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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 43 43
Rank change year-on-year +14 0 +11
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,428 776 1,095
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.13% 6.32% 5.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.47% 6.69% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 955 465 696
10th Percentile £40,970 £41,250 £41,288
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £119,500 £107,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,750
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.95% -6.97%

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 19,129 11,591 17,906
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.17% 94.37% 89.23%
Number of salaries quoted 13,008 7,362 12,338
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,164 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -11.41%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 +36 194 £70,500 -6.00% 107
West London +5 89 £50,000 -47.37% 56
South London +11 33 £50,000 - 21
East London 0 26 £87,500 -2.78% 22
North London +10 16 £60,000 +9.09% 11
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 34 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.49%) Confluence
4 6 (0.42%) SAS
5 5 (0.35%) Apache
6 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.14%) CMS
6 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.070%) IIS
7 1 (0.070%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.14%) SmartSuite
4 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.070%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.070%) Maya
Business Applications
1 3 (0.21%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
1 3 (0.21%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.14%) Shopify
3 1 (0.070%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.070%) Eikon
3 1 (0.070%) Maximo
3 1 (0.070%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 299 (20.94%) Azure
2 176 (12.32%) AWS
3 124 (8.68%) Microsoft 365
4 112 (7.84%) Entra ID
5 88 (6.16%) SaaS
6 65 (4.55%) GCP
7 30 (2.10%) Microsoft Purview
8 28 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
9 23 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
10 21 (1.47%) Mimecast
11 19 (1.33%) Power Platform
12 14 (0.98%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (0.77%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 11 (0.77%) Google Workspace
13 11 (0.77%) Nutanix
14 10 (0.70%) GitHub
14 10 (0.70%) Serverless
15 9 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (0.63%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (0.63%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 131 (9.17%) Firewall
2 98 (6.86%) Network Security
3 45 (3.15%) VPN
4 31 (2.17%) Internet
5 26 (1.82%) DNS
6 24 (1.68%) WAN
7 21 (1.47%) Kerberos
8 20 (1.40%) LAN
8 20 (1.40%) TCP/IP
9 18 (1.26%) Intrusion Detection
9 18 (1.26%) VLAN
10 16 (1.12%) Broadband
10 16 (1.12%) Wireless
11 15 (1.05%) DHCP
12 13 (0.91%) Cisco ISE
13 11 (0.77%) SD-WAN
14 9 (0.63%) CHAP
14 9 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
15 8 (0.56%) Wireshark
16 7 (0.49%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.05%) Power BI
2 11 (0.77%) SQL Server
3 8 (0.56%) MongoDB
3 8 (0.56%) Tableau
4 7 (0.49%) Big Data
4 7 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.28%) Metadata
6 3 (0.21%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.14%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.14%) MySQL
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.070%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.070%) ClickHouse
8 1 (0.070%) Flink
8 1 (0.070%) GIS
8 1 (0.070%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.070%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (1.33%) GitLab
2 18 (1.26%) JIRA
3 10 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.63%) Burp Suite
4 9 (0.63%) Git
5 5 (0.35%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.14%) JMeter
7 2 (0.14%) Snyk
8 1 (0.070%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.070%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.070%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.070%) Locust
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.070%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.070%) Vite
8 1 (0.070%) webpack
General
1 419 (29.34%) Social Skills
2 249 (17.44%) Finance
3 175 (12.25%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (9.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 91 (6.37%) Banking
6 77 (5.39%) Legal
7 73 (5.11%) Retail
8 70 (4.90%) Law
9 58 (4.06%) Public Sector
10 47 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
11 44 (3.08%) Marketing
12 42 (2.94%) Telecoms
13 36 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
14 31 (2.17%) Local Government
15 28 (1.96%) Aviation
16 22 (1.54%) Financial Institution
17 15 (1.05%) Advertising
18 14 (0.98%) Back Office
18 14 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
19 13 (0.91%) Games
Job Titles
1 155 (10.85%) Senior
2 153 (10.71%) Consultant
3 140 (9.80%) Analyst
4 128 (8.96%) Lead
5 120 (8.40%) Architect
5 120 (8.40%) Security Analyst
6 93 (6.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 93 (6.51%) Security Engineer
7 73 (5.11%) Security Manager
8 69 (4.83%) Security Consultant
9 68 (4.76%) Security Architect
10 45 (3.15%) Security Specialist
11 44 (3.08%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 42 (2.94%) Account Manager
13 40 (2.80%) IT Manager
14 39 (2.73%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 36 (2.52%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 34 (2.38%) Developer
17 33 (2.31%) Business Manager
18 31 (2.17%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (2.73%) OpenID
1 39 (2.73%) SAML
2 35 (2.45%) OAuth
3 30 (2.10%) REST
4 29 (2.03%) LDAP
5 18 (1.26%) SailPoint
6 13 (0.91%) FastAPI
6 13 (0.91%) SOAP
7 12 (0.84%) RESTful
8 10 (0.70%) .NET
8 10 (0.70%) Kafka
9 8 (0.56%) GraphQL
9 8 (0.56%) React
9 8 (0.56%) Web Services
10 7 (0.49%) FIX Protocol
11 6 (0.42%) Apache NiFi
11 6 (0.42%) HTML
12 5 (0.35%) CSS
12 5 (0.35%) Node.js
12 5 (0.35%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 145 (10.15%) Security Posture
2 107 (7.49%) Management Information System
3 78 (5.46%) Cyber Threat
4 57 (3.99%) Onboarding
5 53 (3.71%) Cloud Native
6 51 (3.57%) Cyber Defence
7 50 (3.50%) Operational Technology
8 36 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
9 34 (2.38%) Cyberattack
9 34 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
10 28 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
11 27 (1.89%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.12%) Blog
12 16 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
12 16 (1.12%) Virtual Team
13 15 (1.05%) AI Agents
14 14 (0.98%) Product Ownership
15 13 (0.91%) Cloud Security Posture
15 13 (0.91%) Driving Licence
16 11 (0.77%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 103 (7.21%) Windows
2 66 (4.62%) Linux
3 51 (3.57%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (1.19%) Mac OS
6 10 (0.70%) Android
7 8 (0.56%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.49%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.49%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.42%) CentOS
10 3 (0.21%) Unix
11 2 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.14%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (19.05%) Information Security
2 245 (17.16%) Incident Response
3 233 (16.32%) Risk Management
4 201 (14.08%) Cloud Security
5 182 (12.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 180 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
7 170 (11.90%) Mentoring
8 159 (11.13%) Vulnerability Management
9 154 (10.78%) Security Operations
10 150 (10.50%) SIEM
11 143 (10.01%) Agile
12 137 (9.59%) Stakeholder Management
13 135 (9.45%) Roadmaps
14 128 (8.96%) AI
15 127 (8.89%) Decision-Making
16 119 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
17 109 (7.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 104 (7.28%) Computer Science
19 100 (7.00%) Disaster Recovery
20 98 (6.86%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 137 (9.59%) Python
2 106 (7.42%) PowerShell
3 31 (2.17%) SQL
4 22 (1.54%) Java
5 20 (1.40%) Bash
5 20 (1.40%) JavaScript
6 18 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
7 11 (0.77%) C++
8 10 (0.70%) Go
9 7 (0.49%) C#
9 7 (0.49%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.28%) Rust
11 3 (0.21%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.14%) Bicep
12 2 (0.14%) R
12 2 (0.14%) Scala
12 2 (0.14%) Search Processing Language
13 1 (0.070%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.070%) Perl
13 1 (0.070%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 258 (18.07%) CISSP
2 201 (14.08%) Degree
3 159 (11.13%) CISM
4 144 (10.08%) Security Cleared
5 89 (6.23%) SC Cleared
6 67 (4.69%) CISA
6 67 (4.69%) CompTIA Security+
7 66 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
8 57 (3.99%) Master's Degree
9 55 (3.85%) Azure Certification
10 53 (3.71%) CRISC
11 51 (3.57%) CEH
12 50 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
13 47 (3.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 45 (3.15%) GIAC
15 41 (2.87%) CCSP
16 35 (2.45%) DV Cleared
17 31 (2.17%) CompTIA CySA+
17 31 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
18 25 (1.75%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 278 (19.47%) NIST
2 252 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 152 (10.64%) GDPR
4 87 (6.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 84 (5.88%) GRC
6 67 (4.69%) PCI DSS
7 59 (4.13%) QA
8 45 (3.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 35 (2.45%) SOC 2
10 31 (2.17%) NCSC
10 31 (2.17%) NIST 800
11 27 (1.89%) COBIT
12 21 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 19 (1.33%) Accessibility
14 13 (0.91%) SLA
15 12 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 11 (0.77%) ISO 22301
17 10 (0.70%) PMO
18 9 (0.63%) HIPAA
19 8 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 102 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 34 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (1.26%) Docker
4 17 (1.19%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.98%) IAG
6 7 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 4 (0.28%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.21%) vSphere
9 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.070%) Firmware
10 1 (0.070%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 39 (2.73%) Terraform
2 34 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 30 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
4 28 (1.96%) Kubernetes
5 17 (1.19%) Ansible
6 7 (0.49%) Nessus
7 6 (0.42%) VxRail
8 5 (0.35%) Grafana
8 5 (0.35%) Nmap
8 5 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
8 5 (0.35%) SCCM
9 4 (0.28%) Argo
9 4 (0.28%) CASB
9 4 (0.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 4 (0.28%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.21%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (0.21%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.14%) QRadar
Vendors
1 300 (21.01%) Microsoft
2 48 (3.36%) VMware
3 47 (3.29%) Splunk
4 46 (3.22%) Palo Alto
5 45 (3.15%) CrowdStrike
6 42 (2.94%) Cisco
7 35 (2.45%) Salesforce
8 32 (2.24%) CyberArk
8 32 (2.24%) Google
9 29 (2.03%) ForeScout
10 26 (1.82%) Fortinet
11 21 (1.47%) Rapid7
11 21 (1.47%) ServiceNow
11 21 (1.47%) Tenable
12 18 (1.26%) Qualys
13 17 (1.19%) Dell
13 17 (1.19%) Okta
14 15 (1.05%) Sophos
15 14 (0.98%) CheckPoint
15 14 (0.98%) Zscaler