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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 36 37
Rank change year-on-year +8 +1 +18
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,507 830 1,099
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.10% 6.91% 5.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.54% 7.35% 6.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,047 484 602
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,500 £70,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.14% -5.41% +5.60%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £119,625 £112,500
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 19,995 11,293 17,082
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.99% 94.06% 89.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13,604 7,162 10,638
10th Percentile £40,825 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £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 10 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 10 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 +24 173 £72,500 -3.33% 130
West London -1 79 £60,000 -33.33% 50
South London +4 33 £50,000 +8.70% 17
East London -6 21 £70,000 -28.21% 23
North London +1 5 £60,000 +20.00% 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 44 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.46%) Confluence
4 6 (0.40%) SAS
5 5 (0.33%) Apache
6 4 (0.27%) IIS
7 3 (0.20%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.066%) CMS
9 1 (0.066%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.13%) SmartSuite
4 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.20%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
1 3 (0.20%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.13%) Eikon
2 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.066%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.066%) Maximo
3 1 (0.066%) RMDS
3 1 (0.066%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 296 (19.64%) Azure
2 191 (12.67%) AWS
3 156 (10.35%) Microsoft 365
4 141 (9.36%) Entra ID
5 98 (6.50%) SaaS
6 71 (4.71%) GCP
7 38 (2.52%) Microsoft Purview
8 32 (2.12%) Azure Sentinel
9 28 (1.86%) Cloud Computing
10 25 (1.66%) Mimecast
11 18 (1.19%) Power Platform
12 17 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
13 15 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
14 14 (0.93%) GitHub
15 12 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
16 11 (0.73%) Serverless
17 10 (0.66%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 10 (0.66%) PaaS
17 10 (0.66%) WeChat
18 9 (0.60%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 145 (9.62%) Firewall
2 91 (6.04%) Network Security
3 54 (3.58%) VPN
4 39 (2.59%) DNS
5 37 (2.46%) Internet
6 36 (2.39%) WAN
7 32 (2.12%) LAN
8 30 (1.99%) TCP/IP
9 24 (1.59%) Wireless
10 21 (1.39%) DHCP
10 21 (1.39%) VLAN
11 18 (1.19%) Kerberos
12 17 (1.13%) Cisco ISE
13 13 (0.86%) SD-WAN
14 12 (0.80%) Broadband
14 12 (0.80%) Wireshark
15 11 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
15 11 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
16 10 (0.66%) OSPF
17 8 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.00%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.86%) Power BI
3 11 (0.73%) Big Data
4 8 (0.53%) MongoDB
5 6 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.40%) Tableau
6 5 (0.33%) Metadata
7 4 (0.27%) MySQL
8 3 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.13%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.13%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.13%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.13%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.13%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.066%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.066%) Flink
10 1 (0.066%) GIS
10 1 (0.066%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 18 (1.19%) Git
2 17 (1.13%) Burp Suite
3 16 (1.06%) JIRA
4 14 (0.93%) Jenkins
5 13 (0.86%) GitLab
6 12 (0.80%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.13%) git-flow
8 2 (0.13%) Snyk
8 2 (0.13%) Xcode
8 2 (0.13%) XCTest
8 2 (0.13%) XCUITest
8 2 (0.13%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.066%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.066%) JMeter
9 1 (0.066%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.066%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.066%) Vite
9 1 (0.066%) webpack
General
1 470 (31.19%) Social Skills
2 258 (17.12%) Finance
3 177 (11.75%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (9.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 95 (6.30%) Banking
6 88 (5.84%) Law
7 77 (5.11%) Legal
8 74 (4.91%) Retail
9 62 (4.11%) Public Sector
10 53 (3.52%) Marketing
11 51 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
12 42 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
13 37 (2.46%) Telecoms
14 30 (1.99%) Local Government
15 27 (1.79%) Aviation
16 24 (1.59%) Financial Institution
17 21 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.93%) Back Office
18 14 (0.93%) Mandarin Language
19 11 (0.73%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 171 (11.35%) Senior
2 167 (11.08%) Consultant
3 147 (9.75%) Lead
4 141 (9.36%) Analyst
5 134 (8.89%) Architect
6 116 (7.70%) Security Analyst
7 106 (7.03%) Security Engineer
8 93 (6.17%) Security Manager
9 84 (5.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 84 (5.57%) Security Architect
10 68 (4.51%) Security Consultant
11 55 (3.65%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 50 (3.32%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 48 (3.19%) IT Manager
14 41 (2.72%) Security Specialist
15 40 (2.65%) Business Manager
15 40 (2.65%) Software Engineer
16 39 (2.59%) Account Manager
17 38 (2.52%) IAM Consultant
18 37 (2.46%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.12%) Terraform
2 31 (2.06%) OpenID
2 31 (2.06%) SAML
3 27 (1.79%) OAuth
4 25 (1.66%) REST
5 22 (1.46%) LDAP
6 16 (1.06%) SailPoint
7 13 (0.86%) .NET
7 13 (0.86%) RESTful
8 11 (0.73%) Kafka
9 10 (0.66%) FastAPI
10 9 (0.60%) React
11 7 (0.46%) FIX Protocol
12 6 (0.40%) Apache NiFi
12 6 (0.40%) Node.js
12 6 (0.40%) SOAP
12 6 (0.40%) Web Services
13 5 (0.33%) .NET Core
14 4 (0.27%) PyTorch
14 4 (0.27%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 143 (9.49%) Security Posture
2 110 (7.30%) Management Information System
3 86 (5.71%) Cyber Threat
4 70 (4.64%) Onboarding
5 63 (4.18%) Operational Technology
6 55 (3.65%) Cloud Native
7 45 (2.99%) Cyber Defence
8 40 (2.65%) Data Centre
9 39 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
10 30 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
11 29 (1.92%) Security Operations Centre
12 21 (1.39%) Cyberattack
13 18 (1.19%) AI Agents
13 18 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
14 17 (1.13%) Product Ownership
14 17 (1.13%) Virtual Team
15 15 (1.00%) Blog
16 14 (0.93%) PKI
17 13 (0.86%) Driving Licence
17 13 (0.86%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 117 (7.76%) Windows
2 76 (5.04%) Linux
3 52 (3.45%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.53%) Mac OS
5 18 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (0.86%) Windows 10
7 11 (0.73%) Android
7 11 (0.73%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.46%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.40%) CentOS
10 5 (0.33%) Unix
11 4 (0.27%) 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
1 280 (18.58%) Information Security
2 255 (16.92%) Incident Response
3 237 (15.73%) Risk Management
4 204 (13.54%) Cloud Security
5 202 (13.40%) Problem-Solving
6 201 (13.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 189 (12.54%) Stakeholder Management
8 184 (12.21%) Security Operations
9 179 (11.88%) Vulnerability Management
10 173 (11.48%) AI
11 165 (10.95%) SIEM
12 160 (10.62%) Mentoring
13 150 (9.95%) Roadmaps
14 139 (9.22%) Agile
15 129 (8.56%) Identity Access Management
16 128 (8.49%) Decision-Making
17 119 (7.90%) Penetration Testing
18 113 (7.50%) Data Protection
19 111 (7.37%) Security Architecture
20 110 (7.30%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 134 (8.89%) Python
2 93 (6.17%) PowerShell
3 25 (1.66%) Kusto Query Language
4 24 (1.59%) Java
5 23 (1.53%) SQL
6 22 (1.46%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.06%) Bash
8 15 (1.00%) Go
9 10 (0.66%) C#
10 8 (0.53%) C++
11 5 (0.33%) Rust
11 5 (0.33%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.27%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.20%) Swift
13 3 (0.20%) VBA
13 3 (0.20%) VBScript
14 2 (0.13%) R
14 2 (0.13%) Scala
14 2 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 260 (17.25%) CISSP
2 215 (14.27%) Degree
3 176 (11.68%) Security Cleared
4 155 (10.29%) CISM
5 111 (7.37%) SC Cleared
6 69 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
7 65 (4.31%) Master's Degree
8 58 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
9 55 (3.65%) CISA
10 54 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
11 53 (3.52%) CRISC
12 48 (3.19%) Azure Certification
13 43 (2.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 42 (2.79%) CEH
15 39 (2.59%) GIAC
16 38 (2.52%) CCSP
17 34 (2.26%) DV Cleared
18 33 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
19 29 (1.92%) CREST Certified
19 29 (1.92%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 271 (17.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 262 (17.39%) NIST
3 165 (10.95%) GDPR
4 105 (6.97%) GRC
5 99 (6.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 77 (5.11%) PCI DSS
7 47 (3.12%) QA
8 46 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 38 (2.52%) NCSC
10 36 (2.39%) SOC 2
11 29 (1.92%) NIST 800
12 22 (1.46%) COBIT
13 21 (1.39%) Accessibility
14 20 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 15 (1.00%) SLA
16 14 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 12 (0.80%) PMO
18 8 (0.53%) ISO 22301
18 8 (0.53%) SOC 1
19 7 (0.46%) HIPAA
System Software
1 111 (7.37%) Active Directory
2 40 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.13%) Docker
3 17 (1.13%) Hyper-V
4 13 (0.86%) IAG
5 12 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.40%) vSphere
7 4 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.13%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.13%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.066%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 44 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (2.65%) Single Sign-On
3 35 (2.32%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.19%) Ansible
5 16 (1.06%) Nessus
6 12 (0.80%) Nmap
7 7 (0.46%) CASB
7 7 (0.46%) SCCM
8 5 (0.33%) QRadar
8 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Satellite
9 4 (0.27%) Argo
9 4 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 4 (0.27%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.27%) Grafana
9 4 (0.27%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.27%) VxRail
10 3 (0.20%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (0.20%) CSIRT
10 3 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.20%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 324 (21.50%) Microsoft
2 61 (4.05%) Cisco
3 54 (3.58%) Palo Alto
4 51 (3.38%) VMware
5 48 (3.19%) Splunk
6 47 (3.12%) CrowdStrike
7 38 (2.52%) Google
8 34 (2.26%) Salesforce
9 33 (2.19%) CyberArk
10 27 (1.79%) Tenable
11 26 (1.73%) Rapid7
12 23 (1.53%) Meraki
13 21 (1.39%) Fortinet
13 21 (1.39%) ServiceNow
14 19 (1.26%) Qualys
15 17 (1.13%) Okta
16 16 (1.06%) ForeScout
16 16 (1.06%) Zscaler
17 14 (0.93%) SAP
18 12 (0.80%) Sophos