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 1 November 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 253 229 253
Rank change year-on-year -24 +24 +99
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 137 224 231
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.13% 1.29% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.36% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 103 154 198
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,514 £55,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £67,722 £60,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% +11.11%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £61,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.83% -1.20% -3.85%

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 11,028 16,507 18,773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.15% 95.09% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7,179 10,162 15,355
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -

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 1 November 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 1 November 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 +28 24 £75,000 -16.67% 18
South London +36 3 £50,000 - 1
West London +3 1 £90,000 +9.09% 4
East London - 1 £63,000 - 6
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 November 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 58 (42.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 52 (37.96%) Azure
3 46 (33.58%) Cybersecurity
4 45 (32.85%) Vulnerability Management
5 42 (30.66%) NIST
6 41 (29.93%) CI/CD
7 39 (28.47%) Microsoft
7 39 (28.47%) PowerShell
8 38 (27.74%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 37 (27.01%) Degree
9 37 (27.01%) Python
10 34 (24.82%) DevOps
11 33 (24.09%) Incident Response
12 32 (23.36%) Cloud Security
12 32 (23.36%) Threat Modelling
13 30 (21.90%) AWS
14 29 (21.17%) Firewall
14 29 (21.17%) SIEM
15 27 (19.71%) Windows
16 26 (18.98%) CISSP
17 25 (18.25%) Application Security
17 25 (18.25%) OWASP
17 25 (18.25%) Penetration Testing
17 25 (18.25%) SDLC
18 24 (17.52%) Security Operations
18 24 (17.52%) Security Testing
19 23 (16.79%) Information Security
19 23 (16.79%) Network Security
20 22 (16.06%) DevSecOps
21 21 (15.33%) Entra ID

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 9 (6.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (5.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.73%) Apache
3 1 (0.73%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.73%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.73%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.46%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 52 (37.96%) Azure
2 30 (21.90%) AWS
3 21 (15.33%) Entra ID
4 16 (11.68%) PaaS
5 14 (10.22%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (9.49%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (8.03%) GCP
8 9 (6.57%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (5.84%) Slack
10 6 (4.38%) Mimecast
11 5 (3.65%) SaaS
12 4 (2.92%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (2.92%) Cloudflare
12 4 (2.92%) Tessian
13 3 (2.19%) GitHub
13 3 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Purview
14 2 (1.46%) Amazon ECS
14 2 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
14 2 (1.46%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (21.17%) Firewall
2 23 (16.79%) Network Security
3 14 (10.22%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (6.57%) VPN
5 8 (5.84%) DNS
6 6 (4.38%) TCP/IP
7 4 (2.92%) WAN
8 3 (2.19%) HTTP
8 3 (2.19%) LAN
9 2 (1.46%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (1.46%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (1.46%) HTTPS
9 2 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.73%) AMQP
10 1 (0.73%) DMARC
10 1 (0.73%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (0.73%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 1 (0.73%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.73%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.73%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.19%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.73%) FileMaker
2 1 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.73%) Power BI
2 1 (0.73%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (8.03%) JIRA
2 3 (2.19%) Burp Suite
2 3 (2.19%) Git
2 3 (2.19%) Metasploit
2 3 (2.19%) TeamCity
3 2 (1.46%) GitLab
4 1 (0.73%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.73%) Snyk
General
1 42 (30.66%) Social Skills
2 34 (24.82%) Finance
3 13 (9.49%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (9.49%) Law
4 12 (8.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (7.30%) Banking
6 9 (6.57%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (6.57%) Telecoms
7 8 (5.84%) Legal
7 8 (5.84%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (5.11%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (5.11%) Retail
9 5 (3.65%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.92%) Financial Institution
11 3 (2.19%) Back Office
11 3 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.73%) Advertising
12 1 (0.73%) Electronics
12 1 (0.73%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.73%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.68%) YAML
2 7 (5.11%) OAuth
3 4 (2.92%) SAML
4 3 (2.19%) Kafka
4 3 (2.19%) OAuth2
5 2 (1.46%) AWS CDK
5 2 (1.46%) JSON
5 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.73%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.73%) Android NDK
6 1 (0.73%) Django
6 1 (0.73%) JDBC
6 1 (0.73%) JWT
6 1 (0.73%) LDAP
6 1 (0.73%) OpenID
6 1 (0.73%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (0.73%) RESTful
6 1 (0.73%) SOAP
6 1 (0.73%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.73%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 26 (18.98%) Security Posture
2 15 (10.95%) Management Information System
3 12 (8.76%) CCTV
3 12 (8.76%) Cloud Native
4 10 (7.30%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (4.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 5 (3.65%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.92%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (2.92%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.92%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (2.19%) Algorithms
8 3 (2.19%) Blog
8 3 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.19%) PKI
9 2 (1.46%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.46%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.46%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.46%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (19.71%) Windows
2 13 (9.49%) Linux
3 8 (5.84%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.19%) VMS
5 2 (1.46%) Android
6 1 (0.73%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.73%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.73%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.73%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (33.58%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (32.85%) Vulnerability Management
3 41 (29.93%) CI/CD
4 38 (27.74%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 34 (24.82%) DevOps
6 33 (24.09%) Incident Response
7 32 (23.36%) Cloud Security
7 32 (23.36%) Threat Modelling
8 29 (21.17%) SIEM
9 25 (18.25%) Application Security
9 25 (18.25%) OWASP
9 25 (18.25%) Penetration Testing
9 25 (18.25%) SDLC
10 24 (17.52%) Security Operations
10 24 (17.52%) Security Testing
11 23 (16.79%) Information Security
12 22 (16.06%) DevSecOps
13 21 (15.33%) Mentoring
14 20 (14.60%) Test Automation
15 19 (13.87%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 39 (28.47%) PowerShell
2 37 (27.01%) Python
3 19 (13.87%) Go
4 17 (12.41%) Bash
5 10 (7.30%) Java
6 7 (5.11%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.65%) SQL
8 1 (0.73%) Bicep
8 1 (0.73%) C++
8 1 (0.73%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.73%) Perl
8 1 (0.73%) Scala
Qualifications
1 37 (27.01%) Degree
2 26 (18.98%) CISSP
3 14 (10.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (9.49%) Master's Degree
5 11 (8.03%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (8.03%) CISM
6 8 (5.84%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (5.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (4.38%) Security Cleared
9 5 (3.65%) AWS Certification
9 5 (3.65%) CCNP
9 5 (3.65%) CEH
10 4 (2.92%) CCNA
10 4 (2.92%) CCSP
10 4 (2.92%) OSCP
11 3 (2.19%) Azure Certification
11 3 (2.19%) DV Cleared
11 3 (2.19%) GSEC
11 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (2.19%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (42.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (30.66%) NIST
3 16 (11.68%) NCSC
4 12 (8.76%) GDPR
5 8 (5.84%) Accessibility
6 7 (5.11%) SOC 2
7 6 (4.38%) PCI DSS
8 4 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (2.92%) GRC
9 3 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (2.19%) JSP 440
10 2 (1.46%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.73%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.73%) PSD2
11 1 (0.73%) QA
11 1 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (10.95%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.84%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (5.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.46%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 2 (1.46%) Firmware
4 2 (1.46%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.46%) pfSense
4 2 (1.46%) Squid
4 2 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.73%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (8.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (8.03%) Terraform
3 10 (7.30%) Kubernetes
3 10 (7.30%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.19%) Ansible
4 3 (2.19%) Cilium
4 3 (2.19%) Nmap
5 2 (1.46%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (1.46%) Mesos
5 2 (1.46%) Nessus
5 2 (1.46%) Progress Chef
5 2 (1.46%) SCCM
5 2 (1.46%) VxRail
6 1 (0.73%) CASB
6 1 (0.73%) Grafana
6 1 (0.73%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.73%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.73%) QRadar
6 1 (0.73%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 39 (28.47%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.22%) VMware
3 10 (7.30%) ServiceNow
3 10 (7.30%) Tenable
4 8 (5.84%) Cisco
5 7 (5.11%) Splunk
6 6 (4.38%) CheckPoint
6 6 (4.38%) CrowdStrike
7 5 (3.65%) Okta
7 5 (3.65%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.92%) Fortinet
8 4 (2.92%) Rapid7
8 4 (2.92%) Sophos
9 3 (2.19%) Dell
9 3 (2.19%) Foundry
9 3 (2.19%) Palantir
9 3 (2.19%) Qualys
10 2 (1.46%) F5
10 2 (1.46%) ForgeRock
10 2 (1.46%) SolarWinds