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

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 57 103
Rank change year-on-year +22 +46 -11
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,418 1,771 2,667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 5.96% 5.36% 3.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.58% 5.62% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,047 1,146 1,405
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £44,250
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 £90,750 £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 21,537 31,498 68,818
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 90.59% 95.34% 97.07%
Number of salaries quoted 15,859 22,717 34,176
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,450 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% +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 25 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 25 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 +14 167 £67,500 -12.90% 36
West London -5 134 £55,000 +46.67% 11
South London -2 38 £86,500 +33.08% 2
East London +18 10 £67,500 -1.10% 8
North London +3 7 £45,000 -28.00% 4
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 (5.01%) SharePoint
2 43 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.56%) Apache
3 8 (0.56%) 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 (4.09%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.56%) AutoCAD
4 8 (0.56%) Revit
5 6 (0.42%) 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 (0.071%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.071%) Primavera
2 1 (0.071%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 447 (31.52%) Azure
2 195 (13.75%) Microsoft 365
3 191 (13.47%) Entra ID
4 148 (10.44%) AWS
5 75 (5.29%) GCP
6 47 (3.31%) SaaS
7 39 (2.75%) PaaS
7 39 (2.75%) Power Platform
8 37 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
9 34 (2.40%) IaaS
10 20 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
11 19 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
12 18 (1.27%) 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 (0.63%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 279 (19.68%) Firewall
2 158 (11.14%) Broadband
3 154 (10.86%) 5G
4 139 (9.80%) Network Security
5 87 (6.14%) DNS
6 64 (4.51%) TCP/IP
6 64 (4.51%) WAN
7 55 (3.88%) LAN
8 50 (3.53%) Wi-Fi
9 45 (3.17%) Intrusion Detection
10 41 (2.89%) Wireless
11 39 (2.75%) VPN
12 37 (2.61%) DHCP
13 36 (2.54%) Internet
14 24 (1.69%) Wireshark
15 23 (1.62%) SD-WAN
16 22 (1.55%) Unified Communications
17 20 (1.41%) SAN
18 17 (1.20%) MPLS
19 14 (0.99%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.47%) Power BI
2 31 (2.19%) SQL Server
3 20 (1.41%) 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%) Hadoop
8 7 (0.49%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.42%) Big Data
9 6 (0.42%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.42%) 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 (3.74%) Jenkins
2 31 (2.19%) Metasploit
3 28 (1.97%) Burp Suite
4 23 (1.62%) JIRA
5 17 (1.20%) 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
1 350 (24.68%) Finance
2 335 (23.62%) Social Skills
3 327 (23.06%) Analytical Skills
4 204 (14.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 115 (8.11%) Legal
6 105 (7.40%) Law
7 71 (5.01%) Banking
8 66 (4.65%) Public Sector
9 50 (3.53%) Marketing
10 48 (3.39%) Telecoms
11 47 (3.31%) Retail
12 45 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
13 36 (2.54%) Games
14 27 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
15 26 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
16 19 (1.34%) Aerospace
16 19 (1.34%) Manufacturing
17 18 (1.27%) Financial Institution
18 16 (1.13%) Military
19 13 (0.92%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 340 (23.98%) Senior
2 235 (16.57%) Analyst
3 145 (10.23%) Linux Specialist
4 143 (10.08%) Technical Specialist
5 139 (9.80%) Security Engineer
6 135 (9.52%) Security Analyst
7 128 (9.03%) Architect
8 96 (6.77%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 94 (6.63%) Consultant
10 92 (6.49%) Lead
11 91 (6.42%) Senior Linux Specialist
12 89 (6.28%) Senior Technical Specialist
12 89 (6.28%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
13 73 (5.15%) Security Manager
14 65 (4.58%) Tester
15 63 (4.44%) Security Architect
16 62 (4.37%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 62 (4.37%) Penetration Tester
17 61 (4.30%) IT Analyst
18 60 (4.23%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.19%) HTML
1 31 (2.19%) JSON
2 30 (2.12%) .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%) 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 (0.63%) Kafka
13 9 (0.63%) OpenAPI
14 8 (0.56%) AngularJS
14 8 (0.56%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 154 (10.86%) Social Media
2 152 (10.72%) Management Information System
3 82 (5.78%) Cyber Threat
4 80 (5.64%) Security Posture
5 71 (5.01%) PKI
6 55 (3.88%) Cyberattack
7 51 (3.60%) Data Centre
8 41 (2.89%) IoT
8 41 (2.89%) Operational Technology
9 39 (2.75%) Security Operations Centre
10 35 (2.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 34 (2.40%) Onboarding
12 33 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
13 30 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
14 29 (2.05%) Cyber Defence
15 27 (1.90%) Replication
16 25 (1.76%) Video Conferencing
17 20 (1.41%) Client/Server
18 19 (1.34%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
19 18 (1.27%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 273 (19.25%) Linux
2 235 (16.57%) Windows
3 152 (10.72%) Ubuntu
4 91 (6.42%) Windows Server
5 41 (2.89%) Apple iOS
6 37 (2.61%) Android
7 28 (1.97%) Kali Linux
7 28 (1.97%) Windows 10
8 19 (1.34%) Unix
9 18 (1.27%) Mac OS
10 13 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
11 7 (0.49%) Debian
12 6 (0.42%) 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
14 3 (0.21%) Windows XP
15 2 (0.14%) CentOS
16 1 (0.071%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (25.53%) Information Security
2 271 (19.11%) SIEM
3 234 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
4 202 (14.25%) IT Strategy
5 200 (14.10%) Incident Response
6 190 (13.40%) Technology Strategy
7 186 (13.12%) Artificial Intelligence
8 177 (12.48%) Security Operations
9 158 (11.14%) CRM
10 157 (11.07%) Penetration Testing
11 136 (9.59%) Computer Science
12 131 (9.24%) Risk Management
13 128 (9.03%) Security Architecture
14 126 (8.89%) ITIL
15 123 (8.67%) Agile
16 121 (8.53%) Cloud Security
17 110 (7.76%) Mentoring
18 108 (7.62%) DevOps
19 103 (7.26%) Disaster Recovery
19 103 (7.26%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 192 (13.54%) Bash
2 153 (10.79%) Python
3 112 (7.90%) PowerShell
4 97 (6.84%) SQL
5 45 (3.17%) Java
5 45 (3.17%) JavaScript
6 28 (1.97%) C
7 21 (1.48%) C#
8 17 (1.20%) PL/SQL
9 16 (1.13%) C++
10 12 (0.85%) TypeScript
11 10 (0.71%) RPG
12 9 (0.63%) 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%) Objective-C
16 2 (0.14%) Ruby
16 2 (0.14%) Rust
Qualifications
1 281 (19.82%) CISSP
2 254 (17.91%) Degree
3 151 (10.65%) CISM
4 141 (9.94%) Security Cleared
5 86 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 84 (5.92%) SC Cleared
7 78 (5.50%) DV Cleared
8 72 (5.08%) Cisco Certification
9 62 (4.37%) GIAC
10 59 (4.16%) CEH
11 58 (4.09%) CISA
12 53 (3.74%) CRISC
13 50 (3.53%) CREST Certified
14 47 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
15 46 (3.24%) Master's Degree
16 38 (2.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 37 (2.61%) CCSP
18 25 (1.76%) CompTIA Security+
19 23 (1.62%) Azure Certification
19 23 (1.62%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 235 (16.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 173 (12.20%) NIST
3 76 (5.36%) GDPR
4 59 (4.16%) GRC
5 54 (3.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 54 (3.81%) PCI DSS
6 53 (3.74%) NCSC
7 36 (2.54%) COBIT
8 33 (2.33%) QA
9 25 (1.76%) SOC 2
10 22 (1.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 17 (1.20%) SLA
12 15 (1.06%) Data Quality
13 13 (0.92%) HIPAA
14 12 (0.85%) NIST 800
15 11 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 9 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 7 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
18 6 (0.42%) ISO 31000
18 6 (0.42%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 278 (19.61%) Active Directory
2 73 (5.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (3.39%) Docker
4 20 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (1.34%) vSphere
6 16 (1.13%) Hyper-V
7 14 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (0.71%) Firmware
9 7 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.42%) Forefront TMG
10 6 (0.42%) RACF
10 6 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.14%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.14%) XenApp
12 1 (0.071%) LXC
12 1 (0.071%) OpenAM
12 1 (0.071%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 170 (11.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 145 (10.23%) Jamf Pro
3 54 (3.81%) Ansible
4 29 (2.05%) 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 (0.71%) CASB
10 10 (0.71%) CSIRT
10 10 (0.71%) Grafana
11 9 (0.63%) HAProxy
11 9 (0.63%) Puppet
11 9 (0.63%) vCenter Server
12 8 (0.56%) Nessus
12 8 (0.56%) WSUS
13 7 (0.49%) FortiGate
13 7 (0.49%) Nmap
Vendors
1 524 (36.95%) Microsoft
2 171 (12.06%) CyberArk
3 158 (11.14%) Tanium
4 89 (6.28%) VMware
5 73 (5.15%) Cisco
6 62 (4.37%) Google
7 51 (3.60%) Splunk
8 35 (2.47%) Veeam
9 33 (2.33%) IBM
10 32 (2.26%) Qualys
11 30 (2.12%) Oracle
12 26 (1.83%) Juniper
12 26 (1.83%) Palo Alto
13 25 (1.76%) Apple
14 23 (1.62%) Adobe
15 22 (1.55%) HP
15 22 (1.55%) SolarWinds
16 21 (1.48%) Dell
17 19 (1.34%) SAP
18 18 (1.27%) Fortinet