Senior Security Engineer Job Trends in England

Senior Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in England is £79,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 February 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 564 583 647
Rank change year-on-year +19 +64 +100
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 68 78 129
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.18% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.20% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 60 58 117
10th Percentile £45,000 £54,850 £56,219
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,250 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +14.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £95,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +14.29% +6.46%

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 55,493 39,841 63,273
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.39% 91.29% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 35,858 21,335 50,538
10th Percentile £29,250 £33,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 +23 30 £100,000 +17.65% 16
South East -11 15 £72,500 +16.00% 5
North West 0 8 £45,000 -18.18% 8
South West -2 8 £65,000 -16.13% 3
North of England -25 8 £45,000 -21.05% 9
Midlands -3 4 - - 5
West Midlands -1 3 - - 5
East Midlands -24 1 - -
East of England - 1 £85,000 -
Senior Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 February 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 24 (35.29%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (32.35%) Security Operations
3 21 (30.88%) AWS
4 20 (29.41%) Network Security
4 20 (29.41%) SIEM
5 17 (25.00%) Cloud Security
6 16 (23.53%) Azure
6 16 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (22.06%) AI
8 13 (19.12%) Degree
8 13 (19.12%) Zero Trust
9 12 (17.65%) Computer Science
9 12 (17.65%) GCP
9 12 (17.65%) Python
9 12 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
10 11 (16.18%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (16.18%) Firewall
10 11 (16.18%) Incident Response
10 11 (16.18%) Information Security
10 11 (16.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 11 (16.18%) Penetration Testing
11 10 (14.71%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (14.71%) Security Architecture
12 9 (13.24%) Analytics
12 9 (13.24%) API Integration
12 9 (13.24%) Microservices
12 9 (13.24%) Splunk
12 9 (13.24%) Terraform
12 9 (13.24%) Threat Modelling

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 (2.94%) Apache Pulsar
Cloud Services
1 21 (30.88%) AWS
2 16 (23.53%) Azure
3 12 (17.65%) GCP
4 7 (10.29%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (7.35%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (5.88%) Entra ID
6 4 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (5.88%) SaaS
7 3 (4.41%) GitHub
7 3 (4.41%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (2.94%) Mimecast
8 2 (2.94%) Tessian
9 1 (1.47%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.47%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.47%) IaaS
9 1 (1.47%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (29.41%) Network Security
2 11 (16.18%) Firewall
3 5 (7.35%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.94%) Modbus
4 2 (2.94%) VPN
5 1 (1.47%) HTTP
5 1 (1.47%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.41%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (4.41%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (2.94%) GitLab
1 2 (2.94%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.94%) TeamCity
2 1 (1.47%) Git
2 1 (1.47%) JIRA
General
1 13 (19.12%) Telecoms
2 10 (14.71%) Social Skills
3 3 (4.41%) Finance
3 3 (4.41%) Legal
3 3 (4.41%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.94%) Banking
4 2 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (2.94%) Retail
5 1 (1.47%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.47%) Automotive
5 1 (1.47%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.47%) Law
5 1 (1.47%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.29%) RESTful
2 6 (8.82%) OAuth
3 5 (7.35%) Kafka
3 5 (7.35%) OAuth2
4 4 (5.88%) Android NDK
4 4 (5.88%) ARM Templates
4 4 (5.88%) WebSockets
5 3 (4.41%) JWT
5 3 (4.41%) OpenTelemetry
5 3 (4.41%) REST
6 2 (2.94%) gRPC
7 1 (1.47%) JSON
7 1 (1.47%) OpenID
7 1 (1.47%) SAML
7 1 (1.47%) Web Services
7 1 (1.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.18%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (7.35%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (5.88%) ARM Cortex
3 4 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 4 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (5.88%) Mobile App
3 4 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.88%) Security Posture
4 3 (4.41%) PKI
4 3 (4.41%) YubiKey
5 2 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (2.94%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.94%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.94%) SCADA
6 1 (1.47%) CCTV
6 1 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.47%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.76%) Android
2 5 (7.35%) Windows
3 3 (4.41%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.94%) Linux
5 1 (1.47%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (35.29%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (32.35%) Security Operations
3 20 (29.41%) SIEM
4 17 (25.00%) Cloud Security
5 15 (22.06%) AI
6 13 (19.12%) Zero Trust
7 12 (17.65%) Computer Science
7 12 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
8 11 (16.18%) Incident Response
8 11 (16.18%) Information Security
8 11 (16.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 11 (16.18%) Penetration Testing
9 10 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (14.71%) Security Architecture
10 9 (13.24%) Analytics
10 9 (13.24%) API Integration
10 9 (13.24%) Microservices
10 9 (13.24%) Threat Modelling
11 7 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (10.29%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.65%) Python
2 7 (10.29%) Go
2 7 (10.29%) PowerShell
3 6 (8.82%) C++
4 4 (5.88%) Bicep
4 4 (5.88%) Kotlin
4 4 (5.88%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (2.94%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.47%) Java
6 1 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (19.12%) Degree
2 11 (16.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (10.29%) CISSP
4 5 (7.35%) CCNA
4 5 (7.35%) CCNP
4 5 (7.35%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (7.35%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (7.35%) GCIA
4 5 (7.35%) SANS
4 5 (7.35%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.88%) Master's Degree
6 3 (4.41%) AWS Certification
6 3 (4.41%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.94%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.47%) CISM
8 1 (1.47%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (14.71%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (11.76%) NIST
4 4 (5.88%) PCI DSS
4 4 (5.88%) QA
5 3 (4.41%) GDPR
6 2 (2.94%) GRC
6 2 (2.94%) NIST 800
6 2 (2.94%) SOC 2
7 1 (1.47%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (7.35%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.41%) Docker
2 3 (4.41%) Hyper-V
2 3 (4.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (13.24%) Terraform
2 7 (10.29%) Kubernetes
3 3 (4.41%) Grafana
3 3 (4.41%) Prometheus
3 3 (4.41%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.94%) Ansible
4 2 (2.94%) Cilium
4 2 (2.94%) HP Fortify
5 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.47%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 9 (13.24%) Splunk
2 7 (10.29%) Microsoft
3 6 (8.82%) CrowdStrike
4 5 (7.35%) Palo Alto
5 4 (5.88%) Qualys
5 4 (5.88%) ServiceNow
5 4 (5.88%) Tenable
5 4 (5.88%) VMware
6 2 (2.94%) Ericsson
6 2 (2.94%) Mavenir
6 2 (2.94%) Nokia
7 1 (1.47%) Cisco
7 1 (1.47%) ForgeRock
7 1 (1.47%) Imperva