Senior Security Engineer Job Trends in England

Senior Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in England is £73,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 614 585 588
Rank change year-on-year -29 +3 +9
Permanent Senior Security Engineer jobs 158 37 137
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.15% 0.086% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.095% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 106 32 104
10th Percentile £47,500 £53,000 £48,867
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £66,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,250 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -11.76% +21.43%
75th Percentile £85,188 £91,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £90,625 £104,250 £106,750
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £81,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -7.98% +16.43%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in England matching a recognised job title 98,016 38,796 58,965
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.25% 90.57% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 68,042 23,466 33,680
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,999 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -6.09% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £56,252
% change year-on-year +12.38% -6.67% -6.25%

Senior Security Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Senior Security Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Senior Security Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Senior Security Engineer Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Senior Security Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Security Engineer job vacancies in England

Senior Security Engineer Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for Senior Security Engineer jobs in England over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Engineer in England

Senior Security Engineer Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Senior Security Engineer jobs within the England region over the 6 months to 23 October 2026. 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
London -52 52 £85,000 -3.68% 160
South East -43 34 £65,000 - 27
South West - 29 £75,000 - 10
North of England -48 26 £70,000 +7.69% 24
North West -19 15 £70,000 +7.69% 12
East of England -30 11 £75,000 - 20
Yorkshire - 11 £66,250 - 5
Midlands -62 4 £66,250 - 16
West Midlands -45 2 £66,250 - 10
East Midlands - 2 - - 6
Senior Security Engineer
UK

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, Senior Security Engineer job ads cited 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 Senior Security Engineer job ads across the England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Cloud Security37.3%59
2Cybersecurity34.8%55
3Firewall31.0%49
4Security Operations25.3%40
4Vulnerability Management25.3%40
6AWS19.0%30
7Azure17.7%28
7CI/CD17.7%28
7Cisco17.7%28
7Terraform17.7%28
11SIEM17.1%27
12Application Security16.5%26
12Information Security16.5%26
12Penetration Testing16.5%26
15Infrastructure as Code15.8%25
16Python15.2%24
17ISO/IEC 2700114.6%23
17Network Security14.6%23
17Problem-Solving14.6%23
17Software Engineering14.6%23
21Palo Alto13.9%22
22AI13.3%21
22Incident Response13.3%21
22Threat Detection13.3%21
22VPN13.3%21
26Cisco Certification12.0%19
26Microsoft12.0%19
26Security Architecture12.0%19
29Continuous Improvement11.4%18
30CISSP10.8%17

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Cloud Engineer27.2%43
2Cybersecurity Engineer24.1%38
3Cloud Security Engineer21.5%34
4Senior Systems Engineer17.7%28
5Senior Network Security Engineer15.2%24
6Senior Network Engineer13.9%22
7Systems Engineer12.0%19
8Senior Software Engineer11.4%18
9Infrastructure Security Engineer7.6%12
9Senior Infrastructure Engineer7.6%12
11Network Infrastructure Engineer7.0%11
11Senior Firewall Engineer7.0%11
11SIEM Engineer7.0%11
14IT Security Engineer6.3%10
14Senior IT Engineer6.3%10
16Senior Applications Engineer5.7%9
16Senior Platform Engineer5.7%9
18GCP Engineer3.8%6
19Artificial Intelligence Engineer3.2%5
19Senior Automation Engineer3.2%5
270 Senior Security Engineer jobs in England