Security Engineer Job Trends in London

Security Engineer
England > London

The median Security Engineer salary in London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 June 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 268 254
Rank change year-on-year +74 -14 +57
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 241 131 283
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 1.09% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 1.21% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 187 99 245
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,400 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,875 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -14.29%

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 19,327 10,788 22,650
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 90.07% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 13,205 6,862 16,939
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,508 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -13.32%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 +15 46 £77,500 -6.06% 18
West London - 12 £35,000 - 6
East London -5 4 £70,000 +11.11% 3
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 June 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.

1 122 (50.62%) Cloud Security
2 99 (41.08%) AWS
2 99 (41.08%) Azure
3 93 (38.59%) Cybersecurity
4 71 (29.46%) Python
5 62 (25.73%) Terraform
6 60 (24.90%) Security Architecture
7 59 (24.48%) Information Security
7 59 (24.48%) Infrastructure as Code
8 58 (24.07%) CI/CD
8 58 (24.07%) Incident Response
9 53 (21.99%) Microsoft
10 43 (17.84%) CISSP
11 39 (16.18%) Degree
11 39 (16.18%) DevOps
11 39 (16.18%) Microsoft 365
12 38 (15.77%) NIST
13 37 (15.35%) AI
13 37 (15.35%) Network Security
14 36 (14.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 35 (14.52%) DevSecOps
16 34 (14.11%) Software Engineering
16 34 (14.11%) Zero Trust
17 33 (13.69%) GCP
17 33 (13.69%) Security Operations
18 32 (13.28%) Firewall
18 32 (13.28%) PowerShell
18 32 (13.28%) SIEM
19 30 (12.45%) Vulnerability Scanning
20 27 (11.20%) Computer Science

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 (1.24%) Apache
1 3 (1.24%) Apache Spark
1 3 (1.24%) Jupyter
1 3 (1.24%) SAS
2 1 (0.41%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 99 (41.08%) AWS
1 99 (41.08%) Azure
2 39 (16.18%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (13.69%) GCP
4 22 (9.13%) GitHub
5 17 (7.05%) SaaS
6 16 (6.64%) AWS CloudFormation
6 16 (6.64%) Azure Sentinel
6 16 (6.64%) Entra ID
7 15 (6.22%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (5.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 11 (4.56%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (3.73%) Amazon S3
10 9 (3.73%) IaaS
10 9 (3.73%) PaaS
11 7 (2.90%) Mimecast
12 6 (2.49%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 5 (2.07%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (2.07%) OCI
13 5 (2.07%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 37 (15.35%) Network Security
2 32 (13.28%) Firewall
3 13 (5.39%) VPN
4 7 (2.90%) BGP
5 6 (2.49%) Cisco ISE
6 5 (2.07%) OSPF
6 5 (2.07%) VLAN
7 3 (1.24%) BIG-IP
7 3 (1.24%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (1.24%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (1.24%) EIGRP
7 3 (1.24%) IPv4
7 3 (1.24%) MPLS
7 3 (1.24%) Multicast
7 3 (1.24%) NX-OS
7 3 (1.24%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.24%) Wireless
7 3 (1.24%) Wireless Security
8 2 (0.83%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.32%) Tableau
2 4 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.24%) Airbyte
3 3 (1.24%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (9.13%) GitLab
2 12 (4.98%) TeamCity
3 3 (1.24%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.83%) Git
5 1 (0.41%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.41%) IDA Disassembler
5 1 (0.41%) Selenium
General
1 42 (17.43%) Finance
2 41 (17.01%) Social Skills
3 24 (9.96%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (6.22%) Banking
5 15 (6.22%) Retail
6 13 (5.39%) Legal
7 9 (3.73%) Law
8 7 (2.90%) Cyber-Physical System
9 5 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.07%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.07%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.83%) Advertising
11 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.41%) Games
11 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.32%) eBPF
1 8 (3.32%) Node.js
2 7 (2.90%) OAuth
3 4 (1.66%) OpenID
3 4 (1.66%) REST
4 3 (1.24%) Apache NiFi
4 3 (1.24%) RESTful
4 3 (1.24%) SAML
5 2 (0.83%) Middleware
6 1 (0.41%) Android NDK
6 1 (0.41%) gRPC
6 1 (0.41%) JSON
6 1 (0.41%) JWT
6 1 (0.41%) Kafka
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.41%) NestJS
6 1 (0.41%) Next.js
6 1 (0.41%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.41%) Playwright
6 1 (0.41%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 46 (19.09%) Security Posture
2 38 (15.77%) Cloud Native
3 24 (9.96%) Management Information System
4 18 (7.47%) Cloud Security Posture
5 17 (7.05%) Hedge funds
6 15 (6.22%) PKI
7 14 (5.81%) CCTV
8 10 (4.15%) Operational Technology
9 7 (2.90%) AI Agents
9 7 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (2.49%) Blog
11 5 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (1.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (1.24%) Product Ownership
12 3 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
13 2 (0.83%) Cyberattack
13 2 (0.83%) Data Centre
13 2 (0.83%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.30%) Windows
2 12 (4.98%) Linux
3 11 (4.56%) Mac OS
4 9 (3.73%) Unix
5 6 (2.49%) Android
6 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (50.62%) Cloud Security
2 93 (38.59%) Cybersecurity
3 60 (24.90%) Security Architecture
4 59 (24.48%) Information Security
4 59 (24.48%) Infrastructure as Code
5 58 (24.07%) CI/CD
5 58 (24.07%) Incident Response
6 39 (16.18%) DevOps
7 37 (15.35%) AI
8 35 (14.52%) DevSecOps
9 34 (14.11%) Software Engineering
9 34 (14.11%) Zero Trust
10 33 (13.69%) Security Operations
11 32 (13.28%) SIEM
12 30 (12.45%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 27 (11.20%) Computer Science
14 26 (10.79%) Problem-Solving
15 25 (10.37%) Cryptography
16 23 (9.54%) Continuous Improvement
17 22 (9.13%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 71 (29.46%) Python
2 32 (13.28%) PowerShell
3 26 (10.79%) Bash
4 14 (5.81%) Go
5 11 (4.56%) SQL
6 6 (2.49%) Java
7 5 (2.07%) C++
7 5 (2.07%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (1.24%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.24%) Scala
9 2 (0.83%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.83%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.41%) Bicep
10 1 (0.41%) C
10 1 (0.41%) C#
10 1 (0.41%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.41%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 43 (17.84%) CISSP
2 39 (16.18%) Degree
3 20 (8.30%) Security Cleared
4 16 (6.64%) AWS Certification
5 15 (6.22%) CEH
6 13 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (5.39%) Master's Degree
7 11 (4.56%) DV Cleared
8 10 (4.15%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (4.15%) SC Cleared
9 9 (3.73%) CCSK
9 9 (3.73%) CISA
9 9 (3.73%) CompTIA CySA+
10 8 (3.32%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.66%) CCNA
11 4 (1.66%) CCNP
11 4 (1.66%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.24%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (15.77%) NIST
2 36 (14.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (5.81%) GRC
4 12 (4.98%) SOC 2
5 8 (3.32%) Actionable Recommendations
5 8 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 8 (3.32%) PCI DSS
6 7 (2.90%) Accessibility
7 6 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.66%) GDPR
9 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.24%) QA
10 2 (0.83%) COBIT
10 2 (0.83%) NCSC
11 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 5 (2.07%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.83%) Docker
3 1 (0.41%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 62 (25.73%) Terraform
2 21 (8.71%) Kubernetes
3 12 (4.98%) Cilium
4 8 (3.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (3.32%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (2.49%) QRadar
6 5 (2.07%) Ansible
6 5 (2.07%) Grafana
6 5 (2.07%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.66%) HP Fortify
8 3 (1.24%) Kibana
9 1 (0.41%) CASB
9 1 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 53 (21.99%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.13%) CrowdStrike
3 19 (7.88%) Palo Alto
4 17 (7.05%) Google
5 15 (6.22%) Cisco
6 13 (5.39%) iManage
7 12 (4.98%) CyberArk
7 12 (4.98%) Rapid7
8 8 (3.32%) Thales
9 7 (2.90%) Qualys
10 6 (2.49%) Meraki
11 5 (2.07%) Oracle
11 5 (2.07%) ServiceNow
11 5 (2.07%) Sophos
12 3 (1.24%) Apple
12 3 (1.24%) CheckPoint
12 3 (1.24%) F5
13 2 (0.83%) Arista
13 2 (0.83%) Intel
13 2 (0.83%) Splunk