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 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 81 81
Rank change year-on-year -10 0 +24
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 410 647 740
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.47% 3.67% 3.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.71% 4.09% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 200 371 630
10th Percentile £47,375 £48,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% +3.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £114,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

All Process and 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 11,042 15,820 18,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 93.45% 89.77% 93.70%
Number of salaries quoted 7,006 9,540 15,377
10th Percentile £37,000 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,004
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £121,750 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 22 October 2025.

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 22 October 2025. 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 -17 63 £70,000 -3.38% 58
West London +2 13 £67,500 +22.73% 10
East London -5 8 £90,000 +69.81% 3
South London +4 4 £36,500 -45.11% 3
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 19 (4.63%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.95%) Apache Spark
2 8 (1.95%) Confluence
3 7 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.22%) SAS
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.24%) Mule
5 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (7.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (4.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.20%) Adobe Premiere
4 9 (2.20%) Photoshop
5 5 (1.22%) SPSS
6 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.22%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.49%) Relativity
4 1 (0.24%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.24%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 60 (14.63%) Azure
2 44 (10.73%) AWS
3 27 (6.59%) GCP
3 27 (6.59%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (6.59%) SaaS
4 24 (5.85%) Power Platform
5 11 (2.68%) IaaS
6 10 (2.44%) Entra ID
6 10 (2.44%) OneDrive
7 9 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (1.71%) Amazon EMR
9 5 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.22%) Dropbox
9 5 (1.22%) PaaS
10 4 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 4 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.73%) Cloudflare
11 3 (0.73%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.73%) Serverless
12 2 (0.49%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 41 (10.00%) Firewall
2 20 (4.88%) Network Security
3 14 (3.41%) VPN
4 8 (1.95%) DNS
4 8 (1.95%) Intrusion Detection
5 7 (1.71%) WAN
6 4 (0.98%) BGP
6 4 (0.98%) HTTP
6 4 (0.98%) OSPF
6 4 (0.98%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.98%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.73%) SAN
7 3 (0.73%) Spanning Tree
7 3 (0.73%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.49%) AMQP
8 2 (0.49%) ATM
8 2 (0.49%) LAN
8 2 (0.49%) VLAN
8 2 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.85%) Power BI
2 13 (3.17%) Big Data
3 11 (2.68%) Relational Database
3 11 (2.68%) SQL Server
4 10 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.44%) Tableau
5 9 (2.20%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.95%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.71%) Apache Cassandra
7 7 (1.71%) DataStage
7 7 (1.71%) Hadoop
7 7 (1.71%) MySQL
7 7 (1.71%) Neo4j
7 7 (1.71%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.71%) Pentaho
7 7 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.71%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.22%) EDRMS
9 4 (0.98%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.73%) Looker
Development Applications
1 8 (1.95%) JIRA
2 4 (0.98%) Burp Suite
3 3 (0.73%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.49%) PowerBuilder
4 2 (0.49%) Snyk
5 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.24%) MLflow
General
1 208 (50.73%) Social Skills
2 200 (48.78%) Finance
3 132 (32.20%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (19.51%) Legal
5 52 (12.68%) Banking
6 42 (10.24%) Financial Institution
7 35 (8.54%) Law
8 29 (7.07%) Influencing Skills
9 28 (6.83%) Marketing
10 26 (6.34%) Digital Economy
10 26 (6.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 26 (6.34%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (4.63%) Retail
12 11 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (2.20%) Billing
13 9 (2.20%) Dutch Language
13 9 (2.20%) French Language
13 9 (2.20%) German Language
13 9 (2.20%) Spanish Language
14 8 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (13.90%) Senior
2 49 (11.95%) Analyst
3 37 (9.02%) Lead
4 35 (8.54%) Security Manager
5 24 (5.85%) Security Specialist
6 22 (5.37%) Risk Manager
6 22 (5.37%) Security Engineer
7 20 (4.88%) Security Analyst
8 18 (4.39%) Architect
9 17 (4.15%) Information Security Manager
9 17 (4.15%) Product Specialist
10 15 (3.66%) Information Manager
10 15 (3.66%) Operations Manager
11 14 (3.41%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 13 (3.17%) Information Analyst
12 13 (3.17%) Operational Security Manager
12 13 (3.17%) Security Architect
12 13 (3.17%) Security Operations Manager
13 12 (2.93%) Cybersecurity Specialist
13 12 (2.93%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.22%) EDI
2 4 (0.98%) React
3 3 (0.73%) CSS
3 3 (0.73%) HTML
3 3 (0.73%) OAuth
3 3 (0.73%) REST
4 2 (0.49%) .NET
4 2 (0.49%) GraphQL
4 2 (0.49%) Kafka
4 2 (0.49%) OAuth2
4 2 (0.49%) OpenID
4 2 (0.49%) SOAP
4 2 (0.49%) Spring
4 2 (0.49%) Spring Boot
4 2 (0.49%) YAML
5 1 (0.24%) Keras
5 1 (0.24%) Lambda Expressions
5 1 (0.24%) PySpark
5 1 (0.24%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.24%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 99 (24.15%) Management Information System
2 61 (14.88%) Security Posture
3 37 (9.02%) Self-Motivation
4 29 (7.07%) Onboarding
5 17 (4.15%) Cyber Threat
5 17 (4.15%) Taxonomies
6 14 (3.41%) Product Ownership
7 13 (3.17%) Security Operations Centre
8 11 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (2.44%) Cloud Security Posture
9 10 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (2.20%) Cloud Native
10 9 (2.20%) Data Centre
10 9 (2.20%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.71%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.71%) Social Media
13 6 (1.46%) CMDB
13 6 (1.46%) Credit Risk
13 6 (1.46%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.29%) Windows
2 18 (4.39%) Linux
3 8 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.73%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.49%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.49%) Unix
5 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.24%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (39.27%) Risk Management
2 139 (33.90%) Cybersecurity
3 106 (25.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 102 (24.88%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (22.20%) Incident Response
6 74 (18.05%) Roadmaps
7 68 (16.59%) SIEM
8 65 (15.85%) Analytics
9 63 (15.37%) Decision-Making
10 61 (14.88%) Stakeholder Management
11 59 (14.39%) Security Operations
12 54 (13.17%) Computer Science
13 52 (12.68%) Cloud Security
14 50 (12.20%) Agile
14 50 (12.20%) Product Management
14 50 (12.20%) Vulnerability Management
15 46 (11.22%) Project Management
16 43 (10.49%) Strategic Thinking
17 42 (10.24%) Business Case
18 40 (9.76%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 32 (7.80%) Python
2 20 (4.88%) PowerShell
3 17 (4.15%) SQL
4 9 (2.20%) Java
5 6 (1.46%) Bash
6 2 (0.49%) C#
6 2 (0.49%) C++
6 2 (0.49%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.49%) VB
7 1 (0.24%) Bicep
7 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.24%) Perl
7 1 (0.24%) Scala
Qualifications
1 153 (37.32%) Degree
2 128 (31.22%) CISSP
3 111 (27.07%) CISM
4 55 (13.41%) CRISC
5 53 (12.93%) CISA
6 43 (10.49%) Master's Degree
7 29 (7.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (5.85%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (4.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 15 (3.66%) CompTIA Security+
11 14 (3.41%) CCSP
11 14 (3.41%) GIAC
12 12 (2.93%) PMI Certification
13 11 (2.68%) CEH
13 11 (2.68%) GCIH
13 11 (2.68%) PMP
14 10 (2.44%) SANS
15 9 (2.20%) ISACA
16 7 (1.71%) GCIA
16 7 (1.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (37.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 114 (27.80%) NIST
3 58 (14.15%) GDPR
4 45 (10.98%) GRC
5 44 (10.73%) SOC 2
6 32 (7.80%) Cyber Essentials
7 24 (5.85%) NIST 800
8 20 (4.88%) PCI DSS
9 18 (4.39%) SOC 1
10 17 (4.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 17 (4.15%) Data Quality
11 12 (2.93%) COBIT
12 11 (2.68%) QA
13 8 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 7 (1.71%) ISAE 3402
14 7 (1.71%) SLA
15 6 (1.46%) ISO 9001
15 6 (1.46%) ITGC
15 6 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 5 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 22 (5.37%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.98%) Docker
3 4 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.73%) vSphere
5 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (4.15%) RSA Archer
2 13 (3.17%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.71%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (1.46%) CSIRT
4 6 (1.46%) SCCM
4 6 (1.46%) Terraform
5 5 (1.22%) CASB
5 5 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.22%) QRadar
5 5 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.98%) Nmap
7 3 (0.73%) EnCase
7 3 (0.73%) FTK
7 3 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.49%) Ansible
8 2 (0.49%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 2 (0.49%) Nessus
9 1 (0.24%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 80 (19.51%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.41%) Adobe
3 10 (2.44%) Foundry
3 10 (2.44%) Qualys
3 10 (2.44%) VMware
4 9 (2.20%) Oracle
4 9 (2.20%) Splunk
5 8 (1.95%) Cisco
5 8 (1.95%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.71%) Informatica
6 7 (1.71%) Talend
7 6 (1.46%) Google
7 6 (1.46%) Rapid7
8 5 (1.22%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (1.22%) Darktrace
9 4 (0.98%) Carbon Black
9 4 (0.98%) Checkmarx
9 4 (0.98%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.98%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.73%) Atlassian