Security Engineer Job Trends in the City of London

Security Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Security Engineer salary in the City of London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 143 147
Rank change year-on-year +49 +4 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 32 26 23
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.53% 0.96% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.63% 1.04% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 26 22 21
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,325 £57,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £87,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +20.69% -3.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £95,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £87,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -11.43% +20.69% -3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 1,969 2,502 2,730
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 92.22% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,493 1,660 2,447
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,125 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% -2.67%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Security Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in the City of London over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in the City of London

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, 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 City of London region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (37.50%) Azure
3 11 (34.38%) Microsoft
4 9 (28.13%) CISSP
5 8 (25.00%) Firewall
5 8 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 8 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 7 (21.88%) AI
6 7 (21.88%) CI/CD
6 7 (21.88%) Degree
6 7 (21.88%) Incident Response
6 7 (21.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (21.88%) SIEM
7 6 (18.75%) Data Loss Prevention
7 6 (18.75%) DevOps
7 6 (18.75%) Information Security
7 6 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (18.75%) Palo Alto
8 5 (15.63%) Application Security
8 5 (15.63%) CEH
8 5 (15.63%) Computer Science
8 5 (15.63%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (15.63%) DevSecOps
8 5 (15.63%) Entra ID
8 5 (15.63%) NIST
8 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (15.63%) SDLC
8 5 (15.63%) Security Architecture
8 5 (15.63%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (15.63%) Vulnerability Management

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (37.50%) Azure
2 6 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (15.63%) Entra ID
4 4 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (12.50%) PaaS
5 3 (9.38%) AWS
5 3 (9.38%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (6.25%) Amazon ECR
6 2 (6.25%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (6.25%) Mimecast
6 2 (6.25%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.00%) Firewall
2 3 (9.38%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (9.38%) Network Security
3 2 (6.25%) VPN
4 1 (3.13%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) GitLab
General
1 8 (25.00%) Finance
2 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.13%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) YAML
2 2 (6.25%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Security Posture
2 3 (9.38%) CCTV
2 3 (9.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (9.38%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.13%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Android
2 2 (6.25%) Linux
3 1 (3.13%) Kali Linux
3 1 (3.13%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.13%) Windows
3 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 8 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 7 (21.88%) AI
3 7 (21.88%) CI/CD
3 7 (21.88%) Incident Response
3 7 (21.88%) SIEM
4 6 (18.75%) Data Loss Prevention
4 6 (18.75%) DevOps
4 6 (18.75%) Information Security
5 5 (15.63%) Application Security
5 5 (15.63%) Computer Science
5 5 (15.63%) DevSecOps
5 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (15.63%) SDLC
5 5 (15.63%) Security Architecture
5 5 (15.63%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (12.50%) Backlog Management
6 4 (12.50%) Creative Thinking
6 4 (12.50%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.38%) Python
3 1 (3.13%) C++
3 1 (3.13%) Java
3 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.13%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) CISSP
2 7 (21.88%) Degree
3 5 (15.63%) CEH
4 4 (12.50%) CISM
4 4 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (12.50%) Master's Degree
5 2 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (6.25%) GSEC
6 1 (3.13%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.13%) CCNA
6 1 (3.13%) CCNP
6 1 (3.13%) CCSP
6 1 (3.13%) CISA
6 1 (3.13%) MCITP
6 1 (3.13%) MCSA
6 1 (3.13%) MCSE
6 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.13%) OSCP
6 1 (3.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (15.63%) NIST
3 4 (12.50%) NCSC
4 3 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (3.13%) GDPR
6 1 (3.13%) HIPAA
6 1 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (15.63%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (6.25%) Kubernetes
4 1 (3.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 11 (34.38%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.75%) Palo Alto
3 5 (15.63%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (9.38%) CyberArk
4 3 (9.38%) iManage
4 3 (9.38%) Rapid7
5 2 (6.25%) Thales
6 1 (3.13%) Apple
6 1 (3.13%) Cisco
6 1 (3.13%) ForgeRock
6 1 (3.13%) Imperva
6 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.13%) VMware