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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 82 77
Rank change year-on-year +14 -5 +3
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 558 516 779
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.35% 3.77% 3.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.93% 3.92% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 285 299 654
10th Percentile £49,850 £51,850 £46,475
25th Percentile £62,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £125,000 £120,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +6.56% -6.15%

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 14,203 13,151 20,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 85.39% 96.20% 91.63%
Number of salaries quoted 9,220 7,643 15,943
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £54,250 £56,250 £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 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 11 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 11 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 +10 79 £73,750 +11.32% 17
East London +7 29 £90,000 +190.32% 13
West London -16 21 £71,250 +23.55% 6
South London +17 10 £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 19 (3.41%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.15%) SAS
4 6 (1.08%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.08%) Confluence
5 5 (0.90%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.36%) MTS
7 1 (0.18%) Apache
7 1 (0.18%) CMS
7 1 (0.18%) nginx
7 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (7.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (6.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 33 (5.91%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.79%) SPSS
5 9 (1.61%) Adobe Premiere
5 9 (1.61%) Photoshop
6 8 (1.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.43%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.36%) Relativity
4 1 (0.18%) Magento
4 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 101 (18.10%) Azure
2 71 (12.72%) AWS
3 60 (10.75%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (9.32%) GCP
5 43 (7.71%) SaaS
6 28 (5.02%) Entra ID
7 21 (3.76%) Power Platform
8 17 (3.05%) IaaS
9 16 (2.87%) PaaS
10 13 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
10 13 (2.33%) Nutanix
11 12 (2.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 10 (1.79%) Dropbox
12 10 (1.79%) OneDrive
13 9 (1.61%) GitHub
14 8 (1.43%) Azure Service Bus
15 6 (1.08%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 6 (1.08%) Amazon EMR
15 6 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
16 5 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 45 (8.06%) Firewall
2 24 (4.30%) CHAP
2 24 (4.30%) Network Security
3 14 (2.51%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (1.97%) SD-WAN
4 11 (1.97%) WAN
5 9 (1.61%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (1.61%) WAAS
6 7 (1.25%) VPN
7 6 (1.08%) RTP
7 6 (1.08%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.90%) ATM
8 5 (0.90%) SAN
8 5 (0.90%) VSAN
9 4 (0.72%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.54%) Broadband
10 3 (0.54%) DNS
11 2 (0.36%) DKIM
11 2 (0.36%) DMARC
11 2 (0.36%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.58%) Big Data
1 20 (3.58%) Power BI
1 20 (3.58%) Tableau
2 10 (1.79%) EDRMS
2 10 (1.79%) Relational Database
3 9 (1.61%) NoSQL
3 9 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (1.43%) Hadoop
5 7 (1.25%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.08%) Apache Cassandra
6 6 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.08%) DataStage
6 6 (1.08%) DynamoDB
6 6 (1.08%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.08%) MySQL
6 6 (1.08%) Neo4j
6 6 (1.08%) Pentaho
6 6 (1.08%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.54%) Redis
8 2 (0.36%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Git
1 4 (0.72%) JIRA
1 4 (0.72%) TeamCity
2 3 (0.54%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.18%) Snyk
3 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 280 (50.18%) Finance
2 248 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 135 (24.19%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (18.46%) Banking
5 97 (17.38%) Legal
6 83 (14.87%) Financial Institution
7 66 (11.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 66 (11.83%) Law
8 60 (10.75%) Retail
9 48 (8.60%) Marketing
10 25 (4.48%) Digital Economy
11 21 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (3.76%) Telecoms
12 17 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
13 16 (2.87%) Back Office
14 14 (2.51%) Local Government
15 11 (1.97%) Public Sector
16 10 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (1.61%) Dutch Language
17 9 (1.61%) French Language
Job Titles
1 83 (14.87%) Senior
2 67 (12.01%) Lead
3 56 (10.04%) Security Engineer
4 52 (9.32%) Analyst
5 38 (6.81%) Security Manager
6 34 (6.09%) Security Analyst
7 31 (5.56%) Consultant
8 24 (4.30%) Auditor
9 23 (4.12%) Security Auditor
10 22 (3.94%) Internal Auditor
10 22 (3.94%) Python Engineer
10 22 (3.94%) Senior Manager
11 20 (3.58%) Information Manager
11 20 (3.58%) Risk Manager
12 19 (3.41%) Cloud Engineer
12 19 (3.41%) Head of Security
13 18 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 18 (3.23%) Information Security Manager
14 17 (3.05%) Information Analyst
14 17 (3.05%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.33%) OAuth
2 9 (1.61%) Kafka
2 9 (1.61%) OAuth2
3 6 (1.08%) RESTful
4 5 (0.90%) gRPC
4 5 (0.90%) REST
5 4 (0.72%) Middleware
5 4 (0.72%) SAML
6 3 (0.54%) EDI
6 3 (0.54%) JWT
6 3 (0.54%) Node.js
6 3 (0.54%) OpenID
6 3 (0.54%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.36%) 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
1 130 (23.30%) Management Information System
2 70 (12.54%) Security Posture
3 50 (8.96%) Self-Motivation
4 37 (6.63%) Onboarding
5 22 (3.94%) Cyber Threat
5 22 (3.94%) Product Ownership
6 21 (3.76%) Hedge funds
7 18 (3.23%) Cloud Native
8 14 (2.51%) Blockchain
8 14 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (2.33%) CMDB
10 12 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.97%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.97%) PKI
12 10 (1.79%) Cybercrime
13 9 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
15 7 (1.25%) Data Centre
15 7 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 63 (11.29%) Windows
2 22 (3.94%) Linux
3 18 (3.23%) Unix
4 16 (2.87%) Android
5 15 (2.69%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.97%) Mac OS
6 11 (1.97%) Windows 10
7 7 (1.25%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.36%) AIX
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (36.20%) Risk Management
2 192 (34.41%) Cybersecurity
3 131 (23.48%) Incident Response
4 98 (17.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 98 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
5 94 (16.85%) Roadmaps
6 83 (14.87%) Project Management
7 81 (14.52%) Agile
8 80 (14.34%) Analytics
8 80 (14.34%) Computer Science
9 74 (13.26%) Data Protection
10 68 (12.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 61 (10.93%) Cloud Security
11 61 (10.93%) Product Management
11 61 (10.93%) SIEM
12 60 (10.75%) Vulnerability Management
13 59 (10.57%) Mentoring
14 54 (9.68%) Business Intelligence
15 53 (9.50%) Decision-Making
15 53 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (10.57%) Python
2 44 (7.89%) PowerShell
3 27 (4.84%) SQL
4 18 (3.23%) Go
5 17 (3.05%) Bash
6 13 (2.33%) Java
7 3 (0.54%) C++
8 2 (0.36%) Bicep
8 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.36%) R
9 1 (0.18%) C
9 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 213 (38.17%) CISSP
2 166 (29.75%) Degree
3 132 (23.66%) CISM
4 94 (16.85%) CISA
5 52 (9.32%) CRISC
6 47 (8.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (6.81%) SANS
8 34 (6.09%) Master's Degree
9 28 (5.02%) FFIEC
10 25 (4.48%) CGEIT
11 24 (4.30%) CompTIA Security+
12 23 (4.12%) Security Cleared
13 21 (3.76%) Cisco Certification
14 19 (3.41%) CEH
15 17 (3.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 17 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
16 16 (2.87%) CompTIA CySA+
16 16 (2.87%) SC Cleared
17 15 (2.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 12 (2.15%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 197 (35.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 141 (25.27%) NIST
3 86 (15.41%) GDPR
4 78 (13.98%) GRC
5 40 (7.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 40 (7.17%) PCI DSS
6 31 (5.56%) COBIT
7 27 (4.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 24 (4.30%) NIST 800
9 22 (3.94%) SOC 2
10 21 (3.76%) QA
11 18 (3.23%) SLA
12 15 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 11 (1.97%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (1.97%) Data Quality
14 6 (1.08%) Accessibility
14 6 (1.08%) ISAE 3402
14 6 (1.08%) ISO 9001
15 4 (0.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 4 (0.72%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 29 (5.20%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.08%) Docker
4 5 (0.90%) Firmware
4 5 (0.90%) vSphere
5 4 (0.72%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (5.20%) Kubernetes
2 28 (5.02%) Terraform
3 23 (4.12%) SCCM
4 15 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (2.33%) RSA Archer
6 12 (2.15%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 9 (1.61%) CASB
8 8 (1.43%) EnCase
8 8 (1.43%) FTK
8 8 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (1.08%) Ansible
10 4 (0.72%) Cilium
10 4 (0.72%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.72%) VxRail
11 3 (0.54%) ArcSight ESM
11 3 (0.54%) Grafana
11 3 (0.54%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.54%) QRadar
12 1 (0.18%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 1 (0.18%) Packer
Vendors
1 113 (20.25%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.84%) Google
3 16 (2.87%) Cisco
4 15 (2.69%) Adobe
4 15 (2.69%) Palo Alto
5 14 (2.51%) Foundry
5 14 (2.51%) VMware
6 11 (1.97%) iManage
7 10 (1.79%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (1.61%) CyberArk
9 8 (1.43%) Cellebrite
9 8 (1.43%) Rapid7
10 7 (1.25%) Oracle
11 6 (1.08%) EMC
11 6 (1.08%) HubSpot
11 6 (1.08%) Informatica
11 6 (1.08%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.08%) Splunk
11 6 (1.08%) Talend