Cybersecurity Jobs in London

Cybersecurity
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 42 48
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +51
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 805 1,293 1,537
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.08% 5.53% 5.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.40% 6.18% 5.59%
Number of salaries quoted 477 889 1,064
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,325 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,250 £52,500 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £91,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £118,000 £105,000 £107,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% -8.00% -3.85%

All Process and 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 12,587 20,924 27,498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 95.06% 89.53% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7,441 14,960 21,200
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £71,497 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £118,750 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,450
% change year-on-year - -11.93% +4.08%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in London.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in London over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

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 13 July 2025. 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 -19 100 £75,000 +11.94% 87
West London -6 43 £90,000 +63.64% 65
South London -7 26 £72,500 - 38
East London -7 18 £90,000 -4.00% 40
North London -15 9 £55,000 +22.22% 19
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 28 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.87%) nginx
4 6 (0.75%) Confluence
5 5 (0.62%) Apache
6 4 (0.50%) Traefik
7 3 (0.37%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.37%) CMS
8 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.12%) IIS
Applications
1 36 (4.47%) Maya
2 24 (2.98%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.62%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.50%) Adobe XD
6 4 (0.50%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.50%) Sketch
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.61%) SAP IBP
3 11 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
4 7 (0.87%) SAP CO
4 7 (0.87%) SAP FI
4 7 (0.87%) SAP FI/CO
4 7 (0.87%) SAP FSCM
5 5 (0.62%) Exchequer
5 5 (0.62%) SAP IS-U
6 4 (0.50%) Fidessa
6 4 (0.50%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.37%) SAP CX
8 1 (0.12%) Lorenzo
8 1 (0.12%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 168 (20.87%) AWS
2 163 (20.25%) Azure
3 71 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (6.34%) GCP
5 41 (5.09%) Serverless
6 34 (4.22%) AWS Lambda
6 34 (4.22%) Entra ID
7 31 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
8 24 (2.98%) Power Platform
9 23 (2.86%) Amazon EC2
10 22 (2.73%) SaaS
11 21 (2.61%) IaaS
12 20 (2.48%) PaaS
13 14 (1.74%) Amazon S3
13 14 (1.74%) GitHub
13 14 (1.74%) OneDrive
14 12 (1.49%) Power Automate
15 11 (1.37%) Boomi
15 11 (1.37%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
16 10 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 99 (12.30%) Firewall
2 45 (5.59%) Network Security
3 40 (4.97%) VPN
4 31 (3.85%) TCP/IP
5 30 (3.73%) DNS
6 26 (3.23%) SSL
7 23 (2.86%) Broadband
8 22 (2.73%) SSH
8 22 (2.73%) WAN
9 18 (2.24%) DHCP
10 17 (2.11%) Intrusion Detection
11 13 (1.61%) LAN
11 13 (1.61%) VLAN
12 10 (1.24%) VoIP
13 9 (1.12%) HTTP
14 8 (0.99%) SAN
15 6 (0.75%) SD-WAN
15 6 (0.75%) SMTP
15 6 (0.75%) Unified Communications
16 5 (0.62%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (2.98%) Power BI
2 16 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (1.74%) Data Lake
3 14 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (1.74%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.61%) SAP BW
5 11 (1.37%) Tableau
6 9 (1.12%) MySQL
7 8 (0.99%) Amazon Athena
7 8 (0.99%) Amazon Aurora
7 8 (0.99%) DynamoDB
8 7 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (0.87%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.75%) Metadata
10 5 (0.62%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.62%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.50%) Apache Iceberg
11 4 (0.50%) Big Data
12 3 (0.37%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 19 (2.36%) Git
2 14 (1.74%) JIRA
3 10 (1.24%) IntelliJ
4 7 (0.87%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.62%) GitLab
6 4 (0.50%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.50%) git-flow
6 4 (0.50%) Spinnaker
7 3 (0.37%) Babel
7 3 (0.37%) gulp
7 3 (0.37%) webpack
8 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.12%) JUnit
9 1 (0.12%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.12%) Subversion
9 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 344 (42.73%) Social Skills
2 308 (38.26%) Finance
3 188 (23.35%) Analytical Skills
4 163 (20.25%) Law
5 118 (14.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 94 (11.68%) Banking
7 84 (10.43%) Legal
8 75 (9.32%) Marketing
9 56 (6.96%) Telecoms
10 47 (5.84%) Games
11 43 (5.34%) Public Sector
12 40 (4.97%) Presentation Skills
13 35 (4.35%) Manufacturing
14 33 (4.10%) Retail
15 28 (3.48%) Pharmaceutical
16 24 (2.98%) Electronics
17 22 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
18 17 (2.11%) French Language
19 16 (1.99%) Dutch Language
20 15 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 109 (13.54%) Senior
2 92 (11.43%) Analyst
3 79 (9.81%) IT Manager
4 78 (9.69%) Lead
5 74 (9.19%) Architect
6 60 (7.45%) Consultant
6 60 (7.45%) Security Engineer
7 59 (7.33%) Security Analyst
8 44 (5.47%) IT Support
9 38 (4.72%) Support Manager
10 35 (4.35%) IT Architect
10 35 (4.35%) Senior Architect
11 34 (4.22%) Software Engineer
12 30 (3.73%) IT Support Manager
13 29 (3.60%) Operations Manager
13 29 (3.60%) Security Consultant
14 27 (3.35%) Cloud Engineer
15 26 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 26 (3.23%) Delivery Manager
16 25 (3.11%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (5.34%) RESTful
2 36 (4.47%) REST
3 35 (4.35%) React
4 33 (4.10%) Web Services
5 24 (2.98%) Kafka
6 19 (2.36%) Middleware
7 14 (1.74%) Node.js
8 11 (1.37%) Vue
9 10 (1.24%) CSS
9 10 (1.24%) GraphQL
10 9 (1.12%) MERN Stack
10 9 (1.12%) YAML
11 8 (0.99%) .NET
11 8 (0.99%) HTML
12 7 (0.87%) AngularJS
12 7 (0.87%) OAuth
13 5 (0.62%) EDI
13 5 (0.62%) NestJS
13 5 (0.62%) Spring Boot
13 5 (0.62%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 114 (14.16%) Management Information System
2 75 (9.32%) Cyberattack
3 72 (8.94%) Cyber Threat
4 64 (7.95%) Security Posture
5 48 (5.96%) Enterprise Software
6 43 (5.34%) Onboarding
7 37 (4.60%) Cloud Native
8 30 (3.73%) PKI
9 22 (2.73%) Life Science
9 22 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
10 18 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
10 18 (2.24%) Virtual Team
11 17 (2.11%) Security Operations Centre
12 15 (1.86%) Cyber Defence
12 15 (1.86%) Taxonomies
13 14 (1.74%) Data Centre
13 14 (1.74%) Operational Technology
14 12 (1.49%) Public Cloud
15 11 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
16 10 (1.24%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 68 (8.45%) Windows
2 37 (4.60%) Linux
3 29 (3.60%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.24%) Android
5 9 (1.12%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.99%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.75%) Windows 7
8 5 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.50%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.50%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.12%) Debian
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (25.47%) Problem-Solving
2 189 (23.48%) Risk Management
3 164 (20.37%) Information Security
4 130 (16.15%) Project Management
5 123 (15.28%) Incident Response
6 109 (13.54%) Agile
7 94 (11.68%) Roadmaps
8 88 (10.93%) Analytics
9 86 (10.68%) DevOps
9 86 (10.68%) Service Management
10 82 (10.19%) Computer Science
10 82 (10.19%) Mentoring
11 80 (9.94%) SIEM
12 76 (9.44%) Artificial Intelligence
12 76 (9.44%) IT Strategy
13 75 (9.32%) Project Delivery
14 73 (9.07%) CI/CD
14 73 (9.07%) ITIL
15 72 (8.94%) Service Delivery
15 72 (8.94%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 110 (13.66%) Python
2 68 (8.45%) PowerShell
3 38 (4.72%) Java
4 29 (3.60%) SQL
5 21 (2.61%) JavaScript
6 20 (2.48%) TypeScript
7 17 (2.11%) Bash
8 11 (1.37%) Perl
9 10 (1.24%) Go
10 9 (1.12%) Kotlin
10 9 (1.12%) R
11 8 (0.99%) Scala
12 7 (0.87%) C#
13 4 (0.50%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.37%) PHP
14 3 (0.37%) VBA
15 2 (0.25%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.25%) Groovy
15 2 (0.25%) SOQL
15 2 (0.25%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 207 (25.71%) Degree
2 165 (20.50%) CISSP
3 105 (13.04%) CISM
4 56 (6.96%) PMI Certification
5 50 (6.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 46 (5.71%) PMP
7 43 (5.34%) Master's Degree
8 41 (5.09%) CRISC
9 34 (4.22%) Security Cleared
10 26 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (2.98%) SC Cleared
12 22 (2.73%) CISA
12 22 (2.73%) GCIH
13 20 (2.48%) AWS Certification
13 20 (2.48%) GCIA
14 19 (2.36%) CEH
14 19 (2.36%) CompTIA Security+
15 17 (2.11%) OSCP
16 16 (1.99%) Azure Certification
17 14 (1.74%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (20.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 166 (20.62%) NIST
2 89 (11.06%) GDPR
3 77 (9.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 67 (8.32%) NCSC
5 48 (5.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 45 (5.59%) GRC
7 43 (5.34%) QA
8 29 (3.60%) PCI DSS
9 28 (3.48%) GxP
10 26 (3.23%) SOC 2
11 24 (2.98%) NIST 800
12 14 (1.74%) SOC 1
13 12 (1.49%) Accessibility
13 12 (1.49%) COBIT
14 10 (1.24%) SLA
15 8 (0.99%) HIPAA
15 8 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 7 (0.87%) Data Quality
16 7 (0.87%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 55 (6.83%) Active Directory
2 30 (3.73%) Docker
3 23 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.99%) Hyper-V
5 11 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.25%) Firmware
7 2 (0.25%) Postfix
7 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.12%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.12%) HDFS
8 1 (0.12%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 49 (6.09%) Terraform
2 46 (5.71%) Kubernetes
3 30 (3.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (2.11%) Ansible
5 17 (2.11%) RSA Archer
6 10 (1.24%) SCCM
7 7 (0.87%) CSIRT
7 7 (0.87%) Nessus
8 6 (0.75%) Grafana
8 6 (0.75%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.62%) PaperCut
9 5 (0.62%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.50%) Argo
10 4 (0.50%) Autotask
10 4 (0.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 4 (0.50%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.37%) Puppet
11 3 (0.37%) ZENworks
12 2 (0.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 170 (21.12%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.71%) SAP
3 33 (4.10%) Salesforce
3 33 (4.10%) VMware
4 25 (3.11%) Splunk
5 24 (2.98%) Google
6 22 (2.73%) Thales
7 18 (2.24%) Oracle
8 16 (1.99%) Adobe
9 15 (1.86%) Cisco
9 15 (1.86%) CrowdStrike
10 14 (1.74%) Dell
11 11 (1.37%) Databricks
11 11 (1.37%) MuleSoft
11 11 (1.37%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.12%) Citrix
12 9 (1.12%) Fortinet
13 8 (0.99%) Ariba
13 8 (0.99%) Sophos
14 7 (0.87%) Ping Identity