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 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 42 34
Rank change year-on-year +16 -8 +21
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,346 777 1,409
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.31% 6.35% 5.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.75% 6.63% 6.43%
Number of salaries quoted 885 464 1,017
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,300 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,580 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% +1.49% +3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -10.00%

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 17,362 11,717 21,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.40% 95.82% 89.19%
Number of salaries quoted 11,870 6,989 16,075
10th Percentile £40,802 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,500 £55,000 £51,250
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 £110,000 £123,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,560 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.24% +4.65% -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 14 June 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 14 June 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 +38 234 £70,000 -6.67% 96
West London +16 81 £40,000 -52.94% 39
East London +15 38 £87,500 - 14
South London +30 34 £50,000 -31.03% 10
North London +17 21 £60,000 - 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 28 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.30%) Apache
4 3 (0.22%) CMS
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.15%) Confluence
6 1 (0.074%) SAS
6 1 (0.074%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.074%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.074%) Maya
6 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.22%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 2 (0.15%) Carpe Diem
3 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.15%) Shopify
4 1 (0.074%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 318 (23.63%) Azure
2 177 (13.15%) AWS
3 114 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
4 105 (7.80%) Entra ID
5 73 (5.42%) SaaS
6 61 (4.53%) GCP
7 26 (1.93%) Azure Sentinel
7 26 (1.93%) Microsoft Purview
8 23 (1.71%) Google Workspace
9 22 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
10 21 (1.56%) Nutanix
11 20 (1.49%) Power Platform
12 18 (1.34%) Mimecast
13 17 (1.26%) GitHub
14 11 (0.82%) Serverless
15 9 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (0.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 6 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
17 6 (0.45%) Datadog
18 4 (0.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 106 (7.88%) Firewall
2 78 (5.79%) Network Security
3 30 (2.23%) VPN
4 28 (2.08%) Broadband
5 25 (1.86%) Internet
5 25 (1.86%) WAN
6 21 (1.56%) DNS
7 19 (1.41%) CHAP
8 18 (1.34%) LAN
8 18 (1.34%) TCP/IP
9 16 (1.19%) Intrusion Detection
10 15 (1.11%) Wireless
11 13 (0.97%) DHCP
12 12 (0.89%) Kerberos
13 11 (0.82%) Cisco ISE
13 11 (0.82%) SD-WAN
14 10 (0.74%) VLAN
15 7 (0.52%) SAN
15 7 (0.52%) VoIP
15 7 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (1.49%) Power BI
2 12 (0.89%) Tableau
3 10 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (0.45%) Big Data
5 5 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.37%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.22%) Hadoop
6 3 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.22%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.15%) ClickHouse
7 2 (0.15%) MySQL
7 2 (0.15%) Neo4j
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.074%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.074%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.074%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.074%) Impala
8 1 (0.074%) Metadata
8 1 (0.074%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (1.78%) GitLab
2 17 (1.26%) Git
3 8 (0.59%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.52%) JIRA
5 4 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.22%) MLflow
7 2 (0.15%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.15%) JMeter
8 1 (0.074%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.074%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.074%) Locust
8 1 (0.074%) Oracle APEX
General
1 387 (28.75%) Social Skills
2 251 (18.65%) Finance
3 172 (12.78%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (9.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 96 (7.13%) Banking
6 87 (6.46%) Retail
7 76 (5.65%) Legal
8 61 (4.53%) Law
9 44 (3.27%) Public Sector
10 40 (2.97%) Marketing
10 40 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
11 36 (2.67%) Aviation
12 35 (2.60%) Local Government
13 33 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (1.71%) Financial Institution
14 23 (1.71%) Telecoms
15 21 (1.56%) Multimedia
16 17 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (1.04%) Advertising
18 9 (0.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 164 (12.18%) Senior
2 135 (10.03%) Analyst
3 122 (9.06%) Consultant
4 115 (8.54%) Architect
5 112 (8.32%) Lead
6 111 (8.25%) Security Analyst
7 93 (6.91%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 93 (6.91%) Security Engineer
8 73 (5.42%) Security Manager
9 71 (5.27%) Security Architect
10 46 (3.42%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 46 (3.42%) Security Consultant
11 45 (3.34%) Developer
11 45 (3.34%) IT Manager
12 42 (3.12%) Account Manager
13 36 (2.67%) Security Specialist
14 34 (2.53%) Senior Consultant
15 32 (2.38%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 31 (2.30%) Trainee
17 30 (2.23%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.05%) REST
2 39 (2.90%) OpenID
2 39 (2.90%) SAML
3 37 (2.75%) OAuth
4 33 (2.45%) LDAP
5 25 (1.86%) SOAP
6 19 (1.41%) GraphQL
7 16 (1.19%) CSS
8 15 (1.11%) SailPoint
9 14 (1.04%) HTML
10 13 (0.97%) React
11 12 (0.89%) FastAPI
12 10 (0.74%) RESTful
13 9 (0.67%) Kafka
14 7 (0.52%) .NET
15 6 (0.45%) LangChain
15 6 (0.45%) Web Services
16 5 (0.37%) Apache NiFi
16 5 (0.37%) PyTorch
16 5 (0.37%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 143 (10.62%) Security Posture
2 92 (6.84%) Management Information System
3 76 (5.65%) Cyber Threat
4 60 (4.46%) Cyber Defence
5 56 (4.16%) Cloud Native
6 47 (3.49%) Cyberattack
7 41 (3.05%) Operational Technology
8 39 (2.90%) Security Operations Centre
9 34 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
10 29 (2.15%) Onboarding
11 22 (1.63%) Data Centre
12 20 (1.49%) Cloud Security Posture
13 19 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
14 16 (1.19%) Blockchain
14 16 (1.19%) Blog
15 15 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
16 13 (0.97%) AI Agents
16 13 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
16 13 (0.97%) Product Ownership
17 12 (0.89%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 108 (8.02%) Windows
2 68 (5.05%) Linux
3 52 (3.86%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.71%) Mac OS
5 15 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (0.89%) Android
6 12 (0.89%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.52%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.45%) CentOS
8 6 (0.45%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.45%) Unix
9 2 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (18.65%) Information Security
2 248 (18.42%) Incident Response
3 211 (15.68%) Risk Management
4 182 (13.52%) Mentoring
5 181 (13.45%) Cloud Security
6 168 (12.48%) Problem-Solving
7 150 (11.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 148 (11.00%) Vulnerability Management
9 144 (10.70%) Agile
10 133 (9.88%) Security Operations
11 118 (8.77%) SIEM
12 115 (8.54%) Roadmaps
13 106 (7.88%) Project Management
14 105 (7.80%) AI
15 104 (7.73%) Identity Access Management
15 104 (7.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 103 (7.65%) Decision-Making
17 98 (7.28%) Stakeholder Management
17 98 (7.28%) Threat Intelligence
18 92 (6.84%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 155 (11.52%) Python
2 125 (9.29%) PowerShell
3 51 (3.79%) SQL
4 33 (2.45%) Bash
5 32 (2.38%) JavaScript
6 24 (1.78%) Java
7 21 (1.56%) C++
8 19 (1.41%) T-SQL
9 11 (0.82%) Go
9 11 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
10 10 (0.74%) R
11 9 (0.67%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.30%) C#
13 3 (0.22%) C
14 2 (0.15%) Bicep
14 2 (0.15%) Perl
14 2 (0.15%) Rust
14 2 (0.15%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.074%) Scala
Qualifications
1 240 (17.83%) CISSP
2 187 (13.89%) Degree
3 150 (11.14%) CISM
4 110 (8.17%) Security Cleared
5 80 (5.94%) CISA
6 75 (5.57%) SC Cleared
7 63 (4.68%) CompTIA Security+
8 59 (4.38%) CEH
9 56 (4.16%) Azure Certification
10 51 (3.79%) Cisco Certification
11 49 (3.64%) CRISC
12 44 (3.27%) GIAC
13 42 (3.12%) Master's Degree
14 41 (3.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 40 (2.97%) CompTIA CySA+
16 38 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
16 38 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
17 37 (2.75%) SANS
18 35 (2.60%) DV Cleared
18 35 (2.60%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 286 (21.25%) NIST
2 240 (17.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 141 (10.48%) GDPR
4 75 (5.57%) GRC
5 73 (5.42%) Cyber Essentials
6 70 (5.20%) QA
7 66 (4.90%) PCI DSS
8 45 (3.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 38 (2.82%) NCSC
10 34 (2.53%) NIST 800
11 33 (2.45%) COBIT
12 20 (1.49%) SOC 2
13 19 (1.41%) Accessibility
14 18 (1.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 12 (0.89%) SLA
16 10 (0.74%) ISO 22301
17 8 (0.59%) HIPAA
17 8 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 7 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 7 (0.52%) JSP 440
System Software
1 107 (7.95%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (1.56%) Docker
4 18 (1.34%) Hyper-V
5 12 (0.89%) IAG
6 5 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.37%) vSphere
7 3 (0.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.15%) Firmware
8 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 46 (3.42%) Terraform
2 39 (2.90%) Kubernetes
3 33 (2.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.04%) Ansible
6 10 (0.74%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 10 (0.74%) SCCM
7 8 (0.59%) VxRail
8 7 (0.52%) CASB
8 7 (0.52%) RSA Archer
9 5 (0.37%) CSIRT
9 5 (0.37%) Grafana
10 4 (0.30%) Argo
10 4 (0.30%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.22%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 2 (0.15%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.15%) QRadar
12 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 272 (20.21%) Microsoft
2 49 (3.64%) VMware
3 42 (3.12%) CrowdStrike
4 38 (2.82%) Splunk
5 35 (2.60%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.30%) ForeScout
6 31 (2.30%) Google
6 31 (2.30%) Palo Alto
7 30 (2.23%) Cisco
8 25 (1.86%) CyberArk
9 21 (1.56%) Dell
10 20 (1.49%) Fortinet
11 11 (0.82%) CheckPoint
11 11 (0.82%) Commvault
11 11 (0.82%) Okta
11 11 (0.82%) Rapid7
11 11 (0.82%) ServiceNow
12 10 (0.74%) Sophos
12 10 (0.74%) Zscaler
13 9 (0.67%) SAP