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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 33 45
Rank change year-on-year +17 +12 +16
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,345 1,021 991
As % of all permanent jobs in London 9.54% 6.58% 5.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.88% 6.95% 5.89%
Number of salaries quoted 598 557 842
10th Percentile £29,925 £50,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £46,000 £61,250 £57,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.53% -2.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +4.84% -4.62%

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 12,365 14,682 16,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.68% 94.64% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,912 8,070 13,469
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,125 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 +1 173 £70,000 +7.69% 95
South London +42 168 £50,000 -31.03% 31
West London +29 156 £47,000 -43.03% 33
East London +21 97 £105,000 +82.61% 35
North London +19 25 £41,000 -36.92% 5
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 26 (1.93%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.59%) CMS
4 4 (0.30%) Confluence
5 3 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.22%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.22%) Oracle Coherence
6 2 (0.15%) SAS
7 1 (0.074%) Apache
7 1 (0.074%) nginx
Applications
1 59 (4.39%) Maya
2 24 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.52%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.22%) CINEMA 4D
6 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.074%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.074%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 20 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (1.19%) SAP IBP
4 10 (0.74%) SAP CO
4 10 (0.74%) SAP FI
4 10 (0.74%) SAP FI/CO
4 10 (0.74%) SAP FSCM
5 9 (0.67%) SAP FS
5 9 (0.67%) SAP IS-U
6 6 (0.45%) Exchequer
7 4 (0.30%) Endur
8 3 (0.22%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.22%) SAP CX
8 3 (0.22%) Yoast SEO
9 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.15%) SAP MDG
10 1 (0.074%) Carpe Diem
10 1 (0.074%) Fidessa
10 1 (0.074%) Pegasus Opera
10 1 (0.074%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 415 (30.86%) Cloud Computing
2 296 (22.01%) Azure
3 196 (14.57%) AWS
4 99 (7.36%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (4.24%) Entra ID
6 52 (3.87%) Power Platform
7 48 (3.57%) GCP
8 34 (2.53%) GitHub
9 30 (2.23%) SaaS
10 29 (2.16%) PaaS
11 24 (1.78%) Nutanix
12 20 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
13 18 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
13 18 (1.34%) IaaS
14 15 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
14 15 (1.12%) Serverless
15 14 (1.04%) Boomi
15 14 (1.04%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
16 13 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
16 13 (0.97%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 407 (30.26%) Internet
2 98 (7.29%) Firewall
3 41 (3.05%) VPN
4 39 (2.90%) WAN
5 33 (2.45%) Network Security
6 25 (1.86%) LAN
7 20 (1.49%) TCP/IP
8 19 (1.41%) DNS
8 19 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
9 17 (1.26%) DHCP
10 16 (1.19%) VoIP
11 15 (1.12%) SD-WAN
12 14 (1.04%) CHAP
13 10 (0.74%) Wireshark
14 9 (0.67%) Broadband
14 9 (0.67%) VLAN
14 9 (0.67%) Wireless
15 7 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
16 6 (0.45%) Modbus
16 6 (0.45%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (3.27%) Power BI
2 41 (3.05%) Tableau
3 32 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (1.71%) SQL Server
5 18 (1.34%) Big Data
5 18 (1.34%) SAP BW
6 14 (1.04%) Data Lake
7 12 (0.89%) Metadata
8 11 (0.82%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.67%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.67%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.30%) Neo4j
12 3 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.22%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.15%) Apache Hive
13 2 (0.15%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.15%) MS Access
13 2 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 35 (2.60%) Git
2 14 (1.04%) Jenkins
3 8 (0.59%) GitLab
4 6 (0.45%) JIRA
5 4 (0.30%) MLflow
6 1 (0.074%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.074%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.074%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.074%) JMeter
6 1 (0.074%) Locust
General
1 719 (53.46%) Social Skills
2 509 (37.84%) Banking
3 441 (32.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 336 (24.98%) Finance
5 205 (15.24%) Analytical Skills
6 126 (9.37%) Law
7 94 (6.99%) Legal
8 82 (6.10%) Games
9 63 (4.68%) Marketing
10 62 (4.61%) Retail
11 48 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
12 47 (3.49%) Multimedia
13 46 (3.42%) Public Sector
14 38 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
15 32 (2.38%) Financial Institution
16 31 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
17 29 (2.16%) Dutch Language
17 29 (2.16%) French Language
18 28 (2.08%) Manufacturing
18 28 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 326 (24.24%) Lecturer
2 158 (11.75%) Senior
3 101 (7.51%) Architect
4 97 (7.21%) Analyst
5 93 (6.91%) Lead
6 77 (5.72%) Consultant
7 61 (4.54%) Security Analyst
8 60 (4.46%) Security Engineer
9 55 (4.09%) IT Manager
10 47 (3.49%) Trainee
11 40 (2.97%) IT Architect
12 39 (2.90%) Senior Consultant
13 37 (2.75%) Security Architect
14 34 (2.53%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 34 (2.53%) Developer
15 33 (2.45%) Security Manager
16 32 (2.38%) Senior Architect
17 30 (2.23%) Cybersecurity Engineer
18 28 (2.08%) Account Manager
18 28 (2.08%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.27%) CSS
2 40 (2.97%) HTML
3 20 (1.49%) REST
4 19 (1.41%) React
5 11 (0.82%) AngularJS
5 11 (0.82%) YAML
6 10 (0.74%) OAuth
6 10 (0.74%) Pandas
6 10 (0.74%) PyTorch
6 10 (0.74%) TensorFlow
7 9 (0.67%) LDAP
7 9 (0.67%) Middleware
7 9 (0.67%) PySpark
7 9 (0.67%) SAML
8 8 (0.59%) GraphQL
8 8 (0.59%) OpenID
8 8 (0.59%) RESTful
8 8 (0.59%) SOAP
8 8 (0.59%) Vue
9 7 (0.52%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 395 (29.37%) IoT
2 111 (8.25%) Enterprise Software
3 74 (5.50%) Management Information System
4 68 (5.06%) Security Posture
5 58 (4.31%) Cyber Threat
6 41 (3.05%) Cloud Native
7 35 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
8 33 (2.45%) Blockchain
9 32 (2.38%) Data Centre
10 27 (2.01%) Onboarding
11 26 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
12 22 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
12 22 (1.64%) Cyber Defence
13 20 (1.49%) CCTV
13 20 (1.49%) Cyberattack
14 17 (1.26%) Product Ownership
15 16 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
16 15 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
17 14 (1.04%) Public Cloud
18 13 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 101 (7.51%) Windows
2 66 (4.91%) Linux
3 31 (2.30%) Mac OS
4 30 (2.23%) Windows Server
5 18 (1.34%) Android
6 17 (1.26%) Unix
7 14 (1.04%) Apple iOS
8 13 (0.97%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.45%) VMS
10 5 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.15%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.074%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.074%) Solaris
13 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 502 (37.32%) AI
2 417 (31.00%) Machine Learning
3 392 (29.14%) Web Development
4 389 (28.92%) User Experience
5 221 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
6 218 (16.21%) Risk Management
7 187 (13.90%) Incident Response
8 158 (11.75%) Mentoring
9 155 (11.52%) Information Security
10 140 (10.41%) Agile
11 139 (10.33%) Analytics
12 125 (9.29%) Continuous Improvement
13 120 (8.92%) Roadmaps
14 113 (8.40%) Project Management
15 104 (7.73%) Business Strategy
16 102 (7.58%) SIEM
17 92 (6.84%) Computer Science
18 91 (6.77%) Vulnerability Management
19 90 (6.69%) Cloud Security
20 88 (6.54%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 121 (9.00%) Python
2 83 (6.17%) PowerShell
3 57 (4.24%) JavaScript
4 54 (4.01%) SQL
5 28 (2.08%) R
6 18 (1.34%) Bash
7 13 (0.97%) C++
8 11 (0.82%) T-SQL
9 9 (0.67%) Java
10 8 (0.59%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.30%) C#
11 4 (0.30%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.30%) Perl
12 3 (0.22%) C
12 3 (0.22%) Go
13 2 (0.15%) Bicep
13 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.074%) Rust
14 1 (0.074%) Scala
14 1 (0.074%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 622 (46.25%) Degree
2 415 (30.86%) Master's Degree
3 379 (28.18%) PhD
4 374 (27.81%) Postgraduate
5 195 (14.50%) CISSP
6 131 (9.74%) CISM
7 94 (6.99%) CISA
8 63 (4.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 50 (3.72%) Azure Certification
10 45 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
11 43 (3.20%) CRISC
12 42 (3.12%) AWS Certification
13 39 (2.90%) CEH
14 34 (2.53%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 32 (2.38%) Security Cleared
16 31 (2.30%) PMI Certification
17 28 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
18 24 (1.78%) PMP
19 22 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
19 22 (1.64%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (14.50%) NIST
2 190 (14.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 125 (9.29%) GDPR
4 65 (4.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 54 (4.01%) GRC
6 38 (2.83%) PCI DSS
7 35 (2.60%) COBIT
7 35 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 35 (2.60%) QA
8 31 (2.30%) NCSC
9 14 (1.04%) Data Quality
9 14 (1.04%) SOC 2
10 13 (0.97%) NIST 800
10 13 (0.97%) SLA
11 12 (0.89%) ISO 22301
11 12 (0.89%) ITGC
12 11 (0.82%) Accessibility
13 9 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.67%) IFRS
13 9 (0.67%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 61 (4.54%) Active Directory
2 27 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (1.49%) Docker
4 13 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.52%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.45%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.30%) vSphere
8 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 44 (3.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (2.01%) Terraform
3 20 (1.49%) Ansible
4 18 (1.34%) Kubernetes
5 15 (1.12%) SCCM
6 13 (0.97%) CASB
7 10 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.67%) RSA Archer
9 8 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (0.52%) QRadar
11 6 (0.45%) CSIRT
11 6 (0.45%) Nessus
11 6 (0.45%) PaperCut
11 6 (0.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 4 (0.30%) Nagios
13 3 (0.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 3 (0.22%) Grafana
13 3 (0.22%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.22%) VxRail
14 2 (0.15%) Autotask
Vendors
1 258 (19.18%) Microsoft
2 52 (3.87%) Oracle
2 52 (3.87%) SAP
3 41 (3.05%) VMware
4 34 (2.53%) CrowdStrike
5 33 (2.45%) Palo Alto
6 28 (2.08%) Fortinet
7 26 (1.93%) Salesforce
8 22 (1.64%) ServiceNow
9 18 (1.34%) Dell
10 17 (1.26%) Adobe
10 17 (1.26%) Google
10 17 (1.26%) MuleSoft
11 14 (1.04%) Apple
11 14 (1.04%) Cisco
11 14 (1.04%) Commvault
11 14 (1.04%) Splunk
12 12 (0.89%) CyberArk
12 12 (0.89%) Duck Creek
12 12 (0.89%) Guidewire