Information Security Engineer Jobs in England

Information Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Information Security Engineer salary in England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 670 828 862
Rank change year-on-year +158 +34 +259
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Engineer 21 15 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.043% 0.017% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.018% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 8 15 50
10th Percentile £49,475 - £27,750
25th Percentile £54,688 £55,750 £48,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +20.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile - £90,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £71,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.77% +18.75% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 44,665 81,175 81,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.55% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 24,293 60,496 51,517
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,519 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Information Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Engineer in England

Information Security Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Information Security Engineer in England

Information Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security Engineer in England

Information Security Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
London +113 15 £65,000 -10.34% 8
South East +104 5 - - 5
West Midlands - 1 £39,500 -
Midlands - 1 £39,500 - 2
Information Security Engineer
UK

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 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 England region featuring Information Security Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) Information Security
2 18 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (76.19%) Incident Response
4 14 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (66.67%) Telecoms
5 12 (57.14%) Degree
5 12 (57.14%) Security Architecture
5 12 (57.14%) Cyber Intelligence
6 11 (52.38%) Data Protection
6 11 (52.38%) Law
6 11 (52.38%) Pharmaceutical
7 10 (47.62%) Python
7 10 (47.62%) Vulnerability Management
7 10 (47.62%) Security Operations
7 10 (47.62%) Task Automation
7 10 (47.62%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
8 9 (42.86%) Threat Detection
8 9 (42.86%) SMTP
8 9 (42.86%) HTTP
8 9 (42.86%) TCP/IP
8 9 (42.86%) DNS
8 9 (42.86%) Google
9 5 (23.81%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (23.81%) SIEM
9 5 (23.81%) Network Security
9 5 (23.81%) AWS
9 5 (23.81%) Computer Forensics
9 5 (23.81%) Management Information System
10 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
10 4 (19.05%) Splunk

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (23.81%) AWS
2 2 (9.52%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) GCP
3 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (42.86%) DNS
1 9 (42.86%) HTTP
1 9 (42.86%) SMTP
1 9 (42.86%) TCP/IP
2 5 (23.81%) Network Security
3 3 (14.29%) Firewall
4 2 (9.52%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) GIS
General
1 14 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 14 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 11 (52.38%) Law
2 11 (52.38%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (23.81%) Management Information System
2 3 (14.29%) Cybercrime
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (9.52%) Cloud Native
3 2 (9.52%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Information Security
2 18 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (76.19%) Incident Response
4 12 (57.14%) Cyber Intelligence
4 12 (57.14%) Security Architecture
5 11 (52.38%) Data Protection
6 10 (47.62%) Security Operations
6 10 (47.62%) Task Automation
6 10 (47.62%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 10 (47.62%) Vulnerability Management
7 9 (42.86%) Threat Detection
8 5 (23.81%) Computer Forensics
8 5 (23.81%) SIEM
9 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 3 (14.29%) DevOps
9 3 (14.29%) ITSM
9 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (14.29%) Service Management
9 3 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 10 (47.62%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) Bash
2 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) CCFP
2 2 (9.52%) CISSP
2 2 (9.52%) EnCE
2 2 (9.52%) GCFA
2 2 (9.52%) GCFE
2 2 (9.52%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (9.52%) GDPR
3 1 (4.76%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Computer Incident Response Team
2 2 (9.52%) EnCase
2 2 (9.52%) FTK
2 2 (9.52%) RSA Security Analytics
3 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Google
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) Splunk
3 2 (9.52%) FireEye
3 2 (9.52%) NetWitness
4 1 (4.76%) Checkmarx