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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 107 107
Rank change year-on-year +21 0 -34
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 619 361 637
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.60% 2.96% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 3.14% 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 422 208 465
10th Percentile £51,250 £46,000 £45,650
25th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £107,500 £114,132
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 19,505 11,484 17,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.89% 94.28% 89.25%
Number of salaries quoted 13,151 7,251 11,771
10th Percentile £40,800 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £121,250 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £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 13 August 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 13 August 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 0 70 £92,500 +32.14% 44
West London -9 24 £62,500 -18.03% 16
East London -1 18 £87,500 -2.78% 5
South London +8 6 £50,000 - 7
North London - 1 £61,250 - 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 29 (4.68%) SAS
2 16 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.81%) Confluence
4 3 (0.48%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.16%) IIS
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 23 (3.72%) SPSS
2 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.13%) Relativity
2 3 (0.48%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.48%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 140 (22.62%) Azure
2 92 (14.86%) AWS
3 75 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (7.11%) SaaS
5 35 (5.65%) GCP
6 24 (3.88%) Entra ID
7 18 (2.91%) OpenShift
8 16 (2.58%) Dropbox
9 15 (2.42%) Power Platform
10 13 (2.10%) Cloud Computing
10 13 (2.10%) GitHub
11 12 (1.94%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 12 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
11 12 (1.94%) PaaS
12 9 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (1.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 8 (1.29%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (1.29%) AWS CloudTrail
13 8 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.29%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 75 (12.12%) Network Security
2 55 (8.89%) Firewall
3 22 (3.55%) DNS
4 21 (3.39%) VPN
5 19 (3.07%) OSPF
6 17 (2.75%) BGP
6 17 (2.75%) VXLAN
7 15 (2.42%) TCP/IP
8 14 (2.26%) WAN
9 13 (2.10%) VLAN
10 9 (1.45%) CHAP
11 8 (1.29%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (1.13%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (0.97%) LAN
14 4 (0.65%) HTTPS
14 4 (0.65%) Wireshark
15 3 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
15 3 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
16 2 (0.32%) SAN
16 2 (0.32%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.88%) Big Data
2 23 (3.72%) EDRMS
3 12 (1.94%) Power BI
4 8 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (1.13%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.32%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.16%) DataStage
8 1 (0.16%) Db2
8 1 (0.16%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.16%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.16%) MySQL
8 1 (0.16%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.16%) Power Query
8 1 (0.16%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (1.29%) Git
2 6 (0.97%) JIRA
2 6 (0.97%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (0.65%) Bitbucket
3 4 (0.65%) Burp Suite
4 3 (0.48%) TeamCity
4 3 (0.48%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
General
1 230 (37.16%) Social Skills
2 225 (36.35%) Finance
3 105 (16.96%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (15.83%) Legal
5 90 (14.54%) Banking
6 83 (13.41%) Law
7 77 (12.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 54 (8.72%) Retail
9 29 (4.68%) Legal Technology
10 28 (4.52%) Local Government
11 22 (3.55%) Financial Institution
12 19 (3.07%) Telecoms
13 13 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.62%) Back Office
15 9 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.29%) Public Sector
17 7 (1.13%) Cyber-Physical System
17 7 (1.13%) French Language
17 7 (1.13%) German Language
Job Titles
1 98 (15.83%) Senior
2 92 (14.86%) Security Manager
3 76 (12.28%) Lead
4 67 (10.82%) Analyst
5 66 (10.66%) Information Manager
6 63 (10.18%) Information Security Manager
7 47 (7.59%) Security Engineer
8 43 (6.95%) Security Analyst
9 35 (5.65%) Architect
9 35 (5.65%) Security Specialist
10 29 (4.68%) Consultant
11 26 (4.20%) Cloud Engineer
11 26 (4.20%) Senior Manager
12 24 (3.88%) IT Manager
13 23 (3.72%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 21 (3.39%) Head of Security
14 21 (3.39%) Incident Manager
14 21 (3.39%) Security Architect
15 20 (3.23%) Information Analyst
15 20 (3.23%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.13%) OpenID
1 7 (1.13%) SailPoint
1 7 (1.13%) SAML
2 4 (0.65%) REST
3 3 (0.48%) .NET
3 3 (0.48%) JSON
3 3 (0.48%) OAuth
4 2 (0.32%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.32%) Kafka
4 2 (0.32%) RESTful
5 1 (0.16%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.16%) Hibernate
5 1 (0.16%) Jakarta EE
5 1 (0.16%) JPA
5 1 (0.16%) LangChain
5 1 (0.16%) LlamaIndex
5 1 (0.16%) Middleware
5 1 (0.16%) Spring
5 1 (0.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 144 (23.26%) Management Information System
2 95 (15.35%) Security Posture
3 47 (7.59%) Cyber Threat
4 34 (5.49%) Cloud Native
5 28 (4.52%) Onboarding
6 25 (4.04%) Cybercrime
7 19 (3.07%) Operational Technology
8 14 (2.26%) Data Centre
8 14 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.94%) Public Cloud
11 11 (1.78%) Freedom of Information
12 10 (1.62%) Freedom of Information Act
13 8 (1.29%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.29%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.13%) Cyber Defence
14 7 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.13%) PKI
15 6 (0.97%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 60 (9.69%) Windows
2 29 (4.68%) Linux
3 12 (1.94%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.78%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.62%) Android
6 9 (1.45%) Unix
6 9 (1.45%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.81%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.16%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (45.56%) Cybersecurity
2 221 (35.70%) Risk Management
3 154 (24.88%) Incident Response
4 133 (21.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 105 (16.96%) Cloud Security
6 93 (15.02%) Problem-Solving
6 93 (15.02%) SIEM
7 91 (14.70%) Roadmaps
8 83 (13.41%) Vulnerability Management
9 81 (13.09%) Mentoring
10 79 (12.76%) Stakeholder Management
11 76 (12.28%) AI
12 71 (11.47%) Data Protection
12 71 (11.47%) Security Operations
13 70 (11.31%) Analytics
13 70 (11.31%) Business Continuity
14 60 (9.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 59 (9.53%) Disaster Recovery
16 58 (9.37%) Computer Science
16 58 (9.37%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 48 (7.75%) Python
2 36 (5.82%) PowerShell
3 15 (2.42%) Bash
3 15 (2.42%) Java
4 12 (1.94%) Go
4 12 (1.94%) SQL
5 9 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (0.97%) C#
7 5 (0.81%) Ruby
8 4 (0.65%) C
8 4 (0.65%) C++
8 4 (0.65%) Rust
9 3 (0.48%) Objective-C
9 3 (0.48%) Perl
10 2 (0.32%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.16%) Bicep
11 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.16%) Groovy
11 1 (0.16%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 213 (34.41%) CISSP
2 157 (25.36%) Degree
3 150 (24.23%) CISM
4 63 (10.18%) CRISC
5 51 (8.24%) CISA
5 51 (8.24%) Cisco Certification
6 45 (7.27%) Master's Degree
7 41 (6.62%) Security Cleared
8 35 (5.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 35 (5.65%) CompTIA Security+
9 34 (5.49%) CCSP
10 29 (4.68%) Computer Science Degree
11 27 (4.36%) SC Cleared
12 26 (4.20%) CEH
13 25 (4.04%) OSCP
14 20 (3.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 19 (3.07%) GCIH
16 18 (2.91%) GIAC
17 17 (2.75%) AWS Certification
17 17 (2.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 243 (39.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 180 (29.08%) NIST
3 115 (18.58%) GDPR
4 114 (18.42%) GRC
5 55 (8.89%) Cyber Essentials
6 54 (8.72%) PCI DSS
7 36 (5.82%) COBIT
8 31 (5.01%) QA
8 31 (5.01%) SOC 2
9 30 (4.85%) NIST 800
10 18 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 16 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 15 (2.42%) NCSC
13 11 (1.78%) Accessibility
13 11 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 9 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 7 (1.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 7 (1.13%) JSP 440
15 7 (1.13%) SOC 1
16 6 (0.97%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 28 (4.52%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.48%) VMware Server
4 2 (0.32%) IAG
4 2 (0.32%) vSphere
5 1 (0.16%) Docker
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (6.14%) Kubernetes
2 33 (5.33%) Terraform
3 24 (3.88%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (2.58%) EnCase
4 16 (2.58%) FTK
5 14 (2.26%) Ansible
6 10 (1.62%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.97%) Packer
8 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.48%) CASB
9 3 (0.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 3 (0.48%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (0.48%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.48%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.32%) Cilium
10 2 (0.32%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.32%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 2 (0.32%) VxRail
11 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.16%) Nessus
Vendors
1 122 (19.71%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.14%) Palo Alto
3 25 (4.04%) iManage
4 21 (3.39%) Google
5 18 (2.91%) Cisco
5 18 (2.91%) Fortinet
5 18 (2.91%) VMware
5 18 (2.91%) Zscaler
6 16 (2.58%) Cellebrite
6 16 (2.58%) CrowdStrike
6 16 (2.58%) Rapid7
7 14 (2.26%) CyberArk
8 11 (1.78%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.45%) Oracle
10 8 (1.29%) Tenable
10 8 (1.29%) Thales
11 7 (1.13%) LogRhythm
11 7 (1.13%) Nuix
11 7 (1.13%) Splunk
12 6 (0.97%) F5