Cybersecurity Jobs in London

Cybersecurity
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 54 97
Rank change year-on-year +21 +43 -7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,454 1,954 2,479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.19% 5.46% 3.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.78% 5.72% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,090 1,232 1,430
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £54,438 £56,219 £56,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £89,500 £91,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £107,500 £110,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,454 34,168 63,282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.39% 95.40% 96.83%
Number of salaries quoted 15,999 24,428 34,404
10th Percentile £38,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in London.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +6 167 £67,000 -21.18% 35
West London -8 136 £55,000 -2.22% 16
South London -8 42 £72,500 +11.54% 2
North London +6 12 £60,500 -32.78% 4
East London +16 11 £68,750 +25.00% 14
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 65 (4.47%) SharePoint
2 49 (3.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.62%) Apache
3 9 (0.62%) IIS
4 4 (0.28%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.21%) Confluence
5 3 (0.21%) nginx
6 2 (0.14%) CMS
6 2 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
6 2 (0.14%) WordPress
7 1 (0.069%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.069%) Gunicorn
7 1 (0.069%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.069%) uWSGI
Applications
1 61 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.69%) AutoCAD
3 10 (0.69%) Revit
4 9 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.21%) Trello
7 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 8 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.14%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.069%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.069%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 456 (31.36%) Azure
2 201 (13.82%) Microsoft 365
3 185 (12.72%) Entra ID
4 158 (10.87%) AWS
5 73 (5.02%) GCP
6 45 (3.09%) SaaS
7 39 (2.68%) Power Platform
8 37 (2.54%) PaaS
9 31 (2.13%) IaaS
10 30 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
11 23 (1.58%) Azure Sentinel
12 19 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (1.17%) Microsoft Purview
13 17 (1.17%) Serverless
14 13 (0.89%) Google Workspace
14 13 (0.89%) Mimecast
14 13 (0.89%) Nutanix
15 11 (0.76%) Amazon S3
16 10 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 9 (0.62%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 296 (20.36%) Firewall
2 157 (10.80%) Broadband
3 153 (10.52%) 5G
4 139 (9.56%) Network Security
5 94 (6.46%) DNS
6 75 (5.16%) TCP/IP
7 61 (4.20%) WAN
8 53 (3.65%) LAN
9 48 (3.30%) DHCP
9 48 (3.30%) Intrusion Detection
9 48 (3.30%) Wi-Fi
10 44 (3.03%) VPN
10 44 (3.03%) Wireless
11 38 (2.61%) Internet
12 26 (1.79%) SD-WAN
13 23 (1.58%) SAN
14 21 (1.44%) Unified Communications
15 20 (1.38%) Wireshark
16 16 (1.10%) MPLS
17 14 (0.96%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.41%) Power BI
2 33 (2.27%) SQL Server
3 17 (1.17%) Oracle Database
4 15 (1.03%) MongoDB
5 14 (0.96%) MySQL
6 12 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.48%) Hadoop
8 7 (0.48%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.41%) Big Data
9 6 (0.41%) SAP HANA
10 5 (0.34%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.34%) CockroachDB
11 4 (0.28%) GIS
12 3 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.21%) Data Hub
12 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.14%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.14%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 52 (3.58%) Jenkins
2 31 (2.13%) Metasploit
3 28 (1.93%) Burp Suite
4 21 (1.44%) JIRA
5 17 (1.17%) Oracle APEX
6 8 (0.55%) Git
7 5 (0.34%) Jaeger
7 5 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.28%) Maven
8 4 (0.28%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.21%) Subversion
9 3 (0.21%) Xcode
10 2 (0.14%) GitLab
10 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.069%) Ant
11 1 (0.069%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.069%) Vagrant
General
1 347 (23.87%) Social Skills
2 329 (22.63%) Analytical Skills
3 326 (22.42%) Finance
4 196 (13.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 126 (8.67%) Legal
6 114 (7.84%) Law
7 74 (5.09%) Public Sector
8 51 (3.51%) Banking
9 49 (3.37%) Telecoms
10 48 (3.30%) Marketing
10 48 (3.30%) Retail
11 47 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
12 39 (2.68%) Games
13 28 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
14 26 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
15 19 (1.31%) Aerospace
16 17 (1.17%) Manufacturing
17 16 (1.10%) Military
18 15 (1.03%) Financial Institution
19 14 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 335 (23.04%) Senior
2 228 (15.68%) Analyst
3 145 (9.97%) Linux Specialist
3 145 (9.97%) Technical Specialist
4 143 (9.83%) Security Analyst
5 134 (9.22%) Architect
6 133 (9.15%) Security Engineer
7 104 (7.15%) Consultant
8 98 (6.74%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 91 (6.26%) Senior Linux Specialist
9 91 (6.26%) Senior Technical Specialist
9 91 (6.26%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
10 87 (5.98%) Lead
11 78 (5.36%) Security Manager
12 69 (4.75%) Security Consultant
13 67 (4.61%) Security Architect
14 65 (4.47%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 63 (4.33%) Tester
16 60 (4.13%) IT Analyst
16 60 (4.13%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.48%) JSON
2 35 (2.41%) HTML
3 29 (1.99%) .NET
4 28 (1.93%) Elastic Stack
5 26 (1.79%) REST
6 25 (1.72%) CSS
7 20 (1.38%) jQuery
7 20 (1.38%) OAuth
8 16 (1.10%) OpenID
9 15 (1.03%) Microsoft Graph
10 14 (0.96%) SAML
11 13 (0.89%) ARM Templates
11 13 (0.89%) Django
11 13 (0.89%) Flask
12 12 (0.83%) Spring Boot
13 11 (0.76%) OpenAPI
13 11 (0.76%) YAML
14 10 (0.69%) Swagger
14 10 (0.69%) Unreal Engine
14 10 (0.69%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 154 (10.59%) Social Media
2 149 (10.25%) Management Information System
3 94 (6.46%) Security Posture
4 88 (6.05%) Cyber Threat
5 75 (5.16%) PKI
6 57 (3.92%) Cyberattack
7 53 (3.65%) Data Centre
8 43 (2.96%) Operational Technology
9 40 (2.75%) IoT
10 39 (2.68%) Security Operations Centre
11 31 (2.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 31 (2.13%) Onboarding
12 30 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
13 29 (1.99%) Cyber Defence
13 29 (1.99%) Replication
13 29 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
14 26 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
15 24 (1.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 22 (1.51%) Product Ownership
17 17 (1.17%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 278 (19.12%) Linux
2 236 (16.23%) Windows
3 153 (10.52%) Ubuntu
4 98 (6.74%) Windows Server
5 48 (3.30%) Apple iOS
6 43 (2.96%) Android
7 36 (2.48%) Windows 10
8 28 (1.93%) Kali Linux
9 21 (1.44%) Mac OS
10 16 (1.10%) Windows Server 2008
11 10 (0.69%) Unix
12 9 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
13 8 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
14 7 (0.48%) Debian
14 7 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
15 6 (0.41%) Mac OS X
16 4 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 2 (0.14%) CentOS
18 1 (0.069%) Solaris
18 1 (0.069%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (25.24%) Information Security
2 260 (17.88%) SIEM
3 236 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
4 206 (14.17%) IT Strategy
5 199 (13.69%) Incident Response
6 193 (13.27%) Technology Strategy
7 189 (13.00%) Security Operations
8 184 (12.65%) Artificial Intelligence
9 170 (11.69%) Penetration Testing
10 159 (10.94%) CRM
11 143 (9.83%) Computer Science
12 135 (9.28%) Risk Management
13 133 (9.15%) Security Architecture
14 125 (8.60%) Cloud Security
15 122 (8.39%) ITIL
16 119 (8.18%) Agile
17 117 (8.05%) Disaster Recovery
18 112 (7.70%) DevOps
18 112 (7.70%) Mentoring
19 105 (7.22%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 195 (13.41%) Bash
2 142 (9.77%) Python
3 104 (7.15%) PowerShell
4 87 (5.98%) SQL
5 46 (3.16%) JavaScript
6 45 (3.09%) Java
7 28 (1.93%) C
8 23 (1.58%) C#
9 17 (1.17%) PL/SQL
10 16 (1.10%) C++
11 12 (0.83%) TypeScript
12 10 (0.69%) Perl
12 10 (0.69%) RPG
13 5 (0.34%) Go
14 4 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.28%) Objective-C
14 4 (0.28%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.28%) Swift
15 3 (0.21%) PHP
16 2 (0.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 297 (20.43%) CISSP
2 282 (19.39%) Degree
3 160 (11.00%) CISM
4 145 (9.97%) Security Cleared
5 91 (6.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 88 (6.05%) SC Cleared
7 79 (5.43%) Cisco Certification
8 74 (5.09%) DV Cleared
9 66 (4.54%) CRISC
10 62 (4.26%) CEH
11 59 (4.06%) CISA
12 58 (3.99%) GIAC
13 53 (3.65%) CREST Certified
13 53 (3.65%) Microsoft Certification
14 51 (3.51%) Master's Degree
15 50 (3.44%) CompTIA Security+
16 48 (3.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 47 (3.23%) CCSP
18 45 (3.09%) CompTIA CySA+
19 26 (1.79%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 250 (17.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 174 (11.97%) NIST
3 81 (5.57%) GDPR
4 62 (4.26%) GRC
5 58 (3.99%) Cyber Essentials
6 56 (3.85%) PCI DSS
7 48 (3.30%) NCSC
8 38 (2.61%) QA
8 38 (2.61%) SOC 2
9 27 (1.86%) COBIT
10 24 (1.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 18 (1.24%) SLA
12 14 (0.96%) Data Quality
13 13 (0.89%) HIPAA
14 12 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 12 (0.83%) NIST 800
15 10 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 7 (0.48%) ISO 31000
17 6 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
18 5 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 287 (19.74%) Active Directory
2 87 (5.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (3.51%) Docker
4 21 (1.44%) Hyper-V
4 21 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (1.31%) vSphere
6 16 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
7 10 (0.69%) Firmware
8 7 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.41%) Forefront TMG
9 6 (0.41%) VMware Workstation
10 3 (0.21%) XenApp
11 2 (0.14%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.069%) LXC
12 1 (0.069%) OpenAM
12 1 (0.069%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 175 (12.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 145 (9.97%) Jamf Pro
3 48 (3.30%) Ansible
4 29 (1.99%) Terraform
5 27 (1.86%) Kubernetes
5 27 (1.86%) QRadar
6 22 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (1.10%) SCOM
8 12 (0.83%) Graphite
8 12 (0.83%) Nagios
9 10 (0.69%) CSIRT
9 10 (0.69%) Grafana
9 10 (0.69%) HAProxy
9 10 (0.69%) Puppet
9 10 (0.69%) vCenter Server
10 9 (0.62%) CASB
10 9 (0.62%) WSUS
11 7 (0.48%) Cisco CUCM
11 7 (0.48%) Nessus
11 7 (0.48%) Nmap
Vendors
1 535 (36.80%) Microsoft
2 162 (11.14%) CyberArk
3 158 (10.87%) Tanium
4 99 (6.81%) VMware
5 78 (5.36%) Cisco
6 63 (4.33%) Google
7 48 (3.30%) Splunk
8 41 (2.82%) Veeam
9 32 (2.20%) Qualys
10 31 (2.13%) IBM
11 29 (1.99%) Oracle
12 25 (1.72%) Adobe
12 25 (1.72%) ServiceNow
13 24 (1.65%) Apple
13 24 (1.65%) Palo Alto
13 24 (1.65%) SolarWinds
14 23 (1.58%) HP
15 21 (1.44%) Dell
15 21 (1.44%) Juniper
16 20 (1.38%) SAP