Senior Security Engineer Job Trends in England

Senior Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in England is £73,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 October 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 614 583 587
Rank change year-on-year -31 +4 +23
Permanent Senior Security Engineer jobs 160 38 138
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.15% 0.088% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.097% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 106 33 105
10th Percentile £47,500 £53,500 £49,672
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £67,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,250 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -11.76% +21.43%
75th Percentile £85,188 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £90,625 £103,500 £106,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £81,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -7.98% +16.43%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in England matching a recognised job title 98,146 38,982 58,749
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.22% 90.62% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 68,067 23,606 33,541
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% -6.52% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,300 £52,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year +12.95% -7.08% -5.83%

Senior Security Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Senior Security Engineer job postings 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 Senior Security Engineer jobs in England over the 6 months to 24 October 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 Senior Security Engineer jobs within the England region over the 6 months to 24 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
London -37 54 £85,000 -3.68% 159
South East -48 34 £65,000 - 27
South West - 29 £75,000 - 10
North of England -42 26 £70,000 +7.69% 24
North West -24 15 £70,000 +7.69% 12
East of England -42 11 £75,000 -6.25% 19
Yorkshire - 11 £66,250 - 5
Midlands -63 4 £66,250 - 13
West Midlands -46 2 £66,250 - 9
East Midlands - 2 - - 4
Senior Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, Senior Security Engineer job ads cited 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 Senior Security Engineer job ads across the England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Cloud Security37.5%60
2Cybersecurity35.0%56
3Firewall31.3%50
4Security Operations25.6%41
4Vulnerability Management25.6%41
6AWS20.0%32
7CI/CD18.8%30
8Azure18.1%29
8Terraform18.1%29
10Cisco17.5%28
11Application Security16.9%27
11Information Security16.9%27
11SIEM16.9%27
14Infrastructure as Code16.3%26
14Penetration Testing16.3%26
14Python16.3%26
17ISO/IEC 2700115.0%24
17Network Security15.0%24
17Problem-Solving15.0%24
20Incident Response14.4%23
20Software Engineering14.4%23
20Threat Detection14.4%23
23AI13.8%22
23Palo Alto13.8%22
23VPN13.8%22
26Cisco Certification12.5%20
26Microsoft12.5%20
26Security Architecture12.5%20
29CISSP11.9%19
29Continuous Improvement11.9%19

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Cloud Engineer27.5%44
2Cybersecurity Engineer23.8%38
3Cloud Security Engineer21.9%35
4Senior Systems Engineer17.5%28
5Senior Network Security Engineer15.0%24
6Senior Network Engineer13.8%22
7Systems Engineer11.9%19
8Senior Software Engineer11.3%18
9Infrastructure Security Engineer7.5%12
9Senior Infrastructure Engineer7.5%12
11Network Infrastructure Engineer6.9%11
11Senior Firewall Engineer6.9%11
11SIEM Engineer6.9%11
14IT Security Engineer6.3%10
14Senior IT Engineer6.3%10
16Senior Applications Engineer5.6%9
16Senior Platform Engineer5.6%9
18GCP Engineer4.4%7
19Artificial Intelligence Engineer3.1%5
19Senior Automation Engineer3.1%5
266 Senior Security Engineer jobs in England