Security Engineer Jobs in London

Security Engineer
England > London

The median Security Engineer salary in London is £75,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 275 250 284
Rank change year-on-year -25 +34 +181
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 138 276 336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.04% 1.18% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 1.25% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 105 225 275
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £61,250 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,500 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.63% - +10.34%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £113,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,783 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.40% -10.31% +3.70%

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 12,123 22,059 27,518
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.56% 94.39% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 7,433 16,017 21,601
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.66% -12.42% -

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in London

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in London.

Salary trend for Security Engineer in London

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in London over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

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 July 2025. 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 -1 23 £82,500 +3.13% 22
South London - 7 £50,000 - 7
East London - 1 £63,000 - 11
Security Engineer
England

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 July 2025, Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 66 (47.83%) Azure
2 60 (43.48%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (31.16%) Cloud Security
4 41 (29.71%) PowerShell
4 41 (29.71%) Microsoft
5 39 (28.26%) Python
5 39 (28.26%) Vulnerability Management
6 37 (26.81%) NIST
7 36 (26.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 35 (25.36%) Finance
8 35 (25.36%) CI/CD
9 34 (24.64%) AWS
10 32 (23.19%) Social Skills
11 29 (21.01%) Firewall
12 28 (20.29%) Information Security
13 27 (19.57%) Degree
13 27 (19.57%) Incident Response
13 27 (19.57%) DevSecOps
14 26 (18.84%) DevOps
15 25 (18.12%) SIEM
16 23 (16.67%) Security Operations
17 22 (15.94%) Security Architecture
18 21 (15.22%) Law
18 21 (15.22%) Application Security
19 20 (14.49%) Security Posture
19 20 (14.49%) Threat Modelling
19 20 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
19 20 (14.49%) Windows
20 19 (13.77%) Entra ID
20 19 (13.77%) Vulnerability Remediation

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.72%) Apache
2 1 (0.72%) IIS
2 1 (0.72%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.72%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.45%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 66 (47.83%) Azure
2 34 (24.64%) AWS
3 19 (13.77%) Entra ID
4 16 (11.59%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (11.59%) PaaS
5 12 (8.70%) GCP
6 8 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (5.07%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (3.62%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.90%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (2.90%) OneDrive
10 3 (2.17%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 3 (2.17%) AWS CloudTrail
10 3 (2.17%) IaaS
10 3 (2.17%) IBM Cloud
10 3 (2.17%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.17%) SaaS
10 3 (2.17%) Serverless
10 3 (2.17%) Slack
11 2 (1.45%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 29 (21.01%) Firewall
2 15 (10.87%) Network Security
3 11 (7.97%) DNS
4 9 (6.52%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (6.52%) TCP/IP
5 7 (5.07%) HTTP
6 6 (4.35%) SMTP
7 4 (2.90%) DHCP
7 4 (2.90%) Wireless
8 3 (2.17%) VPN
8 3 (2.17%) WAN
9 2 (1.45%) NAS
9 2 (1.45%) SAN
9 2 (1.45%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.45%) SSL
10 1 (0.72%) DKIM
10 1 (0.72%) DMARC
10 1 (0.72%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.72%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.72%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.45%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.72%) FileMaker
2 1 (0.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (4.35%) Git
2 4 (2.90%) JIRA
3 1 (0.72%) GitLab
General
1 35 (25.36%) Finance
2 32 (23.19%) Social Skills
3 21 (15.22%) Law
4 16 (11.59%) Banking
5 12 (8.70%) Telecoms
6 10 (7.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (5.07%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (4.35%) Legal
8 6 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.90%) Marketing
11 2 (1.45%) Games
11 2 (1.45%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.45%) Retail
12 1 (0.72%) Electronics
12 1 (0.72%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.72%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.97%) YAML
2 5 (3.62%) GraphQL
2 5 (3.62%) REST
3 3 (2.17%) Middleware
3 3 (2.17%) SailPoint
4 2 (1.45%) .NET
4 2 (1.45%) Kafka
4 2 (1.45%) OAuth
5 1 (0.72%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.72%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.72%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.72%) JSON
5 1 (0.72%) LDAP
5 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.72%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.72%) React
5 1 (0.72%) SAML
5 1 (0.72%) SLSA
5 1 (0.72%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 20 (14.49%) Security Posture
2 16 (11.59%) CCTV
3 14 (10.14%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (10.14%) Management Information System
4 12 (8.70%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (5.80%) Cloud Native
6 6 (4.35%) PKI
7 5 (3.62%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.90%) Mobile App
9 3 (2.17%) Algorithms
9 3 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (2.17%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (2.17%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.45%) Cyberattack
10 2 (1.45%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.45%) Driving Licence
10 2 (1.45%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.49%) Windows
2 10 (7.25%) Linux
3 9 (6.52%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (2.17%) VMS
4 3 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.45%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.72%) Unix
6 1 (0.72%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (43.48%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (31.16%) Cloud Security
3 39 (28.26%) Vulnerability Management
4 35 (25.36%) CI/CD
5 28 (20.29%) Information Security
6 27 (19.57%) DevSecOps
6 27 (19.57%) Incident Response
7 26 (18.84%) DevOps
8 25 (18.12%) SIEM
9 23 (16.67%) Security Operations
10 22 (15.94%) Security Architecture
11 21 (15.22%) Application Security
12 20 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
12 20 (14.49%) Threat Modelling
13 19 (13.77%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 18 (13.04%) Agile
14 18 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 18 (13.04%) Penetration Testing
15 17 (12.32%) SDLC
15 17 (12.32%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 41 (29.71%) PowerShell
2 39 (28.26%) Python
3 10 (7.25%) Java
4 9 (6.52%) Bash
4 9 (6.52%) Go
5 8 (5.80%) Perl
6 3 (2.17%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.17%) SQL
7 2 (1.45%) Bicep
8 1 (0.72%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (19.57%) Degree
2 10 (7.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (6.52%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (6.52%) CISSP
4 7 (5.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 7 (5.07%) Master's Degree
5 6 (4.35%) CCSP
6 5 (3.62%) AWS Certification
6 5 (3.62%) CCSK
7 4 (2.90%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.17%) CISM
9 2 (1.45%) CCNA
9 2 (1.45%) CCNP
9 2 (1.45%) CEH
9 2 (1.45%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.45%) GSEC
9 2 (1.45%) OSCP
9 2 (1.45%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (26.81%) NIST
2 36 (26.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (9.42%) GDPR
4 9 (6.52%) NCSC
5 8 (5.80%) Accessibility
6 7 (5.07%) PCI DSS
7 6 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (2.17%) SOC 2
9 2 (1.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.72%) GRC
10 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (5.07%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (3.62%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.90%) Firmware
4 4 (2.90%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.17%) vSphere
6 2 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.72%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 16 (11.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (7.97%) Terraform
3 7 (5.07%) Ansible
3 7 (5.07%) Kubernetes
4 6 (4.35%) SCCM
4 6 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (2.90%) Nessus
6 3 (2.17%) CASB
7 2 (1.45%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (1.45%) Mesos
8 1 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.72%) Grafana
8 1 (0.72%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.72%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.72%) WMI
Vendors
1 41 (29.71%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.42%) VMware
3 9 (6.52%) Google
4 8 (5.80%) Cisco
4 8 (5.80%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.35%) CrowdStrike
5 6 (4.35%) Okta
6 5 (3.62%) Splunk
7 4 (2.90%) Tenable
8 3 (2.17%) CyberArk
8 3 (2.17%) Dell
8 3 (2.17%) Extreme Networks
8 3 (2.17%) IBM
8 3 (2.17%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.17%) Symantec
8 3 (2.17%) Zscaler
9 2 (1.45%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.45%) EMC
9 2 (1.45%) SonicWALL
9 2 (1.45%) Sophos