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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 85 80
Rank change year-on-year +15 -5 0
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 564 543 772
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.40% 3.79% 3.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.97% 3.95% 3.86%
Number of salaries quoted 280 307 650
10th Percentile £51,125 £52,300 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £74,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -1.33% +3.34%
75th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £126,875 £120,000 £101,375
England median annual salary £67,366 £65,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year +3.64% +6.20% -5.84%

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 14,224 13,738 19,992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 85.71% 96.00% 91.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9,192 7,819 15,974
10th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,426 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +10.91% -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 7 March 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 7 March 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 76 £73,750 +5.36% 30
East London +10 27 £90,000 +190.32% 12
West London -19 22 £67,500 +17.05% 3
South London +15 9 £36,500 -43.85%
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 18 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.13%) SAS
4 7 (1.24%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.06%) Confluence
6 5 (0.89%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.35%) MTS
8 1 (0.18%) Apache
8 1 (0.18%) CMS
8 1 (0.18%) nginx
8 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (7.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (6.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 33 (5.85%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.77%) SPSS
5 9 (1.60%) Adobe Premiere
5 9 (1.60%) Photoshop
6 8 (1.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (1.60%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.35%) Relativity
3 1 (0.18%) Magento
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 100 (17.73%) Azure
2 71 (12.59%) AWS
3 58 (10.28%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (9.04%) GCP
5 44 (7.80%) SaaS
6 30 (5.32%) Entra ID
7 21 (3.72%) Power Platform
8 16 (2.84%) IaaS
9 15 (2.66%) PaaS
10 14 (2.48%) Microsoft Purview
11 13 (2.30%) Nutanix
12 12 (2.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 10 (1.77%) Dropbox
13 10 (1.77%) OneDrive
14 8 (1.42%) Azure Service Bus
14 8 (1.42%) GitHub
15 7 (1.24%) Amazon EMR
16 6 (1.06%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 5 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
17 5 (0.89%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 46 (8.16%) Firewall
2 24 (4.26%) Network Security
3 22 (3.90%) CHAP
4 14 (2.48%) Intrusion Detection
5 12 (2.13%) WAN
6 11 (1.95%) SD-WAN
7 9 (1.60%) Cisco IOS
7 9 (1.60%) WAAS
8 7 (1.24%) VPN
9 6 (1.06%) ATM
9 6 (1.06%) RTP
9 6 (1.06%) SAN
9 6 (1.06%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.89%) VSAN
11 4 (0.71%) HTTPS
12 3 (0.53%) Broadband
12 3 (0.53%) DNS
13 2 (0.35%) DKIM
13 2 (0.35%) DMARC
13 2 (0.35%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.72%) Big Data
2 20 (3.55%) Power BI
2 20 (3.55%) Tableau
3 11 (1.95%) Relational Database
4 10 (1.77%) EDRMS
4 10 (1.77%) NoSQL
4 10 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (1.60%) Hadoop
6 8 (1.42%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.24%) Apache Cassandra
7 7 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.24%) DataStage
7 7 (1.24%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.24%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.24%) MySQL
7 7 (1.24%) Neo4j
7 7 (1.24%) Pentaho
7 7 (1.24%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.53%) Redis
9 2 (0.35%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 4 (0.71%) JIRA
1 4 (0.71%) TeamCity
2 3 (0.53%) Bitbucket
2 3 (0.53%) Git
3 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.18%) Snyk
General
1 285 (50.53%) Finance
2 251 (44.50%) Social Skills
3 142 (25.18%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (17.91%) Legal
5 99 (17.55%) Banking
6 86 (15.25%) Financial Institution
7 69 (12.23%) Law
8 64 (11.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 61 (10.82%) Retail
10 50 (8.87%) Marketing
11 28 (4.96%) Digital Economy
12 22 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (3.55%) Telecoms
14 16 (2.84%) Back Office
15 12 (2.13%) Local Government
16 11 (1.95%) Public Sector
17 9 (1.60%) Dutch Language
17 9 (1.60%) French Language
17 9 (1.60%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 85 (15.07%) Senior
2 67 (11.88%) Lead
3 54 (9.57%) Security Engineer
4 51 (9.04%) Analyst
5 40 (7.09%) Security Manager
6 33 (5.85%) Security Analyst
7 31 (5.50%) Consultant
8 22 (3.90%) Auditor
8 22 (3.90%) Python Engineer
8 22 (3.90%) Senior Manager
9 21 (3.72%) Security Auditor
10 20 (3.55%) Information Manager
10 20 (3.55%) Internal Auditor
10 20 (3.55%) Risk Manager
11 19 (3.37%) Head of Security
12 18 (3.19%) Cloud Engineer
12 18 (3.19%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 18 (3.19%) Information Security Manager
13 16 (2.84%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 16 (2.84%) Product Management Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.48%) OAuth
2 9 (1.60%) Kafka
2 9 (1.60%) OAuth2
3 6 (1.06%) REST
3 6 (1.06%) RESTful
4 5 (0.89%) gRPC
4 5 (0.89%) SAML
5 4 (0.71%) EDI
5 4 (0.71%) Middleware
5 4 (0.71%) OpenID
6 3 (0.53%) JWT
6 3 (0.53%) Node.js
6 3 (0.53%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.35%) PySpark
8 1 (0.18%) HTML
8 1 (0.18%) NetworkX
8 1 (0.18%) Pandas
8 1 (0.18%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.18%) scikit-learn
8 1 (0.18%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 127 (22.52%) Management Information System
2 68 (12.06%) Security Posture
3 52 (9.22%) Self-Motivation
4 39 (6.91%) Onboarding
5 23 (4.08%) Product Ownership
6 22 (3.90%) Cyber Threat
7 21 (3.72%) Hedge funds
8 17 (3.01%) Cloud Native
9 15 (2.66%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (2.30%) Blockchain
11 12 (2.13%) CMDB
12 11 (1.95%) Algorithms
12 11 (1.95%) PKI
13 10 (1.77%) Cybercrime
13 10 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
15 7 (1.24%) Cyber Security Posture
15 7 (1.24%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 62 (10.99%) Windows
2 22 (3.90%) Linux
3 18 (3.19%) Unix
4 16 (2.84%) Android
5 14 (2.48%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.95%) Mac OS
7 10 (1.77%) Windows 10
8 7 (1.24%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.35%) AIX
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (36.17%) Risk Management
2 189 (33.51%) Cybersecurity
3 127 (22.52%) Incident Response
4 99 (17.55%) Problem-Solving
5 98 (17.38%) Roadmaps
6 97 (17.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 84 (14.89%) Computer Science
8 83 (14.72%) Project Management
9 80 (14.18%) Analytics
10 79 (14.01%) Agile
11 73 (12.94%) Data Protection
12 68 (12.06%) Product Management
13 66 (11.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 61 (10.82%) SIEM
15 60 (10.64%) Cloud Security
16 59 (10.46%) Vulnerability Management
17 57 (10.11%) Mentoring
18 55 (9.75%) Business Intelligence
18 55 (9.75%) Decision-Making
19 54 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (10.46%) Python
2 43 (7.62%) PowerShell
3 28 (4.96%) SQL
4 18 (3.19%) Go
5 17 (3.01%) Bash
6 14 (2.48%) Java
7 3 (0.53%) C++
8 2 (0.35%) Bicep
8 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.35%) R
9 1 (0.18%) C
9 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 211 (37.41%) CISSP
2 169 (29.96%) Degree
3 132 (23.40%) CISM
4 93 (16.49%) CISA
5 52 (9.22%) CRISC
6 51 (9.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 37 (6.56%) SANS
8 34 (6.03%) Master's Degree
9 26 (4.61%) FFIEC
10 24 (4.26%) CompTIA Security+
11 23 (4.08%) CGEIT
11 23 (4.08%) Security Cleared
12 21 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
13 19 (3.37%) CEH
14 17 (3.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 17 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
15 16 (2.84%) CompTIA CySA+
15 16 (2.84%) SC Cleared
16 15 (2.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 12 (2.13%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 197 (34.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 137 (24.29%) NIST
3 87 (15.43%) GDPR
4 77 (13.65%) GRC
5 40 (7.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 40 (7.09%) PCI DSS
6 29 (5.14%) COBIT
7 27 (4.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 24 (4.26%) SOC 2
9 23 (4.08%) NIST 800
10 18 (3.19%) QA
11 17 (3.01%) SLA
12 14 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 11 (1.95%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (1.95%) Data Quality
14 7 (1.24%) ISAE 3402
15 6 (1.06%) ISO 9001
16 5 (0.89%) Accessibility
17 4 (0.71%) PMO
17 4 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (5.14%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.06%) Docker
4 5 (0.89%) Firmware
4 5 (0.89%) vSphere
5 4 (0.71%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (4.96%) Kubernetes
2 27 (4.79%) Terraform
3 23 (4.08%) SCCM
4 16 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (2.30%) RSA Archer
6 12 (2.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 9 (1.60%) CASB
8 8 (1.42%) EnCase
8 8 (1.42%) FTK
8 8 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.89%) Ansible
10 4 (0.71%) Cilium
10 4 (0.71%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.71%) VxRail
11 3 (0.53%) ArcSight ESM
11 3 (0.53%) Grafana
11 3 (0.53%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.53%) QRadar
12 1 (0.18%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 1 (0.18%) Nessus
Vendors
1 112 (19.86%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.79%) Google
3 15 (2.66%) Adobe
3 15 (2.66%) Cisco
3 15 (2.66%) Foundry
4 14 (2.48%) VMware
5 13 (2.30%) Palo Alto
6 10 (1.77%) iManage
7 9 (1.60%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.42%) Cellebrite
8 8 (1.42%) CyberArk
8 8 (1.42%) Oracle
9 7 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
9 7 (1.24%) Informatica
9 7 (1.24%) Rapid7
9 7 (1.24%) Talend
10 6 (1.06%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.06%) VocaLink
11 5 (0.89%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.89%) Splunk