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 30 July 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 263 240
Rank change year-on-year +59 -23 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 252 131 261
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.09% 1.07% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 1.17% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 197 95 206
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £57,500 £63,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -1.54% +1.56%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,805
90th Percentile £98,500 £107,250 £100,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £59,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year +5.93% -6.02% -10.31%

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 21,433 11,232 19,283
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 91.66% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 14,696 7,335 13,598
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £50,034
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £117,500
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 30 July 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 30 July 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 +21 40 £72,500 -15.94% 25
West London - 17 £35,000 - 7
South London +6 10 £52,500 +5.00% 8
East London 0 8 £82,500 +30.95% 7
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 July 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.

1 118 (46.83%) Cloud Security
2 94 (37.30%) Azure
3 92 (36.51%) Cybersecurity
4 89 (35.32%) AWS
5 60 (23.81%) Python
6 59 (23.41%) CI/CD
6 59 (23.41%) Terraform
7 58 (23.02%) Microsoft
7 58 (23.02%) Security Architecture
8 56 (22.22%) Incident Response
9 54 (21.43%) Information Security
10 53 (21.03%) Infrastructure as Code
11 47 (18.65%) Network Security
12 45 (17.86%) Security Operations
13 40 (15.87%) SIEM
14 39 (15.48%) AI
14 39 (15.48%) Firewall
14 39 (15.48%) Software Engineering
15 38 (15.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
16 36 (14.29%) CISSP
16 36 (14.29%) Degree
16 36 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
16 36 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
17 35 (13.89%) DevOps
18 34 (13.49%) PowerShell
18 34 (13.49%) Zero Trust
19 33 (13.10%) DevSecOps
20 32 (12.70%) NIST
21 29 (11.51%) Vulnerability Management
22 27 (10.71%) Palo Alto

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 (1.19%) Apache
1 3 (1.19%) Apache Spark
1 3 (1.19%) Jupyter
1 3 (1.19%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 94 (37.30%) Azure
2 89 (35.32%) AWS
3 36 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (10.32%) GCP
5 24 (9.52%) GitHub
6 20 (7.94%) Entra ID
7 17 (6.75%) GitHub Actions
8 16 (6.35%) Azure Sentinel
9 13 (5.16%) Amazon S3
10 11 (4.37%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (4.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 10 (3.97%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 10 (3.97%) OCI
12 9 (3.57%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (3.17%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (3.17%) Amazon ELB
13 8 (3.17%) AWS CloudTrail
13 8 (3.17%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (3.17%) Mimecast
13 8 (3.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (18.65%) Network Security
2 39 (15.48%) Firewall
3 19 (7.54%) VPN
4 9 (3.57%) BGP
5 7 (2.78%) Cisco ISE
6 6 (2.38%) OSPF
6 6 (2.38%) VLAN
7 4 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.19%) BIG-IP
8 3 (1.19%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (1.19%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (1.19%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (1.19%) DNS
8 3 (1.19%) EIGRP
8 3 (1.19%) IPv4
8 3 (1.19%) MPLS
8 3 (1.19%) Multicast
8 3 (1.19%) NX-OS
8 3 (1.19%) Wireless
8 3 (1.19%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.17%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.19%) Airbyte
2 3 (1.19%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (6.35%) GitLab
2 13 (5.16%) TeamCity
3 4 (1.59%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.79%) 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 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 41 (16.27%) Finance
3 24 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.94%) Banking
4 20 (7.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (6.75%) Retail
6 13 (5.16%) Law
7 11 (4.37%) Legal
8 7 (2.78%) Cyber-Physical System
9 6 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.98%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.19%) Digital Health
11 3 (1.19%) Digital Healthcare
12 2 (0.79%) Advertising
12 2 (0.79%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.79%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.40%) Games
13 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.40%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.57%) eBPF
2 7 (2.78%) Node.js
2 7 (2.78%) OAuth
3 5 (1.98%) OpenID
4 4 (1.59%) SAML
5 3 (1.19%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (1.19%) Middleware
5 3 (1.19%) RESTful
6 2 (0.79%) JSON
6 2 (0.79%) JWT
6 2 (0.79%) REST
7 1 (0.40%) Django
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.40%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.40%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 40 (15.87%) Security Posture
2 39 (15.48%) Cloud Native
3 20 (7.94%) PKI
4 19 (7.54%) CCTV
5 16 (6.35%) Management Information System
6 15 (5.95%) Cloud Security Posture
7 10 (3.97%) Operational Technology
8 8 (3.17%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (2.78%) AI Agents
9 7 (2.78%) Blog
9 7 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.98%) Hedge funds
11 4 (1.59%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.19%) NHS
12 3 (1.19%) Product Ownership
12 3 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
13 2 (0.79%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.95%) Windows
2 7 (2.78%) Linux
3 3 (1.19%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.19%) Unix
4 2 (0.79%) Android
4 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (46.83%) Cloud Security
2 92 (36.51%) Cybersecurity
3 59 (23.41%) CI/CD
4 58 (23.02%) Security Architecture
5 56 (22.22%) Incident Response
6 54 (21.43%) Information Security
7 53 (21.03%) Infrastructure as Code
8 45 (17.86%) Security Operations
9 40 (15.87%) SIEM
10 39 (15.48%) AI
10 39 (15.48%) Software Engineering
11 36 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
12 35 (13.89%) DevOps
13 34 (13.49%) Zero Trust
14 33 (13.10%) DevSecOps
15 29 (11.51%) Vulnerability Management
16 25 (9.92%) Data Loss Prevention
16 25 (9.92%) Threat Modelling
17 23 (9.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 23 (9.13%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 60 (23.81%) Python
2 34 (13.49%) PowerShell
3 22 (8.73%) Bash
4 15 (5.95%) Go
5 8 (3.17%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (2.38%) Java
7 5 (1.98%) SQL
8 3 (1.19%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.19%) Scala
9 2 (0.79%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.79%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.40%) C
10 1 (0.40%) C#
10 1 (0.40%) C++
10 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (14.29%) CISSP
1 36 (14.29%) Degree
2 22 (8.73%) Security Cleared
3 21 (8.33%) AWS Certification
4 16 (6.35%) CEH
4 16 (6.35%) Master's Degree
5 13 (5.16%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (4.37%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.37%) SC Cleared
7 8 (3.17%) DBS Check
8 6 (2.38%) CISM
8 6 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (1.98%) CCNA
9 5 (1.98%) CCNP
9 5 (1.98%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.59%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.59%) CompTIA CySA+
11 3 (1.19%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (15.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (12.70%) NIST
3 16 (6.35%) SOC 2
4 15 (5.95%) GRC
5 10 (3.97%) PCI DSS
6 8 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (2.38%) Accessibility
8 6 (2.38%) GDPR
9 3 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.19%) QA
10 2 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.79%) NCSC
11 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 4 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.40%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.40%) Docker
2 1 (0.40%) ProxySG
2 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (23.41%) Terraform
2 25 (9.92%) Kubernetes
3 15 (5.95%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (5.16%) Cilium
6 8 (3.17%) QRadar
7 6 (2.38%) Ansible
8 5 (1.98%) Grafana
8 5 (1.98%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.59%) HP Fortify
9 4 (1.59%) SCCM
10 3 (1.19%) Kibana
11 1 (0.40%) CASB
11 1 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 58 (23.02%) Microsoft
2 27 (10.71%) Palo Alto
3 23 (9.13%) CrowdStrike
4 19 (7.54%) Cisco
5 14 (5.56%) CyberArk
6 13 (5.16%) iManage
7 12 (4.76%) Rapid7
8 11 (4.37%) Qualys
9 10 (3.97%) Oracle
10 8 (3.17%) Thales
11 7 (2.78%) ServiceNow
11 7 (2.78%) Sophos
11 7 (2.78%) Splunk
12 6 (2.38%) Google
12 6 (2.38%) Meraki
13 5 (1.98%) Arista
14 4 (1.59%) Tenable
15 3 (1.19%) CheckPoint
15 3 (1.19%) F5
15 3 (1.19%) Netskope