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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 111 103
Rank change year-on-year +26 -8 -33
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 609 353 637
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.53% 2.93% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.11% 3.11% 3.66%
Number of salaries quoted 419 202 450
10th Percentile £51,250 £50,575 £45,250
25th Percentile £68,750 £62,813 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,938 £91,250
90th Percentile £118,750 £110,875 £115,000
England median annual salary £70,466 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.41% +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 19,599 11,351 17,402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.48% 94.20% 89.06%
Number of salaries quoted 13,242 7,173 11,453
10th Percentile £40,800 £39,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,525
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 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%

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 25 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 25 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 +16 70 £92,500 +27.59% 45
West London -2 26 £75,000 -1.64% 18
East London +4 18 £87,500 -2.78% 4
South London +6 7 £65,000 - 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 30 (4.93%) SAS
2 16 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.99%) Confluence
4 3 (0.49%) 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 24 (3.94%) SPSS
2 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.15%) Relativity
2 3 (0.49%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.49%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 137 (22.50%) Azure
2 87 (14.29%) AWS
3 74 (12.15%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (6.40%) SaaS
5 32 (5.25%) GCP
6 24 (3.94%) Entra ID
7 18 (2.96%) OpenShift
8 17 (2.79%) Dropbox
9 15 (2.46%) Power Platform
10 13 (2.13%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 13 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (1.81%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (1.81%) PaaS
12 10 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (1.64%) GitHub
13 9 (1.48%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (1.48%) Amazon ELB
13 9 (1.48%) AWS CloudTrail
13 9 (1.48%) OCI
13 9 (1.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 73 (11.99%) Network Security
2 54 (8.87%) Firewall
3 23 (3.78%) VPN
4 22 (3.61%) DNS
5 20 (3.28%) OSPF
6 17 (2.79%) BGP
6 17 (2.79%) VXLAN
7 16 (2.63%) WAN
8 15 (2.46%) TCP/IP
9 13 (2.13%) VLAN
10 9 (1.48%) CHAP
11 8 (1.31%) Cisco ISE
12 7 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (1.15%) LAN
13 4 (0.66%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (0.66%) Wireshark
14 3 (0.49%) Cisco Firepower
14 3 (0.49%) HTTPS
14 3 (0.49%) TACACS
14 3 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.11%) Big Data
2 24 (3.94%) EDRMS
3 12 (1.97%) Power BI
4 9 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (1.15%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.16%) DataStage
7 1 (0.16%) Db2
7 1 (0.16%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.16%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.16%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.16%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.16%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.16%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.16%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (1.31%) Git
2 6 (0.99%) JIRA
2 6 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (0.66%) Burp Suite
4 3 (0.49%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.49%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 230 (37.77%) Social Skills
2 214 (35.14%) Finance
3 101 (16.58%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (15.93%) Legal
5 82 (13.46%) Law
6 81 (13.30%) Banking
7 73 (11.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 47 (7.72%) Retail
9 30 (4.93%) Legal Technology
10 25 (4.11%) Local Government
11 21 (3.45%) Financial Institution
12 16 (2.63%) Telecoms
13 14 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.64%) Public Sector
16 9 (1.48%) Back Office
16 9 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (1.15%) Cyber-Physical System
17 7 (1.15%) French Language
17 7 (1.15%) German Language
Job Titles
1 93 (15.27%) Senior
2 92 (15.11%) Security Manager
3 72 (11.82%) Lead
4 68 (11.17%) Information Manager
5 65 (10.67%) Analyst
5 65 (10.67%) Information Security Manager
6 47 (7.72%) Security Engineer
7 43 (7.06%) Security Analyst
8 35 (5.75%) Security Specialist
9 34 (5.58%) Architect
10 27 (4.43%) Consultant
11 26 (4.27%) IT Manager
12 25 (4.11%) Cloud Engineer
13 23 (3.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 22 (3.61%) Security Architect
14 22 (3.61%) Senior Manager
15 21 (3.45%) Head of Security
15 21 (3.45%) Incident Manager
16 20 (3.28%) Information Analyst
16 20 (3.28%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (5.25%) Terraform
2 6 (0.99%) OpenID
2 6 (0.99%) SailPoint
2 6 (0.99%) SAML
3 4 (0.66%) REST
4 3 (0.49%) .NET
4 3 (0.49%) JSON
5 2 (0.33%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.33%) Kafka
5 2 (0.33%) OAuth
5 2 (0.33%) RESTful
6 1 (0.16%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.16%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.16%) Jakarta EE
6 1 (0.16%) JPA
6 1 (0.16%) LangChain
6 1 (0.16%) LlamaIndex
6 1 (0.16%) Middleware
6 1 (0.16%) Spring
6 1 (0.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 141 (23.15%) Management Information System
2 89 (14.61%) Security Posture
3 45 (7.39%) Cyber Threat
4 32 (5.25%) Cloud Native
5 28 (4.60%) Onboarding
6 26 (4.27%) Cybercrime
7 20 (3.28%) Operational Technology
8 16 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (2.46%) Data Centre
10 14 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
11 13 (2.13%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.64%) Freedom of Information
12 10 (1.64%) Freedom of Information Act
13 8 (1.31%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.31%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.31%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.15%) Cyber Defence
14 7 (1.15%) Cyber Security Posture
14 7 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 56 (9.20%) Windows
2 30 (4.93%) Linux
3 11 (1.81%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.64%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.48%) Android
6 7 (1.15%) Unix
7 6 (0.99%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.99%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.16%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (45.81%) Cybersecurity
2 216 (35.47%) Risk Management
3 153 (25.12%) Incident Response
4 136 (22.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 103 (16.91%) Cloud Security
6 95 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
6 95 (15.60%) SIEM
7 90 (14.78%) Stakeholder Management
8 89 (14.61%) Roadmaps
9 85 (13.96%) Vulnerability Management
10 79 (12.97%) AI
11 77 (12.64%) Security Operations
12 76 (12.48%) Mentoring
13 72 (11.82%) Business Continuity
13 72 (11.82%) Data Protection
14 69 (11.33%) Analytics
15 62 (10.18%) Disaster Recovery
16 60 (9.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 58 (9.52%) Computer Science
18 54 (8.87%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 51 (8.37%) Python
2 35 (5.75%) PowerShell
3 17 (2.79%) Java
4 16 (2.63%) Bash
5 13 (2.13%) Go
5 13 (2.13%) SQL
6 10 (1.64%) Kusto Query Language
7 8 (1.31%) C#
8 7 (1.15%) Ruby
9 6 (0.99%) C
9 6 (0.99%) C++
10 5 (0.82%) Perl
11 4 (0.66%) Rust
12 3 (0.49%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.33%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.33%) Search Processing Language
14 1 (0.16%) Bicep
14 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.16%) Groovy
14 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 210 (34.48%) CISSP
2 151 (24.79%) Degree
3 146 (23.97%) CISM
4 60 (9.85%) CRISC
5 53 (8.70%) CISA
6 50 (8.21%) Cisco Certification
7 44 (7.22%) Master's Degree
8 41 (6.73%) Security Cleared
9 34 (5.58%) CompTIA Security+
10 33 (5.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 32 (5.25%) Computer Science Degree
12 31 (5.09%) CCSP
13 29 (4.76%) CEH
14 28 (4.60%) OSCP
15 23 (3.78%) SC Cleared
16 20 (3.28%) GCIH
16 20 (3.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 18 (2.96%) GIAC
17 18 (2.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 17 (2.79%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 234 (38.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 178 (29.23%) NIST
3 117 (19.21%) GDPR
4 115 (18.88%) GRC
5 59 (9.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 50 (8.21%) PCI DSS
7 35 (5.75%) COBIT
8 31 (5.09%) SOC 2
9 30 (4.93%) NIST 800
10 26 (4.27%) QA
11 18 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 16 (2.63%) NCSC
13 15 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 12 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 11 (1.81%) Accessibility
16 9 (1.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 7 (1.15%) SOC 1
18 5 (0.82%) ISO 22301
18 5 (0.82%) PMO
18 5 (0.82%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (4.43%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.49%) VMware Server
4 2 (0.33%) IAG
5 1 (0.16%) Docker
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (6.08%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.94%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (2.79%) EnCase
3 17 (2.79%) FTK
4 13 (2.13%) Ansible
5 10 (1.64%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.99%) Packer
7 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.66%) CASB
8 4 (0.66%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.49%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 3 (0.49%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (0.49%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.49%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 2 (0.33%) Argo
10 2 (0.33%) Grafana
10 2 (0.33%) Istio
10 2 (0.33%) linkerd
10 2 (0.33%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.16%) VxRail
Vendors
1 117 (19.21%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.57%) Palo Alto
3 25 (4.11%) iManage
4 19 (3.12%) Cisco
4 19 (3.12%) Google
4 19 (3.12%) Zscaler
5 18 (2.96%) Fortinet
6 17 (2.79%) Cellebrite
6 17 (2.79%) CrowdStrike
6 17 (2.79%) Rapid7
6 17 (2.79%) VMware
7 13 (2.13%) CyberArk
8 11 (1.81%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.64%) Oracle
10 9 (1.48%) LogRhythm
10 9 (1.48%) Tenable
11 8 (1.31%) Splunk
11 8 (1.31%) Thales
12 7 (1.15%) Nuix
13 6 (0.99%) OpenAI