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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 104 84
Rank change year-on-year +30 -20 -10
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 573 420 787
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.93% 3.26% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.52% 3.40% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 326 286 656
10th Percentile £51,875 £52,500 £44,375
25th Percentile £65,046 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - +4.90%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,438 £91,250
90th Percentile £124,000 £120,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +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 16,289 12,366 21,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 83.24% 96.02% 91.51%
Number of salaries quoted 10,694 7,570 16,059
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £71,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.63% -5.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,591 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.02% +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 23 April 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 23 April 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 +16 87 £87,500 +25.00% 20
East London +18 37 £105,000 +238.71% 7
West London -30 18 £67,500 +17.05% 5
South London +21 6 £50,000 -23.08%
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 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (1.92%) SAS
2 5 (0.87%) Apache Pulsar
2 5 (0.87%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.87%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.52%) Confluence
4 2 (0.35%) MTS
5 1 (0.17%) Apache
5 1 (0.17%) CMS
5 1 (0.17%) nginx
Applications
1 22 (3.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.57%) SPSS
5 7 (1.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.87%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.17%) Magento
3 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 118 (20.59%) Azure
2 75 (13.09%) AWS
3 66 (11.52%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (8.55%) GCP
4 49 (8.55%) SaaS
5 30 (5.24%) Entra ID
6 20 (3.49%) Power Platform
7 19 (3.32%) Microsoft Purview
8 16 (2.79%) IaaS
8 16 (2.79%) PaaS
9 14 (2.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 12 (2.09%) GitHub
10 12 (2.09%) Nutanix
11 9 (1.57%) Dropbox
12 8 (1.40%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (0.87%) Amazon EMR
14 4 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
15 3 (0.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 3 (0.52%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 48 (8.38%) Firewall
2 35 (6.11%) Network Security
3 28 (4.89%) CHAP
4 15 (2.62%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (1.57%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (1.57%) WAAS
6 7 (1.22%) SD-WAN
6 7 (1.22%) WAN
7 6 (1.05%) RTP
7 6 (1.05%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.05%) VPN
8 5 (0.87%) HTTPS
8 5 (0.87%) SAN
8 5 (0.87%) VSAN
9 4 (0.70%) ATM
9 4 (0.70%) DNS
10 3 (0.52%) Broadband
11 2 (0.35%) DKIM
11 2 (0.35%) DMARC
12 1 (0.17%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.32%) Power BI
2 17 (2.97%) Big Data
3 16 (2.79%) Tableau
4 9 (1.57%) EDRMS
5 8 (1.40%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.22%) Hadoop
7 6 (1.05%) SQL Server
8 5 (0.87%) Apache Cassandra
8 5 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.87%) DataStage
8 5 (0.87%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.87%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.87%) MySQL
8 5 (0.87%) Neo4j
8 5 (0.87%) Pentaho
8 5 (0.87%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.87%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.52%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (1.22%) Git
2 4 (0.70%) Bitbucket
2 4 (0.70%) TeamCity
2 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.17%) JIRA
General
1 273 (47.64%) Finance
2 240 (41.88%) Social Skills
3 129 (22.51%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (21.12%) Banking
5 95 (16.58%) Legal
6 75 (13.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 71 (12.39%) Financial Institution
8 70 (12.22%) Retail
9 66 (11.52%) Law
10 32 (5.58%) Marketing
11 27 (4.71%) Telecoms
12 26 (4.54%) Local Government
13 16 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (2.62%) Back Office
15 13 (2.27%) Digital Economy
16 10 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (1.75%) Public Sector
17 9 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
18 8 (1.40%) Aviation
19 7 (1.22%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 76 (13.26%) Lead
2 74 (12.91%) Senior
3 72 (12.57%) Security Engineer
4 56 (9.77%) Analyst
5 51 (8.90%) Security Manager
6 39 (6.81%) Information Manager
7 37 (6.46%) Consultant
8 36 (6.28%) Information Security Manager
9 34 (5.93%) Security Analyst
10 30 (5.24%) Auditor
11 29 (5.06%) Cloud Engineer
11 29 (5.06%) Security Auditor
12 27 (4.71%) Azure Engineer
13 25 (4.36%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 25 (4.36%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 25 (4.36%) Internal Auditor
14 22 (3.84%) Architect
14 22 (3.84%) Python Engineer
15 17 (2.97%) Senior Consultant
15 17 (2.97%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.44%) OAuth
2 10 (1.75%) Kafka
3 8 (1.40%) OAuth2
4 6 (1.05%) RESTful
4 6 (1.05%) SailPoint
4 6 (1.05%) SAML
5 5 (0.87%) gRPC
5 5 (0.87%) OpenID
5 5 (0.87%) REST
6 4 (0.70%) Middleware
7 3 (0.52%) JWT
7 3 (0.52%) Node.js
7 3 (0.52%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (0.35%) PySpark
9 1 (0.17%) EDI
9 1 (0.17%) HTML
9 1 (0.17%) NetworkX
9 1 (0.17%) Pandas
9 1 (0.17%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.17%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 139 (24.26%) Management Information System
2 84 (14.66%) Security Posture
3 34 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (5.41%) Cyber Threat
5 22 (3.84%) Onboarding
6 21 (3.66%) Hedge funds
7 20 (3.49%) Product Ownership
8 17 (2.97%) Cloud Native
9 15 (2.62%) Blockchain
10 14 (2.44%) CMDB
11 13 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (2.27%) Public Cloud
12 12 (2.09%) Operational Technology
12 12 (2.09%) PKI
13 10 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.57%) Cybercrime
14 9 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
15 8 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
16 7 (1.22%) Cyber Security Posture
16 7 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 65 (11.34%) Windows
2 26 (4.54%) Linux
3 19 (3.32%) Android
3 19 (3.32%) Unix
4 17 (2.97%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.92%) Mac OS
6 10 (1.75%) Apple iOS
6 10 (1.75%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.52%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (40.66%) Cybersecurity
2 203 (35.43%) Risk Management
3 138 (24.08%) Incident Response
4 88 (15.36%) Roadmaps
5 87 (15.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 87 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
6 85 (14.83%) Project Management
7 83 (14.49%) Agile
8 79 (13.79%) Mentoring
9 75 (13.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 73 (12.74%) Cloud Security
11 72 (12.57%) Computer Science
12 71 (12.39%) Data Protection
13 70 (12.22%) Analytics
14 66 (11.52%) Vulnerability Management
15 59 (10.30%) SIEM
16 56 (9.77%) Internal Audit
17 54 (9.42%) Risk Assessment
18 52 (9.08%) Business Intelligence
19 49 (8.55%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 69 (12.04%) Python
2 51 (8.90%) PowerShell
3 24 (4.19%) Go
4 21 (3.66%) SQL
5 20 (3.49%) Bash
6 19 (3.32%) Java
7 6 (1.05%) C++
8 4 (0.70%) C
9 3 (0.52%) C#
9 3 (0.52%) Objective-C
9 3 (0.52%) Perl
9 3 (0.52%) Ruby
9 3 (0.52%) Rust
10 2 (0.35%) Bicep
10 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.35%) R
11 1 (0.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 230 (40.14%) CISSP
2 152 (26.53%) Degree
3 148 (25.83%) CISM
4 91 (15.88%) CISA
5 59 (10.30%) CRISC
6 44 (7.68%) SANS
7 39 (6.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (6.28%) Master's Degree
9 31 (5.41%) Security Cleared
10 30 (5.24%) CompTIA Security+
10 30 (5.24%) FFIEC
11 29 (5.06%) CGEIT
12 25 (4.36%) OSCP
13 24 (4.19%) CEH
13 24 (4.19%) SC Cleared
14 20 (3.49%) CompTIA CySA+
15 19 (3.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 18 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
17 17 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
18 15 (2.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 206 (35.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 156 (27.23%) NIST
3 100 (17.45%) GRC
4 86 (15.01%) GDPR
5 46 (8.03%) PCI DSS
6 39 (6.81%) COBIT
7 34 (5.93%) Cyber Essentials
8 32 (5.58%) QA
9 31 (5.41%) NIST 800
10 23 (4.01%) SOC 2
11 22 (3.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 22 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 14 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
13 12 (2.09%) SLA
14 7 (1.22%) Accessibility
14 7 (1.22%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (1.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (1.22%) JSP 440
15 6 (1.05%) NCSC
16 5 (0.87%) ITGC
System Software
1 27 (4.71%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.05%) Docker
4 5 (0.87%) Firmware
4 5 (0.87%) vSphere
5 4 (0.70%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.35%) IAG
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (5.41%) Terraform
2 29 (5.06%) Kubernetes
3 22 (3.84%) SCCM
4 14 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (2.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 13 (2.27%) RSA Archer
6 9 (1.57%) Ansible
6 9 (1.57%) EnCase
6 9 (1.57%) FTK
7 6 (1.05%) CASB
8 5 (0.87%) VxRail
9 4 (0.70%) Cilium
9 4 (0.70%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.70%) Packer
10 3 (0.52%) ArcSight ESM
10 3 (0.52%) CSIRT
10 3 (0.52%) Grafana
10 3 (0.52%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.52%) QRadar
Vendors
1 117 (20.42%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.24%) Google
3 23 (4.01%) Palo Alto
4 20 (3.49%) Cisco
5 18 (3.14%) iManage
6 17 (2.97%) CyberArk
7 16 (2.79%) CrowdStrike
8 15 (2.62%) VMware
9 13 (2.27%) Rapid7
10 10 (1.75%) Thales
11 9 (1.57%) Cellebrite
12 8 (1.40%) EMC
12 8 (1.40%) Foundry
12 8 (1.40%) Oracle
12 8 (1.40%) ServiceNow
13 7 (1.22%) Splunk
14 6 (1.05%) Salesforce
15 5 (0.87%) Dell
15 5 (0.87%) Ericsson
15 5 (0.87%) Informatica