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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 77 76
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 +6
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 490 610 673
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.56% 3.91% 3.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.04% 4.15% 4.06%
Number of salaries quoted 237 334 574
10th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,000 £63,930 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £92,188
90th Percentile £123,500 £119,625 £110,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

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 12,131 14,714 16,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.23% 94.39% 92.94%
Number of salaries quoted 7,752 8,132 13,321
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,229 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 70 £76,250 +5.17% 27
West London -1 21 £67,500 -48.08% 6
East London -4 16 £90,000 - 2
South London +15 6 £36,500 -44.49% 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 17 (3.47%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.24%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.24%) SAS
4 6 (1.22%) Confluence
5 5 (1.02%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.41%) MTS
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) CMS
7 1 (0.20%) nginx
7 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (6.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (5.51%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.84%) Adobe Premiere
4 9 (1.84%) Photoshop
4 9 (1.84%) SPSS
5 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.84%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.41%) Relativity
4 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.20%) Magento
4 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 90 (18.37%) Azure
2 62 (12.65%) AWS
3 45 (9.18%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (8.57%) GCP
5 29 (5.92%) SaaS
6 28 (5.71%) Entra ID
7 21 (4.29%) Power Platform
8 12 (2.45%) IaaS
9 11 (2.24%) Amazon EMR
9 11 (2.24%) Microsoft Purview
9 11 (2.24%) Nutanix
9 11 (2.24%) PaaS
10 10 (2.04%) OneDrive
11 9 (1.84%) Dropbox
12 8 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.63%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (1.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (1.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 5 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
16 4 (0.82%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 51 (10.41%) Firewall
2 22 (4.49%) Network Security
3 16 (3.27%) VPN
4 13 (2.65%) Intrusion Detection
4 13 (2.65%) WAN
5 12 (2.45%) CHAP
6 11 (2.24%) SD-WAN
7 9 (1.84%) Cisco IOS
7 9 (1.84%) WAAS
8 6 (1.22%) ATM
8 6 (1.22%) DNS
8 6 (1.22%) RTP
9 5 (1.02%) SAN
10 4 (0.82%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.82%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.61%) DMARC
11 3 (0.61%) HTTP
11 3 (0.61%) VSAN
12 2 (0.41%) BGP
12 2 (0.41%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.69%) Big Data
2 21 (4.29%) Power BI
2 21 (4.29%) Tableau
3 15 (3.06%) Relational Database
4 14 (2.86%) NoSQL
4 14 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (2.65%) Hadoop
5 13 (2.65%) SQL Server
6 11 (2.24%) Apache Cassandra
6 11 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (2.24%) DataStage
6 11 (2.24%) DynamoDB
6 11 (2.24%) MongoDB
6 11 (2.24%) MySQL
6 11 (2.24%) Neo4j
6 11 (2.24%) Pentaho
6 11 (2.24%) RDBMS
7 9 (1.84%) EDRMS
8 3 (0.61%) Metadata
8 3 (0.61%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (0.82%) Burp Suite
1 4 (0.82%) JIRA
2 3 (0.61%) Git
2 3 (0.61%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.41%) Snyk
4 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
General
1 236 (48.16%) Finance
2 231 (47.14%) Social Skills
3 148 (30.20%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (19.39%) Legal
5 71 (14.49%) Financial Institution
6 66 (13.47%) Banking
7 56 (11.43%) Law
8 47 (9.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 39 (7.96%) Marketing
10 31 (6.33%) Digital Economy
10 31 (6.33%) Influencing Skills
10 31 (6.33%) Retail
11 21 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (2.86%) Telecoms
13 11 (2.24%) Back Office
13 11 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (2.04%) Public Sector
15 9 (1.84%) Billing
15 9 (1.84%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 68 (13.88%) Senior
2 56 (11.43%) Analyst
3 49 (10.00%) Lead
4 45 (9.18%) Security Engineer
5 34 (6.94%) Security Analyst
6 33 (6.73%) Security Manager
7 20 (4.08%) Information Analyst
8 19 (3.88%) Consultant
9 17 (3.47%) Security Specialist
10 16 (3.27%) Head of Security
10 16 (3.27%) Information Security Analyst
10 16 (3.27%) Product Management Director
10 16 (3.27%) Risk Manager
11 15 (3.06%) IT Manager
11 15 (3.06%) Senior Manager
12 14 (2.86%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 14 (2.86%) Information Security Manager
12 14 (2.86%) Principal Engineer
13 13 (2.65%) Product Specialist
13 13 (2.65%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.65%) OAuth
2 10 (2.04%) OAuth2
3 9 (1.84%) Kafka
4 6 (1.22%) REST
4 6 (1.22%) RESTful
5 5 (1.02%) gRPC
6 3 (0.61%) EDI
6 3 (0.61%) JWT
6 3 (0.61%) Node.js
6 3 (0.61%) OpenID
6 3 (0.61%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (0.61%) SAML
7 2 (0.41%) PySpark
8 1 (0.20%) FIDO
8 1 (0.20%) HTML
8 1 (0.20%) LDAP
8 1 (0.20%) NetworkX
8 1 (0.20%) Pandas
8 1 (0.20%) scikit-learn
8 1 (0.20%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 116 (23.67%) Management Information System
2 54 (11.02%) Security Posture
3 46 (9.39%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (7.14%) Onboarding
5 27 (5.51%) Product Ownership
6 20 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (3.67%) Cyber Threat
8 15 (3.06%) CMDB
8 15 (3.06%) Hybrid Cloud
9 12 (2.45%) Cloud Native
9 12 (2.45%) Hedge funds
9 12 (2.45%) Security Operations Centre
10 11 (2.24%) Algorithms
11 10 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.84%) Cloud Security Posture
12 9 (1.84%) Cybercrime
13 8 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.63%) Data Centre
13 8 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.43%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 60 (12.24%) Windows
2 28 (5.71%) Linux
3 11 (2.24%) Android
3 11 (2.24%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.63%) Unix
4 8 (1.63%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.43%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (35.10%) Risk Management
2 154 (31.43%) Cybersecurity
3 121 (24.69%) Incident Response
4 114 (23.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 102 (20.82%) Problem-Solving
6 92 (18.78%) Roadmaps
7 75 (15.31%) Analytics
8 74 (15.10%) SIEM
9 71 (14.49%) Computer Science
10 65 (13.27%) Agile
10 65 (13.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 64 (13.06%) Product Management
12 61 (12.45%) Decision-Making
12 61 (12.45%) Stakeholder Management
12 61 (12.45%) Vulnerability Management
13 60 (12.24%) Data Protection
14 57 (11.63%) Project Management
15 55 (11.22%) Security Operations
16 53 (10.82%) Business Intelligence
17 52 (10.61%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 54 (11.02%) Python
2 35 (7.14%) PowerShell
3 29 (5.92%) SQL
4 13 (2.65%) Go
4 13 (2.65%) Java
5 12 (2.45%) Bash
6 3 (0.61%) C++
6 3 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.41%) R
7 2 (0.41%) VB
8 1 (0.20%) C
8 1 (0.20%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 173 (35.31%) CISSP
2 162 (33.06%) Degree
3 117 (23.88%) CISM
4 74 (15.10%) CISA
5 45 (9.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 44 (8.98%) CRISC
7 37 (7.55%) Master's Degree
8 23 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (4.29%) CompTIA Security+
10 17 (3.47%) CEH
10 17 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (3.47%) Security Cleared
11 16 (3.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 15 (3.06%) FFIEC
12 15 (3.06%) SANS
13 14 (2.86%) GIAC
14 12 (2.45%) CGEIT
14 12 (2.45%) GCIH
14 12 (2.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 12 (2.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (33.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 113 (23.06%) NIST
3 71 (14.49%) GDPR
4 47 (9.59%) GRC
5 41 (8.37%) Cyber Essentials
6 29 (5.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 26 (5.31%) SOC 2
8 23 (4.69%) PCI DSS
9 21 (4.29%) COBIT
10 18 (3.67%) SLA
11 15 (3.06%) Data Quality
12 12 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 12 (2.45%) NIST 800
13 9 (1.84%) SOC 1
14 8 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (1.63%) ISAE 3402
14 8 (1.63%) ISO 9001
14 8 (1.63%) ITGC
15 6 (1.22%) QA
16 5 (1.02%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 29 (5.92%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.22%) Docker
4 5 (1.02%) Firmware
4 5 (1.02%) vSphere
5 4 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.41%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (4.49%) SCCM
2 20 (4.08%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (2.86%) Terraform
4 10 (2.04%) CASB
5 8 (1.63%) QRadar
6 7 (1.43%) EnCase
6 7 (1.43%) FTK
6 7 (1.43%) RSA Archer
7 6 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.02%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 4 (0.82%) CSIRT
9 4 (0.82%) Nmap
10 3 (0.61%) Ansible
10 3 (0.61%) ArcSight ESM
10 3 (0.61%) Grafana
10 3 (0.61%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.41%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 2 (0.41%) Nessus
11 2 (0.41%) VxRail
Vendors
1 99 (20.20%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.67%) Cisco
3 16 (3.27%) Google
4 15 (3.06%) Adobe
4 15 (3.06%) Foundry
4 15 (3.06%) VMware
5 12 (2.45%) Oracle
5 12 (2.45%) Splunk
6 11 (2.24%) Informatica
6 11 (2.24%) Palo Alto
6 11 (2.24%) Talend
7 9 (1.84%) Qualys
7 9 (1.84%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.43%) Cellebrite
8 7 (1.43%) Rapid7
9 6 (1.22%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (1.22%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.22%) VocaLink
10 5 (1.02%) Nokia
10 5 (1.02%) ServiceNow