Senior Security Engineer Jobs in Central London

Senior Security Engineer
London > Central London

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in Central London is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 May 2025.

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

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 182 222
Rank change year-on-year +28 +40 +70
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 5 9 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.20% 0.24% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.25% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 5 8 14
10th Percentile £62,200 £69,768 £67,500
25th Percentile £77,500 £70,880 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £72,970 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.06% -14.15% +25.93%
75th Percentile £85,000 £79,085 £89,375
90th Percentile £125,500 £85,750 £100,500
London median annual salary £83,750 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +4.69% -5.88% +13.33%

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 2,296 3,597 4,957
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.36% 95.16% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,641 2,805 4,130
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £54,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £74,372
Median % change year-on-year - -2.52% +2.58%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Engineer in Central London

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Engineer in Central London

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Engineer in Central London

Senior 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 Senior Security Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 11 May 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 +28 5 £82,500 +13.06% 1
Senior Security Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, 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 Central London region featuring Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 4 (80.00%) AWS
3 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (40.00%) TypeScript
4 2 (40.00%) AngularJS
4 2 (40.00%) React
4 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (40.00%) Microservices
4 2 (40.00%) Ping Identity
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
4 2 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (40.00%) Python
4 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (40.00%) Firewall
4 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (40.00%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (20.00%) Azure
5 1 (20.00%) Java
5 1 (20.00%) Web Services
5 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (20.00%) Degree
5 1 (20.00%) Security Testing

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) DKIM
2 1 (20.00%) DMARC
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (40.00%) React
2 1 (20.00%) OAuth
2 1 (20.00%) OAuth2
2 1 (20.00%) REST
2 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (40.00%) Microservices
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) Investment Management
4 1 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
4 1 (20.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
1 2 (40.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (20.00%) CEH
1 1 (20.00%) CISM
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Ping Identity
2 1 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft