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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 99 88
Rank change year-on-year +6 -11 -11
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 631 395 630
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.41% 3.37% 3.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.99% 3.59% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 421 193 379
10th Percentile £51,250 £46,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £65,186 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +2.74% -5.81%
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,750 £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 21,134 10,998 16,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.65% 93.77% 89.71%
Number of salaries quoted 13,803 6,993 9,687
10th Percentile £40,825 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £56,250
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 16 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 16 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 +2 59 £85,000 +21.43% 15
West London +3 30 £80,000 +18.52% 11
East London -10 9 £57,500 -36.11% 1
South London -3 5 £80,000 +119.18%
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 11 (1.74%) 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 7 (1.11%) Workday HCM
2 5 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.48%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.48%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 130 (20.60%) Azure
2 110 (17.43%) AWS
3 60 (9.51%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (7.92%) GCP
5 46 (7.29%) SaaS
6 29 (4.60%) Power Platform
7 26 (4.12%) Entra ID
8 21 (3.33%) Dropbox
9 18 (2.85%) OpenShift
10 17 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
10 17 (2.69%) PaaS
11 16 (2.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 14 (2.22%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (2.06%) Serverless
14 12 (1.90%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 12 (1.90%) Azure Sentinel
15 10 (1.58%) Azure API Management
16 9 (1.43%) Azure AI
16 9 (1.43%) Power Automate
16 9 (1.43%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 80 (12.68%) Network Security
2 57 (9.03%) Firewall
3 32 (5.07%) VPN
4 25 (3.96%) BGP
5 20 (3.17%) OSPF
5 20 (3.17%) TCP/IP
6 19 (3.01%) DNS
7 17 (2.69%) VXLAN
8 16 (2.54%) WAN
9 13 (2.06%) VLAN
10 8 (1.27%) Cisco ISE
11 7 (1.11%) LAN
12 4 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.63%) Internet
12 4 (0.63%) Wireshark
13 3 (0.48%) Cisco Firepower
13 3 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.48%) TACACS
13 3 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (0.32%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.07%) Big Data
2 28 (4.44%) EDRMS
3 22 (3.49%) Power BI
4 16 (2.54%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.11%) Metadata
6 7 (1.11%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.32%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.32%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.16%) Power Query
10 1 (0.16%) Redis
10 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (1.90%) 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
1 250 (39.62%) Social Skills
2 212 (33.60%) Finance
3 127 (20.13%) Legal
4 104 (16.48%) Analytical Skills
5 100 (15.85%) Law
6 81 (12.84%) Banking
7 76 (12.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (8.87%) Retail
9 34 (5.39%) Legal Technology
10 21 (3.33%) Public Sector
11 19 (3.01%) Financial Institution
12 16 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (2.22%) Back Office
13 14 (2.22%) Local Government
14 13 (2.06%) Mandarin Language
15 12 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
16 11 (1.74%) Marketing
17 7 (1.11%) French Language
17 7 (1.11%) German Language
17 7 (1.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 104 (16.48%) Senior
2 83 (13.15%) Security Manager
3 71 (11.25%) Analyst
4 60 (9.51%) Information Manager
5 57 (9.03%) Information Security Manager
6 53 (8.40%) Lead
7 52 (8.24%) Architect
8 49 (7.77%) Security Analyst
9 38 (6.02%) Security Engineer
9 38 (6.02%) Security Specialist
10 31 (4.91%) IT Manager
11 30 (4.75%) Security Architect
12 26 (4.12%) Consultant
12 26 (4.12%) Information Analyst
12 26 (4.12%) Information Security Analyst
13 25 (3.96%) Head of Security
14 24 (3.80%) Senior Manager
15 22 (3.49%) Cloud Engineer
15 22 (3.49%) Security Consultant
16 21 (3.33%) Forensic Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (6.50%) Terraform
2 7 (1.11%) REST
3 6 (0.95%) OpenID
3 6 (0.95%) SAML
4 4 (0.63%) RESTful
5 3 (0.48%) .NET
5 3 (0.48%) JSON
6 2 (0.32%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.32%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.32%) LDAP
6 2 (0.32%) OAuth
6 2 (0.32%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.16%) Azure Blueprints
7 1 (0.16%) Jakarta EE
7 1 (0.16%) JPA
7 1 (0.16%) Kafka
7 1 (0.16%) LangChain
7 1 (0.16%) React
7 1 (0.16%) Redux
7 1 (0.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 149 (23.61%) Management Information System
2 81 (12.84%) Security Posture
3 45 (7.13%) Cloud Native
4 38 (6.02%) Cyber Threat
5 30 (4.75%) Cybercrime
6 29 (4.60%) Onboarding
7 17 (2.69%) Operational Technology
8 15 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
8 15 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (2.22%) Data Centre
10 13 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (1.74%) AI Agents
12 10 (1.58%) Cyber Defence
13 9 (1.43%) Blog
13 9 (1.43%) Freedom of Information
13 9 (1.43%) Freedom of Information Act
13 9 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.11%) Cyber Security Posture
14 7 (1.11%) PKI
14 7 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 51 (8.08%) Windows
2 28 (4.44%) Linux
3 16 (2.54%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.90%) macOS
5 9 (1.43%) Android
6 6 (0.95%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.63%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (44.69%) Cybersecurity
2 216 (34.23%) Risk Management
3 160 (25.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 147 (23.30%) Incident Response
5 132 (20.92%) Stakeholder Management
6 123 (19.49%) Problem-Solving
7 122 (19.33%) Cloud Security
8 111 (17.59%) AI
9 96 (15.21%) Roadmaps
9 96 (15.21%) Security Operations
9 96 (15.21%) Vulnerability Management
10 90 (14.26%) Data Protection
11 80 (12.68%) SIEM
12 78 (12.36%) Business Continuity
13 76 (12.04%) Analytics
14 62 (9.83%) Disaster Recovery
15 60 (9.51%) Business Intelligence
15 60 (9.51%) Fintech
16 57 (9.03%) Infrastructure as Code
17 56 (8.87%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 64 (10.14%) Python
2 30 (4.75%) Java
3 26 (4.12%) PowerShell
3 26 (4.12%) SQL
4 25 (3.96%) Go
5 19 (3.01%) Bash
6 13 (2.06%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.43%) C#
8 7 (1.11%) C
8 7 (1.11%) C++
9 6 (0.95%) Ruby
10 4 (0.63%) Bicep
10 4 (0.63%) Perl
11 3 (0.48%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.48%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.32%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.32%) Search Processing Language
12 2 (0.32%) Swift
13 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.16%) Rust
Qualifications
1 193 (30.59%) CISSP
2 138 (21.87%) CISM
2 138 (21.87%) Degree
3 56 (8.87%) Cisco Certification
4 50 (7.92%) Security Cleared
5 48 (7.61%) CRISC
6 41 (6.50%) CISA
7 39 (6.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 38 (6.02%) Master's Degree
9 36 (5.71%) CCSP
10 34 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
11 27 (4.28%) SC Cleared
12 22 (3.49%) CompTIA Security+
12 22 (3.49%) OSCP
13 21 (3.33%) GIAC
14 20 (3.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 18 (2.85%) GCIH
16 17 (2.69%) AWS Certification
16 17 (2.69%) CCNP
16 17 (2.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (40.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 172 (27.26%) NIST
3 139 (22.03%) GDPR
4 116 (18.38%) GRC
5 63 (9.98%) Cyber Essentials
6 55 (8.72%) PCI DSS
7 37 (5.86%) SOC 2
8 25 (3.96%) COBIT
9 21 (3.33%) NIST 800
10 20 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 18 (2.85%) NCSC
12 16 (2.54%) ISO 22301
13 14 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 14 (2.22%) QA
14 11 (1.74%) Data Quality
14 11 (1.74%) ISO 9001
15 9 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (1.11%) Accessibility
16 7 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 6 (0.95%) SOC 1
System Software
1 23 (3.65%) 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 50 (7.92%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.33%) EnCase
2 21 (3.33%) FTK
2 21 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (1.90%) CASB
3 12 (1.90%) Grafana
4 10 (1.58%) FortiGate
5 8 (1.27%) Cilium
6 6 (0.95%) Ansible
6 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.63%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.48%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 2 (0.32%) Argo
9 2 (0.32%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.32%) Istio
9 2 (0.32%) linkerd
9 2 (0.32%) Packer
9 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.16%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 114 (18.07%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.55%) Palo Alto
3 30 (4.75%) Google
4 27 (4.28%) 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
14 7 (1.11%) Workday