Cyber Threat Job Trends 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 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 310 355
Rank change year-on-year +15 +45 +61
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 106 96 138
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.55% 0.74% 0.60%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.51% 1.65% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 60 72 112
10th Percentile £61,250 £56,375 £50,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £69,688 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +17.86% +1.71%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +4.00%

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 7,023 5,821 9,402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 36.38% 45.10% 40.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,100 3,318 6,744
10th Percentile £39,911 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £136,250 £125,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Threat relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in London

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cyber Threat.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cyber Threat

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in London over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

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 18 April 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 +9 30 £85,000 +9.68% 7
West London - 9 £69,119 - 2
North London - 3 - -
South London +19 2 - -
East London - 2 £110,000 - 3
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
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 1 (0.94%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 54 (50.94%) Azure
2 25 (23.58%) SaaS
3 22 (20.75%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (17.92%) Entra ID
5 18 (16.98%) Datadog
5 18 (16.98%) Google Workspace
5 18 (16.98%) IaaS
5 18 (16.98%) PaaS
6 12 (11.32%) AWS
7 5 (4.72%) GCP
8 4 (3.77%) GitHub
9 2 (1.89%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.94%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.94%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 36 (33.96%) Firewall
2 29 (27.36%) DNS
3 21 (19.81%) Broadband
4 19 (17.92%) VPN
5 18 (16.98%) DHCP
5 18 (16.98%) SAN
5 18 (16.98%) VLAN
5 18 (16.98%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (11.32%) TCP/IP
7 8 (7.55%) HTTPS
8 5 (4.72%) Network Security
9 3 (2.83%) Unified Communications
10 2 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (1.89%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (16.98%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.83%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 18 (16.98%) Chocolatey
2 8 (7.55%) Bitbucket
3 4 (3.77%) Metasploit
General
1 49 (46.23%) Finance
2 28 (26.42%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (22.64%) Banking
4 18 (16.98%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (16.98%) Social Skills
5 8 (7.55%) Public Sector
6 7 (6.60%) Legal
7 6 (5.66%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.89%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.94%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.94%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 23 (21.70%) Senior
2 18 (16.98%) Azure Engineer
3 12 (11.32%) Analyst
3 12 (11.32%) Lead
4 11 (10.38%) Cyber Threat Analyst
5 10 (9.43%) Architect
5 10 (9.43%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (9.43%) Cyber Threat Specialist
5 10 (9.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (7.55%) Cloud Engineer
6 8 (7.55%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (7.55%) IT Engineer
6 8 (7.55%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (7.55%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 8 (7.55%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (7.55%) Senior IT Engineer
6 8 (7.55%) Systems Engineer
7 7 (6.60%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 6 (5.66%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 6 (5.66%) IAM Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (16.98%) GraphQL
1 18 (16.98%) LDAP
1 18 (16.98%) OAuth
1 18 (16.98%) OpenID
1 18 (16.98%) REST
1 18 (16.98%) SAML
1 18 (16.98%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (19.81%) Cyberattack
2 11 (10.38%) Security Posture
3 10 (9.43%) Management Information System
4 7 (6.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 6 (5.66%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (4.72%) Insider Threat
7 4 (3.77%) Blog
7 4 (3.77%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (2.83%) IoT
8 3 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.83%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.83%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.89%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.94%) Cybercrime
10 1 (0.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.94%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 34 (32.08%) Windows
2 11 (10.38%) Linux
3 8 (7.55%) Unix
4 5 (4.72%) Windows Server
5 4 (3.77%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (50.94%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (31.13%) Threat Intelligence
3 32 (30.19%) Mentoring
4 31 (29.25%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 29 (27.36%) Roadmaps
6 28 (26.42%) Information Security
7 27 (25.47%) Incident Response
8 26 (24.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 22 (20.75%) Disaster Recovery
9 22 (20.75%) Security Operations
10 21 (19.81%) Cyber Intelligence
10 21 (19.81%) Migration
10 21 (19.81%) Programme Delivery
10 21 (19.81%) SIEM
11 20 (18.87%) Computer Science
11 20 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
12 19 (17.92%) Identity Access Management
12 19 (17.92%) ITIL
12 19 (17.92%) Regulatory Compliance
13 18 (16.98%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 33 (31.13%) PowerShell
2 30 (28.30%) Bash
3 19 (17.92%) SQL
4 18 (16.98%) T-SQL
5 16 (15.09%) Python
6 4 (3.77%) Perl
7 3 (2.83%) C
7 3 (2.83%) C#
7 3 (2.83%) C++
7 3 (2.83%) Go
7 3 (2.83%) Java
7 3 (2.83%) Objective-C
7 3 (2.83%) Ruby
7 3 (2.83%) Rust
Qualifications
1 24 (22.64%) Degree
2 15 (14.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (12.26%) CISSP
4 12 (11.32%) Azure Certification
5 11 (10.38%) OSCP
6 10 (9.43%) GIAC
7 9 (8.49%) Security Cleared
8 7 (6.60%) CREST Certified
9 6 (5.66%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (5.66%) OSCE
9 6 (5.66%) SC Cleared
10 4 (3.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (3.77%) CISM
10 4 (3.77%) GPEN
10 4 (3.77%) SANS
11 3 (2.83%) CCNP
11 3 (2.83%) CCSAM
11 3 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (2.83%) GXPN
11 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (26.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (24.53%) NIST
3 18 (16.98%) NCSC
3 18 (16.98%) SLA
4 4 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (3.77%) QA
5 3 (2.83%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (2.83%) COBIT
5 3 (2.83%) GDPR
5 3 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.94%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.94%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 41 (38.68%) Active Directory
2 12 (11.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (8.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (2.83%) Firmware
4 3 (2.83%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (19.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (16.98%) SCCM
3 8 (7.55%) Ansible
3 8 (7.55%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.83%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 3 (2.83%) CSIRT
5 2 (1.89%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (25.47%) Microsoft
2 21 (19.81%) VMware
3 18 (16.98%) AppDynamics
3 18 (16.98%) Dynatrace
3 18 (16.98%) Tenable
4 4 (3.77%) TOWER Software
5 3 (2.83%) Checkmarx
5 3 (2.83%) ConnectWise
5 3 (2.83%) Draytek
5 3 (2.83%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.89%) Splunk
7 1 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.94%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.94%) Palo Alto