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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 102 87
Rank change year-on-year +32 -15 -11
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 589 418 776
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.93% 3.30% 3.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.55% 3.43% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 334 283 645
10th Percentile £51,825 £52,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,389 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £120,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £70,752 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.85% +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 16,607 12,184 21,343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.48% 96.05% 91.28%
Number of salaries quoted 10,966 7,456 16,072
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,000
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 £123,750 £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 3 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 3 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 +21 91 £90,000 +38.46% 31
East London +19 38 £105,000 +20.00% 8
West London -34 18 £67,500 +17.05% 5
South London +19 5 £50,000 -23.08% 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 11 (1.87%) SAS
2 10 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.02%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.85%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.68%) Apache Pulsar
6 3 (0.51%) Confluence
7 2 (0.34%) MTS
8 1 (0.17%) Apache
8 1 (0.17%) CMS
8 1 (0.17%) nginx
Applications
1 22 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 22 (3.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 14 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.53%) SPSS
4 7 (1.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.85%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.17%) Magento
2 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 120 (20.37%) Azure
2 73 (12.39%) AWS
3 71 (12.05%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (8.32%) SaaS
5 47 (7.98%) GCP
6 28 (4.75%) Entra ID
7 21 (3.57%) Power Platform
8 20 (3.40%) Microsoft Purview
9 14 (2.38%) IaaS
9 14 (2.38%) PaaS
9 14 (2.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 13 (2.21%) GitHub
11 10 (1.70%) Nutanix
12 9 (1.53%) Dropbox
12 9 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.02%) Azure Service Bus
14 5 (0.85%) Amazon EMR
14 5 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
15 3 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
15 3 (0.51%) Amazon ELB
Communications & Networking
1 49 (8.32%) Firewall
2 40 (6.79%) Network Security
3 29 (4.92%) CHAP
4 16 (2.72%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (1.53%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (1.53%) WAAS
6 7 (1.19%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.19%) VPN
7 6 (1.02%) RTP
8 5 (0.85%) DNS
8 5 (0.85%) HTTPS
8 5 (0.85%) SAN
8 5 (0.85%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.85%) VSAN
8 5 (0.85%) WAN
9 4 (0.68%) ATM
10 3 (0.51%) Broadband
11 2 (0.34%) DKIM
11 2 (0.34%) DMARC
12 1 (0.17%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.23%) Power BI
2 17 (2.89%) Big Data
3 16 (2.72%) Tableau
4 9 (1.53%) EDRMS
5 8 (1.36%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.36%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.19%) Hadoop
6 7 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.85%) Apache Cassandra
7 5 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.85%) DataStage
7 5 (0.85%) DynamoDB
7 5 (0.85%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.85%) MySQL
7 5 (0.85%) Neo4j
7 5 (0.85%) Pentaho
7 5 (0.85%) RDBMS
7 5 (0.85%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.51%) DB2
Development Applications
1 8 (1.36%) Git
2 5 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (0.68%) Bitbucket
3 4 (0.68%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.17%) JIRA
General
1 277 (47.03%) Finance
2 244 (41.43%) Social Skills
3 132 (22.41%) Analytical Skills
4 123 (20.88%) Banking
5 96 (16.30%) Legal
6 78 (13.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 72 (12.22%) Financial Institution
7 72 (12.22%) Retail
8 66 (11.21%) Law
9 31 (5.26%) Marketing
10 28 (4.75%) Local Government
11 26 (4.41%) Telecoms
12 16 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (2.38%) Back Office
14 13 (2.21%) Digital Economy
15 10 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.70%) Public Sector
16 9 (1.53%) Aviation
17 8 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (1.19%) Cyber-Physical System
Job Titles
1 75 (12.73%) Senior
2 74 (12.56%) Lead
3 71 (12.05%) Security Engineer
4 61 (10.36%) Security Manager
5 56 (9.51%) Analyst
6 47 (7.98%) Information Manager
7 44 (7.47%) Information Security Manager
8 37 (6.28%) Consultant
9 34 (5.77%) Security Analyst
10 31 (5.26%) Auditor
11 30 (5.09%) Security Auditor
12 28 (4.75%) Cloud Engineer
13 27 (4.58%) Azure Engineer
14 26 (4.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 26 (4.41%) Internal Auditor
15 25 (4.24%) Cloud Security Engineer
16 23 (3.90%) Architect
17 22 (3.74%) Python Engineer
18 18 (3.06%) Senior Manager
19 17 (2.89%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.04%) OAuth
2 8 (1.36%) Kafka
3 6 (1.02%) OAuth2
3 6 (1.02%) SailPoint
3 6 (1.02%) SAML
4 5 (0.85%) OpenID
4 5 (0.85%) RESTful
5 4 (0.68%) gRPC
5 4 (0.68%) Middleware
5 4 (0.68%) REST
6 2 (0.34%) JWT
6 2 (0.34%) Node.js
6 2 (0.34%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (0.34%) PySpark
7 1 (0.17%) ADO
7 1 (0.17%) CSS
7 1 (0.17%) EDI
7 1 (0.17%) HTML
7 1 (0.17%) NetworkX
7 1 (0.17%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 143 (24.28%) Management Information System
2 86 (14.60%) Security Posture
3 37 (6.28%) Cyber Threat
4 33 (5.60%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (4.07%) Onboarding
6 21 (3.57%) Hedge funds
7 20 (3.40%) Product Ownership
8 18 (3.06%) Cloud Native
9 16 (2.72%) Operational Technology
10 15 (2.55%) Blockchain
11 14 (2.38%) CMDB
12 13 (2.21%) Public Cloud
13 12 (2.04%) PKI
14 11 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
15 10 (1.70%) Cybercrime
15 10 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
16 8 (1.36%) Cyber Defence
16 8 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
17 7 (1.19%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 67 (11.38%) Windows
2 28 (4.75%) Linux
3 20 (3.40%) Unix
4 19 (3.23%) Android
4 19 (3.23%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.87%) Mac OS
6 10 (1.70%) Apple iOS
7 9 (1.53%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.51%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (41.26%) Cybersecurity
2 208 (35.31%) Risk Management
3 140 (23.77%) Incident Response
4 90 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (15.28%) Project Management
5 89 (15.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 88 (14.94%) Roadmaps
7 85 (14.43%) Agile
8 81 (13.75%) Mentoring
9 80 (13.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 75 (12.73%) Cloud Security
11 74 (12.56%) Computer Science
11 74 (12.56%) Data Protection
12 71 (12.05%) Analytics
13 68 (11.54%) Vulnerability Management
14 59 (10.02%) SIEM
15 57 (9.68%) Internal Audit
16 55 (9.34%) Business Intelligence
16 55 (9.34%) Risk Assessment
17 50 (8.49%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 70 (11.88%) Python
2 50 (8.49%) PowerShell
3 22 (3.74%) Go
4 21 (3.57%) SQL
5 20 (3.40%) Bash
6 19 (3.23%) Java
7 6 (1.02%) C++
8 4 (0.68%) C
9 3 (0.51%) C#
9 3 (0.51%) Objective-C
9 3 (0.51%) Perl
9 3 (0.51%) Ruby
9 3 (0.51%) Rust
10 2 (0.34%) Bicep
10 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.34%) R
11 1 (0.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 231 (39.22%) CISSP
2 155 (26.32%) Degree
3 154 (26.15%) CISM
4 92 (15.62%) CISA
5 59 (10.02%) CRISC
6 46 (7.81%) SANS
7 40 (6.79%) Master's Degree
8 39 (6.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 34 (5.77%) Security Cleared
10 31 (5.26%) FFIEC
11 30 (5.09%) CGEIT
12 29 (4.92%) CompTIA Security+
13 26 (4.41%) SC Cleared
14 25 (4.24%) CEH
14 25 (4.24%) OSCP
15 24 (4.07%) Cisco Certification
16 20 (3.40%) CompTIA CySA+
17 19 (3.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 19 (3.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 19 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 210 (35.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 161 (27.33%) NIST
3 102 (17.32%) GRC
4 84 (14.26%) GDPR
5 48 (8.15%) PCI DSS
6 42 (7.13%) COBIT
7 35 (5.94%) Cyber Essentials
8 34 (5.77%) QA
9 30 (5.09%) NIST 800
10 24 (4.07%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 21 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 21 (3.57%) SOC 2
12 14 (2.38%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (1.87%) SLA
14 8 (1.36%) Accessibility
14 8 (1.36%) NCSC
15 7 (1.19%) Government Security Classifications
15 7 (1.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 7 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 7 (1.19%) JSP 440
System Software
1 27 (4.58%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.85%) Docker
3 5 (0.85%) Firmware
3 5 (0.85%) vSphere
4 4 (0.68%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.34%) IAG
5 2 (0.34%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 31 (5.26%) Terraform
2 29 (4.92%) Kubernetes
3 21 (3.57%) SCCM
4 14 (2.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 14 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (2.21%) RSA Archer
6 10 (1.70%) Ansible
7 9 (1.53%) EnCase
7 9 (1.53%) FTK
8 6 (1.02%) CASB
9 5 (0.85%) Packer
9 5 (0.85%) VxRail
10 4 (0.68%) Cilium
10 4 (0.68%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 4 (0.68%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.51%) ArcSight ESM
11 3 (0.51%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.51%) QRadar
12 2 (0.34%) Grafana
Vendors
1 116 (19.69%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.09%) Google
3 24 (4.07%) Palo Alto
4 21 (3.57%) Cisco
5 18 (3.06%) iManage
6 17 (2.89%) CyberArk
7 16 (2.72%) CrowdStrike
7 16 (2.72%) VMware
8 14 (2.38%) Rapid7
9 10 (1.70%) Thales
10 9 (1.53%) Cellebrite
10 9 (1.53%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.36%) EMC
11 8 (1.36%) Foundry
11 8 (1.36%) Oracle
12 6 (1.02%) HP
12 6 (1.02%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.02%) Splunk
13 5 (0.85%) F5
13 5 (0.85%) Talend