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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 102 97
Rank change year-on-year +18 -5 -24
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 629 378 644
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.46% 3.18% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.05% 3.37% 3.79%
Number of salaries quoted 428 197 403
10th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £47,250
25th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £113,250 £111,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £64,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +0.78% -0.77%

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 20,655 11,202 17,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.76% 94.17% 89.42%
Number of salaries quoted 13,909 7,095 10,252
10th Percentile £41,100 £38,500 £40,007
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,125
90th Percentile £106,050 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,298
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.66% -6.72%

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 +13 69 £88,750 +26.79% 96
West London +15 33 £80,000 +18.52% 20
East London -1 13 £57,500 -36.11% 4
South London - 5 £80,000 - 1
North London - 1 £61,250 -
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 34 (5.41%) SAS
2 16 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.95%) Confluence
4 3 (0.48%) HCL Notes
4 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.16%) IIS
Applications
1 28 (4.45%) SPSS
2 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.79%) Workday HCM
2 3 (0.48%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.48%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 128 (20.35%) Azure
2 98 (15.58%) AWS
3 66 (10.49%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (7.00%) SaaS
5 42 (6.68%) GCP
6 27 (4.29%) Entra ID
6 27 (4.29%) Power Platform
7 21 (3.34%) Dropbox
8 18 (2.86%) OpenShift
9 14 (2.23%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 14 (2.23%) PaaS
10 13 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (1.75%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
11 11 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (1.75%) Serverless
11 11 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 10 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (1.59%) AWS CloudTrail
12 10 (1.59%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 74 (11.76%) Network Security
2 47 (7.47%) Firewall
3 24 (3.82%) VPN
4 20 (3.18%) OSPF
5 19 (3.02%) DNS
6 18 (2.86%) BGP
7 17 (2.70%) VXLAN
8 16 (2.54%) WAN
9 13 (2.07%) TCP/IP
9 13 (2.07%) VLAN
10 8 (1.27%) Cisco ISE
11 7 (1.11%) LAN
12 4 (0.64%) CHAP
12 4 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.64%) Wireshark
13 3 (0.48%) Cisco Firepower
13 3 (0.48%) TACACS
13 3 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (4.45%) Big Data
1 28 (4.45%) EDRMS
2 21 (3.34%) Power BI
3 11 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (1.11%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.64%) Metadata
5 4 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.32%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.16%) Db2
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.16%) Power Query
8 1 (0.16%) Redis
8 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (0.95%) JIRA
2 5 (0.79%) Git
3 4 (0.64%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.64%) TeamCity
4 3 (0.48%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (0.48%) Yeoman
General
1 251 (39.90%) Social Skills
2 214 (34.02%) Finance
3 113 (17.97%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (17.81%) Legal
5 92 (14.63%) Law
6 84 (13.35%) Banking
7 81 (12.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 62 (9.86%) Retail
9 34 (5.41%) Legal Technology
10 22 (3.50%) Local Government
11 17 (2.70%) Financial Institution
11 17 (2.70%) Public Sector
12 16 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (1.75%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.59%) Back Office
16 7 (1.11%) Cyber-Physical System
16 7 (1.11%) French Language
16 7 (1.11%) German Language
17 6 (0.95%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 97 (15.42%) Senior
2 92 (14.63%) Security Manager
3 69 (10.97%) Analyst
4 68 (10.81%) Information Manager
5 65 (10.33%) Information Security Manager
6 60 (9.54%) Lead
7 50 (7.95%) Security Analyst
8 40 (6.36%) Architect
9 39 (6.20%) Security Specialist
10 38 (6.04%) Security Engineer
11 28 (4.45%) Consultant
11 28 (4.45%) IT Manager
12 25 (3.97%) Information Analyst
12 25 (3.97%) Information Security Analyst
12 25 (3.97%) Security Architect
13 24 (3.82%) Head of Security
14 22 (3.50%) Cloud Engineer
14 22 (3.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 21 (3.34%) Forensic Manager
15 21 (3.34%) Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (6.04%) Terraform
2 7 (1.11%) REST
3 6 (0.95%) OpenID
3 6 (0.95%) SailPoint
3 6 (0.95%) SAML
4 3 (0.48%) .NET
4 3 (0.48%) JSON
5 2 (0.32%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.32%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.32%) Kafka
5 2 (0.32%) Middleware
5 2 (0.32%) OAuth
5 2 (0.32%) RESTful
6 1 (0.16%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.16%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.16%) LangChain
6 1 (0.16%) LlamaIndex
6 1 (0.16%) React
6 1 (0.16%) Redux
6 1 (0.16%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 151 (24.01%) Management Information System
2 89 (14.15%) Security Posture
3 44 (7.00%) Cyber Threat
4 39 (6.20%) Cloud Native
5 30 (4.77%) Cybercrime
6 27 (4.29%) Onboarding
7 21 (3.34%) Operational Technology
8 17 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (2.38%) Data Centre
9 15 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.59%) Cyber Defence
10 10 (1.59%) Freedom of Information
10 10 (1.59%) Freedom of Information Act
11 9 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.27%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.27%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.27%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.11%) Cyber Security Posture
13 7 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (1.11%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 52 (8.27%) Windows
2 29 (4.61%) Linux
3 17 (2.70%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.75%) Android
4 11 (1.75%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.11%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.64%) Unix
6 4 (0.64%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.16%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (46.10%) Cybersecurity
2 218 (34.66%) Risk Management
3 148 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 144 (22.89%) Incident Response
5 118 (18.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 113 (17.97%) Problem-Solving
7 106 (16.85%) Cloud Security
8 94 (14.94%) AI
9 90 (14.31%) Security Operations
10 89 (14.15%) Roadmaps
11 88 (13.99%) Vulnerability Management
12 83 (13.20%) SIEM
13 81 (12.88%) Data Protection
14 78 (12.40%) Business Continuity
15 72 (11.45%) Analytics
16 70 (11.13%) Mentoring
17 61 (9.70%) Disaster Recovery
18 57 (9.06%) Computer Science
19 56 (8.90%) Business Intelligence
19 56 (8.90%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 57 (9.06%) Python
2 28 (4.45%) PowerShell
3 24 (3.82%) Java
4 21 (3.34%) Go
5 19 (3.02%) Bash
6 17 (2.70%) SQL
7 13 (2.07%) Kusto Query Language
8 9 (1.43%) C#
9 7 (1.11%) C
9 7 (1.11%) C++
10 6 (0.95%) Ruby
11 4 (0.64%) Bicep
11 4 (0.64%) Perl
12 3 (0.48%) Rust
12 3 (0.48%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.32%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.32%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.32%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.32%) Search Processing Language
14 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 197 (31.32%) CISSP
2 147 (23.37%) Degree
3 140 (22.26%) CISM
4 53 (8.43%) CRISC
5 50 (7.95%) Cisco Certification
6 45 (7.15%) Security Cleared
7 43 (6.84%) CISA
8 41 (6.52%) Master's Degree
9 34 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 33 (5.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 30 (4.77%) CCSP
11 30 (4.77%) CompTIA Security+
12 28 (4.45%) OSCP
13 25 (3.97%) SC Cleared
14 22 (3.50%) GIAC
15 20 (3.18%) AWS Certification
15 20 (3.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 19 (3.02%) GCIH
17 18 (2.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 17 (2.70%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 246 (39.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 180 (28.62%) NIST
3 128 (20.35%) GDPR
4 120 (19.08%) GRC
5 66 (10.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 53 (8.43%) PCI DSS
7 32 (5.09%) SOC 2
8 29 (4.61%) COBIT
9 26 (4.13%) NIST 800
10 21 (3.34%) QA
11 19 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 18 (2.86%) NCSC
13 13 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (1.75%) ISO 22301
15 9 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 8 (1.27%) Data Quality
16 8 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 7 (1.11%) Accessibility
17 7 (1.11%) SOC 1
18 6 (0.95%) COSHH
System Software
1 21 (3.34%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.64%) Docker
4 3 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.48%) VMware Server
5 2 (0.32%) IAG
Systems Management
1 43 (6.84%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.82%) Single Sign-On
3 21 (3.34%) EnCase
3 21 (3.34%) FTK
4 10 (1.59%) FortiGate
5 7 (1.11%) Ansible
5 7 (1.11%) CASB
6 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.79%) Grafana
8 4 (0.64%) Proxmox
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%) Packer
9 3 (0.48%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 2 (0.32%) Argo
10 2 (0.32%) Istio
10 2 (0.32%) linkerd
10 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.16%) Cilium
Vendors
1 118 (18.76%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.25%) Palo Alto
3 22 (3.50%) Google
3 22 (3.50%) Zscaler
4 21 (3.34%) Cellebrite
5 18 (2.86%) Fortinet
6 16 (2.54%) Oracle
7 15 (2.38%) Cisco
7 15 (2.38%) iManage
8 13 (2.07%) VMware
9 12 (1.91%) Splunk
10 11 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (1.59%) Rapid7
12 9 (1.43%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.43%) Tenable
13 7 (1.11%) LogRhythm
13 7 (1.11%) Nuix
13 7 (1.11%) Relativity
14 6 (0.95%) CyberArk
14 6 (0.95%) Okta