Security Engineer Job Trends in London

Security Engineer
England > London

The median Security Engineer salary in London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 November 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 233 247 256
Rank change year-on-year +14 +9 +75
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 154 216 213
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.19% 1.23% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 1.29% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 112 146 180
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,713 £54,875
25th Percentile £55,000 £67,813 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year - -2.04% -5.77%

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 11,757 16,703 18,006
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 94.78% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 7,615 10,219 14,688
10th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £54,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.22% -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 22 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 22 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 +46 36 £71,250 -20.83% 48
West London +1 3 £50,000 -39.39% 7
South London +30 1 £50,000 - 3
East London - 1 £40,000 - 8
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 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 62 (40.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (39.61%) Azure
3 50 (32.47%) Cybersecurity
4 47 (30.52%) Degree
4 47 (30.52%) Microsoft
5 46 (29.87%) Vulnerability Management
6 44 (28.57%) NIST
7 42 (27.27%) PowerShell
8 41 (26.62%) Incident Response
9 40 (25.97%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 39 (25.32%) CI/CD
11 38 (24.68%) Python
12 37 (24.03%) CISSP
13 36 (23.38%) Information Security
14 35 (22.73%) AWS
14 35 (22.73%) Cloud Security
14 35 (22.73%) DevOps
15 31 (20.13%) Firewall
15 31 (20.13%) SIEM
15 31 (20.13%) Windows
16 27 (17.53%) Threat Modelling
17 26 (16.88%) Network Security
17 26 (16.88%) OWASP
18 25 (16.23%) Application Security
19 24 (15.58%) SDLC
19 24 (15.58%) Security Testing
20 23 (14.94%) Computer Science
21 22 (14.29%) Security Operations
22 21 (13.64%) Computer Science Degree
22 21 (13.64%) DevSecOps

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 (5.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.55%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.65%) Apache
3 1 (0.65%) Apache Pulsar
3 1 (0.65%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.65%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 61 (39.61%) Azure
2 35 (22.73%) AWS
3 21 (13.64%) Entra ID
4 20 (12.99%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (12.34%) PaaS
6 18 (11.69%) GCP
7 15 (9.74%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (5.84%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (5.19%) SaaS
9 8 (5.19%) Slack
10 6 (3.90%) Mimecast
11 4 (2.60%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (2.60%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (2.60%) Cloudflare
11 4 (2.60%) GitHub
11 4 (2.60%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (2.60%) Tessian
12 3 (1.95%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (1.95%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 31 (20.13%) Firewall
2 26 (16.88%) Network Security
3 15 (9.74%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (5.84%) VPN
5 8 (5.19%) DNS
6 7 (4.55%) TCP/IP
7 4 (2.60%) WAN
8 3 (1.95%) HTTP
8 3 (1.95%) LAN
9 2 (1.30%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (1.30%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (1.30%) HTTPS
9 2 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.65%) AMQP
10 1 (0.65%) DHCP
10 1 (0.65%) DMZ
10 1 (0.65%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 1 (0.65%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.65%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.65%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (1.95%) Redis
1 3 (1.95%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.30%) Power BI
2 2 (1.30%) Tableau
3 1 (0.65%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 11 (7.14%) JIRA
2 4 (2.60%) TeamCity
3 3 (1.95%) Burp Suite
3 3 (1.95%) Metasploit
4 2 (1.30%) Git
5 1 (0.65%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.65%) GitLab
5 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.65%) Snyk
General
1 41 (26.62%) Finance
2 39 (25.32%) Social Skills
3 16 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.09%) Law
5 13 (8.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (8.44%) Legal
6 12 (7.79%) Telecoms
7 9 (5.84%) Banking
7 9 (5.84%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (5.84%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (5.84%) Retail
8 8 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (3.25%) Financial Institution
9 5 (3.25%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.60%) Back Office
11 1 (0.65%) Advertising
11 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.39%) YAML
2 10 (6.49%) OAuth
3 6 (3.90%) OAuth2
4 5 (3.25%) Kafka
5 4 (2.60%) SAML
6 3 (1.95%) JWT
6 3 (1.95%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (1.95%) RESTful
7 2 (1.30%) AWS CDK
7 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (1.30%) REST
8 1 (0.65%) Android NDK
8 1 (0.65%) Django
8 1 (0.65%) JDBC
8 1 (0.65%) JSON
8 1 (0.65%) LDAP
8 1 (0.65%) Node.js
8 1 (0.65%) OpenID
8 1 (0.65%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.65%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 32 (20.78%) Security Posture
2 19 (12.34%) Management Information System
3 13 (8.44%) CCTV
4 11 (7.14%) Cloud Native
5 8 (5.19%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (3.25%) Blog
6 5 (3.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 5 (3.25%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.60%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (2.60%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.95%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.95%) PKI
9 2 (1.30%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (1.30%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.65%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 31 (20.13%) Windows
2 15 (9.74%) Linux
3 8 (5.19%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.25%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.95%) Unix
6 2 (1.30%) Android
6 2 (1.30%) VMS
7 1 (0.65%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.65%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (32.47%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (29.87%) Vulnerability Management
3 41 (26.62%) Incident Response
4 40 (25.97%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 39 (25.32%) CI/CD
6 36 (23.38%) Information Security
7 35 (22.73%) Cloud Security
7 35 (22.73%) DevOps
8 31 (20.13%) SIEM
9 27 (17.53%) Threat Modelling
10 26 (16.88%) OWASP
11 25 (16.23%) Application Security
12 24 (15.58%) SDLC
12 24 (15.58%) Security Testing
13 23 (14.94%) Computer Science
14 22 (14.29%) Security Operations
15 21 (13.64%) DevSecOps
15 21 (13.64%) Mentoring
15 21 (13.64%) Penetration Testing
16 20 (12.99%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 42 (27.27%) PowerShell
2 38 (24.68%) Python
3 20 (12.99%) Go
4 19 (12.34%) Bash
5 7 (4.55%) SQL
6 6 (3.90%) Java
6 6 (3.90%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.95%) C++
8 1 (0.65%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.65%) Perl
8 1 (0.65%) Scala
Qualifications
1 47 (30.52%) Degree
2 37 (24.03%) CISSP
3 21 (13.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (9.74%) Master's Degree
5 11 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (7.14%) CISM
6 10 (6.49%) CompTIA Security+
7 9 (5.84%) CEH
8 7 (4.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (3.25%) AWS Certification
9 5 (3.25%) CCNP
10 4 (2.60%) CCNA
10 4 (2.60%) CCSP
10 4 (2.60%) CISA
10 4 (2.60%) OSCP
10 4 (2.60%) Security Cleared
11 3 (1.95%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.95%) GCIH
11 3 (1.95%) GSEC
11 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (40.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (28.57%) NIST
3 17 (11.04%) NCSC
4 13 (8.44%) GDPR
5 8 (5.19%) Accessibility
5 8 (5.19%) SOC 2
6 6 (3.90%) PCI DSS
7 5 (3.25%) GRC
8 4 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (1.95%) JSP 440
10 2 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (1.30%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.65%) PSD2
11 1 (0.65%) QA
11 1 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (9.74%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.19%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.30%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 2 (1.30%) Firmware
4 2 (1.30%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.30%) pfSense
4 2 (1.30%) Squid
4 2 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.65%) Docker
5 1 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (9.09%) Terraform
2 12 (7.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (7.14%) Kubernetes
4 10 (6.49%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (2.60%) Cilium
6 3 (1.95%) Ansible
6 3 (1.95%) Grafana
6 3 (1.95%) Nmap
6 3 (1.95%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.30%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (1.30%) SCCM
7 2 (1.30%) VxRail
8 1 (0.65%) CASB
8 1 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.65%) Mesos
8 1 (0.65%) Nessus
8 1 (0.65%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.65%) QRadar
8 1 (0.65%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.65%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 47 (30.52%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.44%) VMware
3 10 (6.49%) ServiceNow
3 10 (6.49%) Tenable
4 8 (5.19%) Cisco
4 8 (5.19%) CrowdStrike
5 7 (4.55%) Palo Alto
6 6 (3.90%) CheckPoint
6 6 (3.90%) Rapid7
7 5 (3.25%) Google
7 5 (3.25%) Okta
7 5 (3.25%) Splunk
8 4 (2.60%) Fortinet
8 4 (2.60%) iManage
8 4 (2.60%) Sophos
9 3 (1.95%) CyberArk
9 3 (1.95%) Dell
9 3 (1.95%) Foundry
9 3 (1.95%) Palantir
9 3 (1.95%) Qualys