66 (4.46%) GCP
7 36 (2.43%) Microsoft Purview
8 30 (2.03%) Azure Sentinel
9 25 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
10 23 (1.55%) Mimecast
11 18 (1.22%) Power Platform
12 15 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (0.88%) GitHub
13 13 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
14 12 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
15 10 (0.68%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 10 (0.68%) Serverless
15 10 (0.68%) WeChat
16 9 (0.61%) AWS CloudFormation
16 9 (0.61%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 142 (9.59%) Firewall
2 90 (6.08%) Network Security
3 52 (3.51%) VPN
4 38 (2.57%) DNS
5 36 (2.43%) WAN
6 35 (2.36%) Internet
7 33 (2.23%) LAN
8 29 (1.96%) TCP/IP
9 24 (1.62%) Wireless
10 21 (1.42%) DHCP
10 21 (1.42%) VLAN
11 18 (1.22%) Kerberos
12 16 (1.08%) Cisco ISE
13 13 (0.88%) SD-WAN
14 12 (0.81%) Broadband
14 12 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
15 11 (0.74%) Wireshark
16 10 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
17 9 (0.61%) OSPF
18 8 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.01%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.88%) Power BI
3 11 (0.74%) Big Data
4 8 (0.54%) MongoDB
5 6 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.41%) Tableau
6 5 (0.34%) Metadata
7 4 (0.27%) MySQL
8 3 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.20%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.14%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.14%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.14%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.14%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.068%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.068%) GIS
10 1 (0.068%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.068%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (1.22%) Git
2 17 (1.15%) JIRA
3 15 (1.01%) Burp Suite
4 14 (0.95%) GitLab
4 14 (0.95%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.74%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.14%) git-flow
7 2 (0.14%) Snyk
7 2 (0.14%) Xcode
7 2 (0.14%) XCTest
7 2 (0.14%) XCUITest
8 1 (0.068%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.068%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.068%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.068%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.068%) Vite
8 1 (0.068%) webpack
8 1 (0.068%) Yeoman
General
1 466 (31.47%) Social Skills
2 260 (17.56%) Finance
3 182 (12.29%) Analytical Skills
4 149 (10.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 95 (6.41%) Banking
6 85 (5.74%) Law
7 77 (5.20%) Legal
8 71 (4.79%) Retail
9 57 (3.85%) Public Sector
10 52 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
11 51 (3.44%) Marketing
12 41 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
13 36 (2.43%) Telecoms
14 30 (2.03%) Local Government
15 28 (1.89%) Aviation
16 25 (1.69%) Financial Institution
17 21 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.95%) Back Office
18 14 (0.95%) Mandarin Language
19 11 (0.74%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 160 (10.80%) Senior
2 158 (10.67%) Consultant
3 148 (9.99%) Lead
4 141 (9.52%) Analyst
5 136 (9.18%) Architect
6 115 (7.77%) Security Analyst
7 98 (6.62%) Security Engineer
8 88 (5.94%) Security Manager
9 84 (5.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 83 (5.60%) Security Architect
11 65 (4.39%) Security Consultant
12 50 (3.38%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 48 (3.24%) IT Manager
14 44 (2.97%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 41 (2.77%) Account Manager
15 41 (2.77%) Security Specialist
16 38 (2.57%) Business Manager
17 36 (2.43%) Software Engineer
18 34 (2.30%) Senior Consultant
19 33 (2.23%) IAM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.16%) Terraform
2 31 (2.09%) OpenID
2 31 (2.09%) SAML
3 27 (1.82%) OAuth
4 25 (1.69%) REST
5 22 (1.49%) LDAP
6 14 (0.95%) SailPoint
7 13 (0.88%) .NET
7 13 (0.88%) RESTful
8 11 (0.74%) FastAPI
8 11 (0.74%) Kafka
9 9 (0.61%) React
10 7 (0.47%) FIX Protocol
11 6 (0.41%) Apache NiFi
11 6 (0.41%) Node.js
11 6 (0.41%) SOAP
11 6 (0.41%) Web Services
12 5 (0.34%) .NET Core
13 4 (0.27%) PyTorch
13 4 (0.27%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 141 (9.52%) Security Posture
2 113 (7.63%) Management Information System
3 83 (5.60%) Cyber Threat
4 68 (4.59%) Onboarding
5 60 (4.05%) Operational Technology
6 55 (3.71%) Cloud Native
7 46 (3.11%) Cyber Defence
8 40 (2.70%) Data Centre
9 39 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
10 29 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
11 28 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
12 23 (1.55%) Cyberattack
13 19 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
14 18 (1.22%) AI Agents
15 17 (1.15%) Product Ownership
16 16 (1.08%) Virtual Team
17 15 (1.01%) Blog
18 14 (0.95%) PKI
19 13 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
19 13 (0.88%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 114 (7.70%) Windows
2 71 (4.79%) Linux
3 53 (3.58%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.42%) Mac OS
5 18 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (0.88%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.68%) Android
8 9 (0.61%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.47%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.41%) CentOS
11 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
11 4 (0.27%) Unix
12 2 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.068%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (18.84%) Information Security
2 248 (16.75%) Incident Response
3 239 (16.14%) Risk Management
4 204 (13.77%) Cloud Security
5 203 (13.71%) Problem-Solving
6 200 (13.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 178 (12.02%) Stakeholder Management
8 174 (11.75%) Vulnerability Management
9 171 (11.55%) Security Operations
10 167 (11.28%) Mentoring
11 163 (11.01%) AI
12 161 (10.87%) SIEM
13 146 (9.86%) Roadmaps
14 140 (9.45%) Agile
15 127 (8.58%) Decision-Making
16 124 (8.37%) Identity Access Management
17 115 (7.77%) Penetration Testing
18 112 (7.56%) Data Protection
18 112 (7.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 110 (7.43%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 134 (9.05%) Python
2 94 (6.35%) PowerShell
3 24 (1.62%) Kusto Query Language
3 24 (1.62%) SQL
4 23 (1.55%) Java
5 22 (1.49%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.01%) Bash
7 14 (0.95%) Go
8 10 (0.68%) C#
9 8 (0.54%) C++
10 5 (0.34%) Rust
10 5 (0.34%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.20%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.20%) VBA
11 3 (0.20%) VBScript
12 2 (0.14%) Bicep
12 2 (0.14%) R
12 2 (0.14%) Scala
12 2 (0.14%) Search Processing Language
12 2 (0.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 261 (17.62%) CISSP
2 218 (14.72%) Degree
3 161 (10.87%) Security Cleared
4 155 (10.47%) CISM
5 98 (6.62%) SC Cleared
6 69 (4.66%) Cisco Certification
7 65 (4.39%) Master's Degree
8 61 (4.12%) CompTIA Security+
9 60 (4.05%) CISA
10 54 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
11 52 (3.51%) CRISC
12 51 (3.44%) Azure Certification
13 45 (3.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 42 (2.84%) CEH
15 40 (2.70%) CCSP
16 39 (2.63%) GIAC
17 33 (2.23%) DV Cleared
17 33 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
18 28 (1.89%) OSCP
19 26 (1.76%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 266 (17.96%) NIST
2 263 (17.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 164 (11.07%) GDPR
4 102 (6.89%) GRC
5 96 (6.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 72 (4.86%) PCI DSS
7 50 (3.38%) QA
8 44 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 37 (2.50%) SOC 2
10 34 (2.30%) NCSC
11 29 (1.96%) NIST 800
12 25 (1.69%) COBIT
13 21 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 20 (1.35%) Accessibility
15 14 (0.95%) SLA
16 13 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 12 (0.81%) PMO
18 9 (0.61%) HIPAA
18 9 (0.61%) ISO 22301
19 8 (0.54%) SOC 1
System Software
1 111 (7.49%) Active Directory
2 40 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.15%) Docker
3 17 (1.15%) Hyper-V
4 14 (0.95%) IAG
5 12 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.41%) vSphere
7 4 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.14%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.068%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
3 34 (2.30%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.22%) Ansible
5 15 (1.01%) Nessus
6 11 (0.74%) Nmap
7 7 (0.47%) SCCM
8 6 (0.41%) CASB
9 5 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (0.34%) VxRail
10 4 (0.27%) Argo
10 4 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 4 (0.27%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.27%) Grafana
10 4 (0.27%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.20%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.20%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.20%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.20%) QRadar
11 3 (0.20%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 311 (21.00%) Microsoft
2 58 (3.92%) Cisco
3 52 (3.51%) Palo Alto
3 52 (3.51%) VMware
4 45 (3.04%) Splunk
5 43 (2.90%) CrowdStrike
6 34 (2.30%) Google
6 34 (2.30%) Salesforce
7 31 (2.09%) CyberArk
8 26 (1.76%) Tenable
9 25 (1.69%) Rapid7
10 21 (1.42%) Fortinet
10 21 (1.42%) Meraki
11 20 (1.35%) ServiceNow
12 18 (1.22%) ForeScout
12 18 (1.22%) Qualys
13 16 (1.08%) Zscaler
14 15 (1.01%) Okta
15 14 (0.95%) SAP
16 13 (0.88%) Sophos