Senior Security Engineer Job Trends in England

Senior Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in England is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2026.

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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 602 541 702
Rank change year-on-year -61 +161 +65
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 71 64 125
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.089% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.19% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 56 48 110
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £56,219
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,875 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £76,250 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.92% +5.17% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £86,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £95,375 £107,125
UK median annual salary £72,500 £76,250 £72,500
% change year-on-year -4.92% +5.17% +3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 74,369 33,693 78,830
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 89.14% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 48,888 21,310 60,127
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.13%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,648 £53,000
% change year-on-year -7.79% +12.54% -11.67%

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 May 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 IT jobs citing Senior Security Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -17 26 £100,000 +17.65% 25
North of England -50 16 £45,000 -21.74% 8
South West -37 15 £50,000 -35.48% 1
South East -27 12 £72,500 +18.37% 6
Yorkshire - 9 - -
North West -20 7 £45,000 -21.74% 7
West Midlands -24 1 - -
Midlands -36 1 - - 1
Senior Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2026, 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 20 (28.17%) AWS
2 18 (25.35%) Network Security
3 17 (23.94%) Cloud Security
4 16 (22.54%) Security Operations
5 13 (18.31%) Azure
5 13 (18.31%) Cybersecurity
5 13 (18.31%) GCP
5 13 (18.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 13 (18.31%) SIEM
5 13 (18.31%) Zero Trust
6 12 (16.90%) AI
6 12 (16.90%) Vulnerability Management
7 11 (15.49%) Incident Response
7 11 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (15.49%) Terraform
8 10 (14.08%) API Integration
8 10 (14.08%) Computer Science
8 10 (14.08%) Degree
8 10 (14.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (14.08%) Python
8 10 (14.08%) Security Architecture
9 9 (12.68%) Cisco
9 9 (12.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (12.68%) Intrusion Detection
9 9 (12.68%) Microservices
9 9 (12.68%) Performance Monitoring
10 8 (11.27%) Infrastructure as Code
10 8 (11.27%) Kubernetes
10 8 (11.27%) Microsoft
11 7 (9.86%) Android

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 2 (2.82%) Apache Pulsar
Cloud Services
1 20 (28.17%) AWS
2 13 (18.31%) Azure
2 13 (18.31%) GCP
3 6 (8.45%) Azure Sentinel
3 6 (8.45%) GitHub
4 5 (7.04%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (5.63%) Azure Service Bus
5 4 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (5.63%) SaaS
6 1 (1.41%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.41%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (1.41%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.41%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.41%) IaaS
6 1 (1.41%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (25.35%) Network Security
2 9 (12.68%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (4.23%) Firewall
4 2 (2.82%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (2.82%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (5.63%) TeamCity
2 2 (2.82%) GitLab
3 1 (1.41%) Git
3 1 (1.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.41%) JIRA
General
1 11 (15.49%) Telecoms
2 9 (12.68%) Documentation Skills
3 7 (9.86%) Retail
4 5 (7.04%) Social Skills
5 4 (5.63%) Banking
6 2 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.82%) Legal
7 1 (1.41%) Advertising
7 1 (1.41%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.45%) RESTful
2 4 (5.63%) ARM Templates
2 4 (5.63%) Kafka
2 4 (5.63%) OAuth
2 4 (5.63%) OAuth2
3 3 (4.23%) Android NDK
3 3 (4.23%) REST
3 3 (4.23%) WebSockets
4 2 (2.82%) eBPF
4 2 (2.82%) gRPC
4 2 (2.82%) JWT
4 2 (2.82%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (1.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (22.54%) CCTV
2 15 (21.13%) Driving Licence
3 6 (8.45%) Cloud Native
3 6 (8.45%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (5.63%) ARM Cortex
4 4 (5.63%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (5.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (5.63%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.63%) PKI
5 3 (4.23%) Mobile App
5 3 (4.23%) YubiKey
6 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.86%) Android
2 3 (4.23%) Windows
2 3 (4.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (23.94%) Cloud Security
2 16 (22.54%) Security Operations
3 13 (18.31%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (18.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (18.31%) SIEM
3 13 (18.31%) Zero Trust
4 12 (16.90%) AI
4 12 (16.90%) Vulnerability Management
5 11 (15.49%) Incident Response
5 11 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (14.08%) API Integration
6 10 (14.08%) Computer Science
6 10 (14.08%) Security Architecture
7 9 (12.68%) Microservices
7 9 (12.68%) Performance Monitoring
8 8 (11.27%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (9.86%) Information Security
9 7 (9.86%) Threat Detection
10 6 (8.45%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.08%) Python
2 7 (9.86%) Go
2 7 (9.86%) PowerShell
3 5 (7.04%) C++
4 4 (5.63%) Bicep
4 4 (5.63%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (4.23%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.41%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (14.08%) Degree
2 9 (12.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.63%) AWS Certification
4 3 (4.23%) DV Cleared
4 3 (4.23%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.23%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.82%) CCNA
5 2 (2.82%) CCNP
5 2 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.82%) CISSP
5 2 (2.82%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (2.82%) GCIA
5 2 (2.82%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (7.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (5.63%) GRC
3 4 (5.63%) NIST
3 4 (5.63%) SOC 2
4 3 (4.23%) GDPR
4 3 (4.23%) QA
5 2 (2.82%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (4.23%) Active Directory
1 3 (4.23%) Docker
1 3 (4.23%) Hyper-V
1 3 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (15.49%) Terraform
2 8 (11.27%) Kubernetes
3 4 (5.63%) Cilium
4 2 (2.82%) Grafana
4 2 (2.82%) HP Fortify
4 2 (2.82%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (12.68%) Cisco
2 8 (11.27%) Microsoft
3 7 (9.86%) Splunk
4 4 (5.63%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (5.63%) ServiceNow
5 3 (4.23%) Qualys
5 3 (4.23%) Tenable
5 3 (4.23%) VMware
6 2 (2.82%) Ericsson
6 2 (2.82%) Mavenir
6 2 (2.82%) Nokia
6 2 (2.82%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.41%) Sophos