Security Engineer Job Trends in London

Security Engineer
England > London

The median Security Engineer salary in London is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 July 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 257 260
Rank change year-on-year +70 +3 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 256 134 279
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.16% 1.08% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 1.18% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 201 103 231
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,400 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,875 £61,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £91,875 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £62,783
% change year-on-year +13.04% -8.41% -10.31%

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 20,472 11,400 22,302
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 91.49% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 14,105 7,326 16,469
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,288
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,538 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,249 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +6.07% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,000 £52,501
% change year-on-year +2.68% +6.67% -12.50%

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 8 July 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 8 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
Central London +27 46 £75,000 -10.45% 12
West London - 17 £35,000 - 10
East London +2 7 £82,500 +30.95% 3
South London +15 4 £52,500 +5.00% 11
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 London region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 131 (51.17%) Cloud Security
2 104 (40.63%) Azure
3 98 (38.28%) AWS
4 96 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
5 67 (26.17%) Python
6 65 (25.39%) Terraform
7 62 (24.22%) CI/CD
8 61 (23.83%) Security Architecture
9 60 (23.44%) Microsoft
10 59 (23.05%) Incident Response
10 59 (23.05%) Infrastructure as Code
11 57 (22.27%) Information Security
12 47 (18.36%) Network Security
13 46 (17.97%) Security Operations
14 42 (16.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 41 (16.02%) Firewall
16 40 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
17 39 (15.23%) AI
17 39 (15.23%) CISSP
17 39 (15.23%) DevOps
17 39 (15.23%) SIEM
18 38 (14.84%) DevSecOps
18 38 (14.84%) NIST
19 37 (14.45%) Degree
19 37 (14.45%) Software Engineering
20 36 (14.06%) Zero Trust
21 35 (13.67%) PowerShell
21 35 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
22 31 (12.11%) GCP
23 29 (11.33%) Vulnerability Management

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 (1.17%) Apache
1 3 (1.17%) Apache Spark
1 3 (1.17%) Jupyter
1 3 (1.17%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 104 (40.63%) Azure
2 98 (38.28%) AWS
3 40 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (12.11%) GCP
5 24 (9.38%) GitHub
6 21 (8.20%) Entra ID
7 20 (7.81%) Azure Sentinel
8 17 (6.64%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (5.47%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (5.08%) SaaS
11 12 (4.69%) Amazon S3
11 12 (4.69%) Microsoft Purview
11 12 (4.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 9 (3.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 9 (3.52%) OCI
13 8 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (3.13%) Mimecast
14 7 (2.73%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (2.73%) Amazon ELB
14 7 (2.73%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 47 (18.36%) Network Security
2 41 (16.02%) Firewall
3 20 (7.81%) VPN
4 10 (3.91%) BGP
5 8 (3.13%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (2.73%) OSPF
6 7 (2.73%) VLAN
7 4 (1.56%) BIG-IP
7 4 (1.56%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (1.56%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (1.56%) EIGRP
7 4 (1.56%) IPv4
7 4 (1.56%) MPLS
7 4 (1.56%) Multicast
7 4 (1.56%) NX-OS
7 4 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.17%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (1.17%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.17%) Wireless
8 3 (1.17%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.56%) Tableau
3 3 (1.17%) Airbyte
3 3 (1.17%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (7.81%) GitLab
2 13 (5.08%) TeamCity
3 4 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.78%) Git
5 1 (0.39%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.39%) IDA Disassembler
5 1 (0.39%) Selenium
General
1 44 (17.19%) Finance
2 43 (16.80%) Social Skills
3 25 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (7.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (7.03%) Banking
6 16 (6.25%) Retail
7 11 (4.30%) Law
7 11 (4.30%) Legal
8 7 (2.73%) Cyber-Physical System
9 6 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.95%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.17%) Digital Health
11 3 (1.17%) Digital Healthcare
12 2 (0.78%) Advertising
12 2 (0.78%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.39%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.39%) Games
13 1 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.52%) eBPF
2 8 (3.13%) Node.js
3 6 (2.34%) OAuth
4 4 (1.56%) OpenID
5 3 (1.17%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (1.17%) REST
5 3 (1.17%) RESTful
5 3 (1.17%) SAML
6 2 (0.78%) JSON
6 2 (0.78%) Middleware
7 1 (0.39%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.39%) Django
7 1 (0.39%) JWT
7 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.39%) NestJS
7 1 (0.39%) Next.js
7 1 (0.39%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 47 (18.36%) Security Posture
2 40 (15.63%) Cloud Native
3 20 (7.81%) Management Information System
4 19 (7.42%) Cloud Security Posture
4 19 (7.42%) PKI
5 11 (4.30%) CCTV
6 10 (3.91%) Operational Technology
7 9 (3.52%) Hedge funds
8 7 (2.73%) AI Agents
8 7 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.34%) Blog
9 6 (2.34%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.56%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.17%) NHS
11 3 (1.17%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
12 2 (0.78%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.64%) Windows
2 9 (3.52%) Linux
3 6 (2.34%) Mac OS
4 5 (1.95%) Unix
5 2 (0.78%) Android
5 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (51.17%) Cloud Security
2 96 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
3 62 (24.22%) CI/CD
4 61 (23.83%) Security Architecture
5 59 (23.05%) Incident Response
5 59 (23.05%) Infrastructure as Code
6 57 (22.27%) Information Security
7 46 (17.97%) Security Operations
8 39 (15.23%) AI
8 39 (15.23%) DevOps
8 39 (15.23%) SIEM
9 38 (14.84%) DevSecOps
10 37 (14.45%) Software Engineering
11 36 (14.06%) Zero Trust
12 35 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
13 29 (11.33%) Vulnerability Management
14 28 (10.94%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 27 (10.55%) Continuous Improvement
16 25 (9.77%) Threat Modelling
17 24 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 67 (26.17%) Python
2 35 (13.67%) PowerShell
3 24 (9.38%) Bash
4 14 (5.47%) Go
5 7 (2.73%) Kusto Query Language
5 7 (2.73%) SQL
6 6 (2.34%) Java
7 3 (1.17%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.17%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.17%) Scala
8 2 (0.78%) C++
8 2 (0.78%) Search Processing Language
8 2 (0.78%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.39%) Bicep
9 1 (0.39%) C
9 1 (0.39%) C#
Qualifications
1 39 (15.23%) CISSP
2 37 (14.45%) Degree
3 21 (8.20%) Security Cleared
4 20 (7.81%) AWS Certification
5 16 (6.25%) CEH
6 15 (5.86%) Master's Degree
7 12 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (4.30%) DV Cleared
9 10 (3.91%) SC Cleared
10 8 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (3.13%) DBS Check
11 6 (2.34%) CISM
11 6 (2.34%) CompTIA CySA+
12 5 (1.95%) CCNA
12 5 (1.95%) CCNP
12 5 (1.95%) CCSK
12 5 (1.95%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (1.56%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (16.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (14.84%) NIST
3 16 (6.25%) SOC 2
4 15 (5.86%) GRC
5 10 (3.91%) PCI DSS
6 8 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (2.73%) Accessibility
7 7 (2.73%) GDPR
8 6 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.17%) QA
11 2 (0.78%) COBIT
11 2 (0.78%) NCSC
12 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 5 (1.95%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.39%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 65 (25.39%) Terraform
2 24 (9.38%) Kubernetes
3 14 (5.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (5.08%) Cilium
4 13 (5.08%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.73%) QRadar
6 6 (2.34%) Ansible
7 5 (1.95%) Grafana
7 5 (1.95%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.56%) HP Fortify
8 4 (1.56%) SCCM
9 3 (1.17%) Kibana
10 1 (0.39%) CASB
10 1 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 60 (23.44%) Microsoft
2 26 (10.16%) Palo Alto
3 23 (8.98%) CrowdStrike
4 19 (7.42%) Cisco
5 13 (5.08%) CyberArk
5 13 (5.08%) iManage
6 12 (4.69%) Qualys
6 12 (4.69%) Rapid7
7 10 (3.91%) Google
8 9 (3.52%) Oracle
9 8 (3.13%) Thales
10 7 (2.73%) Meraki
10 7 (2.73%) Splunk
11 6 (2.34%) ServiceNow
11 6 (2.34%) Sophos
12 5 (1.95%) Tenable
13 4 (1.56%) Arista
13 4 (1.56%) CheckPoint
13 4 (1.56%) F5
14 2 (0.78%) Intel