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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 104 101
Rank change year-on-year +25 -3 -31
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 609 402 734
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.75% 3.20% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.34% 3.37% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 398 239 572
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £68,750 £61,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £117,500 £110,000
England median annual salary £73,250 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.69% +8.33% -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 18,254 11,944 21,027
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.36% 94.94% 89.55%
Number of salaries quoted 12,474 7,415 15,256
10th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £37,800
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £71,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.63% -5.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £117,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

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 10 July 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 10 July 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 +8 78 £92,500 +60.40% 24
East London +16 29 £90,000 - 3
West London -7 21 £75,000 +19.53% 12
South London +21 5 £74,600 - 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 23 (3.78%) SAS
2 12 (1.97%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.16%) Confluence
4 1 (0.16%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 18 (2.96%) SPSS
2 12 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.82%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.82%) Relativity
2 3 (0.49%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.49%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 125 (20.53%) Azure
2 82 (13.46%) AWS
3 74 (12.15%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (8.37%) SaaS
5 34 (5.58%) GCP
6 19 (3.12%) Entra ID
7 18 (2.96%) Power Platform
8 15 (2.46%) Microsoft Purview
9 14 (2.30%) GitHub
9 14 (2.30%) OpenShift
10 13 (2.13%) Dropbox
11 12 (1.97%) PaaS
11 12 (1.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 11 (1.81%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 10 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (1.48%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (1.48%) IaaS
15 7 (1.15%) Amazon ELB
15 7 (1.15%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 66 (10.84%) Network Security
2 48 (7.88%) Firewall
3 18 (2.96%) DNS
4 16 (2.63%) VPN
5 15 (2.46%) CHAP
6 14 (2.30%) BGP
6 14 (2.30%) OSPF
6 14 (2.30%) VXLAN
7 13 (2.13%) TCP/IP
7 13 (2.13%) VLAN
8 10 (1.64%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (1.31%) WAN
10 4 (0.66%) HTTPS
10 4 (0.66%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.49%) Broadband
12 2 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (0.33%) SAN
12 2 (0.33%) VSAN
13 1 (0.16%) Cisco ASA
13 1 (0.16%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.28%) Big Data
2 18 (2.96%) EDRMS
3 15 (2.46%) Power BI
4 8 (1.31%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.66%) Tableau
7 3 (0.49%) Db2
7 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.33%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.16%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.16%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.16%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.16%) MySQL
9 1 (0.16%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.16%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.16%) Pentaho
9 1 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.16%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (1.15%) Git
2 6 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (0.66%) Bitbucket
3 4 (0.66%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.66%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.33%) JIRA
4 2 (0.33%) Yeoman
General
1 254 (41.71%) Finance
2 239 (39.24%) Social Skills
3 111 (18.23%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (17.57%) Banking
5 99 (16.26%) Legal
6 86 (14.12%) Law
7 81 (13.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 73 (11.99%) Retail
9 35 (5.75%) Financial Institution
10 32 (5.25%) Local Government
11 23 (3.78%) Telecoms
12 22 (3.61%) Legal Technology
13 16 (2.63%) Back Office
14 15 (2.46%) Marketing
15 14 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (1.15%) Automotive
17 7 (1.15%) Aviation
17 7 (1.15%) Cyber-Physical System
17 7 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 100 (16.42%) Senior
2 84 (13.79%) Security Manager
3 72 (11.82%) Lead
4 65 (10.67%) Analyst
5 64 (10.51%) Information Manager
6 59 (9.69%) Information Security Manager
7 57 (9.36%) Security Engineer
8 43 (7.06%) Security Analyst
9 34 (5.58%) Consultant
10 32 (5.25%) Security Specialist
11 30 (4.93%) Cloud Engineer
12 27 (4.43%) Architect
13 26 (4.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 24 (3.94%) Cloud Security Engineer
15 22 (3.61%) Senior Consultant
16 21 (3.45%) Azure Engineer
16 21 (3.45%) Incident Manager
16 21 (3.45%) Senior Manager
17 20 (3.28%) Information Analyst
17 20 (3.28%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.31%) OpenID
1 8 (1.31%) SAML
2 7 (1.15%) SailPoint
3 4 (0.66%) Middleware
3 4 (0.66%) OAuth
4 3 (0.49%) .NET
4 3 (0.49%) JSON
4 3 (0.49%) REST
5 2 (0.33%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.33%) Kafka
5 2 (0.33%) RESTful
6 1 (0.16%) ADO
6 1 (0.16%) EDI
6 1 (0.16%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.16%) Java EE
6 1 (0.16%) JPA
6 1 (0.16%) Spring
6 1 (0.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 145 (23.81%) Management Information System
2 106 (17.41%) Security Posture
3 47 (7.72%) Cyber Threat
4 32 (5.25%) Cloud Native
5 31 (5.09%) Onboarding
6 24 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (3.28%) Cybercrime
8 18 (2.96%) Operational Technology
9 14 (2.30%) Public Cloud
10 13 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.81%) Freedom of Information
12 10 (1.64%) Data Centre
13 9 (1.48%) Freedom of Information Act
13 9 (1.48%) Hedge funds
14 8 (1.31%) Blockchain
14 8 (1.31%) Cyber Defence
14 8 (1.31%) Virtual Team
15 7 (1.15%) Blog
15 7 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 59 (9.69%) Windows
2 27 (4.43%) Linux
3 15 (2.46%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.30%) Unix
5 10 (1.64%) Android
6 9 (1.48%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.15%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.82%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.49%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (44.50%) Cybersecurity
2 227 (37.27%) Risk Management
3 154 (25.29%) Incident Response
4 128 (21.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 97 (15.93%) Cloud Security
6 89 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
6 89 (14.61%) Roadmaps
7 88 (14.45%) Mentoring
8 87 (14.29%) SIEM
9 79 (12.97%) Vulnerability Management
10 76 (12.48%) Analytics
11 72 (11.82%) AI
12 71 (11.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 70 (11.49%) Data Protection
14 69 (11.33%) Project Management
15 67 (11.00%) Computer Science
16 65 (10.67%) Agile
17 63 (10.34%) Security Operations
18 62 (10.18%) Business Continuity
19 60 (9.85%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (8.05%) Python
2 35 (5.75%) PowerShell
3 16 (2.63%) Java
4 15 (2.46%) Bash
5 13 (2.13%) Go
6 12 (1.97%) SQL
7 7 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (0.99%) C#
9 4 (0.66%) C
9 4 (0.66%) C++
9 4 (0.66%) Ruby
9 4 (0.66%) Rust
10 3 (0.49%) Objective-C
10 3 (0.49%) Perl
11 2 (0.33%) Bicep
11 2 (0.33%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.16%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 225 (36.95%) CISSP
2 162 (26.60%) CISM
3 154 (25.29%) Degree
4 76 (12.48%) CISA
5 72 (11.82%) CRISC
6 42 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
6 42 (6.90%) Master's Degree
7 36 (5.91%) CompTIA Security+
8 35 (5.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 34 (5.58%) SANS
10 31 (5.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 31 (5.09%) Security Cleared
11 30 (4.93%) CCSP
12 24 (3.94%) CEH
12 24 (3.94%) OSCP
13 23 (3.78%) SC Cleared
14 20 (3.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 19 (3.12%) FFIEC
15 19 (3.12%) ISACA
16 17 (2.79%) CGEIT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 252 (41.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 185 (30.38%) NIST
3 124 (20.36%) GRC
4 113 (18.56%) GDPR
5 53 (8.70%) PCI DSS
6 51 (8.37%) Cyber Essentials
7 43 (7.06%) NIST 800
8 38 (6.24%) QA
9 36 (5.91%) COBIT
10 31 (5.09%) SOC 2
11 16 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 14 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 12 (1.97%) Accessibility
13 12 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (1.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 7 (1.15%) Government Security Classifications
15 7 (1.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 7 (1.15%) JSP 440
15 7 (1.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 23 (3.78%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.49%) VMware Server
4 2 (0.33%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.33%) IAG
4 2 (0.33%) vSphere
5 1 (0.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 38 (6.24%) Kubernetes
2 33 (5.42%) Terraform
3 22 (3.61%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (2.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 13 (2.13%) EnCase
5 13 (2.13%) FTK
5 13 (2.13%) RSA Archer
6 11 (1.81%) Ansible
7 7 (1.15%) FortiGate
7 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.99%) Packer
9 4 (0.66%) Cilium
9 4 (0.66%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.49%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (0.49%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.33%) CASB
11 2 (0.33%) VxRail
12 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.16%) Nessus
12 1 (0.16%) QRadar
Vendors
1 116 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.25%) Palo Alto
3 25 (4.11%) iManage
4 23 (3.78%) Google
5 17 (2.79%) VMware
6 15 (2.46%) CrowdStrike
6 15 (2.46%) Fortinet
7 14 (2.30%) Rapid7
7 14 (2.30%) Zscaler
8 13 (2.13%) Cellebrite
8 13 (2.13%) CyberArk
9 12 (1.97%) Cisco
10 10 (1.64%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.31%) Oracle
11 8 (1.31%) Thales
12 7 (1.15%) Tenable
13 6 (0.99%) EMC
13 6 (0.99%) F5
13 6 (0.99%) Splunk
14 5 (0.82%) Qualys