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 7 April 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 263 262
Rank change year-on-year +59 -1 +42
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 210 144 244
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.13% 1.12% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 1.23% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 163 113 221
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,100 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £63,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £81,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +5.16% +3.33%
75th Percentile £93,625 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £103,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.60% -8.42%

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 17,024 11,719 21,143
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 90.75% 94.09%
Number of salaries quoted 11,460 7,580 16,485
10th Percentile £38,000 £42,000 £38,951
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £93,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.09%

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 7 April 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 7 April 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 +38 55 £77,500 -10.14% 26
West London -9 12 £45,000 -45.45% 10
East London - 4 £40,000 - 1
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 April 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 97 (46.19%) Azure
2 93 (44.29%) Cloud Security
3 75 (35.71%) AWS
3 75 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
4 61 (29.05%) Information Security
5 58 (27.62%) Security Architecture
6 54 (25.71%) Incident Response
6 54 (25.71%) Python
7 49 (23.33%) Microsoft
8 47 (22.38%) CISSP
9 46 (21.90%) Terraform
10 43 (20.48%) Infrastructure as Code
11 41 (19.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 41 (19.52%) Microsoft 365
12 38 (18.10%) NIST
13 37 (17.62%) GCP
14 36 (17.14%) CI/CD
14 36 (17.14%) Degree
15 34 (16.19%) AI
16 32 (15.24%) PowerShell
16 32 (15.24%) SIEM
17 30 (14.29%) DevSecOps
18 28 (13.33%) DevOps
18 28 (13.33%) Zero Trust
19 27 (12.86%) Computer Science
20 26 (12.38%) Firewall
20 26 (12.38%) RBAC
20 26 (12.38%) Vulnerability Scanning
21 24 (11.43%) Computer Science Degree
22 23 (10.95%) Bash

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 2 (0.95%) Apache Pulsar
2 1 (0.48%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 97 (46.19%) Azure
2 75 (35.71%) AWS
3 41 (19.52%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (17.62%) GCP
5 22 (10.48%) SaaS
6 18 (8.57%) AWS CloudFormation
7 15 (7.14%) PaaS
8 12 (5.71%) Azure Sentinel
8 12 (5.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 11 (5.24%) GitHub
9 11 (5.24%) IaaS
10 10 (4.76%) Entra ID
11 9 (4.29%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
14 3 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (1.43%) Mimecast
15 2 (0.95%) Amazon ECS
15 2 (0.95%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 26 (12.38%) Firewall
2 23 (10.95%) Network Security
3 5 (2.38%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.38%) VPN
4 4 (1.90%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.95%) BGP
5 2 (0.95%) BIG-IP
5 2 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (0.95%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.95%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.95%) EIGRP
5 2 (0.95%) IPv4
5 2 (0.95%) LAN
5 2 (0.95%) MPLS
5 2 (0.95%) OSPF
5 2 (0.95%) VLAN
5 2 (0.95%) WAN
5 2 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.95%) Wireless
5 2 (0.95%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.76%) Tableau
2 3 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.43%) Redis
3 1 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.48%) Power BI
3 1 (0.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (8.10%) GitLab
2 9 (4.29%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.48%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.48%) Git
3 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.48%) JIRA
3 1 (0.48%) Selenium
General
1 42 (20.00%) Finance
2 32 (15.24%) Social Skills
3 21 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.05%) Legal
5 13 (6.19%) Retail
5 13 (6.19%) Telecoms
6 12 (5.71%) Banking
7 10 (4.76%) Law
8 9 (4.29%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.38%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.90%) Back Office
12 3 (1.43%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.95%) Advertising
14 1 (0.48%) Games
14 1 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.81%) RESTful
2 6 (2.86%) OAuth
2 6 (2.86%) REST
3 5 (2.38%) Kafka
3 5 (2.38%) OAuth2
4 4 (1.90%) Android NDK
4 4 (1.90%) WebSockets
4 4 (1.90%) YAML
5 3 (1.43%) JWT
5 3 (1.43%) NestJS
5 3 (1.43%) Node.js
5 3 (1.43%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (0.95%) gRPC
7 1 (0.48%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.48%) eBPF
7 1 (0.48%) Middleware
7 1 (0.48%) Next.js
7 1 (0.48%) Playwright
7 1 (0.48%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (20.95%) Security Posture
2 25 (11.90%) Management Information System
3 21 (10.00%) CCTV
3 21 (10.00%) Cloud Native
3 21 (10.00%) Hedge funds
4 14 (6.67%) Cloud Security Posture
5 8 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.86%) Blog
6 6 (2.86%) PKI
7 5 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.90%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.95%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.48%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.48%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.48%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (10.95%) Windows
2 14 (6.67%) Mac OS
3 11 (5.24%) Linux
3 11 (5.24%) Unix
4 8 (3.81%) Android
5 4 (1.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (44.29%) Cloud Security
2 75 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
3 61 (29.05%) Information Security
4 58 (27.62%) Security Architecture
5 54 (25.71%) Incident Response
6 43 (20.48%) Infrastructure as Code
7 36 (17.14%) CI/CD
8 34 (16.19%) AI
9 32 (15.24%) SIEM
10 30 (14.29%) DevSecOps
11 28 (13.33%) DevOps
11 28 (13.33%) Zero Trust
12 27 (12.86%) Computer Science
13 26 (12.38%) RBAC
13 26 (12.38%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 23 (10.95%) Cryptography
15 21 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
15 21 (10.00%) Risk Management
16 20 (9.52%) Data Loss Prevention
16 20 (9.52%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (25.71%) Python
2 32 (15.24%) PowerShell
3 23 (10.95%) Bash
4 14 (6.67%) Go
5 10 (4.76%) SQL
6 9 (4.29%) C++
7 4 (1.90%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.95%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.48%) Bicep
9 1 (0.48%) C#
9 1 (0.48%) Java
9 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 47 (22.38%) CISSP
2 36 (17.14%) Degree
3 24 (11.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (9.05%) CEH
5 12 (5.71%) CISA
6 11 (5.24%) CCSK
6 11 (5.24%) CompTIA CySA+
7 10 (4.76%) AWS Certification
8 9 (4.29%) Master's Degree
9 5 (2.38%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.43%) Security Cleared
11 2 (0.95%) CISM
11 2 (0.95%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.95%) SC Cleared
12 1 (0.48%) CCNP
12 1 (0.48%) ISEB
12 1 (0.48%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.48%) MCSE
12 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (19.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (18.10%) NIST
3 13 (6.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 10 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
4 10 (4.76%) GRC
5 9 (4.29%) PCI DSS
5 9 (4.29%) SOC 2
6 6 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.86%) GDPR
7 4 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.90%) NCSC
7 4 (1.90%) QA
8 3 (1.43%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.95%) COBIT
9 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.48%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.48%) JSP 440
System Software
1 7 (3.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.43%) Docker
3 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 46 (21.90%) Terraform
2 18 (8.57%) Kubernetes
3 9 (4.29%) Cilium
4 7 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.90%) HP Fortify
6 3 (1.43%) Grafana
6 3 (1.43%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.43%) QRadar
7 2 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.48%) Ansible
8 1 (0.48%) SCCM
8 1 (0.48%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.48%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 49 (23.33%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.00%) Google
3 17 (8.10%) iManage
4 15 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
4 15 (7.14%) Palo Alto
5 14 (6.67%) CyberArk
6 13 (6.19%) Rapid7
7 9 (4.29%) Cisco
7 9 (4.29%) Thales
8 6 (2.86%) Qualys
9 5 (2.38%) Meraki
10 4 (1.90%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.90%) VMware
11 3 (1.43%) Apple
11 3 (1.43%) Sophos
11 3 (1.43%) Tenable
12 2 (0.95%) CheckPoint
12 2 (0.95%) Ericsson
12 2 (0.95%) F5
12 2 (0.95%) Nokia