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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 107 104
Rank change year-on-year +20 -3 -36
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 617 376 642
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.44% 3.15% 3.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.01% 3.34% 3.72%
Number of salaries quoted 425 196 408
10th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £46,775
25th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £114,000 £110,625 £115,000
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 20,476 11,250 17,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.84% 94.14% 89.47%
Number of salaries quoted 13,847 7,132 10,494
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 +14 71 £90,000 +28.57% 89
West London +11 32 £80,000 +18.52% 20
East London -2 13 £57,500 -36.11% 4
South London - 5 £80,000 - 2
North London - 1 £61,250 -
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 33 (5.35%) SAS
2 15 (2.43%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.97%) Confluence
4 3 (0.49%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.16%) IIS
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 27 (4.38%) SPSS
2 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.65%) Workday HCM
2 3 (0.49%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.49%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 127 (20.58%) Azure
2 91 (14.75%) AWS
3 66 (10.70%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (6.65%) SaaS
5 35 (5.67%) GCP
6 25 (4.05%) Entra ID
7 22 (3.57%) Power Platform
8 20 (3.24%) Dropbox
9 18 (2.92%) OpenShift
10 14 (2.27%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 13 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
11 13 (2.11%) PaaS
12 12 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
13 11 (1.78%) Azure Logic Apps
14 10 (1.62%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (1.62%) Amazon ELB
14 10 (1.62%) Amazon S3
14 10 (1.62%) Azure Sentinel
14 10 (1.62%) OCI
14 10 (1.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 72 (11.67%) Network Security
2 47 (7.62%) Firewall
3 23 (3.73%) VPN
4 20 (3.24%) OSPF
5 19 (3.08%) DNS
6 17 (2.76%) BGP
6 17 (2.76%) VXLAN
7 16 (2.59%) WAN
8 13 (2.11%) VLAN
9 12 (1.94%) TCP/IP
10 8 (1.30%) Cisco ISE
11 7 (1.13%) LAN
12 5 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (0.65%) CHAP
13 4 (0.65%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (0.65%) Wireshark
14 3 (0.49%) Cisco Firepower
14 3 (0.49%) TACACS
14 3 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
15 2 (0.32%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.38%) Big Data
1 27 (4.38%) EDRMS
2 18 (2.92%) Power BI
3 10 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (0.97%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.32%) Metadata
7 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.16%) Db2
7 1 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.16%) Power Query
7 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (0.97%) Git
1 6 (0.97%) JIRA
2 4 (0.65%) Burp Suite
2 4 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (0.49%) Yeoman
4 2 (0.32%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.32%) TeamCity
General
1 240 (38.90%) Social Skills
2 211 (34.20%) Finance
3 110 (17.83%) Analytical Skills
3 110 (17.83%) Legal
4 86 (13.94%) Law
5 79 (12.80%) Banking
6 76 (12.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 57 (9.24%) Retail
8 34 (5.51%) Legal Technology
9 23 (3.73%) Local Government
10 16 (2.59%) Financial Institution
11 15 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.43%) Public Sector
12 12 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.78%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.46%) Back Office
15 7 (1.13%) Cyber-Physical System
15 7 (1.13%) French Language
15 7 (1.13%) German Language
16 6 (0.97%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 97 (15.72%) Senior
2 93 (15.07%) Security Manager
3 68 (11.02%) Information Manager
4 67 (10.86%) Analyst
5 65 (10.53%) Information Security Manager
6 59 (9.56%) Lead
7 48 (7.78%) Security Analyst
8 38 (6.16%) Security Engineer
8 38 (6.16%) Security Specialist
9 36 (5.83%) Architect
10 29 (4.70%) Consultant
11 27 (4.38%) IT Manager
12 25 (4.05%) Security Architect
13 24 (3.89%) Head of Security
14 23 (3.73%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 22 (3.57%) Cloud Engineer
15 22 (3.57%) Information Analyst
15 22 (3.57%) Information Security Analyst
15 22 (3.57%) Senior Manager
16 21 (3.40%) Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (5.51%) Terraform
2 6 (0.97%) OpenID
2 6 (0.97%) SailPoint
2 6 (0.97%) SAML
3 5 (0.81%) REST
4 3 (0.49%) .NET
4 3 (0.49%) JSON
5 2 (0.32%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.32%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.32%) Kafka
5 2 (0.32%) OAuth
5 2 (0.32%) RESTful
6 1 (0.16%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.16%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.16%) JPA
6 1 (0.16%) LangChain
6 1 (0.16%) LlamaIndex
6 1 (0.16%) Middleware
6 1 (0.16%) React
6 1 (0.16%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 148 (23.99%) Management Information System
2 86 (13.94%) Security Posture
3 43 (6.97%) Cyber Threat
4 34 (5.51%) Cloud Native
5 29 (4.70%) Cybercrime
6 27 (4.38%) Onboarding
7 21 (3.40%) Operational Technology
8 17 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (2.43%) Data Centre
9 15 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.62%) Cyber Defence
10 10 (1.62%) Freedom of Information
10 10 (1.62%) Freedom of Information Act
11 9 (1.46%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.30%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.30%) Cyber Security Posture
12 8 (1.30%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
14 6 (0.97%) PKI
14 6 (0.97%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 51 (8.27%) Windows
2 27 (4.38%) Linux
3 14 (2.27%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.62%) Android
5 9 (1.46%) Mac OS
6 8 (1.30%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.81%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.65%) Unix
9 1 (0.16%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (46.19%) Cybersecurity
2 216 (35.01%) Risk Management
3 145 (23.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 141 (22.85%) Incident Response
5 111 (17.99%) Stakeholder Management
6 107 (17.34%) Problem-Solving
7 101 (16.37%) Cloud Security
8 88 (14.26%) AI
9 86 (13.94%) Roadmaps
10 85 (13.78%) Security Operations
11 84 (13.61%) Vulnerability Management
12 83 (13.45%) SIEM
13 78 (12.64%) Business Continuity
14 77 (12.48%) Data Protection
15 70 (11.35%) Mentoring
16 67 (10.86%) Analytics
17 60 (9.72%) Disaster Recovery
18 56 (9.08%) Computer Science
19 54 (8.75%) Decision-Making
19 54 (8.75%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 52 (8.43%) Python
2 29 (4.70%) PowerShell
3 19 (3.08%) Java
4 16 (2.59%) Bash
4 16 (2.59%) Go
5 15 (2.43%) SQL
6 13 (2.11%) Kusto Query Language
7 8 (1.30%) C#
8 6 (0.97%) C
8 6 (0.97%) C++
8 6 (0.97%) Ruby
9 4 (0.65%) Perl
10 3 (0.49%) Rust
10 3 (0.49%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.32%) Bicep
11 2 (0.32%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.32%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.32%) Objective-C
11 2 (0.32%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.16%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 197 (31.93%) CISSP
2 146 (23.66%) Degree
3 140 (22.69%) CISM
4 56 (9.08%) CRISC
5 49 (7.94%) Cisco Certification
6 45 (7.29%) CISA
7 42 (6.81%) Security Cleared
8 41 (6.65%) Master's Degree
9 34 (5.51%) Computer Science Degree
10 32 (5.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 31 (5.02%) CompTIA Security+
12 29 (4.70%) CCSP
13 25 (4.05%) OSCP
14 24 (3.89%) SC Cleared
15 20 (3.24%) GIAC
15 20 (3.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 19 (3.08%) AWS Certification
16 19 (3.08%) GCIH
17 18 (2.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 17 (2.76%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 242 (39.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 180 (29.17%) NIST
3 127 (20.58%) GDPR
4 120 (19.45%) GRC
5 65 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 50 (8.10%) PCI DSS
7 31 (5.02%) SOC 2
8 29 (4.70%) COBIT
9 27 (4.38%) NIST 800
10 22 (3.57%) QA
11 18 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 17 (2.76%) NCSC
13 13 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (1.78%) ISO 22301
15 9 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 8 (1.30%) Accessibility
17 7 (1.13%) Data Quality
17 7 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 7 (1.13%) SOC 1
18 6 (0.97%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (3.73%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.49%) Docker
3 3 (0.49%) VMware Server
4 2 (0.32%) IAG
4 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (6.16%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.89%) Single Sign-On
3 20 (3.24%) EnCase
3 20 (3.24%) FTK
4 10 (1.62%) FortiGate
5 8 (1.30%) Ansible
6 7 (1.13%) CASB
7 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.65%) Packer
8 4 (0.65%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.49%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 3 (0.49%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (0.49%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.49%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 2 (0.32%) Argo
10 2 (0.32%) Grafana
10 2 (0.32%) Istio
10 2 (0.32%) linkerd
10 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 115 (18.64%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.51%) Palo Alto
3 22 (3.57%) Zscaler
4 20 (3.24%) Cellebrite
4 20 (3.24%) Google
5 18 (2.92%) Fortinet
6 16 (2.59%) Cisco
7 15 (2.43%) iManage
8 14 (2.27%) Oracle
8 14 (2.27%) VMware
9 11 (1.78%) Splunk
10 10 (1.62%) CrowdStrike
10 10 (1.62%) Rapid7
11 9 (1.46%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.46%) Tenable
12 7 (1.13%) LogRhythm
12 7 (1.13%) Nuix
12 7 (1.13%) Relativity
13 6 (0.97%) Okta
13 6 (0.97%) OpenAI