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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 44 36
Rank change year-on-year +18 -8 +18
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,374 764 1,391
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.34% 6.28% 5.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.76% 6.56% 6.35%
Number of salaries quoted 896 461 995
10th Percentile £40,000 £44,590 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,670 £52,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,127 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.24% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -9.25%

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 17,698 11,645 21,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.66% 95.67% 88.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12,099 7,047 16,056
10th Percentile £40,902 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,500 £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 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 23 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 23 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 +39 232 £70,000 -6.67% 75
West London +13 84 £40,000 -55.56% 44
South London +31 34 £50,000 -31.03% 7
East London +13 34 £87,500 - 22
North London +16 21 £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 28 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.29%) Apache
4 3 (0.22%) CMS
4 3 (0.22%) SAS
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.15%) Confluence
6 1 (0.073%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.073%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.073%) Maya
6 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.22%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.15%) Shopify
4 1 (0.073%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.073%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.073%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.073%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 314 (22.85%) Azure
2 167 (12.15%) AWS
3 119 (8.66%) Microsoft 365
4 107 (7.79%) Entra ID
5 80 (5.82%) SaaS
6 63 (4.59%) GCP
7 28 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
8 25 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
9 22 (1.60%) Google Workspace
10 21 (1.53%) Power Platform
11 20 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
12 17 (1.24%) Mimecast
13 16 (1.16%) Nutanix
14 13 (0.95%) GitHub
15 12 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
16 11 (0.80%) Serverless
17 7 (0.51%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 7 (0.51%) Azure Logic Apps
18 6 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
18 6 (0.44%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 113 (8.22%) Firewall
2 86 (6.26%) Network Security
3 33 (2.40%) VPN
4 30 (2.18%) Broadband
5 27 (1.97%) Internet
6 22 (1.60%) WAN
7 21 (1.53%) DNS
8 17 (1.24%) Intrusion Detection
8 17 (1.24%) LAN
8 17 (1.24%) TCP/IP
9 16 (1.16%) CHAP
10 15 (1.09%) Wireless
11 13 (0.95%) Kerberos
12 12 (0.87%) Cisco ISE
12 12 (0.87%) DHCP
13 10 (0.73%) VLAN
14 9 (0.66%) SD-WAN
15 7 (0.51%) VoIP
15 7 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
16 6 (0.44%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (1.46%) Power BI
2 12 (0.87%) Tableau
3 9 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (0.44%) Big Data
5 5 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.36%) MongoDB
5 5 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.36%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.22%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.15%) ClickHouse
8 2 (0.15%) MySQL
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.073%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.073%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.073%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.073%) Flink
9 1 (0.073%) GIS
9 1 (0.073%) Impala
9 1 (0.073%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 22 (1.60%) GitLab
2 13 (0.95%) Git
3 8 (0.58%) Jenkins
3 8 (0.58%) JIRA
4 4 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.15%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.15%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.15%) JMeter
5 2 (0.15%) MLflow
6 1 (0.073%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.073%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.073%) Locust
6 1 (0.073%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.073%) Oracle APEX
General
1 396 (28.82%) Social Skills
2 259 (18.85%) Finance
3 172 (12.52%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 97 (7.06%) Banking
6 86 (6.26%) Retail
7 79 (5.75%) Legal
8 62 (4.51%) Law
9 45 (3.28%) Public Sector
10 42 (3.06%) Marketing
11 41 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
12 36 (2.62%) Aviation
13 35 (2.55%) Local Government
14 33 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (1.75%) Telecoms
16 22 (1.60%) Financial Institution
17 16 (1.16%) Multimedia
18 15 (1.09%) Advertising
18 15 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
19 12 (0.87%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 166 (12.08%) Senior
2 141 (10.26%) Analyst
3 129 (9.39%) Consultant
4 118 (8.59%) Architect
4 118 (8.59%) Security Analyst
5 114 (8.30%) Lead
6 98 (7.13%) Security Engineer
7 97 (7.06%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 74 (5.39%) Security Manager
9 72 (5.24%) Security Architect
10 52 (3.78%) Security Consultant
11 49 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 47 (3.42%) IT Manager
13 44 (3.20%) Developer
14 41 (2.98%) Account Manager
15 37 (2.69%) Security Specialist
16 33 (2.40%) Sales Representative
16 33 (2.40%) Senior Consultant
17 32 (2.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
17 32 (2.33%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.06%) REST
2 40 (2.91%) OpenID
2 40 (2.91%) SAML
3 38 (2.77%) OAuth
4 34 (2.47%) LDAP
5 25 (1.82%) SOAP
6 19 (1.38%) GraphQL
7 14 (1.02%) FastAPI
7 14 (1.02%) SailPoint
8 11 (0.80%) CSS
8 11 (0.80%) React
9 10 (0.73%) HTML
9 10 (0.73%) RESTful
10 9 (0.66%) Kafka
11 7 (0.51%) .NET
12 6 (0.44%) LangChain
12 6 (0.44%) Web Services
13 5 (0.36%) Apache NiFi
13 5 (0.36%) PyTorch
13 5 (0.36%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 143 (10.41%) Security Posture
2 94 (6.84%) Management Information System
3 80 (5.82%) Cyber Threat
4 59 (4.29%) Cyber Defence
5 58 (4.22%) Cloud Native
6 49 (3.57%) Cyberattack
7 42 (3.06%) Operational Technology
8 39 (2.84%) Security Operations Centre
9 38 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
10 33 (2.40%) Onboarding
11 22 (1.60%) Data Centre
12 19 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.31%) Cloud Security Posture
14 16 (1.16%) Blog
14 16 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
15 15 (1.09%) Blockchain
16 14 (1.02%) AI Agents
16 14 (1.02%) PKI
17 13 (0.95%) Product Ownership
18 12 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 109 (7.93%) Windows
2 69 (5.02%) Linux
3 52 (3.78%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.53%) Mac OS
5 15 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.73%) Android
7 9 (0.66%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.44%) CentOS
8 6 (0.44%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.44%) Unix
8 6 (0.44%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.073%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (18.70%) Information Security
2 250 (18.20%) Incident Response
3 217 (15.79%) Risk Management
4 183 (13.32%) Cloud Security
4 183 (13.32%) Mentoring
5 177 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
6 162 (11.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 151 (10.99%) Vulnerability Management
8 149 (10.84%) Agile
9 141 (10.26%) Security Operations
10 129 (9.39%) SIEM
11 119 (8.66%) Roadmaps
12 114 (8.30%) AI
13 108 (7.86%) Identity Access Management
14 107 (7.79%) Decision-Making
15 104 (7.57%) Project Management
15 104 (7.57%) Stakeholder Management
16 100 (7.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 98 (7.13%) Threat Intelligence
18 97 (7.06%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 152 (11.06%) Python
2 128 (9.32%) PowerShell
3 51 (3.71%) SQL
4 32 (2.33%) Bash
5 29 (2.11%) JavaScript
6 21 (1.53%) Java
7 20 (1.46%) C++
8 19 (1.38%) T-SQL
9 12 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (0.66%) Go
11 8 (0.58%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.51%) R
13 4 (0.29%) C#
14 2 (0.15%) Bicep
14 2 (0.15%) C
14 2 (0.15%) Rust
14 2 (0.15%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.073%) Perl
15 1 (0.073%) PHP
Qualifications
1 245 (17.83%) CISSP
2 191 (13.90%) Degree
3 152 (11.06%) CISM
4 109 (7.93%) Security Cleared
5 82 (5.97%) CISA
6 75 (5.46%) SC Cleared
7 64 (4.66%) CompTIA Security+
8 56 (4.08%) CEH
9 53 (3.86%) CRISC
10 52 (3.78%) Azure Certification
10 52 (3.78%) Cisco Certification
11 48 (3.49%) GIAC
12 43 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
12 43 (3.13%) Master's Degree
13 41 (2.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 40 (2.91%) CompTIA CySA+
15 36 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
15 36 (2.62%) SANS
16 34 (2.47%) DV Cleared
17 32 (2.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 290 (21.11%) NIST
2 246 (17.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 146 (10.63%) GDPR
4 77 (5.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 77 (5.60%) GRC
5 70 (5.09%) QA
6 69 (5.02%) PCI DSS
7 45 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 36 (2.62%) NIST 800
9 35 (2.55%) NCSC
10 34 (2.47%) COBIT
11 27 (1.97%) SOC 2
12 19 (1.38%) Accessibility
12 19 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 13 (0.95%) SLA
14 9 (0.66%) HIPAA
14 9 (0.66%) ISO 22301
15 8 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 8 (0.58%) SOC 1
16 7 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 108 (7.86%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (1.38%) Docker
4 18 (1.31%) Hyper-V
5 14 (1.02%) IAG
6 5 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.29%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 4 (0.29%) vSphere
8 2 (0.15%) Firmware
8 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 45 (3.28%) Terraform
2 36 (2.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 35 (2.55%) Kubernetes
4 24 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.02%) Ansible
6 12 (0.87%) SCCM
7 10 (0.73%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 8 (0.58%) VxRail
9 7 (0.51%) RSA Archer
10 5 (0.36%) CASB
10 5 (0.36%) Grafana
11 4 (0.29%) Argo
11 4 (0.29%) CSIRT
11 4 (0.29%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.22%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 2 (0.15%) AirWatch
13 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.15%) QRadar
13 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 274 (19.94%) Microsoft
2 48 (3.49%) VMware
3 42 (3.06%) Splunk
4 39 (2.84%) CrowdStrike
5 37 (2.69%) Salesforce
6 33 (2.40%) Palo Alto
7 31 (2.26%) ForeScout
7 31 (2.26%) Google
8 30 (2.18%) Cisco
9 24 (1.75%) CyberArk
10 20 (1.46%) Fortinet
11 19 (1.38%) Dell
12 13 (0.95%) Qualys
12 13 (0.95%) ServiceNow
13 12 (0.87%) CheckPoint
13 12 (0.87%) Tenable
13 12 (0.87%) Zscaler
14 11 (0.80%) Okta
14 11 (0.80%) Rapid7
14 11 (0.80%) Sophos