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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 36 44
Rank change year-on-year +9 +8 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,564 816 990
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.98% 6.97% 5.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.42% 7.43% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,080 478 529
10th Percentile £43,950 £32,500 £47,200
25th Percentile £57,500 £49,338 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -5.41% +2.07%
75th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £117,500
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 21,076 10,987 16,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.63% 93.82% 89.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13,780 6,979 9,678
10th Percentile £40,825 £37,500 £41,370
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,500
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 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 October 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 October 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 +14 139 £72,500 -3.33% 221
West London -4 73 £72,500 +47.36% 41
South London +2 33 £50,000 +8.70% 15
East London -13 17 £90,000 -14.29% 12
North London -3 2 £58,875 +42.73% 2
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 45 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.38%) Confluence
3 6 (0.38%) SAS
4 4 (0.26%) Apache
4 4 (0.26%) IIS
5 3 (0.19%) HCL Notes
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.064%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.064%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.13%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 3 (0.19%) Distributed Ledger
1 3 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.13%) Eikon
3 1 (0.064%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.064%) Magento
3 1 (0.064%) RMDS
3 1 (0.064%) SAP CAR
3 1 (0.064%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 320 (20.46%) Azure
2 191 (12.21%) AWS
3 181 (11.57%) Entra ID
4 171 (10.93%) Microsoft 365
5 92 (5.88%) SaaS
6 80 (5.12%) GCP
7 50 (3.20%) Microsoft Purview
8 33 (2.11%) Mimecast
9 32 (2.05%) Power Platform
10 31 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
11 30 (1.92%) Azure Sentinel
12 26 (1.66%) Microsoft Copilot
13 25 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
14 23 (1.47%) GitHub
15 21 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
16 20 (1.28%) PaaS
17 17 (1.09%) Serverless
18 16 (1.02%) OneDrive
19 15 (0.96%) Azure API Management
20 14 (0.90%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 151 (9.65%) Firewall
2 98 (6.27%) Network Security
3 71 (4.54%) VPN
4 51 (3.26%) DNS
5 39 (2.49%) Internet
6 38 (2.43%) TCP/IP
6 38 (2.43%) WAN
7 35 (2.24%) LAN
8 34 (2.17%) DHCP
9 24 (1.53%) Wireless
10 21 (1.34%) Kerberos
11 19 (1.21%) Cisco ISE
12 17 (1.09%) VLAN
13 14 (0.90%) SD-WAN
14 12 (0.77%) Broadband
14 12 (0.77%) Cisco Nexus
14 12 (0.77%) Wireshark
15 11 (0.70%) OSPF
15 11 (0.70%) SSL
15 11 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (1.47%) Power BI
2 17 (1.09%) SQL Server
3 15 (0.96%) Big Data
4 12 (0.77%) Tableau
5 9 (0.58%) Metadata
6 8 (0.51%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.19%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.13%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.13%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.13%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.13%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.13%) MySQL
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.13%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.064%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 20 (1.28%) Burp Suite
2 16 (1.02%) Git
2 16 (1.02%) JIRA
3 14 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.83%) Metasploit
5 11 (0.70%) GitLab
6 4 (0.26%) Yeoman
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
8 1 (0.064%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.064%) JMeter
8 1 (0.064%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.064%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.064%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.064%) Vite
8 1 (0.064%) webpack
General
1 478 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 286 (18.29%) Finance
3 161 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
4 146 (9.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 114 (7.29%) Law
6 100 (6.39%) Banking
7 97 (6.20%) Legal
8 93 (5.95%) Public Sector
9 75 (4.80%) Retail
10 62 (3.96%) Marketing
11 48 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
12 45 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
13 44 (2.81%) Telecoms
14 22 (1.41%) Financial Institution
14 22 (1.41%) Local Government
15 19 (1.21%) Aviation
16 17 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
17 12 (0.77%) Back Office
17 12 (0.77%) Manufacturing
18 11 (0.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 189 (12.08%) Consultant
2 188 (12.02%) Senior
3 158 (10.10%) Architect
4 150 (9.59%) Lead
5 127 (8.12%) Analyst
6 116 (7.42%) Security Engineer
7 102 (6.52%) Security Architect
8 98 (6.27%) Security Manager
9 97 (6.20%) Security Analyst
10 80 (5.12%) Security Consultant
11 70 (4.48%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 67 (4.28%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 65 (4.16%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 50 (3.20%) Security Specialist
15 45 (2.88%) Software Engineer
16 41 (2.62%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 40 (2.56%) IT Manager
18 39 (2.49%) IAM Consultant
19 36 (2.30%) Business Manager
20 34 (2.17%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.75%) Terraform
2 38 (2.43%) OpenID
3 35 (2.24%) OAuth
4 34 (2.17%) SAML
5 32 (2.05%) REST
6 27 (1.73%) LDAP
7 16 (1.02%) RESTful
8 14 (0.90%) SailPoint
9 12 (0.77%) .NET
10 9 (0.58%) FastAPI
10 9 (0.58%) Middleware
10 9 (0.58%) OAuth2
11 8 (0.51%) Kafka
12 7 (0.45%) JWT
12 7 (0.45%) React
13 6 (0.38%) FIX Protocol
13 6 (0.38%) NumPy
13 6 (0.38%) Pandas
14 5 (0.32%) Node.js
14 5 (0.32%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 141 (9.02%) Security Posture
2 117 (7.48%) Management Information System
3 105 (6.71%) Cyber Threat
4 80 (5.12%) Onboarding
5 69 (4.41%) Operational Technology
6 53 (3.39%) Cloud Native
7 52 (3.32%) Cyber Defence
8 46 (2.94%) Data Centre
9 38 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
10 33 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
11 28 (1.79%) Security Operations Centre
12 24 (1.53%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.47%) Blog
14 22 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
15 19 (1.21%) Driving Licence
16 17 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
17 16 (1.02%) IoT
17 16 (1.02%) PKI
17 16 (1.02%) Virtual Team
18 15 (0.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 127 (8.12%) Windows
2 78 (4.99%) Linux
3 58 (3.71%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.53%) macOS
5 15 (0.96%) Windows 10
6 14 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (0.83%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.70%) Android
9 6 (0.38%) Unix
10 4 (0.26%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.13%) CentOS
13 1 (0.064%) Rocky
13 1 (0.064%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (18.41%) Information Security
2 254 (16.24%) Incident Response
3 234 (14.96%) Risk Management
4 232 (14.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 224 (14.32%) AI
5 224 (14.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 215 (13.75%) Cloud Security
7 212 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
8 204 (13.04%) Security Operations
9 191 (12.21%) Vulnerability Management
10 167 (10.68%) Roadmaps
11 157 (10.04%) SIEM
12 142 (9.08%) Decision-Making
13 135 (8.63%) Identity Access Management
13 135 (8.63%) Mentoring
14 133 (8.50%) Agile
14 133 (8.50%) Security Architecture
15 123 (7.86%) Data Protection
16 116 (7.42%) Penetration Testing
17 112 (7.16%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 146 (9.34%) Python
2 94 (6.01%) PowerShell
3 29 (1.85%) Java
4 27 (1.73%) SQL
5 26 (1.66%) Kusto Query Language
6 18 (1.15%) Bash
6 18 (1.15%) JavaScript
7 15 (0.96%) Go
8 11 (0.70%) C#
9 10 (0.64%) C++
10 9 (0.58%) Bicep
11 6 (0.38%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.32%) Rust
13 4 (0.26%) Swift
13 4 (0.26%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.19%) VBA
14 3 (0.19%) VBScript
15 2 (0.13%) C
15 2 (0.13%) Scala
15 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 267 (17.07%) CISSP
2 235 (15.03%) Security Cleared
3 225 (14.39%) Degree
4 172 (11.00%) CISM
5 162 (10.36%) SC Cleared
6 74 (4.73%) Master's Degree
7 71 (4.54%) Cisco Certification
8 56 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 48 (3.07%) CISA
10 45 (2.88%) CRISC
11 44 (2.81%) Azure Certification
12 43 (2.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 43 (2.75%) CompTIA Security+
12 43 (2.75%) DV Cleared
13 37 (2.37%) CCSP
14 36 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
15 31 (1.98%) OSCP
15 31 (1.98%) PhD
16 30 (1.92%) GIAC
17 27 (1.73%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 299 (19.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 252 (16.11%) NIST
3 159 (10.17%) GDPR
4 115 (7.35%) GRC
5 93 (5.95%) Cyber Essentials
6 64 (4.09%) PCI DSS
7 50 (3.20%) NCSC
8 49 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 33 (2.11%) SOC 2
10 32 (2.05%) QA
11 20 (1.28%) NIST 800
12 19 (1.21%) COBIT
13 17 (1.09%) Accessibility
14 15 (0.96%) SLA
15 14 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 13 (0.83%) ISO 22301
16 13 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 12 (0.77%) PMO
18 7 (0.45%) SOC 1
19 5 (0.32%) Data Quality
System Software
1 126 (8.06%) Active Directory
2 41 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (1.15%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.09%) Docker
4 17 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.45%) vSphere
6 5 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.26%) IAG
8 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.19%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.13%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.13%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.064%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 68 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
3 38 (2.43%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.15%) Ansible
5 16 (1.02%) Nessus
6 15 (0.96%) Grafana
7 14 (0.90%) CASB
8 13 (0.83%) Nmap
9 7 (0.45%) SCCM
10 5 (0.32%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.32%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.32%) QRadar
11 4 (0.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.26%) Red Hat Satellite
12 3 (0.19%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.19%) CSIRT
12 3 (0.19%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.19%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 3 (0.19%) VxRail
13 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 353 (22.57%) Microsoft
2 63 (4.03%) Cisco
3 56 (3.58%) Palo Alto
4 49 (3.13%) VMware
5 46 (2.94%) CrowdStrike
6 45 (2.88%) Google
7 40 (2.56%) Splunk
8 34 (2.17%) CyberArk
9 29 (1.85%) Salesforce
10 28 (1.79%) Rapid7
11 26 (1.66%) Tenable
12 24 (1.53%) ServiceNow
13 22 (1.41%) Zscaler
14 21 (1.34%) Meraki
15 20 (1.28%) Fortinet
16 19 (1.21%) Qualys
17 17 (1.09%) SAP
18 16 (1.02%) Netskope
19 15 (0.96%) Okta
20 13 (0.83%) Dynatrace