Cybersecurity Jobs in London

Cybersecurity
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 59 102
Rank change year-on-year +25 +43 -10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,419 1,805 2,637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.00% 5.35% 3.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.60% 5.61% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,051 1,169 1,423
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,838 £44,350
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £107,500 £108,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Cybersecurity 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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,516 32,155 68,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 90.97% 95.34% 97.01%
Number of salaries quoted 15,872 23,232 34,355
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,171 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in London

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the London region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Central London +12 166 £67,500 -12.90% 36
West London -1 136 £55,000 +43.79% 13
South London -7 40 £78,750 +21.15% 4
East London +13 10 £67,500 +12.50% 94
North London +6 9 £55,000 -12.00% 6
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
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 71 (5.00%) SharePoint
2 44 (3.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.63%) IIS
4 8 (0.56%) Apache
5 4 (0.28%) Confluence
5 4 (0.28%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.14%) CMS
6 2 (0.14%) nginx
6 2 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
6 2 (0.14%) WordPress
7 1 (0.070%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.070%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 60 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.56%) AutoCAD
4 8 (0.56%) Revit
5 5 (0.35%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.21%) Trello
7 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 8 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.070%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.070%) Primavera
2 1 (0.070%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 451 (31.78%) Azure
2 201 (14.16%) Microsoft 365
3 189 (13.32%) Entra ID
4 148 (10.43%) AWS
5 76 (5.36%) GCP
6 45 (3.17%) SaaS
7 39 (2.75%) Power Platform
8 37 (2.61%) PaaS
9 34 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
10 32 (2.26%) IaaS
11 20 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
12 19 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
13 18 (1.27%) Serverless
14 14 (0.99%) Google Workspace
15 13 (0.92%) Mimecast
15 13 (0.92%) Nutanix
16 10 (0.70%) Amazon S3
16 10 (0.70%) GitHub
17 9 (0.63%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 282 (19.87%) Firewall
2 158 (11.13%) Broadband
3 154 (10.85%) 5G
4 137 (9.65%) Network Security
5 91 (6.41%) DNS
6 67 (4.72%) TCP/IP
7 62 (4.37%) WAN
8 56 (3.95%) LAN
9 49 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
10 44 (3.10%) Intrusion Detection
10 44 (3.10%) Wireless
11 41 (2.89%) DHCP
11 41 (2.89%) VPN
12 36 (2.54%) Internet
13 24 (1.69%) SD-WAN
14 22 (1.55%) Wireshark
15 21 (1.48%) SAN
15 21 (1.48%) Unified Communications
16 16 (1.13%) MPLS
17 14 (0.99%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.47%) Power BI
2 31 (2.18%) SQL Server
3 19 (1.34%) Oracle Database
4 14 (0.99%) MongoDB
5 13 (0.92%) MySQL
6 12 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.49%) Big Data
8 7 (0.49%) Hadoop
8 7 (0.49%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.42%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.42%) SAP HANA
10 5 (0.35%) CockroachDB
11 4 (0.28%) GIS
11 4 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.21%) Data Hub
13 2 (0.14%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.14%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 53 (3.74%) Jenkins
2 31 (2.18%) Metasploit
3 28 (1.97%) Burp Suite
4 23 (1.62%) JIRA
5 17 (1.20%) Oracle APEX
6 7 (0.49%) Git
7 5 (0.35%) Jaeger
7 5 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.28%) Maven
8 4 (0.28%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.21%) Subversion
10 2 (0.14%) GitLab
10 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.14%) Xcode
11 1 (0.070%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.070%) Vagrant
General
1 342 (24.10%) Finance
2 337 (23.75%) Social Skills
3 329 (23.19%) Analytical Skills
4 203 (14.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 117 (8.25%) Legal
6 106 (7.47%) Law
7 68 (4.79%) Public Sector
8 66 (4.65%) Banking
9 49 (3.45%) Marketing
10 48 (3.38%) Retail
11 47 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
11 47 (3.31%) Telecoms
12 37 (2.61%) Games
13 27 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
14 26 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
15 19 (1.34%) Aerospace
16 18 (1.27%) Financial Institution
16 18 (1.27%) Manufacturing
17 16 (1.13%) Military
18 13 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 334 (23.54%) Senior
2 232 (16.35%) Analyst
3 145 (10.22%) Linux Specialist
4 143 (10.08%) Technical Specialist
5 136 (9.58%) Security Analyst
6 134 (9.44%) Security Engineer
7 130 (9.16%) Architect
8 96 (6.77%) Consultant
8 96 (6.77%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 92 (6.48%) Lead
10 91 (6.41%) Senior Linux Specialist
11 89 (6.27%) Senior Technical Specialist
11 89 (6.27%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
12 71 (5.00%) Security Manager
13 64 (4.51%) Security Architect
13 64 (4.51%) Tester
14 63 (4.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 61 (4.30%) Penetration Tester
16 60 (4.23%) IT Analyst
17 59 (4.16%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.26%) HTML
1 32 (2.26%) JSON
2 29 (2.04%) .NET
3 27 (1.90%) Elastic Stack
4 26 (1.83%) REST
5 24 (1.69%) CSS
6 20 (1.41%) jQuery
7 18 (1.27%) OAuth
8 14 (0.99%) OpenID
9 13 (0.92%) ARM Templates
9 13 (0.92%) Microsoft Graph
10 12 (0.85%) SAML
10 12 (0.85%) Spring Boot
11 11 (0.78%) Django
11 11 (0.78%) Flask
12 10 (0.70%) Kafka
12 10 (0.70%) YAML
13 9 (0.63%) OpenAPI
14 8 (0.56%) AngularJS
14 8 (0.56%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 154 (10.85%) Social Media
2 153 (10.78%) Management Information System
3 86 (6.06%) Cyber Threat
4 81 (5.71%) Security Posture
5 72 (5.07%) PKI
6 56 (3.95%) Cyberattack
7 50 (3.52%) Data Centre
8 42 (2.96%) IoT
9 40 (2.82%) Operational Technology
10 39 (2.75%) Security Operations Centre
11 34 (2.40%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 34 (2.40%) Onboarding
12 32 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
13 30 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
14 29 (2.04%) Cyber Defence
15 27 (1.90%) Replication
16 24 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
17 19 (1.34%) Client/Server
17 19 (1.34%) Cyber Security Posture
17 19 (1.34%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 272 (19.17%) Linux
2 238 (16.77%) Windows
3 152 (10.71%) Ubuntu
4 96 (6.77%) Windows Server
5 42 (2.96%) Apple iOS
6 37 (2.61%) Android
7 30 (2.11%) Windows 10
8 28 (1.97%) Kali Linux
9 18 (1.27%) Mac OS
10 16 (1.13%) Unix
11 13 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (0.49%) Debian
12 7 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
13 6 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
14 4 (0.28%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 2 (0.14%) CentOS
16 2 (0.14%) Windows XP
17 1 (0.070%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (25.44%) Information Security
2 268 (18.89%) SIEM
3 230 (16.21%) Problem-Solving
4 204 (14.38%) IT Strategy
5 201 (14.16%) Incident Response
6 192 (13.53%) Technology Strategy
7 187 (13.18%) Artificial Intelligence
8 183 (12.90%) Security Operations
9 160 (11.28%) Penetration Testing
10 158 (11.13%) CRM
11 135 (9.51%) Computer Science
12 134 (9.44%) Security Architecture
13 132 (9.30%) Risk Management
14 128 (9.02%) ITIL
15 121 (8.53%) Cloud Security
16 119 (8.39%) Agile
17 110 (7.75%) Mentoring
18 109 (7.68%) DevOps
19 105 (7.40%) Disaster Recovery
20 100 (7.05%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 192 (13.53%) Bash
2 147 (10.36%) Python
3 105 (7.40%) PowerShell
4 95 (6.69%) SQL
5 46 (3.24%) Java
6 45 (3.17%) JavaScript
7 28 (1.97%) C
8 21 (1.48%) C#
9 17 (1.20%) PL/SQL
10 16 (1.13%) C++
11 12 (0.85%) TypeScript
12 10 (0.70%) RPG
13 9 (0.63%) Perl
14 5 (0.35%) Go
15 4 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.28%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.21%) Objective-C
16 3 (0.21%) PHP
16 3 (0.21%) Swift
17 2 (0.14%) Rust
Qualifications
1 278 (19.59%) CISSP
2 260 (18.32%) Degree
3 150 (10.57%) CISM
4 141 (9.94%) Security Cleared
5 85 (5.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 84 (5.92%) SC Cleared
7 77 (5.43%) DV Cleared
8 76 (5.36%) Cisco Certification
9 62 (4.37%) GIAC
10 58 (4.09%) CEH
10 58 (4.09%) CISA
11 56 (3.95%) CRISC
12 48 (3.38%) CREST Certified
12 48 (3.38%) Master's Degree
12 48 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
13 41 (2.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 40 (2.82%) CCSP
15 29 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
16 27 (1.90%) CompTIA CySA+
17 23 (1.62%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 237 (16.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 168 (11.84%) NIST
3 79 (5.57%) GDPR
4 59 (4.16%) GRC
5 55 (3.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 53 (3.74%) PCI DSS
7 52 (3.66%) NCSC
8 34 (2.40%) QA
9 33 (2.33%) COBIT
10 27 (1.90%) SOC 2
11 23 (1.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 18 (1.27%) SLA
13 15 (1.06%) Data Quality
14 12 (0.85%) HIPAA
14 12 (0.85%) NIST 800
15 10 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 9 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 7 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
17 7 (0.49%) ISO 31000
18 6 (0.42%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 282 (19.87%) Active Directory
2 78 (5.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (3.38%) Docker
4 20 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (1.34%) vSphere
6 18 (1.27%) Hyper-V
7 16 (1.13%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (0.70%) Firmware
9 7 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.42%) Forefront TMG
10 6 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
11 3 (0.21%) RACF
12 2 (0.14%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.14%) XenApp
13 1 (0.070%) LXC
13 1 (0.070%) OpenAM
13 1 (0.070%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 170 (11.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 145 (10.22%) Jamf Pro
3 51 (3.59%) Ansible
4 29 (2.04%) QRadar
5 28 (1.97%) Kubernetes
6 27 (1.90%) Terraform
7 23 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
8 16 (1.13%) SCOM
9 11 (0.78%) Graphite
9 11 (0.78%) Nagios
10 10 (0.70%) CSIRT
10 10 (0.70%) Grafana
11 9 (0.63%) CASB
11 9 (0.63%) HAProxy
11 9 (0.63%) Puppet
11 9 (0.63%) vCenter Server
12 8 (0.56%) WSUS
13 7 (0.49%) Nessus
13 7 (0.49%) Nmap
13 7 (0.49%) SCCM
Vendors
1 528 (37.21%) Microsoft
2 167 (11.77%) CyberArk
3 158 (11.13%) Tanium
4 93 (6.55%) VMware
5 74 (5.21%) Cisco
6 62 (4.37%) Google
7 50 (3.52%) Splunk
8 38 (2.68%) Veeam
9 33 (2.33%) IBM
10 32 (2.26%) Qualys
11 29 (2.04%) Oracle
12 27 (1.90%) Juniper
13 25 (1.76%) Apple
14 24 (1.69%) Palo Alto
15 23 (1.62%) Adobe
15 23 (1.62%) HP
16 22 (1.55%) SolarWinds
17 21 (1.48%) Dell
18 19 (1.34%) SAP
19 18 (1.27%) Fortinet