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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 34 43
Rank change year-on-year +18 +9 +17
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,363 1,016 1,041
As % of all permanent jobs in London 9.55% 6.56% 5.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.91% 6.93% 5.95%
Number of salaries quoted 608 556 884
10th Percentile £29,925 £50,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £46,000 £61,250 £57,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,750 £73,997
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% -1.68% +2.06%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £110,875
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,750
% change year-on-year -23.08% +7.00% -6.54%

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 12,489 14,663 17,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.48% 94.64% 92.24%
Number of salaries quoted 7,972 8,025 14,038
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £121,250 £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 17 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 17 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 0 177 £70,000 +7.69% 100
South London +39 170 £50,000 -31.03% 28
West London +33 156 £47,000 -37.47% 36
East London +20 99 £105,000 +82.61% 35
North London +19 26 £50,000 -23.08% 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 26 (1.91%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.59%) CMS
4 4 (0.29%) 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 (0.073%) Apache
7 1 (0.073%) nginx
Applications
1 59 (4.33%) Maya
2 29 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.51%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.22%) CINEMA 4D
7 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.073%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.073%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 20 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (1.17%) SAP IBP
4 10 (0.73%) SAP CO
4 10 (0.73%) SAP FI
4 10 (0.73%) SAP FI/CO
4 10 (0.73%) SAP FSCM
5 9 (0.66%) SAP FS
5 9 (0.66%) SAP IS-U
6 6 (0.44%) Exchequer
7 4 (0.29%) 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 (0.073%) Carpe Diem
10 1 (0.073%) Fidessa
10 1 (0.073%) Pegasus Opera
10 1 (0.073%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 414 (30.37%) Cloud Computing
2 295 (21.64%) Azure
3 199 (14.60%) AWS
4 97 (7.12%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (4.18%) Entra ID
6 51 (3.74%) GCP
7 49 (3.60%) Power Platform
8 34 (2.49%) GitHub
9 30 (2.20%) SaaS
10 28 (2.05%) PaaS
11 24 (1.76%) Nutanix
12 20 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
13 18 (1.32%) IaaS
14 16 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
15 15 (1.10%) Serverless
16 14 (1.03%) Boomi
16 14 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
16 14 (1.03%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
17 13 (0.95%) AWS CloudFormation
17 13 (0.95%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 407 (29.86%) Internet
2 97 (7.12%) Firewall
3 39 (2.86%) VPN
4 36 (2.64%) WAN
5 34 (2.49%) Network Security
6 23 (1.69%) LAN
7 21 (1.54%) TCP/IP
8 19 (1.39%) DNS
9 17 (1.25%) DHCP
9 17 (1.25%) Intrusion Detection
10 16 (1.17%) VoIP
11 15 (1.10%) SD-WAN
12 14 (1.03%) CHAP
13 10 (0.73%) Wireless
13 10 (0.73%) Wireshark
14 9 (0.66%) Broadband
14 9 (0.66%) VLAN
15 6 (0.44%) Modbus
15 6 (0.44%) SAN
15 6 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (3.15%) Power BI
2 40 (2.93%) Tableau
3 32 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.54%) SQL Server
5 18 (1.32%) Big Data
5 18 (1.32%) SAP BW
6 14 (1.03%) Data Lake
7 12 (0.88%) Metadata
8 11 (0.81%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.66%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.66%) Oracle Database
10 6 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.29%) Neo4j
12 3 (0.22%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.15%) Apache Hive
13 2 (0.15%) Impala
13 2 (0.15%) MS Access
13 2 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 35 (2.57%) Git
2 14 (1.03%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.66%) GitLab
4 6 (0.44%) JIRA
5 4 (0.29%) MLflow
6 1 (0.073%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.073%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.073%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.073%) JMeter
6 1 (0.073%) Locust
General
1 722 (52.97%) Social Skills
2 511 (37.49%) Banking
3 443 (32.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 344 (25.24%) Finance
5 204 (14.97%) Analytical Skills
6 127 (9.32%) Law
7 92 (6.75%) Legal
8 82 (6.02%) Games
9 70 (5.14%) Retail
10 64 (4.70%) Marketing
11 47 (3.45%) Multimedia
11 47 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
11 47 (3.45%) Public Sector
12 36 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
13 32 (2.35%) Financial Institution
14 29 (2.13%) Dutch Language
14 29 (2.13%) French Language
14 29 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (2.05%) Manufacturing
16 27 (1.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 326 (23.92%) Lecturer
2 163 (11.96%) Senior
3 103 (7.56%) Architect
4 97 (7.12%) Analyst
5 95 (6.97%) Lead
6 81 (5.94%) Consultant
7 65 (4.77%) Security Analyst
8 57 (4.18%) Security Engineer
9 56 (4.11%) IT Manager
10 47 (3.45%) Trainee
11 42 (3.08%) Senior Consultant
12 40 (2.93%) IT Architect
13 38 (2.79%) Security Architect
14 37 (2.71%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 36 (2.64%) Developer
15 36 (2.64%) Security Manager
16 32 (2.35%) Senior Architect
17 30 (2.20%) Account Manager
17 30 (2.20%) Cybersecurity Engineer
18 27 (1.98%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.23%) CSS
2 40 (2.93%) HTML
3 20 (1.47%) REST
4 19 (1.39%) React
5 11 (0.81%) AngularJS
5 11 (0.81%) OAuth
6 10 (0.73%) PyTorch
6 10 (0.73%) SAML
6 10 (0.73%) TensorFlow
6 10 (0.73%) YAML
7 9 (0.66%) LDAP
7 9 (0.66%) Middleware
7 9 (0.66%) OpenID
7 9 (0.66%) Pandas
8 8 (0.59%) GraphQL
8 8 (0.59%) PySpark
8 8 (0.59%) RESTful
8 8 (0.59%) SOAP
8 8 (0.59%) Vue
9 7 (0.51%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 395 (28.98%) IoT
2 109 (8.00%) Enterprise Software
3 71 (5.21%) Security Posture
4 69 (5.06%) Management Information System
5 58 (4.26%) Cyber Threat
6 43 (3.15%) Cloud Native
7 36 (2.64%) Hybrid Cloud
8 34 (2.49%) Data Centre
9 33 (2.42%) Blockchain
10 28 (2.05%) Onboarding
11 26 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
12 24 (1.76%) Cyber Defence
13 22 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
14 20 (1.47%) CCTV
14 20 (1.47%) Cyberattack
15 18 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
16 17 (1.25%) Product Ownership
17 16 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
18 14 (1.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
18 14 (1.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 100 (7.34%) Windows
2 67 (4.92%) Linux
3 30 (2.20%) Windows Server
4 29 (2.13%) Mac OS
5 19 (1.39%) Android
6 18 (1.32%) Unix
7 13 (0.95%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.81%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.44%) VMS
10 5 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.15%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.073%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.073%) Solaris
12 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 504 (36.98%) AI
2 416 (30.52%) Machine Learning
3 392 (28.76%) Web Development
4 389 (28.54%) User Experience
5 223 (16.36%) Risk Management
6 217 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
7 191 (14.01%) Incident Response
8 165 (12.11%) Mentoring
9 161 (11.81%) Information Security
10 145 (10.64%) Agile
11 137 (10.05%) Analytics
12 126 (9.24%) Continuous Improvement
13 121 (8.88%) Roadmaps
14 118 (8.66%) Project Management
15 105 (7.70%) Business Strategy
16 100 (7.34%) SIEM
17 96 (7.04%) Cloud Security
18 95 (6.97%) Computer Science
19 89 (6.53%) Vulnerability Management
20 88 (6.46%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 121 (8.88%) Python
2 83 (6.09%) PowerShell
3 57 (4.18%) JavaScript
4 51 (3.74%) SQL
5 28 (2.05%) R
6 18 (1.32%) Bash
7 14 (1.03%) C++
8 10 (0.73%) Java
8 10 (0.73%) T-SQL
9 8 (0.59%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.29%) C#
10 4 (0.29%) Go
10 4 (0.29%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.22%) Bicep
11 3 (0.22%) C
11 3 (0.22%) Perl
12 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.073%) Rust
13 1 (0.073%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 621 (45.56%) Degree
2 414 (30.37%) Master's Degree
3 379 (27.81%) PhD
4 374 (27.44%) Postgraduate
5 202 (14.82%) CISSP
6 136 (9.98%) CISM
7 97 (7.12%) CISA
8 63 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 51 (3.74%) Azure Certification
10 48 (3.52%) CRISC
11 46 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
12 43 (3.15%) AWS Certification
13 37 (2.71%) CEH
14 34 (2.49%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 34 (2.49%) Security Cleared
15 30 (2.20%) PMI Certification
16 29 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
17 24 (1.76%) SANS
18 23 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
18 23 (1.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (14.75%) NIST
2 194 (14.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 125 (9.17%) GDPR
4 65 (4.77%) Cyber Essentials
5 60 (4.40%) GRC
6 39 (2.86%) PCI DSS
6 39 (2.86%) QA
7 35 (2.57%) COBIT
7 35 (2.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 30 (2.20%) NCSC
9 20 (1.47%) NIST 800
10 15 (1.10%) Data Quality
11 13 (0.95%) SLA
12 12 (0.88%) ISO 22301
13 11 (0.81%) Accessibility
13 11 (0.81%) ITGC
13 11 (0.81%) SOC 2
14 9 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
14 9 (0.66%) IFRS
14 9 (0.66%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 60 (4.40%) Active Directory
2 27 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (1.54%) Docker
4 12 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.51%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.37%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.29%) vSphere
8 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 43 (3.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.20%) Terraform
3 21 (1.54%) Ansible
4 20 (1.47%) Kubernetes
5 15 (1.10%) SCCM
6 14 (1.03%) RSA Archer
7 12 (0.88%) CASB
8 10 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.59%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 6 (0.44%) CSIRT
10 6 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (0.44%) Nessus
10 6 (0.44%) PaperCut
10 6 (0.44%) QRadar
10 6 (0.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 4 (0.29%) Nagios
12 3 (0.22%) Grafana
12 3 (0.22%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.22%) VxRail
13 2 (0.15%) Autotask
Vendors
1 252 (18.49%) Microsoft
2 52 (3.82%) Oracle
3 51 (3.74%) SAP
4 40 (2.93%) VMware
5 31 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
6 30 (2.20%) Palo Alto
7 28 (2.05%) Salesforce
8 26 (1.91%) Fortinet
9 22 (1.61%) ServiceNow
10 18 (1.32%) Dell
10 18 (1.32%) Google
11 17 (1.25%) Adobe
11 17 (1.25%) MuleSoft
12 14 (1.03%) Commvault
12 14 (1.03%) Splunk
13 13 (0.95%) Cisco
14 12 (0.88%) Apple
14 12 (0.88%) CyberArk
14 12 (0.88%) Duck Creek
14 12 (0.88%) Guidewire