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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 59 100
Rank change year-on-year +25 +41 -7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,425 1,795 2,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.02% 5.34% 3.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.62% 5.60% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,059 1,164 1,410
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,434 £44,975
25th Percentile £54,238 £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 £110,000
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 21,526 32,049 67,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 90.97% 95.35% 97.00%
Number of salaries quoted 15,906 23,132 34,106
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,257 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,500
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 18 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 18 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% 34
West London -4 136 £55,000 +43.79% 11
South London -5 40 £78,750 +21.15%
North London +8 12 £60,500 -3.20% 4
East London +13 10 £67,500 +12.50% 82
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 70 (4.91%) SharePoint
2 44 (3.09%) 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 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.63%) AutoCAD
3 9 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.63%) Revit
4 6 (0.42%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.21%) Trello
6 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 8 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.14%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.070%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.070%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 455 (31.93%) Azure
2 203 (14.25%) Microsoft 365
3 188 (13.19%) Entra ID
4 151 (10.60%) AWS
5 76 (5.33%) GCP
6 46 (3.23%) SaaS
7 39 (2.74%) PaaS
7 39 (2.74%) Power Platform
8 35 (2.46%) Cloud Computing
9 33 (2.32%) IaaS
10 20 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
11 19 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
11 19 (1.33%) Serverless
12 14 (0.98%) Google Workspace
13 13 (0.91%) Mimecast
13 13 (0.91%) Nutanix
14 10 (0.70%) Amazon S3
14 10 (0.70%) GitHub
15 9 (0.63%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 283 (19.86%) Firewall
2 158 (11.09%) Broadband
3 154 (10.81%) 5G
4 138 (9.68%) Network Security
5 91 (6.39%) DNS
6 67 (4.70%) TCP/IP
7 64 (4.49%) WAN
8 58 (4.07%) LAN
9 51 (3.58%) Wi-Fi
10 44 (3.09%) Intrusion Detection
10 44 (3.09%) Wireless
11 41 (2.88%) DHCP
11 41 (2.88%) VPN
12 36 (2.53%) Internet
13 25 (1.75%) SD-WAN
14 22 (1.54%) Unified Communications
14 22 (1.54%) Wireshark
15 21 (1.47%) SAN
16 17 (1.19%) MPLS
17 14 (0.98%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.46%) Power BI
2 31 (2.18%) SQL Server
3 19 (1.33%) Oracle Database
4 14 (0.98%) MongoDB
5 13 (0.91%) MySQL
6 12 (0.84%) 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%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.14%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 53 (3.72%) Jenkins
2 31 (2.18%) Metasploit
3 28 (1.96%) Burp Suite
4 23 (1.61%) JIRA
5 17 (1.19%) 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
1 340 (23.86%) Finance
2 336 (23.58%) Social Skills
3 329 (23.09%) Analytical Skills
4 202 (14.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 116 (8.14%) Legal
6 107 (7.51%) Law
7 68 (4.77%) Public Sector
8 64 (4.49%) Banking
9 49 (3.44%) Marketing
10 48 (3.37%) Retail
10 48 (3.37%) Telecoms
11 47 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
12 38 (2.67%) Games
13 27 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
14 26 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
15 19 (1.33%) Aerospace
16 18 (1.26%) Financial Institution
16 18 (1.26%) Manufacturing
17 16 (1.12%) Military
18 13 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 334 (23.44%) Senior
2 230 (16.14%) Analyst
3 145 (10.18%) Linux Specialist
4 143 (10.04%) Technical Specialist
5 137 (9.61%) Security Analyst
6 135 (9.47%) Security Engineer
7 133 (9.33%) Architect
8 97 (6.81%) Consultant
9 96 (6.74%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 92 (6.46%) Lead
11 91 (6.39%) Senior Linux Specialist
12 89 (6.25%) Senior Technical Specialist
12 89 (6.25%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
13 73 (5.12%) Security Manager
14 65 (4.56%) Security Architect
15 64 (4.49%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 64 (4.49%) Tester
16 61 (4.28%) Penetration Tester
17 60 (4.21%) IT Analyst
18 59 (4.14%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.25%) HTML
1 32 (2.25%) JSON
2 29 (2.04%) .NET
3 27 (1.89%) Elastic Stack
4 26 (1.82%) REST
5 24 (1.68%) CSS
6 20 (1.40%) jQuery
7 18 (1.26%) OAuth
8 14 (0.98%) OpenID
9 13 (0.91%) ARM Templates
9 13 (0.91%) Microsoft Graph
10 12 (0.84%) SAML
10 12 (0.84%) Spring Boot
11 11 (0.77%) Django
11 11 (0.77%) Flask
12 10 (0.70%) Kafka
12 10 (0.70%) YAML
13 9 (0.63%) OpenAPI
13 9 (0.63%) Unreal Engine
13 9 (0.63%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 154 (10.81%) Social Media
2 151 (10.60%) Management Information System
3 85 (5.96%) Cyber Threat
4 81 (5.68%) Security Posture
5 72 (5.05%) PKI
6 56 (3.93%) Cyberattack
7 51 (3.58%) Data Centre
8 42 (2.95%) IoT
9 40 (2.81%) Operational Technology
10 39 (2.74%) Security Operations Centre
11 34 (2.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 34 (2.39%) Onboarding
12 32 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
13 30 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
14 29 (2.04%) Cyber Defence
15 27 (1.89%) Replication
16 26 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
17 19 (1.33%) Client/Server
17 19 (1.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
17 19 (1.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 272 (19.09%) Linux
2 239 (16.77%) Windows
3 152 (10.67%) Ubuntu
4 96 (6.74%) Windows Server
5 42 (2.95%) Apple iOS
6 37 (2.60%) Android
7 30 (2.11%) Windows 10
8 28 (1.96%) Kali Linux
9 18 (1.26%) Mac OS
10 16 (1.12%) Unix
11 13 (0.91%) 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 (25.33%) Information Security
2 269 (18.88%) SIEM
3 231 (16.21%) Problem-Solving
4 205 (14.39%) Incident Response
5 204 (14.32%) IT Strategy
6 192 (13.47%) Technology Strategy
7 187 (13.12%) Artificial Intelligence
8 182 (12.77%) Security Operations
9 160 (11.23%) Penetration Testing
10 159 (11.16%) CRM
11 135 (9.47%) Computer Science
12 134 (9.40%) Security Architecture
13 131 (9.19%) Risk Management
14 128 (8.98%) ITIL
15 122 (8.56%) Cloud Security
16 118 (8.28%) Agile
17 111 (7.79%) Mentoring
18 110 (7.72%) DevOps
19 109 (7.65%) Disaster Recovery
20 104 (7.30%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 192 (13.47%) Bash
2 147 (10.32%) Python
3 103 (7.23%) PowerShell
4 92 (6.46%) SQL
5 46 (3.23%) Java
6 45 (3.16%) JavaScript
7 28 (1.96%) C
8 21 (1.47%) C#
9 17 (1.19%) PL/SQL
10 16 (1.12%) C++
11 12 (0.84%) 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%) R
Qualifications
1 281 (19.72%) CISSP
2 261 (18.32%) Degree
3 150 (10.53%) CISM
4 140 (9.82%) Security Cleared
5 85 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 83 (5.82%) SC Cleared
7 76 (5.33%) Cisco Certification
7 76 (5.33%) DV Cleared
8 63 (4.42%) GIAC
9 59 (4.14%) CEH
10 58 (4.07%) CISA
11 56 (3.93%) CRISC
12 48 (3.37%) CREST Certified
12 48 (3.37%) Master's Degree
12 48 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
13 41 (2.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 40 (2.81%) CCSP
15 30 (2.11%) CompTIA Security+
16 27 (1.89%) CompTIA CySA+
17 23 (1.61%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 238 (16.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 168 (11.79%) NIST
3 80 (5.61%) GDPR
4 59 (4.14%) GRC
5 55 (3.86%) Cyber Essentials
6 53 (3.72%) PCI DSS
7 52 (3.65%) NCSC
8 34 (2.39%) QA
9 33 (2.32%) COBIT
10 27 (1.89%) SOC 2
11 23 (1.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 18 (1.26%) SLA
13 15 (1.05%) Data Quality
14 12 (0.84%) HIPAA
14 12 (0.84%) 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
1 281 (19.72%) Active Directory
2 78 (5.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (3.37%) Docker
4 20 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (1.33%) vSphere
6 18 (1.26%) Hyper-V
7 16 (1.12%) 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 2 (0.14%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.14%) XenApp
12 1 (0.070%) LXC
12 1 (0.070%) OpenAM
12 1 (0.070%) RACF
12 1 (0.070%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 172 (12.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 145 (10.18%) Jamf Pro
3 51 (3.58%) Ansible
4 29 (2.04%) QRadar
5 28 (1.96%) Kubernetes
6 27 (1.89%) Terraform
7 23 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
8 16 (1.12%) SCOM
9 11 (0.77%) Graphite
9 11 (0.77%) 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%) Nessus
12 8 (0.56%) WSUS
13 7 (0.49%) Nmap
13 7 (0.49%) SCCM
Vendors
1 527 (36.98%) Microsoft
2 165 (11.58%) CyberArk
3 158 (11.09%) Tanium
4 93 (6.53%) VMware
5 76 (5.33%) Cisco
6 62 (4.35%) Google
7 50 (3.51%) Splunk
8 38 (2.67%) Veeam
9 33 (2.32%) IBM
10 32 (2.25%) Qualys
11 29 (2.04%) Oracle
12 26 (1.82%) Juniper
13 25 (1.75%) Apple
13 25 (1.75%) Palo Alto
14 24 (1.68%) Adobe
15 23 (1.61%) HP
15 23 (1.61%) SolarWinds
16 21 (1.47%) Dell
17 20 (1.40%) SAP
18 19 (1.33%) Fortinet