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 10 March 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 569 557 664
Rank change year-on-year -12 +107 +84
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 65 77 121
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.10% 0.20% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.22% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 57 57 109
10th Percentile £45,000 £53,500 £56,219
25th Percentile £52,016 £61,250 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,500 £77,500 £70,073
Median % change year-on-year +1.29% +10.60% +4.98%
75th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £91,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £95,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £78,500 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.29% +10.71% +7.69%

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 59,045 35,767 69,614
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.78% 90.67% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 38,347 20,975 55,049
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 10 March 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 10 March 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 +1 29 £100,000 +17.65% 11
South East -20 12 £75,500 +20.80% 6
South West -19 11 £50,000 -35.48% 6
North West -8 8 £45,000 -18.18% 5
North of England -33 8 £45,000 -21.05% 5
Midlands -22 4 - - 3
West Midlands -6 3 - - 3
East Midlands -27 1 - -
East of England - 1 £85,000 -
Senior Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 March 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 21 (32.31%) AWS
2 19 (29.23%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (27.69%) Network Security
3 18 (27.69%) Security Operations
4 16 (24.62%) SIEM
5 15 (23.08%) Azure
5 15 (23.08%) Cloud Security
6 14 (21.54%) AI
6 14 (21.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (20.00%) Zero Trust
8 12 (18.46%) Computer Science
8 12 (18.46%) Degree
8 12 (18.46%) GCP
8 12 (18.46%) Python
8 12 (18.46%) Vulnerability Management
9 11 (16.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (16.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 10 (15.38%) Incident Response
10 10 (15.38%) Information Security
10 10 (15.38%) Security Architecture
11 9 (13.85%) API Integration
11 9 (13.85%) Microservices
11 9 (13.85%) NIST
11 9 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (13.85%) Splunk
11 9 (13.85%) Terraform
12 8 (12.31%) Analytics
12 8 (12.31%) Android
12 8 (12.31%) Firewall
12 8 (12.31%) PowerShell

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 (3.08%) Apache Pulsar
Cloud Services
1 21 (32.31%) AWS
2 15 (23.08%) Azure
3 12 (18.46%) GCP
4 7 (10.77%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (6.15%) SaaS
7 3 (4.62%) GitHub
7 3 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (4.62%) Mimecast
8 2 (3.08%) Entra ID
8 2 (3.08%) Tessian
9 1 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.54%) IaaS
9 1 (1.54%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (27.69%) Network Security
2 8 (12.31%) Firewall
3 3 (4.62%) VPN
4 2 (3.08%) Modbus
4 2 (3.08%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.54%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (4.62%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (3.08%) GitLab
1 2 (3.08%) Jenkins
1 2 (3.08%) TeamCity
2 1 (1.54%) Git
2 1 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 13 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 9 (13.85%) Social Skills
3 3 (4.62%) Legal
3 3 (4.62%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.08%) Banking
4 2 (3.08%) Finance
4 2 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (3.08%) Retail
5 1 (1.54%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.54%) Automotive
5 1 (1.54%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.54%) Law
5 1 (1.54%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.77%) RESTful
2 5 (7.69%) Kafka
2 5 (7.69%) OAuth
2 5 (7.69%) OAuth2
3 4 (6.15%) Android NDK
3 4 (6.15%) ARM Templates
3 4 (6.15%) WebSockets
4 3 (4.62%) JWT
4 3 (4.62%) OpenTelemetry
4 3 (4.62%) REST
5 2 (3.08%) gRPC
6 1 (1.54%) JSON
6 1 (1.54%) Web Services
6 1 (1.54%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.31%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (6.15%) ARM Cortex
3 4 (6.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (6.15%) Mobile App
3 4 (6.15%) Onboarding
3 4 (6.15%) Security Posture
4 3 (4.62%) Cloud Native
4 3 (4.62%) PKI
4 3 (4.62%) YubiKey
5 2 (3.08%) Operational Technology
5 2 (3.08%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (3.08%) SCADA
6 1 (1.54%) CCTV
6 1 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.31%) Android
2 4 (6.15%) Windows
3 3 (4.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.23%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (27.69%) Security Operations
3 16 (24.62%) SIEM
4 15 (23.08%) Cloud Security
5 14 (21.54%) AI
6 13 (20.00%) Zero Trust
7 12 (18.46%) Computer Science
7 12 (18.46%) Vulnerability Management
8 11 (16.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 10 (15.38%) Incident Response
9 10 (15.38%) Information Security
9 10 (15.38%) Security Architecture
10 9 (13.85%) API Integration
10 9 (13.85%) Microservices
10 9 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (12.31%) Analytics
11 8 (12.31%) Threat Modelling
12 7 (10.77%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (10.77%) Penetration Testing
12 7 (10.77%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 12 (18.46%) Python
2 8 (12.31%) PowerShell
3 6 (9.23%) C++
3 6 (9.23%) Go
4 4 (6.15%) Bicep
4 4 (6.15%) Kotlin
4 4 (6.15%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.54%) Java
5 1 (1.54%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (18.46%) Degree
2 11 (16.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (7.69%) Security Cleared
4 4 (6.15%) CISSP
4 4 (6.15%) Master's Degree
5 3 (4.62%) AWS Certification
5 3 (4.62%) DV Cleared
6 2 (3.08%) CCNA
6 2 (3.08%) CCNP
6 2 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.08%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (3.08%) GCIA
6 2 (3.08%) SANS
6 2 (3.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (21.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (13.85%) NIST
3 7 (10.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (6.15%) GDPR
4 4 (6.15%) PCI DSS
4 4 (6.15%) QA
5 2 (3.08%) GRC
5 2 (3.08%) NIST 800
5 2 (3.08%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.54%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (6.15%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.62%) Docker
2 3 (4.62%) Hyper-V
2 3 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (13.85%) Terraform
2 6 (9.23%) Kubernetes
3 3 (4.62%) Grafana
3 3 (4.62%) Prometheus
4 2 (3.08%) Ansible
4 2 (3.08%) Cilium
4 2 (3.08%) HP Fortify
5 1 (1.54%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (13.85%) Splunk
2 7 (10.77%) Microsoft
3 6 (9.23%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (6.15%) Palo Alto
4 4 (6.15%) Qualys
4 4 (6.15%) ServiceNow
4 4 (6.15%) Tenable
4 4 (6.15%) VMware
5 2 (3.08%) Ericsson
5 2 (3.08%) Mavenir
5 2 (3.08%) Nokia
6 1 (1.54%) ForgeRock
6 1 (1.54%) Sophos