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 20 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 314 369 417
Rank change year-on-year +55 +48 +276
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 86 140 181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.67% 0.56% 0.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.48% 1.40% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 54 114 125
10th Percentile £56,625 £52,500 £46,872
25th Percentile £62,813 £62,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +24.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £92,500 £110,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,753 £103,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year - +9.20% -14.96%

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 5,820 9,973 14,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 45.36% 39.99% 45.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3,072 6,936 9,786
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £56,188 £51,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,669
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -0.88% +0.89%
75th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £136,250 £131,250 £125,000
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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +4 13 £68,750 +2.61% 27
South London +8 7 £75,000 +70.45%
West London +28 5 - - 6
North London - 4 - -
East London - 3 - - 13
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 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (5.81%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 38 (44.19%) AWS
2 22 (25.58%) AWS Lambda
2 22 (25.58%) Serverless
3 19 (22.09%) Azure
4 7 (8.14%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (5.81%) Entra ID
5 5 (5.81%) GCP
5 5 (5.81%) OneDrive
6 4 (4.65%) Power Automate
7 3 (3.49%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (3.49%) IBM Cloud
8 2 (2.33%) SaaS
9 1 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.16%) GitHub
9 1 (1.16%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 25 (29.07%) Firewall
2 22 (25.58%) Broadband
2 22 (25.58%) SSH
2 22 (25.58%) SSL
3 8 (9.30%) Intrusion Detection
4 7 (8.14%) TCP/IP
5 5 (5.81%) DHCP
5 5 (5.81%) DNS
6 4 (4.65%) Network Security
7 3 (3.49%) VLAN
7 3 (3.49%) VPN
8 2 (2.33%) Wireless
9 1 (1.16%) BGP
9 1 (1.16%) Cisco IPT
9 1 (1.16%) EIGRP
9 1 (1.16%) Ethernet
9 1 (1.16%) OSPF
9 1 (1.16%) tcpdump
9 1 (1.16%) WAN
9 1 (1.16%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.16%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 48 (55.81%) Social Skills
2 27 (31.40%) Finance
3 13 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (9.30%) Legal
5 5 (5.81%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.49%) Financial Institution
6 3 (3.49%) Law
6 3 (3.49%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.49%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.33%) Banking
7 2 (2.33%) Military
8 1 (1.16%) Games
8 1 (1.16%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 25 (29.07%) Cloud Engineer
2 22 (25.58%) DevOps Engineer
3 13 (15.12%) Security Engineer
4 10 (11.63%) Incident Manager
5 9 (10.47%) Analyst
5 9 (10.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 7 (8.14%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) Security Analyst
6 7 (8.14%) Security Manager
6 7 (8.14%) Senior
7 6 (6.98%) Lead
8 4 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 3 (3.49%) Azure Engineer
9 3 (3.49%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 3 (3.49%) Risk Manager
9 3 (3.49%) Security Incident Manager
10 2 (2.33%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (2.33%) Cyber Threat Hunter
10 2 (2.33%) Threat Hunter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (26.74%) Web Services
2 22 (25.58%) RESTful
3 3 (3.49%) Leaflet
4 1 (1.16%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.16%) AWS CDK
4 1 (1.16%) NestJS
4 1 (1.16%) Node.js
4 1 (1.16%) REST
4 1 (1.16%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 37 (43.02%) Management Information System
2 24 (27.91%) Cyberattack
3 22 (25.58%) Onboarding
3 22 (25.58%) PKI
4 5 (5.81%) Fixed Income
4 5 (5.81%) Virtual Team
5 3 (3.49%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.49%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (3.49%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (2.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (2.33%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.33%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.16%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.16%) Insider Threat
7 1 (1.16%) Online Games
7 1 (1.16%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.16%) SCADA
7 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.16%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 12 (13.95%) Linux
2 11 (12.79%) Windows
3 3 (3.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.16%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (81.40%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (32.56%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 25 (29.07%) Deployment Automation
3 25 (29.07%) DevOps
4 24 (27.91%) Incident Response
4 24 (27.91%) Roadmaps
5 23 (26.74%) Key Management
5 23 (26.74%) Use Case
6 22 (25.58%) Information Security
6 22 (25.58%) Programme Delivery
7 21 (24.42%) SIEM
8 17 (19.77%) Risk Management
9 13 (15.12%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (13.95%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 12 (13.95%) Threat Intelligence
10 12 (13.95%) Vulnerability Management
11 11 (12.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (12.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 10 (11.63%) Cyber Intelligence
12 10 (11.63%) Cyber Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 27 (31.40%) Python
2 8 (9.30%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.49%) SQL
4 2 (2.33%) Bash
4 2 (2.33%) Perl
5 1 (1.16%) C++
5 1 (1.16%) Java
5 1 (1.16%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.16%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.16%) Rust
5 1 (1.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (24.42%) CISSP
2 10 (11.63%) OSCE
2 10 (11.63%) OSCP
3 9 (10.47%) Degree
4 8 (9.30%) Security Cleared
5 7 (8.14%) SC Cleared
6 6 (6.98%) CISM
6 6 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (6.98%) GCIA
6 6 (6.98%) GCIH
7 5 (5.81%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 5 (5.81%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 4 (4.65%) SSCP
9 3 (3.49%) Azure Certification
9 3 (3.49%) CESG Certified Professional
9 3 (3.49%) CISMP
10 2 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (2.33%) CREST Certified
10 2 (2.33%) GIAC
10 2 (2.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (48.84%) NIST
2 41 (47.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (6.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (6.98%) PCI DSS
4 5 (5.81%) NCSC
5 4 (4.65%) GDPR
6 3 (3.49%) NIST 800
7 2 (2.33%) GRC
8 1 (1.16%) Accessibility
8 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.16%) SOC 1
8 1 (1.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (25.58%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.98%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.33%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.33%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 26 (30.23%) Terraform
2 6 (6.98%) CSIRT
3 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (5.81%) Puppet
3 5 (5.81%) SCCM
3 5 (5.81%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (4.65%) Nessus
5 3 (3.49%) Ansible
5 3 (3.49%) Progress Chef
6 2 (2.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (2.33%) Nagios
6 2 (2.33%) Proxmox
6 2 (2.33%) ZABBIX
7 1 (1.16%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (1.16%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (1.16%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 22 (25.58%) Thales
2 13 (15.12%) Microsoft
3 9 (10.47%) VMware
4 8 (9.30%) Splunk
5 3 (3.49%) Google
5 3 (3.49%) IBM
6 2 (2.33%) Sun
7 1 (1.16%) Alibaba
7 1 (1.16%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.16%) Cisco
7 1 (1.16%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.16%) Dell
7 1 (1.16%) EqualLogic
7 1 (1.16%) iManage
7 1 (1.16%) Intel
7 1 (1.16%) Ping Identity
7 1 (1.16%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.16%) Tenable