Information Security Job Trends in London

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 102 90
Rank change year-on-year +21 -12 -10
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 562 385 771
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.68% 3.24% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.29% 3.37% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 347 247 637
10th Percentile £52,300 £51,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,625 £91,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £120,000 £102,130
England median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% +8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Information Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,092 11,423 21,365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.64% 96.05% 90.37%
Number of salaries quoted 11,546 6,852 15,854
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,594 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,555
Median % change year-on-year - +6.30% -5.93%
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £123,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in London

Information Security
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Information Security

Information Security
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in London over the 6 months to 29 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Security in London

Information Security
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the London region over the 6 months to 29 May 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 +5 79 £92,500 +60.40% 19
East London +21 36 £90,000 +2.86% 3
West London -20 16 £60,000 -4.37% 4
South London +11 4 £62,300 - 1
Information Security
England

Information Security
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 15 (2.67%) SAS
2 6 (1.07%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.71%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
5 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (3.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 18 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.31%) SPSS
4 9 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.07%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.36%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 112 (19.93%) Azure
2 70 (12.46%) AWS
3 67 (11.92%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (9.07%) SaaS
5 41 (7.30%) GCP
6 28 (4.98%) Entra ID
7 16 (2.85%) PaaS
7 16 (2.85%) Power Platform
8 14 (2.49%) GitHub
8 14 (2.49%) Microsoft Purview
9 13 (2.31%) IaaS
9 13 (2.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (1.96%) Dropbox
11 10 (1.78%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (1.60%) Nutanix
13 7 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (0.89%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 4 (0.71%) Amazon ELB
15 4 (0.71%) AWS CloudTrail
15 4 (0.71%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 46 (8.19%) Network Security
2 40 (7.12%) Firewall
3 23 (4.09%) CHAP
4 10 (1.78%) Cisco IOS
4 10 (1.78%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (1.60%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.60%) WAAS
6 8 (1.42%) DNS
6 8 (1.42%) VPN
7 5 (0.89%) SAN
7 5 (0.89%) VSAN
7 5 (0.89%) WAN
8 4 (0.71%) ATM
8 4 (0.71%) BGP
8 4 (0.71%) HTTPS
8 4 (0.71%) OSPF
8 4 (0.71%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.71%) VLAN
8 4 (0.71%) VXLAN
9 3 (0.53%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.56%) Big Data
2 13 (2.31%) EDRMS
2 13 (2.31%) Power BI
3 10 (1.78%) Tableau
4 8 (1.42%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.25%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.07%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.71%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.71%) DataStage
7 4 (0.71%) DynamoDB
7 4 (0.71%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.71%) MySQL
7 4 (0.71%) Neo4j
7 4 (0.71%) Pentaho
7 4 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.71%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.71%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.53%) DB2
Development Applications
1 10 (1.78%) Git
2 6 (1.07%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (0.71%) Bitbucket
3 4 (0.71%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.36%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.18%) JIRA
General
1 251 (44.66%) Finance
2 227 (40.39%) Social Skills
3 112 (19.93%) Banking
4 109 (19.40%) Analytical Skills
5 95 (16.90%) Legal
6 86 (15.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 76 (13.52%) Retail
8 72 (12.81%) Law
9 50 (8.90%) Financial Institution
10 32 (5.69%) Local Government
11 24 (4.27%) Telecoms
12 20 (3.56%) Marketing
13 14 (2.49%) Back Office
13 14 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.78%) Public Sector
16 9 (1.60%) Aviation
17 7 (1.25%) Automotive
17 7 (1.25%) Cyber-Physical System
18 6 (1.07%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 81 (14.41%) Senior
2 72 (12.81%) Security Manager
3 68 (12.10%) Lead
4 58 (10.32%) Analyst
4 58 (10.32%) Security Engineer
5 53 (9.43%) Information Manager
6 50 (8.90%) Information Security Manager
7 33 (5.87%) Consultant
8 32 (5.69%) Security Analyst
9 27 (4.80%) Cloud Engineer
10 26 (4.63%) Architect
10 26 (4.63%) Auditor
11 25 (4.45%) Azure Engineer
11 25 (4.45%) Security Auditor
12 24 (4.27%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 22 (3.91%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 20 (3.56%) Internal Auditor
14 20 (3.56%) Senior Manager
15 19 (3.38%) Incident Manager
16 17 (3.02%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.07%) OAuth
1 6 (1.07%) SailPoint
2 5 (0.89%) OpenID
2 5 (0.89%) SAML
3 4 (0.71%) Kafka
3 4 (0.71%) Middleware
4 2 (0.36%) JSON
4 2 (0.36%) PySpark
4 2 (0.36%) RESTful
5 1 (0.18%) ADO
5 1 (0.18%) EDI
5 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.18%) gRPC
5 1 (0.18%) NetworkX
5 1 (0.18%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.18%) Pandas
5 1 (0.18%) REST
5 1 (0.18%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.18%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 140 (24.91%) Management Information System
2 87 (15.48%) Security Posture
3 45 (8.01%) Cyber Threat
4 28 (4.98%) Onboarding
5 23 (4.09%) Cloud Native
6 21 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (3.20%) Operational Technology
8 17 (3.02%) Hedge funds
9 15 (2.67%) CMDB
10 14 (2.49%) Cybercrime
10 14 (2.49%) Public Cloud
11 12 (2.14%) Blockchain
11 12 (2.14%) Product Ownership
12 11 (1.96%) PKI
13 9 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
14 8 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (1.25%) AI Agents
15 7 (1.25%) Blog
15 7 (1.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 70 (12.46%) Windows
2 27 (4.80%) Linux
3 21 (3.74%) Android
3 21 (3.74%) Windows Server
4 18 (3.20%) Unix
5 11 (1.96%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.42%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.07%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.53%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (42.53%) Cybersecurity
2 204 (36.30%) Risk Management
3 138 (24.56%) Incident Response
4 95 (16.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 89 (15.84%) Mentoring
6 81 (14.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 79 (14.06%) Project Management
8 76 (13.52%) Cloud Security
9 73 (12.99%) Roadmaps
10 71 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
11 69 (12.28%) Agile
11 69 (12.28%) Analytics
12 67 (11.92%) Vulnerability Management
13 63 (11.21%) Computer Science
14 61 (10.85%) Data Protection
15 56 (9.96%) SIEM
16 50 (8.90%) Internal Audit
17 48 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
17 48 (8.54%) Risk Assessment
18 47 (8.36%) AI
Programming Languages
1 64 (11.39%) Python
2 51 (9.07%) PowerShell
3 21 (3.74%) SQL
4 19 (3.38%) Java
5 18 (3.20%) Bash
5 18 (3.20%) Go
6 6 (1.07%) C++
7 5 (0.89%) C
8 4 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.53%) C#
9 3 (0.53%) Objective-C
9 3 (0.53%) Perl
9 3 (0.53%) Ruby
9 3 (0.53%) Rust
10 2 (0.36%) Bicep
10 2 (0.36%) R
11 1 (0.18%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 213 (37.90%) CISSP
2 154 (27.40%) Degree
3 150 (26.69%) CISM
4 82 (14.59%) CISA
5 57 (10.14%) CRISC
6 42 (7.47%) Master's Degree
7 41 (7.30%) SANS
8 36 (6.41%) Security Cleared
9 33 (5.87%) Cisco Certification
10 32 (5.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 29 (5.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 28 (4.98%) CompTIA Security+
13 27 (4.80%) OSCP
13 27 (4.80%) SC Cleared
14 26 (4.63%) CCSP
15 24 (4.27%) CGEIT
15 24 (4.27%) FFIEC
16 23 (4.09%) CEH
17 19 (3.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 18 (3.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 215 (38.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 162 (28.83%) NIST
3 109 (19.40%) GRC
4 71 (12.63%) GDPR
5 51 (9.07%) PCI DSS
6 40 (7.12%) Cyber Essentials
7 38 (6.76%) COBIT
7 38 (6.76%) QA
8 32 (5.69%) NIST 800
9 22 (3.91%) SOC 2
10 17 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 16 (2.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 13 (2.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (1.96%) SLA
14 9 (1.60%) Accessibility
14 9 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 8 (1.42%) NCSC
16 7 (1.25%) Government Security Classifications
16 7 (1.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 7 (1.25%) JSP 440
System Software
1 27 (4.80%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.89%) Firmware
3 5 (0.89%) vSphere
4 4 (0.71%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.53%) VMware Server
6 2 (0.36%) Docker
6 2 (0.36%) IAG
Systems Management
1 31 (5.52%) Kubernetes
2 30 (5.34%) Terraform
3 19 (3.38%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (2.85%) SCCM
5 14 (2.49%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 13 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (2.31%) RSA Archer
7 11 (1.96%) EnCase
7 11 (1.96%) FTK
8 10 (1.78%) Ansible
9 6 (1.07%) Packer
10 5 (0.89%) CASB
10 5 (0.89%) VxRail
11 4 (0.71%) Cilium
11 4 (0.71%) HP Fortify
12 3 (0.53%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.53%) CSIRT
12 3 (0.53%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.18%) Nessus
13 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 109 (19.40%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.34%) Google
3 23 (4.09%) Cisco
4 22 (3.91%) Palo Alto
5 18 (3.20%) VMware
6 15 (2.67%) iManage
7 14 (2.49%) CrowdStrike
7 14 (2.49%) CyberArk
8 13 (2.31%) Rapid7
9 11 (1.96%) Cellebrite
10 9 (1.60%) EMC
11 8 (1.42%) Oracle
11 8 (1.42%) Thales
12 7 (1.25%) ServiceNow
13 6 (1.07%) F5
14 5 (0.89%) Dell
14 5 (0.89%) Fortinet
14 5 (0.89%) Polycom
14 5 (0.89%) Tandberg
14 5 (0.89%) TOWER Software