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 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 104 103
Rank change year-on-year +18 -1 -30
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 616 374 639
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.61% 3.06% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.18% 3.24% 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 416 211 471
10th Percentile £51,250 £44,590 £45,250
25th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £61,150
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £107,500 £112,829
England median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +11.54% +4.00% -3.85%

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 19,361 11,528 17,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.01% 94.33% 89.24%
Number of salaries quoted 13,106 7,281 11,935
10th Percentile £40,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year - +1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £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 7 August 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 7 August 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 -5 71 £92,500 +32.14% 69
West London -13 24 £62,500 -18.03% 15
East London -1 18 £87,500 -2.78% 3
South London +7 5 £50,000 - 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 29 (4.71%) SAS
2 17 (2.76%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.65%) Confluence
4 3 (0.49%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
Applications
1 23 (3.73%) SPSS
2 7 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.14%) Relativity
2 3 (0.49%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.49%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 136 (22.08%) Azure
2 93 (15.10%) AWS
3 76 (12.34%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (7.63%) SaaS
5 36 (5.84%) GCP
6 23 (3.73%) Entra ID
7 18 (2.92%) OpenShift
8 16 (2.60%) Dropbox
8 16 (2.60%) Power Platform
9 15 (2.44%) GitHub
10 13 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
10 13 (2.11%) Microsoft Purview
11 12 (1.95%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 12 (1.95%) PaaS
12 10 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (1.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 9 (1.46%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (1.30%) AWS CloudTrail
14 8 (1.30%) IaaS
14 8 (1.30%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 76 (12.34%) Network Security
2 53 (8.60%) Firewall
3 21 (3.41%) DNS
4 20 (3.25%) VPN
5 19 (3.08%) OSPF
6 17 (2.76%) BGP
6 17 (2.76%) VXLAN
7 14 (2.27%) TCP/IP
8 13 (2.11%) VLAN
8 13 (2.11%) WAN
9 10 (1.62%) CHAP
10 8 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (1.14%) Cisco ISE
12 6 (0.97%) LAN
13 4 (0.65%) HTTPS
13 4 (0.65%) Wireshark
14 3 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
14 3 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
15 2 (0.32%) SAN
15 2 (0.32%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.90%) Big Data
2 23 (3.73%) EDRMS
3 12 (1.95%) Power BI
4 8 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (1.14%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.32%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.32%) Db2
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.16%) DataStage
8 1 (0.16%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.16%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.16%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.16%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.16%) Power Query
8 1 (0.16%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (1.30%) Git
2 6 (0.97%) JIRA
2 6 (0.97%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (0.81%) TeamCity
4 4 (0.65%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.65%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.32%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
General
1 233 (37.82%) Social Skills
2 229 (37.18%) Finance
3 107 (17.37%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (15.91%) Legal
5 94 (15.26%) Banking
6 83 (13.47%) Law
7 79 (12.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 60 (9.74%) Retail
9 29 (4.71%) Legal Technology
9 29 (4.71%) Local Government
10 25 (4.06%) Financial Institution
11 21 (3.41%) Telecoms
12 14 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (1.95%) Back Office
15 9 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (1.14%) Cyber-Physical System
16 7 (1.14%) French Language
16 7 (1.14%) German Language
16 7 (1.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 99 (16.07%) Senior
2 92 (14.94%) Security Manager
3 76 (12.34%) Lead
4 69 (11.20%) Analyst
5 67 (10.88%) Information Manager
6 64 (10.39%) Information Security Manager
7 51 (8.28%) Security Engineer
8 45 (7.31%) Security Analyst
9 34 (5.52%) Security Specialist
10 32 (5.19%) Architect
11 31 (5.03%) Consultant
12 28 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
13 25 (4.06%) Senior Manager
14 23 (3.73%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 23 (3.73%) Information Analyst
14 23 (3.73%) IT Manager
15 22 (3.57%) Cloud Security Engineer
15 22 (3.57%) Information Security Analyst
16 21 (3.41%) Incident Manager
17 19 (3.08%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.14%) OpenID
1 7 (1.14%) SailPoint
1 7 (1.14%) SAML
2 4 (0.65%) REST
3 3 (0.49%) .NET
3 3 (0.49%) JSON
3 3 (0.49%) OAuth
4 2 (0.32%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.32%) Kafka
4 2 (0.32%) Middleware
4 2 (0.32%) RESTful
5 1 (0.16%) ADO
5 1 (0.16%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.16%) Hibernate
5 1 (0.16%) Jakarta EE
5 1 (0.16%) JPA
5 1 (0.16%) LangChain
5 1 (0.16%) LlamaIndex
5 1 (0.16%) Spring
5 1 (0.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 145 (23.54%) Management Information System
2 98 (15.91%) Security Posture
3 47 (7.63%) Cyber Threat
4 36 (5.84%) Cloud Native
5 28 (4.55%) Onboarding
6 25 (4.06%) Cybercrime
7 19 (3.08%) Operational Technology
8 16 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.95%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.95%) Public Cloud
11 11 (1.79%) Freedom of Information
12 10 (1.62%) Freedom of Information Act
13 8 (1.30%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.30%) PKI
13 8 (1.30%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.14%) Cyber Defence
14 7 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
15 6 (0.97%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 60 (9.74%) Windows
2 28 (4.55%) Linux
3 12 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.79%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.62%) Android
5 10 (1.62%) Unix
6 9 (1.46%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.81%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.32%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (44.64%) Cybersecurity
2 223 (36.20%) Risk Management
3 156 (25.32%) Incident Response
4 136 (22.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 105 (17.05%) Cloud Security
6 92 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
6 92 (14.94%) SIEM
7 91 (14.77%) Roadmaps
8 83 (13.47%) Vulnerability Management
9 82 (13.31%) Mentoring
10 74 (12.01%) AI
11 73 (11.85%) Stakeholder Management
12 72 (11.69%) Analytics
12 72 (11.69%) Security Operations
13 71 (11.53%) Data Protection
14 68 (11.04%) Business Continuity
15 62 (10.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 59 (9.58%) Regulatory Compliance
17 58 (9.42%) Disaster Recovery
18 57 (9.25%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 49 (7.95%) Python
2 34 (5.52%) PowerShell
3 16 (2.60%) Bash
4 15 (2.44%) Java
5 12 (1.95%) Go
5 12 (1.95%) SQL
6 8 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (0.97%) C#
8 5 (0.81%) Ruby
9 4 (0.65%) C
9 4 (0.65%) C++
9 4 (0.65%) Rust
10 3 (0.49%) Objective-C
10 3 (0.49%) Perl
11 2 (0.32%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.16%) Bicep
12 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.16%) Groovy
12 1 (0.16%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 213 (34.58%) CISSP
2 155 (25.16%) Degree
3 150 (24.35%) CISM
4 66 (10.71%) CRISC
5 54 (8.77%) CISA
6 51 (8.28%) Cisco Certification
7 44 (7.14%) Master's Degree
8 39 (6.33%) Security Cleared
9 36 (5.84%) CompTIA Security+
10 35 (5.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 34 (5.52%) CCSP
12 28 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
13 26 (4.22%) SC Cleared
14 25 (4.06%) CEH
15 23 (3.73%) OSCP
16 20 (3.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 19 (3.08%) AWS Certification
18 18 (2.92%) GIAC
19 17 (2.76%) GCIH
19 17 (2.76%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 250 (40.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 180 (29.22%) NIST
3 118 (19.16%) GRC
4 114 (18.51%) GDPR
5 60 (9.74%) PCI DSS
6 55 (8.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 35 (5.68%) COBIT
7 35 (5.68%) SOC 2
8 32 (5.19%) NIST 800
8 32 (5.19%) QA
9 17 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 17 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 14 (2.27%) NCSC
11 12 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 11 (1.79%) Accessibility
13 9 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (1.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (1.14%) JSP 440
14 7 (1.14%) SOC 1
15 6 (0.97%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 26 (4.22%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.49%) VMware Server
4 2 (0.32%) IAG
4 2 (0.32%) vSphere
5 1 (0.16%) Docker
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (6.49%) Kubernetes
2 35 (5.68%) Terraform
3 24 (3.90%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (2.60%) EnCase
4 16 (2.60%) FTK
5 14 (2.27%) Ansible
6 10 (1.62%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.97%) Packer
8 4 (0.65%) Cilium
8 4 (0.65%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.49%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 3 (0.49%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (0.49%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.32%) CASB
10 2 (0.32%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.32%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 2 (0.32%) VxRail
11 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.16%) Nessus
Vendors
1 120 (19.48%) Microsoft
2 37 (6.01%) Palo Alto
3 25 (4.06%) iManage
4 22 (3.57%) Google
5 18 (2.92%) Fortinet
5 18 (2.92%) VMware
6 17 (2.76%) Cisco
6 17 (2.76%) Zscaler
7 16 (2.60%) Cellebrite
7 16 (2.60%) CrowdStrike
7 16 (2.60%) Rapid7
8 14 (2.27%) CyberArk
9 11 (1.79%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.46%) Oracle
11 8 (1.30%) Tenable
11 8 (1.30%) Thales
12 7 (1.14%) LogRhythm
12 7 (1.14%) Nuix
12 7 (1.14%) Splunk
13 6 (0.97%) F5