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 25 June 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 264 262
Rank change year-on-year +59 -2 +38
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 251 127 283
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.16% 1.04% 1.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 1.15% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 198 98 240
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,150 £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 £89,688 £92,188 £91,063
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% -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 20,144 11,087 23,145
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 90.91% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 13,871 7,045 17,186
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,283
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 25 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 25 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 +19 47 £75,000 -9.09% 17
West London - 15 £35,000 - 6
East London +6 6 £82,500 +30.95% 4
South London +11 1 £45,000 -10.00% 10
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 (51.00%) Cloud Security
2 103 (41.04%) Azure
3 98 (39.04%) AWS
4 97 (38.65%) Cybersecurity
5 69 (27.49%) Python
6 64 (25.50%) Terraform
7 60 (23.90%) CI/CD
8 59 (23.51%) Security Architecture
9 58 (23.11%) Incident Response
9 58 (23.11%) Infrastructure as Code
10 57 (22.71%) Microsoft
11 56 (22.31%) Information Security
12 44 (17.53%) Network Security
13 42 (16.73%) Security Operations
14 40 (15.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 39 (15.54%) AI
15 39 (15.54%) CISSP
15 39 (15.54%) DevOps
15 39 (15.54%) Firewall
15 39 (15.54%) Microsoft 365
16 38 (15.14%) Software Engineering
17 37 (14.74%) Degree
17 37 (14.74%) DevSecOps
17 37 (14.74%) NIST
18 36 (14.34%) SIEM
19 34 (13.55%) Zero Trust
20 33 (13.15%) PowerShell
21 32 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
22 31 (12.35%) GCP
23 28 (11.16%) 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 (1.20%) Apache
1 3 (1.20%) Apache Spark
1 3 (1.20%) Jupyter
1 3 (1.20%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 103 (41.04%) Azure
2 98 (39.04%) AWS
3 39 (15.54%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (12.35%) GCP
5 24 (9.56%) GitHub
6 19 (7.57%) Azure Sentinel
6 19 (7.57%) Entra ID
7 17 (6.77%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (5.58%) AWS CloudFormation
8 14 (5.58%) SaaS
9 12 (4.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (4.38%) Amazon S3
10 11 (4.38%) Microsoft Purview
11 8 (3.19%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 8 (3.19%) Mimecast
12 7 (2.79%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (2.79%) OCI
13 6 (2.39%) Amazon ELB
13 6 (2.39%) AWS CloudTrail
13 6 (2.39%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (17.53%) Network Security
2 39 (15.54%) Firewall
3 19 (7.57%) VPN
4 10 (3.98%) BGP
5 8 (3.19%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (2.79%) OSPF
6 7 (2.79%) VLAN
7 4 (1.59%) BIG-IP
7 4 (1.59%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (1.59%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (1.59%) EIGRP
7 4 (1.59%) IPv4
7 4 (1.59%) MPLS
7 4 (1.59%) Multicast
7 4 (1.59%) NX-OS
7 4 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.20%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (1.20%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.20%) Wireless
8 3 (1.20%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.99%) Tableau
3 3 (1.20%) Airbyte
3 3 (1.20%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (7.97%) GitLab
2 13 (5.18%) TeamCity
3 4 (1.59%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.80%) 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 42 (16.73%) Finance
1 42 (16.73%) Social Skills
2 24 (9.56%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (7.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (7.17%) Banking
5 16 (6.37%) Retail
6 11 (4.38%) Legal
7 10 (3.98%) Law
8 7 (2.79%) Cyber-Physical System
9 5 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.99%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.80%) Advertising
10 2 (0.80%) Digital Health
10 2 (0.80%) Digital Healthcare
11 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.40%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.40%) Games
11 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.59%) eBPF
2 8 (3.19%) Node.js
3 6 (2.39%) OAuth
4 4 (1.59%) OpenID
5 3 (1.20%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (1.20%) REST
5 3 (1.20%) RESTful
5 3 (1.20%) SAML
6 2 (0.80%) JSON
6 2 (0.80%) 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 45 (17.93%) Security Posture
2 40 (15.94%) Cloud Native
3 21 (8.37%) Management Information System
4 18 (7.17%) Cloud Security Posture
4 18 (7.17%) PKI
5 11 (4.38%) Hedge funds
6 10 (3.98%) Operational Technology
7 9 (3.59%) CCTV
8 7 (2.79%) AI Agents
8 7 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.39%) Blog
9 6 (2.39%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.59%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.20%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
12 2 (0.80%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.80%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.77%) Windows
2 10 (3.98%) Linux
3 8 (3.19%) Mac OS
4 6 (2.39%) Unix
5 2 (0.80%) Android
5 2 (0.80%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.80%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (51.00%) Cloud Security
2 97 (38.65%) Cybersecurity
3 60 (23.90%) CI/CD
4 59 (23.51%) Security Architecture
5 58 (23.11%) Incident Response
5 58 (23.11%) Infrastructure as Code
6 56 (22.31%) Information Security
7 42 (16.73%) Security Operations
8 39 (15.54%) AI
8 39 (15.54%) DevOps
9 38 (15.14%) Software Engineering
10 37 (14.74%) DevSecOps
11 36 (14.34%) SIEM
12 34 (13.55%) Zero Trust
13 32 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
14 28 (11.16%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 25 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
15 25 (9.96%) Vulnerability Management
16 24 (9.56%) Computer Science
16 24 (9.56%) Cryptography
Programming Languages
1 69 (27.49%) Python
2 33 (13.15%) PowerShell
3 25 (9.96%) Bash
4 14 (5.58%) Go
5 8 (3.19%) SQL
6 6 (2.39%) Java
6 6 (2.39%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.20%) C++
7 3 (1.20%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.20%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.20%) Scala
8 2 (0.80%) Search Processing Language
8 2 (0.80%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.40%) Bicep
9 1 (0.40%) C
9 1 (0.40%) C#
Qualifications
1 39 (15.54%) CISSP
2 37 (14.74%) Degree
3 19 (7.57%) AWS Certification
3 19 (7.57%) Security Cleared
4 16 (6.37%) CEH
5 14 (5.58%) Master's Degree
6 12 (4.78%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (3.98%) DV Cleared
8 9 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (3.59%) SC Cleared
9 8 (3.19%) DBS Check
10 7 (2.79%) CompTIA CySA+
11 6 (2.39%) CCSK
12 5 (1.99%) CCNA
12 5 (1.99%) CCNP
12 5 (1.99%) CISA
12 5 (1.99%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (1.59%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (15.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (14.74%) NIST
3 15 (5.98%) GRC
3 15 (5.98%) SOC 2
4 10 (3.98%) PCI DSS
5 8 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 7 (2.79%) Accessibility
7 6 (2.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.39%) GDPR
8 5 (1.99%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.20%) QA
10 2 (0.80%) COBIT
10 2 (0.80%) NCSC
11 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 5 (1.99%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.40%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 64 (25.50%) Terraform
2 23 (9.16%) Kubernetes
3 13 (5.18%) Cilium
4 12 (4.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (4.38%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (2.39%) Ansible
6 6 (2.39%) QRadar
7 5 (1.99%) Grafana
7 5 (1.99%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.59%) HP Fortify
9 3 (1.20%) Kibana
9 3 (1.20%) SCCM
10 1 (0.40%) CASB
10 1 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 57 (22.71%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.56%) Palo Alto
3 23 (9.16%) CrowdStrike
4 19 (7.57%) Cisco
5 13 (5.18%) iManage
6 12 (4.78%) CyberArk
6 12 (4.78%) Rapid7
7 11 (4.38%) Google
8 10 (3.98%) Qualys
9 8 (3.19%) Thales
10 7 (2.79%) Meraki
10 7 (2.79%) Oracle
11 6 (2.39%) Splunk
12 5 (1.99%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.99%) Sophos
13 4 (1.59%) Arista
13 4 (1.59%) CheckPoint
13 4 (1.59%) F5
13 4 (1.59%) Tenable
14 3 (1.20%) Apple