Senior Security Engineer Job Trends in England

Senior Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in England is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 November 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 585 558 591
Rank change year-on-year -27 +33 +225
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 41 132 102
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.091% 0.22% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.23% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 35 102 88
10th Percentile £59,500 £47,258 £55,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £65,563 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +21.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £114,500 £105,000 £105,625
UK median annual salary £82,500 £85,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -2.94% +21.43% +7.69%

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 41,013 57,017 45,519
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 94.72% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 25,727 31,981 35,186
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,292
25th Percentile £35,425 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 11 November 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 11 November 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 -9 18 £95,000 +5.56% 21
South East +34 13 £65,000 - 13
Midlands +38 3 - - 4
North of England +27 3 £82,500 +37.50% 8
North West +23 3 £82,500 +37.50% 7
East of England - 3 £85,000 - 3
West Midlands +35 2 - - 4
East Midlands +22 1 - -
Senior Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 November 2025, 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 (58.54%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (43.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (43.90%) SIEM
3 17 (41.46%) Penetration Testing
4 15 (36.59%) CISSP
4 15 (36.59%) Firewall
5 13 (31.71%) AWS
6 12 (29.27%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (29.27%) Security Operations
7 11 (26.83%) Cloud Security
7 11 (26.83%) Network Security
7 11 (26.83%) Python
7 11 (26.83%) Threat Modelling
8 10 (24.39%) Azure
8 10 (24.39%) CCNP
8 10 (24.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (21.95%) CCNA
9 9 (21.95%) CompTIA Security+
9 9 (21.95%) Degree
10 8 (19.51%) GCIA
10 8 (19.51%) Incident Response
10 8 (19.51%) ITIL
10 8 (19.51%) SANS
10 8 (19.51%) TCP/IP
11 7 (17.07%) Zero Trust
12 6 (14.63%) Application Security
12 6 (14.63%) CI/CD
12 6 (14.63%) Computer Science
12 6 (14.63%) DevOps
12 6 (14.63%) Entra ID

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 (2.44%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (31.71%) AWS
2 10 (24.39%) Azure
3 6 (14.63%) Entra ID
4 5 (12.20%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (4.88%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (4.88%) Azure AKS
5 2 (4.88%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (4.88%) GCP
5 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.88%) Mimecast
5 2 (4.88%) SaaS
5 2 (4.88%) Tessian
6 1 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 15 (36.59%) Firewall
2 11 (26.83%) Network Security
3 8 (19.51%) TCP/IP
4 2 (4.88%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (4.88%) Modbus
4 2 (4.88%) VPN
5 1 (2.44%) HTTP
5 1 (2.44%) Intelligent Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (4.88%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) GitLab
2 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.20%) Finance
3 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.32%) Manufacturing
3 3 (7.32%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Legal
5 1 (2.44%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.44%) Automotive
5 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.44%) Law
5 1 (2.44%) Marketing
5 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) OAuth
2 2 (4.88%) JWT
2 2 (4.88%) Kafka
2 2 (4.88%) OAuth2
2 2 (4.88%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (2.44%) Android NDK
3 1 (2.44%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.44%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.44%) JSON
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (2.44%) OpenID
3 1 (2.44%) React
3 1 (2.44%) REST
3 1 (2.44%) RESTful
3 1 (2.44%) SAML
3 1 (2.44%) Web Services
3 1 (2.44%) WebSockets
3 1 (2.44%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (12.20%) Security Posture
3 3 (7.32%) Cloud Native
3 3 (7.32%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (4.88%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (4.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.88%) Operational Technology
4 2 (4.88%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (4.88%) SCADA
5 1 (2.44%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.44%) CCTV
5 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.44%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.44%) PKI
5 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.20%) Linux
1 5 (12.20%) Windows
2 2 (4.88%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.44%) Android
3 1 (2.44%) Kali Linux
3 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (58.54%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (43.90%) SIEM
3 17 (41.46%) Penetration Testing
4 12 (29.27%) Security Operations
5 11 (26.83%) Cloud Security
5 11 (26.83%) Threat Modelling
6 8 (19.51%) Incident Response
6 8 (19.51%) ITIL
7 7 (17.07%) Zero Trust
8 6 (14.63%) Application Security
8 6 (14.63%) CI/CD
8 6 (14.63%) Computer Science
8 6 (14.63%) DevOps
8 6 (14.63%) Information Security
8 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (12.20%) Analytics
9 5 (12.20%) Microservices
9 5 (12.20%) OWASP
9 5 (12.20%) Security Architecture
9 5 (12.20%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (26.83%) Python
2 6 (14.63%) JavaScript
3 5 (12.20%) Go
3 5 (12.20%) Java
4 4 (9.76%) PowerShell
5 2 (4.88%) SQL
6 1 (2.44%) Bicep
6 1 (2.44%) C++
6 1 (2.44%) Kotlin
6 1 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (2.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (36.59%) CISSP
2 12 (29.27%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (24.39%) CCNP
4 9 (21.95%) CCNA
4 9 (21.95%) CompTIA Security+
4 9 (21.95%) Degree
5 8 (19.51%) GCIA
5 8 (19.51%) SANS
6 5 (12.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (7.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (7.32%) CISM
8 2 (4.88%) DBS Check
8 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared
8 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
9 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
9 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
9 1 (2.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
9 1 (2.44%) MCITP
9 1 (2.44%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (43.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (24.39%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (14.63%) NIST
4 4 (9.76%) GDPR
5 2 (4.88%) NIST 800
5 2 (4.88%) PCI DSS
5 2 (4.88%) SOC 2
6 1 (2.44%) HIPAA
6 1 (2.44%) NCSC
6 1 (2.44%) QA
6 1 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (9.76%) Terraform
2 3 (7.32%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (4.88%) Grafana
3 2 (4.88%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (4.88%) Progress Chef
3 2 (4.88%) Prometheus
4 1 (2.44%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
1 4 (9.76%) Palo Alto
2 3 (7.32%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (7.32%) Splunk
3 2 (4.88%) Cisco
3 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.88%) VMware
4 1 (2.44%) ForgeRock
4 1 (2.44%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.44%) Imperva
4 1 (2.44%) Ping Identity
4 1 (2.44%) Qualys
4 1 (2.44%) Tenable