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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 36 37
Rank change year-on-year +9 +1 +17
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,491 833 1,091
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.03% 6.96% 5.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.47% 7.40% 6.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,037 487 593
10th Percentile £41,415 £37,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,500 £70,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.14% -5.41% +5.71%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £120,000 £112,763
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.98%

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 19,971 11,264 17,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.77% 94.12% 89.33%
Number of salaries quoted 13,613 7,148 10,630
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
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 13 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 13 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 +24 171 £72,500 -3.33% 175
West London -3 74 £72,500 -19.44% 56
South London +9 33 £50,000 +8.70% 21
East London -9 18 £110,000 +12.82% 24
North London -1 6 £60,000 +20.00% 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 43 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.47%) Confluence
4 6 (0.40%) SAS
5 5 (0.34%) Apache
6 4 (0.27%) IIS
7 3 (0.20%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.067%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.13%) SmartSuite
4 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.20%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
1 3 (0.20%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.13%) Eikon
2 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.067%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.067%) Maximo
3 1 (0.067%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 281 (18.85%) Azure
2 179 (12.01%) AWS
3 154 (10.33%) Microsoft 365
4 144 (9.66%) Entra ID
5 96 (6.44%) SaaS
6 67 (4.49%) GCP
7 41 (2.75%) Microsoft Purview
8 27 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
9 26 (1.74%) Azure Sentinel
9 26 (1.74%) Mimecast
10 18 (1.21%) Power Platform
11 17 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
11 17 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
12 12 (0.80%) Serverless
13 11 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
13 11 (0.74%) GitHub
14 10 (0.67%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 10 (0.67%) OneDrive
14 10 (0.67%) PaaS
14 10 (0.67%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 141 (9.46%) Firewall
2 88 (5.90%) Network Security
3 56 (3.76%) VPN
4 41 (2.75%) DNS
5 35 (2.35%) WAN
6 34 (2.28%) Internet
7 32 (2.15%) TCP/IP
8 31 (2.08%) LAN
9 24 (1.61%) Wireless
10 23 (1.54%) DHCP
11 21 (1.41%) VLAN
12 18 (1.21%) Kerberos
13 17 (1.14%) Cisco ISE
14 13 (0.87%) SD-WAN
15 12 (0.80%) Broadband
15 12 (0.80%) Wireshark
16 11 (0.74%) Cisco Nexus
17 10 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
17 10 (0.67%) OSPF
18 9 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.01%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.87%) Power BI
3 11 (0.74%) Big Data
4 8 (0.54%) MongoDB
5 6 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.40%) Tableau
6 5 (0.34%) Metadata
7 4 (0.27%) 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 (0.067%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.067%) Flink
10 1 (0.067%) GIS
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 17 (1.14%) Burp Suite
2 16 (1.07%) JIRA
3 15 (1.01%) Git
4 13 (0.87%) Jenkins
5 12 (0.80%) GitLab
5 12 (0.80%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.27%) 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 (0.067%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.067%) JMeter
8 1 (0.067%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.067%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.067%) Vite
8 1 (0.067%) webpack
General
1 465 (31.19%) Social Skills
2 256 (17.17%) Finance
3 175 (11.74%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (9.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 95 (6.37%) Banking
6 88 (5.90%) Law
7 76 (5.10%) Legal
7 76 (5.10%) Retail
8 63 (4.23%) Public Sector
9 52 (3.49%) Marketing
10 51 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
11 43 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
12 39 (2.62%) Telecoms
13 30 (2.01%) Local Government
14 24 (1.61%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.48%) Aviation
16 19 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (0.94%) Back Office
17 14 (0.94%) Mandarin Language
18 9 (0.60%) French Language
Job Titles
1 170 (11.40%) Senior
2 169 (11.33%) Consultant
3 143 (9.59%) Lead
4 138 (9.26%) Analyst
5 132 (8.85%) Architect
6 113 (7.58%) Security Analyst
7 106 (7.11%) Security Engineer
8 89 (5.97%) Security Manager
9 84 (5.63%) Security Architect
10 81 (5.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 68 (4.56%) Security Consultant
12 54 (3.62%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 51 (3.42%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 45 (3.02%) IT Manager
15 42 (2.82%) Security Specialist
15 42 (2.82%) Software Engineer
16 40 (2.68%) Business Manager
17 39 (2.62%) IAM Consultant
18 38 (2.55%) Senior Consultant
19 37 (2.48%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.15%) Terraform
2 31 (2.08%) OpenID
2 31 (2.08%) SAML
3 27 (1.81%) OAuth
4 25 (1.68%) REST
5 22 (1.48%) LDAP
6 15 (1.01%) SailPoint
7 13 (0.87%) .NET
7 13 (0.87%) RESTful
8 11 (0.74%) Kafka
9 10 (0.67%) FastAPI
10 9 (0.60%) React
11 7 (0.47%) FIX Protocol
12 6 (0.40%) Apache NiFi
12 6 (0.40%) Node.js
12 6 (0.40%) SOAP
12 6 (0.40%) Web Services
13 5 (0.34%) .NET Core
14 4 (0.27%) PyTorch
14 4 (0.27%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 142 (9.52%) Security Posture
2 108 (7.24%) Management Information System
3 85 (5.70%) Cyber Threat
4 69 (4.63%) Onboarding
5 65 (4.36%) Operational Technology
6 54 (3.62%) Cloud Native
7 45 (3.02%) Cyber Defence
8 40 (2.68%) Data Centre
9 39 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
10 31 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
11 28 (1.88%) Security Operations Centre
12 20 (1.34%) Cyberattack
13 19 (1.27%) AI Agents
14 17 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
15 16 (1.07%) Virtual Team
16 15 (1.01%) Blog
16 15 (1.01%) Product Ownership
17 13 (0.87%) Driving Licence
17 13 (0.87%) IoT
17 13 (0.87%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 113 (7.58%) Windows
2 72 (4.83%) Linux
3 51 (3.42%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.48%) Mac OS
5 18 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (0.94%) Windows 10
7 11 (0.74%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.67%) Android
9 7 (0.47%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.40%) CentOS
11 5 (0.34%) Unix
12 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
13 2 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.067%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (18.78%) Information Security
2 250 (16.77%) Incident Response
3 234 (15.69%) Risk Management
4 203 (13.62%) Problem-Solving
5 199 (13.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 194 (13.01%) Cloud Security
7 188 (12.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 183 (12.27%) Vulnerability Management
9 182 (12.21%) Security Operations
10 176 (11.80%) AI
11 158 (10.60%) SIEM
12 156 (10.46%) Mentoring
13 150 (10.06%) Roadmaps
14 134 (8.99%) Agile
15 129 (8.65%) Decision-Making
16 128 (8.58%) Identity Access Management
17 118 (7.91%) Penetration Testing
18 114 (7.65%) Data Protection
19 111 (7.44%) Computer Science
19 111 (7.44%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 131 (8.79%) Python
2 90 (6.04%) PowerShell
3 26 (1.74%) Java
4 25 (1.68%) Kusto Query Language
5 23 (1.54%) SQL
6 19 (1.27%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.07%) Bash
8 15 (1.01%) Go
9 11 (0.74%) C#
10 9 (0.60%) C++
11 5 (0.34%) Rust
11 5 (0.34%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.27%) 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
1 260 (17.44%) CISSP
2 213 (14.29%) Degree
3 175 (11.74%) Security Cleared
4 156 (10.46%) CISM
5 111 (7.44%) SC Cleared
6 70 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
7 64 (4.29%) Master's Degree
8 57 (3.82%) CompTIA Security+
9 56 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 55 (3.69%) CISA
11 52 (3.49%) CRISC
12 44 (2.95%) Azure Certification
13 43 (2.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 39 (2.62%) CEH
15 38 (2.55%) CCSP
16 36 (2.41%) GIAC
17 33 (2.21%) DV Cleared
18 30 (2.01%) OSCP
19 29 (1.95%) CREST Certified
19 29 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 269 (18.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 257 (17.24%) NIST
3 162 (10.87%) GDPR
4 105 (7.04%) GRC
5 100 (6.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 75 (5.03%) PCI DSS
7 48 (3.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 46 (3.09%) QA
9 38 (2.55%) NCSC
10 35 (2.35%) SOC 2
11 26 (1.74%) NIST 800
12 22 (1.48%) COBIT
13 20 (1.34%) Accessibility
14 19 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 14 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 14 (0.94%) SLA
16 12 (0.80%) PMO
17 8 (0.54%) SOC 1
18 7 (0.47%) ISO 22301
19 6 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 111 (7.44%) Active Directory
2 39 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.14%) Docker
3 17 (1.14%) Hyper-V
4 13 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.74%) IAG
6 5 (0.34%) vSphere
7 4 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.13%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.13%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.067%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
3 36 (2.41%) Kubernetes
4 17 (1.14%) Ansible
5 16 (1.07%) Nessus
6 12 (0.80%) Nmap
7 7 (0.47%) CASB
7 7 (0.47%) SCCM
8 5 (0.34%) QRadar
8 5 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
9 4 (0.27%) Argo
9 4 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 4 (0.27%) Grafana
9 4 (0.27%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.20%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (0.20%) CSIRT
10 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.20%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 3 (0.20%) VxRail
Vendors
1 318 (21.33%) Microsoft
2 59 (3.96%) Cisco
3 53 (3.55%) Palo Alto
4 48 (3.22%) VMware
5 45 (3.02%) CrowdStrike
6 42 (2.82%) Splunk
7 39 (2.62%) Google
8 34 (2.28%) CyberArk
9 33 (2.21%) Salesforce
10 27 (1.81%) Rapid7
10 27 (1.81%) Tenable
11 22 (1.48%) Meraki
12 21 (1.41%) Fortinet
13 20 (1.34%) Qualys
14 19 (1.27%) ServiceNow
15 17 (1.14%) Okta
16 16 (1.07%) ForeScout
16 16 (1.07%) Zscaler
17 14 (0.94%) SAP
18 12 (0.80%) Sophos