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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 77 77
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 +4
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 488 610 664
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.51% 3.91% 3.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.99% 4.14% 4.02%
Number of salaries quoted 236 335 565
10th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,000 £64,110 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -0.67% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £123,750 £119,500 £109,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

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 12,224 14,732 16,531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.82% 94.47% 92.43%
Number of salaries quoted 7,825 8,124 13,256
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 8 January 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 8 January 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 -7 70 £76,250 +5.17% 32
West London 0 21 £67,500 -48.08% 5
East London -5 14 £97,500 - 4
South London +13 6 £36,500 -44.49% 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 17 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.25%) SAS
4 10 (2.05%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.23%) Confluence
6 5 (1.02%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.41%) MTS
8 1 (0.20%) Apache
8 1 (0.20%) CMS
8 1 (0.20%) nginx
8 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (7.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (6.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (5.53%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.84%) Adobe Premiere
4 9 (1.84%) Photoshop
4 9 (1.84%) SPSS
5 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.84%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.41%) Relativity
4 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.20%) Magento
4 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 90 (18.44%) Azure
2 61 (12.50%) AWS
3 45 (9.22%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (8.40%) GCP
5 29 (5.94%) Entra ID
5 29 (5.94%) SaaS
6 21 (4.30%) Power Platform
7 12 (2.46%) IaaS
7 12 (2.46%) Nutanix
8 11 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (2.25%) PaaS
9 10 (2.05%) Amazon EMR
9 10 (2.05%) OneDrive
10 9 (1.84%) Dropbox
11 8 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.64%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (1.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (1.23%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 5 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
15 4 (0.82%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 51 (10.45%) Firewall
2 22 (4.51%) Network Security
3 16 (3.28%) VPN
4 13 (2.66%) Intrusion Detection
4 13 (2.66%) WAN
5 12 (2.46%) CHAP
6 11 (2.25%) SD-WAN
7 9 (1.84%) Cisco IOS
7 9 (1.84%) WAAS
8 6 (1.23%) ATM
8 6 (1.23%) DNS
8 6 (1.23%) RTP
8 6 (1.23%) SAN
9 4 (0.82%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.82%) VSAN
9 4 (0.82%) Wireshark
10 3 (0.61%) DMARC
10 3 (0.61%) HTTP
11 2 (0.41%) BGP
11 2 (0.41%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.51%) Big Data
2 21 (4.30%) Power BI
2 21 (4.30%) Tableau
3 14 (2.87%) Relational Database
4 13 (2.66%) NoSQL
4 13 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (2.46%) Hadoop
5 12 (2.46%) SQL Server
6 10 (2.05%) Apache Cassandra
6 10 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (2.05%) DataStage
6 10 (2.05%) DynamoDB
6 10 (2.05%) MongoDB
6 10 (2.05%) MySQL
6 10 (2.05%) Neo4j
6 10 (2.05%) Pentaho
6 10 (2.05%) RDBMS
7 9 (1.84%) EDRMS
8 3 (0.61%) Metadata
8 3 (0.61%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (0.82%) Burp Suite
1 4 (0.82%) JIRA
2 3 (0.61%) Git
2 3 (0.61%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.41%) Snyk
4 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
General
1 233 (47.75%) Finance
2 227 (46.52%) Social Skills
3 146 (29.92%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (19.06%) Legal
5 71 (14.55%) Financial Institution
6 64 (13.11%) Banking
7 55 (11.27%) Law
8 47 (9.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 39 (7.99%) Marketing
10 31 (6.35%) Digital Economy
10 31 (6.35%) Influencing Skills
10 31 (6.35%) Retail
11 21 (4.30%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (2.87%) Telecoms
13 11 (2.25%) Back Office
13 11 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (2.05%) Public Sector
15 9 (1.84%) Billing
15 9 (1.84%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 68 (13.93%) Senior
2 56 (11.48%) Analyst
3 49 (10.04%) Lead
4 45 (9.22%) Security Engineer
5 34 (6.97%) Security Analyst
6 33 (6.76%) Security Manager
7 21 (4.30%) Consultant
8 20 (4.10%) Information Analyst
9 16 (3.28%) Head of Security
9 16 (3.28%) Information Security Analyst
9 16 (3.28%) Product Management Director
10 15 (3.07%) IT Manager
10 15 (3.07%) Risk Manager
10 15 (3.07%) Security Specialist
10 15 (3.07%) Senior Manager
11 14 (2.87%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 14 (2.87%) Information Security Manager
12 13 (2.66%) Principal Engineer
12 13 (2.66%) Product Specialist
12 13 (2.66%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.66%) OAuth
2 10 (2.05%) OAuth2
3 9 (1.84%) Kafka
4 6 (1.23%) REST
4 6 (1.23%) RESTful
5 5 (1.02%) gRPC
6 3 (0.61%) EDI
6 3 (0.61%) JWT
6 3 (0.61%) Node.js
6 3 (0.61%) OpenID
6 3 (0.61%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (0.61%) SAML
7 2 (0.41%) PySpark
8 1 (0.20%) CSS
8 1 (0.20%) HTML
8 1 (0.20%) Middleware
8 1 (0.20%) NetworkX
8 1 (0.20%) Pandas
8 1 (0.20%) scikit-learn
8 1 (0.20%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 114 (23.36%) Management Information System
2 51 (10.45%) Security Posture
3 46 (9.43%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (7.17%) Onboarding
5 26 (5.33%) Product Ownership
6 19 (3.89%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (3.69%) Cyber Threat
8 15 (3.07%) CMDB
9 14 (2.87%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (2.46%) Cloud Native
10 12 (2.46%) Hedge funds
10 12 (2.46%) Security Operations Centre
11 11 (2.25%) Algorithms
12 10 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.84%) Cloud Security Posture
13 9 (1.84%) Cybercrime
14 8 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (1.64%) Data Centre
14 8 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (1.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 61 (12.50%) Windows
2 28 (5.74%) Linux
3 12 (2.46%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.25%) Android
5 8 (1.64%) Unix
5 8 (1.64%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.43%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (34.84%) Risk Management
2 154 (31.56%) Cybersecurity
3 121 (24.80%) Incident Response
4 111 (22.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 99 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
6 91 (18.65%) Roadmaps
7 74 (15.16%) SIEM
8 73 (14.96%) Analytics
9 70 (14.34%) Computer Science
10 64 (13.11%) Product Management
10 64 (13.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 62 (12.70%) Agile
12 61 (12.50%) Decision-Making
13 60 (12.30%) Data Protection
14 59 (12.09%) Stakeholder Management
14 59 (12.09%) Vulnerability Management
15 57 (11.68%) Project Management
16 55 (11.27%) Security Operations
17 52 (10.66%) Business Intelligence
18 51 (10.45%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 53 (10.86%) Python
2 36 (7.38%) PowerShell
3 28 (5.74%) SQL
4 13 (2.66%) Go
5 12 (2.46%) Bash
5 12 (2.46%) Java
6 3 (0.61%) C++
6 3 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.41%) R
7 2 (0.41%) VB
8 1 (0.20%) C
8 1 (0.20%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 171 (35.04%) CISSP
2 159 (32.58%) Degree
3 113 (23.16%) CISM
4 73 (14.96%) CISA
5 44 (9.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 41 (8.40%) CRISC
7 35 (7.17%) Master's Degree
8 23 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (4.30%) CompTIA Security+
10 18 (3.69%) Security Cleared
11 17 (3.48%) CEH
11 17 (3.48%) Microsoft Certification
12 16 (3.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 15 (3.07%) FFIEC
13 15 (3.07%) SANS
14 14 (2.87%) GIAC
15 13 (2.66%) SC Cleared
16 12 (2.46%) CGEIT
16 12 (2.46%) GCIH
16 12 (2.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (32.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 111 (22.75%) NIST
3 71 (14.55%) GDPR
4 47 (9.63%) GRC
5 41 (8.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 29 (5.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 23 (4.71%) PCI DSS
7 23 (4.71%) SOC 2
8 21 (4.30%) COBIT
9 18 (3.69%) SLA
10 15 (3.07%) Data Quality
11 12 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 10 (2.05%) NIST 800
13 8 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (1.64%) ISAE 3402
13 8 (1.64%) ISO 9001
13 8 (1.64%) ITGC
14 7 (1.43%) SOC 1
15 6 (1.23%) QA
16 5 (1.02%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 30 (6.15%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.23%) Docker
3 6 (1.23%) vSphere
4 5 (1.02%) Firmware
5 4 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.41%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (4.51%) SCCM
2 20 (4.10%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (2.87%) Terraform
4 10 (2.05%) CASB
5 8 (1.64%) QRadar
6 7 (1.43%) EnCase
6 7 (1.43%) FTK
6 7 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.02%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 5 (1.02%) RSA Archer
8 4 (0.82%) CSIRT
8 4 (0.82%) Nmap
9 3 (0.61%) Ansible
9 3 (0.61%) ArcSight ESM
9 3 (0.61%) Grafana
9 3 (0.61%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.61%) VxRail
10 2 (0.41%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 2 (0.41%) Nessus
Vendors
1 99 (20.29%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.89%) Cisco
3 16 (3.28%) Google
3 16 (3.28%) VMware
4 15 (3.07%) Adobe
4 15 (3.07%) Foundry
5 12 (2.46%) Splunk
6 11 (2.25%) Oracle
6 11 (2.25%) Palo Alto
7 10 (2.05%) Informatica
7 10 (2.05%) Talend
8 9 (1.84%) Qualys
8 9 (1.84%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.43%) Cellebrite
9 7 (1.43%) Rapid7
10 6 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (1.23%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.23%) VocaLink
11 5 (1.02%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.02%) ServiceNow