Security Engineer Job Trends in London

Security Engineer
England > London

The median Security Engineer salary in London is £73,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 September 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 255 245
Rank change year-on-year +62 -10 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 282 133 246
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.17% 1.11% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 1.22% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 225 101 189
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £66,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £75,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -9.09% +3.13%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.27% -1.25% -11.11%

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 22,429 10,931 18,469
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 91.36% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 15,433 7,131 12,211
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 +25 37 £73,750 -7.81% 26
West London - 21 £35,000 - 16
South London +7 15 £60,000 +20.00% 8
East London +6 11 £82,500 +30.95% 7
North London - 1 £36,500 -
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 September 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.

1 104 (36.88%) Cloud Security
2 101 (35.82%) Cybersecurity
3 80 (28.37%) Azure
4 78 (27.66%) AWS
5 68 (24.11%) Microsoft
6 59 (20.92%) Incident Response
7 58 (20.57%) Security Operations
8 53 (18.79%) CI/CD
9 50 (17.73%) Python
9 50 (17.73%) Terraform
10 49 (17.38%) Infrastructure as Code
10 49 (17.38%) Security Architecture
11 46 (16.31%) Network Security
12 45 (15.96%) Firewall
13 44 (15.60%) Information Security
13 44 (15.60%) SIEM
14 42 (14.89%) AI
14 42 (14.89%) Software Engineering
15 38 (13.48%) Degree
16 37 (13.12%) Microsoft 365
17 36 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
18 35 (12.41%) CISSP
18 35 (12.41%) Vulnerability Management
19 34 (12.06%) Entra ID
19 34 (12.06%) PowerShell
20 33 (11.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
20 33 (11.70%) Palo Alto
21 32 (11.35%) DevSecOps
22 30 (10.64%) Zero Trust
23 29 (10.28%) DevOps

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 4 (1.42%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.06%) Apache
2 3 (1.06%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.06%) Jupyter
2 3 (1.06%) SAS
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) C-CURE
1 1 (0.35%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 80 (28.37%) Azure
2 78 (27.66%) AWS
3 37 (13.12%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (12.06%) Entra ID
5 21 (7.45%) GitHub
6 20 (7.09%) GCP
7 16 (5.67%) Azure Sentinel
7 16 (5.67%) Microsoft Purview
8 14 (4.96%) Amazon S3
9 13 (4.61%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (4.61%) Mimecast
10 11 (3.90%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 11 (3.90%) OCI
11 9 (3.19%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (3.19%) Amazon ELB
11 9 (3.19%) AWS CloudTrail
11 9 (3.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 8 (2.84%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (2.13%) SaaS
14 5 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 46 (16.31%) Network Security
2 45 (15.96%) Firewall
3 27 (9.57%) VPN
4 10 (3.55%) BGP
5 9 (3.19%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (2.48%) DNS
6 7 (2.48%) OSPF
7 6 (2.13%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (2.13%) VLAN
8 4 (1.42%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (1.42%) EIGRP
9 3 (1.06%) BIG-IP
9 3 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (1.06%) HTTP
9 3 (1.06%) Internet
9 3 (1.06%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (1.06%) IPv4
9 3 (1.06%) Multicast
9 3 (1.06%) NX-OS
9 3 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.19%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.06%) Airbyte
2 3 (1.06%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (3.90%) GitLab
2 9 (3.19%) TeamCity
3 7 (2.48%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.77%) Burp Suite
4 5 (1.77%) Git
5 3 (1.06%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.35%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.35%) JIRA
6 1 (0.35%) Selenium
6 1 (0.35%) Snyk
General
1 44 (15.60%) Social Skills
2 38 (13.48%) Finance
3 22 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (6.74%) Banking
6 18 (6.38%) Retail
7 16 (5.67%) Law
8 13 (4.61%) Legal
9 7 (2.48%) Cyber-Physical System
9 7 (2.48%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.42%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.06%) Digital Health
12 3 (1.06%) Digital Healthcare
12 3 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.71%) Advertising
13 2 (0.71%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.71%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (17.73%) Terraform
2 9 (3.19%) eBPF
2 9 (3.19%) OAuth
3 7 (2.48%) Node.js
3 7 (2.48%) OpenID
4 5 (1.77%) SAML
5 4 (1.42%) Middleware
6 3 (1.06%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (1.06%) JWT
6 3 (1.06%) RESTful
7 2 (0.71%) JSON
7 2 (0.71%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.71%) REST
8 1 (0.35%) .NET
8 1 (0.35%) Django
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.35%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 39 (13.83%) Cloud Native
1 39 (13.83%) Security Posture
2 33 (11.70%) CCTV
3 18 (6.38%) PKI
4 13 (4.61%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (4.61%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.90%) Operational Technology
6 9 (3.19%) Cloud Security Posture
7 8 (2.84%) Blog
7 8 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (2.48%) AI Agents
8 7 (2.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 7 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.42%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.42%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.06%) Distributed Applications
10 3 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.06%) NHS
10 3 (1.06%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.67%) Windows
2 11 (3.90%) Linux
3 3 (1.06%) Kali Linux
3 3 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.71%) Android
4 2 (0.71%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.35%) Unix
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (36.88%) Cloud Security
2 101 (35.82%) Cybersecurity
3 59 (20.92%) Incident Response
4 58 (20.57%) Security Operations
5 53 (18.79%) CI/CD
6 49 (17.38%) Infrastructure as Code
6 49 (17.38%) Security Architecture
7 44 (15.60%) Information Security
7 44 (15.60%) SIEM
8 42 (14.89%) AI
8 42 (14.89%) Software Engineering
9 36 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (12.41%) Vulnerability Management
11 32 (11.35%) DevSecOps
12 30 (10.64%) Zero Trust
13 29 (10.28%) DevOps
14 27 (9.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 27 (9.57%) SDLC
15 26 (9.22%) Threat Modelling
16 24 (8.51%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 50 (17.73%) Python
2 34 (12.06%) PowerShell
3 20 (7.09%) Go
4 19 (6.74%) Bash
5 10 (3.55%) Kusto Query Language
6 7 (2.48%) Java
7 6 (2.13%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.42%) SQL
8 4 (1.42%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.06%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.06%) Scala
10 2 (0.71%) C++
10 2 (0.71%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.35%) C
11 1 (0.35%) C#
11 1 (0.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 38 (13.48%) Degree
2 35 (12.41%) CISSP
3 24 (8.51%) Security Cleared
4 18 (6.38%) AWS Certification
5 17 (6.03%) CEH
5 17 (6.03%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (6.03%) Master's Degree
6 13 (4.61%) DV Cleared
7 11 (3.90%) SC Cleared
8 9 (3.19%) CISM
9 8 (2.84%) DBS Check
9 8 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.48%) CCNA
11 6 (2.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (2.13%) CCNP
11 6 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.42%) Azure Certification
13 4 (1.42%) CCSP
14 3 (1.06%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (11.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (9.22%) NIST
3 12 (4.26%) PCI DSS
3 12 (4.26%) SOC 2
4 11 (3.90%) GRC
5 6 (2.13%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.13%) GDPR
5 6 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (1.06%) QA
7 2 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.71%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (3.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.71%) Docker
2 2 (0.71%) ProxySG
3 1 (0.35%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (9.57%) Kubernetes
2 24 (8.51%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (6.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (3.19%) Cilium
5 8 (2.84%) QRadar
6 7 (2.48%) Grafana
6 7 (2.48%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.13%) Ansible
8 4 (1.42%) SCCM
9 3 (1.06%) Kibana
9 3 (1.06%) Nessus
9 3 (1.06%) Nmap
10 2 (0.71%) Argo
10 2 (0.71%) Istio
10 2 (0.71%) linkerd
11 1 (0.35%) CASB
11 1 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 68 (24.11%) Microsoft
2 33 (11.70%) Palo Alto
3 25 (8.87%) Cisco
3 25 (8.87%) CrowdStrike
4 13 (4.61%) CyberArk
4 13 (4.61%) Rapid7
5 12 (4.26%) Oracle
6 11 (3.90%) Qualys
7 10 (3.55%) iManage
8 9 (3.19%) Meraki
9 8 (2.84%) Splunk
9 8 (2.84%) Tenable
10 7 (2.48%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.48%) Sophos
10 7 (2.48%) Thales
11 6 (2.13%) Arista
12 4 (1.42%) F5
13 3 (1.06%) CheckPoint
13 3 (1.06%) Google
13 3 (1.06%) Netskope