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 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 80 81
Rank change year-on-year +11 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 543 583 752
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.51% 3.87% 3.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 4.06% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 256 322 640
10th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £47,000
25th Percentile £62,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £74,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -1.33% +3.24%
75th Percentile £97,500 £90,938 £90,000
90th Percentile £126,875 £120,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +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 13,394 14,356 19,568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 86.47% 95.40% 91.79%
Number of salaries quoted 8,655 7,843 15,764
10th Percentile £37,425 £43,250 £39,085
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,001 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,390 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% +3.99% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £116,250 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 14 February 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 14 February 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 -8 74 £72,500 +3.57% 19
East London +10 25 £90,000 - 9
West London -9 23 £67,500 +17.05% 6
South London +22 8 £36,500 -43.85% 2
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 18 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.21%) SAS
4 9 (1.66%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.29%) Confluence
6 5 (0.92%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.37%) MTS
8 1 (0.18%) Apache
8 1 (0.18%) CMS
8 1 (0.18%) nginx
8 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (7.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (6.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 32 (5.89%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.84%) SPSS
5 9 (1.66%) Adobe Premiere
5 9 (1.66%) Photoshop
6 8 (1.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (1.66%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.37%) Relativity
3 1 (0.18%) Magento
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 88 (16.21%) Azure
2 70 (12.89%) AWS
3 52 (9.58%) GCP
4 50 (9.21%) Microsoft 365
5 39 (7.18%) SaaS
6 28 (5.16%) Entra ID
7 24 (4.42%) Power Platform
8 14 (2.58%) IaaS
8 14 (2.58%) Microsoft Purview
9 13 (2.39%) PaaS
10 12 (2.21%) Nutanix
11 11 (2.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 10 (1.84%) Dropbox
12 10 (1.84%) OneDrive
13 9 (1.66%) Amazon EMR
14 8 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (1.47%) Azure Service Bus
15 6 (1.10%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 5 (0.92%) GitHub
16 5 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 39 (7.18%) Firewall
2 21 (3.87%) Network Security
3 20 (3.68%) CHAP
4 12 (2.21%) Intrusion Detection
4 12 (2.21%) WAN
5 11 (2.03%) SD-WAN
6 10 (1.84%) VPN
7 9 (1.66%) Cisco IOS
7 9 (1.66%) WAAS
8 6 (1.10%) ATM
8 6 (1.10%) RTP
9 5 (0.92%) SAN
10 4 (0.74%) Broadband
10 4 (0.74%) DNS
10 4 (0.74%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.74%) VSAN
11 3 (0.55%) HTTP
12 2 (0.37%) AMQP
12 2 (0.37%) DKIM
12 2 (0.37%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.24%) Big Data
1 23 (4.24%) Power BI
1 23 (4.24%) Tableau
2 13 (2.39%) Relational Database
3 12 (2.21%) NoSQL
3 12 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (2.03%) Hadoop
5 10 (1.84%) EDRMS
5 10 (1.84%) SQL Server
6 9 (1.66%) Apache Cassandra
6 9 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.66%) DataStage
6 9 (1.66%) DynamoDB
6 9 (1.66%) MongoDB
6 9 (1.66%) MySQL
6 9 (1.66%) Neo4j
6 9 (1.66%) Pentaho
6 9 (1.66%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.55%) Redis
8 2 (0.37%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 5 (0.92%) JIRA
2 4 (0.74%) TeamCity
3 3 (0.55%) Burp Suite
3 3 (0.55%) Git
4 2 (0.37%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.37%) Snyk
5 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
General
1 281 (51.75%) Finance
2 253 (46.59%) Social Skills
3 155 (28.55%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (18.42%) Legal
5 90 (16.57%) Banking
6 89 (16.39%) Financial Institution
7 67 (12.34%) Law
8 63 (11.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 57 (10.50%) Retail
10 47 (8.66%) Marketing
11 34 (6.26%) Digital Economy
12 26 (4.79%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
14 16 (2.95%) Back Office
14 16 (2.95%) Telecoms
15 11 (2.03%) Public Sector
16 10 (1.84%) Billing
17 9 (1.66%) Dutch Language
17 9 (1.66%) French Language
17 9 (1.66%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 83 (15.29%) Senior
2 57 (10.50%) Lead
3 53 (9.76%) Security Engineer
4 52 (9.58%) Analyst
5 36 (6.63%) Security Analyst
5 36 (6.63%) Security Manager
6 30 (5.52%) Consultant
7 22 (4.05%) Risk Manager
8 21 (3.87%) Python Engineer
9 20 (3.68%) Auditor
9 20 (3.68%) Information Analyst
10 19 (3.50%) Security Auditor
11 18 (3.31%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 18 (3.31%) Information Manager
11 18 (3.31%) Internal Auditor
12 17 (3.13%) Head of Security
12 17 (3.13%) Information Security Analyst
12 17 (3.13%) Information Security Manager
12 17 (3.13%) Product Management Director
12 17 (3.13%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.58%) OAuth
2 10 (1.84%) OAuth2
3 9 (1.66%) Kafka
4 6 (1.10%) REST
4 6 (1.10%) RESTful
5 5 (0.92%) gRPC
6 4 (0.74%) EDI
6 4 (0.74%) Middleware
6 4 (0.74%) OpenID
6 4 (0.74%) SAML
7 3 (0.55%) JWT
7 3 (0.55%) Node.js
7 3 (0.55%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (0.37%) PySpark
9 1 (0.18%) FIDO
9 1 (0.18%) LDAP
9 1 (0.18%) NetworkX
9 1 (0.18%) Pandas
9 1 (0.18%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.18%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 126 (23.20%) Management Information System
2 65 (11.97%) Security Posture
3 54 (9.94%) Self-Motivation
4 43 (7.92%) Onboarding
5 26 (4.79%) Product Ownership
6 20 (3.68%) Hedge funds
7 18 (3.31%) Cyber Threat
8 17 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
9 16 (2.95%) Cloud Native
10 13 (2.39%) CMDB
11 12 (2.21%) Blockchain
11 12 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (2.03%) Algorithms
13 10 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (1.84%) Cybercrime
13 10 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.84%) PKI
14 9 (1.66%) Security Operations Centre
15 8 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
16 7 (1.29%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 61 (11.23%) Windows
2 24 (4.42%) Linux
3 16 (2.95%) Android
4 14 (2.58%) Unix
5 13 (2.39%) Windows Server
6 11 (2.03%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.29%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.29%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.37%) AIX
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (37.20%) Risk Management
2 176 (32.41%) Cybersecurity
3 127 (23.39%) Incident Response
4 103 (18.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 102 (18.78%) Problem-Solving
6 96 (17.68%) Roadmaps
7 81 (14.92%) Analytics
7 81 (14.92%) Computer Science
8 79 (14.55%) Agile
9 78 (14.36%) Project Management
10 72 (13.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 71 (13.08%) Product Management
12 70 (12.89%) Data Protection
13 62 (11.42%) Decision-Making
14 61 (11.23%) SIEM
14 61 (11.23%) Vulnerability Management
15 59 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
16 57 (10.50%) Stakeholder Management
17 54 (9.94%) Cloud Security
18 53 (9.76%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 59 (10.87%) Python
2 39 (7.18%) PowerShell
3 30 (5.52%) SQL
4 18 (3.31%) Go
5 16 (2.95%) Java
6 15 (2.76%) Bash
7 3 (0.55%) C++
8 2 (0.37%) Bicep
8 2 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.37%) R
9 1 (0.18%) C
9 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 204 (37.57%) CISSP
2 167 (30.76%) Degree
3 128 (23.57%) CISM
4 97 (17.86%) CISA
5 55 (10.13%) CRISC
6 52 (9.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 35 (6.45%) SANS
8 33 (6.08%) Master's Degree
9 24 (4.42%) CompTIA Security+
9 24 (4.42%) FFIEC
10 21 (3.87%) CGEIT
11 20 (3.68%) Cisco Certification
11 20 (3.68%) Security Cleared
12 17 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
13 16 (2.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 16 (2.95%) CompTIA CySA+
14 15 (2.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 14 (2.58%) CEH
16 13 (2.39%) SC Cleared
17 12 (2.21%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (34.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 133 (24.49%) NIST
3 83 (15.29%) GDPR
4 74 (13.63%) GRC
5 41 (7.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 35 (6.45%) PCI DSS
7 29 (5.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 28 (5.16%) COBIT
9 24 (4.42%) NIST 800
9 24 (4.42%) SOC 2
10 18 (3.31%) SLA
11 14 (2.58%) Data Quality
11 14 (2.58%) QA
12 12 (2.21%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 8 (1.47%) ISAE 3402
15 6 (1.10%) ISO 9001
15 6 (1.10%) ITGC
16 5 (0.92%) ISO 22301
17 4 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 26 (4.79%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.10%) Docker
4 5 (0.92%) Firmware
5 4 (0.74%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.74%) vSphere
6 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (4.97%) Kubernetes
2 25 (4.60%) Terraform
3 23 (4.24%) SCCM
4 16 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (2.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 13 (2.39%) RSA Archer
7 9 (1.66%) CASB
8 8 (1.47%) EnCase
8 8 (1.47%) FTK
9 6 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.92%) QRadar
11 4 (0.74%) Cilium
11 4 (0.74%) HP Fortify
12 3 (0.55%) ArcSight ESM
12 3 (0.55%) Grafana
12 3 (0.55%) Nmap
12 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.55%) VxRail
13 2 (0.37%) Ansible
13 2 (0.37%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 101 (18.60%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.42%) Google
3 17 (3.13%) Foundry
4 15 (2.76%) Adobe
5 14 (2.58%) Cisco
6 13 (2.39%) VMware
7 10 (1.84%) Oracle
7 10 (1.84%) Palo Alto
7 10 (1.84%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.66%) Informatica
8 9 (1.66%) Talend
9 8 (1.47%) Cellebrite
9 8 (1.47%) Splunk
10 6 (1.10%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.10%) Rapid7
10 6 (1.10%) VocaLink
11 5 (0.92%) Commvault
11 5 (0.92%) Nokia
11 5 (0.92%) Qualys
11 5 (0.92%) ServiceNow