Security Engineer Job Trends in Hillingdon

Security Engineer
West London > Hillingdon

The median Security Engineer salary in Hillingdon is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 July 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Hillingdon 1.68% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.74% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £73,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West London median annual salary £35,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Hillingdon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hillingdon. 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 Hillingdon with a recognized job title 172 45 170
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.09% 91.84% 91.40%
Number of salaries quoted 113 25 82
10th Percentile £32,750 £42,600 £26,075
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £28,544
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +50.00% -17.84%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
West London median annual salary £50,000 £53,175 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.97% +6.35% -

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon.

Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Hillingdon

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Hillingdon

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Hillingdon.

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Hillingdon

Security Engineer
Job Locations in Hillingdon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
Uxbridge - 3 £72,500 - 1
Security Engineer
West London

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon

For the 6 months to 2 July 2026, 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 Hillingdon region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 3 (100.00%) Qualys
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
1 3 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SOC 2
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk
1 3 (100.00%) Tenable
1 3 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 3 (100.00%) Zero Trust

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (100.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 3 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 3 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
1 3 (100.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (100.00%) Qualys
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk
1 3 (100.00%) Tenable