Cybersecurity Job Trends in West London

Cybersecurity
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West London requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 33 32
Rank change year-on-year +30 -1 -4
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 156 23 12
As % of all permanent jobs in West London 30.41% 6.04% 3.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 35.78% 6.25% 4.29%
Number of salaries quoted 30 5 11
10th Percentile £30,875 £63,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,000 £78,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £82,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -43.03% +43.48% -11.54%
75th Percentile £94,375 £135,000 £76,875
90th Percentile £97,500 - £105,000
London median annual salary £65,000 £73,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -10.96% -2.67% +3.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West 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 West London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 436 368 280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West London 84.99% 96.59% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 229 137 226
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,550 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £82,500
London median annual salary £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.33% - -

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in West London

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in West London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in West London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in West London over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in West London

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the West London region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Hillingdon +6 51 £47,000 - 4
Hounslow +11 32 £95,000 - 3
Ealing +3 21 - - 2
Harrow +11 18 £31,500 - 5
Wembley +12 14 £96,250 - 4
Hammersmith - 10 - - 1
Richmond upon Thames +2 7 £30,500 - 6
Cybersecurity
London

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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 4 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 118 (75.64%) Cloud Computing
2 19 (12.18%) Azure
3 8 (5.13%) AWS
4 5 (3.21%) Nutanix
5 4 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.28%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.64%) GitHub
7 1 (0.64%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.64%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 121 (77.56%) Internet
2 6 (3.85%) Firewall
2 6 (3.85%) WAN
3 5 (3.21%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.28%) DHCP
4 2 (1.28%) DNS
4 2 (1.28%) VPN
5 1 (0.64%) BGP
5 1 (0.64%) Broadband
5 1 (0.64%) LAN
5 1 (0.64%) Modbus
5 1 (0.64%) OSPF
5 1 (0.64%) VLAN
5 1 (0.64%) Wireless
5 1 (0.64%) Wireless Security
5 1 (0.64%) WPA2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.41%) Relational Database
3 9 (5.77%) Metadata
3 9 (5.77%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.64%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Git
General
1 134 (85.90%) Social Skills
2 118 (75.64%) Banking
2 118 (75.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.13%) Legal
5 6 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (1.92%) Multimedia
6 3 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.64%) Finance
8 1 (0.64%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 102 (65.38%) Lecturer
2 9 (5.77%) Data Engineer
3 7 (4.49%) Developer
3 7 (4.49%) Head of Security
4 5 (3.21%) Senior
4 5 (3.21%) Senior Developer
5 4 (2.56%) IT Manager
6 3 (1.92%) Analyst
6 3 (1.92%) Facilities Assistant
6 3 (1.92%) Head of Cybersecurity
6 3 (1.92%) Head of IT
6 3 (1.92%) Head of IT Security
6 3 (1.92%) ICT Assistant
6 3 (1.92%) Security Manager
6 3 (1.92%) Trainee
7 2 (1.28%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 2 (1.28%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (1.28%) IT Security Manager
7 2 (1.28%) Trainee Developer
7 2 (1.28%) Trainee Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.13%) CSS
1 8 (5.13%) HTML
2 5 (3.21%) jQuery
3 4 (2.56%) XML
3 4 (2.56%) XSL
4 2 (1.28%) React
4 2 (1.28%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (0.64%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.64%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.64%) LDAP
5 1 (0.64%) OAuth
5 1 (0.64%) OpenID
5 1 (0.64%) REST
5 1 (0.64%) SAML
5 1 (0.64%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 118 (75.64%) IoT
2 4 (2.56%) W3C
3 3 (1.92%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (0.64%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.64%) Cyberattack
4 1 (0.64%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.64%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.64%) SCADA
4 1 (0.64%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (0.64%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.56%) Windows
2 1 (0.64%) Linux
2 1 (0.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (76.92%) Web Development
2 119 (76.28%) User Experience
3 118 (75.64%) AI
3 118 (75.64%) Machine Learning
4 20 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (10.26%) Data Security
6 11 (7.05%) Data Governance
7 9 (5.77%) Analytics
7 9 (5.77%) Data Architecture
7 9 (5.77%) Data Engineering
7 9 (5.77%) Data Management
7 9 (5.77%) Data Pipeline
7 9 (5.77%) Data Strategy
7 9 (5.77%) ETL
7 9 (5.77%) Master Data Management
7 9 (5.77%) Roadmaps
8 8 (5.13%) Incident Response
8 8 (5.13%) Information Security
8 8 (5.13%) Service Delivery
9 7 (4.49%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.13%) JavaScript
2 4 (2.56%) Python
3 2 (1.28%) SQL
4 1 (0.64%) Bash
4 1 (0.64%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.64%) R
4 1 (0.64%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 136 (87.18%) Degree
2 118 (75.64%) Master's Degree
2 118 (75.64%) PhD
2 118 (75.64%) Postgraduate
3 17 (10.90%) CISSP
4 12 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (5.77%) MCSE
5 9 (5.77%) OCP
5 9 (5.77%) Oracle Certification
6 7 (4.49%) CISM
7 5 (3.21%) CISA
8 3 (1.92%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (1.92%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.64%) CCNP
10 1 (0.64%) CEH
10 1 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.64%) CWNA
10 1 (0.64%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.82%) GDPR
2 9 (5.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (5.77%) NIST
3 6 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (3.21%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.92%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.28%) GxP
7 1 (0.64%) NCSC
7 1 (0.64%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.21%) CASB
2 5 (3.21%) SCCM
3 1 (0.64%) Ansible
Vendors
1 17 (10.90%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.97%) Oracle
3 1 (0.64%) Arista
3 1 (0.64%) Aruba
3 1 (0.64%) Cisco
3 1 (0.64%) Ekahau
3 1 (0.64%) Meraki
3 1 (0.64%) SolarWinds
3 1 (0.64%) Tenable