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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 104 95
Rank change year-on-year +18 -9 -23
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 630 379 650
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.45% 3.19% 3.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.04% 3.39% 3.82%
Number of salaries quoted 427 198 395
10th Percentile £47,576 £53,750 £48,000
25th Percentile £68,750 £62,813 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - -0.84%
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £114,500 £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 20,734 11,168 17,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.66% 94.13% 89.57%
Number of salaries quoted 13,887 7,063 10,181
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,125 £41,000
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 £97,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,664
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.82% -4.27%

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 27 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 27 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 +9 71 £88,750 +26.79% 78
West London +7 33 £80,000 +18.52% 16
East London 0 13 £57,500 -36.11% 2
South London +6 5 £80,000 +119.18% 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 (5.40%) SAS
2 16 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.95%) Confluence
4 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.48%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
Applications
1 28 (4.44%) SPSS
2 9 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.95%) Workday HCM
2 4 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.48%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.48%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 128 (20.32%) Azure
2 99 (15.71%) AWS
3 65 (10.32%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (6.98%) SaaS
5 43 (6.83%) GCP
6 28 (4.44%) Power Platform
7 26 (4.13%) Entra ID
8 21 (3.33%) Dropbox
9 18 (2.86%) OpenShift
10 14 (2.22%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 14 (2.22%) PaaS
11 13 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
12 11 (1.75%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
12 11 (1.75%) Serverless
12 11 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 10 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (1.59%) AWS CloudTrail
13 10 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (1.59%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 74 (11.75%) Network Security
2 47 (7.46%) Firewall
3 24 (3.81%) VPN
4 20 (3.17%) OSPF
5 19 (3.02%) DNS
6 18 (2.86%) BGP
7 17 (2.70%) VXLAN
8 16 (2.54%) WAN
9 13 (2.06%) TCP/IP
9 13 (2.06%) VLAN
10 8 (1.27%) Cisco ISE
11 7 (1.11%) LAN
12 4 (0.63%) CHAP
12 4 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.63%) Wireshark
13 3 (0.48%) Cisco Firepower
13 3 (0.48%) TACACS
13 3 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (4.44%) Big Data
1 28 (4.44%) EDRMS
2 22 (3.49%) Power BI
3 11 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (1.11%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.79%) Metadata
6 4 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.32%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.16%) Db2
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.16%) Power Query
9 1 (0.16%) Redis
9 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (0.95%) JIRA
2 4 (0.63%) Burp Suite
2 4 (0.63%) Git
2 4 (0.63%) TeamCity
3 3 (0.48%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.48%) Yeoman
4 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 249 (39.52%) Social Skills
2 214 (33.97%) Finance
3 113 (17.94%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (17.78%) Legal
5 92 (14.60%) Law
6 82 (13.02%) Banking
7 81 (12.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 62 (9.84%) Retail
9 34 (5.40%) Legal Technology
10 21 (3.33%) Local Government
11 17 (2.70%) Financial Institution
11 17 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (2.70%) Public Sector
12 11 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.59%) Back Office
14 9 (1.43%) Mandarin Language
14 9 (1.43%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.11%) French Language
15 7 (1.11%) German Language
15 7 (1.11%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 98 (15.56%) Senior
2 91 (14.44%) Security Manager
3 71 (11.27%) Analyst
4 68 (10.79%) Information Manager
5 65 (10.32%) Information Security Manager
6 56 (8.89%) Lead
7 50 (7.94%) Security Analyst
8 40 (6.35%) Architect
9 39 (6.19%) Security Specialist
10 38 (6.03%) Security Engineer
11 28 (4.44%) IT Manager
12 27 (4.29%) Consultant
13 25 (3.97%) Head of Security
13 25 (3.97%) Information Analyst
13 25 (3.97%) Information Security Analyst
13 25 (3.97%) Security Architect
14 22 (3.49%) Cloud Engineer
14 22 (3.49%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 22 (3.49%) Senior Manager
15 21 (3.33%) Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (5.87%) 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 (23.97%) Management Information System
2 87 (13.81%) Security Posture
3 44 (6.98%) Cyber Threat
4 39 (6.19%) Cloud Native
5 30 (4.76%) Cybercrime
6 28 (4.44%) Onboarding
7 21 (3.33%) Operational Technology
8 16 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (2.38%) Data Centre
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%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.11%) Cyber Security Posture
13 7 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (1.11%) PKI
13 7 (1.11%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 52 (8.25%) Windows
2 28 (4.44%) Linux
3 17 (2.70%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.75%) Android
4 11 (1.75%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.95%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.63%) Unix
6 4 (0.63%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.16%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (45.87%) Cybersecurity
2 218 (34.60%) Risk Management
3 150 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 145 (23.02%) Incident Response
5 122 (19.37%) Stakeholder Management
6 112 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
7 106 (16.83%) Cloud Security
8 96 (15.24%) AI
9 90 (14.29%) Security Operations
10 88 (13.97%) Roadmaps
10 88 (13.97%) Vulnerability Management
11 83 (13.17%) Data Protection
12 82 (13.02%) SIEM
13 79 (12.54%) Business Continuity
14 74 (11.75%) Analytics
15 68 (10.79%) Mentoring
16 62 (9.84%) Disaster Recovery
17 58 (9.21%) Decision-Making
18 57 (9.05%) Business Intelligence
18 57 (9.05%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 57 (9.05%) Python
2 27 (4.29%) PowerShell
3 24 (3.81%) Java
4 21 (3.33%) Go
5 19 (3.02%) Bash
6 18 (2.86%) SQL
7 13 (2.06%) 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 (0.63%) Bicep
11 4 (0.63%) 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%) Swift
Qualifications
1 195 (30.95%) CISSP
2 145 (23.02%) Degree
3 137 (21.75%) CISM
4 52 (8.25%) CRISC
5 50 (7.94%) Cisco Certification
6 45 (7.14%) Security Cleared
7 43 (6.83%) CISA
8 41 (6.51%) Master's Degree
9 34 (5.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 33 (5.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 30 (4.76%) CCSP
11 30 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
12 28 (4.44%) OSCP
13 25 (3.97%) SC Cleared
14 22 (3.49%) GIAC
15 20 (3.17%) AWS Certification
15 20 (3.17%) 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
1 244 (38.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 178 (28.25%) NIST
3 131 (20.79%) GDPR
4 116 (18.41%) GRC
5 67 (10.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 52 (8.25%) PCI DSS
7 32 (5.08%) SOC 2
8 29 (4.60%) COBIT
9 25 (3.97%) NIST 800
10 20 (3.17%) QA
11 19 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 18 (2.86%) NCSC
13 14 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 12 (1.90%) ISO 22301
15 9 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 8 (1.27%) Data Quality
17 7 (1.11%) Accessibility
17 7 (1.11%) ISO 9001
17 7 (1.11%) SOC 1
18 6 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 21 (3.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.63%) Docker
4 3 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.48%) VMware Server
5 2 (0.32%) IAG
Systems Management
1 42 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.81%) Single Sign-On
3 21 (3.33%) EnCase
3 21 (3.33%) FTK
4 10 (1.59%) FortiGate
5 7 (1.11%) CASB
6 6 (0.95%) Ansible
6 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.79%) Grafana
8 4 (0.63%) 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%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 2 (0.32%) Argo
10 2 (0.32%) Istio
10 2 (0.32%) linkerd
10 2 (0.32%) Packer
10 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.16%) Cilium
Vendors
1 116 (18.41%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.08%) Palo Alto
3 22 (3.49%) Google
3 22 (3.49%) Zscaler
4 21 (3.33%) Cellebrite
5 18 (2.86%) Fortinet
6 17 (2.70%) Oracle
7 15 (2.38%) iManage
8 14 (2.22%) Cisco
9 12 (1.90%) Splunk
9 12 (1.90%) VMware
10 11 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (1.59%) Rapid7
12 9 (1.43%) Tenable
13 8 (1.27%) ServiceNow
14 7 (1.11%) LogRhythm
14 7 (1.11%) Nuix
14 7 (1.11%) Okta
14 7 (1.11%) Relativity
15 6 (0.95%) Workday