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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 95 90
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 -10
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 631 400 634
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.44% 3.40% 3.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% 3.62% 3.83%
Number of salaries quoted 425 197 382
10th Percentile £49,300 £50,200 £48,785
25th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +1.35% -4.52%
75th Percentile £100,000 £91,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £119,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +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 20,840 11,039 16,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.48% 93.89% 89.85%
Number of salaries quoted 13,708 6,992 9,838
10th Percentile £40,825 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 +8 63 £85,000 +21.43% 85
West London +4 32 £80,000 +18.52% 18
East London -4 12 £57,500 -36.11% 3
South London +1 5 £80,000 +119.18% 2
North London - 1 £61,250 - 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 34 (5.39%) SAS
2 17 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.95%) Confluence
4 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.48%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
Applications
1 28 (4.44%) SPSS
2 10 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.95%) Workday HCM
2 4 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.48%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.48%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 130 (20.60%) Azure
2 108 (17.12%) AWS
3 60 (9.51%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (7.77%) GCP
5 45 (7.13%) SaaS
6 29 (4.60%) Power Platform
7 24 (3.80%) Entra ID
8 21 (3.33%) Dropbox
9 18 (2.85%) OpenShift
10 17 (2.69%) PaaS
11 16 (2.54%) Cloud Computing
12 15 (2.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 14 (2.22%) Azure Logic Apps
14 13 (2.06%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 13 (2.06%) Serverless
15 12 (1.90%) Azure Sentinel
16 10 (1.58%) Azure API Management
17 9 (1.43%) Azure AI
17 9 (1.43%) OCI
17 9 (1.43%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 79 (12.52%) Network Security
2 56 (8.87%) Firewall
3 30 (4.75%) VPN
4 23 (3.65%) BGP
5 20 (3.17%) OSPF
6 19 (3.01%) DNS
7 18 (2.85%) TCP/IP
8 17 (2.69%) VXLAN
9 16 (2.54%) WAN
10 13 (2.06%) VLAN
11 8 (1.27%) Cisco ISE
12 7 (1.11%) LAN
13 4 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (0.63%) Wireshark
14 3 (0.48%) CHAP
14 3 (0.48%) Cisco Firepower
14 3 (0.48%) Internet
14 3 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.48%) TACACS
14 3 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.91%) Big Data
2 28 (4.44%) EDRMS
3 22 (3.49%) Power BI
4 15 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.11%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.95%) Metadata
8 4 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.32%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.16%) Db2
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.16%) Power Query
11 1 (0.16%) Redis
11 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (1.58%) TeamCity
2 6 (0.95%) JIRA
3 4 (0.63%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.63%) Git
3 4 (0.63%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.48%) Yeoman
5 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 252 (39.94%) Social Skills
2 210 (33.28%) Finance
3 123 (19.49%) Legal
4 109 (17.27%) Analytical Skills
5 100 (15.85%) Law
6 81 (12.84%) Banking
7 80 (12.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 60 (9.51%) Retail
9 34 (5.39%) Legal Technology
10 18 (2.85%) Financial Institution
10 18 (2.85%) Public Sector
11 17 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (2.69%) Local Government
12 12 (1.90%) Back Office
12 12 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.74%) Mandarin Language
14 10 (1.58%) Marketing
15 7 (1.11%) French Language
15 7 (1.11%) German Language
15 7 (1.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 103 (16.32%) Senior
2 85 (13.47%) Security Manager
3 68 (10.78%) Analyst
4 62 (9.83%) Information Manager
5 59 (9.35%) Information Security Manager
6 51 (8.08%) Lead
7 50 (7.92%) Architect
7 50 (7.92%) Security Analyst
8 39 (6.18%) Security Engineer
8 39 (6.18%) Security Specialist
9 30 (4.75%) Security Architect
10 29 (4.60%) IT Manager
11 27 (4.28%) Information Analyst
11 27 (4.28%) Information Security Analyst
12 26 (4.12%) Consultant
13 25 (3.96%) Head of Security
14 23 (3.65%) Senior Manager
15 22 (3.49%) Cloud Engineer
16 21 (3.33%) Forensic Manager
16 21 (3.33%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (6.34%) Terraform
2 7 (1.11%) REST
3 5 (0.79%) OpenID
3 5 (0.79%) SAML
4 3 (0.48%) .NET
4 3 (0.48%) JSON
4 3 (0.48%) RESTful
5 2 (0.32%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.32%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.32%) Middleware
5 2 (0.32%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.16%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.16%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.16%) Jakarta EE
6 1 (0.16%) LangChain
6 1 (0.16%) LDAP
6 1 (0.16%) React
6 1 (0.16%) Redux
6 1 (0.16%) Spring
6 1 (0.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 150 (23.77%) Management Information System
2 82 (13.00%) Security Posture
3 43 (6.81%) Cloud Native
3 43 (6.81%) Cyber Threat
4 30 (4.75%) Cybercrime
5 29 (4.60%) Onboarding
6 19 (3.01%) Operational Technology
7 16 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (2.22%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.58%) AI Agents
11 10 (1.58%) Cyber Defence
11 10 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.43%) Freedom of Information
12 9 (1.43%) Freedom of Information Act
13 8 (1.27%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.11%) Blog
14 7 (1.11%) Cyber Security Posture
14 7 (1.11%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 52 (8.24%) Windows
2 28 (4.44%) Linux
3 17 (2.69%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.90%) Mac OS
5 10 (1.58%) Android
6 6 (0.95%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.63%) Unix
7 4 (0.63%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.16%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (46.28%) Cybersecurity
2 217 (34.39%) Risk Management
3 152 (24.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 150 (23.77%) Incident Response
5 127 (20.13%) Stakeholder Management
6 121 (19.18%) Cloud Security
6 121 (19.18%) Problem-Solving
7 107 (16.96%) AI
8 97 (15.37%) Security Operations
9 96 (15.21%) Roadmaps
9 96 (15.21%) Vulnerability Management
10 85 (13.47%) Data Protection
11 82 (13.00%) SIEM
12 75 (11.89%) Analytics
12 75 (11.89%) Business Continuity
13 61 (9.67%) Disaster Recovery
13 61 (9.67%) Mentoring
14 60 (9.51%) Business Intelligence
15 59 (9.35%) Fintech
16 56 (8.87%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 63 (9.98%) Python
2 29 (4.60%) Java
3 24 (3.80%) Go
3 24 (3.80%) PowerShell
3 24 (3.80%) SQL
4 19 (3.01%) Bash
5 13 (2.06%) Kusto Query Language
6 9 (1.43%) C#
7 7 (1.11%) C
7 7 (1.11%) C++
8 6 (0.95%) Ruby
9 4 (0.63%) Bicep
9 4 (0.63%) Perl
10 3 (0.48%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.48%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.32%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.32%) Search Processing Language
11 2 (0.32%) Swift
12 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.16%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 197 (31.22%) CISSP
2 141 (22.35%) Degree
3 137 (21.71%) CISM
4 55 (8.72%) Cisco Certification
5 51 (8.08%) Security Cleared
6 47 (7.45%) CRISC
7 41 (6.50%) CISA
7 41 (6.50%) Master's Degree
8 38 (6.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 35 (5.55%) CCSP
9 35 (5.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (4.28%) SC Cleared
11 25 (3.96%) CompTIA Security+
11 25 (3.96%) OSCP
12 23 (3.65%) GIAC
13 19 (3.01%) GCIH
13 19 (3.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 18 (2.85%) AWS Certification
15 17 (2.69%) CCNP
16 16 (2.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 248 (39.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 172 (27.26%) NIST
3 133 (21.08%) GDPR
4 111 (17.59%) GRC
5 65 (10.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 52 (8.24%) PCI DSS
7 35 (5.55%) SOC 2
8 25 (3.96%) COBIT
9 22 (3.49%) NIST 800
10 20 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 18 (2.85%) NCSC
12 16 (2.54%) QA
13 15 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 14 (2.22%) ISO 22301
15 9 (1.43%) ISO 9001
15 9 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 8 (1.27%) Data Quality
17 7 (1.11%) Accessibility
18 6 (0.95%) COSHH
18 6 (0.95%) SOC 1
System Software
1 22 (3.49%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.79%) Docker
2 5 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.48%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 49 (7.77%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.33%) EnCase
2 21 (3.33%) FTK
2 21 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (1.74%) CASB
4 10 (1.58%) FortiGate
4 10 (1.58%) Grafana
5 6 (0.95%) Ansible
5 6 (0.95%) Cilium
5 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.63%) Proxmox
7 3 (0.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 3 (0.48%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 3 (0.48%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.48%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 2 (0.32%) Argo
8 2 (0.32%) Istio
8 2 (0.32%) linkerd
8 2 (0.32%) Packer
8 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 115 (18.23%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.39%) Palo Alto
3 28 (4.44%) Google
4 26 (4.12%) Zscaler
5 21 (3.33%) Cellebrite
6 18 (2.85%) Fortinet
7 16 (2.54%) Oracle
8 14 (2.22%) Cisco
9 13 (2.06%) iManage
9 13 (2.06%) Splunk
10 12 (1.90%) VMware
11 11 (1.74%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (1.43%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.43%) Tenable
13 8 (1.27%) Foundry
13 8 (1.27%) Rapid7
14 7 (1.11%) LogRhythm
14 7 (1.11%) Nuix
14 7 (1.11%) Relativity
15 6 (0.95%) Workday