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 12 June 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 271 255
Rank change year-on-year +77 -16 +57
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 247 124 286
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.16% 1.02% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 1.12% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 191 94 245
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £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 £90,938 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% -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 19,697 11,055 23,129
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 90.50% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 13,573 6,940 17,175
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £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 £98,750 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.87% +9.52% -12.98%

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 12 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 12 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 +13 46 £75,000 -11.76% 16
West London - 13 £35,000 - 5
East London -2 6 £82,500 +30.95% 5
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 127 (51.42%) Cloud Security
2 101 (40.89%) Azure
3 100 (40.49%) AWS
4 95 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
5 71 (28.74%) Python
6 63 (25.51%) Terraform
7 62 (25.10%) Security Architecture
8 61 (24.70%) Incident Response
9 60 (24.29%) CI/CD
9 60 (24.29%) Infrastructure as Code
10 59 (23.89%) Information Security
11 54 (21.86%) Microsoft
12 43 (17.41%) CISSP
13 41 (16.60%) Network Security
14 40 (16.19%) DevOps
15 39 (15.79%) AI
15 39 (15.79%) Degree
15 39 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 39 (15.79%) NIST
16 38 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
17 36 (14.57%) DevSecOps
17 36 (14.57%) Security Operations
17 36 (14.57%) Software Engineering
17 36 (14.57%) Zero Trust
18 35 (14.17%) Firewall
18 35 (14.17%) SIEM
19 33 (13.36%) GCP
20 32 (12.96%) PowerShell
21 30 (12.15%) Vulnerability Scanning
22 29 (11.74%) Problem-Solving

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 (1.21%) Apache
1 3 (1.21%) Apache Spark
1 3 (1.21%) Jupyter
1 3 (1.21%) SAS
2 1 (0.40%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 101 (40.89%) Azure
2 100 (40.49%) AWS
3 38 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (13.36%) GCP
5 23 (9.31%) GitHub
6 17 (6.88%) Azure Sentinel
6 17 (6.88%) Entra ID
7 16 (6.48%) AWS CloudFormation
7 16 (6.48%) GitHub Actions
7 16 (6.48%) SaaS
8 12 (4.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 11 (4.45%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (3.64%) Amazon S3
11 8 (3.24%) IaaS
11 8 (3.24%) Mimecast
11 8 (3.24%) PaaS
12 6 (2.43%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 5 (2.02%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (2.02%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (2.02%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 41 (16.60%) Network Security
2 35 (14.17%) Firewall
3 15 (6.07%) VPN
4 9 (3.64%) BGP
5 8 (3.24%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (2.83%) OSPF
6 7 (2.83%) VLAN
7 4 (1.62%) BIG-IP
7 4 (1.62%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (1.62%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (1.62%) EIGRP
7 4 (1.62%) IPv4
7 4 (1.62%) MPLS
7 4 (1.62%) Multicast
7 4 (1.62%) NX-OS
7 4 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.21%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (1.21%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.21%) Wireless
8 3 (1.21%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.83%) Tableau
2 4 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.21%) Airbyte
3 3 (1.21%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (8.91%) GitLab
2 13 (5.26%) TeamCity
3 3 (1.21%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.81%) 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 43 (17.41%) Finance
2 42 (17.00%) Social Skills
3 24 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (6.88%) Banking
6 16 (6.48%) Retail
7 13 (5.26%) Legal
8 10 (4.05%) Law
9 7 (2.83%) Cyber-Physical System
10 5 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.02%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.62%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.81%) Advertising
13 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.40%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.40%) Digital Healthcare
13 1 (0.40%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.40%) Games
13 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.64%) eBPF
2 8 (3.24%) Node.js
3 7 (2.83%) OAuth
4 5 (2.02%) RESTful
5 4 (1.62%) OpenID
5 4 (1.62%) REST
6 3 (1.21%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (1.21%) SAML
7 2 (0.81%) JSON
7 2 (0.81%) Middleware
8 1 (0.40%) Android NDK
8 1 (0.40%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.40%) Django
8 1 (0.40%) gRPC
8 1 (0.40%) JWT
8 1 (0.40%) Kafka
8 1 (0.40%) NestJS
8 1 (0.40%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.40%) Playwright
8 1 (0.40%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 48 (19.43%) Security Posture
2 40 (16.19%) Cloud Native
3 24 (9.72%) Management Information System
4 19 (7.69%) Cloud Security Posture
5 16 (6.48%) PKI
6 15 (6.07%) Hedge funds
7 12 (4.86%) CCTV
8 10 (4.05%) Operational Technology
9 7 (2.83%) AI Agents
9 7 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (2.43%) Blog
11 5 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
13 3 (1.21%) Data Centre
13 3 (1.21%) Product Ownership
13 3 (1.21%) Security Operations Centre
14 2 (0.81%) Cyberattack
14 2 (0.81%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.69%) Windows
2 11 (4.45%) Linux
3 10 (4.05%) Mac OS
4 8 (3.24%) Unix
5 5 (2.02%) Android
6 2 (0.81%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (51.42%) Cloud Security
2 95 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
3 62 (25.10%) Security Architecture
4 61 (24.70%) Incident Response
5 60 (24.29%) CI/CD
5 60 (24.29%) Infrastructure as Code
6 59 (23.89%) Information Security
7 40 (16.19%) DevOps
8 39 (15.79%) AI
9 36 (14.57%) DevSecOps
9 36 (14.57%) Security Operations
9 36 (14.57%) Software Engineering
9 36 (14.57%) Zero Trust
10 35 (14.17%) SIEM
11 30 (12.15%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 29 (11.74%) Problem-Solving
13 27 (10.93%) Computer Science
14 26 (10.53%) Cryptography
15 24 (9.72%) Continuous Improvement
15 24 (9.72%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 71 (28.74%) Python
2 32 (12.96%) PowerShell
3 26 (10.53%) Bash
4 15 (6.07%) Go
5 10 (4.05%) SQL
6 6 (2.43%) Java
6 6 (2.43%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (2.02%) C++
8 3 (1.21%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.21%) Scala
9 2 (0.81%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.81%) Search Processing Language
9 2 (0.81%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.40%) Bicep
10 1 (0.40%) C
10 1 (0.40%) C#
10 1 (0.40%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 43 (17.41%) CISSP
2 39 (15.79%) Degree
3 20 (8.10%) Security Cleared
4 17 (6.88%) AWS Certification
5 16 (6.48%) CEH
6 13 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (5.26%) Master's Degree
7 12 (4.86%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (4.45%) DV Cleared
9 10 (4.05%) SC Cleared
10 9 (3.64%) CompTIA CySA+
11 8 (3.24%) CCSK
11 8 (3.24%) CISA
11 8 (3.24%) DBS Check
12 5 (2.02%) CCNA
12 5 (2.02%) CCNP
12 5 (2.02%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (1.62%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 39 (15.79%) NIST
2 15 (6.07%) GRC
3 13 (5.26%) SOC 2
4 10 (4.05%) PCI DSS
5 8 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 7 (2.83%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.83%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (2.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (2.02%) GDPR
9 4 (1.62%) QA
10 3 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.81%) COBIT
11 2 (0.81%) NCSC
12 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 5 (2.02%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.81%) Docker
3 1 (0.40%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 63 (25.51%) Terraform
2 23 (9.31%) Kubernetes
3 13 (5.26%) Cilium
4 9 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (3.64%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (2.43%) QRadar
6 5 (2.02%) Ansible
6 5 (2.02%) Grafana
6 5 (2.02%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.62%) HP Fortify
8 3 (1.21%) Kibana
9 1 (0.40%) CASB
9 1 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.40%) SCCM
Vendors
1 54 (21.86%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.31%) CrowdStrike
3 22 (8.91%) Palo Alto
4 18 (7.29%) Cisco
5 15 (6.07%) Google
6 13 (5.26%) iManage
7 12 (4.86%) CyberArk
7 12 (4.86%) Rapid7
8 8 (3.24%) Qualys
8 8 (3.24%) Thales
9 7 (2.83%) Meraki
10 5 (2.02%) Oracle
10 5 (2.02%) ServiceNow
10 5 (2.02%) Sophos
11 4 (1.62%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.62%) F5
11 4 (1.62%) Splunk
12 3 (1.21%) Apple
12 3 (1.21%) Arista
13 2 (0.81%) Darktrace