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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 84 82
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 547 474 789
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.93% 3.68% 3.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.48% 3.83% 3.80%
Number of salaries quoted 300 288 663
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £45,000
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% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £97,813 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £124,413 £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 15,703 12,375 20,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 84.02% 96.18% 91.44%
Number of salaries quoted 10,258 7,553 16,046
10th Percentile £39,871 £42,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £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 9 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 9 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 +2 81 £78,750 +12.50% 30
East London +7 31 £105,000 +238.71% 12
West London -33 18 £67,500 +17.05% 7
South London +9 7 £50,000 -23.08% 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 13 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (2.01%) SAS
3 9 (1.65%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.91%) Apache Pulsar
4 5 (0.91%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.73%) Confluence
6 2 (0.37%) MTS
7 1 (0.18%) Apache
7 1 (0.18%) CMS
7 1 (0.18%) nginx
7 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 28 (5.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 28 (5.12%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (4.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.65%) SPSS
4 7 (1.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.10%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.18%) Magento
3 1 (0.18%) Relativity
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 118 (21.57%) Azure
2 79 (14.44%) AWS
3 63 (11.52%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (9.51%) GCP
5 48 (8.78%) SaaS
6 29 (5.30%) Entra ID
7 18 (3.29%) Power Platform
8 17 (3.11%) IaaS
8 17 (3.11%) PaaS
9 15 (2.74%) Microsoft Purview
10 13 (2.38%) GitHub
10 13 (2.38%) Nutanix
10 13 (2.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 9 (1.65%) Dropbox
11 9 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (1.46%) Azure Service Bus
13 5 (0.91%) Amazon EMR
13 5 (0.91%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
15 3 (0.55%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 47 (8.59%) Firewall
2 29 (5.30%) Network Security
3 26 (4.75%) CHAP
4 17 (3.11%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (1.65%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (1.65%) SD-WAN
5 9 (1.65%) WAAS
5 9 (1.65%) WAN
6 6 (1.10%) RTP
6 6 (1.10%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.91%) HTTPS
7 5 (0.91%) SAN
7 5 (0.91%) VPN
7 5 (0.91%) VSAN
8 4 (0.73%) ATM
8 4 (0.73%) DNS
9 3 (0.55%) Broadband
10 2 (0.37%) DKIM
10 2 (0.37%) DMARC
11 1 (0.18%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.29%) Tableau
2 17 (3.11%) Big Data
2 17 (3.11%) Power BI
3 9 (1.65%) EDRMS
4 8 (1.46%) NoSQL
4 8 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.28%) Hadoop
5 7 (1.28%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.10%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.91%) Apache Cassandra
7 5 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.91%) DataStage
7 5 (0.91%) DynamoDB
7 5 (0.91%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.91%) MySQL
7 5 (0.91%) Neo4j
7 5 (0.91%) Pentaho
7 5 (0.91%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.55%) Redis
9 2 (0.37%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 7 (1.28%) Git
2 4 (0.73%) Bitbucket
2 4 (0.73%) TeamCity
2 4 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.37%) JIRA
4 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
General
1 268 (48.99%) Finance
2 236 (43.14%) Social Skills
3 123 (22.49%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (20.29%) Banking
5 92 (16.82%) Legal
6 75 (13.71%) Financial Institution
7 66 (12.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 65 (11.88%) Law
9 60 (10.97%) Retail
10 38 (6.95%) Marketing
11 25 (4.57%) Telecoms
12 22 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (3.66%) Local Government
14 18 (3.29%) Digital Economy
15 17 (3.11%) Back Office
16 13 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (1.83%) Public Sector
18 9 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
19 7 (1.28%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 78 (14.26%) Lead
2 75 (13.71%) Senior
3 62 (11.33%) Security Engineer
4 52 (9.51%) Analyst
5 43 (7.86%) Security Manager
6 35 (6.40%) Consultant
7 31 (5.67%) Security Analyst
8 30 (5.48%) Information Manager
9 28 (5.12%) Auditor
10 27 (4.94%) Azure Engineer
10 27 (4.94%) Cloud Engineer
10 27 (4.94%) Information Security Manager
10 27 (4.94%) Security Auditor
11 24 (4.39%) Internal Auditor
12 22 (4.02%) Cloud Security Engineer
12 22 (4.02%) Python Engineer
13 20 (3.66%) Architect
14 18 (3.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 18 (3.29%) Head of Security
15 17 (3.11%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.38%) OAuth
2 10 (1.83%) Kafka
3 8 (1.46%) OAuth2
4 6 (1.10%) RESTful
5 5 (0.91%) gRPC
5 5 (0.91%) REST
5 5 (0.91%) SAML
6 4 (0.73%) Middleware
6 4 (0.73%) OpenID
6 4 (0.73%) SailPoint
7 3 (0.55%) EDI
7 3 (0.55%) JWT
7 3 (0.55%) Node.js
7 3 (0.55%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (0.37%) PySpark
9 1 (0.18%) ADO
9 1 (0.18%) HTML
9 1 (0.18%) NetworkX
9 1 (0.18%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.18%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 134 (24.50%) Management Information System
2 83 (15.17%) Security Posture
3 34 (6.22%) Self-Motivation
4 25 (4.57%) Onboarding
5 22 (4.02%) Cyber Threat
6 21 (3.84%) Hedge funds
7 20 (3.66%) Product Ownership
8 17 (3.11%) Cloud Native
9 16 (2.93%) CMDB
10 14 (2.56%) Blockchain
11 13 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (2.38%) Public Cloud
12 12 (2.19%) PKI
13 10 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (1.65%) Cybercrime
15 8 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
16 7 (1.28%) Blog
16 7 (1.28%) Cyber Security Posture
17 6 (1.10%) Data Centre
17 6 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 68 (12.43%) Windows
2 28 (5.12%) Linux
3 18 (3.29%) Unix
3 18 (3.29%) Windows Server
4 17 (3.11%) Android
5 12 (2.19%) Windows 10
6 11 (2.01%) Mac OS
7 8 (1.46%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.37%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (36.20%) Cybersecurity
2 194 (35.47%) Risk Management
3 132 (24.13%) Incident Response
4 93 (17.00%) Roadmaps
5 89 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
6 82 (14.99%) Project Management
7 80 (14.63%) Agile
7 80 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 73 (13.35%) Data Protection
9 71 (12.98%) Analytics
9 71 (12.98%) Computer Science
10 70 (12.80%) Cloud Security
11 68 (12.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 67 (12.25%) Vulnerability Management
13 62 (11.33%) Mentoring
14 58 (10.60%) SIEM
15 52 (9.51%) Internal Audit
16 51 (9.32%) Risk Assessment
17 49 (8.96%) Business Intelligence
18 48 (8.78%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (11.52%) Python
2 51 (9.32%) PowerShell
3 24 (4.39%) SQL
4 22 (4.02%) Go
5 21 (3.84%) Bash
6 17 (3.11%) Java
7 6 (1.10%) C++
8 4 (0.73%) C
9 3 (0.55%) C#
9 3 (0.55%) Objective-C
9 3 (0.55%) Perl
9 3 (0.55%) Ruby
9 3 (0.55%) Rust
10 2 (0.37%) Bicep
10 2 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.37%) R
11 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 220 (40.22%) CISSP
2 143 (26.14%) Degree
3 138 (25.23%) CISM
4 87 (15.90%) CISA
5 55 (10.05%) CRISC
6 40 (7.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 40 (7.31%) SANS
7 28 (5.12%) FFIEC
8 27 (4.94%) CGEIT
9 26 (4.75%) CompTIA Security+
9 26 (4.75%) Master's Degree
10 25 (4.57%) CEH
10 25 (4.57%) Security Cleared
11 19 (3.47%) SC Cleared
12 18 (3.29%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (3.29%) CompTIA CySA+
12 18 (3.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 18 (3.29%) OSCP
13 17 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
14 15 (2.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 204 (37.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 153 (27.97%) NIST
3 92 (16.82%) GRC
4 86 (15.72%) GDPR
5 46 (8.41%) PCI DSS
6 34 (6.22%) COBIT
6 34 (6.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 29 (5.30%) NIST 800
8 27 (4.94%) QA
9 26 (4.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 24 (4.39%) SOC 2
11 21 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 18 (3.29%) SLA
13 14 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (1.46%) Accessibility
15 7 (1.28%) Government Security Classifications
15 7 (1.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 7 (1.28%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.91%) ITGC
17 4 (0.73%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 29 (5.30%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.10%) Docker
4 5 (0.91%) Firmware
4 5 (0.91%) vSphere
5 4 (0.73%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.37%) IAG
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (6.03%) Kubernetes
1 33 (6.03%) Terraform
2 23 (4.20%) SCCM
3 15 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (2.38%) RSA Archer
5 12 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (2.01%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 9 (1.65%) Ansible
7 9 (1.65%) CASB
8 8 (1.46%) EnCase
8 8 (1.46%) FTK
9 5 (0.91%) VxRail
10 4 (0.73%) Cilium
10 4 (0.73%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.73%) Packer
11 3 (0.55%) ArcSight ESM
11 3 (0.55%) Grafana
11 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.55%) QRadar
12 1 (0.18%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 116 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.48%) Google
3 22 (4.02%) Palo Alto
4 20 (3.66%) Cisco
5 17 (3.11%) iManage
6 16 (2.93%) VMware
7 15 (2.74%) CyberArk
8 14 (2.56%) CrowdStrike
9 12 (2.19%) Rapid7
10 11 (2.01%) Foundry
11 9 (1.65%) EMC
11 9 (1.65%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.65%) Thales
12 8 (1.46%) Cellebrite
12 8 (1.46%) Salesforce
13 7 (1.28%) Oracle
13 7 (1.28%) Splunk
14 6 (1.10%) F5
15 5 (0.91%) Dell
15 5 (0.91%) Talend