Senior Security Engineer Job Trends in England

Senior Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in England is £73,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2026.

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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 611 575 669
Rank change year-on-year -36 +94 +91
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 84 55 152
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.10% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.16% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 62 37 137
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,512 £56,219
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.81% +10.34% +3.57%
75th Percentile £89,375 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,750 £101,250
UK median annual salary £73,750 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -7.81% +10.34% +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 77,699 34,696 83,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 89.68% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 52,970 19,964 62,604
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,615 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% +9.52% -13.65%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 30 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 30 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 -27 31 £100,000 +17.65% 39
South West -36 18 £50,000 -35.48% 5
North of England -45 18 £45,000 -21.74% 8
South East -21 12 £70,000 +21.74% 17
North West +1 9 £45,000 -21.74% 6
Yorkshire - 9 - - 2
Midlands -34 4 £72,500 - 5
East Midlands -20 2 - -
West Midlands -33 2 £72,500 - 5
Senior Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 29 (34.52%) Cloud Security
2 25 (29.76%) AWS
3 22 (26.19%) Network Security
4 19 (22.62%) Terraform
5 18 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
6 17 (20.24%) CI/CD
6 17 (20.24%) Incident Response
6 17 (20.24%) Security Operations
7 15 (17.86%) GCP
7 15 (17.86%) Infrastructure as Code
7 15 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 14 (16.67%) Firewall
8 14 (16.67%) Python
9 13 (15.48%) AI
9 13 (15.48%) Azure
9 13 (15.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 13 (15.48%) Security Architecture
10 12 (14.29%) SIEM
10 12 (14.29%) Zero Trust
11 11 (13.10%) Cisco
11 11 (13.10%) DevOps
12 10 (11.90%) DV Cleared
12 10 (11.90%) Mentoring
12 10 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (11.90%) Security Cleared
12 10 (11.90%) Vulnerability Management
13 9 (10.71%) Agile
13 9 (10.71%) API Integration
13 9 (10.71%) Bash
13 9 (10.71%) Intrusion Detection

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 (1.19%) Apache Pulsar
Cloud Services
1 25 (29.76%) AWS
2 15 (17.86%) GCP
3 13 (15.48%) Azure
4 8 (9.52%) GitHub
5 7 (8.33%) Amazon S3
5 7 (8.33%) AWS Lambda
5 7 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (8.33%) SaaS
5 7 (8.33%) Serverless
6 2 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.38%) Pulumi
7 1 (1.19%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.19%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.19%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.19%) IaaS
7 1 (1.19%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.19%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (26.19%) Network Security
2 14 (16.67%) Firewall
3 9 (10.71%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (3.57%) TCP/IP
4 3 (3.57%) VPN
4 3 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (2.38%) BGP
5 2 (2.38%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (2.38%) OSPF
5 2 (2.38%) VLAN
6 1 (1.19%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (1.19%) Internet
6 1 (1.19%) LAN
6 1 (1.19%) WAN
Development Applications
1 6 (7.14%) TeamCity
2 2 (2.38%) GitLab
3 1 (1.19%) Git
3 1 (1.19%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.19%) JIRA
General
1 10 (11.90%) Retail
1 10 (11.90%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.71%) Documentation Skills
3 7 (8.33%) Banking
3 7 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 7 (8.33%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.38%) Automotive
4 2 (2.38%) Finance
4 2 (2.38%) Marketing
5 1 (1.19%) Advertising
5 1 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.33%) Node.js
2 5 (5.95%) RESTful
3 4 (4.76%) eBPF
4 3 (3.57%) OAuth
4 3 (3.57%) OAuth2
5 2 (2.38%) Android NDK
5 2 (2.38%) JWT
5 2 (2.38%) OpenID
5 2 (2.38%) SAML
5 2 (2.38%) WebSockets
6 1 (1.19%) gRPC
6 1 (1.19%) JSON
6 1 (1.19%) Kafka
6 1 (1.19%) REST
6 1 (1.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (21.43%) Cloud Native
2 16 (19.05%) CCTV
3 15 (17.86%) Driving Licence
4 6 (7.14%) PKI
5 4 (4.76%) Security Posture
6 3 (3.57%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (3.57%) YubiKey
7 2 (2.38%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.38%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.19%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.19%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.19%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.14%) Android
2 3 (3.57%) Windows
2 3 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (34.52%) Cloud Security
2 18 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (20.24%) CI/CD
3 17 (20.24%) Incident Response
3 17 (20.24%) Security Operations
4 15 (17.86%) Infrastructure as Code
5 13 (15.48%) AI
5 13 (15.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 13 (15.48%) Security Architecture
6 12 (14.29%) SIEM
6 12 (14.29%) Zero Trust
7 11 (13.10%) DevOps
8 10 (11.90%) Mentoring
8 10 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (11.90%) Vulnerability Management
9 9 (10.71%) Agile
9 9 (10.71%) API Integration
9 9 (10.71%) Performance Monitoring
9 9 (10.71%) Platform Engineering
10 8 (9.52%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 14 (16.67%) Python
2 9 (10.71%) Bash
3 6 (7.14%) Go
4 4 (4.76%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.57%) C++
6 2 (2.38%) Kotlin
7 1 (1.19%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.19%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (1.19%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 10 (11.90%) DV Cleared
1 10 (11.90%) Security Cleared
2 8 (9.52%) Degree
3 7 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (8.33%) CISSP
3 7 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (7.14%) AWS Certification
4 6 (7.14%) CCNA
5 5 (5.95%) CCNP
5 5 (5.95%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (3.57%) GCIA
6 3 (3.57%) SANS
7 2 (2.38%) CCIE
7 2 (2.38%) CISM
7 2 (2.38%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.19%) CASP
8 1 (1.19%) CCSP
8 1 (1.19%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (7.14%) GRC
2 6 (7.14%) NIST
2 6 (7.14%) SOC 2
3 4 (4.76%) QA
4 3 (3.57%) GDPR
5 2 (2.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (3.57%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.57%) Hyper-V
1 3 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (22.62%) Terraform
2 9 (10.71%) Kubernetes
3 8 (9.52%) Ansible
4 7 (8.33%) Grafana
4 7 (8.33%) Prometheus
5 6 (7.14%) Cilium
6 2 (2.38%) HP Fortify
7 1 (1.19%) CASB
7 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (13.10%) Cisco
2 7 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.76%) Palo Alto
3 4 (4.76%) Splunk
4 3 (3.57%) Qualys
4 3 (3.57%) Tenable
4 3 (3.57%) VMware
5 2 (2.38%) Arista
6 1 (1.19%) Ericsson
6 1 (1.19%) Mavenir
6 1 (1.19%) Nokia
6 1 (1.19%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.19%) Sophos