Cybersecurity Engineer Jobs in Central London

Cybersecurity Engineer
London > Central London

The median Cybersecurity Engineer salary in Central London is £78,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 234 289
Rank change year-on-year +47 +55 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 8 8 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.21% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.16% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 5
10th Percentile £53,375 £43,125 £59,000
25th Percentile £67,813 £65,625 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £81,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +16.07% +21.74%
75th Percentile £87,500 £88,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £89,375 £89,500 £87,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -21.88% +28.00%

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 3,598 5,042 7,714
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.21% 96.06% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,818 4,204 6,465
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,250 £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% -

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Engineer in Central London

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Engineer in Central London

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Engineer in Central London

Cybersecurity 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 Cybersecurity Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 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 +53 7 £72,500 -10.77% 3
Cybersecurity Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Cybersecurity 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 Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) Firewall
3 5 (62.50%) CISSP
3 5 (62.50%) Information Security
3 5 (62.50%) CEH
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (50.00%) Rapid7
4 4 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 4 (50.00%) NIST
4 4 (50.00%) Incident Response
5 3 (37.50%) Cloud Security
5 3 (37.50%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (37.50%) SANS
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (37.50%) Security Architecture
5 3 (37.50%) SIEM
5 3 (37.50%) Network Security
5 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
5 3 (37.50%) Windows
6 2 (25.00%) Python
6 2 (25.00%) LAN
6 2 (25.00%) WAN
6 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
6 2 (25.00%) CCSP
6 2 (25.00%) B2B

Cybersecurity 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (37.50%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (12.50%) AWS
5 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (37.50%) Network Security
3 2 (25.00%) LAN
3 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (25.00%) WAN
3 2 (25.00%) Wireshark
4 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Android
2 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (62.50%) Information Security
3 4 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 4 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (37.50%) Cloud Security
4 3 (37.50%) Security Architecture
4 3 (37.50%) SIEM
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) B2B
5 2 (25.00%) Cryptography
5 2 (25.00%) DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
5 2 (25.00%) Information Security Management
5 2 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
5 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
5 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CEH
1 5 (62.50%) CISSP
2 3 (37.50%) SANS
3 2 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (25.00%) CCSP
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (25.00%) SSCP
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
4 1 (12.50%) CISM
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) NIST
2 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (25.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (12.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (25.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) Rapid7
3 2 (25.00%) CyberArk
3 2 (25.00%) iManage
3 2 (25.00%) LogRhythm
3 2 (25.00%) Palo Alto
3 2 (25.00%) Qualys
3 2 (25.00%) Splunk
3 2 (25.00%) Thycotic