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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 100 103
Rank change year-on-year +17 +3 -37
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 600 383 659
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.62% 3.13% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.19% 3.31% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 404 219 495
10th Percentile £52,500 £44,590 £45,000
25th Percentile £68,750 £62,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - +1.70%
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £111,250 £112,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +11.54% +4.00% -3.85%

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 18,808 11,569 18,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.14% 94.41% 89.35%
Number of salaries quoted 12,790 7,340 12,569
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.00%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,185 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.79% +2.16% -11.29%

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 July 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 July 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 +1 71 £92,500 +33.35% 45
West London -14 22 £75,000 +17.65% 14
East London 0 19 £87,500 -2.78% 5
South London +4 4 £50,000 - 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 27 (4.50%) SAS
2 16 (2.67%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.67%) Confluence
4 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.33%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.17%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (3.50%) SPSS
2 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.00%) Relativity
2 3 (0.50%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.50%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 135 (22.50%) Azure
2 93 (15.50%) AWS
3 76 (12.67%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (8.17%) SaaS
5 37 (6.17%) GCP
6 21 (3.50%) Entra ID
7 18 (3.00%) OpenShift
8 17 (2.83%) Power Platform
9 15 (2.50%) Dropbox
9 15 (2.50%) GitHub
10 14 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
11 13 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (2.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 12 (2.00%) PaaS
13 11 (1.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 10 (1.67%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (1.50%) IaaS
16 8 (1.33%) Amazon ELB
16 8 (1.33%) AWS CloudTrail
16 8 (1.33%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 72 (12.00%) Network Security
2 50 (8.33%) Firewall
3 20 (3.33%) DNS
4 18 (3.00%) VPN
5 17 (2.83%) BGP
5 17 (2.83%) OSPF
5 17 (2.83%) VXLAN
6 13 (2.17%) TCP/IP
6 13 (2.17%) VLAN
7 11 (1.83%) CHAP
7 11 (1.83%) WAN
8 8 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (0.83%) Cisco ISE
10 4 (0.67%) HTTPS
10 4 (0.67%) LAN
10 4 (0.67%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.33%) DKIM
12 2 (0.33%) DMARC
12 2 (0.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.67%) Big Data
2 21 (3.50%) EDRMS
3 14 (2.33%) Power BI
4 8 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (1.17%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.33%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.33%) Db2
7 2 (0.33%) Tableau
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.17%) DataStage
8 1 (0.17%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.17%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.17%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.17%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.17%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.17%) Power Query
8 1 (0.17%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 8 (1.33%) Git
2 6 (1.00%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (0.83%) JIRA
3 5 (0.83%) TeamCity
4 4 (0.67%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.67%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.33%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
General
1 228 (38.00%) Social Skills
2 225 (37.50%) Finance
3 104 (17.33%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (16.33%) Legal
5 94 (15.67%) Banking
6 83 (13.83%) Law
7 77 (12.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 61 (10.17%) Retail
9 28 (4.67%) Local Government
10 27 (4.50%) Legal Technology
11 25 (4.17%) Financial Institution
12 23 (3.83%) Telecoms
13 14 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (2.00%) Back Office
16 9 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (1.33%) Marketing
18 7 (1.17%) Cyber-Physical System
19 6 (1.00%) French Language
19 6 (1.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 95 (15.83%) Senior
2 85 (14.17%) Security Manager
3 71 (11.83%) Lead
4 67 (11.17%) Analyst
5 62 (10.33%) Information Manager
6 59 (9.83%) Information Security Manager
7 54 (9.00%) Security Engineer
8 43 (7.17%) Security Analyst
9 34 (5.67%) Security Specialist
10 32 (5.33%) Architect
11 31 (5.17%) Consultant
12 29 (4.83%) Cloud Engineer
13 24 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 24 (4.00%) Senior Manager
14 23 (3.83%) Cloud Security Engineer
15 21 (3.50%) Incident Manager
15 21 (3.50%) Information Analyst
15 21 (3.50%) IT Manager
16 20 (3.33%) Head of Security
16 20 (3.33%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.17%) OpenID
1 7 (1.17%) SailPoint
1 7 (1.17%) SAML
2 4 (0.67%) REST
3 3 (0.50%) .NET
3 3 (0.50%) JSON
3 3 (0.50%) OAuth
4 2 (0.33%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.33%) Kafka
4 2 (0.33%) Middleware
4 2 (0.33%) RESTful
5 1 (0.17%) ADO
5 1 (0.17%) Hibernate
5 1 (0.17%) Jakarta EE
5 1 (0.17%) JPA
5 1 (0.17%) LangChain
5 1 (0.17%) LlamaIndex
5 1 (0.17%) Spring
5 1 (0.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 144 (24.00%) Management Information System
2 95 (15.83%) Security Posture
3 46 (7.67%) Cyber Threat
4 35 (5.83%) Cloud Native
5 30 (5.00%) Onboarding
6 23 (3.83%) Cybercrime
7 19 (3.17%) Operational Technology
8 16 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (2.17%) Public Cloud
10 12 (2.00%) Data Centre
11 11 (1.83%) Freedom of Information
12 10 (1.67%) Freedom of Information Act
13 8 (1.33%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.33%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.17%) Cyber Defence
14 7 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.17%) PKI
15 6 (1.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 59 (9.83%) Windows
2 28 (4.67%) Linux
3 12 (2.00%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.83%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.83%) Unix
5 10 (1.67%) Android
6 8 (1.33%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.83%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.33%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (43.83%) Cybersecurity
2 218 (36.33%) Risk Management
3 151 (25.17%) Incident Response
4 134 (22.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 104 (17.33%) Cloud Security
6 90 (15.00%) Roadmaps
7 88 (14.67%) SIEM
8 87 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
9 82 (13.67%) Mentoring
10 79 (13.17%) Vulnerability Management
11 73 (12.17%) AI
12 72 (12.00%) Analytics
13 71 (11.83%) Data Protection
14 69 (11.50%) Stakeholder Management
15 67 (11.17%) Business Continuity
15 67 (11.17%) Security Operations
16 66 (11.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 60 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
18 57 (9.50%) Computer Science
19 56 (9.33%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 48 (8.00%) Python
2 33 (5.50%) PowerShell
3 16 (2.67%) Bash
4 15 (2.50%) Java
5 12 (2.00%) Go
6 11 (1.83%) SQL
7 7 (1.17%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (1.00%) C#
9 4 (0.67%) C
9 4 (0.67%) C++
9 4 (0.67%) Ruby
9 4 (0.67%) Rust
10 3 (0.50%) Objective-C
10 3 (0.50%) Perl
11 2 (0.33%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.17%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 212 (35.33%) CISSP
2 150 (25.00%) Degree
3 147 (24.50%) CISM
4 64 (10.67%) CRISC
5 56 (9.33%) CISA
6 48 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
7 43 (7.17%) Master's Degree
8 37 (6.17%) Security Cleared
9 36 (6.00%) CompTIA Security+
10 34 (5.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 33 (5.50%) CCSP
12 28 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
13 25 (4.17%) SC Cleared
14 24 (4.00%) CEH
15 22 (3.67%) OSCP
16 20 (3.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 19 (3.17%) AWS Certification
18 18 (3.00%) GIAC
18 18 (3.00%) SANS
19 16 (2.67%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 244 (40.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 176 (29.33%) NIST
3 118 (19.67%) GRC
4 113 (18.83%) GDPR
5 59 (9.83%) PCI DSS
6 53 (8.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 34 (5.67%) COBIT
8 33 (5.50%) SOC 2
9 32 (5.33%) QA
10 31 (5.17%) NIST 800
11 17 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 17 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 13 (2.17%) NCSC
13 12 (2.00%) Accessibility
13 12 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 9 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 7 (1.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 7 (1.17%) JSP 440
15 7 (1.17%) SOC 1
16 6 (1.00%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 24 (4.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.50%) VMware Server
4 2 (0.33%) IAG
4 2 (0.33%) vSphere
5 1 (0.17%) Docker
5 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 35 (5.83%) Terraform
3 24 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
4 15 (2.50%) EnCase
4 15 (2.50%) FTK
5 14 (2.33%) Ansible
6 10 (1.67%) FortiGate
7 6 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (1.00%) Packer
8 4 (0.67%) Cilium
8 4 (0.67%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 3 (0.50%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (0.50%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.33%) CASB
10 2 (0.33%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.33%) VxRail
11 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.17%) QRadar
11 1 (0.17%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 117 (19.50%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.83%) Palo Alto
3 25 (4.17%) iManage
4 23 (3.83%) Google
5 18 (3.00%) Fortinet
5 18 (3.00%) VMware
6 17 (2.83%) Zscaler
7 15 (2.50%) Cellebrite
7 15 (2.50%) Cisco
7 15 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
8 14 (2.33%) Rapid7
9 13 (2.17%) CyberArk
10 11 (1.83%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.50%) Oracle
12 8 (1.33%) Thales
13 7 (1.17%) Tenable
14 6 (1.00%) EMC
14 6 (1.00%) F5
14 6 (1.00%) Nuix
14 6 (1.00%) OpenAI