Cybersecurity Job Trends in South London

Cybersecurity
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South London requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 34 30
Rank change year-on-year +32 -4 +20
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 166 47 29
As % of all permanent jobs in South London 35.62% 8.27% 7.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 40.69% 8.50% 7.99%
Number of salaries quoted 33 22 25
10th Percentile £42,500 £48,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £53,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £72,500 £50,950
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +42.30% -21.62%
75th Percentile £60,000 £73,750 £78,000
90th Percentile £80,000 - £107,500
London median annual salary £65,000 £73,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -10.96% -2.67% +3.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South London

Cybersecurity 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 South London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 408 553 363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 87.55% 97.36% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 173 182 276
10th Percentile £28,400 £27,075 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £53,500 £57,750
Median % change year-on-year -20.56% -7.36% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £74,063
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,125 £83,750
London median annual salary £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South London.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in South London

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in South London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in South London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in South London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in South London

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the South London region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Kingston Upon Thames +25 53 £50,000 - 7
Merton +12 53 £50,000 - 5
Bromley +7 39 £32,500 -55.17% 4
Croydon +30 29 - - 5
Sutton +9 24 £46,000 -
Cybersecurity
London

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South 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 6 (3.61%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.81%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.81%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 133 (80.12%) Cloud Computing
2 13 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (3.61%) Azure
3 6 (3.61%) Entra ID
4 3 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.60%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 133 (80.12%) Internet
2 7 (4.22%) Firewall
3 6 (3.61%) TCP/IP
3 6 (3.61%) VPN
General
1 139 (83.73%) Social Skills
2 133 (80.12%) Banking
2 133 (80.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (5.42%) Manufacturing
4 7 (4.22%) Marketing
5 4 (2.41%) Finance
6 3 (1.81%) Legal
6 3 (1.81%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.81%) Retail
7 1 (0.60%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 107 (64.46%) Lecturer
2 15 (9.04%) Account Manager
3 13 (7.83%) Sales Manager
4 9 (5.42%) Sales Account Manager
5 7 (4.22%) Marketing Manager
6 6 (3.61%) IT Engineer
6 6 (3.61%) IT Support
6 6 (3.61%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (3.61%) Support Engineer
7 2 (1.20%) Technical Manager
7 2 (1.20%) Technical Sales Manager
8 1 (0.60%) IT Manager
8 1 (0.60%) Trainee
Miscellaneous
1 133 (80.12%) IoT
2 9 (5.42%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.22%) Social Media
4 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.61%) VMS
2 1 (0.60%) Windows
2 1 (0.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (80.12%) AI
1 133 (80.12%) Machine Learning
1 133 (80.12%) User Experience
1 133 (80.12%) Web Development
2 18 (10.84%) Data Protection
3 7 (4.22%) Analytics
3 7 (4.22%) B2B
3 7 (4.22%) B2B Marketing
3 7 (4.22%) CRM
3 7 (4.22%) Lead Generation
3 7 (4.22%) SEO
4 6 (3.61%) Digital Analytics
4 6 (3.61%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (3.61%) Incident Response
4 6 (3.61%) Marketing Automation
5 3 (1.81%) Agile
5 3 (1.81%) Email Marketing
5 3 (1.81%) Marketing Mix
5 3 (1.81%) Social Media Management
5 3 (1.81%) Telesales
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.01%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 133 (80.12%) Degree
1 133 (80.12%) Master's Degree
1 133 (80.12%) PhD
1 133 (80.12%) Postgraduate
2 1 (0.60%) A+ Certification
2 1 (0.60%) CEH
2 1 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (0.60%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.23%) GDPR
2 6 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Systems Management
1 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (3.61%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.60%) Autotask
Vendors
1 13 (7.83%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.61%) HubSpot
2 6 (3.61%) YouTube
3 3 (1.81%) Scality
3 3 (1.81%) Veeam
4 1 (0.60%) N-able