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 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 39 54
Rank change year-on-year +8 +15 +16
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 939 1,009 948
As % of all permanent jobs in London 7.63% 5.84% 4.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.22% 6.47% 5.20%
Number of salaries quoted 491 531 789
10th Percentile £31,250 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £60,150 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -2.03% +2.07%
75th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -3.85%

All Process and 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 11,417 15,594 18,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 92.72% 90.33% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 7,253 9,194 14,793
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £55,480
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 9 November 2025.

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 9 November 2025. 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 -7 116 £75,000 +15.38% 412
West London +24 74 £47,000 -43.03% 64
South London +32 61 £46,000 -36.55% 27
East London +8 42 £105,000 +84.21% 32
North London 0 9 £32,500 -27.78% 22
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 29 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.85%) CMS
4 6 (0.64%) Confluence
5 5 (0.53%) Apache
6 4 (0.43%) nginx
6 4 (0.43%) Traefik
7 3 (0.32%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.21%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.21%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 51 (5.43%) Maya
2 25 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.75%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.43%) Adobe XD
6 4 (0.43%) Sketch
7 3 (0.32%) CINEMA 4D
7 3 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.11%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 23 (2.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (2.13%) SAP IBP
3 16 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (1.49%) SAP CO
4 14 (1.49%) SAP FI
4 14 (1.49%) SAP FI/CO
4 14 (1.49%) SAP FSCM
5 12 (1.28%) SAP IS-U
6 8 (0.85%) SAP FS
7 6 (0.64%) Exchequer
8 4 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.32%) Endur
9 3 (0.32%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.32%) Yoast SEO
10 2 (0.21%) SAP CX
11 1 (0.11%) Fidessa
11 1 (0.11%) Lorenzo
11 1 (0.11%) Pegasus Opera
11 1 (0.11%) SAP MDG
11 1 (0.11%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 224 (23.86%) Azure
2 174 (18.53%) AWS
3 154 (16.40%) Cloud Computing
4 87 (9.27%) Microsoft 365
5 52 (5.54%) GCP
6 48 (5.11%) Power Platform
7 38 (4.05%) Entra ID
8 35 (3.73%) PaaS
9 31 (3.30%) SaaS
9 31 (3.30%) Serverless
10 26 (2.77%) IaaS
11 24 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
12 22 (2.34%) GitHub
13 15 (1.60%) Azure Sentinel
14 13 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
15 12 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
15 12 (1.28%) Boomi
15 12 (1.28%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
16 11 (1.17%) Amazon EC2
16 11 (1.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 138 (14.70%) Internet
2 88 (9.37%) Firewall
3 44 (4.69%) VPN
4 32 (3.41%) WAN
5 31 (3.30%) Network Security
6 26 (2.77%) Intrusion Detection
7 25 (2.66%) DNS
7 25 (2.66%) LAN
8 24 (2.56%) DHCP
8 24 (2.56%) TCP/IP
9 16 (1.70%) VoIP
10 14 (1.49%) VLAN
11 11 (1.17%) Wireshark
12 7 (0.75%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.64%) Modbus
13 6 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.64%) Wireless
14 5 (0.53%) IP Telephony
14 5 (0.53%) SSL
15 4 (0.43%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (4.26%) Power BI
2 31 (3.30%) Tableau
3 29 (3.09%) SQL Server
4 28 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (2.24%) SAP BW
6 18 (1.92%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.38%) Data Lake
8 10 (1.06%) Metadata
9 9 (0.96%) Oracle Database
9 9 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
10 8 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
10 8 (0.85%) Big Data
10 8 (0.85%) DynamoDB
10 8 (0.85%) MySQL
10 8 (0.85%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.43%) Apache Iceberg
12 4 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 27 (2.88%) Git
2 13 (1.38%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.28%) JIRA
4 7 (0.75%) GitLab
5 5 (0.53%) IntelliJ
6 4 (0.43%) git-flow
6 4 (0.43%) Spinnaker
7 2 (0.21%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.11%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.11%) JMeter
8 1 (0.11%) JUnit
8 1 (0.11%) Locust
8 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
General
1 477 (50.80%) Social Skills
2 372 (39.62%) Finance
3 251 (26.73%) Banking
4 209 (22.26%) Analytical Skills
5 197 (20.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 149 (15.87%) Law
7 81 (8.63%) Marketing
8 78 (8.31%) Legal
9 73 (7.77%) Games
10 52 (5.54%) Retail
11 46 (4.90%) Public Sector
12 43 (4.58%) Telecoms
13 42 (4.47%) Presentation Skills
14 39 (4.15%) Manufacturing
15 35 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
16 26 (2.77%) Dutch Language
16 26 (2.77%) French Language
16 26 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
17 20 (2.13%) Electronics
17 20 (2.13%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 131 (13.95%) Senior
2 115 (12.25%) Lecturer
3 110 (11.71%) Lead
4 94 (10.01%) Analyst
5 79 (8.41%) Architect
6 63 (6.71%) IT Manager
7 60 (6.39%) Consultant
8 51 (5.43%) Security Analyst
9 47 (5.01%) Security Engineer
10 42 (4.47%) IT Support
11 38 (4.05%) IT Architect
12 34 (3.62%) Senior Consultant
13 30 (3.19%) Software Engineer
14 29 (3.09%) Senior Architect
15 27 (2.88%) Operations Manager
16 23 (2.45%) Head of Security
16 23 (2.45%) Support Analyst
17 22 (2.34%) Senior Manager
17 22 (2.34%) Support Manager
18 21 (2.24%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.98%) React
1 28 (2.98%) REST
2 24 (2.56%) CSS
3 23 (2.45%) HTML
4 19 (2.02%) RESTful
5 16 (1.70%) Kafka
5 16 (1.70%) Vue
5 16 (1.70%) YAML
6 15 (1.60%) AngularJS
7 10 (1.06%) Middleware
8 8 (0.85%) .NET
9 6 (0.64%) jQuery
9 6 (0.64%) Pandas
9 6 (0.64%) PyTorch
9 6 (0.64%) TensorFlow
10 5 (0.53%) AWS CDK
10 5 (0.53%) EDI
10 5 (0.53%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (0.53%) Spring Boot
10 5 (0.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 133 (14.16%) IoT
2 100 (10.65%) Enterprise Software
3 84 (8.95%) Management Information System
4 68 (7.24%) Security Posture
5 48 (5.11%) Cyber Threat
6 45 (4.79%) Cloud Native
7 33 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
8 32 (3.41%) Onboarding
9 26 (2.77%) Hybrid Cloud
10 24 (2.56%) Virtual Team
11 20 (2.13%) CCTV
11 20 (2.13%) Data Centre
11 20 (2.13%) Product Ownership
12 19 (2.02%) Cyberattack
13 18 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
14 17 (1.81%) Taxonomies
15 15 (1.60%) Blockchain
15 15 (1.60%) Public Cloud
16 13 (1.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 13 (1.38%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 93 (9.90%) Windows
2 53 (5.64%) Linux
3 27 (2.88%) Windows Server
4 23 (2.45%) Mac OS
5 18 (1.92%) Android
6 16 (1.70%) Windows 10
7 14 (1.49%) Unix
8 11 (1.17%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.64%) VMS
10 5 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.53%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.32%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.11%) Debian
12 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.11%) Solaris
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (26.09%) AI
2 240 (25.56%) Problem-Solving
3 207 (22.04%) Risk Management
4 184 (19.60%) Machine Learning
5 158 (16.83%) Incident Response
6 149 (15.87%) User Experience
7 142 (15.12%) Agile
8 136 (14.48%) Information Security
9 131 (13.95%) Analytics
9 131 (13.95%) Web Development
10 118 (12.57%) Project Management
11 117 (12.46%) Continuous Improvement
12 112 (11.93%) Mentoring
13 103 (10.97%) DevOps
14 102 (10.86%) Roadmaps
15 97 (10.33%) Computer Science
16 94 (10.01%) Business Strategy
17 88 (9.37%) SIEM
18 83 (8.84%) ITIL
18 83 (8.84%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 94 (10.01%) Python
2 60 (6.39%) PowerShell
3 43 (4.58%) SQL
4 38 (4.05%) JavaScript
5 31 (3.30%) Java
6 16 (1.70%) Bash
7 15 (1.60%) R
8 10 (1.06%) Kotlin
9 9 (0.96%) Scala
10 8 (0.85%) C#
10 8 (0.85%) Go
11 6 (0.64%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.43%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.32%) C++
13 3 (0.32%) Perl
14 2 (0.21%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.21%) Bicep
14 2 (0.21%) C
14 2 (0.21%) SOQL
14 2 (0.21%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 383 (40.79%) Degree
2 170 (18.10%) CISSP
3 168 (17.89%) Master's Degree
4 129 (13.74%) PhD
5 124 (13.21%) Postgraduate
6 119 (12.67%) CISM
7 71 (7.56%) CISA
8 60 (6.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 48 (5.11%) CRISC
10 45 (4.79%) PMI Certification
11 36 (3.83%) PMP
12 33 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 28 (2.98%) Azure Certification
14 27 (2.88%) AWS Certification
15 26 (2.77%) CEH
16 23 (2.45%) Security Cleared
17 19 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
18 18 (1.92%) SC Cleared
19 14 (1.49%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
19 14 (1.49%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (20.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 177 (18.85%) NIST
3 121 (12.89%) GDPR
4 76 (8.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 56 (5.96%) GRC
6 44 (4.69%) QA
7 37 (3.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 32 (3.41%) SOC 2
9 30 (3.19%) PCI DSS
10 23 (2.45%) NCSC
11 20 (2.13%) COBIT
11 20 (2.13%) NIST 800
12 15 (1.60%) SOC 1
13 14 (1.49%) Accessibility
13 14 (1.49%) Data Quality
13 14 (1.49%) SLA
14 12 (1.28%) ITGC
15 8 (0.85%) IFRS
15 8 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 19770
15 8 (0.85%) PMO
System Software
1 48 (5.11%) Active Directory
2 27 (2.88%) Docker
3 25 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.96%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.64%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.11%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (4.26%) Terraform
2 37 (3.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 35 (3.73%) Kubernetes
4 20 (2.13%) Ansible
4 20 (2.13%) RSA Archer
5 9 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.85%) Nessus
6 8 (0.85%) QRadar
6 8 (0.85%) SCCM
7 7 (0.75%) Grafana
7 7 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (0.64%) Autotask
8 6 (0.64%) PaperCut
8 6 (0.64%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.53%) CASB
9 5 (0.53%) CSIRT
9 5 (0.53%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 4 (0.43%) HAProxy
10 4 (0.43%) Nagios
Vendors
1 235 (25.03%) Microsoft
2 64 (6.82%) SAP
3 50 (5.32%) Oracle
4 36 (3.83%) Salesforce
5 32 (3.41%) VMware
6 28 (2.98%) Palo Alto
7 27 (2.88%) CrowdStrike
8 24 (2.56%) Fortinet
8 24 (2.56%) ServiceNow
9 23 (2.45%) Splunk
10 20 (2.13%) Adobe
11 15 (1.60%) MuleSoft
12 13 (1.38%) Cisco
13 12 (1.28%) Dell
14 10 (1.06%) Duck Creek
14 10 (1.06%) Guidewire
14 10 (1.06%) Qualys
14 10 (1.06%) Sophos
14 10 (1.06%) Xero
15 9 (0.96%) Ariba