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 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 104 92
Rank change year-on-year +25 -12 -13
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 558 380 764
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.67% 3.18% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.28% 3.31% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 343 244 635
10th Percentile £52,100 £51,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £120,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £71,600 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.15% +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 16,991 11,465 21,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.45% 96.05% 90.85%
Number of salaries quoted 11,448 6,834 15,854
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year - +6.27% -5.90%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £125,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 23 May 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 23 May 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 +10 82 £92,500 +60.40% 33
East London +17 36 £90,000 +2.86% 4
West London -23 16 £60,000 -4.37% 4
South London +12 4 £62,300 - 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 13 (2.33%) SAS
2 7 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.08%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.90%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
5 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (3.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 18 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.97%) SPSS
4 10 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 112 (20.07%) Azure
2 69 (12.37%) AWS
2 69 (12.37%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (9.14%) SaaS
4 42 (7.53%) GCP
5 30 (5.38%) Entra ID
6 15 (2.69%) PaaS
6 15 (2.69%) Power Platform
7 14 (2.51%) GitHub
7 14 (2.51%) Microsoft Purview
8 13 (2.33%) IaaS
9 12 (2.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 10 (1.79%) Dropbox
10 10 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (1.61%) Nutanix
12 6 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (0.90%) Amazon EMR
14 4 (0.72%) Google Workspace
14 4 (0.72%) Mimecast
14 4 (0.72%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 48 (8.60%) Network Security
2 42 (7.53%) Firewall
3 23 (4.12%) CHAP
4 11 (1.97%) Intrusion Detection
5 10 (1.79%) Cisco IOS
5 10 (1.79%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.61%) VPN
6 9 (1.61%) WAAS
7 8 (1.43%) DNS
8 5 (0.90%) SAN
8 5 (0.90%) VSAN
8 5 (0.90%) WAN
9 4 (0.72%) ATM
9 4 (0.72%) BGP
9 4 (0.72%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.72%) OSPF
9 4 (0.72%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.72%) VLAN
9 4 (0.72%) VXLAN
10 3 (0.54%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.41%) Big Data
2 12 (2.15%) Power BI
3 11 (1.97%) EDRMS
4 10 (1.79%) Tableau
5 9 (1.61%) SQL Server
6 8 (1.43%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.25%) Hadoop
8 5 (0.90%) Apache Cassandra
8 5 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.90%) DataStage
8 5 (0.90%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.90%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.90%) MySQL
8 5 (0.90%) Neo4j
8 5 (0.90%) Pentaho
8 5 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.90%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.90%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.54%) DB2
Development Applications
1 10 (1.79%) Git
2 6 (1.08%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (0.72%) Bitbucket
3 4 (0.72%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.18%) JIRA
4 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 248 (44.44%) Finance
2 227 (40.68%) Social Skills
3 112 (20.07%) Analytical Skills
3 112 (20.07%) Banking
4 93 (16.67%) Legal
5 86 (15.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 77 (13.80%) Retail
7 70 (12.54%) Law
8 51 (9.14%) Financial Institution
9 32 (5.73%) Local Government
10 24 (4.30%) Telecoms
11 20 (3.58%) Marketing
12 15 (2.69%) Back Office
13 13 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.79%) Public Sector
15 9 (1.61%) Aviation
16 7 (1.25%) Automotive
16 7 (1.25%) Cyber-Physical System
17 6 (1.08%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 79 (14.16%) Senior
2 71 (12.72%) Security Manager
3 68 (12.19%) Lead
4 58 (10.39%) Analyst
5 57 (10.22%) Security Engineer
6 53 (9.50%) Information Manager
7 50 (8.96%) Information Security Manager
8 33 (5.91%) Consultant
9 32 (5.73%) Security Analyst
10 26 (4.66%) Auditor
10 26 (4.66%) Cloud Engineer
11 25 (4.48%) Architect
11 25 (4.48%) Azure Engineer
11 25 (4.48%) Security Auditor
12 23 (4.12%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 22 (3.94%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 20 (3.58%) Internal Auditor
15 19 (3.41%) Senior Manager
16 17 (3.05%) Incident Manager
16 17 (3.05%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.08%) OAuth
1 6 (1.08%) SailPoint
2 5 (0.90%) OpenID
2 5 (0.90%) SAML
3 4 (0.72%) Kafka
3 4 (0.72%) Middleware
4 2 (0.36%) PySpark
5 1 (0.18%) ADO
5 1 (0.18%) EDI
5 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.18%) gRPC
5 1 (0.18%) JSON
5 1 (0.18%) NetworkX
5 1 (0.18%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.18%) Pandas
5 1 (0.18%) REST
5 1 (0.18%) RESTful
5 1 (0.18%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.18%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 143 (25.63%) Management Information System
2 89 (15.95%) Security Posture
3 44 (7.89%) Cyber Threat
4 29 (5.20%) Onboarding
5 23 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (3.76%) Cloud Native
7 17 (3.05%) Hedge funds
7 17 (3.05%) Operational Technology
8 15 (2.69%) CMDB
9 14 (2.51%) Public Cloud
10 13 (2.33%) Product Ownership
11 12 (2.15%) Blockchain
11 12 (2.15%) Cybercrime
11 12 (2.15%) PKI
12 9 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
13 8 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.25%) Blog
14 7 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (1.25%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 71 (12.72%) Windows
2 27 (4.84%) Linux
3 21 (3.76%) Android
3 21 (3.76%) Windows Server
4 18 (3.23%) Unix
5 11 (1.97%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.43%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.25%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.54%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (42.47%) Cybersecurity
2 204 (36.56%) Risk Management
3 137 (24.55%) Incident Response
4 95 (17.03%) Continuous Improvement
5 90 (16.13%) Mentoring
6 81 (14.52%) Project Management
7 79 (14.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 74 (13.26%) Roadmaps
9 73 (13.08%) Cloud Security
10 71 (12.72%) Agile
10 71 (12.72%) Problem-Solving
11 67 (12.01%) Vulnerability Management
12 66 (11.83%) Analytics
13 63 (11.29%) Computer Science
14 62 (11.11%) Data Protection
15 57 (10.22%) SIEM
16 49 (8.78%) Internal Audit
16 49 (8.78%) Risk Assessment
17 46 (8.24%) Business Intelligence
18 45 (8.06%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (11.65%) Python
2 50 (8.96%) PowerShell
3 21 (3.76%) SQL
4 20 (3.58%) Java
5 18 (3.23%) Go
6 17 (3.05%) Bash
7 6 (1.08%) C++
8 5 (0.90%) C
9 3 (0.54%) C#
9 3 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.54%) Objective-C
9 3 (0.54%) Perl
9 3 (0.54%) Ruby
9 3 (0.54%) Rust
10 2 (0.36%) Bicep
10 2 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 215 (38.53%) CISSP
2 151 (27.06%) CISM
3 150 (26.88%) Degree
4 81 (14.52%) CISA
5 58 (10.39%) CRISC
6 42 (7.53%) SANS
7 41 (7.35%) Master's Degree
8 35 (6.27%) Security Cleared
9 32 (5.73%) Cisco Certification
9 32 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
10 28 (5.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 27 (4.84%) CompTIA Security+
11 27 (4.84%) SC Cleared
12 26 (4.66%) OSCP
13 25 (4.48%) CCSP
14 24 (4.30%) CEH
14 24 (4.30%) CGEIT
14 24 (4.30%) FFIEC
15 21 (3.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 17 (3.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 215 (38.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 159 (28.49%) NIST
3 108 (19.35%) GRC
4 70 (12.54%) GDPR
5 52 (9.32%) PCI DSS
6 41 (7.35%) Cyber Essentials
7 38 (6.81%) COBIT
7 38 (6.81%) QA
8 32 (5.73%) NIST 800
9 23 (4.12%) SOC 2
10 19 (3.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 19 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 13 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (1.97%) SLA
13 9 (1.61%) Accessibility
13 9 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 8 (1.43%) NCSC
15 7 (1.25%) Government Security Classifications
15 7 (1.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 7 (1.25%) JSP 440
System Software
1 28 (5.02%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.90%) Firmware
3 5 (0.90%) vSphere
4 4 (0.72%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.54%) VMware Server
6 2 (0.36%) Docker
6 2 (0.36%) IAG
Systems Management
1 31 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 29 (5.20%) Terraform
3 18 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (3.05%) SCCM
5 14 (2.51%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 13 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (2.33%) RSA Archer
7 10 (1.79%) Ansible
7 10 (1.79%) EnCase
7 10 (1.79%) FTK
8 6 (1.08%) Packer
9 5 (0.90%) CASB
9 5 (0.90%) VxRail
10 4 (0.72%) Cilium
10 4 (0.72%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 4 (0.72%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.54%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.54%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.18%) Nessus
12 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 110 (19.71%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.38%) Google
3 23 (4.12%) Cisco
3 23 (4.12%) Palo Alto
4 18 (3.23%) VMware
5 15 (2.69%) CrowdStrike
5 15 (2.69%) CyberArk
5 15 (2.69%) iManage
6 13 (2.33%) Rapid7
7 10 (1.79%) Cellebrite
8 9 (1.61%) EMC
8 9 (1.61%) Thales
9 8 (1.43%) Oracle
9 8 (1.43%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.08%) F5
11 5 (0.90%) Citrix
11 5 (0.90%) Dell
11 5 (0.90%) Polycom
11 5 (0.90%) Talend
11 5 (0.90%) Tandberg