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 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 85 84
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 -10
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 568 476 785
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.94% 3.69% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.53% 3.84% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 313 284 653
10th Percentile £53,750 £51,625 £43,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £124,000 £120,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 16,098 12,402 21,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 83.39% 96.08% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 10,521 7,547 16,086
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,042
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year - +6.27% -5.90%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 18 April 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 18 April 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 +4 86 £85,000 +21.43% 31
East London +9 35 £105,000 +238.71% 8
West London -41 17 £67,500 +17.05% 11
South London +1 6 £50,000 -23.08%
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 11 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (1.94%) SAS
2 5 (0.88%) Apache Pulsar
2 5 (0.88%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.88%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.53%) Confluence
4 2 (0.35%) MTS
5 1 (0.18%) Apache
5 1 (0.18%) CMS
5 1 (0.18%) nginx
Applications
1 24 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (4.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.58%) SPSS
5 7 (1.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.18%) Magento
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 117 (20.60%) Azure
2 79 (13.91%) AWS
3 63 (11.09%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (9.15%) GCP
5 50 (8.80%) SaaS
6 29 (5.11%) Entra ID
7 21 (3.70%) Power Platform
8 18 (3.17%) Microsoft Purview
9 17 (2.99%) IaaS
9 17 (2.99%) PaaS
10 14 (2.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 13 (2.29%) GitHub
11 13 (2.29%) Nutanix
12 9 (1.58%) Dropbox
12 9 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.41%) Azure Service Bus
14 5 (0.88%) Amazon EMR
15 4 (0.70%) Amazon EKS
15 4 (0.70%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 49 (8.63%) Firewall
2 30 (5.28%) Network Security
3 27 (4.75%) CHAP
4 15 (2.64%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (1.58%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (1.58%) SD-WAN
5 9 (1.58%) WAAS
5 9 (1.58%) WAN
6 6 (1.06%) RTP
6 6 (1.06%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.88%) HTTPS
7 5 (0.88%) SAN
7 5 (0.88%) VPN
7 5 (0.88%) VSAN
8 4 (0.70%) ATM
8 4 (0.70%) DNS
9 3 (0.53%) Broadband
10 2 (0.35%) DKIM
10 2 (0.35%) DMARC
11 1 (0.18%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.52%) Power BI
2 17 (2.99%) Big Data
2 17 (2.99%) Tableau
3 9 (1.58%) EDRMS
4 8 (1.41%) NoSQL
4 8 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.23%) Hadoop
6 6 (1.06%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.06%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.88%) Apache Cassandra
7 5 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.88%) DataStage
7 5 (0.88%) DynamoDB
7 5 (0.88%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.88%) MySQL
7 5 (0.88%) Neo4j
7 5 (0.88%) Pentaho
7 5 (0.88%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.53%) DB2
8 3 (0.53%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (1.23%) Git
2 4 (0.70%) Bitbucket
2 4 (0.70%) TeamCity
2 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.18%) JIRA
General
1 277 (48.77%) Finance
2 246 (43.31%) Social Skills
3 133 (23.42%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (21.30%) Banking
5 95 (16.73%) Legal
6 76 (13.38%) Financial Institution
7 74 (13.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 69 (12.15%) Retail
9 67 (11.80%) Law
10 35 (6.16%) Marketing
11 27 (4.75%) Telecoms
12 26 (4.58%) Local Government
13 20 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
14 17 (2.99%) Back Office
14 17 (2.99%) Digital Economy
15 10 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.76%) Public Sector
16 9 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (1.23%) Automotive
18 6 (1.06%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 79 (13.91%) Lead
2 75 (13.20%) Senior
3 66 (11.62%) Security Engineer
4 56 (9.86%) Analyst
5 44 (7.75%) Security Manager
6 37 (6.51%) Consultant
7 34 (5.99%) Security Analyst
8 33 (5.81%) Information Manager
9 30 (5.28%) Information Security Manager
10 29 (5.11%) Auditor
10 29 (5.11%) Cloud Engineer
11 28 (4.93%) Azure Engineer
11 28 (4.93%) Security Auditor
12 24 (4.23%) Cloud Security Engineer
12 24 (4.23%) Internal Auditor
13 22 (3.87%) Python Engineer
14 20 (3.52%) Architect
14 20 (3.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 18 (3.17%) Head of Security
15 18 (3.17%) Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.46%) OAuth
2 10 (1.76%) Kafka
3 8 (1.41%) OAuth2
4 6 (1.06%) RESTful
4 6 (1.06%) SailPoint
4 6 (1.06%) SAML
5 5 (0.88%) gRPC
5 5 (0.88%) OpenID
5 5 (0.88%) REST
6 4 (0.70%) Middleware
7 3 (0.53%) EDI
7 3 (0.53%) JWT
7 3 (0.53%) Node.js
7 3 (0.53%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (0.35%) PySpark
9 1 (0.18%) HTML
9 1 (0.18%) NetworkX
9 1 (0.18%) Pandas
9 1 (0.18%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.18%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 134 (23.59%) Management Information System
2 87 (15.32%) Security Posture
3 34 (5.99%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (4.93%) Cyber Threat
5 25 (4.40%) Onboarding
6 21 (3.70%) Hedge funds
7 20 (3.52%) Product Ownership
8 19 (3.35%) Cloud Native
9 15 (2.64%) Blockchain
10 14 (2.46%) CMDB
11 13 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (2.29%) Public Cloud
12 12 (2.11%) PKI
13 9 (1.58%) Cybercrime
13 9 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.23%) Blog
14 7 (1.23%) Cyber Security Posture
14 7 (1.23%) Data Centre
14 7 (1.23%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 65 (11.44%) Windows
2 26 (4.58%) Linux
3 19 (3.35%) Android
3 19 (3.35%) Unix
4 17 (2.99%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.94%) Mac OS
6 10 (1.76%) Apple iOS
6 10 (1.76%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.53%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (39.26%) Cybersecurity
2 204 (35.92%) Risk Management
3 132 (23.24%) Incident Response
4 92 (16.20%) Roadmaps
5 88 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
6 87 (15.32%) Project Management
7 84 (14.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 81 (14.26%) Agile
9 77 (13.56%) Mentoring
10 75 (13.20%) Cloud Security
11 72 (12.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 71 (12.50%) Analytics
13 69 (12.15%) Computer Science
13 69 (12.15%) Data Protection
13 69 (12.15%) Vulnerability Management
14 57 (10.04%) SIEM
15 55 (9.68%) Internal Audit
16 53 (9.33%) Business Intelligence
16 53 (9.33%) Risk Assessment
17 49 (8.63%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 66 (11.62%) Python
2 52 (9.15%) PowerShell
3 24 (4.23%) Go
4 22 (3.87%) SQL
5 21 (3.70%) Bash
6 19 (3.35%) Java
7 6 (1.06%) C++
8 4 (0.70%) C
9 3 (0.53%) C#
9 3 (0.53%) Objective-C
9 3 (0.53%) Perl
9 3 (0.53%) Ruby
9 3 (0.53%) Rust
10 2 (0.35%) Bicep
10 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.35%) R
11 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 225 (39.61%) CISSP
2 148 (26.06%) Degree
3 146 (25.70%) CISM
4 88 (15.49%) CISA
5 58 (10.21%) CRISC
6 43 (7.57%) SANS
7 38 (6.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (5.46%) Master's Degree
9 30 (5.28%) CompTIA Security+
10 29 (5.11%) FFIEC
11 28 (4.93%) CGEIT
12 27 (4.75%) Security Cleared
13 25 (4.40%) CEH
14 23 (4.05%) OSCP
15 20 (3.52%) CompTIA CySA+
15 20 (3.52%) SC Cleared
16 19 (3.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 18 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
18 17 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
19 15 (2.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (36.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 158 (27.82%) NIST
3 100 (17.61%) GRC
4 86 (15.14%) GDPR
5 49 (8.63%) PCI DSS
6 36 (6.34%) COBIT
7 35 (6.16%) Cyber Essentials
8 32 (5.63%) QA
9 31 (5.46%) NIST 800
10 25 (4.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 25 (4.40%) SOC 2
11 22 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 16 (2.82%) SLA
13 14 (2.46%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (1.23%) Accessibility
14 7 (1.23%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (1.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (1.23%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.88%) ITGC
16 4 (0.70%) NCSC
System Software
1 26 (4.58%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.06%) Docker
4 5 (0.88%) Firmware
4 5 (0.88%) vSphere
5 4 (0.70%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.35%) IAG
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (6.16%) Terraform
2 34 (5.99%) Kubernetes
3 23 (4.05%) SCCM
4 15 (2.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (2.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 13 (2.29%) RSA Archer
6 12 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (1.58%) Ansible
7 9 (1.58%) EnCase
7 9 (1.58%) FTK
8 7 (1.23%) CASB
9 5 (0.88%) VxRail
10 4 (0.70%) Cilium
10 4 (0.70%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.70%) Packer
11 3 (0.53%) ArcSight ESM
11 3 (0.53%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.53%) Grafana
11 3 (0.53%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.53%) QRadar
Vendors
1 116 (20.42%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.28%) Google
3 23 (4.05%) Palo Alto
4 20 (3.52%) Cisco
5 18 (3.17%) iManage
6 17 (2.99%) CyberArk
7 16 (2.82%) VMware
8 15 (2.64%) CrowdStrike
9 13 (2.29%) Rapid7
10 10 (1.76%) Foundry
10 10 (1.76%) Thales
11 9 (1.58%) Cellebrite
11 9 (1.58%) EMC
12 8 (1.41%) ServiceNow
13 7 (1.23%) Oracle
13 7 (1.23%) Salesforce
13 7 (1.23%) Splunk
14 6 (1.06%) F5
15 5 (0.88%) Talend
15 5 (0.88%) TOWER Software