Security Engineer Jobs in Central London

Security Engineer
London > Central London

The median Security Engineer salary in Central London is £83,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 160 192
Rank change year-on-year +13 +32 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 18 37 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.71% 0.98% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 1.03% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 18 34 45
10th Percentile £54,100 £26,850 £43,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £60,567 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,750 £73,441 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.04% -8.20% +23.08%
75th Percentile £90,000 £86,875 £90,000
90th Percentile £97,375 £91,875 £105,000
London median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - +6.67% +3.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 2,309 3,597 5,096
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 95.08% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,638 2,832 4,257
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £111,250
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 2025. 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 +14 12 £81,250 +10.63% 15
Camden - 1 £55,000 -
Security Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, 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 12 (66.67%) Azure
2 11 (61.11%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (50.00%) Python
4 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
4 8 (44.44%) PowerShell
5 7 (38.89%) NIST
5 7 (38.89%) Cloud Security
6 6 (33.33%) Entra ID
6 6 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 5 (27.78%) Patch Management
7 5 (27.78%) AWS
7 5 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (27.78%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (27.78%) Windows
7 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
8 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 4 (22.22%) Okta
8 4 (22.22%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (22.22%) Business Continuity
8 4 (22.22%) Data Protection
8 4 (22.22%) Perl
8 4 (22.22%) Firewall
8 4 (22.22%) Finance
8 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (22.22%) Database Security
8 4 (22.22%) REST
9 3 (16.67%) SIEM
9 3 (16.67%) Git
9 3 (16.67%) Bash
9 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure 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 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (66.67%) Azure
2 6 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 5 (27.78%) AWS
3 5 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (5.56%) Google Workspace
6 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
6 1 (5.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Firewall
2 1 (5.56%) DHCP
2 1 (5.56%) DKIM
2 1 (5.56%) DMARC
2 1 (5.56%) DNS
2 1 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (5.56%) SSL
2 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.56%) VLAN
2 1 (5.56%) VPN
2 1 (5.56%) WAN
2 1 (5.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Git
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Banking
3 2 (11.11%) Law
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) REST
2 3 (16.67%) GraphQL
2 3 (16.67%) Middleware
3 2 (11.11%) AngularJS
3 2 (11.11%) React
4 1 (5.56%) OAuth
4 1 (5.56%) OAuth2
4 1 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (11.11%) Security Posture
4 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
4 1 (5.56%) Cyberattack
4 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Linux
2 3 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (38.89%) Cloud Security
3 6 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 5 (27.78%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (27.78%) Patch Management
5 4 (22.22%) Business Continuity
5 4 (22.22%) Data Protection
5 4 (22.22%) Database Security
5 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 3 (16.67%) Information Security
6 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
6 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (16.67%) SIEM
7 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
7 2 (11.11%) DevSecOps
7 2 (11.11%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 2 (11.11%) Platform Engineering
7 2 (11.11%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) Python
2 8 (44.44%) PowerShell
3 4 (22.22%) Perl
4 3 (16.67%) Bash
5 2 (11.11%) SQL
5 2 (11.11%) TypeScript
6 1 (5.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) CISSP
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
2 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.56%) CCNA
2 1 (5.56%) CCSP
2 1 (5.56%) CEH
2 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.56%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (38.89%) NIST
2 3 (16.67%) PCI DSS
3 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (5.56%) GDPR
4 1 (5.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (11.11%) Firmware
3 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (5.56%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Ansible
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (11.11%) SCCM
2 2 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (5.56%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (5.56%) Nessus
3 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) Okta
3 3 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (16.67%) VMware
4 2 (11.11%) Cisco
4 2 (11.11%) Ping Identity
4 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
5 1 (5.56%) CyberArk
5 1 (5.56%) Dell
5 1 (5.56%) EqualLogic
5 1 (5.56%) Google
5 1 (5.56%) iManage
5 1 (5.56%) Meraki
5 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto
5 1 (5.56%) Tenable