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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 73 85
Rank change year-on-year -5 +12 -3
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 482 630 649
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.60% 3.90% 3.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.01% 4.15% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 231 348 545
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,775 £49,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £63,563 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -1.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £126,875 £117,875 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

All Process and 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 12,008 15,165 16,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 89.63% 93.83% 93.67%
Number of salaries quoted 7,728 8,699 13,486
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £121,250 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 16 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 73 £77,500 +6.90% 28
West London -5 17 £67,500 +22.73% 4
East London -9 11 £90,000 - 7
South London +14 6 £36,500 -44.49%
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 18 (3.73%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.49%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.07%) SAS
5 7 (1.45%) Confluence
6 5 (1.04%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.41%) MTS
8 1 (0.21%) Apache
8 1 (0.21%) CMS
8 1 (0.21%) nginx
8 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 34 (7.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (5.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.87%) Adobe Premiere
4 9 (1.87%) Photoshop
4 9 (1.87%) SPSS
5 4 (0.83%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.87%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.41%) Relativity
4 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.21%) Magento
4 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 86 (17.84%) Azure
2 57 (11.83%) AWS
3 41 (8.51%) GCP
3 41 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (6.02%) SaaS
5 24 (4.98%) Power Platform
6 22 (4.56%) Entra ID
7 13 (2.70%) IaaS
8 11 (2.28%) Amazon EMR
8 11 (2.28%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (2.07%) OneDrive
10 9 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.87%) Dropbox
10 9 (1.87%) PaaS
11 8 (1.66%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (1.24%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 5 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (1.04%) Nutanix
13 5 (1.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 4 (0.83%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 50 (10.37%) Firewall
2 24 (4.98%) Network Security
3 16 (3.32%) VPN
4 13 (2.70%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (1.87%) WAN
6 7 (1.45%) CHAP
6 7 (1.45%) DNS
6 7 (1.45%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.24%) RTP
8 4 (0.83%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (0.83%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.83%) WAAS
8 4 (0.83%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.62%) ATM
9 3 (0.62%) BGP
9 3 (0.62%) DMARC
9 3 (0.62%) HTTP
9 3 (0.62%) OSPF
9 3 (0.62%) SAN
10 2 (0.41%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.98%) Power BI
2 22 (4.56%) Big Data
3 18 (3.73%) Tableau
4 15 (3.11%) Relational Database
5 14 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (2.70%) SQL Server
7 12 (2.49%) DynamoDB
7 12 (2.49%) Hadoop
7 12 (2.49%) NoSQL
8 11 (2.28%) Apache Cassandra
8 11 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (2.28%) DataStage
8 11 (2.28%) MongoDB
8 11 (2.28%) MySQL
8 11 (2.28%) Neo4j
8 11 (2.28%) Pentaho
8 11 (2.28%) RDBMS
9 9 (1.87%) EDRMS
10 4 (0.83%) Metadata
11 3 (0.62%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (1.04%) JIRA
2 4 (0.83%) Burp Suite
3 3 (0.62%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.41%) Snyk
5 1 (0.21%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.21%) Git
5 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.21%) MLflow
General
1 238 (49.38%) Finance
2 230 (47.72%) Social Skills
3 148 (30.71%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (18.88%) Legal
5 63 (13.07%) Banking
6 62 (12.86%) Financial Institution
7 54 (11.20%) Law
8 42 (8.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 38 (7.88%) Marketing
10 30 (6.22%) Digital Economy
10 30 (6.22%) Influencing Skills
11 26 (5.39%) Retail
12 22 (4.56%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (2.90%) Telecoms
14 13 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (2.07%) Back Office
17 9 (1.87%) Billing
17 9 (1.87%) Dutch Language
17 9 (1.87%) French Language
Job Titles
1 71 (14.73%) Senior
2 58 (12.03%) Analyst
3 45 (9.34%) Lead
4 41 (8.51%) Security Engineer
5 33 (6.85%) Security Analyst
5 33 (6.85%) Security Manager
6 20 (4.15%) Information Analyst
7 19 (3.94%) Risk Manager
7 19 (3.94%) Security Specialist
8 16 (3.32%) Consultant
8 16 (3.32%) Information Security Analyst
8 16 (3.32%) Product Management Director
9 15 (3.11%) IT Manager
9 15 (3.11%) Senior Manager
10 14 (2.90%) Architect
10 14 (2.90%) Information Security Manager
10 14 (2.90%) Principal Engineer
11 13 (2.70%) Product Manager
11 13 (2.70%) Product Specialist
12 12 (2.49%) Information Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.70%) OAuth
2 10 (2.07%) OAuth2
3 9 (1.87%) Kafka
4 7 (1.45%) RESTful
5 6 (1.24%) REST
6 5 (1.04%) EDI
6 5 (1.04%) gRPC
7 3 (0.62%) JWT
7 3 (0.62%) Node.js
7 3 (0.62%) OpenID
7 3 (0.62%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.62%) SAML
8 2 (0.41%) CSS
8 2 (0.41%) HTML
8 2 (0.41%) Pandas
8 2 (0.41%) PySpark
8 2 (0.41%) scikit-learn
8 2 (0.41%) TensorFlow
9 1 (0.21%) Keras
9 1 (0.21%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 110 (22.82%) Management Information System
2 53 (11.00%) Security Posture
3 46 (9.54%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (6.43%) Onboarding
5 25 (5.19%) Product Ownership
6 20 (4.15%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (3.94%) Cyber Threat
8 15 (3.11%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (2.90%) Security Operations Centre
10 12 (2.49%) Cloud Native
11 11 (2.28%) CMDB
12 10 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (2.07%) Taxonomies
13 9 (1.87%) Algorithms
13 9 (1.87%) Cloud Security Posture
13 9 (1.87%) Cybercrime
13 9 (1.87%) Data Centre
14 8 (1.66%) Social Media
14 8 (1.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 54 (11.20%) Windows
2 27 (5.60%) Linux
3 10 (2.07%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.66%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.45%) Unix
6 5 (1.04%) Android
6 5 (1.04%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.21%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (35.06%) Risk Management
2 149 (30.91%) Cybersecurity
3 117 (24.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 113 (23.44%) Incident Response
5 100 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
6 87 (18.05%) Roadmaps
7 77 (15.98%) SIEM
8 72 (14.94%) Analytics
8 72 (14.94%) Computer Science
9 65 (13.49%) Agile
10 63 (13.07%) Product Management
11 62 (12.86%) Decision-Making
11 62 (12.86%) Stakeholder Management
12 57 (11.83%) Security Operations
13 55 (11.41%) Vulnerability Management
14 53 (11.00%) Cloud Security
15 52 (10.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 51 (10.58%) Project Management
17 50 (10.37%) Business Intelligence
17 50 (10.37%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 49 (10.17%) Python
2 28 (5.81%) PowerShell
3 25 (5.19%) SQL
4 12 (2.49%) Java
5 10 (2.07%) Bash
5 10 (2.07%) Go
6 3 (0.62%) C++
7 2 (0.41%) VB
8 1 (0.21%) C
8 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.21%) Perl
8 1 (0.21%) R
Qualifications
1 166 (34.44%) CISSP
2 165 (34.23%) Degree
3 120 (24.90%) CISM
4 69 (14.32%) CISA
5 52 (10.79%) CRISC
6 43 (8.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 40 (8.30%) Master's Degree
8 23 (4.77%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (4.36%) CompTIA Security+
10 17 (3.53%) CEH
11 16 (3.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 15 (3.11%) GIAC
13 13 (2.70%) SANS
14 12 (2.49%) FFIEC
14 12 (2.49%) GCIH
15 11 (2.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 11 (2.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 11 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (2.07%) PMI Certification
17 9 (1.87%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (34.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 114 (23.65%) NIST
3 67 (13.90%) GDPR
4 45 (9.34%) GRC
5 39 (8.09%) Cyber Essentials
6 33 (6.85%) SOC 2
7 26 (5.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 21 (4.36%) PCI DSS
9 18 (3.73%) COBIT
9 18 (3.73%) NIST 800
10 15 (3.11%) Data Quality
10 15 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 13 (2.70%) SLA
12 12 (2.49%) SOC 1
13 8 (1.66%) ISAE 3402
13 8 (1.66%) ISO 9001
13 8 (1.66%) ITGC
14 6 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (1.24%) QA
15 5 (1.04%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 29 (6.02%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.45%) Docker
3 5 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.62%) vSphere
5 2 (0.41%) Firmware
6 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (3.94%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.90%) SCCM
3 13 (2.70%) Terraform
4 11 (2.28%) RSA Archer
5 10 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (1.66%) QRadar
7 7 (1.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 7 (1.45%) EnCase
7 7 (1.45%) FTK
8 6 (1.24%) CASB
9 5 (1.04%) CSIRT
9 5 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.83%) Nmap
11 3 (0.62%) Ansible
11 3 (0.62%) ArcSight ESM
11 3 (0.62%) Grafana
11 3 (0.62%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.41%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 2 (0.41%) Nessus
13 1 (0.21%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 93 (19.29%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.11%) Adobe
2 15 (3.11%) Foundry
3 13 (2.70%) Oracle
4 12 (2.49%) Splunk
4 12 (2.49%) VMware
5 11 (2.28%) Cisco
5 11 (2.28%) Google
5 11 (2.28%) Informatica
5 11 (2.28%) Palo Alto
5 11 (2.28%) Salesforce
5 11 (2.28%) Talend
6 10 (2.07%) Qualys
7 7 (1.45%) Cellebrite
7 7 (1.45%) Rapid7
8 6 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (1.24%) Darktrace
8 6 (1.24%) HubSpot
9 5 (1.04%) Carbon Black
9 5 (1.04%) ServiceNow