Information Security Officer Jobs in London

Information Security Officer
England > London

The median Information Security Officer salary in London is £71,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 391 491 605
Rank change year-on-year +100 +114 +237
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Officer 2 8 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.016% 0.034% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.036% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 16
10th Percentile £68,875 £50,800 £46,875
25th Percentile £69,063 £62,500 £65,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £65,000 £83,484
Median % change year-on-year +9.62% -22.14% +19.26%
75th Percentile £74,688 £110,000 £111,250
90th Percentile £75,625 £114,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -16.13% +40.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,624 22,265 32,087
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 94.22% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7,221 16,628 23,661
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Information Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Information Security Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Officer in London

Information Security Officer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Officer in London.

Salary trend for Information Security Officer in London

Information Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Information Security Officer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Information Security Officer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) SOC 2
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) ISAE 3402
2 1 (50.00%) French Language
2 1 (50.00%) German Language
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) OWASP
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Finance

Information Security Officer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Broadband
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) French Language
2 1 (50.00%) German Language
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) OWASP
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) ISAE 3402
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft