Senior Security Engineer Job Trends in England

Senior Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in England is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 600 618 617
Rank change year-on-year +18 -1 +273
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 44 133 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.19% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.20% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 34 106 90
10th Percentile £42,396 £43,227 £54,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +21.43% +3.32%
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £88,625
90th Percentile £97,500 £106,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £85,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +21.43% +6.06%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 39,062 65,780 50,933
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 95.18% 94.11%
Number of salaries quoted 23,453 39,747 39,411
10th Percentile £28,300 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Senior Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Engineer 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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 2025. 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 +5 19 £90,000 - 20
South East +45 14 £65,000 +8.33% 9
East of England - 6 £42,085 - 2
North of England +23 2 £65,000 +4.00%
North West +4 2 £65,000 +4.00%
Senior Security Engineer
UK

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Senior Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (52.27%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (45.45%) CISSP
3 17 (38.64%) Firewall
4 16 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (34.09%) SIEM
5 15 (34.09%) Penetration Testing
5 15 (34.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (34.09%) Degree
5 15 (34.09%) Incident Response
6 14 (31.82%) Cloud Security
6 14 (31.82%) ITIL
7 12 (27.27%) Network Security
7 12 (27.27%) Social Skills
8 11 (25.00%) Application Security
8 11 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (25.00%) Azure
8 11 (25.00%) AWS
8 11 (25.00%) TCP/IP
9 10 (22.73%) Java
9 10 (22.73%) CCNP
9 10 (22.73%) Security Operations
9 10 (22.73%) CI/CD
10 9 (20.45%) Microsoft
10 9 (20.45%) Risk Management
10 9 (20.45%) Finance
11 8 (18.18%) CCNA
11 8 (18.18%) Python
11 8 (18.18%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (18.18%) Threat Modelling
12 7 (15.91%) SANS

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.27%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.00%) AWS
1 11 (25.00%) Azure
2 5 (11.36%) Entra ID
3 4 (9.09%) Azure AKS
3 4 (9.09%) GCP
3 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (4.55%) SaaS
4 2 (4.55%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.27%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (2.27%) Amazon Macie
5 1 (2.27%) AWS CloudTrail
5 1 (2.27%) AWS KMS
5 1 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.27%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.27%) Serverless
5 1 (2.27%) Tessian
5 1 (2.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (38.64%) Firewall
2 12 (27.27%) Network Security
3 11 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 4 (9.09%) HTTP
4 4 (9.09%) HTTPS
5 2 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (2.27%) BGP
6 1 (2.27%) Intelligent Network
6 1 (2.27%) MPLS
6 1 (2.27%) SD-WAN
6 1 (2.27%) VPN
6 1 (2.27%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) GitLab
General
1 12 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.45%) Finance
3 4 (9.09%) Local Government
4 3 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.82%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (6.82%) Law
4 3 (6.82%) Legal
4 3 (6.82%) Marketing
5 2 (4.55%) Banking
6 1 (2.27%) Games
6 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) .NET
2 1 (2.27%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (2.27%) OAuth
2 1 (2.27%) OpenID
2 1 (2.27%) React
2 1 (2.27%) REST
2 1 (2.27%) SAML
2 1 (2.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.91%) Security Operations Centre
1 7 (15.91%) Security Posture
2 4 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 4 (9.09%) Mobile App
2 4 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (9.09%) Virtual Team
3 3 (6.82%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (6.82%) PKI
4 2 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (4.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.27%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.27%) CCTV
5 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.27%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.27%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.36%) Linux
2 4 (9.09%) Android
2 4 (9.09%) Apple iOS
2 4 (9.09%) Windows
3 2 (4.55%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.27%) Kali Linux
4 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (52.27%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (34.09%) Incident Response
2 15 (34.09%) Penetration Testing
2 15 (34.09%) SIEM
3 14 (31.82%) Cloud Security
3 14 (31.82%) ITIL
4 11 (25.00%) Application Security
5 10 (22.73%) CI/CD
5 10 (22.73%) Security Operations
6 9 (20.45%) Risk Management
7 8 (18.18%) Threat Modelling
8 7 (15.91%) Data Loss Prevention
8 7 (15.91%) Information Security
8 7 (15.91%) Key Management
9 6 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (13.64%) Vulnerability Management
10 5 (11.36%) Agile
10 5 (11.36%) DevOps
10 5 (11.36%) Mentoring
10 5 (11.36%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (22.73%) Java
2 8 (18.18%) Python
3 5 (11.36%) JavaScript
4 4 (9.09%) C
4 4 (9.09%) C++
4 4 (9.09%) Kotlin
4 4 (9.09%) Objective-C
5 3 (6.82%) Go
6 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.27%) SQL
6 1 (2.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (45.45%) CISSP
2 16 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (34.09%) Degree
4 10 (22.73%) CCNP
5 8 (18.18%) CCNA
5 8 (18.18%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (15.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 7 (15.91%) CISM
6 7 (15.91%) GCIA
6 7 (15.91%) SANS
7 4 (9.09%) CCSK
7 4 (9.09%) CCSP
7 4 (9.09%) CEH
7 4 (9.09%) CREST Certified
7 4 (9.09%) GIAC
7 4 (9.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (9.09%) Master's Degree
8 2 (4.55%) DBS Check
9 1 (2.27%) AWS Certification
9 1 (2.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (34.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (13.64%) NIST
4 5 (11.36%) GDPR
5 4 (9.09%) NCSC
6 3 (6.82%) PCI DSS
7 2 (4.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (4.55%) SOC 2
8 1 (2.27%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (6.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (11.36%) FortiGate
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (9.09%) Nessus
2 4 (9.09%) Terraform
3 3 (6.82%) CASB
3 3 (6.82%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (4.55%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.27%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 9 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.09%) Cisco
2 4 (9.09%) Palo Alto
2 4 (9.09%) Qualys
2 4 (9.09%) Tenable
3 3 (6.82%) Symantec
3 3 (6.82%) Zscaler
4 2 (4.55%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.27%) Google
5 1 (2.27%) Imperva
5 1 (2.27%) Juniper
5 1 (2.27%) Ping Identity
5 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.27%) VMware