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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 74 78
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 +5
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 494 623 667
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.60% 3.94% 3.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.07% 4.18% 4.03%
Number of salaries quoted 238 342 564
10th Percentile £47,500 £52,050 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,000 £63,750 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -1.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £125,563 £118,750 £110,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

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 12,140 14,907 16,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.57% 94.29% 92.94%
Number of salaries quoted 7,761 8,382 13,294
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,881 £41,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - +0.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 29 December 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 29 December 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 -4 71 £75,000 +3.45% 54
West London -5 19 £67,500 -48.08% 5
East London -7 14 £90,000 - 3
South London +9 6 £36,500 -44.49% 7
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 17 (3.44%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.23%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.23%) SAS
4 6 (1.21%) Confluence
5 5 (1.01%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.40%) MTS
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) CMS
7 1 (0.20%) nginx
7 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (7.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (6.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (5.67%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.82%) Adobe Premiere
4 9 (1.82%) Photoshop
4 9 (1.82%) SPSS
5 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.82%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.40%) Relativity
4 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.20%) Magento
4 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 88 (17.81%) Azure
2 60 (12.15%) AWS
3 44 (8.91%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (8.30%) GCP
5 30 (6.07%) SaaS
6 28 (5.67%) Entra ID
7 22 (4.45%) Power Platform
8 13 (2.63%) IaaS
9 11 (2.23%) Amazon EMR
9 11 (2.23%) Microsoft Purview
10 10 (2.02%) OneDrive
10 10 (2.02%) PaaS
11 9 (1.82%) Dropbox
12 8 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.62%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (1.62%) Nutanix
13 6 (1.21%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 6 (1.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 5 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
15 4 (0.81%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 50 (10.12%) Firewall
2 22 (4.45%) Network Security
3 16 (3.24%) VPN
4 13 (2.63%) Intrusion Detection
5 11 (2.23%) WAN
6 10 (2.02%) CHAP
7 9 (1.82%) Cisco IOS
7 9 (1.82%) SD-WAN
7 9 (1.82%) WAAS
8 6 (1.21%) ATM
8 6 (1.21%) DNS
8 6 (1.21%) RTP
9 4 (0.81%) SAN
9 4 (0.81%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.81%) Wireshark
10 3 (0.61%) DMARC
10 3 (0.61%) HTTP
11 2 (0.40%) BGP
11 2 (0.40%) DKIM
11 2 (0.40%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.66%) Big Data
2 22 (4.45%) Power BI
3 20 (4.05%) Tableau
4 15 (3.04%) Relational Database
5 14 (2.83%) NoSQL
5 14 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (2.63%) Hadoop
6 13 (2.63%) SQL Server
7 11 (2.23%) Apache Cassandra
7 11 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (2.23%) DataStage
7 11 (2.23%) DynamoDB
7 11 (2.23%) MongoDB
7 11 (2.23%) MySQL
7 11 (2.23%) Neo4j
7 11 (2.23%) Pentaho
7 11 (2.23%) RDBMS
8 9 (1.82%) EDRMS
9 3 (0.61%) Metadata
9 3 (0.61%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (0.81%) Burp Suite
1 4 (0.81%) JIRA
2 3 (0.61%) Git
2 3 (0.61%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.40%) Snyk
4 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
General
1 241 (48.79%) Finance
2 232 (46.96%) Social Skills
3 150 (30.36%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (19.03%) Legal
5 69 (13.97%) Financial Institution
6 68 (13.77%) Banking
7 56 (11.34%) Law
8 48 (9.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 39 (7.89%) Marketing
10 31 (6.28%) Digital Economy
10 31 (6.28%) Retail
11 30 (6.07%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (4.45%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (2.83%) Telecoms
14 12 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (2.23%) Back Office
15 11 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (1.82%) Billing
16 9 (1.82%) Dutch Language
16 9 (1.82%) French Language
Job Titles
1 70 (14.17%) Senior
2 59 (11.94%) Analyst
3 49 (9.92%) Lead
4 43 (8.70%) Security Engineer
5 35 (7.09%) Security Analyst
6 34 (6.88%) Security Manager
7 21 (4.25%) Information Analyst
8 18 (3.64%) Consultant
8 18 (3.64%) Security Specialist
9 17 (3.44%) Information Security Analyst
9 17 (3.44%) Risk Manager
10 16 (3.24%) Product Management Director
11 15 (3.04%) Information Security Manager
11 15 (3.04%) IT Manager
11 15 (3.04%) Senior Manager
12 14 (2.83%) Head of Security
12 14 (2.83%) Principal Engineer
13 13 (2.63%) Architect
13 13 (2.63%) Information Manager
13 13 (2.63%) Product Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.63%) OAuth
2 10 (2.02%) OAuth2
3 9 (1.82%) Kafka
4 6 (1.21%) REST
4 6 (1.21%) RESTful
5 5 (1.01%) gRPC
6 4 (0.81%) EDI
7 3 (0.61%) JWT
7 3 (0.61%) Node.js
7 3 (0.61%) OpenID
7 3 (0.61%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.61%) SAML
8 2 (0.40%) PySpark
9 1 (0.20%) FIDO
9 1 (0.20%) LDAP
9 1 (0.20%) Middleware
9 1 (0.20%) NetworkX
9 1 (0.20%) Pandas
9 1 (0.20%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.20%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 115 (23.28%) Management Information System
2 55 (11.13%) Security Posture
3 46 (9.31%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (7.09%) Onboarding
5 27 (5.47%) Product Ownership
6 20 (4.05%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (3.64%) Cyber Threat
8 15 (3.04%) CMDB
8 15 (3.04%) Hybrid Cloud
9 13 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
10 12 (2.43%) Cloud Native
11 11 (2.23%) Algorithms
12 10 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (2.02%) Hedge funds
12 10 (2.02%) Taxonomies
13 9 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (1.82%) Cybercrime
14 8 (1.62%) Cloud Security Posture
14 8 (1.62%) Data Centre
14 8 (1.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 59 (11.94%) Windows
2 27 (5.47%) Linux
3 11 (2.23%) Android
3 11 (2.23%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.62%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.42%) Unix
6 6 (1.21%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (34.62%) Risk Management
2 153 (30.97%) Cybersecurity
3 119 (24.09%) Incident Response
4 118 (23.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 104 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
6 91 (18.42%) Roadmaps
7 75 (15.18%) SIEM
8 74 (14.98%) Analytics
9 71 (14.37%) Computer Science
10 65 (13.16%) Agile
11 64 (12.96%) Product Management
12 62 (12.55%) Decision-Making
12 62 (12.55%) Stakeholder Management
13 61 (12.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 59 (11.94%) Vulnerability Management
15 56 (11.34%) Data Protection
15 56 (11.34%) Security Operations
16 55 (11.13%) Project Management
17 52 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
17 52 (10.53%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 52 (10.53%) Python
2 34 (6.88%) PowerShell
3 28 (5.67%) SQL
4 13 (2.63%) Go
4 13 (2.63%) Java
5 11 (2.23%) Bash
6 3 (0.61%) C++
6 3 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.40%) R
7 2 (0.40%) VB
8 1 (0.20%) C
8 1 (0.20%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 172 (34.82%) CISSP
2 167 (33.81%) Degree
3 121 (24.49%) CISM
4 73 (14.78%) CISA
5 50 (10.12%) CRISC
6 44 (8.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 41 (8.30%) Master's Degree
8 23 (4.66%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (4.25%) CompTIA Security+
10 17 (3.44%) CEH
10 17 (3.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (3.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 15 (3.04%) Security Cleared
13 14 (2.83%) FFIEC
13 14 (2.83%) GIAC
13 14 (2.83%) SANS
14 12 (2.43%) GCIH
14 12 (2.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 12 (2.43%) SC Cleared
15 11 (2.23%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (34.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 116 (23.48%) NIST
3 71 (14.37%) GDPR
4 49 (9.92%) GRC
5 40 (8.10%) Cyber Essentials
6 32 (6.48%) SOC 2
7 28 (5.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 23 (4.66%) PCI DSS
9 19 (3.85%) COBIT
10 18 (3.64%) SLA
11 16 (3.24%) NIST 800
12 15 (3.04%) Data Quality
13 13 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 12 (2.43%) SOC 1
15 8 (1.62%) ISAE 3402
15 8 (1.62%) ISO 9001
15 8 (1.62%) ITGC
16 7 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (1.21%) QA
18 5 (1.01%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 29 (5.87%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.21%) Docker
4 5 (1.01%) Firmware
4 5 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.81%) vSphere
6 2 (0.40%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (4.25%) SCCM
2 20 (4.05%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (2.63%) Terraform
4 10 (2.02%) RSA Archer
5 8 (1.62%) CASB
5 8 (1.62%) QRadar
6 7 (1.42%) EnCase
6 7 (1.42%) FTK
7 5 (1.01%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 5 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.81%) CSIRT
8 4 (0.81%) Nmap
9 3 (0.61%) Ansible
9 3 (0.61%) ArcSight ESM
9 3 (0.61%) Grafana
9 3 (0.61%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.40%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 2 (0.40%) Nessus
11 1 (0.20%) VxRail
Vendors
1 99 (20.04%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.44%) Cisco
3 15 (3.04%) Adobe
3 15 (3.04%) Foundry
4 14 (2.83%) Google
4 14 (2.83%) VMware
5 12 (2.43%) Oracle
5 12 (2.43%) Splunk
6 11 (2.23%) Informatica
6 11 (2.23%) Palo Alto
6 11 (2.23%) Talend
7 10 (2.02%) Qualys
8 9 (1.82%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.42%) Cellebrite
9 7 (1.42%) Rapid7
10 6 (1.21%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (1.21%) Darktrace
10 6 (1.21%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.21%) VocaLink
11 5 (1.01%) ServiceNow