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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 43 41
Rank change year-on-year +14 -2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,381 777 1,256
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.20% 6.24% 5.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.53% 6.60% 6.22%
Number of salaries quoted 913 468 853
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £94,750 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £106,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -7.07%

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 18,337 11,781 20,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.28% 94.66% 89.58%
Number of salaries quoted 12,558 7,403 14,459
10th Percentile £40,500 £40,542 £38,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
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 £108,000 £122,500 £118,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +39 203 £70,000 -6.67% 63
West London +6 85 £60,263 -33.04% 37
South London +23 34 £50,000 -31.03% 16
East London +8 29 £87,500 -2.78% 29
North London +16 19 £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 35 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.43%) SAS
4 5 (0.36%) Apache
5 4 (0.29%) Confluence
6 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.14%) CMS
7 1 (0.072%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.072%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.22%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.072%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.072%) Maya
Business Applications
1 3 (0.22%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
1 3 (0.22%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.14%) Shopify
3 1 (0.072%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.072%) Eikon
3 1 (0.072%) Maximo
3 1 (0.072%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 304 (22.01%) Azure
2 169 (12.24%) AWS
3 127 (9.20%) Microsoft 365
4 115 (8.33%) Entra ID
5 83 (6.01%) SaaS
6 61 (4.42%) GCP
7 30 (2.17%) Microsoft Purview
8 29 (2.10%) Azure Sentinel
9 21 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
9 21 (1.52%) Power Platform
10 19 (1.38%) Mimecast
11 16 (1.16%) Google Workspace
12 14 (1.01%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (0.87%) Nutanix
13 12 (0.87%) Serverless
14 11 (0.80%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 9 (0.65%) Azure Logic Apps
16 8 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
16 8 (0.58%) GitHub
16 8 (0.58%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 127 (9.20%) Firewall
2 90 (6.52%) Network Security
3 42 (3.04%) VPN
4 30 (2.17%) Internet
5 24 (1.74%) Broadband
5 24 (1.74%) WAN
6 22 (1.59%) DNS
7 20 (1.45%) LAN
8 19 (1.38%) Intrusion Detection
8 19 (1.38%) TCP/IP
9 18 (1.30%) Kerberos
10 16 (1.16%) VLAN
10 16 (1.16%) Wireless
11 14 (1.01%) DHCP
12 12 (0.87%) CHAP
12 12 (0.87%) Cisco ISE
13 10 (0.72%) SD-WAN
14 9 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
15 8 (0.58%) Wireshark
16 7 (0.51%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (1.23%) Power BI
2 8 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (0.58%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.58%) Tableau
3 7 (0.51%) MongoDB
4 6 (0.43%) Big Data
5 4 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.14%) ClickHouse
7 2 (0.14%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.14%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.14%) Metadata
7 2 (0.14%) MySQL
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.072%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.072%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.072%) Flink
8 1 (0.072%) GIS
8 1 (0.072%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 20 (1.45%) GitLab
2 14 (1.01%) JIRA
3 8 (0.58%) Burp Suite
3 8 (0.58%) Git
3 8 (0.58%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 4 (0.29%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.14%) JMeter
6 1 (0.072%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.072%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.072%) Locust
6 1 (0.072%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.072%) Visual Studio
General
1 410 (29.69%) Social Skills
2 247 (17.89%) Finance
3 163 (11.80%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (9.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 94 (6.81%) Banking
6 76 (5.50%) Legal
6 76 (5.50%) Retail
7 66 (4.78%) Law
8 50 (3.62%) Public Sector
9 42 (3.04%) Marketing
10 39 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
11 37 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
12 36 (2.61%) Telecoms
13 32 (2.32%) Local Government
14 29 (2.10%) Aviation
15 23 (1.67%) Financial Institution
16 15 (1.09%) Advertising
16 15 (1.09%) Back Office
17 14 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
18 12 (0.87%) Games
Job Titles
1 160 (11.59%) Senior
2 142 (10.28%) Consultant
3 139 (10.07%) Analyst
4 119 (8.62%) Security Analyst
5 118 (8.54%) Architect
6 116 (8.40%) Lead
7 94 (6.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 93 (6.73%) Security Engineer
9 68 (4.92%) Security Manager
10 65 (4.71%) Security Architect
11 64 (4.63%) Security Consultant
12 47 (3.40%) Security Specialist
13 45 (3.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 42 (3.04%) Account Manager
15 41 (2.97%) IT Manager
16 36 (2.61%) Developer
17 35 (2.53%) Senior Consultant
18 32 (2.32%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 32 (2.32%) Senior Analyst
19 31 (2.24%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.90%) OpenID
1 40 (2.90%) SAML
2 36 (2.61%) OAuth
3 34 (2.46%) REST
4 31 (2.24%) LDAP
5 18 (1.30%) SOAP
6 17 (1.23%) SailPoint
7 14 (1.01%) FastAPI
8 12 (0.87%) GraphQL
9 11 (0.80%) RESTful
10 10 (0.72%) Kafka
11 9 (0.65%) .NET
11 9 (0.65%) React
12 7 (0.51%) FIX Protocol
13 6 (0.43%) Apache NiFi
13 6 (0.43%) Web Services
14 5 (0.36%) HTML
14 5 (0.36%) web3js
15 4 (0.29%) CSS
15 4 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 146 (10.57%) Security Posture
2 97 (7.02%) Management Information System
3 78 (5.65%) Cyber Threat
4 52 (3.77%) Cloud Native
4 52 (3.77%) Cyber Defence
5 51 (3.69%) Onboarding
6 50 (3.62%) Operational Technology
7 43 (3.11%) Cyberattack
8 37 (2.68%) Security Operations Centre
9 36 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
11 22 (1.59%) Data Centre
12 18 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
13 15 (1.09%) AI Agents
13 15 (1.09%) Blog
13 15 (1.09%) Cloud Security Posture
13 15 (1.09%) Virtual Team
14 14 (1.01%) Product Ownership
15 13 (0.94%) Blockchain
16 11 (0.80%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 105 (7.60%) Windows
2 66 (4.78%) Linux
3 48 (3.48%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.38%) Mac OS
5 17 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.65%) Android
7 8 (0.58%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.58%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.43%) CentOS
8 6 (0.43%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.29%) Unix
10 2 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.072%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (19.19%) Information Security
2 241 (17.45%) Incident Response
3 223 (16.15%) Risk Management
4 194 (14.05%) Cloud Security
5 178 (12.89%) Mentoring
6 175 (12.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 167 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
8 156 (11.30%) Vulnerability Management
9 151 (10.93%) SIEM
10 146 (10.57%) Security Operations
11 139 (10.07%) Agile
12 135 (9.78%) Roadmaps
13 122 (8.83%) AI
14 121 (8.76%) Stakeholder Management
15 117 (8.47%) Decision-Making
16 116 (8.40%) Identity Access Management
17 105 (7.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 100 (7.24%) Disaster Recovery
19 98 (7.10%) Computer Science
20 97 (7.02%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 146 (10.57%) Python
2 114 (8.25%) PowerShell
3 37 (2.68%) SQL
4 25 (1.81%) Bash
5 23 (1.67%) Java
6 22 (1.59%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
8 17 (1.23%) C++
9 12 (0.87%) T-SQL
10 11 (0.80%) Go
11 6 (0.43%) C#
12 5 (0.36%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.29%) Rust
14 2 (0.14%) Bicep
14 2 (0.14%) C
14 2 (0.14%) R
14 2 (0.14%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.072%) PHP
15 1 (0.072%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.072%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 247 (17.89%) CISSP
2 190 (13.76%) Degree
3 152 (11.01%) CISM
4 132 (9.56%) Security Cleared
5 81 (5.87%) SC Cleared
6 68 (4.92%) CISA
7 66 (4.78%) CompTIA Security+
8 57 (4.13%) Cisco Certification
9 54 (3.91%) CEH
10 53 (3.84%) Azure Certification
11 51 (3.69%) CRISC
11 51 (3.69%) Master's Degree
12 49 (3.55%) GIAC
13 47 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
14 41 (2.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 39 (2.82%) DV Cleared
16 36 (2.61%) CCSP
16 36 (2.61%) CompTIA CySA+
17 30 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
18 28 (2.03%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 279 (20.20%) NIST
2 247 (17.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 154 (11.15%) GDPR
4 82 (5.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 81 (5.87%) GRC
6 65 (4.71%) PCI DSS
6 65 (4.71%) QA
7 43 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 34 (2.46%) NIST 800
9 32 (2.32%) SOC 2
10 29 (2.10%) NCSC
11 27 (1.96%) COBIT
12 20 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 18 (1.30%) Accessibility
14 13 (0.94%) ISO 22301
14 13 (0.94%) SLA
15 10 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 9 (0.65%) HIPAA
17 8 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 8 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 106 (7.68%) Active Directory
2 32 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.16%) Hyper-V
4 14 (1.01%) Docker
4 14 (1.01%) IAG
5 7 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.29%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 4 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.14%) vSphere
8 1 (0.072%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 38 (2.75%) Terraform
2 36 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (2.10%) Kubernetes
3 29 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (1.01%) Ansible
5 7 (0.51%) SCCM
6 6 (0.43%) VxRail
7 5 (0.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 5 (0.36%) Grafana
7 5 (0.36%) Nessus
8 4 (0.29%) Argo
8 4 (0.29%) Nmap
8 4 (0.29%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.22%) CASB
9 3 (0.22%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (0.22%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.14%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.14%) QRadar
Vendors
1 288 (20.85%) Microsoft
2 48 (3.48%) VMware
3 45 (3.26%) Splunk
4 44 (3.19%) CrowdStrike
5 39 (2.82%) Palo Alto
6 34 (2.46%) Cisco
6 34 (2.46%) Salesforce
7 30 (2.17%) CyberArk
7 30 (2.17%) ForeScout
8 27 (1.96%) Google
9 21 (1.52%) Fortinet
10 18 (1.30%) ServiceNow
10 18 (1.30%) Tenable
11 17 (1.23%) Dell
11 17 (1.23%) Qualys
12 16 (1.16%) Rapid7
13 15 (1.09%) Okta
14 14 (1.01%) CheckPoint
14 14 (1.01%) Sophos
14 14 (1.01%) Zscaler