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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 75 88
Rank change year-on-year 0 +13 -5
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 490 657 660
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.70% 3.84% 3.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.09% 4.16% 3.86%
Number of salaries quoted 224 370 558
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £48,375
25th Percentile £62,000 £62,500 £58,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -1.33% -
75th Percentile £90,313 £90,000 £94,375
90th Percentile £123,500 £115,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

All Process and 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 11,970 15,796 17,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 90.42% 92.39% 93.52%
Number of salaries quoted 7,673 9,233 13,887
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £121,250 £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 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 2025. 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 -4 75 £75,000 +3.45% 34
West London -4 17 £67,500 +22.73% 3
East London -13 10 £90,000 +69.81% 6
South London +11 6 £36,500 -44.49% 5
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 (3.88%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.45%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.63%) Confluence
4 8 (1.63%) SAS
5 4 (0.82%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.41%) MTS
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) CMS
7 1 (0.20%) Mule
7 1 (0.20%) nginx
7 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 32 (6.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (4.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.84%) Adobe Premiere
4 9 (1.84%) Photoshop
5 8 (1.63%) SPSS
6 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (2.04%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.41%) Relativity
3 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.20%) Magento
3 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 83 (16.94%) Azure
2 58 (11.84%) AWS
3 42 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (8.16%) GCP
5 28 (5.71%) Power Platform
5 28 (5.71%) SaaS
6 18 (3.67%) Entra ID
7 12 (2.45%) IaaS
8 11 (2.24%) Amazon EMR
8 11 (2.24%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (2.04%) OneDrive
10 8 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.63%) Dropbox
10 8 (1.63%) PaaS
11 7 (1.43%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (1.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 5 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (1.02%) Nutanix
14 4 (0.82%) Tessian
14 4 (0.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 51 (10.41%) Firewall
2 24 (4.90%) Network Security
3 16 (3.27%) VPN
4 13 (2.65%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (1.84%) WAN
6 7 (1.43%) DNS
6 7 (1.43%) RTP
6 7 (1.43%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.22%) CHAP
8 5 (1.02%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.82%) BGP
9 4 (0.82%) OSPF
9 4 (0.82%) Wireshark
10 3 (0.61%) DMARC
10 3 (0.61%) HTTP
10 3 (0.61%) SAN
10 3 (0.61%) Spanning Tree
11 2 (0.41%) ATM
11 2 (0.41%) DKIM
11 2 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.71%) Power BI
2 20 (4.08%) Big Data
3 16 (3.27%) Tableau
4 15 (3.06%) Relational Database
5 14 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (2.65%) MongoDB
6 13 (2.65%) SQL Server
7 12 (2.45%) DynamoDB
8 11 (2.24%) Apache Cassandra
8 11 (2.24%) DataStage
8 11 (2.24%) Hadoop
8 11 (2.24%) MySQL
8 11 (2.24%) Neo4j
8 11 (2.24%) NoSQL
8 11 (2.24%) Pentaho
8 11 (2.24%) RDBMS
9 8 (1.63%) EDRMS
10 4 (0.82%) Metadata
11 3 (0.61%) Redis
Development Applications
1 6 (1.22%) JIRA
2 4 (0.82%) Burp Suite
3 3 (0.61%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.41%) Snyk
5 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.20%) MLflow
General
1 243 (49.59%) Finance
2 239 (48.78%) Social Skills
3 164 (33.47%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (19.80%) Legal
5 64 (13.06%) Banking
5 64 (13.06%) Financial Institution
6 50 (10.20%) Law
7 39 (7.96%) Marketing
8 38 (7.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (6.73%) Digital Economy
10 32 (6.53%) Influencing Skills
11 26 (5.31%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (4.49%) Retail
13 13 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (2.65%) Telecoms
14 11 (2.24%) Billing
15 10 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (1.84%) Back Office
16 9 (1.84%) Dutch Language
16 9 (1.84%) French Language
Job Titles
1 71 (14.49%) Senior
2 57 (11.63%) Analyst
3 41 (8.37%) Lead
4 37 (7.55%) Security Engineer
5 34 (6.94%) Security Manager
6 32 (6.53%) Security Analyst
7 20 (4.08%) Risk Manager
8 19 (3.88%) Information Analyst
8 19 (3.88%) Security Specialist
9 18 (3.67%) Product Management Director
9 18 (3.67%) Product Specialist
10 17 (3.47%) Architect
11 16 (3.27%) Information Security Manager
12 15 (3.06%) Information Security Analyst
12 15 (3.06%) IT Manager
13 14 (2.86%) Consultant
13 14 (2.86%) Information Manager
13 14 (2.86%) Principal Engineer
13 14 (2.86%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
14 13 (2.65%) Head of Security
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.24%) OAuth
2 9 (1.84%) Kafka
2 9 (1.84%) OAuth2
3 7 (1.43%) EDI
4 6 (1.22%) RESTful
5 5 (1.02%) REST
6 4 (0.82%) gRPC
7 3 (0.61%) CSS
7 3 (0.61%) HTML
7 3 (0.61%) JWT
7 3 (0.61%) Node.js
7 3 (0.61%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (0.41%) OpenID
8 2 (0.41%) React
8 2 (0.41%) SAML
8 2 (0.41%) Spring
8 2 (0.41%) Spring Boot
9 1 (0.20%) Pandas
9 1 (0.20%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.20%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 112 (22.86%) Management Information System
2 52 (10.61%) Security Posture
3 51 (10.41%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (6.94%) Onboarding
5 25 (5.10%) Product Ownership
6 19 (3.88%) Cyber Threat
6 19 (3.88%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (3.27%) Security Operations Centre
8 15 (3.06%) Hybrid Cloud
9 13 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (2.24%) Cloud Native
10 11 (2.24%) Taxonomies
11 10 (2.04%) Data Centre
11 10 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.84%) Cloud Security Posture
12 9 (1.84%) CMDB
12 9 (1.84%) Social Media
13 8 (1.63%) Cybercrime
13 8 (1.63%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.63%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 47 (9.59%) Windows
2 25 (5.10%) Linux
3 9 (1.84%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.63%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.22%) Unix
6 4 (0.82%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.41%) Android
7 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (34.69%) Risk Management
2 152 (31.02%) Cybersecurity
3 116 (23.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 116 (23.67%) Problem-Solving
4 115 (23.47%) Incident Response
5 100 (20.41%) Roadmaps
6 79 (16.12%) SIEM
7 75 (15.31%) Product Management
8 74 (15.10%) Analytics
9 72 (14.69%) Computer Science
10 69 (14.08%) Agile
10 69 (14.08%) Decision-Making
11 64 (13.06%) Stakeholder Management
12 59 (12.04%) Security Operations
13 56 (11.43%) Product Roadmap
13 56 (11.43%) Project Management
14 54 (11.02%) Cloud Security
15 53 (10.82%) Vulnerability Management
16 50 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
16 50 (10.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 46 (9.39%) Python
2 24 (4.90%) SQL
3 23 (4.69%) PowerShell
4 13 (2.65%) Java
5 8 (1.63%) Bash
6 7 (1.43%) Go
7 2 (0.41%) VB
8 1 (0.20%) C++
8 1 (0.20%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 169 (34.49%) Degree
2 159 (32.45%) CISSP
3 116 (23.67%) CISM
4 64 (13.06%) CISA
5 52 (10.61%) CRISC
6 42 (8.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 36 (7.35%) Master's Degree
8 21 (4.29%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (4.29%) CompTIA Security+
9 17 (3.47%) CEH
10 16 (3.27%) GIAC
11 14 (2.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 13 (2.65%) SANS
13 12 (2.45%) GCIH
14 11 (2.24%) FFIEC
15 10 (2.04%) PMI Certification
16 9 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
16 9 (1.84%) PMP
17 8 (1.63%) CCSP
17 8 (1.63%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (33.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 114 (23.27%) NIST
3 75 (15.31%) GDPR
4 45 (9.18%) GRC
5 39 (7.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 35 (7.14%) SOC 2
7 27 (5.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 25 (5.10%) PCI DSS
9 18 (3.67%) NIST 800
10 17 (3.47%) COBIT
10 17 (3.47%) Data Quality
11 15 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 12 (2.45%) SOC 1
13 11 (2.24%) SLA
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
16 5 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 28 (5.71%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.22%) Docker
3 5 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.61%) vSphere
5 1 (0.20%) Firmware
5 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (3.27%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.45%) SCCM
2 12 (2.45%) Terraform
3 11 (2.24%) RSA Archer
4 9 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.63%) QRadar
6 7 (1.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 6 (1.22%) CASB
7 6 (1.22%) EnCase
7 6 (1.22%) FTK
8 5 (1.02%) CSIRT
9 4 (0.82%) Nmap
9 4 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.61%) Ansible
10 3 (0.61%) ArcSight ESM
10 3 (0.61%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (0.61%) Grafana
10 3 (0.61%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.41%) Nessus
12 1 (0.20%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 97 (19.80%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.27%) Foundry
3 15 (3.06%) Adobe
4 13 (2.65%) Oracle
4 13 (2.65%) Splunk
5 12 (2.45%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.45%) VMware
6 11 (2.24%) Informatica
6 11 (2.24%) Palo Alto
6 11 (2.24%) Talend
7 10 (2.04%) Qualys
8 9 (1.84%) Cisco
9 8 (1.63%) Google
10 7 (1.43%) Rapid7
11 6 (1.22%) Cellebrite
11 6 (1.22%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (1.22%) Darktrace
11 6 (1.22%) HubSpot
12 5 (1.02%) Carbon Black
12 5 (1.02%) ServiceNow