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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 85 80
Rank change year-on-year +10 -5 -1
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 544 512 781
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.20% 3.76% 3.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.75% 3.91% 3.90%
Number of salaries quoted 286 296 655
10th Percentile £49,875 £52,250 £45,400
25th Percentile £62,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £91,125
90th Percentile £124,875 £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 14,500 13,107 20,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 85.35% 96.18% 91.66%
Number of salaries quoted 9,419 7,640 15,886
10th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £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 15 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 15 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 +6 77 £75,000 +7.14% 29
East London +7 29 £90,000 +190.32% 13
West London -25 21 £71,250 +23.55% 3
South London +15 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 17 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.21%) SAS
4 6 (1.10%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.92%) Apache Pulsar
5 5 (0.92%) Confluence
6 2 (0.37%) MTS
7 1 (0.18%) Apache
7 1 (0.18%) CMS
7 1 (0.18%) nginx
7 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 39 (7.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (6.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 33 (6.07%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.84%) SPSS
5 8 (1.47%) MS Visio
6 7 (1.29%) Adobe Premiere
6 7 (1.29%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.29%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.37%) Relativity
4 1 (0.18%) Magento
4 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 106 (19.49%) Azure
2 74 (13.60%) AWS
3 60 (11.03%) Microsoft 365
4 53 (9.74%) GCP
5 41 (7.54%) SaaS
6 29 (5.33%) Entra ID
7 20 (3.68%) Power Platform
8 17 (3.13%) IaaS
9 16 (2.94%) PaaS
10 14 (2.57%) Nutanix
11 13 (2.39%) Microsoft Purview
12 12 (2.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 11 (2.02%) GitHub
14 10 (1.84%) Dropbox
15 8 (1.47%) Azure Service Bus
15 8 (1.47%) OneDrive
16 7 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
17 6 (1.10%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 6 (1.10%) Amazon EMR
18 5 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 47 (8.64%) Firewall
2 26 (4.78%) Network Security
3 24 (4.41%) CHAP
4 15 (2.76%) Intrusion Detection
5 11 (2.02%) SD-WAN
5 11 (2.02%) WAN
6 9 (1.65%) Cisco IOS
6 9 (1.65%) WAAS
7 7 (1.29%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.29%) VPN
8 6 (1.10%) RTP
8 6 (1.10%) SAN
8 6 (1.10%) VSAN
9 5 (0.92%) HTTPS
10 4 (0.74%) ATM
10 4 (0.74%) DNS
11 3 (0.55%) Broadband
12 2 (0.37%) DKIM
12 2 (0.37%) DMARC
12 2 (0.37%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.68%) Tableau
2 19 (3.49%) Big Data
2 19 (3.49%) Power BI
3 10 (1.84%) EDRMS
3 10 (1.84%) Relational Database
4 9 (1.65%) NoSQL
4 9 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.47%) Hadoop
6 7 (1.29%) SQL Server
7 6 (1.10%) Apache Cassandra
7 6 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.10%) DataStage
7 6 (1.10%) DynamoDB
7 6 (1.10%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.10%) MySQL
7 6 (1.10%) Neo4j
7 6 (1.10%) Pentaho
7 6 (1.10%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.55%) Redis
9 2 (0.37%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 5 (0.92%) Git
2 4 (0.74%) Bitbucket
2 4 (0.74%) TeamCity
3 3 (0.55%) JIRA
4 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.18%) Snyk
General
1 271 (49.82%) Finance
2 239 (43.93%) Social Skills
3 129 (23.71%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (18.57%) Banking
5 97 (17.83%) Legal
6 78 (14.34%) Financial Institution
7 65 (11.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 65 (11.95%) Law
8 57 (10.48%) Retail
9 45 (8.27%) Marketing
10 22 (4.04%) Digital Economy
11 21 (3.86%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (3.86%) Telecoms
12 16 (2.94%) Back Office
12 16 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (2.57%) Local Government
14 11 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (2.02%) Public Sector
15 8 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (1.29%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 81 (14.89%) Senior
2 68 (12.50%) Lead
3 57 (10.48%) Security Engineer
4 53 (9.74%) Analyst
5 38 (6.99%) Security Manager
6 34 (6.25%) Security Analyst
7 32 (5.88%) Consultant
8 24 (4.41%) Auditor
9 23 (4.23%) Security Auditor
10 22 (4.04%) Internal Auditor
10 22 (4.04%) Python Engineer
10 22 (4.04%) Senior Manager
11 20 (3.68%) Cloud Engineer
11 20 (3.68%) Information Manager
11 20 (3.68%) Risk Manager
12 19 (3.49%) Azure Engineer
12 19 (3.49%) Head of Security
13 18 (3.31%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 18 (3.31%) Information Security Manager
14 17 (3.13%) Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.39%) OAuth
2 9 (1.65%) Kafka
2 9 (1.65%) OAuth2
3 6 (1.10%) RESTful
4 5 (0.92%) gRPC
4 5 (0.92%) REST
5 4 (0.74%) Middleware
5 4 (0.74%) SAML
6 3 (0.55%) EDI
6 3 (0.55%) JWT
6 3 (0.55%) Node.js
6 3 (0.55%) OpenID
6 3 (0.55%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.37%) 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
1 131 (24.08%) Management Information System
2 71 (13.05%) Security Posture
3 45 (8.27%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (5.51%) Onboarding
5 23 (4.23%) Cyber Threat
6 21 (3.86%) Hedge funds
6 21 (3.86%) Product Ownership
7 18 (3.31%) Cloud Native
8 14 (2.57%) Blockchain
8 14 (2.57%) CMDB
8 14 (2.57%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (2.21%) PKI
10 11 (2.02%) Algorithms
10 11 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.84%) Cybercrime
12 9 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (1.29%) Data Centre
14 7 (1.29%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 65 (11.95%) Windows
2 24 (4.41%) Linux
3 19 (3.49%) Unix
4 17 (3.13%) Windows Server
5 16 (2.94%) Android
6 11 (2.02%) Mac OS
6 11 (2.02%) Windows 10
7 7 (1.29%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.37%) AIX
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (36.21%) Risk Management
2 193 (35.48%) Cybersecurity
3 137 (25.18%) Incident Response
4 96 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 95 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
6 91 (16.73%) Roadmaps
7 81 (14.89%) Agile
8 79 (14.52%) Analytics
9 78 (14.34%) Computer Science
10 77 (14.15%) Project Management
11 75 (13.79%) Data Protection
12 68 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 64 (11.76%) SIEM
14 63 (11.58%) Cloud Security
15 61 (11.21%) Vulnerability Management
16 57 (10.48%) Mentoring
17 53 (9.74%) Business Intelligence
18 52 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
19 51 (9.38%) Product Management
20 49 (9.01%) AI
Programming Languages
1 61 (11.21%) Python
2 47 (8.64%) PowerShell
3 27 (4.96%) SQL
4 18 (3.31%) Bash
4 18 (3.31%) Go
5 13 (2.39%) Java
6 3 (0.55%) C++
7 2 (0.37%) Bicep
7 2 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.37%) R
8 1 (0.18%) C
8 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 215 (39.52%) CISSP
2 159 (29.23%) Degree
3 133 (24.45%) CISM
4 93 (17.10%) CISA
5 53 (9.74%) CRISC
6 46 (8.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 39 (7.17%) SANS
8 31 (5.70%) Master's Degree
9 28 (5.15%) FFIEC
10 25 (4.60%) CGEIT
10 25 (4.60%) Security Cleared
11 24 (4.41%) CompTIA Security+
12 20 (3.68%) CEH
12 20 (3.68%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (3.31%) SC Cleared
14 17 (3.13%) CompTIA CySA+
14 17 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
15 16 (2.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 16 (2.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 13 (2.39%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (36.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 142 (26.10%) NIST
3 86 (15.81%) GDPR
4 79 (14.52%) GRC
5 40 (7.35%) Cyber Essentials
5 40 (7.35%) PCI DSS
6 31 (5.70%) COBIT
7 27 (4.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 25 (4.60%) NIST 800
9 21 (3.86%) SOC 2
10 20 (3.68%) QA
11 18 (3.31%) SLA
12 17 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 11 (2.02%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (2.02%) Data Quality
14 6 (1.10%) Accessibility
14 6 (1.10%) ISAE 3402
14 6 (1.10%) ISO 9001
15 5 (0.92%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 31 (5.70%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.10%) Docker
3 6 (1.10%) vSphere
4 5 (0.92%) Firmware
5 4 (0.74%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (5.70%) Kubernetes
2 29 (5.33%) Terraform
3 23 (4.23%) SCCM
4 15 (2.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (2.39%) RSA Archer
6 12 (2.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 9 (1.65%) CASB
7 9 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (1.47%) Ansible
8 8 (1.47%) EnCase
8 8 (1.47%) FTK
9 5 (0.92%) VxRail
10 4 (0.74%) Cilium
10 4 (0.74%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.55%) ArcSight ESM
11 3 (0.55%) Grafana
11 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.55%) QRadar
12 2 (0.37%) Packer
13 1 (0.18%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 112 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.15%) Google
3 18 (3.31%) Cisco
4 17 (3.13%) Palo Alto
5 16 (2.94%) VMware
6 13 (2.39%) Adobe
6 13 (2.39%) iManage
7 12 (2.21%) Foundry
8 11 (2.02%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (1.84%) CyberArk
9 10 (1.84%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.65%) Rapid7
11 8 (1.47%) Cellebrite
12 7 (1.29%) EMC
12 7 (1.29%) Oracle
12 7 (1.29%) ServiceNow
12 7 (1.29%) Splunk
12 7 (1.29%) Thales
13 6 (1.10%) HubSpot
13 6 (1.10%) Informatica