Senior Security Engineer Job Trends in England

Senior Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in England is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 January 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 547 591 561
Rank change year-on-year +44 -30 +177
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 59 82 114
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.17% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.18% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 55 59 102
10th Percentile £54,500 £57,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £67,375 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £81,500 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +22.56% +2.31%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,625
90th Percentile £132,500 £100,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £81,250 £80,000 £61,750
% change year-on-year +1.56% +29.55% -5.00%

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 47,256 45,608 43,773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 92.79% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 29,666 24,168 34,377
10th Percentile £28,523 £33,235 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -0.79%

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 3 January 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 3 January 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 +46 28 £100,000 +17.65% 33
South East +25 14 £65,000 -3.35% 24
North West +38 6 £45,000 -25.00% 4
North of England +28 6 £45,000 -24.37% 6
South West +13 4 £80,000 +14.29% 3
Midlands +12 3 - - 3
East of England - 3 £85,000 - 2
West Midlands +24 2 - -
East Midlands -10 1 - - 3
Senior Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 January 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 26 (44.07%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (42.37%) SIEM
3 21 (35.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (33.90%) Security Operations
5 18 (30.51%) AWS
5 18 (30.51%) Network Security
6 17 (28.81%) Azure
7 15 (25.42%) Degree
7 15 (25.42%) Firewall
7 15 (25.42%) Penetration Testing
8 14 (23.73%) AI
8 14 (23.73%) CISSP
9 13 (22.03%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (20.34%) Cloud Security
10 12 (20.34%) Computer Science
10 12 (20.34%) Vulnerability Management
10 12 (20.34%) Zero Trust
11 11 (18.64%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (18.64%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (18.64%) Incident Response
11 11 (18.64%) Python
11 11 (18.64%) Threat Modelling
12 10 (16.95%) Microsoft
12 10 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
13 9 (15.25%) Analytics
13 9 (15.25%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (15.25%) CCNA
13 9 (15.25%) CCNP
13 9 (15.25%) CompTIA Security+
13 9 (15.25%) 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 2 (3.39%) Apache Pulsar
2 1 (1.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (30.51%) AWS
2 17 (28.81%) Azure
3 9 (15.25%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (10.17%) Entra ID
4 6 (10.17%) GCP
5 5 (8.47%) Azure Service Bus
5 5 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.39%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (3.39%) Azure AKS
6 2 (3.39%) Mimecast
6 2 (3.39%) SaaS
6 2 (3.39%) Tessian
7 1 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 18 (30.51%) Network Security
2 15 (25.42%) Firewall
3 8 (13.56%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.39%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (3.39%) Modbus
4 2 (3.39%) VPN
5 1 (1.69%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.08%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (5.08%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (1.69%) GitLab
1 1 (1.69%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (22.03%) Telecoms
2 12 (20.34%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.78%) Finance
4 3 (5.08%) Legal
4 3 (5.08%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Automotive
6 1 (1.69%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.69%) Law
6 1 (1.69%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.17%) OAuth
1 6 (10.17%) RESTful
2 5 (8.47%) Kafka
2 5 (8.47%) OAuth2
3 4 (6.78%) Android NDK
3 4 (6.78%) ARM Templates
3 4 (6.78%) WebSockets
4 3 (5.08%) JWT
4 3 (5.08%) OpenTelemetry
4 3 (5.08%) REST
5 2 (3.39%) gRPC
6 1 (1.69%) JSON
6 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (1.69%) OpenID
6 1 (1.69%) SAML
6 1 (1.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.34%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (8.47%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (8.47%) Security Posture
3 4 (6.78%) ARM Cortex
3 4 (6.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (6.78%) Mobile App
3 4 (6.78%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.08%) Cloud Native
4 3 (5.08%) YubiKey
5 2 (3.39%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (3.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (3.39%) Operational Technology
5 2 (3.39%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (3.39%) SCADA
6 1 (1.69%) CCTV
6 1 (1.69%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.69%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.56%) Android
1 8 (13.56%) Windows
2 5 (8.47%) Linux
3 4 (6.78%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.39%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.69%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (44.07%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (42.37%) SIEM
3 20 (33.90%) Security Operations
4 15 (25.42%) Penetration Testing
5 14 (23.73%) AI
6 12 (20.34%) Cloud Security
6 12 (20.34%) Computer Science
6 12 (20.34%) Vulnerability Management
6 12 (20.34%) Zero Trust
7 11 (18.64%) Incident Response
7 11 (18.64%) Threat Modelling
8 10 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (15.25%) Analytics
9 9 (15.25%) Information Security
9 9 (15.25%) Security Architecture
10 8 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (13.56%) Data Loss Prevention
10 8 (13.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (13.56%) ITIL
10 8 (13.56%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 11 (18.64%) Python
2 8 (13.56%) PowerShell
3 7 (11.86%) Go
4 6 (10.17%) C++
5 4 (6.78%) Bicep
5 4 (6.78%) JavaScript
5 4 (6.78%) Kotlin
5 4 (6.78%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (3.39%) Java
6 2 (3.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (25.42%) Degree
2 14 (23.73%) CISSP
3 11 (18.64%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (18.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (15.25%) CCNA
4 9 (15.25%) CCNP
4 9 (15.25%) CompTIA Security+
5 8 (13.56%) GCIA
5 8 (13.56%) SANS
6 5 (8.47%) Security Cleared
7 4 (6.78%) Master's Degree
8 3 (5.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (5.08%) CISM
8 3 (5.08%) DV Cleared
9 2 (3.39%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.69%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (1.69%) MCITP
10 1 (1.69%) OSCP
10 1 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (35.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (22.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (15.25%) NIST
4 5 (8.47%) GDPR
5 4 (6.78%) QA
6 2 (3.39%) NIST 800
6 2 (3.39%) PCI DSS
6 2 (3.39%) SOC 2
7 1 (1.69%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.69%) NCSC
7 1 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (11.86%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.08%) Hyper-V
2 3 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (11.86%) Terraform
2 4 (6.78%) Kubernetes
3 3 (5.08%) Grafana
3 3 (5.08%) Prometheus
3 3 (5.08%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.69%) Ansible
5 1 (1.69%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 10 (16.95%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.25%) Splunk
3 6 (10.17%) CrowdStrike
4 5 (8.47%) ServiceNow
4 5 (8.47%) VMware
5 4 (6.78%) Qualys
5 4 (6.78%) Tenable
6 3 (5.08%) Palo Alto
7 2 (3.39%) Ericsson
7 2 (3.39%) Mavenir
7 2 (3.39%) Nokia
8 1 (1.69%) Cisco
8 1 (1.69%) ForgeRock
8 1 (1.69%) Imperva