Security Engineer Job Trends in London

Security Engineer
England > London

The median Security Engineer salary in London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 270 256
Rank change year-on-year +80 -14 +69
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 242 126 287
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.14% 1.03% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 1.14% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 188 96 246
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £59,688 £57,188 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £91,563 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% -8.33% -14.29%

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.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 19,710 11,054 23,192
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 90.49% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 13,587 6,953 17,198
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,100 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,239 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.45% +9.52% -13.32%

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 job vacancy trend in London

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies 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 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in London

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 13 June 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 +24 45 £75,000 -10.45% 23
West London - 13 £35,000 - 5
East London -2 6 £82,500 +30.95% 5
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 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.

1 125 (51.65%) Cloud Security
2 99 (40.91%) Azure
3 98 (40.50%) AWS
4 93 (38.43%) Cybersecurity
5 69 (28.51%) Python
6 62 (25.62%) Terraform
7 61 (25.21%) Security Architecture
8 60 (24.79%) CI/CD
9 59 (24.38%) Incident Response
10 58 (23.97%) Infrastructure as Code
11 55 (22.73%) Information Security
12 53 (21.90%) Microsoft
13 41 (16.94%) Network Security
14 40 (16.53%) CISSP
15 39 (16.12%) DevOps
16 38 (15.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
17 37 (15.29%) Microsoft 365
17 37 (15.29%) NIST
18 36 (14.88%) Degree
18 36 (14.88%) DevSecOps
18 36 (14.88%) Security Operations
18 36 (14.88%) Software Engineering
19 35 (14.46%) AI
19 35 (14.46%) Firewall
19 35 (14.46%) SIEM
20 34 (14.05%) Zero Trust
21 31 (12.81%) GCP
21 31 (12.81%) PowerShell
22 30 (12.40%) Vulnerability Scanning
23 29 (11.98%) Problem-Solving

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.24%) Apache
1 3 (1.24%) Apache Spark
1 3 (1.24%) Jupyter
1 3 (1.24%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 99 (40.91%) Azure
2 98 (40.50%) AWS
3 37 (15.29%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (12.81%) GCP
5 23 (9.50%) GitHub
6 17 (7.02%) Azure Sentinel
6 17 (7.02%) Entra ID
7 16 (6.61%) AWS CloudFormation
7 16 (6.61%) GitHub Actions
8 15 (6.20%) SaaS
9 11 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
9 11 (4.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 9 (3.72%) Amazon S3
11 8 (3.31%) Mimecast
12 7 (2.89%) IaaS
12 7 (2.89%) PaaS
13 6 (2.48%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 5 (2.07%) AWS Lambda
14 5 (2.07%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (2.07%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 41 (16.94%) Network Security
2 35 (14.46%) Firewall
3 15 (6.20%) VPN
4 9 (3.72%) BGP
5 8 (3.31%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (2.89%) OSPF
6 7 (2.89%) VLAN
7 4 (1.65%) BIG-IP
7 4 (1.65%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (1.65%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (1.65%) EIGRP
7 4 (1.65%) IPv4
7 4 (1.65%) MPLS
7 4 (1.65%) Multicast
7 4 (1.65%) NX-OS
7 4 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.24%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (1.24%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.24%) Wireless
8 3 (1.24%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.48%) Tableau
2 4 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.24%) Airbyte
3 3 (1.24%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (9.09%) GitLab
2 13 (5.37%) TeamCity
3 3 (1.24%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.83%) Git
5 1 (0.41%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.41%) IDA Disassembler
5 1 (0.41%) Selenium
General
1 41 (16.94%) Finance
1 41 (16.94%) Social Skills
2 23 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (7.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (7.02%) Banking
5 16 (6.61%) Retail
6 12 (4.96%) Legal
7 10 (4.13%) Law
8 7 (2.89%) Cyber-Physical System
9 5 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.07%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.83%) Advertising
10 2 (0.83%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.41%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.41%) Digital Healthcare
11 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.41%) Games
11 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.72%) eBPF
2 8 (3.31%) Node.js
3 6 (2.48%) OAuth
4 4 (1.65%) OpenID
5 3 (1.24%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (1.24%) REST
5 3 (1.24%) RESTful
5 3 (1.24%) SAML
6 2 (0.83%) JSON
6 2 (0.83%) Middleware
7 1 (0.41%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.41%) Django
7 1 (0.41%) JWT
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.41%) NestJS
7 1 (0.41%) Next.js
7 1 (0.41%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 47 (19.42%) Security Posture
2 39 (16.12%) Cloud Native
3 22 (9.09%) Management Information System
4 19 (7.85%) Cloud Security Posture
5 16 (6.61%) PKI
6 13 (5.37%) Hedge funds
7 12 (4.96%) CCTV
8 10 (4.13%) Operational Technology
9 7 (2.89%) AI Agents
9 7 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (2.48%) Blog
11 4 (1.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (1.24%) Data Centre
12 3 (1.24%) Product Ownership
12 3 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
13 2 (0.83%) Cyberattack
13 2 (0.83%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.44%) Windows
2 10 (4.13%) Linux
3 9 (3.72%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.89%) Unix
5 4 (1.65%) Android
6 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (51.65%) Cloud Security
2 93 (38.43%) Cybersecurity
3 61 (25.21%) Security Architecture
4 60 (24.79%) CI/CD
5 59 (24.38%) Incident Response
6 58 (23.97%) Infrastructure as Code
7 55 (22.73%) Information Security
8 39 (16.12%) DevOps
9 36 (14.88%) DevSecOps
9 36 (14.88%) Security Operations
9 36 (14.88%) Software Engineering
10 35 (14.46%) AI
10 35 (14.46%) SIEM
11 34 (14.05%) Zero Trust
12 30 (12.40%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 29 (11.98%) Problem-Solving
14 25 (10.33%) Cryptography
15 24 (9.92%) Computer Science
15 24 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
16 23 (9.50%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 69 (28.51%) Python
2 31 (12.81%) PowerShell
3 25 (10.33%) Bash
4 14 (5.79%) Go
5 9 (3.72%) SQL
6 6 (2.48%) Java
6 6 (2.48%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.24%) C++
7 3 (1.24%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.24%) Scala
8 2 (0.83%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.83%) Search Processing Language
8 2 (0.83%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.41%) Bicep
9 1 (0.41%) C
9 1 (0.41%) C#
Qualifications
1 40 (16.53%) CISSP
2 36 (14.88%) Degree
3 19 (7.85%) Security Cleared
4 17 (7.02%) AWS Certification
5 16 (6.61%) CEH
6 12 (4.96%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (4.96%) Master's Degree
7 10 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (4.13%) DV Cleared
8 9 (3.72%) SC Cleared
9 8 (3.31%) CompTIA CySA+
9 8 (3.31%) DBS Check
10 7 (2.89%) CCSK
11 6 (2.48%) CISA
12 5 (2.07%) CCNA
12 5 (2.07%) CCNP
12 5 (2.07%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (1.65%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (15.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (15.29%) NIST
3 15 (6.20%) GRC
4 13 (5.37%) SOC 2
5 10 (4.13%) PCI DSS
6 8 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (2.89%) Accessibility
8 6 (2.48%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (2.07%) GDPR
10 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.24%) QA
11 2 (0.83%) COBIT
11 2 (0.83%) NCSC
12 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 5 (2.07%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.41%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 62 (25.62%) Terraform
2 22 (9.09%) Kubernetes
3 13 (5.37%) Cilium
4 9 (3.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (3.72%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (2.48%) QRadar
6 5 (2.07%) Ansible
6 5 (2.07%) Grafana
6 5 (2.07%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.65%) HP Fortify
8 3 (1.24%) Kibana
9 1 (0.41%) CASB
9 1 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 53 (21.90%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.50%) CrowdStrike
3 22 (9.09%) Palo Alto
4 18 (7.44%) Cisco
5 13 (5.37%) Google
5 13 (5.37%) iManage
6 12 (4.96%) CyberArk
6 12 (4.96%) Rapid7
7 8 (3.31%) Qualys
7 8 (3.31%) Thales
8 7 (2.89%) Meraki
9 5 (2.07%) Oracle
9 5 (2.07%) ServiceNow
9 5 (2.07%) Sophos
10 4 (1.65%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.65%) F5
10 4 (1.65%) Splunk
11 3 (1.24%) Apple
11 3 (1.24%) Arista
12 2 (0.83%) Darktrace