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 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 104 92
Rank change year-on-year +28 -12 -12
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 559 384 766
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.68% 3.23% 3.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.29% 3.36% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 347 245 635
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £120,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% +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 16,977 11,424 21,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.46% 96.04% 90.55%
Number of salaries quoted 11,464 6,821 15,870
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,528
Median % change year-on-year - +6.34% -5.96%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £125,000 £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 26 May 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 26 May 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 +12 82 £92,500 +60.40% 30
East London +19 36 £90,000 +2.86% 4
West London -25 16 £60,000 -4.37% 5
South London +12 4 £62,300 - 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 14 (2.50%) SAS
2 7 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.07%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.72%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
5 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (3.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 18 (3.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.15%) SPSS
4 10 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.07%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 111 (19.86%) Azure
2 69 (12.34%) AWS
3 68 (12.16%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (9.12%) SaaS
5 41 (7.33%) GCP
6 30 (5.37%) Entra ID
7 15 (2.68%) PaaS
7 15 (2.68%) Power Platform
8 14 (2.50%) GitHub
9 13 (2.33%) IaaS
9 13 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
9 13 (2.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (1.97%) Dropbox
11 10 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (1.61%) Nutanix
13 6 (1.07%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (0.89%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 4 (0.72%) AWS CloudTrail
15 4 (0.72%) Mimecast
15 4 (0.72%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 48 (8.59%) Network Security
2 42 (7.51%) Firewall
3 23 (4.11%) CHAP
4 11 (1.97%) Intrusion Detection
5 10 (1.79%) Cisco IOS
5 10 (1.79%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.61%) VPN
6 9 (1.61%) WAAS
7 8 (1.43%) DNS
8 5 (0.89%) SAN
8 5 (0.89%) VSAN
8 5 (0.89%) WAN
9 4 (0.72%) ATM
9 4 (0.72%) BGP
9 4 (0.72%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.72%) OSPF
9 4 (0.72%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.72%) VLAN
9 4 (0.72%) VXLAN
10 3 (0.54%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.40%) Big Data
2 12 (2.15%) EDRMS
2 12 (2.15%) Power BI
3 10 (1.79%) Tableau
4 8 (1.43%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.25%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.07%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.72%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.72%) DataStage
7 4 (0.72%) DynamoDB
7 4 (0.72%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.72%) MySQL
7 4 (0.72%) Neo4j
7 4 (0.72%) Pentaho
7 4 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.72%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.72%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.54%) DB2
Development Applications
1 10 (1.79%) Git
2 6 (1.07%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (0.72%) Bitbucket
3 4 (0.72%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.18%) JIRA
4 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 248 (44.36%) Finance
2 225 (40.25%) Social Skills
3 113 (20.21%) Banking
4 109 (19.50%) Analytical Skills
5 94 (16.82%) Legal
6 86 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 77 (13.77%) Retail
8 69 (12.34%) Law
9 51 (9.12%) Financial Institution
10 32 (5.72%) Local Government
11 24 (4.29%) Telecoms
12 20 (3.58%) Marketing
13 15 (2.68%) Back Office
14 13 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.79%) Public Sector
16 9 (1.61%) Aviation
17 7 (1.25%) Automotive
17 7 (1.25%) Cyber-Physical System
18 6 (1.07%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 79 (14.13%) Senior
2 72 (12.88%) Security Manager
3 68 (12.16%) Lead
4 58 (10.38%) Analyst
4 58 (10.38%) Security Engineer
5 53 (9.48%) Information Manager
6 50 (8.94%) Information Security Manager
7 33 (5.90%) Consultant
8 32 (5.72%) Security Analyst
9 27 (4.83%) Cloud Engineer
10 26 (4.65%) Architect
10 26 (4.65%) Auditor
11 25 (4.47%) Azure Engineer
11 25 (4.47%) Security Auditor
12 24 (4.29%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 22 (3.94%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 20 (3.58%) Internal Auditor
15 19 (3.40%) Senior Manager
16 18 (3.22%) Incident Manager
16 18 (3.22%) Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.07%) OAuth
1 6 (1.07%) SailPoint
2 5 (0.89%) OpenID
2 5 (0.89%) SAML
3 4 (0.72%) Kafka
3 4 (0.72%) Middleware
4 2 (0.36%) PySpark
5 1 (0.18%) ADO
5 1 (0.18%) EDI
5 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.18%) gRPC
5 1 (0.18%) JSON
5 1 (0.18%) NetworkX
5 1 (0.18%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.18%) Pandas
5 1 (0.18%) REST
5 1 (0.18%) RESTful
5 1 (0.18%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.18%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 141 (25.22%) Management Information System
2 88 (15.74%) Security Posture
3 45 (8.05%) Cyber Threat
4 28 (5.01%) Onboarding
5 22 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (3.76%) Cloud Native
7 17 (3.04%) Hedge funds
7 17 (3.04%) Operational Technology
8 15 (2.68%) CMDB
9 14 (2.50%) Public Cloud
10 13 (2.33%) Cybercrime
11 12 (2.15%) Blockchain
11 12 (2.15%) PKI
11 12 (2.15%) Product Ownership
12 9 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
13 8 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.25%) AI Agents
14 7 (1.25%) Blog
14 7 (1.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 71 (12.70%) Windows
2 27 (4.83%) Linux
3 21 (3.76%) Android
3 21 (3.76%) Windows Server
4 18 (3.22%) Unix
5 11 (1.97%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.43%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.25%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.54%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (42.22%) Cybersecurity
2 203 (36.31%) Risk Management
3 137 (24.51%) Incident Response
4 94 (16.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 89 (15.92%) Mentoring
6 80 (14.31%) Project Management
7 79 (14.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 74 (13.24%) Cloud Security
9 73 (13.06%) Roadmaps
10 70 (12.52%) Problem-Solving
11 69 (12.34%) Agile
12 67 (11.99%) Vulnerability Management
13 66 (11.81%) Analytics
14 62 (11.09%) Computer Science
15 61 (10.91%) Data Protection
16 58 (10.38%) SIEM
17 50 (8.94%) Internal Audit
18 49 (8.77%) Risk Assessment
19 46 (8.23%) AI
19 46 (8.23%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 64 (11.45%) Python
2 50 (8.94%) PowerShell
3 20 (3.58%) SQL
4 19 (3.40%) Java
5 18 (3.22%) Go
6 17 (3.04%) Bash
7 6 (1.07%) C++
8 5 (0.89%) C
9 3 (0.54%) C#
9 3 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
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%) R
Qualifications
1 214 (38.28%) CISSP
2 151 (27.01%) Degree
3 150 (26.83%) CISM
4 82 (14.67%) CISA
5 57 (10.20%) CRISC
6 42 (7.51%) Master's Degree
6 42 (7.51%) SANS
7 36 (6.44%) Security Cleared
8 32 (5.72%) Cisco Certification
9 31 (5.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 28 (5.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 27 (4.83%) CompTIA Security+
11 27 (4.83%) SC Cleared
12 26 (4.65%) OSCP
13 25 (4.47%) CCSP
14 24 (4.29%) CEH
14 24 (4.29%) CGEIT
14 24 (4.29%) FFIEC
15 20 (3.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 17 (3.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 214 (38.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 160 (28.62%) NIST
3 108 (19.32%) GRC
4 70 (12.52%) GDPR
5 52 (9.30%) PCI DSS
6 41 (7.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 38 (6.80%) COBIT
7 38 (6.80%) QA
8 32 (5.72%) NIST 800
9 23 (4.11%) SOC 2
10 18 (3.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 18 (3.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 13 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (1.97%) SLA
13 9 (1.61%) Accessibility
13 9 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 8 (1.43%) NCSC
15 7 (1.25%) Government Security Classifications
15 7 (1.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 7 (1.25%) JSP 440
System Software
1 28 (5.01%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.89%) Firmware
3 5 (0.89%) vSphere
4 4 (0.72%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.54%) VMware Server
6 2 (0.36%) Docker
6 2 (0.36%) IAG
Systems Management
1 31 (5.55%) Kubernetes
2 30 (5.37%) Terraform
3 19 (3.40%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (3.04%) SCCM
5 14 (2.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 13 (2.33%) RSA Archer
7 12 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
8 11 (1.97%) EnCase
8 11 (1.97%) FTK
9 10 (1.79%) Ansible
10 6 (1.07%) Packer
11 5 (0.89%) CASB
11 5 (0.89%) VxRail
12 4 (0.72%) Cilium
12 4 (0.72%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.72%) HP Fortify
13 3 (0.54%) CSIRT
13 3 (0.54%) FortiGate
14 1 (0.18%) Nessus
14 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 110 (19.68%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.37%) Google
3 23 (4.11%) Cisco
3 23 (4.11%) Palo Alto
4 18 (3.22%) VMware
5 15 (2.68%) CrowdStrike
5 15 (2.68%) CyberArk
5 15 (2.68%) iManage
6 14 (2.50%) Rapid7
7 11 (1.97%) Cellebrite
8 9 (1.61%) EMC
8 9 (1.61%) Thales
9 8 (1.43%) Oracle
9 8 (1.43%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.07%) F5
11 5 (0.89%) Dell
11 5 (0.89%) Fortinet
11 5 (0.89%) Polycom
11 5 (0.89%) Tandberg
11 5 (0.89%) TOWER Software