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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 36 40
Rank change year-on-year +7 +4 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,522 822 1,068
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.94% 6.92% 5.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.36% 7.35% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,063 484 570
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £58,668
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £74,463
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -5.99% +2.71%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £120,000 £115,000
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 20,692 11,181 17,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.73% 94.17% 89.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,893 7,064 10,320
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £40,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -6.40%

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 25 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 25 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 +18 159 £72,500 -3.33% 209
West London -4 71 £72,500 -3.33% 71
South London +8 31 £50,000 +8.70% 16
East London -7 17 £110,000 +12.82% 22
North London 0 3 £60,000 +45.45% 9
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 44 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.46%) Confluence
4 6 (0.39%) SAS
5 5 (0.33%) Apache
6 4 (0.26%) IIS
7 3 (0.20%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.066%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.13%) SmartSuite
6 1 (0.066%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.20%) Distributed Ledger
1 3 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.13%) Eikon
3 1 (0.066%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (0.066%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.066%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.066%) Magento
3 1 (0.066%) Maximo
3 1 (0.066%) RMDS
3 1 (0.066%) SAP CAR
3 1 (0.066%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 304 (19.97%) Azure
2 183 (12.02%) AWS
3 166 (10.91%) Microsoft 365
4 163 (10.71%) Entra ID
5 100 (6.57%) SaaS
6 74 (4.86%) GCP
7 46 (3.02%) Microsoft Purview
8 28 (1.84%) Power Platform
9 27 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
9 27 (1.77%) Mimecast
10 25 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
11 20 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (1.31%) Azure Logic Apps
11 20 (1.31%) GitHub
11 20 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
12 17 (1.12%) Serverless
13 16 (1.05%) PaaS
14 11 (0.72%) Azure API Management
14 11 (0.72%) OneDrive
15 10 (0.66%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 141 (9.26%) Firewall
2 92 (6.04%) Network Security
3 61 (4.01%) VPN
4 47 (3.09%) DNS
5 37 (2.43%) Internet
5 37 (2.43%) WAN
6 35 (2.30%) LAN
6 35 (2.30%) TCP/IP
7 30 (1.97%) DHCP
8 26 (1.71%) Wireless
9 20 (1.31%) Kerberos
10 19 (1.25%) VLAN
11 16 (1.05%) Cisco ISE
12 14 (0.92%) SD-WAN
13 12 (0.79%) Broadband
13 12 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
13 12 (0.79%) Wireshark
14 11 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
14 11 (0.72%) OSPF
15 9 (0.59%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (1.31%) Power BI
2 17 (1.12%) SQL Server
3 11 (0.72%) Big Data
4 9 (0.59%) Tableau
5 8 (0.53%) Metadata
5 8 (0.53%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.26%) MySQL
6 4 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.13%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.13%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.13%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.13%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.13%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.13%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.066%) Redis
Development Applications
1 18 (1.18%) Burp Suite
2 17 (1.12%) JIRA
3 16 (1.05%) Git
4 13 (0.85%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.85%) Metasploit
5 12 (0.79%) GitLab
6 2 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.13%) git-flow
6 2 (0.13%) Snyk
6 2 (0.13%) Xcode
6 2 (0.13%) XCTest
6 2 (0.13%) XCUITest
6 2 (0.13%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.066%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.066%) JMeter
7 1 (0.066%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.066%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.066%) Vite
General
1 471 (30.95%) Social Skills
2 268 (17.61%) Finance
3 174 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (9.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 98 (6.44%) Banking
5 98 (6.44%) Law
6 84 (5.52%) Public Sector
7 80 (5.26%) Legal
8 77 (5.06%) Retail
9 58 (3.81%) Marketing
10 54 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
11 42 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
11 42 (2.76%) Telecoms
12 27 (1.77%) Local Government
13 24 (1.58%) Financial Institution
14 18 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (1.05%) Aviation
16 14 (0.92%) Back Office
17 12 (0.79%) Mandarin Language
18 9 (0.59%) Games
Job Titles
1 177 (11.63%) Senior
2 171 (11.24%) Consultant
3 146 (9.59%) Architect
4 144 (9.46%) Lead
5 134 (8.80%) Analyst
6 108 (7.10%) Security Analyst
6 108 (7.10%) Security Engineer
7 98 (6.44%) Security Manager
8 96 (6.31%) Security Architect
9 78 (5.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 70 (4.60%) Security Consultant
11 60 (3.94%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 53 (3.48%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 48 (3.15%) Security Specialist
14 45 (2.96%) Software Engineer
15 42 (2.76%) Business Manager
15 42 (2.76%) IT Manager
16 38 (2.50%) IAM Consultant
17 36 (2.37%) Senior Consultant
18 34 (2.23%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.63%) Terraform
2 37 (2.43%) OpenID
3 35 (2.30%) SAML
4 34 (2.23%) OAuth
5 32 (2.10%) REST
6 26 (1.71%) LDAP
7 16 (1.05%) SailPoint
8 14 (0.92%) RESTful
9 13 (0.85%) .NET
10 11 (0.72%) FastAPI
10 11 (0.72%) Kafka
11 9 (0.59%) React
12 7 (0.46%) FIX Protocol
12 7 (0.46%) Middleware
12 7 (0.46%) OAuth2
12 7 (0.46%) SOAP
13 6 (0.39%) Apache NiFi
13 6 (0.39%) Node.js
13 6 (0.39%) Web Services
14 5 (0.33%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 144 (9.46%) Security Posture
2 113 (7.42%) Management Information System
3 98 (6.44%) Cyber Threat
4 73 (4.80%) Onboarding
5 67 (4.40%) Operational Technology
6 54 (3.55%) Cloud Native
7 45 (2.96%) Cyber Defence
8 42 (2.76%) Data Centre
9 39 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
10 38 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
11 25 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
12 21 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
13 19 (1.25%) AI Agents
14 16 (1.05%) Blog
14 16 (1.05%) Cyberattack
14 16 (1.05%) PKI
14 16 (1.05%) Virtual Team
15 15 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
16 14 (0.92%) Driving Licence
16 14 (0.92%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 118 (7.75%) Windows
2 72 (4.73%) Linux
3 52 (3.42%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.51%) Mac OS
5 16 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 15 (0.99%) Windows 10
7 13 (0.85%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.72%) Android
9 6 (0.39%) Unix
10 5 (0.33%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.26%) CentOS
11 4 (0.26%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.066%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (18.99%) Information Security
2 253 (16.62%) Incident Response
3 234 (15.37%) Risk Management
4 215 (14.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 210 (13.80%) Problem-Solving
6 208 (13.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 197 (12.94%) Cloud Security
8 191 (12.55%) AI
9 189 (12.42%) Security Operations
10 186 (12.22%) Vulnerability Management
11 157 (10.32%) Roadmaps
12 152 (9.99%) Mentoring
12 152 (9.99%) SIEM
13 136 (8.94%) Decision-Making
14 134 (8.80%) Identity Access Management
15 131 (8.61%) Agile
16 121 (7.95%) Security Architecture
17 116 (7.62%) Data Protection
17 116 (7.62%) Penetration Testing
18 113 (7.42%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 139 (9.13%) Python
2 95 (6.24%) PowerShell
3 29 (1.91%) Java
4 26 (1.71%) Kusto Query Language
4 26 (1.71%) SQL
5 20 (1.31%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.12%) Bash
6 17 (1.12%) Go
7 12 (0.79%) C#
8 11 (0.72%) C++
9 8 (0.53%) Bicep
10 6 (0.39%) Rust
11 5 (0.33%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.26%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.20%) Swift
13 3 (0.20%) VBA
13 3 (0.20%) VBScript
14 2 (0.13%) Scala
14 2 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 258 (16.95%) CISSP
2 218 (14.32%) Degree
3 206 (13.53%) Security Cleared
4 159 (10.45%) CISM
5 138 (9.07%) SC Cleared
6 71 (4.66%) Cisco Certification
7 65 (4.27%) Master's Degree
8 57 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 52 (3.42%) CISA
10 48 (3.15%) CRISC
11 47 (3.09%) CompTIA Security+
12 46 (3.02%) Azure Certification
13 43 (2.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 38 (2.50%) CCSP
14 38 (2.50%) DV Cleared
15 33 (2.17%) CEH
16 32 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
16 32 (2.10%) OSCP
17 30 (1.97%) GIAC
18 29 (1.91%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 277 (18.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 246 (16.16%) NIST
3 159 (10.45%) GDPR
4 109 (7.16%) GRC
5 99 (6.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 71 (4.66%) PCI DSS
7 49 (3.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 46 (3.02%) NCSC
9 40 (2.63%) QA
10 33 (2.17%) SOC 2
11 23 (1.51%) NIST 800
12 21 (1.38%) COBIT
13 19 (1.25%) Accessibility
14 16 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 15 (0.99%) SLA
16 14 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 12 (0.79%) PMO
18 8 (0.53%) ISO 22301
18 8 (0.53%) SOC 1
19 5 (0.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 119 (7.82%) Active Directory
2 40 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.12%) Docker
3 17 (1.12%) Hyper-V
4 15 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.33%) IAG
5 5 (0.33%) vSphere
6 4 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.13%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.13%) ProxySG
8 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 55 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (2.89%) Single Sign-On
3 38 (2.50%) Kubernetes
4 17 (1.12%) Ansible
5 16 (1.05%) Nessus
6 13 (0.85%) Nmap
7 12 (0.79%) Grafana
8 9 (0.59%) CASB
9 6 (0.39%) SCCM
10 5 (0.33%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (0.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.26%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.26%) QRadar
12 3 (0.20%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.20%) CSIRT
12 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.20%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 3 (0.20%) VxRail
13 2 (0.13%) Argo
Vendors
1 336 (22.08%) Microsoft
2 59 (3.88%) Cisco
3 52 (3.42%) Palo Alto
4 48 (3.15%) VMware
5 42 (2.76%) CrowdStrike
6 41 (2.69%) Google
7 40 (2.63%) Splunk
8 34 (2.23%) CyberArk
9 30 (1.97%) Salesforce
10 27 (1.77%) Rapid7
10 27 (1.77%) Tenable
11 24 (1.58%) ServiceNow
12 21 (1.38%) Meraki
13 20 (1.31%) Fortinet
13 20 (1.31%) Qualys
14 18 (1.18%) Zscaler
15 17 (1.12%) Okta
15 17 (1.12%) SAP
16 12 (0.79%) Netskope
16 12 (0.79%) Oracle