Information Security Engineer Jobs in London

Information Security Engineer
England > London

The median Information Security Engineer salary in London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

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

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 504 591
Rank change year-on-year +125 +87 +318
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Engineer 13 8 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.10% 0.034% 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.036% 0.063%
Number of salaries quoted 5 8 20
10th Percentile £54,250 - £47,375
25th Percentile £55,000 £71,250 £52,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% -6.45% +24.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £90,313 £83,125
90th Percentile £69,000 £93,875 £87,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £72,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +22.88% +2.61%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,289 22,453 31,519
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.39% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,829 16,734 23,288
10th Percentile £41,200 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,143 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Information Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Engineer in London

Information Security Engineer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Engineer in London.

Salary trend for Information Security Engineer in London

Information Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Engineer in London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security Engineer in London

Information Security Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Central London +35 1 £57,500 -20.69%
Information Security Engineer
England

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Information 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 London region featuring Information Security Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Information Security
2 10 (76.92%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (69.23%) Incident Response
4 8 (61.54%) Data Protection
5 7 (53.85%) Telecoms
5 7 (53.85%) Python
5 7 (53.85%) Security Architecture
5 7 (53.85%) Security Operations
5 7 (53.85%) Cyber Intelligence
5 7 (53.85%) Task Automation
5 7 (53.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (53.85%) Vulnerability Management
5 7 (53.85%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 6 (46.15%) Threat Detection
6 6 (46.15%) SMTP
6 6 (46.15%) HTTP
6 6 (46.15%) TCP/IP
6 6 (46.15%) DNS
6 6 (46.15%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (46.15%) Google
6 6 (46.15%) Law
6 6 (46.15%) Degree
7 4 (30.77%) SIEM
8 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (23.08%) DevOps
8 3 (23.08%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (23.08%) AWS
9 2 (15.38%) SOAR
9 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) DNS
1 6 (46.15%) HTTP
1 6 (46.15%) SMTP
1 6 (46.15%) TCP/IP
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 2 (15.38%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (7.69%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) GIS
General
1 7 (53.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 7 (53.85%) Telecoms
2 6 (46.15%) Law
2 6 (46.15%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 2 (15.38%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Cybercrime
3 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Information Security
2 10 (76.92%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (69.23%) Incident Response
4 8 (61.54%) Data Protection
5 7 (53.85%) Cyber Intelligence
5 7 (53.85%) Security Architecture
5 7 (53.85%) Security Operations
5 7 (53.85%) Task Automation
5 7 (53.85%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 7 (53.85%) Vulnerability Management
6 6 (46.15%) Threat Detection
7 4 (30.77%) SIEM
8 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (23.08%) DevOps
8 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (15.38%) Critical Thinking
9 2 (15.38%) Innovative Thinking
9 2 (15.38%) Insurtech
9 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
9 2 (15.38%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) Bash
2 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (15.38%) GDPR
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Google
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Splunk
3 1 (7.69%) Checkmarx