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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 88 79
Rank change year-on-year +17 -9 -1
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 558 471 792
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.07% 3.67% 3.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.64% 3.81% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 297 287 664
10th Percentile £51,900 £51,250 £45,000
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% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £124,750 £120,000 £100,875
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 15,330 12,355 20,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 84.33% 96.25% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 10,021 7,519 15,975
10th Percentile £39,500 £42,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £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 £113,750 £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 3 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 3 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 +9 79 £78,750 +26.00% 30
East London +3 30 £97,500 +214.52% 12
West London -34 17 £71,250 +23.55% 7
South London +14 9 £36,500 -43.85% 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 13 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (1.79%) SAS
2 10 (1.79%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.90%) Apache Pulsar
3 5 (0.90%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.72%) Confluence
5 2 (0.36%) MTS
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) CMS
6 1 (0.18%) nginx
6 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (5.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.43%) SPSS
5 7 (1.25%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.25%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.18%) Magento
3 1 (0.18%) Relativity
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 118 (21.15%) Azure
2 80 (14.34%) AWS
3 63 (11.29%) Microsoft 365
4 54 (9.68%) GCP
5 47 (8.42%) SaaS
6 28 (5.02%) Entra ID
7 21 (3.76%) Power Platform
8 17 (3.05%) IaaS
8 17 (3.05%) PaaS
9 15 (2.69%) Microsoft Purview
10 14 (2.51%) Nutanix
11 13 (2.33%) GitHub
11 13 (2.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 9 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.43%) Azure Service Bus
13 8 (1.43%) Dropbox
14 5 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 5 (0.90%) Amazon EMR
14 5 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
15 4 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 48 (8.60%) Firewall
2 29 (5.20%) Network Security
3 25 (4.48%) CHAP
4 16 (2.87%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (1.61%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (1.61%) SD-WAN
5 9 (1.61%) WAAS
5 9 (1.61%) WAN
6 6 (1.08%) RTP
6 6 (1.08%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.90%) HTTPS
7 5 (0.90%) SAN
7 5 (0.90%) VPN
7 5 (0.90%) VSAN
8 4 (0.72%) ATM
8 4 (0.72%) DNS
9 3 (0.54%) Broadband
10 2 (0.36%) DKIM
10 2 (0.36%) DMARC
11 1 (0.18%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.58%) Power BI
1 20 (3.58%) Tableau
2 16 (2.87%) Big Data
3 8 (1.43%) EDRMS
3 8 (1.43%) NoSQL
3 8 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (1.43%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.25%) Hadoop
5 6 (1.08%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.90%) Apache Cassandra
6 5 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.90%) DataStage
6 5 (0.90%) DynamoDB
6 5 (0.90%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.90%) MySQL
6 5 (0.90%) Neo4j
6 5 (0.90%) Pentaho
6 5 (0.90%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.54%) Redis
8 2 (0.36%) Impala
Development Applications
1 7 (1.25%) Git
2 4 (0.72%) Bitbucket
2 4 (0.72%) TeamCity
2 4 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.36%) JIRA
4 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
General
1 274 (49.10%) Finance
2 244 (43.73%) Social Skills
3 126 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (19.71%) Banking
5 97 (17.38%) Legal
6 77 (13.80%) Financial Institution
7 67 (12.01%) Law
8 66 (11.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 61 (10.93%) Retail
10 44 (7.89%) Marketing
11 26 (4.66%) Telecoms
12 22 (3.94%) Digital Economy
13 21 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (3.23%) Local Government
15 17 (3.05%) Back Office
16 13 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
17 12 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
18 11 (1.97%) Public Sector
19 8 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
20 7 (1.25%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 81 (14.52%) Senior
2 79 (14.16%) Lead
3 62 (11.11%) Security Engineer
4 52 (9.32%) Analyst
5 41 (7.35%) Security Manager
6 35 (6.27%) Consultant
7 32 (5.73%) Security Analyst
8 27 (4.84%) Auditor
8 27 (4.84%) Information Manager
9 26 (4.66%) Azure Engineer
9 26 (4.66%) Cloud Engineer
9 26 (4.66%) Security Auditor
10 24 (4.30%) Information Security Manager
11 23 (4.12%) Internal Auditor
12 22 (3.94%) Python Engineer
13 21 (3.76%) Cloud Security Engineer
14 20 (3.58%) Architect
15 19 (3.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 19 (3.41%) Senior Manager
16 18 (3.23%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.15%) OAuth
2 10 (1.79%) Kafka
3 8 (1.43%) OAuth2
4 6 (1.08%) RESTful
5 5 (0.90%) gRPC
5 5 (0.90%) REST
6 4 (0.72%) Middleware
6 4 (0.72%) SAML
7 3 (0.54%) EDI
7 3 (0.54%) JWT
7 3 (0.54%) Node.js
7 3 (0.54%) OpenID
7 3 (0.54%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.54%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.36%) 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
1 133 (23.84%) Management Information System
2 81 (14.52%) Security Posture
3 40 (7.17%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (5.38%) Onboarding
5 22 (3.94%) Cyber Threat
6 21 (3.76%) Hedge funds
6 21 (3.76%) Product Ownership
7 17 (3.05%) Cloud Native
8 16 (2.87%) CMDB
9 14 (2.51%) Blockchain
10 13 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (2.33%) Public Cloud
11 12 (2.15%) PKI
12 11 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.43%) Cyber Security Posture
13 8 (1.43%) Cybercrime
13 8 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (1.25%) Algorithms
14 7 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (1.25%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 68 (12.19%) Windows
2 28 (5.02%) Linux
3 18 (3.23%) Unix
3 18 (3.23%) Windows Server
4 17 (3.05%) Android
5 12 (2.15%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.97%) Mac OS
7 8 (1.43%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.36%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (35.30%) Cybersecurity
2 195 (34.95%) Risk Management
3 134 (24.01%) Incident Response
4 97 (17.38%) Roadmaps
5 91 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
6 85 (15.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 84 (15.05%) Project Management
8 81 (14.52%) Agile
9 73 (13.08%) Analytics
9 73 (13.08%) Data Protection
10 70 (12.54%) Computer Science
11 68 (12.19%) Cloud Security
11 68 (12.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 64 (11.47%) Vulnerability Management
13 60 (10.75%) Mentoring
13 60 (10.75%) SIEM
14 51 (9.14%) Business Intelligence
14 51 (9.14%) Product Management
15 50 (8.96%) Internal Audit
16 49 (8.78%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (11.47%) Python
2 51 (9.14%) PowerShell
3 25 (4.48%) SQL
4 22 (3.94%) Go
5 21 (3.76%) Bash
6 17 (3.05%) Java
7 6 (1.08%) C++
8 4 (0.72%) C
9 3 (0.54%) C#
9 3 (0.54%) Objective-C
9 3 (0.54%) Perl
9 3 (0.54%) Ruby
9 3 (0.54%) Rust
10 2 (0.36%) Bicep
10 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.36%) R
11 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 217 (38.89%) CISSP
2 147 (26.34%) Degree
3 135 (24.19%) CISM
4 86 (15.41%) CISA
5 56 (10.04%) CRISC
6 40 (7.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 39 (6.99%) SANS
8 28 (5.02%) FFIEC
9 26 (4.66%) CGEIT
9 26 (4.66%) Master's Degree
9 26 (4.66%) Security Cleared
10 25 (4.48%) CEH
10 25 (4.48%) CompTIA Security+
11 20 (3.58%) SC Cleared
12 18 (3.23%) CompTIA CySA+
12 18 (3.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 17 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
13 17 (3.05%) OSCP
14 14 (2.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (37.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 151 (27.06%) NIST
3 91 (16.31%) GRC
4 87 (15.59%) GDPR
5 48 (8.60%) PCI DSS
6 36 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 32 (5.73%) COBIT
8 28 (5.02%) NIST 800
9 27 (4.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 25 (4.48%) QA
11 24 (4.30%) SOC 2
12 21 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 18 (3.23%) SLA
14 14 (2.51%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (1.43%) Accessibility
16 7 (1.25%) Government Security Classifications
16 7 (1.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 7 (1.25%) JSP 440
17 6 (1.08%) Data Quality
18 5 (0.90%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 30 (5.38%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.08%) Docker
4 5 (0.90%) Firmware
4 5 (0.90%) vSphere
5 4 (0.72%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.36%) IAG
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (5.91%) Kubernetes
1 33 (5.91%) Terraform
2 23 (4.12%) SCCM
3 15 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (2.33%) RSA Archer
5 11 (1.97%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 10 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (1.61%) Ansible
7 9 (1.61%) CASB
8 7 (1.25%) EnCase
8 7 (1.25%) FTK
9 5 (0.90%) VxRail
10 4 (0.72%) Cilium
10 4 (0.72%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.72%) Packer
11 3 (0.54%) ArcSight ESM
11 3 (0.54%) Grafana
11 3 (0.54%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.54%) QRadar
12 1 (0.18%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 117 (20.97%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.38%) Google
3 23 (4.12%) Palo Alto
4 20 (3.58%) Cisco
5 17 (3.05%) iManage
5 17 (3.05%) VMware
6 15 (2.69%) CrowdStrike
7 14 (2.51%) CyberArk
8 12 (2.15%) Foundry
8 12 (2.15%) Rapid7
9 9 (1.61%) EMC
9 9 (1.61%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.61%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.61%) Thales
10 7 (1.25%) Cellebrite
10 7 (1.25%) Oracle
10 7 (1.25%) Splunk
11 6 (1.08%) Adobe
11 6 (1.08%) F5
12 5 (0.90%) HubSpot