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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 95 92
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 -13
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 633 395 626
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.43% 3.39% 3.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.01% 3.61% 3.83%
Number of salaries quoted 422 194 377
10th Percentile £52,050 £47,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £66,875 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +1.35% -4.52%
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +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 21,008 10,938 16,328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.64% 93.82% 89.81%
Number of salaries quoted 13,747 6,944 9,686
10th Percentile £40,829 £37,500 £41,336
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 October 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 October 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 +2 62 £85,000 +17.24% 76
West London +4 30 £80,000 +18.52% 13
East London -2 11 £57,500 -36.11% 2
South London 0 5 £80,000 +119.18% 2
North London - 1 £61,250 - 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 35 (5.53%) SAS
2 17 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.95%) Confluence
4 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.47%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
Applications
1 29 (4.58%) SPSS
2 10 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.95%) Workday HCM
2 4 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.47%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.47%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 131 (20.70%) Azure
2 110 (17.38%) AWS
3 60 (9.48%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (7.90%) GCP
5 46 (7.27%) SaaS
6 28 (4.42%) Power Platform
7 26 (4.11%) Entra ID
8 22 (3.48%) Dropbox
9 18 (2.84%) OpenShift
10 17 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
10 17 (2.69%) PaaS
10 17 (2.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 14 (2.21%) Azure Logic Apps
12 13 (2.05%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 13 (2.05%) Serverless
13 12 (1.90%) Azure Sentinel
14 10 (1.58%) Azure API Management
15 9 (1.42%) Azure AI
15 9 (1.42%) OCI
15 9 (1.42%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 81 (12.80%) Network Security
2 59 (9.32%) Firewall
3 32 (5.06%) VPN
4 25 (3.95%) BGP
5 20 (3.16%) OSPF
5 20 (3.16%) TCP/IP
6 19 (3.00%) DNS
7 17 (2.69%) VXLAN
8 16 (2.53%) WAN
9 13 (2.05%) VLAN
10 8 (1.26%) Cisco ISE
11 7 (1.11%) LAN
12 4 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.63%) Internet
12 4 (0.63%) Wireshark
13 3 (0.47%) CHAP
13 3 (0.47%) Cisco Firepower
13 3 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.47%) TACACS
13 3 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (5.21%) Big Data
2 29 (4.58%) EDRMS
3 21 (3.32%) Power BI
4 17 (2.69%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.11%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.95%) Metadata
8 4 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.32%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.16%) Db2
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.16%) Power Query
11 1 (0.16%) Redis
11 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (1.90%) TeamCity
2 6 (0.95%) JIRA
3 4 (0.63%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.63%) Git
3 4 (0.63%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.47%) Yeoman
5 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 255 (40.28%) Social Skills
2 215 (33.97%) Finance
3 126 (19.91%) Legal
4 105 (16.59%) Analytical Skills
5 100 (15.80%) Law
6 80 (12.64%) Banking
7 79 (12.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 58 (9.16%) Retail
9 35 (5.53%) Legal Technology
10 20 (3.16%) Financial Institution
11 17 (2.69%) Public Sector
12 16 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (2.53%) Local Government
13 14 (2.21%) Back Office
14 12 (1.90%) Mandarin Language
14 12 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.74%) Marketing
16 7 (1.11%) Cyber-Physical System
16 7 (1.11%) French Language
16 7 (1.11%) German Language
Job Titles
1 103 (16.27%) Senior
2 83 (13.11%) Security Manager
3 70 (11.06%) Analyst
4 60 (9.48%) Information Manager
5 57 (9.00%) Information Security Manager
6 53 (8.37%) Lead
7 52 (8.21%) Architect
8 50 (7.90%) Security Analyst
9 41 (6.48%) Security Engineer
10 39 (6.16%) Security Specialist
11 30 (4.74%) Security Architect
12 29 (4.58%) IT Manager
13 27 (4.27%) Information Analyst
13 27 (4.27%) Information Security Analyst
14 26 (4.11%) Consultant
15 24 (3.79%) Cloud Engineer
16 23 (3.63%) Head of Security
16 23 (3.63%) Senior Manager
17 22 (3.48%) Forensic Manager
18 21 (3.32%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (6.64%) Terraform
2 7 (1.11%) REST
3 6 (0.95%) OpenID
3 6 (0.95%) SAML
4 4 (0.63%) RESTful
5 3 (0.47%) .NET
5 3 (0.47%) JSON
6 2 (0.32%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.32%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.32%) LDAP
6 2 (0.32%) Middleware
6 2 (0.32%) OAuth
6 2 (0.32%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.16%) Azure Blueprints
7 1 (0.16%) JPA
7 1 (0.16%) Kafka
7 1 (0.16%) LangChain
7 1 (0.16%) LlamaIndex
7 1 (0.16%) React
7 1 (0.16%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 150 (23.70%) Management Information System
2 83 (13.11%) Security Posture
3 45 (7.11%) Cloud Native
4 42 (6.64%) Cyber Threat
5 31 (4.90%) Cybercrime
6 29 (4.58%) Onboarding
7 19 (3.00%) Operational Technology
8 16 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (2.37%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (2.21%) Data Centre
11 13 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.74%) AI Agents
13 10 (1.58%) Cyber Defence
13 10 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.42%) Blog
14 9 (1.42%) Freedom of Information
14 9 (1.42%) Freedom of Information Act
15 8 (1.26%) Virtual Team
16 7 (1.11%) Cyber Security Posture
16 7 (1.11%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 52 (8.21%) Windows
2 28 (4.42%) Linux
3 16 (2.53%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.90%) macOS
5 9 (1.42%) Android
6 6 (0.95%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.63%) Unix
7 4 (0.63%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.16%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (45.50%) Cybersecurity
2 215 (33.97%) Risk Management
3 154 (24.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 151 (23.85%) Incident Response
5 128 (20.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 123 (19.43%) Cloud Security
6 123 (19.43%) Problem-Solving
7 109 (17.22%) AI
8 97 (15.32%) Security Operations
9 96 (15.17%) Roadmaps
9 96 (15.17%) Vulnerability Management
10 86 (13.59%) Data Protection
11 81 (12.80%) SIEM
12 76 (12.01%) Analytics
12 76 (12.01%) Business Continuity
13 62 (9.79%) Disaster Recovery
14 61 (9.64%) Business Intelligence
14 61 (9.64%) Fintech
15 58 (9.16%) Infrastructure as Code
16 56 (8.85%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 65 (10.27%) Python
2 30 (4.74%) Java
3 26 (4.11%) PowerShell
3 26 (4.11%) SQL
4 25 (3.95%) Go
5 19 (3.00%) Bash
6 13 (2.05%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.42%) C#
8 7 (1.11%) C
8 7 (1.11%) C++
9 6 (0.95%) Ruby
10 4 (0.63%) Bicep
10 4 (0.63%) Perl
11 3 (0.47%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.47%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.32%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.32%) Search Processing Language
12 2 (0.32%) Swift
13 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.16%) Rust
Qualifications
1 199 (31.44%) CISSP
2 143 (22.59%) Degree
3 138 (21.80%) CISM
4 57 (9.00%) Cisco Certification
5 51 (8.06%) Security Cleared
6 47 (7.42%) CRISC
7 41 (6.48%) CISA
7 41 (6.48%) Master's Degree
8 40 (6.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 37 (5.85%) CCSP
10 36 (5.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 27 (4.27%) SC Cleared
12 25 (3.95%) CompTIA Security+
13 24 (3.79%) OSCP
14 23 (3.63%) GIAC
15 19 (3.00%) GCIH
15 19 (3.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 18 (2.84%) AWS Certification
17 17 (2.69%) CCNP
18 16 (2.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 252 (39.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 174 (27.49%) NIST
3 134 (21.17%) GDPR
4 113 (17.85%) GRC
5 64 (10.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 54 (8.53%) PCI DSS
7 37 (5.85%) SOC 2
8 25 (3.95%) COBIT
9 22 (3.48%) NIST 800
10 21 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 18 (2.84%) NCSC
12 15 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 15 (2.37%) ISO 22301
12 15 (2.37%) QA
13 9 (1.42%) ISO 9001
13 9 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 8 (1.26%) Data Quality
15 7 (1.11%) Accessibility
15 7 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 6 (0.95%) SOC 1
System Software
1 23 (3.63%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.79%) Docker
2 5 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.47%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 50 (7.90%) Kubernetes
2 22 (3.48%) EnCase
2 22 (3.48%) FTK
2 22 (3.48%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (1.90%) CASB
3 12 (1.90%) Grafana
4 10 (1.58%) FortiGate
5 8 (1.26%) Cilium
6 6 (0.95%) Ansible
6 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.63%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.47%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (0.47%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 3 (0.47%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.47%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 2 (0.32%) Argo
9 2 (0.32%) Istio
9 2 (0.32%) linkerd
9 2 (0.32%) Packer
9 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 115 (18.17%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.53%) Palo Alto
3 30 (4.74%) Google
4 27 (4.27%) Zscaler
5 22 (3.48%) Cellebrite
6 18 (2.84%) Fortinet
7 16 (2.53%) Oracle
8 14 (2.21%) Cisco
9 13 (2.05%) iManage
9 13 (2.05%) Splunk
10 12 (1.90%) VMware
11 11 (1.74%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (1.42%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.42%) Tenable
13 8 (1.26%) Foundry
13 8 (1.26%) Rapid7
14 7 (1.11%) LogRhythm
14 7 (1.11%) Nuix
14 7 (1.11%) Relativity
15 6 (0.95%) Workday