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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 116 105
Rank change year-on-year +33 -11 -33
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 619 352 625
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.59% 2.89% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.16% 3.06% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 425 205 456
10th Percentile £51,250 £46,000 £45,250
25th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £94,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £107,500 £115,000
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 19,590 11,490 17,359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.84% 94.31% 89.19%
Number of salaries quoted 13,220 7,272 11,662
10th Percentile £40,800 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £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 16 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 16 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 +2 71 £92,500 +32.14% 68
West London -7 25 £75,000 -1.64% 15
East London -1 18 £87,500 -2.78% 4
South London +7 6 £50,000 - 4
North London - 1 £61,250 - 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 (4.68%) SAS
2 16 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.81%) Confluence
4 3 (0.48%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.16%) IIS
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 23 (3.72%) SPSS
2 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.13%) Relativity
2 3 (0.48%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.48%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 142 (22.94%) Azure
2 88 (14.22%) AWS
3 75 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
4 43 (6.95%) SaaS
5 31 (5.01%) GCP
6 25 (4.04%) Entra ID
7 18 (2.91%) OpenShift
8 16 (2.58%) Dropbox
9 15 (2.42%) Power Platform
10 13 (2.10%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 13 (2.10%) Cloud Computing
11 12 (1.94%) PaaS
12 11 (1.78%) GitHub
12 11 (1.78%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (1.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 9 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (1.45%) Amazon ELB
14 9 (1.45%) AWS CloudTrail
14 9 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (1.45%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 74 (11.95%) Network Security
2 55 (8.89%) Firewall
3 22 (3.55%) DNS
3 22 (3.55%) VPN
4 20 (3.23%) OSPF
5 17 (2.75%) BGP
5 17 (2.75%) VXLAN
6 15 (2.42%) TCP/IP
6 15 (2.42%) WAN
7 13 (2.10%) VLAN
8 9 (1.45%) CHAP
9 8 (1.29%) Cisco ISE
9 8 (1.29%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (1.13%) LAN
11 4 (0.65%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (0.65%) HTTPS
11 4 (0.65%) Wireshark
12 3 (0.48%) Cisco Firepower
12 3 (0.48%) TACACS
12 3 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.88%) Big Data
2 23 (3.72%) EDRMS
3 12 (1.94%) Power BI
4 9 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (1.13%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.32%) Data Lake
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%) Db2
8 1 (0.16%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.16%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.16%) MySQL
8 1 (0.16%) Neo4j
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 (1.29%) Git
2 6 (0.97%) JIRA
2 6 (0.97%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (0.65%) Bitbucket
3 4 (0.65%) Burp Suite
4 3 (0.48%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 229 (37.00%) Social Skills
2 222 (35.86%) Finance
3 105 (16.96%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (15.67%) Legal
5 84 (13.57%) Banking
6 82 (13.25%) Law
7 75 (12.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 50 (8.08%) Retail
9 29 (4.68%) Legal Technology
10 28 (4.52%) Local Government
11 20 (3.23%) Financial Institution
12 19 (3.07%) Telecoms
13 13 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.45%) Back Office
14 9 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.45%) Public Sector
15 7 (1.13%) Cyber-Physical System
15 7 (1.13%) French Language
15 7 (1.13%) German Language
Job Titles
1 95 (15.35%) Senior
2 92 (14.86%) Security Manager
3 76 (12.28%) Lead
4 67 (10.82%) Analyst
4 67 (10.82%) Information Manager
5 64 (10.34%) Information Security Manager
6 47 (7.59%) Security Engineer
7 43 (6.95%) Security Analyst
8 36 (5.82%) Architect
9 35 (5.65%) Security Specialist
10 29 (4.68%) Consultant
11 26 (4.20%) Cloud Engineer
12 25 (4.04%) Senior Manager
13 24 (3.88%) IT Manager
14 23 (3.72%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 22 (3.55%) Head of Security
15 22 (3.55%) Security Architect
16 21 (3.39%) Incident Manager
17 20 (3.23%) Information Analyst
17 20 (3.23%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.13%) OpenID
1 7 (1.13%) SailPoint
1 7 (1.13%) SAML
2 4 (0.65%) REST
3 3 (0.48%) .NET
3 3 (0.48%) JSON
3 3 (0.48%) OAuth
4 2 (0.32%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.32%) Kafka
4 2 (0.32%) RESTful
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%) Middleware
5 1 (0.16%) Spring
5 1 (0.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 143 (23.10%) Management Information System
2 93 (15.02%) Security Posture
3 47 (7.59%) Cyber Threat
4 32 (5.17%) Cloud Native
5 28 (4.52%) Onboarding
6 25 (4.04%) Cybercrime
7 19 (3.07%) Operational Technology
8 15 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (2.26%) Data Centre
10 13 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (2.10%) Public Cloud
11 11 (1.78%) Freedom of Information
12 10 (1.62%) Freedom of Information Act
13 8 (1.29%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.29%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.13%) Cyber Defence
14 7 (1.13%) Cyber Security Posture
14 7 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.13%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 61 (9.85%) Windows
2 30 (4.85%) Linux
3 12 (1.94%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.45%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.45%) Unix
4 9 (1.45%) Windows 10
5 8 (1.29%) Android
6 5 (0.81%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.16%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (45.56%) Cybersecurity
2 219 (35.38%) Risk Management
3 155 (25.04%) Incident Response
4 134 (21.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 103 (16.64%) Cloud Security
6 95 (15.35%) SIEM
7 94 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
8 91 (14.70%) Roadmaps
9 85 (13.73%) Vulnerability Management
10 81 (13.09%) Mentoring
10 81 (13.09%) Stakeholder Management
11 78 (12.60%) AI
12 75 (12.12%) Security Operations
13 71 (11.47%) Business Continuity
13 71 (11.47%) Data Protection
14 70 (11.31%) Analytics
15 63 (10.18%) Disaster Recovery
16 60 (9.69%) Computer Science
16 60 (9.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 56 (9.05%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 47 (7.59%) Python
2 37 (5.98%) PowerShell
3 16 (2.58%) Bash
4 14 (2.26%) Java
5 12 (1.94%) SQL
6 11 (1.78%) Go
7 9 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (1.13%) C#
9 6 (0.97%) Ruby
10 5 (0.81%) C
10 5 (0.81%) C++
11 4 (0.65%) Perl
11 4 (0.65%) Rust
12 3 (0.48%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.32%) Search Processing Language
14 1 (0.16%) Bicep
14 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.16%) Groovy
14 1 (0.16%) JavaScript
14 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 214 (34.57%) CISSP
2 158 (25.53%) Degree
3 150 (24.23%) CISM
4 62 (10.02%) CRISC
5 52 (8.40%) CISA
5 52 (8.40%) Cisco Certification
6 46 (7.43%) Master's Degree
7 42 (6.79%) Security Cleared
8 35 (5.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 35 (5.65%) CompTIA Security+
9 34 (5.49%) CCSP
10 31 (5.01%) Computer Science Degree
11 27 (4.36%) CEH
12 26 (4.20%) SC Cleared
13 25 (4.04%) OSCP
14 20 (3.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 19 (3.07%) GCIH
16 18 (2.91%) GIAC
17 17 (2.75%) CCNP
17 17 (2.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 240 (38.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 180 (29.08%) NIST
3 116 (18.74%) GDPR
4 113 (18.26%) GRC
5 55 (8.89%) Cyber Essentials
6 53 (8.56%) PCI DSS
7 35 (5.65%) COBIT
8 31 (5.01%) QA
9 30 (4.85%) NIST 800
9 30 (4.85%) SOC 2
10 18 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 15 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 15 (2.42%) NCSC
12 11 (1.78%) Accessibility
12 11 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (1.13%) SOC 1
15 6 (0.97%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 6 (0.97%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (4.68%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.48%) 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 36 (5.82%) Kubernetes
2 32 (5.17%) Terraform
3 25 (4.04%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (2.58%) EnCase
4 16 (2.58%) FTK
5 14 (2.26%) Ansible
6 10 (1.62%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.97%) Packer
8 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.65%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.48%) CASB
10 3 (0.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 3 (0.48%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (0.48%) CSIRT
10 3 (0.48%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 2 (0.32%) VxRail
12 1 (0.16%) Argo
12 1 (0.16%) Istio
12 1 (0.16%) linkerd
12 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 122 (19.71%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.30%) Palo Alto
3 25 (4.04%) iManage
4 21 (3.39%) Google
5 19 (3.07%) Cisco
6 18 (2.91%) Fortinet
6 18 (2.91%) VMware
6 18 (2.91%) Zscaler
7 17 (2.75%) Rapid7
8 16 (2.58%) Cellebrite
8 16 (2.58%) CrowdStrike
9 14 (2.26%) CyberArk
10 11 (1.78%) ServiceNow
11 10 (1.62%) Oracle
12 8 (1.29%) LogRhythm
12 8 (1.29%) Tenable
12 8 (1.29%) Thales
13 7 (1.13%) Nuix
13 7 (1.13%) Splunk
14 6 (0.97%) F5