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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 106 84
Rank change year-on-year +32 -22 -10
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 583 414 782
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.92% 3.25% 3.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.53% 3.38% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 329 279 651
10th Percentile £51,650 £52,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £66,000 £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 £100,000 £96,250 £90,500
90th Percentile £122,800 £120,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £70,752 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.85% +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 16,533 12,244 21,326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.71% 96.02% 91.33%
Number of salaries quoted 10,899 7,465 16,090
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% -6.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 30 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 30 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 +21 89 £90,000 +28.57% 18
East London +20 38 £105,000 +238.71% 6
West London -28 17 £63,750 +10.54% 3
South London +15 5 £50,000 -23.08% 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 11 (1.89%) SAS
2 10 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.86%) Apache Pulsar
3 5 (0.86%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.86%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.51%) Confluence
5 2 (0.34%) MTS
6 1 (0.17%) Apache
6 1 (0.17%) CMS
6 1 (0.17%) nginx
Applications
1 21 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 21 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 15 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.54%) SPSS
4 7 (1.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.86%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.17%) Magento
2 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 121 (20.75%) Azure
2 76 (13.04%) AWS
3 68 (11.66%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (8.58%) GCP
5 48 (8.23%) SaaS
6 29 (4.97%) Entra ID
7 21 (3.60%) Power Platform
8 20 (3.43%) Microsoft Purview
9 14 (2.40%) IaaS
9 14 (2.40%) PaaS
9 14 (2.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 13 (2.23%) GitHub
11 11 (1.89%) Nutanix
12 9 (1.54%) Dropbox
12 9 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.37%) Azure Service Bus
14 5 (0.86%) Amazon EMR
14 5 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
15 3 (0.51%) Amazon ELB
15 3 (0.51%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 49 (8.40%) Firewall
2 40 (6.86%) Network Security
3 29 (4.97%) CHAP
4 16 (2.74%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (1.54%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (1.54%) WAAS
6 7 (1.20%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.20%) VPN
7 6 (1.03%) RTP
8 5 (0.86%) DNS
8 5 (0.86%) HTTPS
8 5 (0.86%) SAN
8 5 (0.86%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.86%) VSAN
8 5 (0.86%) WAN
9 4 (0.69%) ATM
10 3 (0.51%) Broadband
11 2 (0.34%) DKIM
11 2 (0.34%) DMARC
12 1 (0.17%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.26%) Power BI
2 17 (2.92%) Big Data
3 16 (2.74%) Tableau
4 9 (1.54%) EDRMS
5 8 (1.37%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.20%) Hadoop
6 7 (1.20%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.86%) Apache Cassandra
7 5 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.86%) DataStage
7 5 (0.86%) DynamoDB
7 5 (0.86%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.86%) MySQL
7 5 (0.86%) Neo4j
7 5 (0.86%) Pentaho
7 5 (0.86%) RDBMS
7 5 (0.86%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.51%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (1.37%) Git
2 5 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (0.69%) Bitbucket
3 4 (0.69%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.17%) JIRA
General
1 277 (47.51%) Finance
2 244 (41.85%) Social Skills
3 132 (22.64%) Analytical Skills
4 123 (21.10%) Banking
5 98 (16.81%) Legal
6 78 (13.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 72 (12.35%) Financial Institution
7 72 (12.35%) Retail
8 66 (11.32%) Law
9 31 (5.32%) Marketing
10 28 (4.80%) Local Government
10 28 (4.80%) Telecoms
11 16 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (2.40%) Back Office
13 13 (2.23%) Digital Economy
14 10 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.72%) Public Sector
15 9 (1.54%) Aviation
16 8 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (1.20%) Cyber-Physical System
Job Titles
1 75 (12.86%) Lead
1 75 (12.86%) Senior
2 73 (12.52%) Security Engineer
3 56 (9.61%) Analyst
3 56 (9.61%) Security Manager
4 43 (7.38%) Information Manager
5 40 (6.86%) Information Security Manager
6 37 (6.35%) Consultant
7 34 (5.83%) Security Analyst
8 31 (5.32%) Auditor
9 30 (5.15%) Security Auditor
10 28 (4.80%) Cloud Engineer
11 27 (4.63%) Azure Engineer
11 27 (4.63%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 26 (4.46%) Internal Auditor
13 25 (4.29%) Cloud Security Engineer
14 22 (3.77%) Architect
14 22 (3.77%) Python Engineer
15 18 (3.09%) Senior Manager
16 17 (2.92%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.40%) OAuth
2 10 (1.72%) Kafka
3 8 (1.37%) OAuth2
4 6 (1.03%) RESTful
4 6 (1.03%) SailPoint
4 6 (1.03%) SAML
5 5 (0.86%) gRPC
5 5 (0.86%) OpenID
5 5 (0.86%) REST
6 4 (0.69%) Middleware
7 3 (0.51%) JWT
7 3 (0.51%) Node.js
7 3 (0.51%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (0.34%) PySpark
9 1 (0.17%) ADO
9 1 (0.17%) HTML
9 1 (0.17%) NetworkX
9 1 (0.17%) Pandas
9 1 (0.17%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.17%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 142 (24.36%) Management Information System
2 87 (14.92%) Security Posture
3 36 (6.17%) Cyber Threat
4 33 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (3.77%) Onboarding
6 21 (3.60%) Hedge funds
7 20 (3.43%) Product Ownership
8 18 (3.09%) Cloud Native
9 16 (2.74%) Operational Technology
10 15 (2.57%) Blockchain
11 14 (2.40%) CMDB
12 13 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (2.23%) Public Cloud
13 12 (2.06%) PKI
14 10 (1.72%) Cybercrime
14 10 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
16 8 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
17 7 (1.20%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 66 (11.32%) Windows
2 28 (4.80%) Linux
3 20 (3.43%) Unix
4 19 (3.26%) Android
5 18 (3.09%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.89%) Mac OS
7 10 (1.72%) Apple iOS
8 9 (1.54%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.51%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (41.51%) Cybersecurity
2 208 (35.68%) Risk Management
3 140 (24.01%) Incident Response
4 90 (15.44%) Problem-Solving
5 89 (15.27%) Project Management
5 89 (15.27%) Roadmaps
6 88 (15.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 85 (14.58%) Agile
8 82 (14.07%) Mentoring
9 80 (13.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 75 (12.86%) Cloud Security
10 75 (12.86%) Computer Science
11 73 (12.52%) Data Protection
12 72 (12.35%) Analytics
13 69 (11.84%) Vulnerability Management
14 59 (10.12%) SIEM
15 57 (9.78%) Internal Audit
16 55 (9.43%) Risk Assessment
17 54 (9.26%) Business Intelligence
18 50 (8.58%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 72 (12.35%) Python
2 51 (8.75%) PowerShell
3 24 (4.12%) Go
4 21 (3.60%) SQL
5 20 (3.43%) Bash
6 19 (3.26%) Java
7 6 (1.03%) C++
8 4 (0.69%) C
9 3 (0.51%) C#
9 3 (0.51%) Objective-C
9 3 (0.51%) Perl
9 3 (0.51%) Ruby
9 3 (0.51%) Rust
10 2 (0.34%) Bicep
10 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.34%) R
11 1 (0.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 231 (39.62%) CISSP
2 156 (26.76%) Degree
3 154 (26.42%) CISM
4 92 (15.78%) CISA
5 59 (10.12%) CRISC
6 46 (7.89%) SANS
7 40 (6.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 40 (6.86%) Master's Degree
8 34 (5.83%) Security Cleared
9 31 (5.32%) FFIEC
10 30 (5.15%) CGEIT
11 29 (4.97%) CompTIA Security+
12 26 (4.46%) CEH
12 26 (4.46%) SC Cleared
13 25 (4.29%) OSCP
14 23 (3.95%) Cisco Certification
15 20 (3.43%) CompTIA CySA+
16 19 (3.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 19 (3.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 18 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 210 (36.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 161 (27.62%) NIST
3 102 (17.50%) GRC
4 85 (14.58%) GDPR
5 48 (8.23%) PCI DSS
6 41 (7.03%) COBIT
7 36 (6.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 34 (5.83%) QA
9 30 (5.15%) NIST 800
10 24 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 22 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 21 (3.60%) SOC 2
13 14 (2.40%) Actionable Recommendations
14 11 (1.89%) SLA
15 8 (1.37%) Accessibility
15 8 (1.37%) NCSC
16 7 (1.20%) Government Security Classifications
16 7 (1.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 7 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 7 (1.20%) JSP 440
System Software
1 27 (4.63%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.03%) Docker
4 5 (0.86%) Firmware
4 5 (0.86%) vSphere
5 4 (0.69%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.34%) IAG
7 1 (0.17%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 31 (5.32%) Terraform
2 30 (5.15%) Kubernetes
3 21 (3.60%) SCCM
4 14 (2.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 14 (2.40%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (2.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (2.23%) RSA Archer
6 10 (1.72%) Ansible
7 9 (1.54%) EnCase
7 9 (1.54%) FTK
8 6 (1.03%) CASB
9 5 (0.86%) Packer
9 5 (0.86%) VxRail
10 4 (0.69%) Cilium
10 4 (0.69%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 4 (0.69%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.51%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.51%) Grafana
11 3 (0.51%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.51%) QRadar
Vendors
1 116 (19.90%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.15%) Google
3 24 (4.12%) Palo Alto
4 21 (3.60%) Cisco
5 18 (3.09%) iManage
6 17 (2.92%) CyberArk
7 16 (2.74%) CrowdStrike
7 16 (2.74%) VMware
8 14 (2.40%) Rapid7
9 10 (1.72%) Thales
10 9 (1.54%) Cellebrite
10 9 (1.54%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.37%) EMC
11 8 (1.37%) Foundry
11 8 (1.37%) Oracle
12 6 (1.03%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.03%) Splunk
13 5 (0.86%) HP
13 5 (0.86%) Talend
13 5 (0.86%) TOWER Software