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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 57 102
Rank change year-on-year +22 +45 -7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,410 1,796 2,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 5.95% 5.40% 3.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.55% 5.66% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,042 1,164 1,396
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £44,000
25th Percentile £54,225 £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 21,521 31,708 68,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 90.79% 95.34% 97.06%
Number of salaries quoted 15,862 22,848 34,120
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,162 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,183 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% +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 23 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 23 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 +11 168 £67,500 -12.90% 37
West London -5 134 £55,000 +45.21% 15
South London -4 38 £86,500 +33.08% 5
East London +18 10 £67,500 -1.10% 7
North London +3 7 £45,000 -28.00% 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 (5.04%) SharePoint
2 43 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.57%) Apache
3 8 (0.57%) IIS
4 4 (0.28%) Confluence
4 4 (0.28%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.14%) CMS
5 2 (0.14%) nginx
5 2 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
5 2 (0.14%) WordPress
6 1 (0.071%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.071%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 58 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.57%) AutoCAD
4 8 (0.57%) Revit
5 6 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.21%) Trello
7 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 8 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.071%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.071%) Primavera
2 1 (0.071%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 448 (31.77%) Azure
2 195 (13.83%) Microsoft 365
3 190 (13.48%) Entra ID
4 147 (10.43%) AWS
5 76 (5.39%) GCP
6 47 (3.33%) SaaS
7 39 (2.77%) PaaS
7 39 (2.77%) Power Platform
8 36 (2.55%) Cloud Computing
9 34 (2.41%) IaaS
10 20 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
11 19 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
12 18 (1.28%) Serverless
13 14 (0.99%) Google Workspace
14 13 (0.92%) Mimecast
15 12 (0.85%) Nutanix
16 10 (0.71%) Amazon S3
16 10 (0.71%) GitHub
17 9 (0.64%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 279 (19.79%) Firewall
2 158 (11.21%) Broadband
3 154 (10.92%) 5G
4 136 (9.65%) Network Security
5 87 (6.17%) DNS
6 64 (4.54%) TCP/IP
7 63 (4.47%) WAN
8 54 (3.83%) LAN
9 50 (3.55%) Wi-Fi
10 44 (3.12%) Intrusion Detection
11 41 (2.91%) Wireless
12 39 (2.77%) VPN
13 37 (2.62%) DHCP
14 36 (2.55%) Internet
15 24 (1.70%) Wireshark
16 23 (1.63%) SD-WAN
17 22 (1.56%) Unified Communications
18 20 (1.42%) SAN
19 17 (1.21%) MPLS
20 14 (0.99%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.48%) Power BI
2 31 (2.20%) SQL Server
3 19 (1.35%) Oracle Database
4 14 (0.99%) MongoDB
5 13 (0.92%) MySQL
6 12 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.50%) Hadoop
8 7 (0.50%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.43%) Big Data
9 6 (0.43%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.43%) SAP HANA
10 5 (0.35%) CockroachDB
10 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.28%) GIS
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%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.14%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 53 (3.76%) Jenkins
2 31 (2.20%) Metasploit
3 28 (1.99%) Burp Suite
4 23 (1.63%) JIRA
5 17 (1.21%) Oracle APEX
6 5 (0.35%) Git
6 5 (0.35%) Jaeger
6 5 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.28%) Maven
7 4 (0.28%) Terragrunt
8 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.14%) GitLab
9 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.14%) Subversion
10 1 (0.071%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.071%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.071%) Xcode
General
1 347 (24.61%) Finance
2 332 (23.55%) Social Skills
3 326 (23.12%) Analytical Skills
4 203 (14.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 114 (8.09%) Legal
6 105 (7.45%) Law
7 68 (4.82%) Banking
8 67 (4.75%) Public Sector
9 50 (3.55%) Marketing
10 48 (3.40%) Telecoms
11 47 (3.33%) Retail
12 45 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
13 36 (2.55%) Games
14 27 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
15 26 (1.84%) Pharmaceutical
16 19 (1.35%) Aerospace
16 19 (1.35%) Manufacturing
17 18 (1.28%) Financial Institution
18 16 (1.13%) Military
19 13 (0.92%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 337 (23.90%) Senior
2 233 (16.52%) Analyst
3 145 (10.28%) Linux Specialist
4 143 (10.14%) Technical Specialist
5 136 (9.65%) Security Engineer
6 135 (9.57%) Security Analyst
7 129 (9.15%) Architect
8 96 (6.81%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 95 (6.74%) Consultant
10 91 (6.45%) Lead
10 91 (6.45%) Senior Linux Specialist
11 89 (6.31%) Senior Technical Specialist
11 89 (6.31%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
12 71 (5.04%) Security Manager
13 65 (4.61%) Tester
14 63 (4.47%) Security Architect
15 62 (4.40%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 62 (4.40%) Penetration Tester
16 60 (4.26%) IT Analyst
17 59 (4.18%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.20%) HTML
1 31 (2.20%) JSON
2 30 (2.13%) .NET
3 27 (1.91%) Elastic Stack
4 26 (1.84%) REST
5 24 (1.70%) CSS
6 20 (1.42%) jQuery
7 18 (1.28%) OAuth
8 14 (0.99%) OpenID
9 13 (0.92%) Microsoft Graph
10 12 (0.85%) ARM Templates
10 12 (0.85%) SAML
11 11 (0.78%) Django
11 11 (0.78%) Flask
11 11 (0.78%) Spring Boot
12 10 (0.71%) YAML
13 9 (0.64%) Kafka
13 9 (0.64%) OpenAPI
14 8 (0.57%) ASP.NET Web API
14 8 (0.57%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 154 (10.92%) Social Media
2 149 (10.57%) Management Information System
3 82 (5.82%) Cyber Threat
4 80 (5.67%) Security Posture
5 72 (5.11%) PKI
6 56 (3.97%) Cyberattack
7 51 (3.62%) Data Centre
8 41 (2.91%) IoT
8 41 (2.91%) Operational Technology
9 39 (2.77%) Security Operations Centre
10 34 (2.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 33 (2.34%) Onboarding
12 32 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
13 30 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
14 29 (2.06%) Cyber Defence
15 27 (1.91%) Replication
16 25 (1.77%) Video Conferencing
17 20 (1.42%) Client/Server
18 19 (1.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
19 18 (1.28%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 272 (19.29%) Linux
2 232 (16.45%) Windows
3 152 (10.78%) Ubuntu
4 90 (6.38%) Windows Server
5 41 (2.91%) Apple iOS
6 37 (2.62%) Android
7 28 (1.99%) Kali Linux
7 28 (1.99%) Windows 10
8 18 (1.28%) Mac OS
9 17 (1.21%) Unix
10 13 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
11 7 (0.50%) Debian
12 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
13 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
14 3 (0.21%) Mac OS X
14 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 2 (0.14%) CentOS
15 2 (0.14%) Windows XP
16 1 (0.071%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (25.46%) Information Security
2 269 (19.08%) SIEM
3 232 (16.45%) Problem-Solving
4 202 (14.33%) IT Strategy
5 199 (14.11%) Incident Response
6 190 (13.48%) Technology Strategy
7 185 (13.12%) Artificial Intelligence
8 176 (12.48%) Security Operations
9 158 (11.21%) CRM
10 156 (11.06%) Penetration Testing
11 135 (9.57%) Computer Science
12 131 (9.29%) Security Architecture
13 129 (9.15%) Risk Management
14 124 (8.79%) ITIL
15 122 (8.65%) Agile
16 118 (8.37%) Cloud Security
17 110 (7.80%) Mentoring
18 108 (7.66%) DevOps
19 104 (7.38%) Disaster Recovery
20 101 (7.16%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 192 (13.62%) Bash
2 151 (10.71%) Python
3 109 (7.73%) PowerShell
4 95 (6.74%) SQL
5 45 (3.19%) Java
5 45 (3.19%) JavaScript
6 28 (1.99%) C
7 21 (1.49%) C#
8 17 (1.21%) PL/SQL
9 16 (1.13%) C++
10 12 (0.85%) TypeScript
11 10 (0.71%) RPG
12 9 (0.64%) Perl
13 5 (0.35%) Go
14 4 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.28%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.21%) PHP
16 2 (0.14%) Lua
16 2 (0.14%) Objective-C
16 2 (0.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 279 (19.79%) CISSP
2 254 (18.01%) Degree
3 151 (10.71%) CISM
4 141 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 85 (6.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 84 (5.96%) SC Cleared
7 77 (5.46%) DV Cleared
8 72 (5.11%) Cisco Certification
9 62 (4.40%) GIAC
10 59 (4.18%) CEH
10 59 (4.18%) CISA
11 53 (3.76%) CRISC
12 50 (3.55%) CREST Certified
13 47 (3.33%) Master's Degree
13 47 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
14 38 (2.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 37 (2.62%) CCSP
16 24 (1.70%) CompTIA Security+
17 23 (1.63%) Azure Certification
17 23 (1.63%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 237 (16.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 171 (12.13%) NIST
3 76 (5.39%) GDPR
4 59 (4.18%) GRC
5 54 (3.83%) PCI DSS
6 53 (3.76%) Cyber Essentials
7 52 (3.69%) NCSC
8 36 (2.55%) COBIT
9 33 (2.34%) QA
10 25 (1.77%) SOC 2
11 23 (1.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 17 (1.21%) SLA
13 15 (1.06%) Data Quality
14 13 (0.92%) HIPAA
15 12 (0.85%) NIST 800
16 11 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 9 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 7 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
19 6 (0.43%) ISO 31000
19 6 (0.43%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 277 (19.65%) Active Directory
2 73 (5.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (3.40%) Docker
4 20 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (1.35%) vSphere
6 16 (1.13%) Hyper-V
7 14 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (0.71%) Firmware
9 7 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.43%) Forefront TMG
10 6 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
11 5 (0.35%) RACF
12 2 (0.14%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.14%) XenApp
13 1 (0.071%) LXC
13 1 (0.071%) OpenAM
13 1 (0.071%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 170 (12.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 145 (10.28%) Jamf Pro
3 53 (3.76%) Ansible
4 29 (2.06%) QRadar
5 28 (1.99%) Kubernetes
6 27 (1.91%) Terraform
7 23 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
8 16 (1.13%) SCOM
9 11 (0.78%) Graphite
9 11 (0.78%) Nagios
10 10 (0.71%) CASB
10 10 (0.71%) CSIRT
10 10 (0.71%) Grafana
11 9 (0.64%) HAProxy
11 9 (0.64%) Puppet
11 9 (0.64%) vCenter Server
12 8 (0.57%) Nessus
12 8 (0.57%) WSUS
13 7 (0.50%) Nmap
13 7 (0.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 523 (37.09%) Microsoft
2 169 (11.99%) CyberArk
3 158 (11.21%) Tanium
4 89 (6.31%) VMware
5 73 (5.18%) Cisco
6 62 (4.40%) Google
7 50 (3.55%) Splunk
8 35 (2.48%) Veeam
9 33 (2.34%) IBM
10 31 (2.20%) Qualys
11 29 (2.06%) Oracle
12 26 (1.84%) Juniper
12 26 (1.84%) Palo Alto
13 25 (1.77%) Apple
14 23 (1.63%) Adobe
15 22 (1.56%) HP
15 22 (1.56%) SolarWinds
16 21 (1.49%) Dell
17 19 (1.35%) SAP
18 18 (1.28%) Fortinet