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 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 150 197 205
Rank change year-on-year +47 +8 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 38 49 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.01% 0.96% 1.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.00% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 35 41 82
10th Percentile £27,050 £42,500 £40,750
25th Percentile £63,634 £66,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,441 £80,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.20% +23.08% +8.33%
75th Percentile £84,375 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £105,000 £81,125
London median annual salary £80,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.23% +6.90% +7.41%

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 3,585 4,920 7,855
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.30% 95.93% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,776 4,095 6,421
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £43,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,000 £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 £96,250 £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 18 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 18 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 +49 37 £73,441 -10.98% 12
Security Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 (71.05%) Azure
2 23 (60.53%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (52.63%) Microsoft
4 19 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (39.47%) Rapid7
6 14 (36.84%) Vulnerability Management
6 14 (36.84%) Network Security
6 14 (36.84%) Cloud Security
7 13 (34.21%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (34.21%) Degree
8 12 (31.58%) Finance
8 12 (31.58%) Information Security
8 12 (31.58%) CISSP
8 12 (31.58%) Firewall
9 11 (28.95%) Python
9 11 (28.95%) Computer Science
9 11 (28.95%) CEH
9 11 (28.95%) Penetration Testing
9 11 (28.95%) Data Loss Prevention
10 10 (26.32%) Windows
10 10 (26.32%) PowerShell
11 9 (23.68%) SIEM
11 9 (23.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 9 (23.68%) Agile
11 9 (23.68%) NIST
11 9 (23.68%) Azure Sentinel
11 9 (23.68%) Social Skills
11 9 (23.68%) Identity Access Management
11 9 (23.68%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (21.05%) 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 (2.63%) Confluence
1 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Trello
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (71.05%) Azure
2 23 (60.53%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (23.68%) Azure Sentinel
3 9 (23.68%) Microsoft Purview
4 8 (21.05%) AWS
4 8 (21.05%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (18.42%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (10.53%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (10.53%) Mimecast
7 3 (7.89%) Entra ID
8 2 (5.26%) ClickUp
8 2 (5.26%) SaaS
9 1 (2.63%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 14 (36.84%) Network Security
2 12 (31.58%) Firewall
3 7 (18.42%) LAN
3 7 (18.42%) TCP/IP
3 7 (18.42%) WAN
3 7 (18.42%) Wireshark
4 4 (10.53%) DKIM
5 2 (5.26%) VPN
6 1 (2.63%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (2.63%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 3 (7.89%) JIRA
2 1 (2.63%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.63%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (31.58%) Finance
2 9 (23.68%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.89%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Law
4 1 (2.63%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) HTML
1 1 (2.63%) Kafka
1 1 (2.63%) OAuth
1 1 (2.63%) OAuth2
1 1 (2.63%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.05%) Management Information System
2 7 (18.42%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (7.89%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (7.89%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.63%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.63%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.63%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (26.32%) Windows
2 8 (21.05%) Android
2 8 (21.05%) Apple iOS
3 4 (10.53%) Linux
4 2 (5.26%) Debian
4 2 (5.26%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (36.84%) Cloud Security
2 14 (36.84%) Vulnerability Management
3 12 (31.58%) Information Security
4 11 (28.95%) Computer Science
4 11 (28.95%) Data Loss Prevention
4 11 (28.95%) Penetration Testing
5 9 (23.68%) Agile
5 9 (23.68%) Identity Access Management
5 9 (23.68%) SIEM
6 8 (21.05%) DevOps
6 8 (21.05%) Secrets Management
6 8 (21.05%) Security Operations
7 7 (18.42%) Key Management
7 7 (18.42%) Privileged Access Management
7 7 (18.42%) Process Improvement
7 7 (18.42%) Project Roadmap
7 7 (18.42%) Regulatory Compliance
7 7 (18.42%) Roadmaps
7 7 (18.42%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 11 (28.95%) Python
2 10 (26.32%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.63%) Bash
3 1 (2.63%) C#
3 1 (2.63%) C++
3 1 (2.63%) Go
3 1 (2.63%) Java
3 1 (2.63%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.63%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (34.21%) Degree
2 12 (31.58%) CISSP
3 11 (28.95%) CEH
4 8 (21.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 8 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (21.05%) SANS
5 7 (18.42%) CCSP
5 7 (18.42%) SSCP
6 3 (7.89%) Azure Certification
6 3 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (5.26%) CISM
7 2 (5.26%) Master's Degree
8 1 (2.63%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (23.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (23.68%) NIST
2 8 (21.05%) PCI DSS
3 2 (5.26%) GDPR
3 2 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (5.26%) QA
4 1 (2.63%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (18.42%) Virtual Desktop
1 7 (18.42%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (7.89%) Docker
3 1 (2.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (34.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (18.42%) CASB
2 7 (18.42%) Nmap
3 6 (15.79%) QRadar
4 4 (10.53%) DatAdvantage
4 4 (10.53%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (52.63%) Microsoft
2 15 (39.47%) Rapid7
3 8 (21.05%) Qualys
3 8 (21.05%) Splunk
4 7 (18.42%) Cisco
4 7 (18.42%) Thycotic
5 6 (15.79%) Kenna
6 5 (13.16%) Palo Alto
7 4 (10.53%) Darktrace
7 4 (10.53%) Varonis
8 2 (5.26%) CyberArk
8 2 (5.26%) IBM
8 2 (5.26%) iManage
8 2 (5.26%) LogRhythm
9 1 (2.63%) Netskope
9 1 (2.63%) Okta
9 1 (2.63%) Red Hat