Information Security Jobs in London

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 75 158
Rank change year-on-year -16 +83 -24
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 785 1,303 2,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.20% 4.13% 2.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.58% 4.34% 2.88%
Number of salaries quoted 636 939 1,241
10th Percentile £44,375 £40,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,688 £54,125 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £91,250 £91,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £102,350 £111,250 £110,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,948 30,053 72,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 89.58% 95.15% 97.09%
Number of salaries quoted 15,936 22,051 34,709
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £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 £92,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £116,250 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in London

Information Security
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Information Security in London

Information Security
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in London over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in London

Information Security
Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Central London +13 159 £80,000 - 9
West London -48 20 £55,000 +46.67% 2
North London +6 7 £45,000 - 1
East London +18 6 £61,250 -2.00% 3
South London -58 6 £62,500 +25.00% 2
Information Security
England

Information Security
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 29 (3.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (2.04%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.91%) SAS
4 8 (1.02%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.25%) Apache
6 2 (0.25%) CMS
6 2 (0.25%) Confluence
6 2 (0.25%) nginx
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.91%) SPSS
4 9 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.15%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) Notion
Business Applications
1 9 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.51%) Relativity
2 4 (0.51%) Ripple
2 4 (0.51%) Shopify
3 2 (0.25%) Farmplan
3 2 (0.25%) KEYPrime
3 2 (0.25%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.25%) Veritas eDiscovery
4 1 (0.13%) Endur
4 1 (0.13%) Ringtail
Cloud Services
1 202 (25.73%) Azure
2 127 (16.18%) Microsoft 365
3 114 (14.52%) AWS
4 52 (6.62%) GCP
5 42 (5.35%) Power Platform
6 39 (4.97%) Entra ID
7 33 (4.20%) SaaS
8 24 (3.06%) IaaS
8 24 (3.06%) PaaS
9 21 (2.68%) Cloud Computing
10 20 (2.55%) Microsoft Purview
11 14 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (1.53%) Dropbox
13 11 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (0.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 7 (0.89%) Rubrik
15 6 (0.76%) WhatsApp
16 4 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
16 4 (0.51%) Serverless
16 4 (0.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 186 (23.69%) Firewall
2 104 (13.25%) Network Security
3 53 (6.75%) Intrusion Detection
4 44 (5.61%) WAN
5 42 (5.35%) LAN
6 38 (4.84%) TCP/IP
7 33 (4.20%) DNS
8 27 (3.44%) VPN
9 23 (2.93%) VoIP
10 21 (2.68%) SSL
11 19 (2.42%) Wireless
12 16 (2.04%) Internet
13 13 (1.66%) SD-WAN
14 12 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
15 10 (1.27%) MPLS
16 9 (1.15%) Reverse Proxy
16 9 (1.15%) Wireshark
17 8 (1.02%) BGP
17 8 (1.02%) OSPF
17 8 (1.02%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.97%) Power BI
2 26 (3.31%) SQL Server
3 17 (2.17%) EDRMS
4 16 (2.04%) Big Data
5 11 (1.40%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.76%) SAP HANA
8 5 (0.64%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.64%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.38%) MySQL
10 3 (0.38%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.25%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.25%) Metadata
12 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.13%) MS Access
12 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.13%) Redis
Development Applications
1 38 (4.84%) Burp Suite
1 38 (4.84%) Metasploit
2 28 (3.57%) JIRA
3 16 (2.04%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.76%) Git
5 4 (0.51%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.25%) GitLab
6 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.25%) Toad
7 1 (0.13%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.13%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.13%) Selenium
7 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.13%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.13%) WebDriver
General
1 260 (33.12%) Social Skills
2 205 (26.11%) Finance
3 149 (18.98%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (16.94%) Legal
5 109 (13.89%) Law
6 52 (6.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (4.20%) Banking
8 32 (4.08%) Retail
9 26 (3.31%) Public Sector
10 25 (3.18%) Marketing
11 24 (3.06%) Advertising
12 23 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
15 19 (2.42%) Military
16 16 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (1.40%) Financial Institution
18 10 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
19 8 (1.02%) Manufacturing
20 5 (0.64%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 198 (25.22%) Analyst
2 144 (18.34%) Security Analyst
3 128 (16.31%) Senior
4 111 (14.14%) Security Manager
5 75 (9.55%) Lead
6 72 (9.17%) Security Engineer
7 71 (9.04%) Information Security Manager
8 69 (8.79%) Information Manager
9 53 (6.75%) Information Analyst
9 53 (6.75%) Information Security Analyst
10 47 (5.99%) Senior Analyst
11 40 (5.10%) Architect
12 38 (4.84%) Tester
13 37 (4.71%) Penetration Tester
14 35 (4.46%) IT Analyst
14 35 (4.46%) IT Manager
15 32 (4.08%) Consultant
16 29 (3.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 29 (3.69%) Security Architect
17 27 (3.44%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.91%) Elastic Stack
2 14 (1.78%) REST
3 13 (1.66%) SAML
4 10 (1.27%) 802.1X
5 5 (0.64%) EDI
5 5 (0.64%) SailPoint
6 4 (0.51%) OAuth
7 3 (0.38%) web3js
8 2 (0.25%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.25%) GraphQL
8 2 (0.25%) JSON
8 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.25%) Next.js
8 2 (0.25%) Node.js
8 2 (0.25%) React
8 2 (0.25%) RESTful
8 2 (0.25%) Sass
8 2 (0.25%) Web Services
8 2 (0.25%) YAML
9 1 (0.13%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 181 (23.06%) Management Information System
2 98 (12.48%) Security Posture
3 43 (5.48%) Security Operations Centre
4 36 (4.59%) Cyber Threat
5 24 (3.06%) Cyber Defence
6 20 (2.55%) Clustering
6 20 (2.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 20 (2.55%) Onboarding
7 19 (2.42%) PKI
7 19 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (2.29%) Data Centre
9 17 (2.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 17 (2.17%) Product Ownership
10 16 (2.04%) Cybercrime
11 14 (1.78%) Client/Server
11 14 (1.78%) Cloud Security Posture
12 12 (1.53%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
13 11 (1.40%) Cloud Native
14 10 (1.27%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 113 (14.39%) Windows
2 67 (8.54%) Linux
3 51 (6.50%) Windows Server
4 28 (3.57%) Kali Linux
5 19 (2.42%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.53%) Android
7 10 (1.27%) Unix
8 8 (1.02%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.89%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.64%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.51%) Rocky
11 4 (0.51%) Windows XP
12 2 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.13%) CentOS
13 1 (0.13%) Solaris
13 1 (0.13%) VMS
13 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (46.62%) Cybersecurity
2 165 (21.02%) Problem-Solving
3 161 (20.51%) Risk Management
4 131 (16.69%) Incident Response
5 130 (16.56%) SIEM
6 117 (14.90%) Security Operations
7 111 (14.14%) Computer Science
8 108 (13.76%) Vulnerability Management
9 100 (12.74%) Cloud Security
10 99 (12.61%) Security Architecture
11 86 (10.96%) ITIL
12 85 (10.83%) Security Management
13 83 (10.57%) Incident Management
14 82 (10.45%) Agile
15 81 (10.32%) Roadmaps
16 74 (9.43%) Data Protection
17 73 (9.30%) Penetration Testing
18 72 (9.17%) Data Loss Prevention
19 69 (8.79%) Disaster Recovery
20 68 (8.66%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (9.43%) PowerShell
1 74 (9.43%) Python
2 38 (4.84%) SQL
3 28 (3.57%) Bash
4 12 (1.53%) Java
5 7 (0.89%) Perl
6 4 (0.51%) C#
6 4 (0.51%) Go
6 4 (0.51%) PHP
6 4 (0.51%) Ruby
7 2 (0.25%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.25%) Rust
7 2 (0.25%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.13%) Korn
8 1 (0.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 277 (35.29%) CISSP
2 196 (24.97%) Degree
3 177 (22.55%) CISM
4 113 (14.39%) CISA
5 63 (8.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 58 (7.39%) Cisco Certification
7 46 (5.86%) CEH
8 43 (5.48%) CRISC
9 39 (4.97%) GIAC
10 38 (4.84%) Security Cleared
11 37 (4.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 31 (3.95%) CCSP
13 30 (3.82%) Master's Degree
14 27 (3.44%) CompTIA CySA+
14 27 (3.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 24 (3.06%) CompTIA Security+
15 24 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
16 22 (2.80%) Azure Certification
17 21 (2.68%) DV Cleared
18 19 (2.42%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 253 (32.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 177 (22.55%) NIST
3 83 (10.57%) GRC
4 82 (10.45%) GDPR
5 76 (9.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 61 (7.77%) PCI DSS
7 35 (4.46%) COBIT
8 32 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 20 (2.55%) NCSC
10 12 (1.53%) SOC 2
11 11 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 10 (1.27%) Data Quality
12 10 (1.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 10 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (1.02%) HIPAA
13 8 (1.02%) QA
14 7 (0.89%) NIST 800
15 6 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 5 (0.64%) GLBA
System Software
1 80 (10.19%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.55%) VMware ESXi
3 18 (2.29%) vSphere
4 14 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.89%) Docker
5 7 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.76%) RACF
7 3 (0.38%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.13%) Firmware
8 1 (0.13%) LXC
Systems Management
1 46 (5.86%) Single Sign-On
2 40 (5.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (2.55%) Microsoft Clustering
3 20 (2.55%) vCenter Server
4 18 (2.29%) Ansible
5 17 (2.17%) SCCM
6 16 (2.04%) Nmap
7 15 (1.91%) Kubernetes
8 12 (1.53%) Terraform
9 10 (1.27%) CASB
10 7 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (0.89%) QRadar
11 5 (0.64%) logstash
12 3 (0.38%) CSIRT
13 2 (0.25%) Nagios
13 2 (0.25%) Prometheus
14 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
14 1 (0.13%) Puppet
14 1 (0.13%) WSUS
14 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 211 (26.88%) Microsoft
2 38 (4.84%) ServiceNow
3 37 (4.71%) VMware
4 31 (3.95%) Google
5 30 (3.82%) Cisco
6 22 (2.80%) SolarWinds
7 20 (2.55%) Commvault
7 20 (2.55%) Splunk
8 18 (2.29%) CyberArk
8 18 (2.29%) Sun
9 16 (2.04%) Tripwire
10 15 (1.91%) Tanium
11 14 (1.78%) Rapid7
12 13 (1.66%) Qualys
13 12 (1.53%) Alibaba
13 12 (1.53%) CheckPoint
14 10 (1.27%) SAP
15 9 (1.15%) Apple
15 9 (1.15%) IBM
16 8 (1.02%) Oracle