Information Security Jobs in London

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 88 79
Rank change year-on-year -11 -9 +82
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 413 771 1,402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.21% 3.27% 4.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.34% 3.59% 4.28%
Number of salaries quoted 278 643 1,010
10th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £42,494
25th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -
75th Percentile £96,250 £91,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £101,250 £110,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%

All Process and 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 12,371 21,502 32,794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.15% 91.13% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,436 15,970 23,578
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,800 £43,477
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,565 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.28% -5.91% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £123,750 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in London

Information Security
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in London.

Salary trend for Information Security in London

Information Security
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

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 10 May 2025. 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 -41 64 £65,000 -18.59% 28
West London +33 22 £62,745 +14.08% 6
South London +6 5 £65,000 +40.54% 3
East London -4 4 £87,500 +42.86% 9
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (3.87%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.48%) Confluence
4 1 (0.24%) Apache
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.24%) Drupal
4 1 (0.24%) IIS
4 1 (0.24%) nginx
Applications
1 18 (4.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.97%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.97%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (2.91%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.97%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.73%) Adobe Campaign
3 3 (0.73%) Relativity
4 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 99 (23.97%) Azure
2 47 (11.38%) AWS
3 32 (7.75%) GCP
4 31 (7.51%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (6.30%) SaaS
6 17 (4.12%) Power Platform
7 14 (3.39%) Azure Sentinel
7 14 (3.39%) Microsoft Purview
8 13 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (3.15%) Entra ID
9 12 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (2.42%) GitHub
11 8 (1.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 8 (1.94%) IaaS
11 8 (1.94%) PaaS
12 7 (1.69%) Serverless
13 5 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (0.97%) Amazon Bedrock
15 3 (0.73%) Azure Key Vault
15 3 (0.73%) Contentful
Communications & Networking
1 80 (19.37%) Firewall
2 55 (13.32%) Network Security
3 19 (4.60%) VPN
4 16 (3.87%) DNS
5 15 (3.63%) TCP/IP
6 14 (3.39%) Intrusion Detection
7 11 (2.66%) HTTP
8 7 (1.69%) BGP
8 7 (1.69%) OSPF
8 7 (1.69%) Spanning Tree
8 7 (1.69%) Wireshark
9 6 (1.45%) SMTP
10 5 (1.21%) IPsec
10 5 (1.21%) SSL
11 4 (0.97%) LAN
12 2 (0.48%) DKIM
12 2 (0.48%) DMARC
12 2 (0.48%) VoIP
12 2 (0.48%) WAN
12 2 (0.48%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.39%) Power BI
2 7 (1.69%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.21%) Metadata
3 5 (1.21%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.73%) EDRMS
4 3 (0.73%) GIS
4 3 (0.73%) MySQL
5 2 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.24%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (1.69%) Burp Suite
2 6 (1.45%) JIRA
3 4 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.73%) Git
4 3 (0.73%) PowerBuilder
5 1 (0.24%) GitLab
General
1 145 (35.11%) Finance
2 131 (31.72%) Social Skills
3 66 (15.98%) Legal
4 64 (15.50%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (12.59%) Law
6 35 (8.47%) Telecoms
7 34 (8.23%) Retail
8 31 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (6.78%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (6.30%) Marketing
11 22 (5.33%) Manufacturing
11 22 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (5.08%) Banking
13 20 (4.84%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (3.63%) Games
15 14 (3.39%) Public Sector
16 9 (2.18%) German Language
17 7 (1.69%) Mandarin Language
18 6 (1.45%) Electronics
18 6 (1.45%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 87 (21.07%) Analyst
2 82 (19.85%) Senior
3 56 (13.56%) Lead
4 54 (13.08%) Security Analyst
5 49 (11.86%) Security Manager
6 40 (9.69%) Architect
7 35 (8.47%) Security Engineer
8 29 (7.02%) Information Manager
8 29 (7.02%) Information Security Manager
9 24 (5.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 24 (5.81%) Information Analyst
9 24 (5.81%) Information Security Analyst
10 22 (5.33%) IT Manager
11 17 (4.12%) Senior Manager
12 16 (3.87%) Head of Security
13 15 (3.63%) Information Security Engineer
13 15 (3.63%) Solutions Architect
14 14 (3.39%) Security Architect
14 14 (3.39%) Senior Analyst
14 14 (3.39%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.15%) SailPoint
2 12 (2.91%) REST
3 11 (2.66%) SOAP
4 9 (2.18%) Middleware
5 8 (1.94%) ADO
5 8 (1.94%) MERN Stack
5 8 (1.94%) WebSockets
6 7 (1.69%) Leaflet
7 6 (1.45%) GraphQL
7 6 (1.45%) React
8 5 (1.21%) EDI
8 5 (1.21%) SLSA
9 4 (0.97%) .NET
9 4 (0.97%) LangChain
10 3 (0.73%) LDAP
10 3 (0.73%) Node.js
10 3 (0.73%) OAuth
10 3 (0.73%) RESTful
10 3 (0.73%) Spring
11 2 (0.48%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 125 (30.27%) Management Information System
2 72 (17.43%) Security Posture
3 31 (7.51%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (3.63%) Cloud Native
4 15 (3.63%) Virtual Team
5 14 (3.39%) Cyber Defence
6 12 (2.91%) Blockchain
6 12 (2.91%) Robotics
6 12 (2.91%) Security Operations Centre
6 12 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.42%) Cloud Security Posture
7 10 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.18%) Data Structures
8 9 (2.18%) PKI
9 7 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.69%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.45%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.21%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.21%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 35 (8.47%) Windows
2 18 (4.36%) Linux
3 11 (2.66%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.45%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.97%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.97%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.73%) Android
7 2 (0.48%) Unix
8 1 (0.24%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.24%) Debian
8 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (47.70%) Cybersecurity
2 142 (34.38%) Risk Management
3 110 (26.63%) Incident Response
4 101 (24.46%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (22.03%) SIEM
6 81 (19.61%) Vulnerability Management
7 68 (16.46%) Data Protection
8 66 (15.98%) Security Operations
9 59 (14.29%) Agile
10 57 (13.80%) Continuous Improvement
11 53 (12.83%) Mentoring
12 52 (12.59%) Stakeholder Management
13 50 (12.11%) Computer Science
13 50 (12.11%) Data Loss Prevention
13 50 (12.11%) Security Management
14 45 (10.90%) Analytics
15 43 (10.41%) Cloud Security
16 42 (10.17%) Identity Access Management
17 40 (9.69%) Security Architecture
18 39 (9.44%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.99%) Python
2 28 (6.78%) PowerShell
3 8 (1.94%) Java
3 8 (1.94%) JavaScript
4 6 (1.45%) C#
5 5 (1.21%) Bash
5 5 (1.21%) C++
6 4 (0.97%) C
6 4 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (0.97%) SQL
7 2 (0.48%) Bicep
7 2 (0.48%) Ruby
8 1 (0.24%) Perl
8 1 (0.24%) Scala
8 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.24%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 118 (28.57%) Degree
2 109 (26.39%) CISSP
3 68 (16.46%) CISM
4 49 (11.86%) CRISC
5 35 (8.47%) CISA
6 29 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (6.05%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (6.05%) Security Cleared
8 20 (4.84%) GCIH
9 19 (4.60%) OSCP
10 16 (3.87%) CompTIA Security+
10 16 (3.87%) GCIA
10 16 (3.87%) Master's Degree
10 16 (3.87%) SC Cleared
11 14 (3.39%) DV Cleared
12 13 (3.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 13 (3.15%) CCSP
12 13 (3.15%) ISACA
13 11 (2.66%) CEH
14 10 (2.42%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (29.54%) NIST
2 119 (28.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 76 (18.40%) GDPR
4 43 (10.41%) GRC
5 41 (9.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 38 (9.20%) PCI DSS
7 23 (5.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 16 (3.87%) SOC 2
9 14 (3.39%) Data Quality
9 14 (3.39%) NIST 800
10 13 (3.15%) ITGC
11 12 (2.91%) COBIT
12 10 (2.42%) NCSC
13 8 (1.94%) HIPAA
14 7 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 6 (1.45%) QA
16 4 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 4 (0.97%) SOC 1
17 3 (0.73%) Accessibility
17 3 (0.73%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (6.30%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.21%) Docker
3 1 (0.24%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.18%) CSIRT
3 8 (1.94%) CASB
3 8 (1.94%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.94%) Terraform
4 5 (1.21%) RSA Archer
4 5 (1.21%) SCCM
5 4 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.73%) Ansible
6 3 (0.73%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 3 (0.73%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.73%) Puppet
7 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.24%) Grafana
8 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.24%) WMI
Vendors
1 81 (19.61%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.60%) SAP
3 16 (3.87%) Google
4 14 (3.39%) Cisco
5 13 (3.15%) VMware
6 12 (2.91%) Oracle
7 9 (2.18%) Juniper
8 8 (1.94%) Databricks
8 8 (1.94%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.69%) Okta
9 7 (1.69%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.69%) Splunk
10 6 (1.45%) Citrix
10 6 (1.45%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (1.21%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.21%) Qualys
11 5 (1.21%) Tanium
12 4 (0.97%) Facebook
12 4 (0.97%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.97%) Remedy