Information Security Jobs in London

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 103 65
Rank change year-on-year -3 -38 +77
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 390 739 1,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 2.97% 3.17% 4.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.13% 3.54% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 226 573 932
10th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,500 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £109,375 £112,250 £112,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -

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 12,474 20,860 27,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 94.97% 89.54% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 7,410 14,881 21,178
10th Percentile £40,903 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £71,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £117,500 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in London

Information Security
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in London.

Salary trend for Information Security in London

Information Security
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in London over the 6 months to 16 July 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 16 July 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 -34 70 £60,000 -25.00% 32
West London +10 15 £62,745 +14.08% 7
East London -9 9 £90,000 +33.33% 6
South London -1 3 - - 12
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.03%) Confluence
4 2 (0.51%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.26%) Apache
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.26%) Drupal
5 1 (0.26%) IIS
5 1 (0.26%) Mule
5 1 (0.26%) nginx
Applications
1 13 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.03%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.77%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (2.31%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.77%) Adobe Campaign
3 3 (0.77%) Relativity
4 1 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 70 (17.95%) Azure
2 49 (12.56%) AWS
3 31 (7.95%) SaaS
4 28 (7.18%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (6.15%) GCP
6 20 (5.13%) Power Platform
7 12 (3.08%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (2.82%) Entra ID
9 10 (2.56%) IaaS
10 9 (2.31%) Azure Sentinel
10 9 (2.31%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (1.54%) Serverless
12 5 (1.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (1.28%) GitHub
12 5 (1.28%) PaaS
13 4 (1.03%) Amazon Bedrock
13 4 (1.03%) Azure Key Vault
14 3 (0.77%) Contentful
14 3 (0.77%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 55 (14.10%) Firewall
2 35 (8.97%) Network Security
3 20 (5.13%) VPN
4 14 (3.59%) DNS
5 12 (3.08%) TCP/IP
6 11 (2.82%) BGP
6 11 (2.82%) HTTP
6 11 (2.82%) Intrusion Detection
6 11 (2.82%) OSPF
7 10 (2.56%) Spanning Tree
8 6 (1.54%) SMTP
9 4 (1.03%) LAN
10 3 (0.77%) DMARC
10 3 (0.77%) IPsec
10 3 (0.77%) SSL
10 3 (0.77%) WAN
10 3 (0.77%) Wireshark
11 2 (0.51%) DKIM
11 2 (0.51%) VoIP
11 2 (0.51%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.36%) Power BI
2 6 (1.54%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.03%) BigQuery
3 4 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.77%) EDRMS
4 3 (0.77%) Looker
4 3 (0.77%) Metadata
4 3 (0.77%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.77%) MySQL
5 2 (0.51%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.51%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.26%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.26%) GIS
6 1 (0.26%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.26%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.26%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.26%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (2.05%) JIRA
2 4 (1.03%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.77%) Burp Suite
3 3 (0.77%) PowerBuilder
4 1 (0.26%) Git
4 1 (0.26%) GitLab
4 1 (0.26%) MLflow
General
1 164 (42.05%) Finance
2 150 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 83 (21.28%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (14.10%) Legal
5 44 (11.28%) Law
6 41 (10.51%) Banking
7 31 (7.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (6.41%) Telecoms
9 24 (6.15%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (5.13%) Marketing
11 16 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (4.10%) Retail
12 15 (3.85%) Games
13 14 (3.59%) Manufacturing
14 11 (2.82%) Financial Institution
15 10 (2.56%) Mandarin Language
16 9 (2.31%) German Language
17 8 (2.05%) Public Sector
18 7 (1.79%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 65 (16.67%) Senior
2 58 (14.87%) Analyst
3 39 (10.00%) Lead
4 36 (9.23%) Security Manager
5 34 (8.72%) Architect
6 30 (7.69%) Security Engineer
7 25 (6.41%) Security Analyst
8 23 (5.90%) Information Manager
8 23 (5.90%) Information Security Manager
9 22 (5.64%) Security Specialist
10 20 (5.13%) IT Manager
11 19 (4.87%) Risk Manager
12 14 (3.59%) Information Analyst
12 14 (3.59%) Information Security Analyst
12 14 (3.59%) Security Architect
13 13 (3.33%) Information Security Engineer
13 13 (3.33%) Senior Manager
14 11 (2.82%) Network Engineer
14 11 (2.82%) Operations Manager
14 11 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.82%) SailPoint
2 9 (2.31%) EDI
3 8 (2.05%) REST
3 8 (2.05%) SOAP
4 6 (1.54%) Middleware
4 6 (1.54%) React
5 5 (1.28%) ADO
5 5 (1.28%) MERN Stack
5 5 (1.28%) WebSockets
6 4 (1.03%) CSS
6 4 (1.03%) GraphQL
6 4 (1.03%) HTML
6 4 (1.03%) LangChain
6 4 (1.03%) RESTful
7 3 (0.77%) .NET
7 3 (0.77%) Leaflet
7 3 (0.77%) Spring
7 3 (0.77%) Spring Boot
7 3 (0.77%) YAML
8 2 (0.51%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 113 (28.97%) Management Information System
2 70 (17.95%) Security Posture
3 21 (5.38%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (3.85%) Cloud Native
4 15 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (3.85%) Taxonomies
5 14 (3.59%) Virtual Team
6 13 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
6 13 (3.33%) Security Operations Centre
7 11 (2.82%) Cloud Security Posture
8 10 (2.56%) Blockchain
9 9 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (2.31%) PKI
9 9 (2.31%) Robotics
10 8 (2.05%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.79%) Fixed Income
11 7 (1.79%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.54%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.28%) Data Structures
14 4 (1.03%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.41%) Windows
2 9 (2.31%) Linux
3 7 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.03%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.03%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.77%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.51%) Android
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.26%) Debian
7 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.26%) Unix
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (41.28%) Cybersecurity
2 146 (37.44%) Risk Management
3 108 (27.69%) Problem-Solving
4 88 (22.56%) Incident Response
5 66 (16.92%) Agile
6 63 (16.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 63 (16.15%) SIEM
7 61 (15.64%) Vulnerability Management
8 57 (14.62%) Security Operations
9 55 (14.10%) Mentoring
10 51 (13.08%) Stakeholder Management
11 48 (12.31%) Cloud Security
11 48 (12.31%) Roadmaps
12 47 (12.05%) Analytics
12 47 (12.05%) Computer Science
13 43 (11.03%) Data Protection
14 40 (10.26%) Decision-Making
15 38 (9.74%) Risk Assessment
15 38 (9.74%) Security Architecture
16 34 (8.72%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 37 (9.49%) Python
2 29 (7.44%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.31%) Java
4 6 (1.54%) C++
4 6 (1.54%) SQL
5 4 (1.03%) C
5 4 (1.03%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.77%) Bash
6 3 (0.77%) C#
7 2 (0.51%) Bicep
7 2 (0.51%) Perl
8 1 (0.26%) Scala
8 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 141 (36.15%) Degree
2 105 (26.92%) CISSP
3 86 (22.05%) CISM
4 54 (13.85%) CRISC
5 42 (10.77%) CISA
6 33 (8.46%) Master's Degree
7 28 (7.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (6.15%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (5.38%) Security Cleared
10 18 (4.62%) ISACA
11 17 (4.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 14 (3.59%) CCSP
12 14 (3.59%) OSCP
12 14 (3.59%) SC Cleared
13 12 (3.08%) CompTIA Security+
13 12 (3.08%) GCIA
13 12 (3.08%) GCIH
14 11 (2.82%) SANS
15 10 (2.56%) GIAC
15 10 (2.56%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 111 (28.46%) NIST
3 58 (14.87%) GDPR
4 47 (12.05%) GRC
5 38 (9.74%) SOC 2
6 36 (9.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 27 (6.92%) NIST 800
8 24 (6.15%) PCI DSS
9 23 (5.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 14 (3.59%) SOC 1
11 12 (3.08%) COBIT
12 10 (2.56%) ITGC
12 10 (2.56%) QA
13 9 (2.31%) NCSC
14 8 (2.05%) HIPAA
14 8 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 6 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 5 (1.28%) Data Quality
17 2 (0.51%) Accessibility
17 2 (0.51%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 21 (5.38%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.28%) Docker
3 2 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.26%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (4.10%) RSA Archer
2 10 (2.56%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.31%) SCCM
3 9 (2.31%) Terraform
4 7 (1.79%) CSIRT
5 5 (1.28%) CASB
5 5 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.03%) Ansible
6 4 (1.03%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 3 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.77%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.77%) Puppet
8 2 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.26%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.26%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.26%) Nessus
9 1 (0.26%) QRadar
9 1 (0.26%) WMI
Vendors
1 81 (20.77%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.10%) Google
3 13 (3.33%) Cisco
4 12 (3.08%) SAP
5 11 (2.82%) Oracle
6 10 (2.56%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.31%) Juniper
7 9 (2.31%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.05%) CrowdStrike
8 8 (2.05%) Splunk
9 7 (1.79%) Okta
10 6 (1.54%) Databricks
10 6 (1.54%) VMware
11 5 (1.28%) Tanium
11 5 (1.28%) Zscaler
12 4 (1.03%) Apple
12 4 (1.03%) Darktrace
12 4 (1.03%) OneTrust
12 4 (1.03%) OpenAI
12 4 (1.03%) Qualys