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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 77 163
Rank change year-on-year -13 +86 -29
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 781 1,315 2,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.23% 4.10% 2.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.59% 4.31% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 637 950 1,222
10th Percentile £44,500 £41,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £54,500 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £91,000 £91,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £102,130 £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 21,784 30,521 71,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 89.99% 95.21% 97.12%
Number of salaries quoted 15,935 22,372 34,275
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 2 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 2 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 +16 160 £80,000 - 13
West London -39 20 £55,000 +43.79% 4
North London +7 8 £45,000 - 1
South London -53 7 £62,500 +25.00% 5
East London +18 6 £61,250 -2.00% 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 (3.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (1.92%) SAS
2 15 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.02%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.51%) Confluence
5 3 (0.38%) CMS
5 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.26%) Apache
6 2 (0.26%) Drupal
6 2 (0.26%) nginx
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.26%) WordPress
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) Site Server
Applications
1 33 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.92%) SPSS
4 11 (1.41%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.26%) Notion
Business Applications
1 8 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.51%) Relativity
2 4 (0.51%) Shopify
3 2 (0.26%) Farmplan
3 2 (0.26%) KEYPrime
3 2 (0.26%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.26%) Ripple
3 2 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.26%) Veritas eDiscovery
4 1 (0.13%) Endur
4 1 (0.13%) Ringtail
Cloud Services
1 201 (25.74%) Azure
2 129 (16.52%) Microsoft 365
3 107 (13.70%) AWS
4 49 (6.27%) GCP
5 39 (4.99%) Entra ID
5 39 (4.99%) Power Platform
6 36 (4.61%) SaaS
7 23 (2.94%) IaaS
7 23 (2.94%) PaaS
8 22 (2.82%) Microsoft Purview
9 21 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
10 16 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
12 12 (1.54%) Dropbox
13 7 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (0.90%) Rubrik
14 6 (0.77%) WhatsApp
15 5 (0.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 4 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
16 4 (0.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 187 (23.94%) Firewall
2 100 (12.80%) Network Security
3 51 (6.53%) Intrusion Detection
4 46 (5.89%) WAN
5 44 (5.63%) LAN
6 40 (5.12%) TCP/IP
7 34 (4.35%) DNS
8 28 (3.59%) VPN
9 23 (2.94%) SSL
10 21 (2.69%) VoIP
11 19 (2.43%) Wireless
12 16 (2.05%) Internet
13 13 (1.66%) SD-WAN
14 11 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
14 11 (1.41%) Wireshark
15 10 (1.28%) MPLS
16 9 (1.15%) DHCP
16 9 (1.15%) Reverse Proxy
17 8 (1.02%) BGP
17 8 (1.02%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.61%) Power BI
2 22 (2.82%) SQL Server
3 17 (2.18%) EDRMS
4 16 (2.05%) Big Data
5 11 (1.41%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.77%) 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
10 3 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.26%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.26%) Metadata
12 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.13%) MS Access
12 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.13%) Redis
Development Applications
1 38 (4.87%) Burp Suite
1 38 (4.87%) Metasploit
2 30 (3.84%) JIRA
3 17 (2.18%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.51%) Git
5 3 (0.38%) GitLab
6 2 (0.26%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.26%) 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
1 258 (33.03%) Social Skills
2 205 (26.25%) Finance
3 150 (19.21%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (16.77%) Legal
5 106 (13.57%) Law
6 48 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (4.35%) Banking
8 32 (4.10%) Retail
9 27 (3.46%) Public Sector
10 26 (3.33%) Marketing
11 22 (2.82%) Advertising
11 22 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
13 20 (2.56%) Military
14 15 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.02%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.02%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.64%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 196 (25.10%) Analyst
2 142 (18.18%) Security Analyst
3 126 (16.13%) Senior
4 107 (13.70%) Security Manager
5 80 (10.24%) Lead
6 70 (8.96%) Security Engineer
7 67 (8.58%) Information Security Manager
8 66 (8.45%) Information Manager
9 54 (6.91%) Information Analyst
9 54 (6.91%) Information Security Analyst
10 45 (5.76%) Senior Analyst
11 40 (5.12%) Architect
12 38 (4.87%) Tester
13 37 (4.74%) Penetration Tester
14 36 (4.61%) IT Manager
15 35 (4.48%) IT Analyst
16 33 (4.23%) Consultant
17 30 (3.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 28 (3.59%) Security Architect
19 27 (3.46%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.92%) Elastic Stack
2 14 (1.79%) REST
3 13 (1.66%) SAML
4 10 (1.28%) 802.1X
5 5 (0.64%) EDI
5 5 (0.64%) SailPoint
6 4 (0.51%) OAuth
7 3 (0.38%) web3js
8 2 (0.26%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.26%) GraphQL
8 2 (0.26%) JSON
8 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.26%) Middleware
8 2 (0.26%) Next.js
8 2 (0.26%) Node.js
8 2 (0.26%) React
8 2 (0.26%) RESTful
8 2 (0.26%) Sass
8 2 (0.26%) Web Services
8 2 (0.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 178 (22.79%) Management Information System
2 95 (12.16%) Security Posture
3 41 (5.25%) Security Operations Centre
4 36 (4.61%) Cyber Threat
5 21 (2.69%) Cyber Defence
5 21 (2.69%) Onboarding
5 21 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (2.56%) Clustering
6 20 (2.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 19 (2.43%) Data Centre
7 19 (2.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 19 (2.43%) PKI
8 16 (2.05%) Cybercrime
9 15 (1.92%) Product Ownership
10 14 (1.79%) Cloud Security Posture
11 13 (1.66%) Client/Server
12 12 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
13 11 (1.41%) Cloud Native
14 10 (1.28%) Public Cloud
15 9 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 109 (13.96%) Windows
2 65 (8.32%) Linux
3 46 (5.89%) Windows Server
4 28 (3.59%) Kali Linux
5 20 (2.56%) Apple iOS
6 13 (1.66%) Android
7 10 (1.28%) Unix
8 8 (1.02%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.90%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.51%) Windows XP
12 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.13%) CentOS
13 1 (0.13%) Solaris
13 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.13%) VMS
13 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (47.12%) Cybersecurity
2 161 (20.61%) Problem-Solving
2 161 (20.61%) Risk Management
3 130 (16.65%) SIEM
4 128 (16.39%) Incident Response
5 112 (14.34%) Security Operations
6 109 (13.96%) Computer Science
7 102 (13.06%) Vulnerability Management
8 96 (12.29%) Cloud Security
8 96 (12.29%) Security Architecture
9 87 (11.14%) Roadmaps
10 86 (11.01%) ITIL
11 84 (10.76%) Agile
11 84 (10.76%) Security Management
12 80 (10.24%) Incident Management
13 74 (9.48%) Disaster Recovery
14 73 (9.35%) Penetration Testing
15 72 (9.22%) Data Loss Prevention
16 71 (9.09%) Data Protection
17 70 (8.96%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 70 (8.96%) Python
3 39 (4.99%) SQL
4 24 (3.07%) Bash
5 12 (1.54%) Java
6 7 (0.90%) Perl
7 5 (0.64%) PHP
8 4 (0.51%) C#
8 4 (0.51%) Go
8 4 (0.51%) Ruby
9 2 (0.26%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.26%) Rust
9 2 (0.26%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.13%) Korn
10 1 (0.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 272 (34.83%) CISSP
2 192 (24.58%) Degree
3 168 (21.51%) CISM
4 107 (13.70%) CISA
5 62 (7.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 59 (7.55%) Cisco Certification
7 46 (5.89%) CEH
8 41 (5.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 41 (5.25%) CRISC
8 41 (5.25%) Security Cleared
9 39 (4.99%) GIAC
10 34 (4.35%) CCSP
11 29 (3.71%) Master's Degree
12 28 (3.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 26 (3.33%) CompTIA Security+
14 25 (3.20%) CompTIA CySA+
14 25 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
15 23 (2.94%) Azure Certification
16 22 (2.82%) SSCP
17 21 (2.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 255 (32.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 182 (23.30%) NIST
3 85 (10.88%) GRC
4 81 (10.37%) GDPR
5 76 (9.73%) Cyber Essentials
6 64 (8.19%) PCI DSS
7 35 (4.48%) COBIT
8 32 (4.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 19 (2.43%) NCSC
10 12 (1.54%) SOC 2
11 11 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 10 (1.28%) Data Quality
12 10 (1.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 10 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (1.02%) HIPAA
13 8 (1.02%) QA
14 7 (0.90%) NIST 800
15 6 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 5 (0.64%) GLBA
System Software
1 76 (9.73%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
3 18 (2.30%) vSphere
4 14 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (1.02%) Docker
7 6 (0.77%) RACF
8 3 (0.38%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.13%) Firmware
9 1 (0.13%) LXC
Systems Management
1 44 (5.63%) Single Sign-On
2 42 (5.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (2.56%) Microsoft Clustering
3 20 (2.56%) vCenter Server
4 18 (2.30%) Ansible
4 18 (2.30%) Nmap
5 17 (2.18%) SCCM
6 16 (2.05%) Kubernetes
7 13 (1.66%) Terraform
8 10 (1.28%) CASB
9 7 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (0.90%) QRadar
10 5 (0.64%) logstash
11 3 (0.38%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.26%) Nagios
12 2 (0.26%) Prometheus
13 1 (0.13%) Packer
13 1 (0.13%) Puppet
13 1 (0.13%) WSUS
13 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 209 (26.76%) Microsoft
2 37 (4.74%) ServiceNow
2 37 (4.74%) VMware
3 31 (3.97%) Cisco
3 31 (3.97%) Google
4 24 (3.07%) SolarWinds
5 21 (2.69%) Splunk
6 20 (2.56%) Commvault
7 18 (2.30%) CyberArk
7 18 (2.30%) Sun
8 16 (2.05%) Rapid7
8 16 (2.05%) Tripwire
9 15 (1.92%) Qualys
9 15 (1.92%) Tanium
10 12 (1.54%) Alibaba
10 12 (1.54%) CheckPoint
11 10 (1.28%) Oracle
11 10 (1.28%) SAP
12 9 (1.15%) Apple
12 9 (1.15%) IBM