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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 44 42
Rank change year-on-year +16 -2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,383 767 1,188
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.12% 6.22% 5.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.45% 6.58% 6.18%
Number of salaries quoted 916 460 785
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £41,325
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £115,000 £107,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -7.03%

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 18,571 11,661 19,221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.20% 94.57% 89.56%
Number of salaries quoted 12,710 7,357 13,578
10th Percentile £40,500 £40,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £118,750
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 July 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 July 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 +34 196 £70,000 -6.67% 75
West London +8 87 £60,263 -34.85% 48
South London +25 33 £50,000 -31.03% 16
East London +1 27 £87,500 -2.78% 25
North London +15 17 £60,000 +9.09% 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 34 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.43%) SAS
4 5 (0.36%) Apache
4 5 (0.36%) Confluence
5 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.14%) CMS
6 1 (0.072%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.072%) IIS
6 1 (0.072%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.072%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.072%) Maya
5 1 (0.072%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 3 (0.22%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
1 3 (0.22%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.14%) Shopify
3 1 (0.072%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.072%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.072%) Eikon
3 1 (0.072%) Maximo
3 1 (0.072%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 298 (21.55%) Azure
2 170 (12.29%) AWS
3 125 (9.04%) Microsoft 365
4 110 (7.95%) Entra ID
5 83 (6.00%) SaaS
6 63 (4.56%) GCP
7 30 (2.17%) Microsoft Purview
8 29 (2.10%) Azure Sentinel
9 22 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
10 20 (1.45%) Mimecast
10 20 (1.45%) Power Platform
11 14 (1.01%) AWS CloudFormation
12 13 (0.94%) Google Workspace
13 12 (0.87%) Serverless
14 11 (0.80%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 11 (0.80%) Nutanix
15 9 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (0.65%) Azure Logic Apps
16 8 (0.58%) GitHub
16 8 (0.58%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 127 (9.18%) Firewall
2 90 (6.51%) Network Security
3 42 (3.04%) VPN
4 30 (2.17%) Internet
5 22 (1.59%) DNS
5 22 (1.59%) WAN
6 21 (1.52%) Broadband
7 19 (1.37%) TCP/IP
8 18 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
8 18 (1.30%) Kerberos
8 18 (1.30%) LAN
9 16 (1.16%) VLAN
9 16 (1.16%) Wireless
10 14 (1.01%) DHCP
11 12 (0.87%) Cisco ISE
12 10 (0.72%) CHAP
12 10 (0.72%) SD-WAN
13 9 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (0.58%) Wireshark
15 6 (0.43%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.16%) Power BI
2 9 (0.65%) SQL Server
2 9 (0.65%) Tableau
3 7 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (0.51%) MongoDB
4 6 (0.43%) Big Data
5 4 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.22%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.22%) Metadata
7 2 (0.14%) ClickHouse
7 2 (0.14%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.14%) MySQL
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.072%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.072%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.072%) Flink
8 1 (0.072%) GIS
Development Applications
1 19 (1.37%) GitLab
2 16 (1.16%) JIRA
3 8 (0.58%) Burp Suite
3 8 (0.58%) Git
3 8 (0.58%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 4 (0.29%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.14%) JMeter
6 1 (0.072%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.072%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.072%) Locust
6 1 (0.072%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.072%) Snyk
6 1 (0.072%) Visual Studio
General
1 405 (29.28%) Social Skills
2 243 (17.57%) Finance
3 165 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (9.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 90 (6.51%) Banking
6 77 (5.57%) Legal
7 73 (5.28%) Retail
8 67 (4.84%) Law
9 53 (3.83%) Public Sector
10 42 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
10 42 (3.04%) Marketing
11 38 (2.75%) Telecoms
12 34 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
13 30 (2.17%) Local Government
14 28 (2.02%) Aviation
15 21 (1.52%) Financial Institution
16 15 (1.08%) Advertising
17 14 (1.01%) Back Office
18 13 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
19 12 (0.87%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 156 (11.28%) Senior
2 146 (10.56%) Consultant
3 141 (10.20%) Analyst
4 121 (8.75%) Security Analyst
5 120 (8.68%) Lead
6 114 (8.24%) Architect
7 96 (6.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 92 (6.65%) Security Engineer
9 68 (4.92%) Security Consultant
9 68 (4.92%) Security Manager
10 63 (4.56%) Security Architect
11 46 (3.33%) Security Specialist
12 45 (3.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 44 (3.18%) Account Manager
14 42 (3.04%) IT Manager
15 35 (2.53%) Developer
16 33 (2.39%) Senior Consultant
17 32 (2.31%) Cybersecurity Manager
18 31 (2.24%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 31 (2.24%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (2.75%) OpenID
1 38 (2.75%) SAML
2 34 (2.46%) OAuth
3 31 (2.24%) REST
4 28 (2.02%) LDAP
5 18 (1.30%) SailPoint
6 15 (1.08%) SOAP
7 14 (1.01%) FastAPI
8 11 (0.80%) RESTful
9 10 (0.72%) .NET
9 10 (0.72%) Kafka
10 9 (0.65%) GraphQL
11 8 (0.58%) React
12 7 (0.51%) FIX Protocol
12 7 (0.51%) Web Services
13 6 (0.43%) Apache NiFi
14 5 (0.36%) HTML
14 5 (0.36%) web3js
15 4 (0.29%) CSS
15 4 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 141 (10.20%) Security Posture
2 99 (7.16%) Management Information System
3 78 (5.64%) Cyber Threat
4 53 (3.83%) Cloud Native
5 52 (3.76%) Onboarding
6 51 (3.69%) Cyber Defence
7 50 (3.62%) Operational Technology
8 40 (2.89%) Cyberattack
9 37 (2.68%) Security Operations Centre
10 36 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
11 25 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (1.59%) Data Centre
13 16 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
14 15 (1.08%) AI Agents
14 15 (1.08%) Blog
14 15 (1.08%) Virtual Team
15 14 (1.01%) Cloud Security Posture
15 14 (1.01%) Product Ownership
16 12 (0.87%) Blockchain
17 11 (0.80%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 104 (7.52%) Windows
2 66 (4.77%) Linux
3 48 (3.47%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.37%) Mac OS
5 17 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.72%) Android
7 8 (0.58%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.51%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.43%) CentOS
9 6 (0.43%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.29%) Unix
11 2 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.072%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (18.94%) Information Security
2 242 (17.50%) Incident Response
3 224 (16.20%) Risk Management
4 196 (14.17%) Cloud Security
5 174 (12.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 173 (12.51%) Mentoring
7 166 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
8 154 (11.14%) Vulnerability Management
9 149 (10.77%) Security Operations
10 148 (10.70%) SIEM
11 138 (9.98%) Agile
12 132 (9.54%) Roadmaps
13 124 (8.97%) AI
13 124 (8.97%) Stakeholder Management
14 119 (8.60%) Decision-Making
15 115 (8.32%) Identity Access Management
16 106 (7.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 100 (7.23%) Computer Science
18 99 (7.16%) Disaster Recovery
19 97 (7.01%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 140 (10.12%) Python
2 107 (7.74%) PowerShell
3 34 (2.46%) SQL
4 22 (1.59%) Bash
4 22 (1.59%) Java
5 19 (1.37%) JavaScript
5 19 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
6 13 (0.94%) C++
7 11 (0.80%) Go
8 9 (0.65%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.51%) C#
10 4 (0.29%) Rust
10 4 (0.29%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.14%) Bicep
11 2 (0.14%) R
11 2 (0.14%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.072%) Ada
12 1 (0.072%) Scala
12 1 (0.072%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.072%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 247 (17.86%) CISSP
2 194 (14.03%) Degree
3 151 (10.92%) CISM
4 133 (9.62%) Security Cleared
5 82 (5.93%) SC Cleared
6 66 (4.77%) CISA
6 66 (4.77%) CompTIA Security+
7 59 (4.27%) Cisco Certification
8 53 (3.83%) Master's Degree
9 52 (3.76%) Azure Certification
9 52 (3.76%) CEH
10 49 (3.54%) CRISC
11 48 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
11 48 (3.47%) GIAC
12 43 (3.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 37 (2.68%) CCSP
14 35 (2.53%) CompTIA CySA+
14 35 (2.53%) DV Cleared
15 30 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
16 28 (2.02%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 273 (19.74%) NIST
2 241 (17.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 150 (10.85%) GDPR
4 82 (5.93%) Cyber Essentials
5 79 (5.71%) GRC
6 66 (4.77%) PCI DSS
7 60 (4.34%) QA
8 43 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 32 (2.31%) SOC 2
10 30 (2.17%) NCSC
10 30 (2.17%) NIST 800
11 25 (1.81%) COBIT
12 20 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 18 (1.30%) Accessibility
14 13 (0.94%) SLA
15 12 (0.87%) ISO 22301
16 11 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 9 (0.65%) HIPAA
18 8 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 8 (0.58%) SOC 1
System Software
1 99 (7.16%) Active Directory
2 32 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.16%) Docker
3 16 (1.16%) Hyper-V
4 14 (1.01%) IAG
5 6 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.29%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.14%) vSphere
9 1 (0.072%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 38 (2.75%) Terraform
2 35 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 30 (2.17%) Kubernetes
4 29 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.08%) Ansible
6 6 (0.43%) SCCM
6 6 (0.43%) VxRail
7 5 (0.36%) Grafana
7 5 (0.36%) Nessus
8 4 (0.29%) Argo
8 4 (0.29%) CASB
8 4 (0.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 4 (0.29%) Nmap
8 4 (0.29%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (0.22%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (0.22%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.14%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.14%) QRadar
Vendors
1 291 (21.04%) Microsoft
2 47 (3.40%) VMware
3 45 (3.25%) Splunk
4 44 (3.18%) CrowdStrike
5 41 (2.96%) Palo Alto
6 35 (2.53%) Salesforce
7 33 (2.39%) Cisco
8 32 (2.31%) CyberArk
9 30 (2.17%) ForeScout
10 28 (2.02%) Google
11 21 (1.52%) Fortinet
12 18 (1.30%) ServiceNow
12 18 (1.30%) Tenable
13 17 (1.23%) Dell
13 17 (1.23%) Qualys
13 17 (1.23%) Rapid7
14 16 (1.16%) Okta
15 14 (1.01%) CheckPoint
15 14 (1.01%) Sophos
15 14 (1.01%) Zscaler