Information Security Jobs in Central London

Information Security (InfoSec)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 77 99
Rank change year-on-year +18 +22 -8
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 160 192 263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 4.23% 3.86% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.61% 4.07% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 138 171 227
10th Percentile £47,000 £46,250 £48,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £57,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% +9.80%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £112,500 £110,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +7.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Information Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,471 4,717 8,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 91.73% 94.78% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,626 3,882 6,393
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £44,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £114,875 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Central London

Information Security
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Central London

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Central London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Central London

Information Security
Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
City of London +24 142 £75,000 -3.23% 11
Lambeth - 4 - -
Kensington and Chelsea - 2 £35,000 -
West End of London +1 1 £45,000 -47.37%
City of Westminster -10 1 £50,000 -
Camden -11 1 £45,000 -18.18% 1
Information Security
London

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 21 (13.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.25%) Confluence
3 1 (0.63%) CMS
3 1 (0.63%) Drupal
3 1 (0.63%) IIS
3 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.63%) Site Server
3 1 (0.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.25%) Farmplan
1 2 (1.25%) KEYPrime
Cloud Services
1 50 (31.25%) Azure
2 42 (26.25%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 13 (8.13%) AWS
5 11 (6.88%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (6.88%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
7 7 (4.38%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (2.50%) Rubrik
8 4 (2.50%) WhatsApp
9 3 (1.88%) SaaS
10 2 (1.25%) Serverless
11 1 (0.63%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.63%) Dropbox
11 1 (0.63%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 26 (16.25%) Firewall
2 15 (9.38%) Network Security
3 13 (8.13%) TCP/IP
4 9 (5.63%) WAN
5 8 (5.00%) Intrusion Detection
5 8 (5.00%) LAN
6 7 (4.38%) Wireshark
7 5 (3.13%) IPsec
7 5 (3.13%) SSL
8 3 (1.88%) VPN
9 2 (1.25%) DNS
10 1 (0.63%) DHCP
10 1 (0.63%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.38%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.63%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (12.50%) JIRA
2 8 (5.00%) Burp Suite
2 8 (5.00%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.25%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.63%) GitLab
General
1 62 (38.75%) Social Skills
2 46 (28.75%) Finance
3 23 (14.38%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (13.13%) Legal
5 14 (8.75%) Law
6 7 (4.38%) Advertising
7 6 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.50%) Banking
8 4 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.88%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.88%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.88%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.63%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 50 (31.25%) Analyst
2 39 (24.38%) Security Analyst
3 29 (18.13%) Security Manager
4 27 (16.88%) Senior
5 22 (13.75%) Information Manager
5 22 (13.75%) Lead
6 21 (13.13%) Information Security Manager
7 17 (10.63%) Information Analyst
7 17 (10.63%) Information Security Analyst
8 15 (9.38%) Security Engineer
8 15 (9.38%) Senior Analyst
9 11 (6.88%) Senior Security Analyst
10 8 (5.00%) IT Manager
11 7 (4.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 7 (4.38%) Information Officer
11 7 (4.38%) Infrastructure Manager
11 7 (4.38%) IT Security Manager
12 6 (3.75%) IT Analyst
13 5 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 5 (3.13%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.25%) REST
2 2 (1.25%) GraphQL
2 2 (1.25%) Next.js
2 2 (1.25%) Node.js
2 2 (1.25%) React
2 2 (1.25%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.63%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 32 (20.00%) Security Posture
2 29 (18.13%) Management Information System
3 18 (11.25%) Clustering
4 11 (6.88%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.13%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.50%) Insider Threat
9 3 (1.88%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.25%) FPGA
10 2 (1.25%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.63%) CCTV
11 1 (0.63%) Cyber Security Posture
11 1 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.63%) e-Learning
11 1 (0.63%) SCADA
11 1 (0.63%) Social Media
11 1 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (22.50%) Windows
2 25 (15.63%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.38%) Android
3 7 (4.38%) Apple iOS
3 7 (4.38%) Linux
4 6 (3.75%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.63%) CentOS
7 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (33.13%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (30.00%) Risk Management
3 43 (26.88%) Incident Response
4 30 (18.75%) Vulnerability Management
5 28 (17.50%) Computer Science
5 28 (17.50%) Security Architecture
6 27 (16.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (16.88%) Roadmaps
7 25 (15.63%) Information Security Management
8 24 (15.00%) Security Management
8 24 (15.00%) Security Operations
8 24 (15.00%) SIEM
9 21 (13.13%) ITIL
9 21 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (12.50%) Incident Management
11 18 (11.25%) Backlog Management
11 18 (11.25%) Performance Management
11 18 (11.25%) Resource Management
11 18 (11.25%) Strategic Thinking
11 18 (11.25%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 34 (21.25%) PowerShell
2 17 (10.63%) Python
3 8 (5.00%) SQL
4 2 (1.25%) Bash
4 2 (1.25%) Java
4 2 (1.25%) Perl
4 2 (1.25%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.63%) PHP
Qualifications
1 64 (40.00%) CISSP
2 39 (24.38%) Degree
3 38 (23.75%) CISM
4 29 (18.13%) CISA
5 17 (10.63%) CEH
6 14 (8.75%) Master's Degree
7 13 (8.13%) CompTIA Security+
8 11 (6.88%) CompTIA CySA+
9 10 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 10 (6.25%) CCSP
9 10 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (5.63%) SSCP
11 8 (5.00%) GIAC
11 8 (5.00%) SANS
12 7 (4.38%) ISACA
13 6 (3.75%) CRISC
14 5 (3.13%) MCSA
14 5 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (1.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (36.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (21.25%) NIST
3 22 (13.75%) GRC
4 14 (8.75%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (8.75%) PCI DSS
5 8 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (3.75%) COBIT
6 6 (3.75%) GDPR
6 6 (3.75%) NCSC
7 3 (1.88%) FISMA
7 3 (1.88%) GLBA
7 3 (1.88%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.88%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (1.25%) ISO 22301
8 2 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (1.25%) SLA
9 1 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 26 (16.25%) Active Directory
2 18 (11.25%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (4.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.25%) Docker
6 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (16.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (11.88%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (11.25%) Microsoft Clustering
3 18 (11.25%) vCenter Server
4 15 (9.38%) Nmap
5 3 (1.88%) Ansible
5 3 (1.88%) CASB
6 2 (1.25%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.25%) Nagios
6 2 (1.25%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.25%) SCCM
6 2 (1.25%) Terraform
7 1 (0.63%) Packer
7 1 (0.63%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 27 (16.88%) Microsoft
2 23 (14.38%) ServiceNow
2 23 (14.38%) VMware
3 18 (11.25%) Commvault
3 18 (11.25%) Sun
4 12 (7.50%) Splunk
5 9 (5.63%) Rapid7
6 8 (5.00%) Qualys
7 7 (4.38%) Thycotic
8 5 (3.13%) Cisco
9 4 (2.50%) Canon
9 4 (2.50%) Citrix
9 4 (2.50%) HP
9 4 (2.50%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.88%) F5
10 3 (1.88%) Intel
10 3 (1.88%) Palo Alto
11 2 (1.25%) Apple
11 2 (1.25%) Red Hat
11 2 (1.25%) Sage