Security Engineer Job Trends in London

Security Engineer
England > London

The median Security Engineer salary in London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 August 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 257 241
Rank change year-on-year +52 -16 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 256 133 248
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.07% 1.09% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 1.19% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 203 97 196
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £56,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +3.13%
75th Percentile £88,125 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £98,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £59,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.04% -4.80% -10.71%

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 22,117 11,165 18,603
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 91.66% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 15,106 7,245 12,826
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,825 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,778
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +2.43% -2.78%
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 13 August 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 13 August 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 +14 37 £72,500 -12.12% 33
West London - 18 £35,000 - 10
South London +10 12 £52,500 +5.00% 12
East London -2 9 £82,500 +30.95% 8
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 August 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.

1 109 (42.58%) Cloud Security
2 91 (35.55%) Cybersecurity
3 87 (33.98%) Azure
4 84 (32.81%) AWS
5 58 (22.66%) Microsoft
6 56 (21.88%) CI/CD
6 56 (21.88%) Security Architecture
7 54 (21.09%) Incident Response
7 54 (21.09%) Python
8 53 (20.70%) Terraform
9 49 (19.14%) Infrastructure as Code
10 47 (18.36%) Information Security
10 47 (18.36%) Security Operations
11 46 (17.97%) Network Security
12 40 (15.63%) SIEM
13 39 (15.23%) Firewall
13 39 (15.23%) Software Engineering
14 38 (14.84%) AI
15 35 (13.67%) Microsoft 365
16 34 (13.28%) Degree
16 34 (13.28%) Problem-Solving
17 33 (12.89%) CISSP
17 33 (12.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
17 33 (12.89%) PowerShell
18 32 (12.50%) DevOps
18 32 (12.50%) DevSecOps
19 31 (12.11%) Zero Trust
20 30 (11.72%) Palo Alto
21 29 (11.33%) Vulnerability Management
22 27 (10.55%) NIST

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 (1.17%) Apache
1 3 (1.17%) Apache Spark
1 3 (1.17%) Jupyter
1 3 (1.17%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 87 (33.98%) Azure
2 84 (32.81%) AWS
3 35 (13.67%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (8.59%) Entra ID
4 22 (8.59%) GCP
4 22 (8.59%) GitHub
5 15 (5.86%) GitHub Actions
6 14 (5.47%) Azure Sentinel
7 13 (5.08%) Amazon S3
7 13 (5.08%) Microsoft Purview
8 10 (3.91%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 10 (3.91%) Mimecast
8 10 (3.91%) OCI
9 9 (3.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 8 (3.13%) Amazon EC2
10 8 (3.13%) Amazon ELB
10 8 (3.13%) AWS CloudTrail
10 8 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (2.73%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (2.73%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (17.97%) Network Security
2 39 (15.23%) Firewall
3 20 (7.81%) VPN
4 9 (3.52%) BGP
5 7 (2.73%) Cisco ISE
6 6 (2.34%) OSPF
6 6 (2.34%) VLAN
7 5 (1.95%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (1.95%) DNS
8 3 (1.17%) BIG-IP
8 3 (1.17%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (1.17%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (1.17%) EIGRP
8 3 (1.17%) HTTP
8 3 (1.17%) Internet
8 3 (1.17%) IPv4
8 3 (1.17%) MPLS
8 3 (1.17%) Multicast
8 3 (1.17%) NX-OS
8 3 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.17%) Airbyte
2 3 (1.17%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (5.47%) GitLab
2 11 (4.30%) TeamCity
3 5 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.17%) Burp Suite
4 3 (1.17%) Git
5 2 (0.78%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.39%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.39%) Selenium
General
1 42 (16.41%) Social Skills
2 38 (14.84%) Finance
3 22 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (7.42%) Banking
6 15 (5.86%) Retail
7 13 (5.08%) Law
8 10 (3.91%) Legal
9 7 (2.73%) Cyber-Physical System
10 6 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.95%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.17%) Digital Health
12 3 (1.17%) Digital Healthcare
12 3 (1.17%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.78%) Advertising
13 2 (0.78%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.78%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.52%) eBPF
2 8 (3.13%) OAuth
3 7 (2.73%) Node.js
4 6 (2.34%) OpenID
5 5 (1.95%) SAML
6 3 (1.17%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (1.17%) JWT
6 3 (1.17%) Middleware
6 3 (1.17%) RESTful
7 2 (0.78%) JSON
7 2 (0.78%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.78%) REST
8 1 (0.39%) Django
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.39%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 37 (14.45%) Cloud Native
2 36 (14.06%) Security Posture
3 25 (9.77%) CCTV
4 18 (7.03%) PKI
5 13 (5.08%) Cloud Security Posture
6 12 (4.69%) Management Information System
7 10 (3.91%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (3.91%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.73%) AI Agents
8 7 (2.73%) Blog
8 7 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.56%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.17%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.17%) NHS
11 3 (1.17%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.47%) Windows
2 8 (3.13%) Linux
3 2 (0.78%) Android
3 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.78%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.39%) Unix
4 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (42.58%) Cloud Security
2 91 (35.55%) Cybersecurity
3 56 (21.88%) CI/CD
3 56 (21.88%) Security Architecture
4 54 (21.09%) Incident Response
5 49 (19.14%) Infrastructure as Code
6 47 (18.36%) Information Security
6 47 (18.36%) Security Operations
7 40 (15.63%) SIEM
8 39 (15.23%) Software Engineering
9 38 (14.84%) AI
10 34 (13.28%) Problem-Solving
11 32 (12.50%) DevOps
11 32 (12.50%) DevSecOps
12 31 (12.11%) Zero Trust
13 29 (11.33%) Vulnerability Management
14 26 (10.16%) Data Loss Prevention
15 25 (9.77%) SDLC
15 25 (9.77%) Threat Modelling
16 21 (8.20%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 54 (21.09%) Python
2 33 (12.89%) PowerShell
3 20 (7.81%) Bash
4 15 (5.86%) Go
5 9 (3.52%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (2.34%) Java
7 4 (1.56%) SQL
8 3 (1.17%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.17%) Scala
9 2 (0.78%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.78%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.39%) C
10 1 (0.39%) C#
10 1 (0.39%) C++
10 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (13.28%) Degree
2 33 (12.89%) CISSP
3 22 (8.59%) Security Cleared
4 19 (7.42%) AWS Certification
5 17 (6.64%) CEH
6 16 (6.25%) Master's Degree
7 14 (5.47%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (4.30%) DV Cleared
8 11 (4.30%) SC Cleared
9 8 (3.13%) DBS Check
10 7 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (2.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (2.34%) CISM
11 6 (2.34%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.95%) CCNA
12 5 (1.95%) CCNP
13 4 (1.56%) Azure Certification
13 4 (1.56%) CCSP
13 4 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (1.17%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (12.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (10.55%) NIST
3 14 (5.47%) SOC 2
4 12 (4.69%) GRC
5 8 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 8 (3.13%) PCI DSS
6 7 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.34%) Accessibility
7 6 (2.34%) GDPR
8 3 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.17%) QA
9 2 (0.78%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (2.34%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.78%) ProxySG
3 1 (0.39%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.39%) Docker
3 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 53 (20.70%) Terraform
2 23 (8.98%) Kubernetes
3 17 (6.64%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (5.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (4.30%) Cilium
6 8 (3.13%) QRadar
7 6 (2.34%) Ansible
8 5 (1.95%) Grafana
8 5 (1.95%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.56%) SCCM
10 3 (1.17%) Kibana
11 2 (0.78%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.78%) Nessus
11 2 (0.78%) Nmap
12 1 (0.39%) CASB
12 1 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 58 (22.66%) Microsoft
2 30 (11.72%) Palo Alto
3 25 (9.77%) CrowdStrike
4 21 (8.20%) Cisco
5 14 (5.47%) CyberArk
5 14 (5.47%) Rapid7
6 13 (5.08%) iManage
7 11 (4.30%) Qualys
8 10 (3.91%) Oracle
9 8 (3.13%) Thales
10 7 (2.73%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.73%) Sophos
10 7 (2.73%) Splunk
11 6 (2.34%) Arista
11 6 (2.34%) Tenable
12 5 (1.95%) Meraki
13 4 (1.56%) Netskope
14 3 (1.17%) CheckPoint
14 3 (1.17%) F5
14 3 (1.17%) Zscaler