Security Engineer Jobs 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 11 August 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 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 129 177
Rank change year-on-year +3 +48 +39
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 13 36 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.69% 1.23% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 1.28% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 13 33 29
10th Percentile £54,200 £46,375 £47,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £77,500 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -2.86% +22.81%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £110,250 £118,750 £105,000
Central London median annual salary £82,500 £85,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -2.94% -2.86% +25.00%

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 1,784 2,805 3,944
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.10% 95.93% 96.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,370 2,057 3,242
10th Percentile £37,310 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,378 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.55% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £71,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +2.11% -5.33% +3.45%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in the City of London

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer 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 11 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in the City of London

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 11 August 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 City of London region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Firewall
2 7 (53.85%) Network Security
2 7 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (53.85%) Cloud Security
3 6 (46.15%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (46.15%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (38.46%) Information Security
4 5 (38.46%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (38.46%) Windows
4 5 (38.46%) SIEM
4 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (30.77%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
5 4 (30.77%) CISSP
5 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
5 4 (30.77%) CISM
5 4 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
5 4 (30.77%) Azure
5 4 (30.77%) AWS
6 3 (23.08%) CEH
6 3 (23.08%) Data Security
6 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
6 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
6 3 (23.08%) Linux
6 3 (23.08%) Python
6 3 (23.08%) NIST
6 3 (23.08%) Security Operations
6 3 (23.08%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (23.08%) GDPR

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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) AWS
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) Entra ID
3 2 (15.38%) Amazon ECR
3 2 (15.38%) Amazon ECS
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Key Vault
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (15.38%) PaaS
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Stack
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (7.69%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) Firewall
2 7 (53.85%) Network Security
3 5 (38.46%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (7.69%) SSL
4 1 (7.69%) VLAN
4 1 (7.69%) VPN
4 1 (7.69%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) AWS CDK
2 1 (7.69%) AngularJS
2 1 (7.69%) OAuth
2 1 (7.69%) OAuth2
2 1 (7.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Cyberattack
2 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Linux
3 2 (15.38%) VMS
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Cloud Security
1 7 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (46.15%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (46.15%) Vulnerability Management
3 5 (38.46%) Information Security
3 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (38.46%) SIEM
4 4 (30.77%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (23.08%) Data Security
5 3 (23.08%) DevOps
5 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
5 3 (23.08%) Security Operations
5 3 (23.08%) Security Patching
5 3 (23.08%) Test Automation
6 2 (15.38%) Application Security
6 2 (15.38%) Business Enablement
6 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
6 2 (15.38%) Containerisation
6 2 (15.38%) Secrets Management
6 2 (15.38%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
2 3 (23.08%) Python
3 2 (15.38%) SQL
4 1 (7.69%) Bash
4 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) CISM
1 4 (30.77%) CISSP
2 3 (23.08%) CEH
3 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 2 (15.38%) GSEC
4 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (7.69%) AWS Certification
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
4 1 (7.69%) CCNA
4 1 (7.69%) CCNP
4 1 (7.69%) CCSP
4 1 (7.69%) CISA
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (7.69%) MCITP
4 1 (7.69%) MCSA
4 1 (7.69%) MCSE
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (7.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (23.08%) GDPR
2 3 (23.08%) NIST
3 1 (7.69%) HIPAA
3 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
3 1 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
3 1 (7.69%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Sophos
3 1 (7.69%) Checkmarx
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (7.69%) Google
3 1 (7.69%) Meraki
3 1 (7.69%) Ping Identity
3 1 (7.69%) VMware