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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 95 83
Rank change year-on-year +21 -12 -11
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 573 448 781
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.94% 3.47% 3.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.53% 3.61% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 324 284 650
10th Percentile £51,400 £51,625 £43,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - +4.90%
75th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £124,000 £120,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +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 16,244 12,397 21,148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 83.27% 96.02% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 10,655 7,565 15,977
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,475
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% -6.00%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 22 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 22 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 +9 87 £87,500 +25.00% 31
East London +12 37 £105,000 +238.71% 7
West London -36 18 £67,500 +17.05% 5
South London +11 6 £50,000 -23.08%
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 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (1.92%) SAS
2 5 (0.87%) Apache Pulsar
2 5 (0.87%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.87%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.52%) Confluence
4 2 (0.35%) MTS
5 1 (0.17%) Apache
5 1 (0.17%) CMS
5 1 (0.17%) nginx
Applications
1 22 (3.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.57%) SPSS
5 7 (1.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.87%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.17%) Magento
3 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 115 (20.07%) Azure
2 76 (13.26%) AWS
3 64 (11.17%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (8.73%) GCP
5 49 (8.55%) SaaS
6 30 (5.24%) Entra ID
7 20 (3.49%) Power Platform
8 19 (3.32%) Microsoft Purview
9 16 (2.79%) IaaS
9 16 (2.79%) PaaS
10 14 (2.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 13 (2.27%) GitHub
12 12 (2.09%) Nutanix
13 9 (1.57%) Dropbox
13 9 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (1.40%) Azure Service Bus
15 5 (0.87%) Amazon EMR
16 4 (0.70%) Amazon EKS
16 4 (0.70%) AWS CloudFormation
16 4 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 48 (8.38%) Firewall
2 34 (5.93%) Network Security
3 28 (4.89%) CHAP
4 15 (2.62%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (1.57%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (1.57%) WAAS
6 7 (1.22%) SD-WAN
6 7 (1.22%) WAN
7 6 (1.05%) RTP
7 6 (1.05%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.05%) VPN
8 5 (0.87%) HTTPS
8 5 (0.87%) SAN
8 5 (0.87%) VSAN
9 4 (0.70%) ATM
9 4 (0.70%) DNS
10 3 (0.52%) Broadband
11 2 (0.35%) DKIM
11 2 (0.35%) DMARC
12 1 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.32%) Power BI
2 17 (2.97%) Big Data
3 16 (2.79%) Tableau
4 9 (1.57%) EDRMS
5 8 (1.40%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.22%) Hadoop
7 6 (1.05%) SQL Server
8 5 (0.87%) Apache Cassandra
8 5 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.87%) DataStage
8 5 (0.87%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.87%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.87%) MySQL
8 5 (0.87%) Neo4j
8 5 (0.87%) Pentaho
8 5 (0.87%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.87%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.52%) DB2
9 3 (0.52%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (1.22%) Git
2 4 (0.70%) Bitbucket
2 4 (0.70%) TeamCity
2 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.17%) JIRA
General
1 273 (47.64%) Finance
2 240 (41.88%) Social Skills
3 130 (22.69%) Analytical Skills
4 122 (21.29%) Banking
5 94 (16.40%) Legal
6 78 (13.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 72 (12.57%) Financial Institution
8 71 (12.39%) Retail
9 66 (11.52%) Law
10 32 (5.58%) Marketing
11 27 (4.71%) Telecoms
12 26 (4.54%) Local Government
13 18 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (2.79%) Back Office
15 13 (2.27%) Digital Economy
16 10 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (1.75%) Public Sector
17 9 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
18 8 (1.40%) Aviation
19 7 (1.22%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 77 (13.44%) Lead
2 73 (12.74%) Senior
3 71 (12.39%) Security Engineer
4 58 (10.12%) Analyst
5 49 (8.55%) Security Manager
6 37 (6.46%) Consultant
6 37 (6.46%) Information Manager
7 36 (6.28%) Security Analyst
8 34 (5.93%) Information Security Manager
9 30 (5.24%) Auditor
10 29 (5.06%) Security Auditor
11 28 (4.89%) Cloud Engineer
12 27 (4.71%) Azure Engineer
13 25 (4.36%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 25 (4.36%) Internal Auditor
14 24 (4.19%) Cloud Security Engineer
15 22 (3.84%) Architect
15 22 (3.84%) Python Engineer
16 18 (3.14%) Information Analyst
17 17 (2.97%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.44%) OAuth
2 10 (1.75%) Kafka
3 8 (1.40%) OAuth2
4 6 (1.05%) RESTful
4 6 (1.05%) SailPoint
4 6 (1.05%) SAML
5 5 (0.87%) gRPC
5 5 (0.87%) OpenID
5 5 (0.87%) REST
6 4 (0.70%) Middleware
7 3 (0.52%) EDI
7 3 (0.52%) JWT
7 3 (0.52%) Node.js
7 3 (0.52%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (0.35%) PySpark
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
1 139 (24.26%) Management Information System
2 85 (14.83%) Security Posture
3 34 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (5.24%) Cyber Threat
5 22 (3.84%) Onboarding
6 21 (3.66%) Hedge funds
7 20 (3.49%) Product Ownership
8 18 (3.14%) Cloud Native
9 15 (2.62%) Blockchain
10 14 (2.44%) CMDB
11 13 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (2.27%) Public Cloud
12 12 (2.09%) Operational Technology
12 12 (2.09%) PKI
13 10 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.57%) Cybercrime
14 9 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
15 8 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
16 7 (1.22%) Cyber Security Posture
16 7 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 65 (11.34%) Windows
2 26 (4.54%) Linux
3 19 (3.32%) Android
3 19 (3.32%) Unix
4 17 (2.97%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.92%) Mac OS
6 10 (1.75%) Apple iOS
6 10 (1.75%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.52%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (40.66%) Cybersecurity
2 204 (35.60%) Risk Management
3 136 (23.73%) Incident Response
4 88 (15.36%) Problem-Solving
4 88 (15.36%) Roadmaps
5 87 (15.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 85 (14.83%) Project Management
7 83 (14.49%) Agile
8 79 (13.79%) Mentoring
9 74 (12.91%) Cloud Security
9 74 (12.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 71 (12.39%) Computer Science
10 71 (12.39%) Data Protection
11 70 (12.22%) Analytics
12 67 (11.69%) Vulnerability Management
13 59 (10.30%) SIEM
14 56 (9.77%) Internal Audit
15 54 (9.42%) Risk Assessment
16 52 (9.08%) Business Intelligence
17 49 (8.55%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 70 (12.22%) Python
2 51 (8.90%) PowerShell
3 24 (4.19%) Go
4 21 (3.66%) Bash
4 21 (3.66%) SQL
5 19 (3.32%) Java
6 6 (1.05%) C++
7 4 (0.70%) C
8 3 (0.52%) C#
8 3 (0.52%) Objective-C
8 3 (0.52%) Perl
8 3 (0.52%) Ruby
8 3 (0.52%) Rust
9 2 (0.35%) Bicep
9 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.35%) R
10 1 (0.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 229 (39.97%) CISSP
2 150 (26.18%) Degree
3 148 (25.83%) CISM
4 91 (15.88%) CISA
5 59 (10.30%) CRISC
6 44 (7.68%) SANS
7 38 (6.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (6.11%) Master's Degree
9 31 (5.41%) Security Cleared
10 30 (5.24%) CompTIA Security+
10 30 (5.24%) FFIEC
11 29 (5.06%) CGEIT
12 24 (4.19%) CEH
12 24 (4.19%) OSCP
12 24 (4.19%) SC Cleared
13 20 (3.49%) CompTIA CySA+
14 19 (3.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 18 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
16 17 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
17 15 (2.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (36.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 160 (27.92%) NIST
3 102 (17.80%) GRC
4 88 (15.36%) GDPR
5 49 (8.55%) PCI DSS
6 39 (6.81%) COBIT
7 35 (6.11%) Cyber Essentials
8 32 (5.58%) QA
9 31 (5.41%) NIST 800
10 24 (4.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 24 (4.19%) SOC 2
11 22 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 14 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
13 13 (2.27%) SLA
14 7 (1.22%) Accessibility
14 7 (1.22%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (1.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (1.22%) JSP 440
15 6 (1.05%) NCSC
16 5 (0.87%) ITGC
System Software
1 27 (4.71%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.05%) Docker
4 5 (0.87%) Firmware
4 5 (0.87%) vSphere
5 4 (0.70%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.35%) IAG
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 32 (5.58%) Terraform
2 31 (5.41%) Kubernetes
3 22 (3.84%) SCCM
4 14 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (2.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 13 (2.27%) RSA Archer
5 13 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.57%) Ansible
6 9 (1.57%) EnCase
6 9 (1.57%) FTK
7 6 (1.05%) CASB
8 5 (0.87%) VxRail
9 4 (0.70%) Cilium
9 4 (0.70%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.70%) Packer
10 3 (0.52%) ArcSight ESM
10 3 (0.52%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (0.52%) Grafana
10 3 (0.52%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.52%) QRadar
Vendors
1 115 (20.07%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.24%) Google
3 23 (4.01%) Palo Alto
4 20 (3.49%) Cisco
5 18 (3.14%) iManage
6 17 (2.97%) CyberArk
7 16 (2.79%) CrowdStrike
8 15 (2.62%) VMware
9 13 (2.27%) Rapid7
10 10 (1.75%) Thales
11 9 (1.57%) Cellebrite
12 8 (1.40%) EMC
12 8 (1.40%) Foundry
12 8 (1.40%) ServiceNow
13 7 (1.22%) Oracle
13 7 (1.22%) Splunk
14 6 (1.05%) Salesforce
15 5 (0.87%) Dell
15 5 (0.87%) Talend
15 5 (0.87%) TOWER Software