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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 103 90
Rank change year-on-year +21 -13 -13
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 554 395 766
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.67% 3.22% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.28% 3.35% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 337 259 638
10th Percentile £51,900 £52,250 £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 £72,250 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.15% +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 16,875 11,788 21,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.41% 96.06% 90.93%
Number of salaries quoted 11,349 7,191 15,883
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,411 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
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 21 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 21 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 +11 83 £92,500 +60.40% 15
East London +17 35 £90,000 +2.86% 4
West London -21 17 £77,500 +23.52% 4
South London +14 4 £62,300 - 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 13 (2.35%) SAS
2 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.90%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.90%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
4 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (3.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 18 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.99%) SPSS
4 10 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 114 (20.58%) Azure
2 70 (12.64%) AWS
2 70 (12.64%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (9.03%) SaaS
4 42 (7.58%) GCP
5 30 (5.42%) Entra ID
6 15 (2.71%) PaaS
6 15 (2.71%) Power Platform
7 14 (2.53%) GitHub
7 14 (2.53%) Microsoft Purview
8 13 (2.35%) IaaS
9 12 (2.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 10 (1.81%) Dropbox
10 10 (1.81%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (1.81%) Nutanix
11 6 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (0.90%) Amazon EMR
13 4 (0.72%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 4 (0.72%) Mimecast
14 3 (0.54%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 47 (8.48%) Network Security
2 43 (7.76%) Firewall
3 23 (4.15%) CHAP
4 11 (1.99%) Intrusion Detection
5 10 (1.81%) Cisco IOS
5 10 (1.81%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.62%) WAAS
7 8 (1.44%) VPN
8 7 (1.26%) DNS
9 5 (0.90%) SAN
9 5 (0.90%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.90%) VSAN
9 5 (0.90%) WAN
10 4 (0.72%) ATM
10 4 (0.72%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.54%) BGP
11 3 (0.54%) Broadband
11 3 (0.54%) OSPF
11 3 (0.54%) VLAN
11 3 (0.54%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.43%) Big Data
2 12 (2.17%) Power BI
3 11 (1.99%) EDRMS
4 10 (1.81%) Tableau
5 8 (1.44%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.44%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.26%) 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
1 246 (44.40%) Finance
2 226 (40.79%) Social Skills
3 112 (20.22%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (20.04%) Banking
5 94 (16.97%) Legal
6 86 (15.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 77 (13.90%) Retail
8 71 (12.82%) Law
9 51 (9.21%) Financial Institution
10 32 (5.78%) Local Government
11 24 (4.33%) Telecoms
12 20 (3.61%) 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 (1.62%) Aviation
18 7 (1.26%) Automotive
18 7 (1.26%) Cyber-Physical System
18 7 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 77 (13.90%) Senior
2 70 (12.64%) Security Manager
3 69 (12.45%) Lead
4 58 (10.47%) Security Engineer
5 57 (10.29%) Analyst
6 53 (9.57%) Information Manager
7 50 (9.03%) Information Security Manager
8 33 (5.96%) Consultant
9 32 (5.78%) Security Analyst
10 26 (4.69%) Cloud Engineer
11 25 (4.51%) Architect
11 25 (4.51%) Auditor
11 25 (4.51%) Azure Engineer
12 24 (4.33%) Security Auditor
13 23 (4.15%) Cloud Security Engineer
14 22 (3.97%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 20 (3.61%) Internal Auditor
16 19 (3.43%) Senior Manager
17 18 (3.25%) Head of Security
18 17 (3.07%) Information Analyst
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 (25.45%) Management Information System
2 90 (16.25%) Security Posture
3 43 (7.76%) Cyber Threat
4 28 (5.05%) Onboarding
5 23 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (3.79%) Cloud Native
7 17 (3.07%) Hedge funds
7 17 (3.07%) Operational Technology
8 15 (2.71%) CMDB
9 14 (2.53%) Public Cloud
10 13 (2.35%) Product Ownership
11 12 (2.17%) Blockchain
11 12 (2.17%) Cybercrime
11 12 (2.17%) PKI
12 9 (1.62%) Cyber Defence
13 8 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.26%) Blog
14 7 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (1.26%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 70 (12.64%) Windows
2 27 (4.87%) Linux
3 21 (3.79%) Android
4 20 (3.61%) Windows Server
5 18 (3.25%) Unix
6 11 (1.99%) Apple iOS
7 8 (1.44%) Mac OS
7 8 (1.44%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.54%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (42.42%) Cybersecurity
2 205 (37.00%) Risk Management
3 137 (24.73%) Incident Response
4 94 (16.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 89 (16.06%) Mentoring
6 80 (14.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 79 (14.26%) Project Management
8 74 (13.36%) Cloud Security
9 73 (13.18%) Roadmaps
10 71 (12.82%) Agile
11 69 (12.45%) Problem-Solving
12 66 (11.91%) Vulnerability Management
13 65 (11.73%) Analytics
14 63 (11.37%) Data Protection
15 62 (11.19%) Computer Science
16 58 (10.47%) SIEM
17 49 (8.84%) Internal Audit
17 49 (8.84%) Risk Assessment
18 45 (8.12%) Business Intelligence
18 45 (8.12%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (11.73%) Python
2 50 (9.03%) PowerShell
3 21 (3.79%) SQL
4 20 (3.61%) Java
5 18 (3.25%) Go
6 17 (3.07%) Bash
7 6 (1.08%) C++
8 5 (0.90%) C
9 3 (0.54%) C#
9 3 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.54%) Objective-C
9 3 (0.54%) Perl
9 3 (0.54%) Ruby
9 3 (0.54%) Rust
10 2 (0.36%) Bicep
10 2 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 214 (38.63%) CISSP
2 152 (27.44%) CISM
3 149 (26.90%) Degree
4 82 (14.80%) CISA
5 58 (10.47%) CRISC
6 42 (7.58%) SANS
7 41 (7.40%) Master's Degree
8 35 (6.32%) Security Cleared
9 31 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 30 (5.42%) Cisco Certification
11 28 (5.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 27 (4.87%) CompTIA Security+
12 27 (4.87%) SC Cleared
13 25 (4.51%) CCSP
13 25 (4.51%) OSCP
14 24 (4.33%) CEH
14 24 (4.33%) CGEIT
14 24 (4.33%) FFIEC
15 21 (3.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 17 (3.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 214 (38.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 159 (28.70%) NIST
3 107 (19.31%) GRC
4 70 (12.64%) GDPR
5 53 (9.57%) PCI DSS
6 41 (7.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 38 (6.86%) QA
8 37 (6.68%) COBIT
9 32 (5.78%) NIST 800
10 23 (4.15%) SOC 2
11 20 (3.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 20 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 13 (2.35%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (1.99%) SLA
14 9 (1.62%) Accessibility
14 9 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 8 (1.44%) NCSC
16 7 (1.26%) Government Security Classifications
16 7 (1.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 7 (1.26%) JSP 440
System Software
1 28 (5.05%) 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
2 29 (5.23%) Terraform
3 19 (3.43%) SCCM
4 17 (3.07%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (2.53%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 14 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (2.35%) RSA Archer
7 10 (1.81%) Ansible
7 10 (1.81%) EnCase
7 10 (1.81%) FTK
8 6 (1.08%) CASB
8 6 (1.08%) Packer
9 5 (0.90%) VxRail
10 4 (0.72%) Cilium
10 4 (0.72%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 4 (0.72%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.54%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.54%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.18%) Nessus
12 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 110 (19.86%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.23%) Google
3 23 (4.15%) Cisco
4 22 (3.97%) Palo Alto
5 17 (3.07%) VMware
6 16 (2.89%) iManage
7 15 (2.71%) CrowdStrike
7 15 (2.71%) CyberArk
8 13 (2.35%) Rapid7
9 10 (1.81%) Cellebrite
10 9 (1.62%) EMC
10 9 (1.62%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.62%) Thales
11 8 (1.44%) Oracle
12 6 (1.08%) F5
13 5 (0.90%) Citrix
13 5 (0.90%) Dell
13 5 (0.90%) Polycom
13 5 (0.90%) Talend
13 5 (0.90%) Tandberg