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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 77 82
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 0
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 496 628 648
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.62% 3.93% 3.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.09% 4.17% 3.95%
Number of salaries quoted 239 345 543
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,000 £63,000 £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 £92,500
90th Percentile £126,875 £118,750 £112,500
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 12,135 15,044 16,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.69% 94.24% 93.25%
Number of salaries quoted 7,761 8,534 13,201
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,777 £41,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - +1.35%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £120,000 £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 25 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 25 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 -1 72 £76,250 +5.24% 38
West London -6 19 £67,500 -48.08% 4
East London -5 14 £90,000 - 3
South London +12 6 £36,500 -44.49% 2
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 17 (3.43%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.42%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.22%) SAS
4 7 (1.41%) Confluence
5 5 (1.01%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.40%) MTS
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) CMS
7 1 (0.20%) nginx
7 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 37 (7.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 29 (5.85%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.81%) Adobe Premiere
4 9 (1.81%) Photoshop
4 9 (1.81%) SPSS
5 4 (0.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.81%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.40%) Relativity
4 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.20%) Magento
4 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 88 (17.74%) Azure
2 61 (12.30%) AWS
3 43 (8.67%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (8.27%) GCP
5 30 (6.05%) SaaS
6 27 (5.44%) Entra ID
7 24 (4.84%) Power Platform
8 13 (2.62%) IaaS
9 11 (2.22%) Amazon EMR
9 11 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
10 10 (2.02%) OneDrive
10 10 (2.02%) PaaS
11 9 (1.81%) Dropbox
12 8 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.61%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (1.61%) Nutanix
13 6 (1.21%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 6 (1.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 5 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
15 4 (0.81%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 50 (10.08%) Firewall
2 23 (4.64%) Network Security
3 16 (3.23%) VPN
4 13 (2.62%) Intrusion Detection
5 11 (2.22%) WAN
6 10 (2.02%) CHAP
7 9 (1.81%) SD-WAN
8 8 (1.61%) Cisco IOS
8 8 (1.61%) WAAS
9 6 (1.21%) ATM
9 6 (1.21%) DNS
9 6 (1.21%) RTP
10 4 (0.81%) SAN
10 4 (0.81%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.81%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.60%) DMARC
11 3 (0.60%) HTTP
12 2 (0.40%) DKIM
12 2 (0.40%) OSPF
12 2 (0.40%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.84%) Power BI
2 23 (4.64%) Big Data
3 20 (4.03%) Tableau
4 15 (3.02%) Relational Database
5 14 (2.82%) NoSQL
5 14 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (2.62%) Hadoop
6 13 (2.62%) SQL Server
7 12 (2.42%) DynamoDB
8 11 (2.22%) Apache Cassandra
8 11 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (2.22%) DataStage
8 11 (2.22%) MongoDB
8 11 (2.22%) MySQL
8 11 (2.22%) Neo4j
8 11 (2.22%) Pentaho
8 11 (2.22%) RDBMS
9 9 (1.81%) EDRMS
10 4 (0.81%) Metadata
11 3 (0.60%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (1.01%) JIRA
2 4 (0.81%) Burp Suite
3 3 (0.60%) Git
3 3 (0.60%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.40%) Snyk
5 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.20%) MLflow
General
1 245 (49.40%) Finance
2 232 (46.77%) Social Skills
3 151 (30.44%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (18.95%) Legal
5 69 (13.91%) Financial Institution
6 68 (13.71%) Banking
7 56 (11.29%) Law
8 47 (9.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 39 (7.86%) Marketing
10 31 (6.25%) Digital Economy
10 31 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
11 30 (6.05%) Retail
12 22 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (2.82%) Telecoms
14 12 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (2.22%) Back Office
15 11 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (1.81%) Billing
16 9 (1.81%) Dutch Language
16 9 (1.81%) French Language
Job Titles
1 71 (14.31%) Senior
2 60 (12.10%) Analyst
3 49 (9.88%) Lead
4 43 (8.67%) Security Engineer
5 34 (6.85%) Security Analyst
5 34 (6.85%) Security Manager
6 21 (4.23%) Information Analyst
7 18 (3.63%) Consultant
7 18 (3.63%) Security Specialist
8 17 (3.43%) Information Security Analyst
8 17 (3.43%) Risk Manager
9 16 (3.23%) Product Management Director
10 15 (3.02%) Head of Security
10 15 (3.02%) Information Security Manager
10 15 (3.02%) IT Manager
10 15 (3.02%) Senior Manager
11 14 (2.82%) Principal Engineer
12 13 (2.62%) Architect
12 13 (2.62%) Information Manager
12 13 (2.62%) Product Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.62%) OAuth
2 10 (2.02%) OAuth2
3 9 (1.81%) Kafka
4 7 (1.41%) RESTful
5 6 (1.21%) REST
6 5 (1.01%) gRPC
7 4 (0.81%) EDI
8 3 (0.60%) JWT
8 3 (0.60%) Node.js
8 3 (0.60%) OpenID
8 3 (0.60%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (0.60%) PySpark
8 3 (0.60%) SAML
9 2 (0.40%) Pandas
9 2 (0.40%) scikit-learn
9 2 (0.40%) TensorFlow
10 1 (0.20%) FIDO
10 1 (0.20%) Keras
10 1 (0.20%) Lambda Expressions
10 1 (0.20%) NetworkX
Miscellaneous
1 115 (23.19%) Management Information System
2 54 (10.89%) Security Posture
3 46 (9.27%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (6.85%) Onboarding
5 27 (5.44%) Product Ownership
6 20 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (3.63%) Cyber Threat
8 15 (3.02%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (2.82%) CMDB
10 13 (2.62%) Security Operations Centre
11 12 (2.42%) Cloud Native
12 11 (2.22%) Algorithms
13 10 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (2.02%) Hedge funds
13 10 (2.02%) Taxonomies
14 9 (1.81%) Cybercrime
15 8 (1.61%) Cloud Security Posture
15 8 (1.61%) Data Centre
15 8 (1.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 57 (11.49%) Windows
2 27 (5.44%) Linux
3 10 (2.02%) Android
3 10 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.61%) Unix
4 8 (1.61%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.21%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (34.68%) Risk Management
2 155 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
3 119 (23.99%) Incident Response
4 118 (23.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 104 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
6 90 (18.15%) Roadmaps
7 76 (15.32%) Analytics
8 75 (15.12%) SIEM
9 71 (14.31%) Computer Science
10 66 (13.31%) Agile
11 64 (12.90%) Decision-Making
11 64 (12.90%) Product Management
12 62 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
13 60 (12.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 59 (11.90%) Vulnerability Management
15 56 (11.29%) Security Operations
16 55 (11.09%) Data Protection
17 54 (10.89%) Project Management
18 53 (10.69%) Business Intelligence
19 52 (10.48%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 54 (10.89%) Python
2 33 (6.65%) PowerShell
3 29 (5.85%) SQL
4 13 (2.62%) Go
4 13 (2.62%) Java
5 11 (2.22%) Bash
6 3 (0.60%) C++
6 3 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.40%) R
7 2 (0.40%) VB
8 1 (0.20%) C
8 1 (0.20%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 173 (34.88%) CISSP
2 167 (33.67%) Degree
3 124 (25.00%) CISM
4 75 (15.12%) CISA
5 51 (10.28%) CRISC
6 43 (8.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (8.47%) Master's Degree
8 23 (4.64%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (4.23%) CompTIA Security+
10 17 (3.43%) CEH
11 16 (3.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 15 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (3.02%) SANS
13 14 (2.82%) FFIEC
13 14 (2.82%) GIAC
13 14 (2.82%) Security Cleared
14 12 (2.42%) GCIH
14 12 (2.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 11 (2.22%) MBA
15 11 (2.22%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (34.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 117 (23.59%) NIST
3 72 (14.52%) GDPR
4 49 (9.88%) GRC
5 40 (8.06%) Cyber Essentials
6 33 (6.65%) SOC 2
7 28 (5.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 24 (4.84%) PCI DSS
9 20 (4.03%) COBIT
10 17 (3.43%) NIST 800
10 17 (3.43%) SLA
11 15 (3.02%) Data Quality
12 13 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 12 (2.42%) SOC 1
14 8 (1.61%) ISAE 3402
14 8 (1.61%) ISO 9001
14 8 (1.61%) ITGC
15 7 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (1.21%) QA
17 5 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 28 (5.65%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.41%) Docker
3 6 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.81%) Firmware
5 4 (0.81%) vSphere
6 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (4.23%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.83%) SCCM
3 14 (2.82%) Terraform
4 12 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (2.22%) RSA Archer
6 8 (1.61%) CASB
6 8 (1.61%) QRadar
7 7 (1.41%) EnCase
7 7 (1.41%) FTK
8 6 (1.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.81%) CSIRT
10 4 (0.81%) Nmap
11 3 (0.60%) Ansible
11 3 (0.60%) ArcSight ESM
11 3 (0.60%) Grafana
11 3 (0.60%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.40%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 2 (0.40%) Nessus
13 1 (0.20%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 97 (19.56%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.23%) Cisco
3 15 (3.02%) Adobe
3 15 (3.02%) Foundry
4 14 (2.82%) Google
5 13 (2.62%) VMware
6 12 (2.42%) Oracle
6 12 (2.42%) Splunk
7 11 (2.22%) Informatica
7 11 (2.22%) Palo Alto
7 11 (2.22%) Talend
8 10 (2.02%) Qualys
9 9 (1.81%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.41%) Cellebrite
10 7 (1.41%) Rapid7
11 6 (1.21%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (1.21%) Darktrace
11 6 (1.21%) HubSpot
11 6 (1.21%) VocaLink
12 5 (1.01%) ServiceNow