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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 101 91
Rank change year-on-year +22 -10 -15
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 553 398 766
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.68% 3.23% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.29% 3.36% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 338 262 640
10th Percentile £52,350 £52,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - +6.01%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £120,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% +8.33% -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 16,794 11,837 21,312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.32% 96.01% 90.93%
Number of salaries quoted 11,297 7,212 15,917
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,456 £51,351
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,001
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 +14 84 £92,500 +60.40% 20
East London +18 35 £90,000 +2.86% 2
West London -24 17 £77,500 +23.52% 3
South London +17 4 £62,300 -4.15% 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 13 (2.35%) SAS
2 8 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.08%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.90%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
5 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (3.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 18 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.99%) SPSS
4 6 (1.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Magento
1 1 (0.18%) Relativity
1 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 115 (20.80%) Azure
2 69 (12.48%) AWS
2 69 (12.48%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (9.22%) SaaS
4 43 (7.78%) GCP
5 29 (5.24%) Entra ID
6 15 (2.71%) Power Platform
7 14 (2.53%) GitHub
7 14 (2.53%) IaaS
7 14 (2.53%) Microsoft Purview
7 14 (2.53%) PaaS
8 13 (2.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 10 (1.81%) Dropbox
9 10 (1.81%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (1.81%) Nutanix
10 7 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (0.90%) Amazon EMR
12 4 (0.72%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 3 (0.54%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (0.54%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 45 (8.14%) Network Security
2 43 (7.78%) Firewall
3 23 (4.16%) CHAP
4 11 (1.99%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (1.63%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (1.63%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.63%) WAAS
6 7 (1.27%) DNS
6 7 (1.27%) VPN
7 5 (0.90%) SAN
7 5 (0.90%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.90%) VSAN
7 5 (0.90%) WAN
8 4 (0.72%) ATM
8 4 (0.72%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.54%) BGP
9 3 (0.54%) Broadband
9 3 (0.54%) OSPF
9 3 (0.54%) VLAN
9 3 (0.54%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.44%) Big Data
2 12 (2.17%) Power BI
3 11 (1.99%) EDRMS
4 10 (1.81%) Tableau
5 8 (1.45%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.45%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.27%) Hadoop
7 5 (0.90%) Apache Cassandra
7 5 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.90%) DataStage
7 5 (0.90%) DynamoDB
7 5 (0.90%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.90%) MySQL
7 5 (0.90%) Neo4j
7 5 (0.90%) Pentaho
7 5 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.90%) RDBMS
7 5 (0.90%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.54%) DB2
Development Applications
1 10 (1.81%) Git
2 6 (1.08%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (0.72%) Bitbucket
3 4 (0.72%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.18%) JIRA
4 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 249 (45.03%) Finance
2 221 (39.96%) Social Skills
3 112 (20.25%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (20.07%) Banking
5 95 (17.18%) Legal
6 82 (14.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 78 (14.10%) Retail
8 69 (12.48%) Law
9 51 (9.22%) Financial Institution
10 32 (5.79%) Local Government
11 23 (4.16%) Telecoms
12 20 (3.62%) Marketing
13 15 (2.71%) Back Office
14 14 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (1.81%) Public Sector
17 9 (1.63%) Aviation
18 7 (1.27%) Automotive
18 7 (1.27%) Cyber-Physical System
18 7 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (13.56%) Senior
2 69 (12.48%) Lead
2 69 (12.48%) Security Manager
3 59 (10.67%) Security Engineer
4 55 (9.95%) Analyst
5 52 (9.40%) Information Manager
6 49 (8.86%) Information Security Manager
7 34 (6.15%) Consultant
8 31 (5.61%) Security Analyst
9 27 (4.88%) Cloud Engineer
10 26 (4.70%) Azure Engineer
11 25 (4.52%) Architect
11 25 (4.52%) Auditor
12 24 (4.34%) Cloud Security Engineer
12 24 (4.34%) Security Auditor
13 22 (3.98%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 20 (3.62%) Internal Auditor
15 18 (3.25%) Head of Security
15 18 (3.25%) Python Engineer
15 18 (3.25%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.08%) OAuth
1 6 (1.08%) SailPoint
2 5 (0.90%) OpenID
2 5 (0.90%) SAML
3 4 (0.72%) Kafka
3 4 (0.72%) Middleware
4 2 (0.36%) PySpark
5 1 (0.18%) ADO
5 1 (0.18%) EDI
5 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.18%) gRPC
5 1 (0.18%) JSON
5 1 (0.18%) NetworkX
5 1 (0.18%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.18%) Pandas
5 1 (0.18%) REST
5 1 (0.18%) RESTful
5 1 (0.18%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.18%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 141 (25.50%) Management Information System
2 90 (16.27%) Security Posture
3 44 (7.96%) Cyber Threat
4 27 (4.88%) Onboarding
5 22 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (3.44%) Cloud Native
7 18 (3.25%) Hedge funds
8 17 (3.07%) Operational Technology
9 15 (2.71%) CMDB
10 14 (2.53%) Public Cloud
11 13 (2.35%) Product Ownership
12 12 (2.17%) Blockchain
12 12 (2.17%) Cybercrime
12 12 (2.17%) PKI
13 10 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.63%) Cyber Defence
15 8 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
16 7 (1.27%) AI Agents
16 7 (1.27%) Blog
16 7 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 68 (12.30%) Windows
2 27 (4.88%) Linux
3 20 (3.62%) Android
3 20 (3.62%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.44%) Unix
5 11 (1.99%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.45%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.27%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.54%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (43.04%) Cybersecurity
2 206 (37.25%) Risk Management
3 134 (24.23%) Incident Response
4 91 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 88 (15.91%) Mentoring
6 79 (14.29%) Project Management
7 77 (13.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 76 (13.74%) Cloud Security
9 73 (13.20%) Roadmaps
10 68 (12.30%) Agile
10 68 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
11 65 (11.75%) Analytics
11 65 (11.75%) Vulnerability Management
12 62 (11.21%) Computer Science
12 62 (11.21%) Data Protection
13 58 (10.49%) SIEM
14 49 (8.86%) Internal Audit
14 49 (8.86%) Risk Assessment
15 46 (8.32%) Stakeholder Management
16 45 (8.14%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 66 (11.93%) Python
2 50 (9.04%) PowerShell
3 20 (3.62%) Java
4 19 (3.44%) SQL
5 18 (3.25%) Bash
5 18 (3.25%) Go
6 6 (1.08%) C++
7 5 (0.90%) C
8 3 (0.54%) C#
8 3 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.54%) Objective-C
8 3 (0.54%) Perl
8 3 (0.54%) Ruby
8 3 (0.54%) Rust
9 2 (0.36%) Bicep
9 2 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 216 (39.06%) CISSP
2 153 (27.67%) CISM
3 147 (26.58%) Degree
4 82 (14.83%) CISA
5 58 (10.49%) CRISC
6 42 (7.59%) SANS
7 41 (7.41%) Master's Degree
8 35 (6.33%) Security Cleared
9 32 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 30 (5.42%) Cisco Certification
11 28 (5.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 27 (4.88%) CompTIA Security+
12 27 (4.88%) SC Cleared
13 25 (4.52%) CCSP
13 25 (4.52%) CEH
13 25 (4.52%) OSCP
14 24 (4.34%) CGEIT
14 24 (4.34%) FFIEC
15 21 (3.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 17 (3.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 215 (38.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 160 (28.93%) NIST
3 106 (19.17%) GRC
4 70 (12.66%) GDPR
5 52 (9.40%) PCI DSS
6 40 (7.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 39 (7.05%) COBIT
8 38 (6.87%) QA
9 32 (5.79%) NIST 800
10 23 (4.16%) SOC 2
11 20 (3.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 20 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 12 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (1.99%) SLA
14 9 (1.63%) Accessibility
14 9 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 8 (1.45%) NCSC
16 7 (1.27%) Government Security Classifications
16 7 (1.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 7 (1.27%) JSP 440
System Software
1 26 (4.70%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.90%) Firmware
3 5 (0.90%) vSphere
4 4 (0.72%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.36%) Docker
5 2 (0.36%) IAG
5 2 (0.36%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 30 (5.42%) Kubernetes
1 30 (5.42%) Terraform
2 19 (3.44%) SCCM
3 17 (3.07%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (2.53%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 13 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (2.35%) RSA Archer
6 10 (1.81%) Ansible
6 10 (1.81%) EnCase
6 10 (1.81%) FTK
7 6 (1.08%) CASB
7 6 (1.08%) Packer
8 5 (0.90%) VxRail
9 4 (0.72%) Cilium
9 4 (0.72%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 4 (0.72%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.54%) CSIRT
10 3 (0.54%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.18%) Nessus
11 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 110 (19.89%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.42%) Google
3 22 (3.98%) Cisco
3 22 (3.98%) Palo Alto
4 17 (3.07%) VMware
5 15 (2.71%) CyberArk
5 15 (2.71%) iManage
6 14 (2.53%) CrowdStrike
7 12 (2.17%) Rapid7
8 10 (1.81%) Cellebrite
9 9 (1.63%) EMC
9 9 (1.63%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.63%) Thales
10 8 (1.45%) Oracle
11 6 (1.08%) F5
12 5 (0.90%) Dell
12 5 (0.90%) Informatica
12 5 (0.90%) Talend
12 5 (0.90%) TOWER Software
13 4 (0.72%) HP