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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 114 105
Rank change year-on-year +32 -9 -36
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 606 351 638
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.51% 2.92% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.09% 3.10% 3.66%
Number of salaries quoted 419 199 444
10th Percentile £51,250 £52,650 £45,250
25th Percentile £68,750 £62,875 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £91,875 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,750 £110,250 £114,349
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 19,616 11,331 17,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.37% 94.16% 89.12%
Number of salaries quoted 13,298 7,151 11,419
10th Percentile £40,588 £39,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.33% -0.33% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £121,250 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,460
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.59% -8.94%

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 69 £92,500 +27.59% 73
West London 0 27 £75,000 -1.64% 23
East London +4 16 £72,500 -19.44% 4
South London +8 7 £65,000 - 3
North London - 1 £61,250 - 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 31 (5.12%) SAS
2 16 (2.64%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.99%) Confluence
4 3 (0.50%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.17%) IIS
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (4.13%) SPSS
2 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.16%) Relativity
2 3 (0.50%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.50%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 135 (22.28%) Azure
2 87 (14.36%) AWS
3 72 (11.88%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (6.44%) SaaS
5 33 (5.45%) GCP
6 24 (3.96%) Entra ID
7 18 (2.97%) Dropbox
7 18 (2.97%) OpenShift
8 15 (2.48%) Power Platform
9 13 (2.15%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 13 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (1.82%) PaaS
11 10 (1.65%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (1.49%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (1.49%) Amazon ELB
12 9 (1.49%) Amazon S3
12 9 (1.49%) AWS CloudTrail
12 9 (1.49%) OCI
12 9 (1.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 72 (11.88%) Network Security
2 52 (8.58%) Firewall
3 23 (3.80%) VPN
4 21 (3.47%) DNS
5 20 (3.30%) OSPF
6 17 (2.81%) BGP
6 17 (2.81%) VXLAN
7 16 (2.64%) WAN
8 14 (2.31%) TCP/IP
9 13 (2.15%) VLAN
10 8 (1.32%) Cisco ISE
11 7 (1.16%) CHAP
11 7 (1.16%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (1.16%) LAN
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%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.29%) Big Data
2 25 (4.13%) EDRMS
3 12 (1.98%) Power BI
4 9 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (1.16%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.33%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.17%) Db2
8 1 (0.17%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.17%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.17%) MySQL
8 1 (0.17%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.17%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.17%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.17%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 8 (1.32%) Git
2 6 (0.99%) JIRA
2 6 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (0.66%) Burp Suite
4 3 (0.50%) Yeoman
5 2 (0.33%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
General
1 230 (37.95%) Social Skills
2 212 (34.98%) Finance
3 101 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (16.17%) Legal
5 81 (13.37%) Banking
5 81 (13.37%) Law
6 73 (12.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 47 (7.76%) Retail
8 31 (5.12%) Legal Technology
9 25 (4.13%) Local Government
10 20 (3.30%) Financial Institution
11 15 (2.48%) Telecoms
12 14 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.65%) Public Sector
15 9 (1.49%) Back Office
16 8 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (1.16%) Cyber-Physical System
17 7 (1.16%) French Language
17 7 (1.16%) German Language
Job Titles
1 93 (15.35%) Security Manager
1 93 (15.35%) Senior
2 69 (11.39%) Lead
3 67 (11.06%) Information Manager
4 64 (10.56%) Analyst
4 64 (10.56%) Information Security Manager
5 45 (7.43%) Security Engineer
6 43 (7.10%) Security Analyst
7 34 (5.61%) Architect
7 34 (5.61%) Security Specialist
8 28 (4.62%) IT Manager
9 27 (4.46%) Consultant
10 25 (4.13%) Cloud Engineer
11 23 (3.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 22 (3.63%) Head of Security
12 22 (3.63%) Security Architect
12 22 (3.63%) Senior Manager
13 21 (3.47%) Incident Manager
14 20 (3.30%) Information Analyst
14 20 (3.30%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (5.28%) 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
1 140 (23.10%) Management Information System
2 88 (14.52%) Security Posture
3 43 (7.10%) Cyber Threat
4 32 (5.28%) Cloud Native
5 28 (4.62%) Onboarding
6 27 (4.46%) Cybercrime
7 20 (3.30%) Operational Technology
8 16 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (2.48%) Data Centre
10 14 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
11 13 (2.15%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.65%) Freedom of Information
12 10 (1.65%) Freedom of Information Act
13 8 (1.32%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.32%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.32%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.16%) Cyber Defence
14 7 (1.16%) Cyber Security Posture
14 7 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 55 (9.08%) Windows
2 29 (4.79%) Linux
3 11 (1.82%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.65%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.49%) Android
6 6 (0.99%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.99%) Unix
6 6 (0.99%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.17%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (46.04%) Cybersecurity
2 215 (35.48%) Risk Management
3 150 (24.75%) Incident Response
4 137 (22.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 101 (16.67%) Cloud Security
6 94 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
7 92 (15.18%) SIEM
8 90 (14.85%) Stakeholder Management
9 89 (14.69%) Roadmaps
10 83 (13.70%) Vulnerability Management
11 80 (13.20%) AI
12 78 (12.87%) Security Operations
13 76 (12.54%) Mentoring
14 73 (12.05%) Business Continuity
15 70 (11.55%) Data Protection
16 67 (11.06%) Analytics
17 64 (10.56%) Disaster Recovery
18 58 (9.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 57 (9.41%) Computer Science
20 54 (8.91%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 51 (8.42%) Python
2 34 (5.61%) PowerShell
3 17 (2.81%) Java
4 15 (2.48%) Bash
5 14 (2.31%) SQL
6 13 (2.15%) Go
7 10 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
8 8 (1.32%) C#
9 7 (1.16%) Ruby
10 6 (0.99%) C
10 6 (0.99%) C++
11 5 (0.83%) Perl
12 4 (0.66%) Rust
13 3 (0.50%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.33%) JavaScript
14 2 (0.33%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.33%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.17%) Bicep
15 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.17%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 207 (34.16%) CISSP
2 151 (24.92%) Degree
3 144 (23.76%) CISM
4 60 (9.90%) CRISC
5 51 (8.42%) CISA
6 50 (8.25%) Cisco Certification
7 44 (7.26%) Master's Degree
8 41 (6.77%) Security Cleared
9 33 (5.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 33 (5.45%) CompTIA Security+
10 32 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
11 31 (5.12%) CCSP
12 27 (4.46%) CEH
12 27 (4.46%) OSCP
13 23 (3.80%) SC Cleared
14 20 (3.30%) GCIH
14 20 (3.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 18 (2.97%) GIAC
15 18 (2.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 17 (2.81%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 232 (38.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 175 (28.88%) NIST
3 115 (18.98%) GRC
4 114 (18.81%) GDPR
5 58 (9.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 49 (8.09%) PCI DSS
7 33 (5.45%) COBIT
8 31 (5.12%) SOC 2
9 30 (4.95%) NIST 800
10 26 (4.29%) QA
11 18 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 16 (2.64%) NCSC
13 14 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 12 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 11 (1.82%) Accessibility
16 9 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 7 (1.16%) SOC 1
18 5 (0.83%) ISO 22301
18 5 (0.83%) PMO
18 5 (0.83%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (4.46%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.50%) VMware Server
4 2 (0.33%) IAG
5 1 (0.17%) Docker
5 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (5.94%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.96%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (2.97%) EnCase
3 18 (2.97%) FTK
4 12 (1.98%) Ansible
5 10 (1.65%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.99%) Packer
7 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.66%) CASB
8 4 (0.66%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 3 (0.50%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (0.50%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.50%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 2 (0.33%) Argo
10 2 (0.33%) Grafana
10 2 (0.33%) Istio
10 2 (0.33%) linkerd
10 2 (0.33%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.17%) VxRail
Vendors
1 115 (18.98%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.44%) Palo Alto
3 23 (3.80%) iManage
4 19 (3.14%) Cisco
4 19 (3.14%) Google
4 19 (3.14%) Zscaler
5 18 (2.97%) Cellebrite
5 18 (2.97%) Fortinet
6 17 (2.81%) VMware
7 16 (2.64%) CrowdStrike
7 16 (2.64%) Rapid7
8 12 (1.98%) CyberArk
9 11 (1.82%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.65%) Oracle
11 9 (1.49%) LogRhythm
11 9 (1.49%) Tenable
12 8 (1.32%) Splunk
13 7 (1.16%) Nuix
13 7 (1.16%) Thales
14 6 (0.99%) OpenAI