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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 102 101
Rank change year-on-year +23 -1 -23
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 584 392 756
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.68% 3.21% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.27% 3.36% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 380 236 604
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,000 £44,125
25th Percentile £68,750 £61,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £117,500 £108,750
England median annual salary £74,600 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +14.77% +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 17,860 11,657 21,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.95% 95.43% 89.31%
Number of salaries quoted 12,210 7,102 15,835
10th Percentile £40,802 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £123,725 £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 28 June 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 28 June 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 0 76 £92,500 +60.63% 19
East London +23 33 £90,000 +2.86% 2
West London -13 21 £81,250 +29.49% 6
South London +16 4 £62,300 - 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 17 (2.91%) SAS
2 10 (1.71%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (2.57%) SPSS
2 12 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.86%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.51%) Relativity
2 2 (0.34%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.34%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 124 (21.23%) Azure
2 77 (13.18%) AWS
3 72 (12.33%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (8.90%) SaaS
5 34 (5.82%) GCP
6 19 (3.25%) Entra ID
7 17 (2.91%) Power Platform
8 15 (2.57%) Microsoft Purview
9 14 (2.40%) GitHub
10 13 (2.23%) PaaS
11 12 (2.05%) Dropbox
11 12 (2.05%) OpenShift
11 12 (2.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 10 (1.71%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 10 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (1.71%) IaaS
13 8 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (1.03%) Amazon ELB
14 6 (1.03%) Nutanix
14 6 (1.03%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 62 (10.62%) Network Security
2 47 (8.05%) Firewall
3 19 (3.25%) CHAP
4 17 (2.91%) DNS
5 15 (2.57%) VPN
6 13 (2.23%) TCP/IP
7 12 (2.05%) BGP
7 12 (2.05%) OSPF
7 12 (2.05%) VLAN
7 12 (2.05%) VXLAN
8 10 (1.71%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (1.37%) WAN
10 4 (0.68%) HTTPS
10 4 (0.68%) SAN
10 4 (0.68%) VSAN
11 3 (0.51%) Broadband
12 2 (0.34%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.34%) Wireshark
13 1 (0.17%) Cisco ASA
13 1 (0.17%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.91%) Big Data
2 15 (2.57%) EDRMS
3 14 (2.40%) Power BI
4 7 (1.20%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.86%) Tableau
7 3 (0.51%) Db2
8 2 (0.34%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.17%) DataStage
9 1 (0.17%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.17%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.17%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.17%) Pentaho
9 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.17%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (1.20%) Git
2 6 (1.03%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (0.68%) Bitbucket
3 4 (0.68%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.34%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.34%) JIRA
4 2 (0.34%) Yeoman
General
1 246 (42.12%) Finance
2 235 (40.24%) Social Skills
3 109 (18.66%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (18.32%) Banking
5 97 (16.61%) Legal
6 78 (13.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 77 (13.18%) Law
8 70 (11.99%) Retail
9 37 (6.34%) Financial Institution
10 32 (5.48%) Local Government
11 23 (3.94%) Telecoms
12 19 (3.25%) Legal Technology
13 16 (2.74%) Back Office
14 15 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (2.40%) Marketing
16 13 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
17 8 (1.37%) Aviation
18 7 (1.20%) Advertising
18 7 (1.20%) Automotive
18 7 (1.20%) Cyber-Physical System
Job Titles
1 94 (16.10%) Senior
2 80 (13.70%) Security Manager
3 64 (10.96%) Lead
4 63 (10.79%) Analyst
5 60 (10.27%) Information Manager
6 58 (9.93%) Security Engineer
7 56 (9.59%) Information Security Manager
8 39 (6.68%) Security Analyst
9 35 (5.99%) Consultant
10 30 (5.14%) Cloud Engineer
10 30 (5.14%) Security Specialist
11 26 (4.45%) Architect
12 25 (4.28%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 24 (4.11%) Cloud Security Engineer
14 22 (3.77%) Auditor
14 22 (3.77%) Azure Engineer
15 21 (3.60%) Incident Manager
15 21 (3.60%) Security Auditor
16 20 (3.42%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 20 (3.42%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.20%) OpenID
1 7 (1.20%) SAML
2 6 (1.03%) SailPoint
3 4 (0.68%) Middleware
3 4 (0.68%) OAuth
4 3 (0.51%) JSON
5 2 (0.34%) .NET
5 2 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.34%) Kafka
5 2 (0.34%) REST
5 2 (0.34%) RESTful
6 1 (0.17%) ADO
6 1 (0.17%) EDI
6 1 (0.17%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.17%) Java EE
6 1 (0.17%) JPA
6 1 (0.17%) Spring
6 1 (0.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 141 (24.14%) Management Information System
2 101 (17.29%) Security Posture
3 46 (7.88%) Cyber Threat
4 32 (5.48%) Cloud Native
5 27 (4.62%) Onboarding
6 24 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (3.08%) Operational Technology
8 16 (2.74%) Cybercrime
9 14 (2.40%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.88%) Hedge funds
11 10 (1.71%) Blockchain
11 10 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.71%) Freedom of Information
11 10 (1.71%) PKI
12 9 (1.54%) Cyber Defence
13 8 (1.37%) Data Centre
13 8 (1.37%) Freedom of Information Act
13 8 (1.37%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.20%) Blog
14 7 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 57 (9.76%) Windows
2 26 (4.45%) Linux
3 18 (3.08%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.57%) Unix
5 10 (1.71%) Android
6 9 (1.54%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.03%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.03%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.51%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (45.21%) Cybersecurity
2 222 (38.01%) Risk Management
3 152 (26.03%) Incident Response
4 113 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 95 (16.27%) Cloud Security
6 83 (14.21%) Mentoring
7 82 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
8 81 (13.87%) SIEM
8 81 (13.87%) Vulnerability Management
9 78 (13.36%) Roadmaps
10 73 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 72 (12.33%) Analytics
11 72 (12.33%) Project Management
12 71 (12.16%) Data Protection
13 66 (11.30%) Agile
14 65 (11.13%) AI
14 65 (11.13%) Computer Science
15 59 (10.10%) Security Operations
16 58 (9.93%) Business Continuity
17 56 (9.59%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (8.39%) Python
2 38 (6.51%) PowerShell
3 15 (2.57%) Bash
3 15 (2.57%) Java
4 12 (2.05%) Go
4 12 (2.05%) SQL
5 5 (0.86%) C#
5 5 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (0.68%) C
6 4 (0.68%) C++
6 4 (0.68%) Ruby
7 3 (0.51%) Objective-C
7 3 (0.51%) Perl
7 3 (0.51%) Rust
8 2 (0.34%) Bicep
8 2 (0.34%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.17%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 221 (37.84%) CISSP
2 160 (27.40%) CISM
3 146 (25.00%) Degree
4 77 (13.18%) CISA
5 68 (11.64%) CRISC
6 40 (6.85%) Cisco Certification
7 38 (6.51%) Master's Degree
7 38 (6.51%) SANS
8 35 (5.99%) CompTIA Security+
9 34 (5.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 32 (5.48%) Security Cleared
11 31 (5.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 30 (5.14%) CCSP
13 24 (4.11%) CEH
13 24 (4.11%) OSCP
13 24 (4.11%) SC Cleared
14 23 (3.94%) FFIEC
15 20 (3.42%) CGEIT
16 19 (3.25%) ISACA
16 19 (3.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 242 (41.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 183 (31.34%) NIST
3 117 (20.03%) GRC
4 104 (17.81%) GDPR
5 52 (8.90%) PCI DSS
6 49 (8.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 40 (6.85%) COBIT
8 39 (6.68%) NIST 800
9 38 (6.51%) QA
10 29 (4.97%) SOC 2
11 16 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 13 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 12 (2.05%) Accessibility
13 12 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 9 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (1.37%) NCSC
16 7 (1.20%) Government Security Classifications
16 7 (1.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 7 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (1.20%) SOC 1
System Software
1 24 (4.11%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.68%) vSphere
4 3 (0.51%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.51%) VMware Server
5 2 (0.34%) IAG
6 1 (0.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 36 (6.16%) Kubernetes
2 32 (5.48%) Terraform
3 22 (3.77%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (2.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 13 (2.23%) RSA Archer
6 12 (2.05%) EnCase
6 12 (2.05%) FTK
7 10 (1.71%) Ansible
8 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (1.03%) FortiGate
9 6 (1.03%) Packer
10 4 (0.68%) CASB
10 4 (0.68%) Cilium
10 4 (0.68%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.68%) SCCM
10 4 (0.68%) VxRail
11 3 (0.51%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.51%) CSIRT
12 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.17%) QRadar
Vendors
1 115 (19.69%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.14%) Palo Alto
3 24 (4.11%) Google
4 23 (3.94%) iManage
5 18 (3.08%) VMware
6 14 (2.40%) CrowdStrike
7 13 (2.23%) Cisco
7 13 (2.23%) CyberArk
7 13 (2.23%) Fortinet
7 13 (2.23%) Rapid7
8 12 (2.05%) Cellebrite
8 12 (2.05%) Zscaler
9 10 (1.71%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.37%) EMC
10 8 (1.37%) Thales
11 7 (1.20%) Oracle
12 6 (1.03%) F5
12 6 (1.03%) Tenable
13 5 (0.86%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.86%) Splunk