Security Engineer Jobs in Central London

Security Engineer
London > Central London

The median Security Engineer salary in Central London is £73,441 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 197 198
Rank change year-on-year +36 +1 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 37 51 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.98% 0.99% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 1.03% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 34 42 85
10th Percentile £26,850 £42,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,567 £66,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,441 £85,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +30.77% +8.33%
75th Percentile £84,688 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,875 £105,000 £80,000
London median annual salary £80,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.23% +6.90% +11.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 3,607 4,963 7,684
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.17% 96.01% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,807 4,137 6,374
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +2.07% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Central London

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Central London

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in Central London

Security Engineer
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 8 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
City of London +36 36 £73,441 -13.60% 9
Security Engineer
London

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Central London region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 27 (72.97%) Azure
2 22 (59.46%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (51.35%) Microsoft
4 18 (48.65%) Cybersecurity
5 14 (37.84%) Rapid7
6 13 (35.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (35.14%) CISSP
6 13 (35.14%) Cloud Security
7 12 (32.43%) Firewall
7 12 (32.43%) Information Security
7 12 (32.43%) Vulnerability Management
7 12 (32.43%) Degree
7 12 (32.43%) Network Security
8 11 (29.73%) Finance
8 11 (29.73%) CEH
8 11 (29.73%) Data Loss Prevention
9 10 (27.03%) Windows
9 10 (27.03%) Computer Science
10 9 (24.32%) PowerShell
10 9 (24.32%) AWS
10 9 (24.32%) Python
10 9 (24.32%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (24.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (24.32%) Penetration Testing
10 9 (24.32%) Agile
10 9 (24.32%) NIST
10 9 (24.32%) Azure Sentinel
10 9 (24.32%) Identity Access Management
11 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Purview
11 8 (21.62%) Secrets Management

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Trello
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (72.97%) Azure
2 22 (59.46%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (24.32%) AWS
3 9 (24.32%) Azure Sentinel
4 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Purview
5 7 (18.92%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (18.92%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (10.81%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (10.81%) Mimecast
7 3 (8.11%) Entra ID
8 2 (5.41%) ClickUp
9 1 (2.70%) SaaS
9 1 (2.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 12 (32.43%) Firewall
1 12 (32.43%) Network Security
2 8 (21.62%) LAN
2 8 (21.62%) WAN
3 7 (18.92%) TCP/IP
3 7 (18.92%) Wireshark
4 4 (10.81%) DKIM
5 2 (5.41%) VPN
6 1 (2.70%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (2.70%) Internet
6 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) JIRA
2 1 (2.70%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (29.73%) Finance
2 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Law
4 1 (2.70%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) HTML
1 1 (2.70%) OAuth
1 1 (2.70%) OAuth2
1 1 (2.70%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.62%) Management Information System
2 7 (18.92%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (8.11%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (5.41%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.41%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.70%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (27.03%) Windows
2 7 (18.92%) Android
2 7 (18.92%) Apple iOS
3 3 (8.11%) Linux
4 2 (5.41%) Debian
4 2 (5.41%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (35.14%) Cloud Security
3 12 (32.43%) Information Security
3 12 (32.43%) Vulnerability Management
4 11 (29.73%) Data Loss Prevention
5 10 (27.03%) Computer Science
6 9 (24.32%) Agile
6 9 (24.32%) Identity Access Management
6 9 (24.32%) Penetration Testing
7 8 (21.62%) DevOps
7 8 (21.62%) Secrets Management
7 8 (21.62%) SIEM
8 7 (18.92%) Key Management
8 7 (18.92%) Privileged Access Management
8 7 (18.92%) Process Improvement
8 7 (18.92%) Project Roadmap
8 7 (18.92%) Regulatory Compliance
8 7 (18.92%) Roadmaps
8 7 (18.92%) Security Operations
8 7 (18.92%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 9 (24.32%) PowerShell
1 9 (24.32%) Python
2 1 (2.70%) C#
2 1 (2.70%) C++
2 1 (2.70%) Go
2 1 (2.70%) Java
2 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (35.14%) CISSP
2 12 (32.43%) Degree
3 11 (29.73%) CEH
4 9 (24.32%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (21.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 8 (21.62%) SANS
6 7 (18.92%) CCSP
6 7 (18.92%) SSCP
7 3 (8.11%) Azure Certification
7 3 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (5.41%) CISM
8 2 (5.41%) Master's Degree
9 1 (2.70%) AWS Certification
9 1 (2.70%) CCIE
9 1 (2.70%) CCNA
9 1 (2.70%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (24.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (24.32%) NIST
2 8 (21.62%) PCI DSS
3 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (5.41%) QA
4 1 (2.70%) GDPR
4 1 (2.70%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (18.92%) Virtual Desktop
2 6 (16.22%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (5.41%) Docker
4 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (35.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (18.92%) Nmap
3 6 (16.22%) CASB
4 5 (13.51%) QRadar
5 4 (10.81%) DatAdvantage
6 3 (8.11%) Kubernetes
7 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (51.35%) Microsoft
2 14 (37.84%) Rapid7
3 8 (21.62%) Qualys
3 8 (21.62%) Splunk
4 7 (18.92%) Thycotic
5 6 (16.22%) Cisco
5 6 (16.22%) Palo Alto
6 5 (13.51%) Kenna
7 4 (10.81%) Darktrace
7 4 (10.81%) Varonis
8 2 (5.41%) CyberArk
8 2 (5.41%) iManage
8 2 (5.41%) LogRhythm
9 1 (2.70%) IBM
9 1 (2.70%) Netskope
9 1 (2.70%) Okta
9 1 (2.70%) Red Hat