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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 85 78
Rank change year-on-year +8 -7 -3
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 554 475 790
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.94% 3.69% 3.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.50% 3.83% 3.81%
Number of salaries quoted 305 285 664
10th Percentile £52,200 £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% - +4.90%
75th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £124,225 £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 15,806 12,388 20,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 83.89% 96.14% 91.43%
Number of salaries quoted 10,333 7,542 16,048
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,469
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 11 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 11 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 +7 83 £78,750 +12.50% 30
East London +5 33 £90,000 +190.32% 12
West London -34 19 £67,500 +17.05% 7
South London +8 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 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.62%) SAS
3 8 (1.44%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.90%) Apache Pulsar
4 5 (0.90%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.72%) Confluence
6 2 (0.36%) MTS
7 1 (0.18%) Apache
7 1 (0.18%) CMS
7 1 (0.18%) nginx
7 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (4.33%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (4.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.26%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.26%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (0.90%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.18%) Magento
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 117 (21.12%) Azure
2 79 (14.26%) AWS
3 64 (11.55%) Microsoft 365
4 53 (9.57%) GCP
5 49 (8.84%) SaaS
6 29 (5.23%) Entra ID
7 21 (3.79%) Power Platform
8 18 (3.25%) Microsoft Purview
9 17 (3.07%) IaaS
9 17 (3.07%) PaaS
10 13 (2.35%) GitHub
10 13 (2.35%) Nutanix
10 13 (2.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 9 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (1.44%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (1.26%) Dropbox
14 5 (0.90%) Amazon EMR
14 5 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
15 4 (0.72%) Amazon EKS
15 4 (0.72%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 47 (8.48%) Firewall
2 29 (5.23%) Network Security
3 26 (4.69%) CHAP
4 17 (3.07%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (1.62%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (1.62%) SD-WAN
5 9 (1.62%) WAAS
5 9 (1.62%) WAN
6 6 (1.08%) RTP
6 6 (1.08%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.90%) HTTPS
7 5 (0.90%) SAN
7 5 (0.90%) VPN
7 5 (0.90%) VSAN
8 4 (0.72%) ATM
8 4 (0.72%) DNS
9 3 (0.54%) Broadband
10 2 (0.36%) DKIM
10 2 (0.36%) DMARC
11 1 (0.18%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.61%) Power BI
2 17 (3.07%) Tableau
3 15 (2.71%) Big Data
4 8 (1.44%) NoSQL
4 8 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.26%) EDRMS
5 7 (1.26%) Hadoop
6 6 (1.08%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.08%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.90%) Apache Cassandra
7 5 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.90%) DataStage
7 5 (0.90%) DynamoDB
7 5 (0.90%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.90%) MySQL
7 5 (0.90%) Neo4j
7 5 (0.90%) Pentaho
7 5 (0.90%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.54%) Redis
9 2 (0.36%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 7 (1.26%) Git
2 4 (0.72%) Bitbucket
2 4 (0.72%) TeamCity
2 4 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.36%) JIRA
4 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
General
1 268 (48.38%) Finance
2 236 (42.60%) Social Skills
3 128 (23.10%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (20.94%) Banking
5 93 (16.79%) Legal
6 75 (13.54%) Financial Institution
7 71 (12.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 68 (12.27%) Law
9 64 (11.55%) Retail
10 37 (6.68%) Marketing
11 26 (4.69%) Telecoms
12 22 (3.97%) Local Government
13 21 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
14 19 (3.43%) Back Office
15 17 (3.07%) Digital Economy
16 12 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (1.62%) Public Sector
18 7 (1.26%) Automotive
18 7 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (14.08%) Lead
2 76 (13.72%) Senior
3 62 (11.19%) Security Engineer
4 54 (9.75%) Analyst
5 43 (7.76%) Security Manager
6 36 (6.50%) Consultant
7 33 (5.96%) Security Analyst
8 31 (5.60%) Information Manager
9 28 (5.05%) Auditor
9 28 (5.05%) Information Security Manager
10 27 (4.87%) Azure Engineer
10 27 (4.87%) Cloud Engineer
10 27 (4.87%) Security Auditor
11 24 (4.33%) Internal Auditor
12 22 (3.97%) Cloud Security Engineer
12 22 (3.97%) Python Engineer
13 20 (3.61%) Architect
14 18 (3.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 18 (3.25%) Head of Security
15 17 (3.07%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.53%) OAuth
2 10 (1.81%) Kafka
3 8 (1.44%) OAuth2
4 6 (1.08%) RESTful
4 6 (1.08%) SAML
5 5 (0.90%) gRPC
5 5 (0.90%) OpenID
5 5 (0.90%) REST
5 5 (0.90%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.54%) EDI
6 3 (0.54%) JWT
6 3 (0.54%) Middleware
6 3 (0.54%) Node.js
6 3 (0.54%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.36%) PySpark
8 1 (0.18%) ADO
8 1 (0.18%) HTML
8 1 (0.18%) NetworkX
8 1 (0.18%) scikit-learn
8 1 (0.18%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 134 (24.19%) Management Information System
2 85 (15.34%) Security Posture
3 35 (6.32%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (4.69%) Onboarding
5 21 (3.79%) Cyber Threat
5 21 (3.79%) Hedge funds
6 20 (3.61%) Product Ownership
7 19 (3.43%) Cloud Native
8 16 (2.89%) CMDB
9 14 (2.53%) Blockchain
10 13 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (2.35%) Public Cloud
11 12 (2.17%) PKI
12 9 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (1.26%) Blog
13 7 (1.26%) Cyber Security Posture
13 7 (1.26%) Cybercrime
13 7 (1.26%) Data Centre
14 6 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 69 (12.45%) Windows
2 28 (5.05%) Linux
3 19 (3.43%) Android
3 19 (3.43%) Windows Server
4 18 (3.25%) Unix
5 12 (2.17%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.99%) Mac OS
7 10 (1.81%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.36%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (37.73%) Cybersecurity
2 197 (35.56%) Risk Management
3 131 (23.65%) Incident Response
4 92 (16.61%) Roadmaps
5 88 (15.88%) Problem-Solving
6 82 (14.80%) Continuous Improvement
6 82 (14.80%) Project Management
7 80 (14.44%) Agile
8 72 (13.00%) Cloud Security
8 72 (13.00%) Data Protection
9 70 (12.64%) Computer Science
10 69 (12.45%) Analytics
11 68 (12.27%) Mentoring
11 68 (12.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 67 (12.09%) Vulnerability Management
13 57 (10.29%) SIEM
14 53 (9.57%) Internal Audit
15 52 (9.39%) Risk Assessment
16 50 (9.03%) Business Intelligence
17 46 (8.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 65 (11.73%) Python
2 52 (9.39%) PowerShell
3 24 (4.33%) Go
4 22 (3.97%) SQL
5 21 (3.79%) Bash
6 19 (3.43%) Java
7 6 (1.08%) C++
8 4 (0.72%) C
9 3 (0.54%) C#
9 3 (0.54%) Objective-C
9 3 (0.54%) Perl
9 3 (0.54%) Ruby
9 3 (0.54%) Rust
10 2 (0.36%) Bicep
10 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.36%) R
11 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 220 (39.71%) CISSP
2 142 (25.63%) CISM
2 142 (25.63%) Degree
3 87 (15.70%) CISA
4 57 (10.29%) CRISC
5 40 (7.22%) SANS
6 38 (6.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (5.23%) CompTIA Security+
8 28 (5.05%) FFIEC
9 27 (4.87%) CGEIT
9 27 (4.87%) Master's Degree
10 25 (4.51%) CEH
10 25 (4.51%) Security Cleared
11 20 (3.61%) CompTIA CySA+
11 20 (3.61%) OSCP
12 19 (3.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 19 (3.43%) SC Cleared
13 18 (3.25%) Cisco Certification
14 17 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (2.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (37.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 156 (28.16%) NIST
3 96 (17.33%) GRC
4 88 (15.88%) GDPR
5 48 (8.66%) PCI DSS
6 35 (6.32%) COBIT
6 35 (6.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 29 (5.23%) NIST 800
7 29 (5.23%) QA
8 25 (4.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 25 (4.51%) SOC 2
9 21 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 18 (3.25%) SLA
11 14 (2.53%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (1.44%) Accessibility
13 7 (1.26%) Government Security Classifications
13 7 (1.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 7 (1.26%) JSP 440
14 5 (0.90%) ITGC
15 4 (0.72%) PMO
System Software
1 28 (5.05%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.08%) Docker
4 5 (0.90%) Firmware
4 5 (0.90%) vSphere
5 4 (0.72%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.36%) IAG
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (6.14%) Kubernetes
1 34 (6.14%) Terraform
2 23 (4.15%) SCCM
3 15 (2.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (2.35%) RSA Archer
5 12 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (1.99%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 9 (1.62%) Ansible
8 8 (1.44%) CASB
9 7 (1.26%) EnCase
9 7 (1.26%) FTK
10 5 (0.90%) VxRail
11 4 (0.72%) Cilium
11 4 (0.72%) HP Fortify
11 4 (0.72%) Packer
12 3 (0.54%) ArcSight ESM
12 3 (0.54%) Grafana
12 3 (0.54%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.54%) QRadar
13 1 (0.18%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 117 (21.12%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.42%) Google
3 22 (3.97%) Palo Alto
4 20 (3.61%) Cisco
5 17 (3.07%) iManage
6 16 (2.89%) CyberArk
6 16 (2.89%) VMware
7 14 (2.53%) CrowdStrike
8 12 (2.17%) Rapid7
9 10 (1.81%) Foundry
10 9 (1.62%) EMC
10 9 (1.62%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.62%) Thales
11 7 (1.26%) Cellebrite
11 7 (1.26%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.26%) Splunk
12 6 (1.08%) F5
12 6 (1.08%) Oracle
13 5 (0.90%) Dell
13 5 (0.90%) Ericsson