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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 72 85
Rank change year-on-year -8 +13 +1
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 480 676 671
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.69% 3.89% 3.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.01% 4.29% 3.81%
Number of salaries quoted 222 368 571
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,000
25th Percentile £59,063 £62,500 £58,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,434 £74,000 £77,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.12% -3.90% +2.67%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,125
90th Percentile £119,875 £117,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

All Process and 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 11,962 15,751 17,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.86% 90.72% 93.58%
Number of salaries quoted 7,502 9,239 14,306
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025. 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 -1 73 £70,000 -3.45% 76
West London -6 16 £67,500 +22.73% 11
East London -14 10 £90,000 +69.81% 6
South London +5 6 £36,500 -44.49% 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 19 (3.96%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.88%) Confluence
4 8 (1.67%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.67%) SAS
5 4 (0.83%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.42%) MTS
7 1 (0.21%) Apache
7 1 (0.21%) CMS
7 1 (0.21%) Mule
7 1 (0.21%) nginx
7 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (6.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (6.46%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (4.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.88%) Adobe Premiere
4 9 (1.88%) Photoshop
5 8 (1.67%) SPSS
6 3 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (2.08%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.42%) Relativity
3 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.21%) Magento
3 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 76 (15.83%) Azure
2 54 (11.25%) AWS
3 37 (7.71%) GCP
4 35 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (6.46%) Power Platform
6 29 (6.04%) SaaS
7 12 (2.50%) Entra ID
7 12 (2.50%) IaaS
8 10 (2.08%) OneDrive
9 9 (1.88%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.67%) Dropbox
11 7 (1.46%) Amazon EMR
11 7 (1.46%) Azure Service Bus
11 7 (1.46%) PaaS
12 6 (1.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 5 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (0.83%) Nutanix
15 3 (0.63%) Cloudflare
15 3 (0.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 47 (9.79%) Firewall
2 18 (3.75%) Network Security
3 14 (2.92%) VPN
4 12 (2.50%) Intrusion Detection
5 8 (1.67%) WAN
6 7 (1.46%) DNS
6 7 (1.46%) RTP
7 6 (1.25%) CHAP
7 6 (1.25%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.83%) BGP
8 4 (0.83%) OSPF
8 4 (0.83%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.83%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.63%) HTTP
9 3 (0.63%) SAN
9 3 (0.63%) Spanning Tree
10 2 (0.42%) ATM
10 2 (0.42%) VLAN
10 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.46%) Power BI
2 16 (3.33%) Big Data
3 15 (3.13%) Tableau
4 11 (2.29%) Relational Database
5 10 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.88%) MongoDB
6 9 (1.88%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.67%) DynamoDB
7 8 (1.67%) EDRMS
8 7 (1.46%) Apache Cassandra
8 7 (1.46%) DataStage
8 7 (1.46%) Hadoop
8 7 (1.46%) MySQL
8 7 (1.46%) Neo4j
8 7 (1.46%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.46%) Pentaho
8 7 (1.46%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.83%) Metadata
10 3 (0.63%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 7 (1.46%) JIRA
2 4 (0.83%) Burp Suite
3 3 (0.63%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.42%) Snyk
5 1 (0.21%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.21%) MLflow
General
1 234 (48.75%) Social Skills
2 233 (48.54%) Finance
3 160 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (19.38%) Legal
5 64 (13.33%) Banking
6 63 (13.13%) Financial Institution
7 44 (9.17%) Law
8 39 (8.13%) Marketing
9 35 (7.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 33 (6.88%) Digital Economy
11 31 (6.46%) Influencing Skills
12 27 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (4.38%) Retail
14 13 (2.71%) Telecoms
15 12 (2.50%) Billing
15 12 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
16 11 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (1.88%) Dutch Language
17 9 (1.88%) French Language
17 9 (1.88%) German Language
Job Titles
1 67 (13.96%) Senior
2 61 (12.71%) Analyst
3 37 (7.71%) Lead
4 35 (7.29%) Security Engineer
5 32 (6.67%) Security Manager
6 31 (6.46%) Security Analyst
7 21 (4.38%) Risk Manager
8 19 (3.96%) Information Analyst
8 19 (3.96%) Security Specialist
9 18 (3.75%) Product Management Director
9 18 (3.75%) Product Specialist
10 15 (3.13%) Architect
10 15 (3.13%) Information Security Analyst
10 15 (3.13%) IT Manager
11 14 (2.92%) Consultant
11 14 (2.92%) Information Security Manager
11 14 (2.92%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 13 (2.71%) Product Manager
12 13 (2.71%) Senior Manager
13 12 (2.50%) Information Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.29%) OAuth
2 9 (1.88%) Kafka
2 9 (1.88%) OAuth2
3 7 (1.46%) EDI
4 6 (1.25%) RESTful
5 5 (1.04%) REST
6 4 (0.83%) CSS
6 4 (0.83%) gRPC
6 4 (0.83%) HTML
7 3 (0.63%) JWT
7 3 (0.63%) Node.js
7 3 (0.63%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (0.42%) OpenID
8 2 (0.42%) React
8 2 (0.42%) SAML
8 2 (0.42%) Spring
8 2 (0.42%) Spring Boot
9 1 (0.21%) Pandas
9 1 (0.21%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.21%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 107 (22.29%) Management Information System
2 51 (10.63%) Security Posture
3 50 (10.42%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (6.67%) Onboarding
5 21 (4.38%) Product Ownership
6 17 (3.54%) Cyber Threat
7 15 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
8 13 (2.71%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (2.29%) Cloud Native
9 11 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
9 11 (2.29%) Taxonomies
10 10 (2.08%) Data Centre
11 9 (1.88%) Cloud Security Posture
11 9 (1.88%) Social Media
12 8 (1.67%) Cybercrime
12 8 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.67%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.67%) Web Conferencing
13 7 (1.46%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 45 (9.38%) Windows
2 24 (5.00%) Linux
3 9 (1.88%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.25%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.04%) Unix
6 4 (0.83%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.21%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (34.79%) Risk Management
2 149 (31.04%) Cybersecurity
3 121 (25.21%) Problem-Solving
4 111 (23.13%) Incident Response
5 110 (22.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 93 (19.38%) Roadmaps
7 75 (15.63%) Analytics
7 75 (15.63%) Product Management
7 75 (15.63%) SIEM
8 70 (14.58%) Computer Science
9 69 (14.38%) Decision-Making
10 61 (12.71%) Agile
11 60 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
12 59 (12.29%) Security Operations
13 55 (11.46%) Cloud Security
13 55 (11.46%) Project Management
14 52 (10.83%) Product Roadmap
15 51 (10.63%) Business Case
15 51 (10.63%) Vulnerability Management
16 48 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 43 (8.96%) Python
2 22 (4.58%) PowerShell
3 20 (4.17%) SQL
4 9 (1.88%) Bash
4 9 (1.88%) Java
5 7 (1.46%) Go
6 2 (0.42%) VB
7 1 (0.21%) C++
7 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.21%) Perl
Qualifications
1 174 (36.25%) Degree
2 151 (31.46%) CISSP
3 113 (23.54%) CISM
4 63 (13.13%) CISA
5 51 (10.63%) CRISC
6 41 (8.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 35 (7.29%) Master's Degree
8 20 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
9 15 (3.13%) CEH
9 15 (3.13%) GIAC
10 13 (2.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 13 (2.71%) SANS
11 12 (2.50%) GCIH
12 11 (2.29%) FFIEC
12 11 (2.29%) PMI Certification
13 10 (2.08%) PMP
14 9 (1.88%) ISACA
15 8 (1.67%) CCSP
16 7 (1.46%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (32.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 119 (24.79%) NIST
3 75 (15.63%) GDPR
4 45 (9.38%) GRC
5 37 (7.71%) SOC 2
6 32 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
7 24 (5.00%) PCI DSS
8 20 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 19 (3.96%) NIST 800
10 18 (3.75%) COBIT
10 18 (3.75%) Data Quality
11 12 (2.50%) SOC 1
12 11 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 9 (1.88%) SLA
14 8 (1.67%) ISAE 3402
14 8 (1.67%) ISO 9001
14 8 (1.67%) ITGC
15 7 (1.46%) QA
16 5 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 5 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 27 (5.63%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.25%) Docker
3 5 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.63%) vSphere
5 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (3.33%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.29%) RSA Archer
2 11 (2.29%) Terraform
3 9 (1.88%) SCCM
4 8 (1.67%) QRadar
5 7 (1.46%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 6 (1.25%) EnCase
6 6 (1.25%) FTK
6 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.04%) CASB
7 5 (1.04%) CSIRT
8 4 (0.83%) Nmap
8 4 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.63%) Ansible
9 3 (0.63%) ArcSight ESM
9 3 (0.63%) Grafana
9 3 (0.63%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.42%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 2 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.42%) Nessus
Vendors
1 93 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.33%) Foundry
3 15 (3.13%) Adobe
4 12 (2.50%) Splunk
4 12 (2.50%) VMware
5 10 (2.08%) Palo Alto
5 10 (2.08%) Qualys
5 10 (2.08%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.88%) Oracle
7 8 (1.67%) Google
7 8 (1.67%) Rapid7
8 7 (1.46%) Cisco
8 7 (1.46%) Informatica
8 7 (1.46%) Talend
9 6 (1.25%) Cellebrite
9 6 (1.25%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (1.25%) Darktrace
9 6 (1.25%) HubSpot
10 5 (1.04%) Carbon Black
10 5 (1.04%) ServiceNow