Cybercrime Job Trends in London

Cybercrime (Computer Crime)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cybercrime in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybercrime over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 421 425
Rank change year-on-year +58 +4 +75
Permanent jobs citing Cybercrime 11 7 18
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.078% 0.045% 0.099%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.19% 0.10% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 18
10th Percentile - - £63,500
25th Percentile £66,250 £31,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% -14.01%
75th Percentile £68,750 - £75,000
90th Percentile £72,750 - £91,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -19.23% -3.70%

All Generic Skills
London

Cybercrime 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 5,789 6,772 7,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 41.05% 43.65% 40.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,424 3,529 5,596
10th Percentile £35,750 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £79,566
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +0.55% +2.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £127,500 £127,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Cybercrime
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Cybercrime job vacancy trend in London

Cybercrime
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cybercrime.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cybercrime

Cybercrime
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybercrime in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybercrime in London

Cybercrime
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybercrime within the London region over the 6 months to 14 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 - 1 £87,500 - 1
Cybercrime
England

Cybercrime
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 10 (90.91%) SAS
2 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (90.91%) SPSS
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 10 (90.91%) Dropbox
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (90.91%) Big Data
1 10 (90.91%) EDRMS
2 2 (18.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 10 (90.91%) Finance
1 10 (90.91%) Legal
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Forensic Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Technology Manager
3 2 (18.18%) E-Discovery Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) SDLC
2 10 (90.91%) Analytics
2 10 (90.91%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 10 (90.91%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (90.91%) Data Analytics
2 10 (90.91%) Digital Forensics
2 10 (90.91%) E-Discovery
2 10 (90.91%) Electronic Discovery Reference Model
2 10 (90.91%) Fintech
2 10 (90.91%) Forensic Accounting
2 10 (90.91%) Information Security
3 2 (18.18%) e-Disclosure
4 1 (9.09%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (9.09%) Agile
4 1 (9.09%) B2B
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Insight
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
4 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 1 (9.09%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Degree
Systems Management
1 8 (72.73%) EnCase
1 8 (72.73%) FTK
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Cellebrite
2 2 (18.18%) Nuix