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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 121 103
Rank change year-on-year +33 -18 -35
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 605 355 640
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.45% 2.96% 3.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% 3.15% 3.73%
Number of salaries quoted 417 197 419
10th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £68,750 £63,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £108,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +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 19,991 11,273 17,155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.87% 94.11% 89.32%
Number of salaries quoted 13,622 7,148 10,674
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 67 £92,500 +32.14% 75
West London +12 31 £80,000 +18.52% 18
East London 0 14 £57,500 -36.11% 6
South London - 5 £80,000 - 3
North London - 1 £61,250 -
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 33 (5.45%) SAS
2 15 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.99%) Confluence
4 3 (0.50%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.17%) IIS
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 27 (4.46%) SPSS
2 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.50%) Carpe Diem
1 3 (0.50%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 126 (20.83%) Azure
2 90 (14.88%) AWS
3 67 (11.07%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (6.45%) SaaS
5 33 (5.45%) GCP
6 24 (3.97%) Entra ID
7 20 (3.31%) Dropbox
8 18 (2.98%) OpenShift
9 17 (2.81%) Power Platform
10 14 (2.31%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 13 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (1.98%) Microsoft Purview
13 11 (1.82%) PaaS
14 10 (1.65%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (1.65%) Amazon ELB
14 10 (1.65%) Amazon S3
14 10 (1.65%) AWS CloudTrail
14 10 (1.65%) Azure Sentinel
14 10 (1.65%) OCI
14 10 (1.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 73 (12.07%) Network Security
2 48 (7.93%) Firewall
3 23 (3.80%) VPN
4 20 (3.31%) DNS
4 20 (3.31%) OSPF
5 17 (2.81%) BGP
5 17 (2.81%) VXLAN
6 16 (2.64%) WAN
7 13 (2.15%) TCP/IP
7 13 (2.15%) VLAN
8 8 (1.32%) Cisco ISE
9 7 (1.16%) LAN
10 6 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.83%) CHAP
12 4 (0.66%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.66%) Wireshark
13 3 (0.50%) Cisco Firepower
13 3 (0.50%) TACACS
13 3 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (0.33%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.46%) Big Data
1 27 (4.46%) EDRMS
2 14 (2.31%) Power BI
3 10 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (0.99%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.17%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.17%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.17%) Db2
6 1 (0.17%) Metadata
6 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.17%) Power Query
6 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (1.16%) Git
2 6 (0.99%) JIRA
3 5 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.66%) Burp Suite
5 3 (0.50%) Yeoman
6 2 (0.33%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.33%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
General
1 235 (38.84%) Social Skills
2 208 (34.38%) Finance
3 104 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (16.86%) Legal
5 83 (13.72%) Law
6 81 (13.39%) Banking
7 75 (12.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 53 (8.76%) Retail
9 34 (5.62%) Legal Technology
10 24 (3.97%) Local Government
11 17 (2.81%) Financial Institution
12 15 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (2.31%) Public Sector
14 13 (2.15%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (1.49%) Back Office
17 7 (1.16%) Cyber-Physical System
17 7 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (1.16%) French Language
17 7 (1.16%) German Language
Job Titles
1 95 (15.70%) Security Manager
1 95 (15.70%) Senior
2 69 (11.40%) Information Manager
3 66 (10.91%) Information Security Manager
4 65 (10.74%) Analyst
5 62 (10.25%) Lead
6 46 (7.60%) Security Analyst
7 41 (6.78%) Security Engineer
8 35 (5.79%) Security Specialist
9 33 (5.45%) Architect
10 28 (4.63%) Consultant
11 27 (4.46%) IT Manager
12 23 (3.80%) Cloud Engineer
12 23 (3.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 23 (3.80%) Head of Security
12 23 (3.80%) Security Architect
13 22 (3.64%) Senior Manager
14 21 (3.47%) Incident Manager
14 21 (3.47%) Information Analyst
14 21 (3.47%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (5.62%) Terraform
2 6 (0.99%) OpenID
2 6 (0.99%) SailPoint
2 6 (0.99%) SAML
3 5 (0.83%) REST
4 3 (0.50%) .NET
4 3 (0.50%) JSON
5 2 (0.33%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.33%) Kafka
5 2 (0.33%) OAuth
5 2 (0.33%) RESTful
6 1 (0.17%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.17%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.17%) Jakarta EE
6 1 (0.17%) JPA
6 1 (0.17%) LangChain
6 1 (0.17%) LlamaIndex
6 1 (0.17%) Middleware
6 1 (0.17%) Spring
6 1 (0.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 142 (23.47%) Management Information System
2 87 (14.38%) Security Posture
3 43 (7.11%) Cyber Threat
4 33 (5.45%) Cloud Native
5 29 (4.79%) Cybercrime
6 27 (4.46%) Onboarding
7 20 (3.31%) Operational Technology
8 16 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (2.48%) Data Centre
10 14 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.98%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.65%) Freedom of Information
12 10 (1.65%) Freedom of Information Act
13 9 (1.49%) Cyber Defence
14 8 (1.32%) AI Agents
14 8 (1.32%) Virtual Team
15 7 (1.16%) Cyber Security Posture
15 7 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (1.16%) Private Cloud
16 5 (0.83%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 53 (8.76%) Windows
2 29 (4.79%) Linux
3 13 (2.15%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.65%) Android
5 9 (1.49%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.32%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.83%) Unix
7 5 (0.83%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.17%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (46.28%) Cybersecurity
2 214 (35.37%) Risk Management
3 145 (23.97%) Incident Response
4 139 (22.98%) Continuous Improvement
5 101 (16.69%) Problem-Solving
6 100 (16.53%) Cloud Security
7 99 (16.36%) Stakeholder Management
8 87 (14.38%) Roadmaps
8 87 (14.38%) SIEM
9 85 (14.05%) Vulnerability Management
10 82 (13.55%) AI
10 82 (13.55%) Security Operations
11 78 (12.89%) Business Continuity
12 74 (12.23%) Mentoring
13 73 (12.07%) Data Protection
14 65 (10.74%) Analytics
15 61 (10.08%) Disaster Recovery
16 58 (9.59%) Computer Science
17 55 (9.09%) Regulatory Compliance
18 54 (8.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 52 (8.60%) Python
2 31 (5.12%) PowerShell
3 20 (3.31%) Java
4 17 (2.81%) Bash
5 16 (2.64%) Go
6 13 (2.15%) SQL
7 12 (1.98%) Kusto Query Language
8 9 (1.49%) C#
9 7 (1.16%) C
9 7 (1.16%) C++
9 7 (1.16%) Ruby
10 5 (0.83%) Perl
11 4 (0.66%) Rust
12 3 (0.50%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.33%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.33%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (0.33%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.17%) Bicep
14 1 (0.17%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.17%) Swift
Qualifications
1 201 (33.22%) CISSP
2 149 (24.63%) Degree
3 142 (23.47%) CISM
4 58 (9.59%) CRISC
5 48 (7.93%) CISA
5 48 (7.93%) Cisco Certification
6 42 (6.94%) Master's Degree
7 41 (6.78%) Security Cleared
8 34 (5.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 32 (5.29%) CompTIA Security+
10 31 (5.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 29 (4.79%) CCSP
12 27 (4.46%) OSCP
13 23 (3.80%) SC Cleared
14 22 (3.64%) CEH
15 20 (3.31%) GCIH
15 20 (3.31%) GIAC
15 20 (3.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 18 (2.98%) AWS Certification
16 18 (2.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 238 (39.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 178 (29.42%) NIST
3 120 (19.83%) GDPR
4 118 (19.50%) GRC
5 63 (10.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 50 (8.26%) PCI DSS
7 30 (4.96%) COBIT
7 30 (4.96%) SOC 2
8 29 (4.79%) NIST 800
9 23 (3.80%) QA
10 18 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 17 (2.81%) NCSC
12 12 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (1.49%) ISO 22301
13 9 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 9 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 8 (1.32%) Accessibility
15 7 (1.16%) SOC 1
16 5 (0.83%) COSHH
16 5 (0.83%) Data Quality
System Software
1 24 (3.97%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.50%) VMware Server
4 2 (0.33%) Docker
4 2 (0.33%) IAG
4 2 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (6.28%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.97%) Single Sign-On
3 20 (3.31%) EnCase
3 20 (3.31%) FTK
4 10 (1.65%) Ansible
4 10 (1.65%) FortiGate
5 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.83%) CASB
6 5 (0.83%) Packer
7 4 (0.66%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (0.50%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 3 (0.50%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.50%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 2 (0.33%) Argo
9 2 (0.33%) Grafana
9 2 (0.33%) Istio
9 2 (0.33%) linkerd
9 2 (0.33%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.17%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 112 (18.51%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.79%) Palo Alto
3 20 (3.31%) Cellebrite
3 20 (3.31%) Google
3 20 (3.31%) Zscaler
4 18 (2.98%) Fortinet
4 18 (2.98%) iManage
5 17 (2.81%) Cisco
6 15 (2.48%) VMware
7 12 (1.98%) CrowdStrike
7 12 (1.98%) Oracle
7 12 (1.98%) Rapid7
8 10 (1.65%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.65%) Splunk
9 9 (1.49%) Tenable
10 8 (1.32%) CyberArk
10 8 (1.32%) LogRhythm
11 7 (1.16%) Nuix
11 7 (1.16%) Relativity
12 6 (0.99%) OpenAI