Principal Security Engineer Job Trends in London

Principal Security Engineer
England > London

The median Principal Security Engineer salary in London is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 October 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 452 -
Rank change year-on-year +77 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Security Engineer 3 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.025% 0.032% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.034% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £107,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% - -
England median annual salary £95,000 £107,500 £87,500
% change year-on-year -11.63% +22.86% -12.50%

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 10,716 17,821 20,189
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 95.35% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 6,935 10,961 16,609
10th Percentile £36,750 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £95,125 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Principal Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Principal Security Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Principal Security Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Principal Security Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Principal Security Engineer job vacancies in London

Principal Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 5 October 2025, Principal 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 London region featuring Principal Security Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) CCSP
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) GCIH
1 3 (100.00%) Nmap
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Metasploit
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 3 (100.00%) Rapid7
1 3 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 3 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) Cloudflare
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (100.00%) Red Team
1 3 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 3 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK

Principal Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 3 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 3 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 3 (100.00%) Red Team
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 3 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 3 (100.00%) CCSP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Rapid7