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 14 September 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 251 237
Rank change year-on-year +69 -14 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 292 133 242
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.18% 1.12% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% 1.23% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 232 101 181
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,985 £55,000 £67,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £72,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -12.12% +3.13%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £100,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -7.69%

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 22,913 10,852 18,230
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 91.21% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 15,844 7,081 11,666
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -0.68%
75th Percentile £98,750 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £59,853 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.82% - -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 14 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 14 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 +16 35 £72,500 -6.45% 43
West London - 23 £35,000 - 15
South London +12 15 £60,000 +20.00% 7
East London +5 12 £70,000 +11.11% 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 14 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.

1 106 (36.30%) Cybersecurity
2 96 (32.88%) Cloud Security
3 77 (26.37%) AWS
4 73 (25.00%) Azure
5 71 (24.32%) Microsoft
6 63 (21.58%) Security Operations
7 56 (19.18%) Incident Response
8 50 (17.12%) CI/CD
9 49 (16.78%) Python
10 48 (16.44%) AI
10 48 (16.44%) Terraform
11 47 (16.10%) Infrastructure as Code
12 45 (15.41%) Software Engineering
13 44 (15.07%) Firewall
13 44 (15.07%) Network Security
14 41 (14.04%) SIEM
15 40 (13.70%) Information Security
15 40 (13.70%) Security Architecture
16 39 (13.36%) Degree
16 39 (13.36%) Entra ID
16 39 (13.36%) Vulnerability Management
17 36 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
18 35 (11.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
18 35 (11.99%) Microsoft 365
19 33 (11.30%) PowerShell
20 31 (10.62%) CISSP
20 31 (10.62%) DevSecOps
20 31 (10.62%) Palo Alto
20 31 (10.62%) Zero Trust
21 29 (9.93%) VPN

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 5 (1.71%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.03%) Apache
2 3 (1.03%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.03%) Jupyter
2 3 (1.03%) SAS
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) C-CURE
1 1 (0.34%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 77 (26.37%) AWS
2 73 (25.00%) Azure
3 39 (13.36%) Entra ID
4 35 (11.99%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (7.53%) GCP
6 20 (6.85%) GitHub
7 18 (6.16%) Microsoft Purview
8 17 (5.82%) Mimecast
9 16 (5.48%) Azure Sentinel
10 15 (5.14%) Amazon S3
11 13 (4.45%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (4.11%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 12 (4.11%) OCI
13 10 (3.42%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (3.42%) Amazon ELB
13 10 (3.42%) AWS CloudTrail
13 10 (3.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (2.74%) Azure Logic Apps
15 6 (2.05%) SaaS
16 5 (1.71%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 44 (15.07%) Firewall
1 44 (15.07%) Network Security
2 29 (9.93%) VPN
3 10 (3.42%) Cisco ISE
4 9 (3.08%) BGP
5 7 (2.40%) DNS
6 6 (2.05%) OSPF
7 5 (1.71%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (1.71%) VLAN
8 4 (1.37%) Cisco Firepower
9 3 (1.03%) EIGRP
9 3 (1.03%) HTTP
9 3 (1.03%) Internet
9 3 (1.03%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.68%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.68%) IPv4
10 2 (0.68%) MPLS
10 2 (0.68%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.03%) Airbyte
2 3 (1.03%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (3.08%) GitLab
1 9 (3.08%) TeamCity
2 8 (2.74%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.71%) Burp Suite
3 5 (1.71%) Git
4 3 (1.03%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.34%) IDA Disassembler
5 1 (0.34%) JIRA
5 1 (0.34%) Maven
5 1 (0.34%) Snyk
General
1 46 (15.75%) Social Skills
2 39 (13.36%) Finance
3 22 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 21 (7.19%) Banking
5 20 (6.85%) Retail
6 14 (4.79%) Law
7 12 (4.11%) Legal
8 10 (3.42%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.40%) Cyber-Physical System
10 4 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.03%) Digital Health
11 3 (1.03%) Digital Healthcare
11 3 (1.03%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.68%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.34%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (16.44%) Terraform
2 9 (3.08%) eBPF
2 9 (3.08%) OAuth
3 7 (2.40%) Node.js
3 7 (2.40%) OpenID
4 5 (1.71%) SAML
5 4 (1.37%) Middleware
6 3 (1.03%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (1.03%) JWT
6 3 (1.03%) RESTful
7 2 (0.68%) JSON
7 2 (0.68%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.68%) REST
8 1 (0.34%) .NET
8 1 (0.34%) Django
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 39 (13.36%) Security Posture
2 36 (12.33%) Cloud Native
3 30 (10.27%) CCTV
4 18 (6.16%) PKI
5 14 (4.79%) Cyber Threat
6 12 (4.11%) Management Information System
7 11 (3.77%) Operational Technology
8 9 (3.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 8 (2.74%) Blog
10 7 (2.40%) AI Agents
10 7 (2.40%) Cloud Security Posture
10 7 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (2.05%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.71%) Private Cloud
13 4 (1.37%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.37%) Driving Licence
13 4 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
14 3 (1.03%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.48%) Windows
2 12 (4.11%) Linux
3 3 (1.03%) Android
3 3 (1.03%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.03%) Kali Linux
3 3 (1.03%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.34%) Unix
4 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (36.30%) Cybersecurity
2 96 (32.88%) Cloud Security
3 63 (21.58%) Security Operations
4 56 (19.18%) Incident Response
5 50 (17.12%) CI/CD
6 48 (16.44%) AI
7 47 (16.10%) Infrastructure as Code
8 45 (15.41%) Software Engineering
9 41 (14.04%) SIEM
10 40 (13.70%) Information Security
10 40 (13.70%) Security Architecture
11 39 (13.36%) Vulnerability Management
12 36 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
13 31 (10.62%) DevSecOps
13 31 (10.62%) Zero Trust
14 28 (9.59%) DevOps
14 28 (9.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 27 (9.25%) SDLC
16 26 (8.90%) Threat Modelling
17 23 (7.88%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 49 (16.78%) Python
2 33 (11.30%) PowerShell
3 21 (7.19%) Go
4 18 (6.16%) Bash
5 10 (3.42%) JavaScript
5 10 (3.42%) Kusto Query Language
6 7 (2.40%) Java
6 7 (2.40%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.37%) SQL
8 3 (1.03%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.03%) Scala
9 2 (0.68%) C++
9 2 (0.68%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.34%) C
10 1 (0.34%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.34%) Rust
10 1 (0.34%) Swift
Qualifications
1 39 (13.36%) Degree
2 31 (10.62%) CISSP
3 24 (8.22%) Security Cleared
4 19 (6.51%) AWS Certification
5 18 (6.16%) Master's Degree
6 16 (5.48%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (4.45%) DV Cleared
8 12 (4.11%) CEH
9 11 (3.77%) CISM
9 11 (3.77%) SC Cleared
10 8 (2.74%) DBS Check
10 8 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (2.40%) CCNA
11 7 (2.40%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (2.05%) CCNP
13 5 (1.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.37%) Azure Certification
14 4 (1.37%) CCSP
15 3 (1.03%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (11.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (9.25%) NIST
3 15 (5.14%) PCI DSS
4 12 (4.11%) SOC 2
5 11 (3.77%) GRC
6 8 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.05%) GDPR
8 5 (1.71%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.03%) QA
11 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.68%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (3.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.68%) ProxySG
3 1 (0.34%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.34%) Docker
3 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (9.25%) Kubernetes
1 27 (9.25%) Single Sign-On
2 17 (5.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (3.08%) Cilium
4 8 (2.74%) QRadar
5 7 (2.40%) Grafana
5 7 (2.40%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.05%) Ansible
7 4 (1.37%) SCCM
8 3 (1.03%) Kibana
8 3 (1.03%) Nessus
8 3 (1.03%) Nmap
9 2 (0.68%) Argo
9 2 (0.68%) Istio
9 2 (0.68%) linkerd
10 1 (0.34%) CASB
10 1 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 71 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 31 (10.62%) Palo Alto
3 26 (8.90%) Cisco
3 26 (8.90%) CrowdStrike
4 13 (4.45%) Oracle
5 12 (4.11%) CyberArk
5 12 (4.11%) Rapid7
6 11 (3.77%) Qualys
7 9 (3.08%) Meraki
8 8 (2.74%) Splunk
8 8 (2.74%) Tenable
9 7 (2.40%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.40%) Sophos
10 6 (2.05%) Arista
10 6 (2.05%) Google
11 5 (1.71%) iManage
11 5 (1.71%) Netskope
12 4 (1.37%) Thales
13 3 (1.03%) Okta
13 3 (1.03%) Zscaler