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 16 May 2026.

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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 574 694
Rank change year-on-year -35 +120 +80
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 74 56 130
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.091% 0.14% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.098% 0.16% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 56 39 115
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,256 £56,219
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,188 £86,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £116,250 £93,250 £106,250
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% +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 75,853 35,072 79,494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 89.55% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 51,141 20,807 60,367
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,560 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +7.59% -12.01%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,725
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £91,000
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 16 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 16 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 -8 29 £100,000 +21.21% 22
South West -33 17 £50,000 -35.48% 3
North of England -19 16 £45,000 -21.74% 6
South East -24 9 £71,250 +16.33% 8
Yorkshire - 9 - -
North West +3 7 £45,000 -21.74% 5
Midlands -25 2 - - 3
East Midlands -28 1 - - 2
West Midlands -39 1 - - 1
Senior Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 22 (29.73%) Cloud Security
2 21 (28.38%) AWS
3 19 (25.68%) Network Security
4 15 (20.27%) Terraform
5 14 (18.92%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (17.57%) Incident Response
6 13 (17.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 13 (17.57%) Security Operations
7 12 (16.22%) CI/CD
7 12 (16.22%) Infrastructure as Code
7 12 (16.22%) Python
7 12 (16.22%) Zero Trust
8 11 (14.86%) GCP
8 11 (14.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (14.86%) Security Architecture
9 10 (13.51%) AI
9 10 (13.51%) SIEM
10 9 (12.16%) API Integration
10 9 (12.16%) Cisco
10 9 (12.16%) Intrusion Detection
10 9 (12.16%) Performance Monitoring
10 9 (12.16%) Vulnerability Management
11 8 (10.81%) Azure
11 8 (10.81%) Computer Science
11 8 (10.81%) Degree
11 8 (10.81%) DevOps
11 8 (10.81%) DV Cleared
11 8 (10.81%) Firewall
11 8 (10.81%) Kubernetes
11 8 (10.81%) Mentoring

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 (1.35%) Apache Pulsar
Cloud Services
1 21 (28.38%) AWS
2 11 (14.86%) GCP
3 8 (10.81%) Azure
4 7 (9.46%) GitHub
5 6 (8.11%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (6.76%) Amazon S3
6 5 (6.76%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (6.76%) Serverless
7 4 (5.41%) SaaS
8 3 (4.05%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (1.35%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (1.35%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (1.35%) AWS Control Tower
10 1 (1.35%) Entra ID
10 1 (1.35%) IaaS
10 1 (1.35%) Mimecast
10 1 (1.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (25.68%) Network Security
2 9 (12.16%) Intrusion Detection
3 8 (10.81%) Firewall
4 2 (2.70%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.35%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (6.76%) TeamCity
2 2 (2.70%) GitLab
3 1 (1.35%) Git
3 1 (1.35%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.35%) JIRA
General
1 9 (12.16%) Documentation Skills
1 9 (12.16%) Telecoms
2 8 (10.81%) Retail
3 6 (8.11%) Social Skills
4 5 (6.76%) Banking
4 5 (6.76%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.35%) Advertising
6 1 (1.35%) Automotive
6 1 (1.35%) Finance
6 1 (1.35%) Legal
6 1 (1.35%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.76%) Node.js
1 5 (6.76%) RESTful
2 3 (4.05%) Android NDK
2 3 (4.05%) eBPF
2 3 (4.05%) WebSockets
3 2 (2.70%) ARM Templates
3 2 (2.70%) Kafka
3 2 (2.70%) OAuth
3 2 (2.70%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.35%) gRPC
4 1 (1.35%) JWT
4 1 (1.35%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (1.35%) REST
4 1 (1.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.62%) CCTV
2 15 (20.27%) Driving Licence
3 12 (16.22%) Cloud Native
4 5 (6.76%) PKI
5 4 (5.41%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (4.05%) Mobile App
6 3 (4.05%) YubiKey
7 2 (2.70%) ARM Cortex
7 2 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.35%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.46%) Android
2 3 (4.05%) Windows
2 3 (4.05%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (29.73%) Cloud Security
2 14 (18.92%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (17.57%) Incident Response
3 13 (17.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (17.57%) Security Operations
4 12 (16.22%) CI/CD
4 12 (16.22%) Infrastructure as Code
4 12 (16.22%) Zero Trust
5 11 (14.86%) Security Architecture
6 10 (13.51%) AI
6 10 (13.51%) SIEM
7 9 (12.16%) API Integration
7 9 (12.16%) Performance Monitoring
7 9 (12.16%) Vulnerability Management
8 8 (10.81%) Computer Science
8 8 (10.81%) DevOps
8 8 (10.81%) Mentoring
8 8 (10.81%) Microservices
8 8 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (8.11%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.22%) Python
2 6 (8.11%) Bash
2 6 (8.11%) Go
3 4 (5.41%) C++
3 4 (5.41%) PowerShell
4 3 (4.05%) Kotlin
5 2 (2.70%) Bicep
5 2 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 8 (10.81%) Degree
1 8 (10.81%) DV Cleared
1 8 (10.81%) Security Cleared
2 7 (9.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (6.76%) AWS Certification
4 3 (4.05%) CISSP
4 3 (4.05%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.70%) CCNA
5 2 (2.70%) CCNP
5 2 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (2.70%) GCIA
5 2 (2.70%) SANS
6 1 (1.35%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (6.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (6.76%) GRC
2 5 (6.76%) SOC 2
3 4 (5.41%) NIST
4 3 (4.05%) QA
5 2 (2.70%) GDPR
5 2 (2.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (4.05%) Active Directory
1 3 (4.05%) Hyper-V
1 3 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (20.27%) Terraform
2 8 (10.81%) Kubernetes
3 6 (8.11%) Ansible
3 6 (8.11%) Grafana
3 6 (8.11%) Prometheus
4 5 (6.76%) Cilium
5 2 (2.70%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 9 (12.16%) Cisco
2 6 (8.11%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.76%) Splunk
4 3 (4.05%) Qualys
4 3 (4.05%) Tenable
4 3 (4.05%) VMware
5 2 (2.70%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (2.70%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.70%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.35%) Ericsson
6 1 (1.35%) Mavenir
6 1 (1.35%) Nokia
6 1 (1.35%) Sophos