Security Engineer Job Trends in London

Security Engineer
England > London

The median Security Engineer salary in London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 December 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 216 259 249
Rank change year-on-year +43 -10 +65
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 163 196 221
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.23% 1.16% 1.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 1.23% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 122 136 188
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,713 £54,625
25th Percentile £53,125 £67,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +6.25% +10.34%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £109,000 £100,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% -4.13% -5.10%

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 11,974 15,946 17,493
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 94.34% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 7,907 9,635 14,280
10th Percentile £35,900 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 9 December 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 9 December 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 +57 41 £67,500 -25.00% 19
West London +2 5 £50,000 -39.39% 5
East London - 3 £40,000 - 4
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 December 2025, 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 61 (37.42%) Azure
2 60 (36.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 51 (31.29%) Cybersecurity
4 50 (30.67%) Degree
5 47 (28.83%) Microsoft
6 43 (26.38%) Vulnerability Management
7 42 (25.77%) Incident Response
7 42 (25.77%) NIST
8 41 (25.15%) PowerShell
9 39 (23.93%) CISSP
10 38 (23.31%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 37 (22.70%) Information Security
11 37 (22.70%) Python
12 36 (22.09%) CI/CD
13 35 (21.47%) Cloud Security
14 34 (20.86%) AWS
15 33 (20.25%) DevOps
16 30 (18.40%) SIEM
17 29 (17.79%) Firewall
17 29 (17.79%) Windows
18 27 (16.56%) Threat Modelling
19 26 (15.95%) Application Security
20 25 (15.34%) Computer Science
20 25 (15.34%) OWASP
21 24 (14.72%) Network Security
22 23 (14.11%) Computer Science Degree
22 23 (14.11%) Security Testing
23 22 (13.50%) Microsoft 365
23 22 (13.50%) SDLC
23 22 (13.50%) Security Architecture

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 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.68%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.61%) Apache
3 1 (0.61%) Apache Pulsar
3 1 (0.61%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.61%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 61 (37.42%) Azure
2 34 (20.86%) AWS
3 22 (13.50%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (12.88%) Entra ID
5 19 (11.66%) PaaS
6 17 (10.43%) GCP
7 14 (8.59%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (6.13%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (4.91%) SaaS
9 8 (4.91%) Slack
10 6 (3.68%) Mimecast
11 4 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (2.45%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (2.45%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (2.45%) Cloudflare
11 4 (2.45%) GitHub
11 4 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (2.45%) Tessian
12 3 (1.84%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 29 (17.79%) Firewall
2 24 (14.72%) Network Security
3 12 (7.36%) Intrusion Detection
4 10 (6.13%) VPN
5 8 (4.91%) TCP/IP
6 7 (4.29%) DNS
7 4 (2.45%) WAN
8 3 (1.84%) HTTP
8 3 (1.84%) LAN
9 2 (1.23%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (1.23%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (1.23%) HTTPS
9 2 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.61%) AMQP
10 1 (0.61%) DMZ
10 1 (0.61%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (0.61%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 1 (0.61%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.61%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.61%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (1.84%) Redis
1 3 (1.84%) SQL Server
1 3 (1.84%) Tableau
2 1 (0.61%) FileMaker
2 1 (0.61%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (5.52%) JIRA
2 4 (2.45%) TeamCity
3 3 (1.84%) Burp Suite
3 3 (1.84%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.61%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.61%) Git
4 1 (0.61%) GitLab
4 1 (0.61%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.61%) Snyk
General
1 40 (24.54%) Finance
2 38 (23.31%) Social Skills
3 17 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (9.20%) Telecoms
5 13 (7.98%) Legal
6 12 (7.36%) Law
7 11 (6.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (5.52%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (5.52%) Retail
9 8 (4.91%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (4.91%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (4.29%) Banking
11 5 (3.07%) Financial Institution
11 5 (3.07%) Public Sector
12 4 (2.45%) Back Office
13 1 (0.61%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.20%) YAML
2 10 (6.13%) OAuth
3 6 (3.68%) OAuth2
3 6 (3.68%) RESTful
4 4 (2.45%) Kafka
4 4 (2.45%) SAML
5 3 (1.84%) Android NDK
5 3 (1.84%) JWT
5 3 (1.84%) OpenTelemetry
5 3 (1.84%) REST
5 3 (1.84%) WebSockets
6 2 (1.23%) AWS CDK
6 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (1.23%) NestJS
6 2 (1.23%) Node.js
7 1 (0.61%) Django
7 1 (0.61%) JDBC
7 1 (0.61%) LDAP
7 1 (0.61%) OpenID
7 1 (0.61%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (19.02%) Security Posture
2 20 (12.27%) Management Information System
3 16 (9.82%) CCTV
4 11 (6.75%) Cloud Native
5 7 (4.29%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (3.68%) Hedge funds
7 5 (3.07%) Blog
7 5 (3.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (2.45%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.84%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.84%) PKI
10 2 (1.23%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (1.23%) Driving Licence
10 2 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.61%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.61%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.61%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 29 (17.79%) Windows
2 14 (8.59%) Linux
3 9 (5.52%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.68%) Android
5 5 (3.07%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.45%) Unix
7 2 (1.23%) VMS
8 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.61%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (31.29%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (26.38%) Vulnerability Management
3 42 (25.77%) Incident Response
4 38 (23.31%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 37 (22.70%) Information Security
6 36 (22.09%) CI/CD
7 35 (21.47%) Cloud Security
8 33 (20.25%) DevOps
9 30 (18.40%) SIEM
10 27 (16.56%) Threat Modelling
11 26 (15.95%) Application Security
12 25 (15.34%) Computer Science
12 25 (15.34%) OWASP
13 23 (14.11%) Security Testing
14 22 (13.50%) SDLC
14 22 (13.50%) Security Architecture
15 21 (12.88%) Security Operations
16 20 (12.27%) DevSecOps
16 20 (12.27%) Mentoring
17 18 (11.04%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 41 (25.15%) PowerShell
2 37 (22.70%) Python
3 19 (11.66%) Bash
4 18 (11.04%) Go
5 8 (4.91%) SQL
6 6 (3.68%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.07%) C++
7 5 (3.07%) Java
8 3 (1.84%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.61%) Perl
10 1 (0.61%) Scala
Qualifications
1 50 (30.67%) Degree
2 39 (23.93%) CISSP
3 23 (14.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (9.82%) Master's Degree
5 11 (6.75%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (6.13%) CEH
6 10 (6.13%) CISM
6 10 (6.13%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (4.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (3.07%) AWS Certification
8 5 (3.07%) CCNP
8 5 (3.07%) CISA
9 4 (2.45%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.45%) CCNA
9 4 (2.45%) CCSP
9 4 (2.45%) CompTIA CySA+
9 4 (2.45%) Security Cleared
10 3 (1.84%) CCSK
10 3 (1.84%) GCIH
10 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (36.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (25.77%) NIST
3 16 (9.82%) NCSC
4 13 (7.98%) GDPR
5 8 (4.91%) Accessibility
6 7 (4.29%) SOC 2
7 6 (3.68%) PCI DSS
8 5 (3.07%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (2.45%) GRC
10 3 (1.84%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (1.84%) JSP 440
10 3 (1.84%) QA
11 2 (1.23%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.61%) PSD2
12 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (9.82%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.91%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 2 (1.23%) Firmware
4 2 (1.23%) pfSense
4 2 (1.23%) Squid
5 1 (0.61%) Docker
5 1 (0.61%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.61%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (9.20%) Terraform
2 11 (6.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (6.13%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (5.52%) Kubernetes
5 4 (2.45%) Cilium
6 3 (1.84%) Ansible
6 3 (1.84%) Grafana
6 3 (1.84%) Nmap
6 3 (1.84%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.23%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (1.23%) VxRail
8 1 (0.61%) CASB
8 1 (0.61%) Nessus
8 1 (0.61%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.61%) QRadar
8 1 (0.61%) SCCM
8 1 (0.61%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.61%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 47 (28.83%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.36%) VMware
3 10 (6.13%) Tenable
4 9 (5.52%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.91%) Cisco
5 8 (4.91%) Palo Alto
6 7 (4.29%) CrowdStrike
6 7 (4.29%) Rapid7
7 6 (3.68%) CheckPoint
7 6 (3.68%) Google
8 5 (3.07%) iManage
8 5 (3.07%) Okta
8 5 (3.07%) Splunk
9 4 (2.45%) CyberArk
9 4 (2.45%) Fortinet
9 4 (2.45%) Qualys
10 3 (1.84%) Dell
10 3 (1.84%) Foundry
10 3 (1.84%) Palantir
10 3 (1.84%) Thales