Senior Security Engineer Job Trends in England

Senior Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in England is £78,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 December 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 561 615 574
Rank change year-on-year +54 -41 +191
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 47 102 106
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.100% 0.18% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.19% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 43 73 93
10th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,500 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.65% +21.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £111,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £78,500 £81,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.68% +16.43% +7.69%

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 42,766 53,869 42,991
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.68% 94.07% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 27,602 29,966 33,564
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Security Engineer' in the job title 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 jobs citing Senior Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 2 December 2025.

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 IT jobs citing Senior Security Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 2 December 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 +26 23 £92,500 +2.78% 11
South East +40 15 £65,000 -3.35% 7
Midlands +37 3 - - 3
East of England - 3 £85,000 -
North West +49 2 £82,500 +73.39% 1
North of England +43 2 £82,500 +54.81% 1
West Midlands +42 2 - - 3
East Midlands +21 1 - -
Senior Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 December 2025, Senior 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 England region featuring Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 25 (53.19%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (46.81%) SIEM
3 18 (38.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (36.17%) AWS
5 16 (34.04%) Azure
5 16 (34.04%) Security Operations
6 15 (31.91%) Firewall
6 15 (31.91%) Penetration Testing
7 14 (29.79%) CISSP
8 13 (27.66%) Degree
9 12 (25.53%) Cloud Security
9 12 (25.53%) Python
10 11 (23.40%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (23.40%) Network Security
10 11 (23.40%) Threat Modelling
11 10 (21.28%) Computer Science
11 10 (21.28%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (21.28%) Zero Trust
12 9 (19.15%) Analytics
12 9 (19.15%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (19.15%) CCNA
12 9 (19.15%) CCNP
12 9 (19.15%) CompTIA Security+
12 9 (19.15%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (19.15%) Vulnerability Management
13 8 (17.02%) AI
13 8 (17.02%) Application Security
13 8 (17.02%) GCIA
13 8 (17.02%) Incident Response
13 8 (17.02%) Information Security

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (2.13%) Apache Pulsar
1 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (36.17%) AWS
2 16 (34.04%) Azure
3 9 (19.15%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (12.77%) Entra ID
5 5 (10.64%) GCP
5 5 (10.64%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (8.51%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (4.26%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (4.26%) Azure AKS
7 2 (4.26%) Mimecast
7 2 (4.26%) SaaS
7 2 (4.26%) Tessian
8 1 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 15 (31.91%) Firewall
2 11 (23.40%) Network Security
3 8 (17.02%) TCP/IP
4 2 (4.26%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (4.26%) Modbus
4 2 (4.26%) VPN
5 1 (2.13%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (6.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) GitLab
1 1 (2.13%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (21.28%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.89%) Telecoms
3 4 (8.51%) Finance
4 3 (6.38%) Legal
4 3 (6.38%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.13%) Automotive
6 1 (2.13%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.13%) Law
6 1 (2.13%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.64%) OAuth
2 4 (8.51%) ARM Templates
2 4 (8.51%) Kafka
2 4 (8.51%) OAuth2
2 4 (8.51%) RESTful
3 3 (6.38%) Android NDK
3 3 (6.38%) JWT
3 3 (6.38%) OpenTelemetry
3 3 (6.38%) WebSockets
4 2 (4.26%) REST
5 1 (2.13%) gRPC
5 1 (2.13%) JSON
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (2.13%) OpenID
5 1 (2.13%) SAML
5 1 (2.13%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (25.53%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (10.64%) Security Posture
3 4 (8.51%) ARM Cortex
3 4 (8.51%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (8.51%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (8.51%) Onboarding
4 3 (6.38%) Cloud Native
4 3 (6.38%) Mobile App
5 2 (4.26%) CCTV
5 2 (4.26%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (4.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (4.26%) Operational Technology
5 2 (4.26%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (4.26%) SCADA
6 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.13%) PKI
6 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.64%) Linux
1 5 (10.64%) Windows
2 3 (6.38%) Android
3 2 (4.26%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.13%) Kali Linux
4 1 (2.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (53.19%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (46.81%) SIEM
3 16 (34.04%) Security Operations
4 15 (31.91%) Penetration Testing
5 12 (25.53%) Cloud Security
6 11 (23.40%) Threat Modelling
7 10 (21.28%) Computer Science
7 10 (21.28%) Zero Trust
8 9 (19.15%) Analytics
8 9 (19.15%) Vulnerability Management
9 8 (17.02%) AI
9 8 (17.02%) Application Security
9 8 (17.02%) Incident Response
9 8 (17.02%) Information Security
9 8 (17.02%) ITIL
9 8 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (17.02%) Security Architecture
9 8 (17.02%) SOAR
10 7 (14.89%) DevOps
11 6 (12.77%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 12 (25.53%) Python
2 8 (17.02%) PowerShell
3 6 (12.77%) Go
4 5 (10.64%) JavaScript
5 4 (8.51%) Bicep
5 4 (8.51%) C++
5 4 (8.51%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (6.38%) Java
6 3 (6.38%) Kotlin
7 2 (4.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (29.79%) CISSP
2 13 (27.66%) Degree
3 11 (23.40%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (19.15%) CCNA
4 9 (19.15%) CCNP
4 9 (19.15%) CompTIA Security+
4 9 (19.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (17.02%) GCIA
5 8 (17.02%) SANS
6 3 (6.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (6.38%) CISM
6 3 (6.38%) Master's Degree
7 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
7 2 (4.26%) Security Cleared
8 1 (2.13%) CCSP
8 1 (2.13%) CISA
8 1 (2.13%) MCSA
8 1 (2.13%) MCSE
8 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (2.13%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (38.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (21.28%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (12.77%) NIST
4 5 (10.64%) GDPR
5 3 (6.38%) QA
6 2 (4.26%) NIST 800
6 2 (4.26%) PCI DSS
6 2 (4.26%) SOC 2
7 1 (2.13%) HIPAA
7 1 (2.13%) NCSC
7 1 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (8.51%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (14.89%) Terraform
2 3 (6.38%) Grafana
2 3 (6.38%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.38%) Prometheus
2 3 (6.38%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.13%) Ansible
4 1 (2.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 7 (14.89%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.77%) CrowdStrike
2 6 (12.77%) Splunk
3 5 (10.64%) ServiceNow
4 3 (6.38%) Palo Alto
5 2 (4.26%) VMware
6 1 (2.13%) Cisco
6 1 (2.13%) Ericsson
6 1 (2.13%) ForgeRock
6 1 (2.13%) Imperva
6 1 (2.13%) Mavenir
6 1 (2.13%) Nokia
6 1 (2.13%) Qualys
6 1 (2.13%) Tenable