Security Engineer Job Trends in London
Security Engineer
England > London
The median Security Engineer salary in London is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 197 | 238 | 236 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +41 | -2 | +26 |
| Permanent Security Engineer jobs | 292 | 150 | 222 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in London | 1.13% | 1.17% | 1.27% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.23% | 1.29% | 1.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 194 | 108 | 153 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £45,000 | £45,343 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £55,000 | £67,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,500 | £72,500 | £85,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -14.71% | +6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £83,750 | £90,313 | £95,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £106,500 | £100,000 |
| England median annual salary | £60,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in London matching a recognised job title | 23,805 | 11,669 | 16,564 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 92.35% | 90.89% | 94.87% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 15,354 | 7,495 | 10,139 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £36,250 | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £55,000 | £50,000 | £53,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £72,500 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.45% | -3.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £100,000 | £95,000 | £95,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £103,675 | £120,000 | £118,750 |
| England median annual salary | £60,000 | £53,056 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.09% | -7.73% | -4.17% |
Security Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in London
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Security Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.
Security Engineer Salary Trend in London
Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in London.
Security Engineer Salary Histogram in London
Salary distribution for Security Engineer jobs in London over the 6 months to 14 November 2026.
Security Engineer Job Locations in London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Security Engineer jobs within the London region over the 6 months to 14 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central London | +4 | 22 | £73,750 | -1.67% | 64 |
| West London | +16 | 21 | £35,000 | -61.11% | 14 |
| South London | +17 | 17 | £60,000 | +20.00% | |
| East London | +8 | 11 | £55,000 | -12.70% | 7 |
| North London | - | 1 | £36,500 | - | |
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Security Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London
For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, Security Engineer job ads cited 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 Security Engineer job ads across the London region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cybersecurity | 36.3% | 106 |
| 2 | Cloud Security | 26.0% | 76 |
| 3 | Microsoft | 25.7% | 75 |
| 4 | Azure | 24.3% | 71 |
| 5 | AWS | 23.3% | 68 |
| 6 | Incident Response | 21.9% | 64 |
| 7 | Vulnerability Management | 20.2% | 59 |
| 8 | Security Operations | 19.9% | 58 |
| 9 | ISO/IEC 27001 | 19.5% | 57 |
| 10 | Python | 18.8% | 55 |
| 11 | AI | 18.2% | 53 |
| 11 | CISSP | 18.2% | 53 |
| 11 | Network Security | 18.2% | 53 |
| 14 | Firewall | 17.8% | 52 |
| 15 | Entra ID | 17.5% | 51 |
| 16 | Infrastructure as Code | 16.4% | 48 |
| 17 | Terraform | 16.1% | 47 |
| 18 | CI/CD | 15.4% | 45 |
| 18 | Problem-Solving | 15.4% | 45 |
| 20 | VPN | 15.1% | 44 |
| 21 | Security Architecture | 14.7% | 43 |
| 22 | NIST | 14.4% | 42 |
| 23 | DevSecOps | 13.7% | 40 |
| 24 | Infrastructure Engineering | 13.4% | 39 |
| 24 | Kubernetes | 13.4% | 39 |
| 26 | GCP | 13.0% | 38 |
| 26 | Software Engineering | 13.0% | 38 |
| 28 | Application Security | 12.7% | 37 |
| 29 | CISM | 12.3% | 36 |
| 29 | Information Security | 12.3% | 36 |
Security Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Security Engineer | 20.9% | 61 |
| 2 | Cloud Engineer | 20.2% | 59 |
| 3 | Cybersecurity Engineer | 19.2% | 56 |
| 4 | Systems Engineer | 15.8% | 46 |
| 5 | Cloud Security Engineer | 11.3% | 33 |
| 6 | Senior Cloud Engineer | 8.2% | 24 |
| 7 | GCP Engineer | 7.5% | 22 |
| 8 | Software Engineer | 7.2% | 21 |
| 9 | Network Security Engineer | 6.5% | 19 |
| 10 | Infrastructure Security Engineer | 5.8% | 17 |
| 10 | Network Engineer | 5.8% | 17 |
| 12 | AWS Engineer | 4.8% | 14 |
| 12 | Platform Engineer | 4.8% | 14 |
| 14 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 4.5% | 13 |
| 15 | IT Security Engineer | 3.8% | 11 |
| 16 | Data Engineer | 3.4% | 10 |
| 16 | Lead Network Engineer | 3.4% | 10 |
| 16 | Operations Engineer | 3.4% | 10 |
| 19 | Senior IT Engineer | 3.1% | 9 |
| 20 | Applications Engineer | 2.7% | 8 |