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 26 June 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 267 249
Rank change year-on-year +73 -18 +46
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 253 127 284
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.16% 1.04% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 1.15% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 199 98 240
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,300 £57,500 £58,757
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £89,375 £92,188 £91,063
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £60,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.96% -13.57%

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 20,162 11,078 23,013
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 90.90% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 13,876 7,040 17,075
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £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 £98,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -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 26 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 26 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 +23 47 £75,000 -9.09% 10
West London - 15 £35,000 - 7
East London +6 6 £82,500 +30.95% 4
South London +14 1 £45,000 -10.00% 9
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 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.

1 128 (50.59%) Cloud Security
2 104 (41.11%) Azure
3 98 (38.74%) AWS
4 97 (38.34%) Cybersecurity
5 69 (27.27%) Python
6 64 (25.30%) Terraform
7 60 (23.72%) CI/CD
8 59 (23.32%) Incident Response
8 59 (23.32%) Security Architecture
9 58 (22.92%) Infrastructure as Code
9 58 (22.92%) Microsoft
10 56 (22.13%) Information Security
11 44 (17.39%) Network Security
12 43 (17.00%) Security Operations
13 40 (15.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 40 (15.81%) Microsoft 365
14 39 (15.42%) AI
14 39 (15.42%) CISSP
14 39 (15.42%) DevOps
14 39 (15.42%) Firewall
15 38 (15.02%) Software Engineering
16 37 (14.62%) Degree
16 37 (14.62%) DevSecOps
16 37 (14.62%) NIST
16 37 (14.62%) SIEM
17 34 (13.44%) PowerShell
17 34 (13.44%) Zero Trust
18 33 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
19 31 (12.25%) GCP
20 28 (11.07%) Vulnerability Scanning

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 (1.19%) Apache
1 3 (1.19%) Apache Spark
1 3 (1.19%) Jupyter
1 3 (1.19%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 104 (41.11%) Azure
2 98 (38.74%) AWS
3 40 (15.81%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (12.25%) GCP
5 24 (9.49%) GitHub
6 19 (7.51%) Azure Sentinel
6 19 (7.51%) Entra ID
7 17 (6.72%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (5.53%) AWS CloudFormation
8 14 (5.53%) SaaS
9 12 (4.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (4.35%) Amazon S3
10 11 (4.35%) Microsoft Purview
11 8 (3.16%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 8 (3.16%) Mimecast
11 8 (3.16%) OCI
12 7 (2.77%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (2.37%) Amazon ELB
13 6 (2.37%) AWS CloudTrail
13 6 (2.37%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (17.39%) Network Security
2 39 (15.42%) Firewall
3 19 (7.51%) VPN
4 10 (3.95%) BGP
5 8 (3.16%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (2.77%) OSPF
6 7 (2.77%) VLAN
7 4 (1.58%) BIG-IP
7 4 (1.58%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (1.58%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (1.58%) EIGRP
7 4 (1.58%) IPv4
7 4 (1.58%) MPLS
7 4 (1.58%) Multicast
7 4 (1.58%) NX-OS
7 4 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.19%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (1.19%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.19%) Wireless
8 3 (1.19%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.37%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.98%) Tableau
3 3 (1.19%) Airbyte
3 3 (1.19%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (7.91%) GitLab
2 13 (5.14%) TeamCity
3 4 (1.58%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.79%) Git
5 1 (0.40%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.40%) IDA Disassembler
5 1 (0.40%) Selenium
General
1 43 (17.00%) Finance
2 42 (16.60%) Social Skills
3 24 (9.49%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (7.11%) Banking
6 16 (6.32%) Retail
7 11 (4.35%) Legal
8 10 (3.95%) Law
9 7 (2.77%) Cyber-Physical System
10 5 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.98%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.79%) Advertising
11 2 (0.79%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.79%) Digital Health
11 2 (0.79%) Digital Healthcare
12 1 (0.40%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.40%) Games
12 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.56%) eBPF
2 8 (3.16%) Node.js
3 6 (2.37%) OAuth
4 4 (1.58%) OpenID
5 3 (1.19%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (1.19%) REST
5 3 (1.19%) RESTful
5 3 (1.19%) SAML
6 2 (0.79%) JSON
6 2 (0.79%) Middleware
7 1 (0.40%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.40%) Django
7 1 (0.40%) JWT
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.40%) NestJS
7 1 (0.40%) Next.js
7 1 (0.40%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 46 (18.18%) Security Posture
2 40 (15.81%) Cloud Native
3 21 (8.30%) Management Information System
4 18 (7.11%) Cloud Security Posture
4 18 (7.11%) PKI
5 11 (4.35%) Hedge funds
6 10 (3.95%) Operational Technology
7 9 (3.56%) CCTV
8 7 (2.77%) AI Agents
8 7 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.37%) Blog
9 6 (2.37%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.58%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.19%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
12 2 (0.79%) Cyberattack
12 2 (0.79%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.11%) Windows
2 10 (3.95%) Linux
3 8 (3.16%) Mac OS
4 6 (2.37%) Unix
5 2 (0.79%) Android
5 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (50.59%) Cloud Security
2 97 (38.34%) Cybersecurity
3 60 (23.72%) CI/CD
4 59 (23.32%) Incident Response
4 59 (23.32%) Security Architecture
5 58 (22.92%) Infrastructure as Code
6 56 (22.13%) Information Security
7 43 (17.00%) Security Operations
8 39 (15.42%) AI
8 39 (15.42%) DevOps
9 38 (15.02%) Software Engineering
10 37 (14.62%) DevSecOps
10 37 (14.62%) SIEM
11 34 (13.44%) Zero Trust
12 33 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
13 28 (11.07%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 26 (10.28%) Continuous Improvement
14 26 (10.28%) Vulnerability Management
15 24 (9.49%) Computer Science
15 24 (9.49%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 69 (27.27%) Python
2 34 (13.44%) PowerShell
3 25 (9.88%) Bash
4 14 (5.53%) Go
5 8 (3.16%) SQL
6 6 (2.37%) Java
6 6 (2.37%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.19%) C++
7 3 (1.19%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.19%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.19%) Scala
8 2 (0.79%) Search Processing Language
8 2 (0.79%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.40%) Bicep
9 1 (0.40%) C
9 1 (0.40%) C#
Qualifications
1 39 (15.42%) CISSP
2 37 (14.62%) Degree
3 20 (7.91%) Security Cleared
4 19 (7.51%) AWS Certification
5 16 (6.32%) CEH
6 14 (5.53%) Master's Degree
7 12 (4.74%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (4.35%) DV Cleared
9 9 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (3.56%) SC Cleared
10 8 (3.16%) DBS Check
11 7 (2.77%) CompTIA CySA+
12 6 (2.37%) CCSK
13 5 (1.98%) CCNA
13 5 (1.98%) CCNP
13 5 (1.98%) CISA
13 5 (1.98%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (1.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (1.58%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (15.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (14.62%) NIST
3 15 (5.93%) GRC
3 15 (5.93%) SOC 2
4 10 (3.95%) PCI DSS
5 8 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 7 (2.77%) Accessibility
7 6 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.37%) GDPR
8 5 (1.98%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.19%) QA
10 2 (0.79%) COBIT
10 2 (0.79%) NCSC
11 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 5 (1.98%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.40%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 64 (25.30%) Terraform
2 23 (9.09%) Kubernetes
3 13 (5.14%) Cilium
3 13 (5.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.77%) QRadar
6 6 (2.37%) Ansible
7 5 (1.98%) Grafana
7 5 (1.98%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.58%) HP Fortify
9 3 (1.19%) Kibana
9 3 (1.19%) SCCM
10 1 (0.40%) CASB
10 1 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 58 (22.92%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.49%) Palo Alto
3 23 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
4 19 (7.51%) Cisco
5 13 (5.14%) iManage
6 12 (4.74%) CyberArk
6 12 (4.74%) Rapid7
7 11 (4.35%) Google
7 11 (4.35%) Qualys
8 8 (3.16%) Oracle
8 8 (3.16%) Thales
9 7 (2.77%) Meraki
10 6 (2.37%) ServiceNow
10 6 (2.37%) Sophos
10 6 (2.37%) Splunk
11 4 (1.58%) Arista
11 4 (1.58%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.58%) F5
11 4 (1.58%) Tenable
12 3 (1.19%) Apple