Senior Security Engineer Jobs in London

Senior Security Engineer
England > London

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in London is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 432 523 738
Rank change year-on-year +91 +215 -155
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 77 112 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.33% 0.31% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.33% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 70 86 62
10th Percentile £57,500 £56,219 £63,750
25th Percentile £68,563 £61,250 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +9.68% -3.13%
75th Percentile £97,500 £99,375 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £103,750 £97,125
England median annual salary £72,500 £68,515 £75,000
% change year-on-year +5.82% -8.65% +22.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 22,169 34,255 62,848
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 95.07% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,697 25,036 34,819
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Engineer in London

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Engineer in London

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Engineer in London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Engineer in London

Senior Security Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 25 April 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 +43 8 £72,500 -14.71% 5
Senior Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Senior 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 London region featuring Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 55 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (66.23%) Azure
3 38 (49.35%) Microsoft
4 29 (37.66%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (36.36%) CISSP
5 28 (36.36%) Cloud Security
6 26 (33.77%) Windows
7 22 (28.57%) AWS
7 22 (28.57%) Network Security
7 22 (28.57%) Incident Response
8 21 (27.27%) PowerShell
8 21 (27.27%) Information Security
8 21 (27.27%) SIEM
8 21 (27.27%) Security Operations
9 20 (25.97%) Finance
10 19 (24.68%) WAN
10 19 (24.68%) CEH
11 18 (23.38%) PKI
11 18 (23.38%) Firewall
11 18 (23.38%) Data Loss Prevention
12 17 (22.08%) Active Directory
12 17 (22.08%) Python
13 15 (19.48%) Cisco
13 15 (19.48%) DevOps
13 15 (19.48%) Social Skills
14 14 (18.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 14 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
15 13 (16.88%) VPN
15 13 (16.88%) Splunk
15 13 (16.88%) Vulnerability Management

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
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 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.60%) AutoCAD
3 2 (2.60%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.60%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 51 (66.23%) Azure
2 29 (37.66%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (28.57%) AWS
4 12 (15.58%) GCP
4 12 (15.58%) PaaS
5 11 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
6 10 (12.99%) SaaS
7 7 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (7.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 6 (7.79%) IaaS
9 5 (6.49%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (5.19%) Power Platform
11 3 (3.90%) GitHub
12 1 (1.30%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (1.30%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 22 (28.57%) Network Security
2 19 (24.68%) WAN
3 18 (23.38%) Firewall
4 13 (16.88%) Cisco ISE
4 13 (16.88%) VPN
5 12 (15.58%) LAN
6 9 (11.69%) Cisco Firepower
7 8 (10.39%) TCP/IP
8 7 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
8 7 (9.09%) SD-WAN
9 6 (7.79%) BGP
9 6 (7.79%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (7.79%) DMZ
9 6 (7.79%) MPLS
9 6 (7.79%) Unified Communications
9 6 (7.79%) VLAN
9 6 (7.79%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (5.19%) DNS
10 4 (5.19%) Wireless
10 4 (5.19%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (10.39%) Jenkins
General
1 20 (25.97%) Finance
2 15 (19.48%) Social Skills
3 9 (11.69%) Law
4 8 (10.39%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (7.79%) Banking
6 4 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.60%) Legal
8 2 (2.60%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.30%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.09%) HTML
2 2 (2.60%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.60%) web3js
3 1 (1.30%) JWT
3 1 (1.30%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 18 (23.38%) PKI
2 10 (12.99%) Cyberattack
3 9 (11.69%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (9.09%) Hedge funds
5 6 (7.79%) Data Centre
6 5 (6.49%) Cybercrime
6 5 (6.49%) Management Information System
7 4 (5.19%) Public Cloud
7 4 (5.19%) Security Posture
8 3 (3.90%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (3.90%) Product Ownership
8 3 (3.90%) Virtual Team
9 2 (2.60%) Blockchain
9 2 (2.60%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (2.60%) Onboarding
9 2 (2.60%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (2.60%) Web3
10 1 (1.30%) Cloud Native
10 1 (1.30%) Operational Technology
10 1 (1.30%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (33.77%) Windows
2 5 (6.49%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.19%) Android
3 4 (5.19%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.30%) Linux
4 1 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (36.36%) Cloud Security
3 22 (28.57%) Incident Response
4 21 (27.27%) Information Security
4 21 (27.27%) Security Operations
4 21 (27.27%) SIEM
5 18 (23.38%) Data Loss Prevention
6 15 (19.48%) DevOps
7 14 (18.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 13 (16.88%) Vulnerability Management
9 12 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (14.29%) Agile
10 11 (14.29%) Cryptography
10 11 (14.29%) Data Security
10 11 (14.29%) ITIL
11 10 (12.99%) Roadmaps
11 10 (12.99%) Strategic Thinking
12 9 (11.69%) CI/CD
12 9 (11.69%) Disaster Recovery
12 9 (11.69%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 21 (27.27%) PowerShell
2 17 (22.08%) Python
3 8 (10.39%) C#
4 7 (9.09%) SQL
5 6 (7.79%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.30%) Go
6 1 (1.30%) Java
6 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.30%) Lua
6 1 (1.30%) Ruby
6 1 (1.30%) Rust
Qualifications
1 28 (36.36%) CISSP
2 19 (24.68%) CEH
3 14 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (12.99%) CCSP
5 9 (11.69%) Degree
6 8 (10.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 6 (7.79%) CISM
8 4 (5.19%) CCIE
8 4 (5.19%) CRISC
8 4 (5.19%) GIAC
8 4 (5.19%) ISSMP
8 4 (5.19%) SANS
8 4 (5.19%) SSCP
9 3 (3.90%) Azure Certification
9 3 (3.90%) CCSK
9 3 (3.90%) GSEC
9 3 (3.90%) ISSAP
9 3 (3.90%) ISSEP
10 2 (2.60%) RIBA
11 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 6 (7.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (6.49%) NIST
4 4 (5.19%) COBIT
4 4 (5.19%) NCSC
4 4 (5.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (22.08%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.19%) Docker
2 4 (5.19%) Hyper-V
2 4 (5.19%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (9.09%) Cisco CUCM
1 7 (9.09%) Stealthwatch
2 6 (7.79%) Ansible
2 6 (7.79%) Terraform
3 5 (6.49%) Kubernetes
4 4 (5.19%) CASB
4 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (5.19%) Nmap
5 2 (2.60%) Nessus
5 2 (2.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (49.35%) Microsoft
2 15 (19.48%) Cisco
3 13 (16.88%) Splunk
4 10 (12.99%) CyberArk
5 8 (10.39%) CheckPoint
5 8 (10.39%) Palo Alto
6 7 (9.09%) Google
7 6 (7.79%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (7.79%) Qualys
7 6 (7.79%) SolarWinds
7 6 (7.79%) VMware
8 5 (6.49%) Rapid7
9 4 (5.19%) Alibaba
9 4 (5.19%) Netskope
9 4 (5.19%) Thycotic
10 3 (3.90%) Symantec
10 3 (3.90%) Zscaler
11 2 (2.60%) Atlassian
11 2 (2.60%) Juniper
11 2 (2.60%) McAfee