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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 42 33
Rank change year-on-year +26 -9 +24
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,670 805 1,453
As % of all permanent jobs in London 8.39% 6.30% 6.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.14% 6.56% 6.84%
Number of salaries quoted 840 509 1,090
10th Percentile £36,725 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £54,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £89,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,498 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.56% -0.84% -7.69%

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 16,473 12,263 21,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.74% 96.01% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 10,854 7,472 16,020
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £59,773 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% +9.09% -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 29 April 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 29 April 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 +26 257 £70,000 +7.69% 92
West London +23 199 £38,000 -43.97% 24
South London +47 174 £50,000 -23.08% 6
East London +27 109 £87,500 +35.66% 21
North London +13 44 £60,000 -7.69% 6
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 25 (1.50%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.30%) CMS
4 3 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.18%) Confluence
5 2 (0.12%) Apache
5 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
5 2 (0.12%) SAS
6 1 (0.060%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.84%) Maya
3 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.48%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.24%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.060%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.060%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.18%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.12%) Shopify
5 1 (0.060%) Endur
5 1 (0.060%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.060%) Maximo
5 1 (0.060%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.060%) SAP CX
5 1 (0.060%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.060%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.060%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.060%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 394 (23.59%) Cloud Computing
2 343 (20.54%) Azure
3 196 (11.74%) AWS
4 114 (6.83%) Microsoft 365
5 92 (5.51%) Entra ID
6 66 (3.95%) SaaS
7 57 (3.41%) GCP
8 27 (1.62%) GitHub
8 27 (1.62%) Nutanix
9 24 (1.44%) AWS CloudFormation
9 24 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
10 22 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
10 22 (1.32%) Power Platform
11 21 (1.26%) Google Workspace
12 18 (1.08%) Mimecast
13 7 (0.42%) Serverless
14 6 (0.36%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 6 (0.36%) OCI
14 6 (0.36%) OneDrive
14 6 (0.36%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 398 (23.83%) Internet
2 111 (6.65%) Firewall
3 75 (4.49%) Network Security
4 36 (2.16%) VPN
5 26 (1.56%) CHAP
6 23 (1.38%) Broadband
6 23 (1.38%) WAN
7 19 (1.14%) DNS
7 19 (1.14%) Intrusion Detection
8 14 (0.84%) SD-WAN
8 14 (0.84%) TCP/IP
8 14 (0.84%) Wireless
9 13 (0.78%) LAN
10 12 (0.72%) DHCP
11 11 (0.66%) VLAN
11 11 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
12 9 (0.54%) Kerberos
13 8 (0.48%) Unified Communications
14 7 (0.42%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (1.26%) Power BI
2 19 (1.14%) Tableau
3 18 (1.08%) Big Data
4 12 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (0.30%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.24%) Metadata
7 4 (0.24%) Neo4j
7 4 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.18%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.18%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.12%) Apache Hive
9 2 (0.12%) ClickHouse
9 2 (0.12%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.12%) Impala
9 2 (0.12%) MySQL
9 2 (0.12%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.12%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (1.62%) Git
2 20 (1.20%) GitLab
3 8 (0.48%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.30%) JIRA
5 4 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (0.24%) MLflow
6 1 (0.060%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.060%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.060%) JMeter
6 1 (0.060%) Locust
General
1 759 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 496 (29.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 492 (29.46%) Banking
4 291 (17.43%) Finance
5 169 (10.12%) Analytical Skills
6 96 (5.75%) Retail
7 90 (5.39%) Legal
8 69 (4.13%) Law
9 44 (2.63%) Public Sector
10 43 (2.57%) Multimedia
11 42 (2.51%) Marketing
12 37 (2.22%) Local Government
13 36 (2.16%) Aviation
14 34 (2.04%) Financial Institution
15 32 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
16 29 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
17 26 (1.56%) Telecoms
18 24 (1.44%) Games
19 22 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
20 14 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 317 (18.98%) Lecturer
2 156 (9.34%) Senior
3 127 (7.60%) Analyst
4 111 (6.65%) Architect
5 110 (6.59%) Consultant
6 100 (5.99%) Security Analyst
7 99 (5.93%) Security Engineer
8 92 (5.51%) Lead
9 77 (4.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 67 (4.01%) Security Manager
11 61 (3.65%) Security Architect
12 57 (3.41%) Account Manager
13 53 (3.17%) Trainee
14 51 (3.05%) Developer
15 48 (2.87%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 46 (2.75%) IT Manager
17 40 (2.40%) Security Consultant
18 37 (2.22%) Senior Consultant
19 34 (2.04%) Security Specialist
20 32 (1.92%) Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (2.34%) REST
2 34 (2.04%) OAuth
3 33 (1.98%) CSS
3 33 (1.98%) SAML
4 32 (1.92%) OpenID
5 30 (1.80%) HTML
6 28 (1.68%) LDAP
7 24 (1.44%) SOAP
8 18 (1.08%) GraphQL
9 17 (1.02%) React
10 14 (0.84%) SailPoint
11 13 (0.78%) FastAPI
11 13 (0.78%) RESTful
12 6 (0.36%) LangChain
12 6 (0.36%) Node.js
12 6 (0.36%) PySpark
12 6 (0.36%) PyTorch
12 6 (0.36%) TensorFlow
12 6 (0.36%) Web Services
13 5 (0.30%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 388 (23.23%) IoT
2 137 (8.20%) Security Posture
3 89 (5.33%) Management Information System
4 66 (3.95%) Cyber Threat
5 57 (3.41%) Cyber Defence
6 44 (2.63%) Cyberattack
7 43 (2.57%) Cloud Native
8 39 (2.34%) Security Operations Centre
9 37 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
10 32 (1.92%) Data Centre
11 29 (1.74%) Blockchain
12 27 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
13 26 (1.56%) Operational Technology
14 20 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
14 20 (1.20%) Onboarding
15 19 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
16 17 (1.02%) Blog
16 17 (1.02%) Cloud Security Posture
17 15 (0.90%) Mobile App
18 13 (0.78%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 110 (6.59%) Windows
2 73 (4.37%) Linux
3 48 (2.87%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.38%) Mac OS
5 15 (0.90%) Android
6 11 (0.66%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.54%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.42%) Unix
9 6 (0.36%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.30%) CentOS
11 1 (0.060%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.060%) Solaris
11 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 477 (28.56%) AI
2 410 (24.55%) Machine Learning
3 388 (23.23%) User Experience
4 385 (23.05%) Web Development
5 242 (14.49%) Information Security
6 225 (13.47%) Incident Response
7 214 (12.81%) Risk Management
8 211 (12.63%) Mentoring
9 171 (10.24%) Problem-Solving
10 159 (9.52%) Cloud Security
11 147 (8.80%) Agile
12 139 (8.32%) Continuous Improvement
13 121 (7.25%) Vulnerability Management
14 120 (7.19%) Roadmaps
15 109 (6.53%) Project Management
16 107 (6.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 103 (6.17%) SIEM
18 100 (5.99%) Security Operations
19 92 (5.51%) Data Protection
20 90 (5.39%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 167 (10.00%) Python
2 128 (7.66%) PowerShell
3 54 (3.23%) SQL
4 45 (2.69%) JavaScript
5 32 (1.92%) Bash
6 25 (1.50%) C++
7 19 (1.14%) Java
7 19 (1.14%) R
8 18 (1.08%) T-SQL
9 12 (0.72%) TypeScript
10 9 (0.54%) Go
11 5 (0.30%) C
12 4 (0.24%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.18%) C#
13 3 (0.18%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.12%) Bicep
14 2 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.12%) Perl
15 1 (0.060%) Rust
Qualifications
1 569 (34.07%) Degree
2 421 (25.21%) Master's Degree
3 371 (22.22%) PhD
4 370 (22.16%) Postgraduate
5 248 (14.85%) CISSP
6 150 (8.98%) CISM
7 89 (5.33%) CISA
8 79 (4.73%) Security Cleared
9 72 (4.31%) Azure Certification
10 68 (4.07%) CompTIA Security+
11 66 (3.95%) CEH
12 52 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
13 51 (3.05%) SC Cleared
14 48 (2.87%) CRISC
15 45 (2.69%) CompTIA CySA+
16 42 (2.51%) SANS
17 41 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
18 38 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
18 38 (2.28%) GIAC
19 35 (2.10%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 277 (16.59%) NIST
2 227 (13.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 134 (8.02%) GDPR
4 71 (4.25%) Cyber Essentials
4 71 (4.25%) GRC
5 66 (3.95%) QA
6 58 (3.47%) PCI DSS
7 46 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 42 (2.51%) NCSC
9 38 (2.28%) COBIT
10 37 (2.22%) NIST 800
11 17 (1.02%) Accessibility
12 15 (0.90%) ISO 22301
13 14 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 14 (0.84%) SOC 2
14 10 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (0.48%) HIPAA
16 7 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
16 7 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 7 (0.42%) JSP 440
System Software
1 92 (5.51%) Active Directory
2 30 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (1.26%) Docker
4 12 (0.72%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.60%) IAG
6 7 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.36%) vSphere
8 3 (0.18%) Firmware
9 2 (0.12%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.060%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 41 (2.46%) Terraform
2 33 (1.98%) Kubernetes
3 32 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (1.02%) Ansible
6 11 (0.66%) SCCM
7 9 (0.54%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 8 (0.48%) CASB
9 7 (0.42%) RSA Archer
9 7 (0.42%) VxRail
10 5 (0.30%) CSIRT
11 4 (0.24%) Argo
11 4 (0.24%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.12%) AirWatch
13 2 (0.12%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.12%) Grafana
13 2 (0.12%) QRadar
13 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
14 1 (0.060%) DatAdvantage
Vendors
1 273 (16.35%) Microsoft
2 47 (2.81%) VMware
3 42 (2.51%) CrowdStrike
4 36 (2.16%) ForeScout
5 35 (2.10%) Palo Alto
6 29 (1.74%) Splunk
7 27 (1.62%) CyberArk
7 27 (1.62%) Salesforce
8 26 (1.56%) Google
9 25 (1.50%) Cisco
10 23 (1.38%) Dell
11 21 (1.26%) Fortinet
12 17 (1.02%) Oracle
13 16 (0.96%) Commvault
14 11 (0.66%) ServiceNow
15 10 (0.60%) Okta
15 10 (0.60%) SAP
16 9 (0.54%) Sophos
16 9 (0.54%) Zscaler
17 8 (0.48%) Red Hat