Information Security Engineer Jobs in the City of London

Information Security Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Information Security Engineer salary in the City of London is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 172 225
Rank change year-on-year +31 +53 +60
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Engineer 1 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.049% 0.15% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.16% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - - £55,450
25th Percentile £53,750 £71,250 £59,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £72,500 £68,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% +6.62% +27.70%
75th Percentile £61,250 £73,750 £76,625
90th Percentile - - £80,150
Central London median annual salary £57,500 £72,500 £68,000
% change year-on-year -20.69% +6.62% +27.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,910 3,208 4,455
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 95.85% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,458 2,545 3,737
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% -1.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,480
% change year-on-year - -1.33% +1.35%

Information Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Engineer in the City of London

Information Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Engineer in the City of London.

Salary trend for Information Security Engineer in the City of London

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Information 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 City of London region featuring Information Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Checkmarx
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Checkmarx