Information Security Engineer Job Trends in Central London

Information Security Engineer
London > Central London

The median Information Security Engineer salary in Central London is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 - 179
Rank change year-on-year - - +66
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Engineer 3 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.074% - 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% - 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £89,500 - -
25th Percentile £90,625 - £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.62%
75th Percentile £103,750 - £73,750
90th Percentile £107,500 - -
London median annual salary £95,000 £67,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +40.74% -6.90% -3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 3,825 2,327 3,416
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.91% 90.86% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,724 1,649 2,828
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,125 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%

Information Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Information Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Information Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Central London

Information Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for Information Security Engineer job vacancies in Central London.

Salary distribution trend for Information Security Engineer job vacancies in Central London

Information 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 Information Security Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 26 April 2026. 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 - 3 £95,000 - 2
Information Security Engineer
London

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 26 April 2026, Information Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Central London region featuring Information Security Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) CEH
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 3 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (100.00%) iManage
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (100.00%) Rapid7
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Thales
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
General
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Law
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CEH
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 3 (100.00%) iManage
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (100.00%) Rapid7
2 2 (66.67%) Thales