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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 104 106
Rank change year-on-year +15 +2 -35
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 604 375 632
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.44% 3.17% 3.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.02% 3.36% 3.72%
Number of salaries quoted 416 196 411
10th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £68,750 £62,938 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,313 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £110,625 £115,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

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 19,982 11,150 16,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.70% 94.13% 89.32%
Number of salaries quoted 13,628 7,041 10,487
10th Percentile £41,125 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.33% -0.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

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 15 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 15 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 +4 67 £92,500 +32.14% 98
West London +13 32 £80,000 +18.52% 21
East London +1 14 £57,500 -36.11% 6
South London - 5 £80,000 - 7
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 33 (5.46%) SAS
2 15 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.99%) Confluence
4 3 (0.50%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.17%) IIS
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 27 (4.47%) SPSS
2 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.50%) Carpe Diem
1 3 (0.50%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 124 (20.53%) Azure
2 91 (15.07%) AWS
3 68 (11.26%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (6.46%) SaaS
5 34 (5.63%) GCP
6 24 (3.97%) Entra ID
7 20 (3.31%) Dropbox
8 18 (2.98%) OpenShift
9 17 (2.81%) Power Platform
10 14 (2.32%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 13 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (1.99%) Microsoft Purview
12 12 (1.99%) PaaS
13 10 (1.66%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (1.66%) Amazon ELB
13 10 (1.66%) Amazon S3
13 10 (1.66%) AWS CloudTrail
13 10 (1.66%) OCI
13 10 (1.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 9 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 72 (11.92%) Network Security
2 48 (7.95%) Firewall
3 23 (3.81%) VPN
4 20 (3.31%) OSPF
5 19 (3.15%) DNS
6 17 (2.81%) BGP
6 17 (2.81%) VXLAN
7 16 (2.65%) WAN
8 13 (2.15%) VLAN
9 12 (1.99%) TCP/IP
10 8 (1.32%) Cisco ISE
11 7 (1.16%) LAN
12 6 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (0.83%) CHAP
14 4 (0.66%) Cisco ASA
14 4 (0.66%) Wireshark
15 3 (0.50%) Cisco Firepower
15 3 (0.50%) TACACS
15 3 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
16 2 (0.33%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.47%) Big Data
1 27 (4.47%) EDRMS
2 14 (2.32%) Power BI
3 10 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (0.99%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.33%) Metadata
7 1 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.17%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.17%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.17%) Db2
7 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.17%) Power Query
7 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (0.99%) Git
1 6 (0.99%) JIRA
2 4 (0.66%) Burp Suite
2 4 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (0.50%) Yeoman
4 2 (0.33%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.33%) TeamCity
General
1 234 (38.74%) Social Skills
2 208 (34.44%) Finance
3 104 (17.22%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (17.05%) Legal
5 83 (13.74%) Law
6 82 (13.58%) Banking
7 75 (12.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 55 (9.11%) Retail
9 34 (5.63%) Legal Technology
10 24 (3.97%) Local Government
11 17 (2.81%) Financial Institution
12 15 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (2.48%) Public Sector
13 12 (1.99%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (1.49%) Back Office
16 7 (1.16%) Cyber-Physical System
16 7 (1.16%) French Language
16 7 (1.16%) German Language
17 6 (0.99%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 95 (15.73%) Security Manager
1 95 (15.73%) Senior
2 69 (11.42%) Information Manager
3 66 (10.93%) Analyst
3 66 (10.93%) Information Security Manager
4 60 (9.93%) Lead
5 47 (7.78%) Security Analyst
6 40 (6.62%) Security Engineer
7 35 (5.79%) Architect
7 35 (5.79%) Security Specialist
8 27 (4.47%) Consultant
8 27 (4.47%) IT Manager
9 24 (3.97%) Security Architect
10 23 (3.81%) Cloud Engineer
10 23 (3.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 23 (3.81%) Head of Security
11 22 (3.64%) Senior Manager
12 21 (3.48%) Incident Manager
12 21 (3.48%) Information Analyst
12 21 (3.48%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (5.46%) Terraform
2 6 (0.99%) OpenID
2 6 (0.99%) SailPoint
2 6 (0.99%) SAML
3 5 (0.83%) REST
4 3 (0.50%) .NET
4 3 (0.50%) JSON
5 2 (0.33%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.33%) Kafka
5 2 (0.33%) OAuth
5 2 (0.33%) RESTful
6 1 (0.17%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.17%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.17%) Jakarta EE
6 1 (0.17%) JPA
6 1 (0.17%) LangChain
6 1 (0.17%) LlamaIndex
6 1 (0.17%) Middleware
6 1 (0.17%) Spring
6 1 (0.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 145 (24.01%) Management Information System
2 88 (14.57%) Security Posture
3 44 (7.28%) Cyber Threat
4 34 (5.63%) Cloud Native
5 29 (4.80%) Cybercrime
6 27 (4.47%) Onboarding
7 20 (3.31%) Operational Technology
8 16 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (2.48%) Data Centre
10 14 (2.32%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.82%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.66%) Cyber Defence
12 10 (1.66%) Freedom of Information
12 10 (1.66%) Freedom of Information Act
13 8 (1.32%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.32%) Cyber Security Posture
13 8 (1.32%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
15 6 (0.99%) PKI
15 6 (0.99%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 51 (8.44%) Windows
2 27 (4.47%) Linux
3 13 (2.15%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.66%) Android
5 8 (1.32%) Mac OS
5 8 (1.32%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.83%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.66%) Unix
8 1 (0.17%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (46.52%) Cybersecurity
2 214 (35.43%) Risk Management
3 142 (23.51%) Incident Response
4 137 (22.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 104 (17.22%) Problem-Solving
6 98 (16.23%) Cloud Security
7 97 (16.06%) Stakeholder Management
8 86 (14.24%) Roadmaps
9 85 (14.07%) AI
9 85 (14.07%) SIEM
9 85 (14.07%) Vulnerability Management
10 83 (13.74%) Security Operations
11 76 (12.58%) Business Continuity
12 75 (12.42%) Data Protection
13 73 (12.09%) Mentoring
14 65 (10.76%) Analytics
15 60 (9.93%) Disaster Recovery
16 56 (9.27%) Computer Science
17 54 (8.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 53 (8.77%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 51 (8.44%) Python
2 29 (4.80%) PowerShell
3 20 (3.31%) Java
4 16 (2.65%) Bash
4 16 (2.65%) Go
5 14 (2.32%) SQL
6 13 (2.15%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.49%) C#
8 7 (1.16%) C
8 7 (1.16%) C++
8 7 (1.16%) Ruby
9 5 (0.83%) Perl
10 4 (0.66%) Rust
11 3 (0.50%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.33%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.33%) Search Processing Language
12 2 (0.33%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.17%) Bicep
13 1 (0.17%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.17%) Swift
Qualifications
1 199 (32.95%) CISSP
2 145 (24.01%) Degree
3 140 (23.18%) CISM
4 58 (9.60%) CRISC
5 48 (7.95%) CISA
5 48 (7.95%) Cisco Certification
6 42 (6.95%) Security Cleared
7 41 (6.79%) Master's Degree
8 34 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 31 (5.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 31 (5.13%) CompTIA Security+
10 29 (4.80%) CCSP
11 26 (4.30%) OSCP
12 24 (3.97%) SC Cleared
13 20 (3.31%) CEH
13 20 (3.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 19 (3.15%) AWS Certification
14 19 (3.15%) GCIH
14 19 (3.15%) GIAC
15 17 (2.81%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 235 (38.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 178 (29.47%) NIST
3 120 (19.87%) GDPR
4 117 (19.37%) GRC
5 63 (10.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 50 (8.28%) PCI DSS
7 30 (4.97%) COBIT
7 30 (4.97%) SOC 2
8 28 (4.64%) NIST 800
9 23 (3.81%) QA
10 18 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 17 (2.81%) NCSC
12 12 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (1.49%) ISO 22301
13 9 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 8 (1.32%) Accessibility
14 8 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 7 (1.16%) SOC 1
16 6 (0.99%) Data Quality
17 5 (0.83%) COSHH
System Software
1 23 (3.81%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.50%) VMware Server
4 2 (0.33%) Docker
4 2 (0.33%) IAG
4 2 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 37 (6.13%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.97%) Single Sign-On
3 20 (3.31%) EnCase
3 20 (3.31%) FTK
4 10 (1.66%) FortiGate
5 8 (1.32%) Ansible
6 6 (0.99%) CASB
6 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.66%) Packer
7 4 (0.66%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (0.50%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 3 (0.50%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.50%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 2 (0.33%) Argo
9 2 (0.33%) Grafana
9 2 (0.33%) Istio
9 2 (0.33%) linkerd
9 2 (0.33%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.17%) QRadar
Vendors
1 112 (18.54%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.79%) Palo Alto
3 21 (3.48%) Zscaler
4 20 (3.31%) Cellebrite
4 20 (3.31%) Google
5 18 (2.98%) Fortinet
6 17 (2.81%) iManage
7 16 (2.65%) Cisco
8 14 (2.32%) VMware
9 12 (1.99%) Oracle
9 12 (1.99%) Rapid7
10 11 (1.82%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (1.66%) Splunk
12 9 (1.49%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.49%) Tenable
13 8 (1.32%) CyberArk
14 7 (1.16%) LogRhythm
14 7 (1.16%) Nuix
14 7 (1.16%) Relativity
15 6 (0.99%) OpenAI