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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 36 41
Rank change year-on-year +20 +5 +16
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,404 1,005 1,149
As % of all permanent jobs in London 9.50% 6.49% 5.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.91% 6.84% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 631 554 981
10th Percentile £30,000 £50,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £46,000 £61,375 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £74,213 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.04% +2.36% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -7.69%

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 12,871 14,701 18,763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.12% 94.97% 92.03%
Number of salaries quoted 8,215 7,958 15,132
10th Percentile £36,750 £43,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,000 £54,169
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £73,090
Median % change year-on-year - +2.61% -2.55%
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,750 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.84% +6.09% -8.00%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 +3 189 £70,000 +7.69% 58
South London +46 178 £50,000 -31.03% 28
West London +30 159 £47,000 -30.70% 34
East London +22 100 £105,000 +82.61% 35
North London +19 28 £70,000 +7.69% 10
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 (2.07%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.57%) CMS
4 4 (0.28%) Confluence
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle Coherence
6 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.14%) SAS
7 1 (0.071%) Apache
7 1 (0.071%) nginx
Applications
1 59 (4.20%) Maya
2 27 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.50%) Chatbot
5 7 (0.50%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.21%) CINEMA 4D
6 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.071%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.071%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 20 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (1.14%) SAP IBP
4 10 (0.71%) SAP CO
4 10 (0.71%) SAP FI
4 10 (0.71%) SAP FI/CO
4 10 (0.71%) SAP FSCM
5 9 (0.64%) SAP FS
5 9 (0.64%) SAP IS-U
6 6 (0.43%) Exchequer
7 4 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.28%) Endur
8 3 (0.21%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.21%) SAP CX
8 3 (0.21%) Yoast SEO
9 2 (0.14%) SAP MDG
10 1 (0.071%) Carpe Diem
10 1 (0.071%) Fidessa
10 1 (0.071%) Pegasus Opera
10 1 (0.071%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 414 (29.49%) Cloud Computing
2 310 (22.08%) Azure
3 204 (14.53%) AWS
4 103 (7.34%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (4.84%) Entra ID
6 53 (3.77%) GCP
7 45 (3.21%) Power Platform
8 33 (2.35%) GitHub
9 31 (2.21%) SaaS
10 27 (1.92%) PaaS
11 25 (1.78%) Nutanix
12 22 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
13 18 (1.28%) IaaS
14 17 (1.21%) Google Workspace
14 17 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
15 16 (1.14%) Serverless
16 14 (1.00%) AWS CloudFormation
16 14 (1.00%) Boomi
16 14 (1.00%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
17 13 (0.93%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 407 (28.99%) Internet
2 95 (6.77%) Firewall
3 39 (2.78%) Network Security
4 37 (2.64%) VPN
4 37 (2.64%) WAN
5 24 (1.71%) LAN
6 21 (1.50%) TCP/IP
7 20 (1.42%) DNS
8 18 (1.28%) DHCP
8 18 (1.28%) Intrusion Detection
9 16 (1.14%) CHAP
10 15 (1.07%) SD-WAN
11 14 (1.00%) Broadband
11 14 (1.00%) VoIP
12 11 (0.78%) Wireless
13 10 (0.71%) VLAN
13 10 (0.71%) Wireshark
14 6 (0.43%) SAN
14 6 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (0.36%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.85%) Power BI
2 37 (2.64%) Tableau
3 32 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.28%) Big Data
4 18 (1.28%) SAP BW
4 18 (1.28%) SQL Server
5 14 (1.00%) Data Lake
6 12 (0.85%) Metadata
7 11 (0.78%) Relational Database
8 9 (0.64%) NoSQL
8 9 (0.64%) Oracle Database
9 7 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.36%) Neo4j
11 2 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.14%) Apache Hive
11 2 (0.14%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.14%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.14%) Impala
11 2 (0.14%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.14%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 35 (2.49%) Git
2 14 (1.00%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.64%) GitLab
4 6 (0.43%) JIRA
5 4 (0.28%) MLflow
6 1 (0.071%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.071%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.071%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.071%) JMeter
6 1 (0.071%) Locust
General
1 734 (52.28%) Social Skills
2 515 (36.68%) Banking
3 448 (31.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 353 (25.14%) Finance
5 208 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
6 128 (9.12%) Law
7 94 (6.70%) Legal
8 81 (5.77%) Games
9 74 (5.27%) Retail
10 64 (4.56%) Marketing
11 48 (3.42%) Multimedia
11 48 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
12 47 (3.35%) Public Sector
13 42 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
14 33 (2.35%) Financial Institution
15 30 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
16 29 (2.07%) Dutch Language
16 29 (2.07%) French Language
17 26 (1.85%) Manufacturing
17 26 (1.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 326 (23.22%) Lecturer
2 177 (12.61%) Senior
3 114 (8.12%) Architect
4 98 (6.98%) Analyst
5 93 (6.62%) Lead
6 85 (6.05%) Consultant
7 70 (4.99%) Security Analyst
8 59 (4.20%) Security Engineer
9 55 (3.92%) IT Manager
10 48 (3.42%) Trainee
11 46 (3.28%) Senior Consultant
12 44 (3.13%) Security Architect
13 42 (2.99%) Security Manager
14 41 (2.92%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 41 (2.92%) IT Architect
15 37 (2.64%) Developer
16 36 (2.56%) Account Manager
17 35 (2.49%) Senior Architect
18 31 (2.21%) Cybersecurity Engineer
19 29 (2.07%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.13%) CSS
2 40 (2.85%) HTML
3 25 (1.78%) REST
4 20 (1.42%) React
5 16 (1.14%) OAuth
6 15 (1.07%) SAML
7 14 (1.00%) LDAP
7 14 (1.00%) OpenID
8 13 (0.93%) GraphQL
8 13 (0.93%) SOAP
9 12 (0.85%) AngularJS
10 9 (0.64%) Middleware
10 9 (0.64%) PyTorch
10 9 (0.64%) TensorFlow
11 8 (0.57%) RESTful
11 8 (0.57%) Vue
11 8 (0.57%) YAML
12 7 (0.50%) Pandas
12 7 (0.50%) PySpark
12 7 (0.50%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 396 (28.21%) IoT
2 108 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
3 79 (5.63%) Security Posture
4 74 (5.27%) Management Information System
5 62 (4.42%) Cyber Threat
6 43 (3.06%) Cloud Native
7 37 (2.64%) Hybrid Cloud
8 35 (2.49%) Data Centre
9 34 (2.42%) Blockchain
10 27 (1.92%) Onboarding
11 26 (1.85%) Cyber Defence
11 26 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
12 25 (1.78%) Cyberattack
13 23 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
14 22 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
15 19 (1.35%) CCTV
16 16 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
16 16 (1.14%) Product Ownership
17 14 (1.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
17 14 (1.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 105 (7.48%) Windows
2 66 (4.70%) Linux
3 32 (2.28%) Windows Server
4 30 (2.14%) Mac OS
5 20 (1.42%) Android
6 17 (1.21%) Unix
7 13 (0.93%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.78%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.43%) VMS
10 4 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.071%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.071%) Solaris
12 1 (0.071%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 504 (35.90%) AI
2 413 (29.42%) Machine Learning
3 392 (27.92%) Web Development
4 388 (27.64%) User Experience
5 227 (16.17%) Risk Management
6 218 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
7 198 (14.10%) Incident Response
8 171 (12.18%) Information Security
9 170 (12.11%) Mentoring
10 153 (10.90%) Agile
11 135 (9.62%) Analytics
11 135 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
12 127 (9.05%) Roadmaps
13 120 (8.55%) Project Management
14 108 (7.69%) Business Strategy
15 103 (7.34%) Cloud Security
16 101 (7.19%) SIEM
17 98 (6.98%) Computer Science
18 94 (6.70%) Vulnerability Management
19 91 (6.48%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 124 (8.83%) Python
2 89 (6.34%) PowerShell
3 60 (4.27%) JavaScript
4 51 (3.63%) SQL
5 26 (1.85%) R
6 21 (1.50%) Bash
7 19 (1.35%) C++
8 14 (1.00%) T-SQL
9 13 (0.93%) Java
10 9 (0.64%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.36%) Go
12 4 (0.28%) C
12 4 (0.28%) C#
12 4 (0.28%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.21%) Perl
14 2 (0.14%) Bicep
14 2 (0.14%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.071%) Rust
15 1 (0.071%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 623 (44.37%) Degree
2 412 (29.34%) Master's Degree
3 378 (26.92%) PhD
4 374 (26.64%) Postgraduate
5 204 (14.53%) CISSP
6 136 (9.69%) CISM
7 96 (6.84%) CISA
8 64 (4.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 52 (3.70%) Azure Certification
10 46 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
10 46 (3.28%) CRISC
11 44 (3.13%) AWS Certification
12 40 (2.85%) Security Cleared
13 39 (2.78%) CEH
14 34 (2.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 31 (2.21%) CompTIA Security+
16 28 (1.99%) PMI Certification
17 27 (1.92%) SANS
18 25 (1.78%) SC Cleared
19 23 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 209 (14.89%) NIST
2 201 (14.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 131 (9.33%) GDPR
4 66 (4.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 59 (4.20%) GRC
6 42 (2.99%) PCI DSS
6 42 (2.99%) QA
7 38 (2.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 35 (2.49%) COBIT
8 35 (2.49%) NCSC
9 23 (1.64%) NIST 800
10 16 (1.14%) Data Quality
11 13 (0.93%) ISO 22301
11 13 (0.93%) SLA
12 11 (0.78%) Accessibility
13 10 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
13 10 (0.71%) SOC 2
14 9 (0.64%) IFRS
14 9 (0.64%) ITGC
14 9 (0.64%) Solvency II
System Software
1 71 (5.06%) Active Directory
2 27 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (1.57%) Docker
4 13 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.36%) BitLocker
6 5 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.28%) vSphere
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 47 (3.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.21%) Terraform
3 22 (1.57%) Kubernetes
4 21 (1.50%) Ansible
5 17 (1.21%) SCCM
6 12 (0.85%) CASB
6 12 (0.85%) RSA Archer
7 10 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.64%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 6 (0.43%) CSIRT
9 6 (0.43%) PaperCut
9 6 (0.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 5 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.28%) Nagios
11 4 (0.28%) Nessus
11 4 (0.28%) QRadar
12 3 (0.21%) Grafana
12 3 (0.21%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.21%) VxRail
13 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 251 (17.88%) Microsoft
2 50 (3.56%) Oracle
3 49 (3.49%) SAP
4 41 (2.92%) VMware
5 29 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
6 28 (1.99%) Palo Alto
7 27 (1.92%) Salesforce
8 24 (1.71%) Fortinet
9 21 (1.50%) Google
9 21 (1.50%) ServiceNow
10 18 (1.28%) Dell
11 17 (1.21%) Adobe
11 17 (1.21%) MuleSoft
12 15 (1.07%) Commvault
13 14 (1.00%) Cisco
14 13 (0.93%) CyberArk
15 12 (0.85%) Duck Creek
15 12 (0.85%) Guidewire
15 12 (0.85%) Splunk
16 11 (0.78%) Apple