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 11 August 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 262 245
Rank change year-on-year +59 -17 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 257 132 249
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.08% 1.08% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 1.18% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 202 95 197
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £56,875 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.66% -8.48% +3.13%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £99,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £59,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.04% -4.80% -10.71%

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 22,099 11,184 18,613
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 91.69% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 15,123 7,260 12,867
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +2.84% -3.29%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 +19 38 £72,500 -12.12% 34
West London - 18 £35,000 - 10
South London +6 11 £45,000 -10.00% 12
East London -2 9 £82,500 +30.95% 9
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 August 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.

1 111 (43.19%) Cloud Security
2 92 (35.80%) Cybersecurity
3 90 (35.02%) Azure
4 85 (33.07%) AWS
5 60 (23.35%) Microsoft
6 57 (22.18%) CI/CD
6 57 (22.18%) Python
7 56 (21.79%) Incident Response
7 56 (21.79%) Security Architecture
8 55 (21.40%) Terraform
9 50 (19.46%) Information Security
9 50 (19.46%) Infrastructure as Code
10 47 (18.29%) Network Security
11 46 (17.90%) Security Operations
12 41 (15.95%) Firewall
13 40 (15.56%) SIEM
13 40 (15.56%) Software Engineering
14 38 (14.79%) AI
15 36 (14.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 36 (14.01%) Microsoft 365
16 35 (13.62%) CISSP
16 35 (13.62%) Degree
17 34 (13.23%) PowerShell
17 34 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
18 32 (12.45%) DevOps
18 32 (12.45%) DevSecOps
18 32 (12.45%) Zero Trust
19 30 (11.67%) Palo Alto
20 29 (11.28%) Vulnerability Management
21 28 (10.89%) NIST

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 (1.17%) Apache
1 3 (1.17%) Apache Spark
1 3 (1.17%) Jupyter
1 3 (1.17%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 90 (35.02%) Azure
2 85 (33.07%) AWS
3 36 (14.01%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (8.95%) Entra ID
4 23 (8.95%) GCP
4 23 (8.95%) GitHub
5 16 (6.23%) Azure Sentinel
5 16 (6.23%) GitHub Actions
6 13 (5.06%) Amazon S3
6 13 (5.06%) Microsoft Purview
7 10 (3.89%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 10 (3.89%) Mimecast
7 10 (3.89%) OCI
7 10 (3.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 8 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
8 8 (3.11%) Amazon ELB
8 8 (3.11%) AWS CloudTrail
8 8 (3.11%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (3.11%) SaaS
9 7 (2.72%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 47 (18.29%) Network Security
2 41 (15.95%) Firewall
3 21 (8.17%) VPN
4 9 (3.50%) BGP
5 7 (2.72%) Cisco ISE
6 6 (2.33%) DNS
6 6 (2.33%) OSPF
6 6 (2.33%) VLAN
7 5 (1.95%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (1.17%) BIG-IP
9 3 (1.17%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (1.17%) EIGRP
9 3 (1.17%) HTTP
9 3 (1.17%) Internet
9 3 (1.17%) IPv4
9 3 (1.17%) MPLS
9 3 (1.17%) Multicast
9 3 (1.17%) Wireless
9 3 (1.17%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.11%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.17%) Airbyte
2 3 (1.17%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (5.45%) GitLab
2 12 (4.67%) TeamCity
3 5 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.17%) Burp Suite
4 3 (1.17%) Git
5 2 (0.78%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.39%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.39%) Selenium
General
1 43 (16.73%) Social Skills
2 40 (15.56%) Finance
3 23 (8.95%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.78%) Banking
4 20 (7.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (6.23%) Retail
6 13 (5.06%) Law
7 11 (4.28%) Legal
8 7 (2.72%) Cyber-Physical System
9 6 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.95%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.17%) Digital Health
11 3 (1.17%) Digital Healthcare
11 3 (1.17%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.78%) Advertising
12 2 (0.78%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.78%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.50%) eBPF
2 8 (3.11%) OAuth
3 7 (2.72%) Node.js
4 6 (2.33%) OpenID
5 5 (1.95%) SAML
6 3 (1.17%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (1.17%) JWT
6 3 (1.17%) Middleware
6 3 (1.17%) RESTful
7 2 (0.78%) JSON
7 2 (0.78%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.78%) REST
8 1 (0.39%) Django
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.39%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 38 (14.79%) Cloud Native
2 37 (14.40%) Security Posture
3 24 (9.34%) CCTV
4 19 (7.39%) PKI
5 14 (5.45%) Management Information System
6 13 (5.06%) Cloud Security Posture
7 10 (3.89%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (3.89%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.72%) AI Agents
8 7 (2.72%) Blog
8 7 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.56%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.17%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.17%) Hedge funds
11 3 (1.17%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.84%) Windows
2 9 (3.50%) Linux
3 2 (0.78%) Android
3 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.78%) Kali Linux
3 2 (0.78%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.78%) Unix
4 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (43.19%) Cloud Security
2 92 (35.80%) Cybersecurity
3 57 (22.18%) CI/CD
4 56 (21.79%) Incident Response
4 56 (21.79%) Security Architecture
5 50 (19.46%) Information Security
5 50 (19.46%) Infrastructure as Code
6 46 (17.90%) Security Operations
7 40 (15.56%) SIEM
7 40 (15.56%) Software Engineering
8 38 (14.79%) AI
9 34 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
10 32 (12.45%) DevOps
10 32 (12.45%) DevSecOps
10 32 (12.45%) Zero Trust
11 29 (11.28%) Vulnerability Management
12 25 (9.73%) Data Loss Prevention
12 25 (9.73%) SDLC
12 25 (9.73%) Threat Modelling
13 22 (8.56%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 57 (22.18%) Python
2 34 (13.23%) PowerShell
3 21 (8.17%) Bash
4 15 (5.84%) Go
5 9 (3.50%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (2.33%) Java
7 5 (1.95%) SQL
8 3 (1.17%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.17%) Scala
9 2 (0.78%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.78%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.39%) C
10 1 (0.39%) C#
10 1 (0.39%) C++
10 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (13.62%) CISSP
1 35 (13.62%) Degree
2 22 (8.56%) Security Cleared
3 20 (7.78%) AWS Certification
4 17 (6.61%) CEH
5 16 (6.23%) Master's Degree
6 14 (5.45%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (4.28%) DV Cleared
7 11 (4.28%) SC Cleared
8 8 (3.11%) DBS Check
9 7 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (2.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (2.33%) CISM
10 6 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (1.95%) CCNA
11 5 (1.95%) CCNP
11 5 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.56%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.56%) CCSP
13 3 (1.17%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (14.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (10.89%) NIST
3 15 (5.84%) SOC 2
4 13 (5.06%) GRC
5 9 (3.50%) PCI DSS
6 8 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (2.33%) Accessibility
8 6 (2.33%) GDPR
9 3 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.17%) QA
10 2 (0.78%) NCSC
11 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 7 (2.72%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.78%) ProxySG
3 1 (0.39%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.39%) Docker
3 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 55 (21.40%) Terraform
2 24 (9.34%) Kubernetes
3 17 (6.61%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (5.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (4.67%) Cilium
6 8 (3.11%) QRadar
7 6 (2.33%) Ansible
8 5 (1.95%) Grafana
8 5 (1.95%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.56%) SCCM
10 3 (1.17%) HP Fortify
10 3 (1.17%) Kibana
11 2 (0.78%) Nessus
11 2 (0.78%) Nmap
12 1 (0.39%) CASB
12 1 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 60 (23.35%) Microsoft
2 30 (11.67%) Palo Alto
3 25 (9.73%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (8.56%) Cisco
5 14 (5.45%) CyberArk
5 14 (5.45%) Rapid7
6 13 (5.06%) iManage
7 11 (4.28%) Qualys
8 10 (3.89%) Oracle
9 8 (3.11%) Thales
10 7 (2.72%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.72%) Sophos
10 7 (2.72%) Splunk
11 6 (2.33%) Arista
11 6 (2.33%) Meraki
11 6 (2.33%) Tenable
12 4 (1.56%) Google
12 4 (1.56%) Netskope
13 3 (1.17%) CheckPoint
13 3 (1.17%) F5