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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 38 41
Rank change year-on-year +22 +3 +15
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,393 982 1,212
As % of all permanent jobs in London 9.40% 6.42% 5.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.83% 6.75% 6.20%
Number of salaries quoted 623 540 1,031
10th Percentile £30,000 £51,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £46,000 £62,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,384 £74,750 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.18% +3.10% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,813 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -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 12,866 14,542 19,542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 86.83% 95.06% 92.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,227 7,853 15,777
10th Percentile £36,750 £43,227 £39,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,000 £53,724
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,350 £56,000
% change year-on-year -10.35% +9.55% -10.40%

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 2 February 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 2 February 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 +3 186 £70,000 +3.70% 99
South London +40 177 £50,000 -27.27% 23
West London +27 162 £47,000 -25.09% 38
East London +18 101 £105,000 +82.61% 36
North London +18 29 £70,000 +7.69% 8
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 28 (2.01%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.57%) CMS
4 3 (0.22%) Confluence
4 3 (0.22%) Oracle Coherence
5 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.14%) SAS
6 1 (0.072%) Apache
6 1 (0.072%) nginx
Applications
1 56 (4.02%) Maya
2 25 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.50%) Chatbot
5 7 (0.50%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.22%) CINEMA 4D
6 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.072%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.072%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (1.01%) SAP IBP
4 9 (0.65%) SAP CO
4 9 (0.65%) SAP FI
4 9 (0.65%) SAP FI/CO
4 9 (0.65%) SAP FSCM
5 8 (0.57%) SAP FS
5 8 (0.57%) SAP IS-U
6 6 (0.43%) Exchequer
7 4 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.29%) Endur
8 3 (0.22%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.22%) SAP CX
8 3 (0.22%) Yoast SEO
9 2 (0.14%) SAP MDG
10 1 (0.072%) Carpe Diem
10 1 (0.072%) Fidessa
10 1 (0.072%) Pegasus Opera
10 1 (0.072%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 414 (29.72%) Cloud Computing
2 305 (21.90%) Azure
3 199 (14.29%) AWS
4 100 (7.18%) Microsoft 365
5 65 (4.67%) Entra ID
6 51 (3.66%) GCP
7 41 (2.94%) Power Platform
8 33 (2.37%) GitHub
9 30 (2.15%) SaaS
10 26 (1.87%) Nutanix
11 25 (1.79%) PaaS
12 22 (1.58%) Azure Sentinel
13 17 (1.22%) Google Workspace
13 17 (1.22%) IaaS
13 17 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
14 16 (1.15%) Serverless
15 15 (1.08%) AWS CloudFormation
16 13 (0.93%) Boomi
16 13 (0.93%) OCI
16 13 (0.93%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 407 (29.22%) Internet
2 90 (6.46%) Firewall
3 39 (2.80%) Network Security
4 36 (2.58%) WAN
5 35 (2.51%) VPN
6 23 (1.65%) LAN
7 20 (1.44%) DNS
8 19 (1.36%) TCP/IP
9 18 (1.29%) DHCP
10 17 (1.22%) Broadband
10 17 (1.22%) CHAP
10 17 (1.22%) Intrusion Detection
11 15 (1.08%) SD-WAN
12 13 (0.93%) VoIP
13 11 (0.79%) Wireless
14 10 (0.72%) VLAN
14 10 (0.72%) Wireshark
15 6 (0.43%) SAN
15 6 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
16 4 (0.29%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (2.66%) Power BI
2 35 (2.51%) Tableau
3 31 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.29%) Big Data
5 16 (1.15%) SAP BW
5 16 (1.15%) SQL Server
6 13 (0.93%) Data Lake
7 12 (0.86%) Metadata
8 11 (0.79%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.65%) Oracle Database
10 8 (0.57%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.36%) Neo4j
13 3 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
14 2 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (0.14%) Apache Hive
14 2 (0.14%) Data Mining
14 2 (0.14%) Impala
14 2 (0.14%) MS Access
14 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 35 (2.51%) Git
2 14 (1.01%) Jenkins
3 10 (0.72%) GitLab
4 4 (0.29%) JIRA
4 4 (0.29%) MLflow
5 1 (0.072%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.072%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.072%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.072%) JMeter
5 1 (0.072%) Locust
General
1 724 (51.97%) Social Skills
2 515 (36.97%) Banking
3 448 (32.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 347 (24.91%) Finance
5 198 (14.21%) Analytical Skills
6 121 (8.69%) Law
7 94 (6.75%) Legal
8 76 (5.46%) Games
9 72 (5.17%) Retail
10 58 (4.16%) Marketing
11 48 (3.45%) Multimedia
12 46 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
12 46 (3.30%) Public Sector
13 37 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
14 33 (2.37%) Financial Institution
15 29 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
16 27 (1.94%) Dutch Language
16 27 (1.94%) French Language
17 22 (1.58%) Local Government
18 21 (1.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 326 (23.40%) Lecturer
2 170 (12.20%) Senior
3 110 (7.90%) Architect
4 97 (6.96%) Analyst
5 94 (6.75%) Lead
6 85 (6.10%) Consultant
7 70 (5.03%) Security Analyst
8 59 (4.24%) Security Engineer
9 50 (3.59%) IT Manager
10 48 (3.45%) Trainee
11 46 (3.30%) Senior Consultant
12 45 (3.23%) Security Architect
13 41 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 41 (2.94%) Security Manager
14 38 (2.73%) Developer
15 37 (2.66%) Account Manager
15 37 (2.66%) IT Architect
16 32 (2.30%) Senior Architect
17 31 (2.23%) Cybersecurity Engineer
18 28 (2.01%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.16%) CSS
2 40 (2.87%) HTML
3 25 (1.79%) REST
4 20 (1.44%) React
5 16 (1.15%) OAuth
6 15 (1.08%) SAML
7 14 (1.01%) LDAP
7 14 (1.01%) OpenID
8 13 (0.93%) GraphQL
8 13 (0.93%) SOAP
9 11 (0.79%) AngularJS
10 8 (0.57%) Middleware
10 8 (0.57%) PyTorch
10 8 (0.57%) RESTful
10 8 (0.57%) TensorFlow
11 7 (0.50%) SailPoint
11 7 (0.50%) Vue
11 7 (0.50%) YAML
12 6 (0.43%) Pandas
12 6 (0.43%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 396 (28.43%) IoT
2 101 (7.25%) Enterprise Software
3 80 (5.74%) Security Posture
4 73 (5.24%) Management Information System
5 63 (4.52%) Cyber Threat
6 43 (3.09%) Cloud Native
7 38 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
8 35 (2.51%) Blockchain
9 34 (2.44%) Data Centre
10 29 (2.08%) Cyberattack
11 26 (1.87%) Cyber Defence
12 24 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
13 23 (1.65%) Onboarding
13 23 (1.65%) Security Operations Centre
14 21 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
15 18 (1.29%) CCTV
16 17 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
17 14 (1.01%) Cyber Kill Chain
17 14 (1.01%) Product Ownership
17 14 (1.01%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 102 (7.32%) Windows
2 65 (4.67%) Linux
3 32 (2.30%) Windows Server
4 29 (2.08%) Mac OS
5 20 (1.44%) Android
6 16 (1.15%) Unix
7 12 (0.86%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.65%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.29%) VMS
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.072%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.072%) Solaris
11 1 (0.072%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 501 (35.97%) AI
2 411 (29.50%) Machine Learning
3 392 (28.14%) Web Development
4 388 (27.85%) User Experience
5 226 (16.22%) Risk Management
6 208 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
7 191 (13.71%) Incident Response
8 173 (12.42%) Information Security
9 168 (12.06%) Mentoring
10 148 (10.62%) Agile
11 134 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
12 131 (9.40%) Analytics
13 123 (8.83%) Roadmaps
14 113 (8.11%) Project Management
15 102 (7.32%) Cloud Security
16 100 (7.18%) Business Strategy
17 98 (7.04%) SIEM
18 96 (6.89%) Computer Science
19 94 (6.75%) Vulnerability Management
20 87 (6.25%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 126 (9.05%) Python
2 87 (6.25%) PowerShell
3 59 (4.24%) JavaScript
4 48 (3.45%) SQL
5 25 (1.79%) R
6 21 (1.51%) Bash
7 20 (1.44%) C++
8 13 (0.93%) Java
8 13 (0.93%) T-SQL
9 10 (0.72%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.43%) Go
11 5 (0.36%) C
11 5 (0.36%) C#
12 4 (0.29%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.14%) Bicep
14 2 (0.14%) Perl
14 2 (0.14%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.072%) Rust
15 1 (0.072%) Scala
Qualifications
1 612 (43.93%) Degree
2 410 (29.43%) Master's Degree
3 378 (27.14%) PhD
4 374 (26.85%) Postgraduate
5 200 (14.36%) CISSP
6 135 (9.69%) CISM
7 96 (6.89%) CISA
8 64 (4.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 53 (3.80%) Azure Certification
10 45 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 45 (3.23%) CRISC
11 44 (3.16%) AWS Certification
12 40 (2.87%) CEH
12 40 (2.87%) Security Cleared
13 33 (2.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 32 (2.30%) CompTIA Security+
15 28 (2.01%) SANS
16 25 (1.79%) PMI Certification
16 25 (1.79%) SC Cleared
17 23 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (14.86%) NIST
2 196 (14.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 126 (9.05%) GDPR
4 61 (4.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 59 (4.24%) GRC
6 41 (2.94%) PCI DSS
7 39 (2.80%) QA
8 36 (2.58%) COBIT
9 35 (2.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 34 (2.44%) NCSC
11 23 (1.65%) NIST 800
12 16 (1.15%) Data Quality
13 13 (0.93%) ISO 22301
14 12 (0.86%) SLA
15 11 (0.79%) Accessibility
16 10 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
16 10 (0.72%) SOC 2
17 9 (0.65%) ITGC
18 8 (0.57%) IFRS
18 8 (0.57%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 70 (5.03%) Active Directory
2 28 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (1.58%) Docker
4 13 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.36%) BitLocker
6 5 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.29%) vSphere
8 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 43 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.15%) Terraform
3 22 (1.58%) Kubernetes
4 21 (1.51%) Ansible
5 16 (1.15%) SCCM
6 12 (0.86%) CASB
6 12 (0.86%) RSA Archer
7 11 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.65%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 6 (0.43%) PaperCut
9 6 (0.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 5 (0.36%) CSIRT
11 4 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.29%) Nagios
11 4 (0.29%) Nessus
11 4 (0.29%) QRadar
12 3 (0.22%) Grafana
12 3 (0.22%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.22%) VxRail
13 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 242 (17.37%) Microsoft
2 48 (3.45%) Oracle
3 44 (3.16%) SAP
4 43 (3.09%) VMware
5 28 (2.01%) CrowdStrike
6 27 (1.94%) Salesforce
7 26 (1.87%) Palo Alto
8 22 (1.58%) Fortinet
9 21 (1.51%) ServiceNow
10 20 (1.44%) Google
11 17 (1.22%) Dell
12 16 (1.15%) Adobe
12 16 (1.15%) Commvault
12 16 (1.15%) MuleSoft
13 14 (1.01%) Cisco
13 14 (1.01%) CyberArk
14 11 (0.79%) Duck Creek
14 11 (0.79%) Guidewire
14 11 (0.79%) Splunk
15 10 (0.72%) Xero