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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 37 38
Rank change year-on-year +9 +1 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,514 824 1,103
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.98% 6.90% 5.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.39% 7.32% 6.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,051 483 577
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £45,850
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £56,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -5.41% +5.66%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.92%

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 20,476 11,250 17,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.84% 94.14% 89.47%
Number of salaries quoted 13,847 7,132 10,494
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
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 19 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 19 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 +22 168 £72,500 -3.33% 216
West London 0 74 £72,500 +4.17% 70
South London +6 32 £50,000 +8.70% 17
East London -10 17 £110,000 +12.82% 25
North London +1 4 £60,000 +45.45% 10
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 43 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.46%) Confluence
4 6 (0.40%) SAS
5 5 (0.33%) Apache
6 4 (0.26%) IIS
7 3 (0.20%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.066%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.13%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 3 (0.20%) Distributed Ledger
1 3 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 2 (0.13%) Eikon
3 1 (0.066%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.066%) Magento
3 1 (0.066%) Maximo
3 1 (0.066%) RMDS
3 1 (0.066%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 292 (19.29%) Azure
2 179 (11.82%) AWS
3 162 (10.70%) Microsoft 365
4 148 (9.78%) Entra ID
5 98 (6.47%) SaaS
6 68 (4.49%) GCP
7 45 (2.97%) Microsoft Purview
8 27 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
8 27 (1.78%) Mimecast
9 24 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
10 22 (1.45%) Power Platform
11 19 (1.25%) Azure Logic Apps
11 19 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
12 14 (0.92%) PaaS
13 12 (0.79%) Serverless
14 11 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (0.73%) GitHub
15 10 (0.66%) OneDrive
15 10 (0.66%) WeChat
16 9 (0.59%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 142 (9.38%) Firewall
2 90 (5.94%) Network Security
3 56 (3.70%) VPN
4 43 (2.84%) DNS
5 37 (2.44%) WAN
6 36 (2.38%) Internet
7 34 (2.25%) LAN
7 34 (2.25%) TCP/IP
8 25 (1.65%) DHCP
8 25 (1.65%) Wireless
9 20 (1.32%) VLAN
10 18 (1.19%) Kerberos
11 16 (1.06%) Cisco ISE
12 14 (0.92%) SD-WAN
13 12 (0.79%) Broadband
13 12 (0.79%) Wireshark
14 11 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
14 11 (0.73%) OSPF
15 10 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
16 8 (0.53%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.06%) Power BI
2 15 (0.99%) SQL Server
3 11 (0.73%) Big Data
4 8 (0.53%) MongoDB
5 7 (0.46%) Tableau
6 5 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (0.33%) Metadata
7 4 (0.26%) 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%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.066%) Flink
10 1 (0.066%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.066%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (1.19%) Burp Suite
2 17 (1.12%) JIRA
3 16 (1.06%) Git
4 13 (0.86%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.86%) Metasploit
5 12 (0.79%) GitLab
6 3 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.13%) git-flow
7 2 (0.13%) Snyk
7 2 (0.13%) Xcode
7 2 (0.13%) XCTest
7 2 (0.13%) XCUITest
7 2 (0.13%) Yeoman
8 1 (0.066%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.066%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.066%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.066%) Vite
8 1 (0.066%) webpack
General
1 470 (31.04%) Social Skills
2 261 (17.24%) Finance
3 177 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
4 146 (9.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 96 (6.34%) Banking
6 92 (6.08%) Law
7 80 (5.28%) Legal
8 77 (5.09%) Retail
9 72 (4.76%) Public Sector
10 55 (3.63%) Marketing
11 52 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
12 43 (2.84%) Telecoms
13 42 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
14 29 (1.92%) Local Government
15 24 (1.59%) Financial Institution
16 19 (1.25%) Aviation
17 18 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.92%) Back Office
19 13 (0.86%) Mandarin Language
20 9 (0.59%) French Language
Job Titles
1 172 (11.36%) Senior
2 171 (11.29%) Consultant
3 144 (9.51%) Lead
4 138 (9.11%) Analyst
5 136 (8.98%) Architect
6 112 (7.40%) Security Analyst
7 108 (7.13%) Security Engineer
8 92 (6.08%) Security Architect
9 91 (6.01%) Security Manager
10 81 (5.35%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 69 (4.56%) Security Consultant
12 57 (3.76%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 51 (3.37%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 45 (2.97%) Security Specialist
15 43 (2.84%) IT Manager
15 43 (2.84%) Software Engineer
16 41 (2.71%) Business Manager
17 39 (2.58%) IAM Consultant
18 38 (2.51%) Senior Consultant
19 34 (2.25%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.18%) Terraform
2 32 (2.11%) OpenID
2 32 (2.11%) SAML
3 29 (1.92%) OAuth
4 26 (1.72%) REST
5 23 (1.52%) LDAP
6 13 (0.86%) .NET
6 13 (0.86%) RESTful
6 13 (0.86%) SailPoint
7 11 (0.73%) Kafka
8 10 (0.66%) FastAPI
9 9 (0.59%) React
10 7 (0.46%) FIX Protocol
10 7 (0.46%) SOAP
11 6 (0.40%) Apache NiFi
11 6 (0.40%) Node.js
11 6 (0.40%) Web Services
12 5 (0.33%) .NET Core
13 4 (0.26%) LangChain
13 4 (0.26%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 141 (9.31%) Security Posture
2 108 (7.13%) Management Information System
3 94 (6.21%) Cyber Threat
4 72 (4.76%) Onboarding
5 68 (4.49%) Operational Technology
6 52 (3.43%) Cloud Native
7 47 (3.10%) Cyber Defence
8 41 (2.71%) Data Centre
9 39 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
10 33 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
11 26 (1.72%) Security Operations Centre
12 19 (1.25%) AI Agents
13 18 (1.19%) Cyberattack
13 18 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
14 16 (1.06%) Virtual Team
15 15 (0.99%) Blog
16 14 (0.92%) IoT
16 14 (0.92%) PKI
16 14 (0.92%) Product Ownership
17 13 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 117 (7.73%) Windows
2 75 (4.95%) Linux
3 53 (3.50%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.45%) Mac OS
5 17 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (0.92%) Windows 10
7 11 (0.73%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.66%) Android
9 6 (0.40%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.40%) Unix
10 5 (0.33%) CentOS
11 4 (0.26%) 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
1 285 (18.82%) Information Security
2 251 (16.58%) Incident Response
3 236 (15.59%) Risk Management
4 207 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
5 205 (13.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 199 (13.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 192 (12.68%) Cloud Security
8 185 (12.22%) AI
9 182 (12.02%) Security Operations
10 181 (11.96%) Vulnerability Management
11 155 (10.24%) SIEM
12 152 (10.04%) Mentoring
13 150 (9.91%) Roadmaps
14 134 (8.85%) Decision-Making
15 133 (8.78%) Agile
16 131 (8.65%) Identity Access Management
17 118 (7.79%) Penetration Testing
18 117 (7.73%) Security Architecture
19 115 (7.60%) Data Protection
20 111 (7.33%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 134 (8.85%) Python
2 93 (6.14%) PowerShell
3 26 (1.72%) Java
3 26 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
4 23 (1.52%) SQL
5 20 (1.32%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.06%) Bash
7 15 (0.99%) Go
8 11 (0.73%) C#
9 10 (0.66%) C++
10 6 (0.40%) Rust
11 5 (0.33%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.26%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.20%) Swift
13 3 (0.20%) VBA
13 3 (0.20%) VBScript
14 2 (0.13%) Bicep
14 2 (0.13%) Scala
14 2 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 264 (17.44%) CISSP
2 218 (14.40%) Degree
3 192 (12.68%) Security Cleared
4 159 (10.50%) CISM
5 125 (8.26%) SC Cleared
6 71 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
7 65 (4.29%) Master's Degree
8 56 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 52 (3.43%) CISA
10 51 (3.37%) CompTIA Security+
10 51 (3.37%) CRISC
11 43 (2.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 43 (2.84%) Azure Certification
12 38 (2.51%) CCSP
13 36 (2.38%) CEH
14 35 (2.31%) GIAC
15 34 (2.25%) DV Cleared
16 30 (1.98%) CREST Certified
16 30 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
16 30 (1.98%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 280 (18.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 256 (16.91%) NIST
3 165 (10.90%) GDPR
4 109 (7.20%) GRC
5 100 (6.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 75 (4.95%) PCI DSS
7 49 (3.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 43 (2.84%) NCSC
8 43 (2.84%) QA
9 34 (2.25%) SOC 2
10 25 (1.65%) NIST 800
11 21 (1.39%) COBIT
12 19 (1.25%) Accessibility
13 18 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 15 (0.99%) SLA
15 14 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 12 (0.79%) PMO
17 8 (0.53%) SOC 1
18 7 (0.46%) ISO 22301
19 5 (0.33%) HIPAA
System Software
1 113 (7.46%) Active Directory
2 40 (2.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.12%) Docker
3 17 (1.12%) Hyper-V
4 14 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.66%) IAG
6 5 (0.33%) vSphere
7 4 (0.26%) 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 49 (3.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (2.71%) Single Sign-On
3 34 (2.25%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.19%) Ansible
5 16 (1.06%) Nessus
6 13 (0.86%) Nmap
7 9 (0.59%) CASB
8 7 (0.46%) SCCM
9 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Satellite
10 4 (0.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 4 (0.26%) Grafana
10 4 (0.26%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.26%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.26%) QRadar
11 3 (0.20%) Argo
11 3 (0.20%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.20%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.20%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 3 (0.20%) VxRail
Vendors
1 324 (21.40%) Microsoft
2 59 (3.90%) Cisco
3 54 (3.57%) Palo Alto
4 49 (3.24%) VMware
5 42 (2.77%) CrowdStrike
6 40 (2.64%) Splunk
7 39 (2.58%) Google
8 33 (2.18%) CyberArk
9 30 (1.98%) Salesforce
10 27 (1.78%) Rapid7
10 27 (1.78%) Tenable
11 23 (1.52%) ServiceNow
12 22 (1.45%) Meraki
13 20 (1.32%) Fortinet
13 20 (1.32%) Qualys
14 18 (1.19%) Zscaler
15 16 (1.06%) SAP
16 15 (0.99%) Okta
17 14 (0.92%) ForeScout
18 12 (0.79%) Netskope