Cyber Threat Jobs in London

Cyber Threats
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 371 407
Rank change year-on-year +72 +36 +288
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 94 137 202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.74% 0.57% 0.62%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.67% 1.42% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 58 113 132
10th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £46,558
25th Percentile £62,813 £62,500 £54,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,250 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +15.38% -18.75%
75th Percentile £91,875 £102,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £104,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £59,763
% change year-on-year - +8.76% -18.68%

All Generic Skills
London

Cyber Threat falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,640 9,664 15,186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 44.44% 40.31% 46.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,014 6,778 10,288
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £44,142
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £76,391
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -1.82% +1.85%
75th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £136,250 £130,000 £123,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in London

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in London

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in London

Cyber Threat
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat within the London region over the 6 months to 30 May 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 +11 15 £72,500 +3.94% 7
South London +6 7 £75,000 +70.45%
West London +22 5 - - 15
North London - 4 - -
East London - 3 - -
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
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 11 (11.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (11.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 38 (40.43%) AWS
2 25 (26.60%) Azure
3 22 (23.40%) AWS Lambda
3 22 (23.40%) Serverless
4 13 (13.83%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (11.70%) Entra ID
5 11 (11.70%) OneDrive
6 10 (10.64%) Power Automate
7 7 (7.45%) GCP
8 4 (4.26%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (3.19%) IBM Cloud
10 2 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (2.13%) Datadog
10 2 (2.13%) SaaS
11 1 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (1.06%) GitHub
11 1 (1.06%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 29 (30.85%) Firewall
2 22 (23.40%) Broadband
2 22 (23.40%) SSH
2 22 (23.40%) SSL
3 12 (12.77%) TCP/IP
4 11 (11.70%) DHCP
4 11 (11.70%) DNS
5 5 (5.32%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (3.19%) VLAN
6 3 (3.19%) VPN
7 2 (2.13%) Wireless
8 1 (1.06%) BGP
8 1 (1.06%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (1.06%) EIGRP
8 1 (1.06%) NAS
8 1 (1.06%) Network Security
8 1 (1.06%) OSPF
8 1 (1.06%) SAN
8 1 (1.06%) tcpdump
8 1 (1.06%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.06%) GitLab
1 1 (1.06%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 49 (52.13%) Social Skills
2 28 (29.79%) Finance
3 14 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (14.89%) Legal
4 5 (5.32%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (3.19%) Financial Institution
5 3 (3.19%) Law
5 3 (3.19%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.13%) Banking
6 2 (2.13%) Marketing
6 2 (2.13%) Military
7 1 (1.06%) Advertising
7 1 (1.06%) Games
Job Titles
1 30 (31.91%) Cloud Engineer
2 22 (23.40%) DevOps Engineer
3 10 (10.64%) Analyst
3 10 (10.64%) Incident Manager
3 10 (10.64%) Lead
3 10 (10.64%) Security Engineer
4 9 (9.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (8.51%) Security Analyst
5 8 (8.51%) Security Manager
6 7 (7.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 7 (7.45%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 6 (6.38%) Senior
8 5 (5.32%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 4 (4.26%) Architect
9 4 (4.26%) IT Manager
9 4 (4.26%) Lead Cloud Engineer
9 4 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (3.19%) Azure Engineer
10 3 (3.19%) Risk Manager
10 3 (3.19%) Security Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (24.47%) Web Services
2 22 (23.40%) RESTful
3 3 (3.19%) Leaflet
4 2 (2.13%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (1.06%) 802.1X
5 1 (1.06%) AWS CDK
5 1 (1.06%) NestJS
5 1 (1.06%) Node.js
5 1 (1.06%) REST
5 1 (1.06%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 24 (25.53%) Cyberattack
3 22 (23.40%) Onboarding
3 22 (23.40%) PKI
4 5 (5.32%) Fixed Income
4 5 (5.32%) Virtual Team
5 3 (3.19%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.19%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (3.19%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.19%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (3.19%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.13%) Clustering
6 2 (2.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (2.13%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.13%) Replication
7 1 (1.06%) Blockchain
7 1 (1.06%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.06%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 15 (15.96%) Linux
2 14 (14.89%) Windows
3 3 (3.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (2.13%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (78.72%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (28.72%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 26 (27.66%) Incident Response
4 25 (26.60%) Deployment Automation
4 25 (26.60%) DevOps
5 23 (24.47%) Key Management
5 23 (24.47%) Roadmaps
6 22 (23.40%) Programme Delivery
6 22 (23.40%) Use Case
7 21 (22.34%) Information Security
8 20 (21.28%) SIEM
9 19 (20.21%) Risk Management
10 15 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (14.89%) Network Design
12 12 (12.77%) Identity Management
13 11 (11.70%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (11.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 11 (11.70%) Mobile Device Management
13 11 (11.70%) Security Management
13 11 (11.70%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 28 (29.79%) Python
2 14 (14.89%) PowerShell
3 9 (9.57%) SQL
4 4 (4.26%) Bash
5 3 (3.19%) JavaScript
5 3 (3.19%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.13%) Perl
7 1 (1.06%) C++
7 1 (1.06%) Java
7 1 (1.06%) Kotlin
7 1 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (1.06%) Rust
Qualifications
1 21 (22.34%) CISSP
2 10 (10.64%) OSCE
2 10 (10.64%) OSCP
3 9 (9.57%) Degree
4 8 (8.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (8.51%) Security Cleared
5 7 (7.45%) SC Cleared
6 6 (6.38%) CISM
6 6 (6.38%) GCIA
6 6 (6.38%) GCIH
7 5 (5.32%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 5 (5.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 4 (4.26%) SSCP
9 3 (3.19%) Azure Certification
9 3 (3.19%) CESG Certified Professional
9 3 (3.19%) CISMP
10 2 (2.13%) CCNA
10 2 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (2.13%) CREST Certified
11 1 (1.06%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (41.49%) NIST
2 37 (39.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (6.38%) PCI DSS
4 5 (5.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (5.32%) GDPR
4 5 (5.32%) NCSC
5 3 (3.19%) NIST 800
6 2 (2.13%) GRC
7 1 (1.06%) Accessibility
7 1 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.06%) SOC 1
7 1 (1.06%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (25.53%) Active Directory
2 12 (12.77%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (4.26%) Hyper-V
3 4 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.19%) Docker
5 2 (2.13%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 28 (29.79%) Terraform
2 11 (11.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (11.70%) SCCM
2 11 (11.70%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (6.38%) CSIRT
4 5 (5.32%) Puppet
5 4 (4.26%) Nessus
6 3 (3.19%) Ansible
6 3 (3.19%) Kubernetes
6 3 (3.19%) Progress Chef
7 2 (2.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (2.13%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (2.13%) Nagios
7 2 (2.13%) Prometheus
7 2 (2.13%) Proxmox
7 2 (2.13%) ZABBIX
8 1 (1.06%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (1.06%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 22 (23.40%) Thales
2 19 (20.21%) Microsoft
3 11 (11.70%) VMware
4 7 (7.45%) Splunk
5 3 (3.19%) Google
5 3 (3.19%) IBM
6 2 (2.13%) Sun
7 1 (1.06%) Alibaba
7 1 (1.06%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.06%) Cisco
7 1 (1.06%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.06%) Dell
7 1 (1.06%) EqualLogic
7 1 (1.06%) iManage
7 1 (1.06%) Intel
7 1 (1.06%) Ping Identity
7 1 (1.06%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.06%) Tenable