Security Engineer Job Trends in London
Security Engineer
England > London
The median Security Engineer salary in London is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 193 | 253 | 235 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +60 | -18 | +16 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer | 305 | 133 | 228 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in London | 1.16% | 1.13% | 1.27% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.26% | 1.25% | 1.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 220 | 105 | 159 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £45,000 | £46,713 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,939 | £55,000 | £70,650 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,500 | £70,000 | £85,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.57% | -17.65% | +6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £83,750 | £90,000 | £95,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,125 | £96,500 | £100,000 |
| England median annual salary | £60,000 | £59,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.69% | -5.60% | - |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
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.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title | 24,219 | 10,667 | 17,046 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 92.42% | 90.95% | 95.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16,067 | 6,965 | 10,633 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £36,250 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £55,000 | £51,250 | £53,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £72,500 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.45% | -3.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £100,000 | £95,000 | £95,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| England median annual salary | £59,000 | £55,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.27% | -4.35% | -4.17% |
Security Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in London
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 London.
Security Engineer Salary Trend in London
Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in London.
Security Engineer Salary Histogram in London
Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in London over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.
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 Security Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 16 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central London | +11 | 28 | £72,500 | -3.33% | 74 |
| West London | - | 23 | £35,000 | - | 7 |
| South London | +5 | 15 | £60,000 | +20.00% | 8 |
| East London | +1 | 13 | £55,000 | -12.70% | 1 |
| North London | - | 1 | £36,500 | - | 1 |
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Security Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London
For the 6 months to 16 October 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 London region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cybersecurity | 38.0% | 116 |
| 2 | Cloud Security | 26.9% | 82 |
| 3 | Microsoft | 25.2% | 77 |
| 4 | AWS | 24.9% | 76 |
| 5 | Azure | 22.3% | 68 |
| 6 | Security Operations | 22.0% | 67 |
| 7 | Incident Response | 20.7% | 63 |
| 8 | Python | 19.0% | 58 |
| 9 | Vulnerability Management | 18.4% | 56 |
| 10 | AI | 18.0% | 55 |
| 11 | ISO/IEC 27001 | 17.7% | 54 |
| 12 | Firewall | 17.4% | 53 |
| 12 | Network Security | 17.4% | 53 |
| 14 | CI/CD | 16.4% | 50 |
| 15 | Entra ID | 16.1% | 49 |
| 15 | Infrastructure as Code | 16.1% | 49 |
| 15 | Terraform | 16.1% | 49 |
| 18 | Problem-Solving | 15.4% | 47 |
| 19 | Software Engineering | 14.4% | 44 |
| 19 | VPN | 14.4% | 44 |
| 21 | CISSP | 14.1% | 43 |
| 21 | SIEM | 14.1% | 43 |
| 23 | NIST | 13.8% | 42 |
| 24 | Information Security | 12.5% | 38 |
| 24 | Security Architecture | 12.5% | 38 |
| 26 | DevSecOps | 11.8% | 36 |
| 26 | Threat Modelling | 11.8% | 36 |
| 26 | Zero Trust | 11.8% | 36 |
| 29 | Infrastructure Engineering | 11.5% | 35 |
| 30 | Application Security | 10.8% | 33 |
Security Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cybersecurity Engineer | 19.7% | 60 |
| 2 | Cloud Engineer | 17.7% | 54 |
| 3 | Senior Security Engineer | 16.4% | 50 |
| 4 | Systems Engineer | 14.8% | 45 |
| 5 | Cloud Security Engineer | 10.2% | 31 |
| 6 | Network Security Engineer | 6.9% | 21 |
| 7 | Network Engineer | 6.2% | 19 |
| 7 | Software Engineer | 6.2% | 19 |
| 9 | AWS Engineer | 5.9% | 18 |
| 9 | Infrastructure Security Engineer | 5.9% | 18 |
| 11 | Senior Cloud Engineer | 5.6% | 17 |
| 12 | Platform Engineer | 5.2% | 16 |
| 13 | GCP Engineer | 4.9% | 15 |
| 14 | Operations Engineer | 4.3% | 13 |
| 15 | Applications Engineer | 3.9% | 12 |
| 15 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 3.9% | 12 |
| 17 | IT Security Engineer | 3.6% | 11 |
| 18 | Automation Engineer | 3.0% | 9 |
| 18 | Research Engineer | 3.0% | 9 |
| 20 | JavaScript Engineer | 2.6% | 8 |