Security Engineer Jobs in London

Security Engineer
England > London

The median Security Engineer salary in London is £75,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 253 317
Rank change year-on-year -11 +64 +126
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 134 281 340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.05% 1.17% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 1.24% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 102 245 274
10th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,250 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% - +13.48%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +3.70%

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 11,537 22,689 30,597
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.43% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 6,970 16,827 22,863
10th Percentile £41,000 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in London

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in London.

Salary trend for Security Engineer in London

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in London over the 6 months to 31 May 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 31 May 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 +3 21 £82,500 +3.13% 27
South London +6 7 £50,000 +13.64% 4
North London -14 2 - - 1
East London - 1 £63,000 - 8
Security Engineer
England

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 62 (46.27%) Azure
2 60 (44.78%) Cybersecurity
3 42 (31.34%) Python
3 42 (31.34%) Cloud Security
4 38 (28.36%) Microsoft
5 37 (27.61%) PowerShell
6 36 (26.87%) Finance
7 34 (25.37%) Information Security
7 34 (25.37%) AWS
8 31 (23.13%) Social Skills
9 29 (21.64%) NIST
9 29 (21.64%) Vulnerability Management
10 28 (20.90%) CI/CD
11 27 (20.15%) Incident Response
12 26 (19.40%) DevSecOps
13 25 (18.66%) SIEM
14 24 (17.91%) Windows
15 23 (17.16%) Firewall
16 22 (16.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
16 22 (16.42%) Law
17 21 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
18 20 (14.93%) Degree
18 20 (14.93%) Security Architecture
19 19 (14.18%) Continuous Improvement
19 19 (14.18%) DevOps
19 19 (14.18%) Security Operations
20 18 (13.43%) Task Automation
20 18 (13.43%) Application Security
21 17 (12.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 17 (12.69%) Entra ID

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.73%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (3.73%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.75%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 62 (46.27%) Azure
2 34 (25.37%) AWS
3 17 (12.69%) Entra ID
3 17 (12.69%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (10.45%) GCP
5 8 (5.97%) PaaS
6 7 (5.22%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (5.22%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (4.48%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (3.73%) GitHub
9 4 (2.99%) Azure AKS
9 4 (2.99%) OneDrive
10 3 (2.24%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 3 (2.24%) AWS CloudTrail
10 3 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.24%) IaaS
10 3 (2.24%) IBM Cloud
10 3 (2.24%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.24%) Serverless
11 2 (1.49%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 23 (17.16%) Firewall
2 14 (10.45%) Network Security
3 11 (8.21%) DNS
4 9 (6.72%) TCP/IP
5 6 (4.48%) HTTP
5 6 (4.48%) SMTP
6 5 (3.73%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (3.73%) Wireless
7 4 (2.99%) DHCP
8 3 (2.24%) VPN
8 3 (2.24%) WAN
9 2 (1.49%) 4G
9 2 (1.49%) NAS
9 2 (1.49%) SAN
9 2 (1.49%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.75%) DKIM
10 1 (0.75%) DMARC
10 1 (0.75%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.75%) SSL
10 1 (0.75%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.49%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.75%) Big Data
2 1 (0.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (6.72%) Git
2 2 (1.49%) JIRA
3 1 (0.75%) GitLab
General
1 36 (26.87%) Finance
2 31 (23.13%) Social Skills
3 22 (16.42%) Law
4 16 (11.94%) Banking
5 10 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (5.97%) Telecoms
7 7 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (5.22%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (4.48%) Legal
8 6 (4.48%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.99%) Marketing
10 3 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.49%) Games
11 2 (1.49%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.75%) Electronics
12 1 (0.75%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.72%) REST
2 8 (5.97%) GraphQL
3 6 (4.48%) Middleware
4 5 (3.73%) SailPoint
4 5 (3.73%) SLSA
4 5 (3.73%) YAML
5 2 (1.49%) .NET
5 2 (1.49%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.49%) Azure Blueprints
5 2 (1.49%) Kafka
5 2 (1.49%) React
6 1 (0.75%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.75%) JSON
6 1 (0.75%) LDAP
6 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.75%) OAuth
6 1 (0.75%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.75%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.94%) Security Posture
2 15 (11.19%) CCTV
3 14 (10.45%) Management Information System
4 12 (8.96%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (7.46%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (5.97%) Cloud Native
7 6 (4.48%) Public Cloud
8 5 (3.73%) Blog
8 5 (3.73%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (3.73%) PKI
9 4 (2.99%) Mobile App
10 3 (2.24%) Algorithms
10 3 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (2.24%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (2.24%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (2.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (2.24%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 2 (1.49%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 24 (17.91%) Windows
2 12 (8.96%) Linux
2 12 (8.96%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (2.24%) VMS
4 3 (2.24%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.49%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.75%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (44.78%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (31.34%) Cloud Security
3 34 (25.37%) Information Security
4 29 (21.64%) Vulnerability Management
5 28 (20.90%) CI/CD
6 27 (20.15%) Incident Response
7 26 (19.40%) DevSecOps
8 25 (18.66%) SIEM
9 21 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (14.93%) Security Architecture
11 19 (14.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (14.18%) DevOps
11 19 (14.18%) Security Operations
12 18 (13.43%) Application Security
12 18 (13.43%) Task Automation
13 17 (12.69%) Data Protection
13 17 (12.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 16 (11.94%) Penetration Testing
14 16 (11.94%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 16 (11.94%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 42 (31.34%) Python
2 37 (27.61%) PowerShell
3 12 (8.96%) Bash
4 8 (5.97%) Java
4 8 (5.97%) Perl
5 7 (5.22%) Go
6 2 (1.49%) Bicep
6 2 (1.49%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.49%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (1.49%) SQL
6 2 (1.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (14.93%) Degree
2 10 (7.46%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (7.46%) CISSP
3 9 (6.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 8 (5.97%) CCSP
5 7 (5.22%) AWS Certification
6 5 (3.73%) CCSK
6 5 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.99%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.24%) CISM
9 2 (1.49%) CCNA
9 2 (1.49%) CEH
9 2 (1.49%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.49%) GSEC
9 2 (1.49%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.49%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.49%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.75%) GREM
10 1 (0.75%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (21.64%) NIST
2 22 (16.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (9.70%) GDPR
4 9 (6.72%) PCI DSS
5 7 (5.22%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (4.48%) Accessibility
7 4 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (2.24%) NCSC
8 3 (2.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (2.24%) SOC 2
9 2 (1.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.75%) GRC
10 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 9 (6.72%) VMware ESXi
2 6 (4.48%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.73%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.99%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.99%) vSphere
5 2 (1.49%) Firmware
5 2 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.75%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 15 (11.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (8.96%) Terraform
3 8 (5.97%) Ansible
3 8 (5.97%) Kubernetes
4 7 (5.22%) SCCM
5 5 (3.73%) CASB
5 5 (3.73%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.99%) Nessus
7 2 (1.49%) Istio
7 2 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (1.49%) linkerd
7 2 (1.49%) Mesos
8 1 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.75%) Grafana
8 1 (0.75%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.75%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.75%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.75%) WMI
Vendors
1 38 (28.36%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.69%) VMware
3 11 (8.21%) Google
4 7 (5.22%) Cisco
4 7 (5.22%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (5.22%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.48%) CyberArk
5 6 (4.48%) Okta
6 5 (3.73%) Splunk
7 4 (2.99%) Extreme Networks
7 4 (2.99%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.24%) Dell
8 3 (2.24%) IBM
8 3 (2.24%) Symantec
8 3 (2.24%) Zscaler
9 2 (1.49%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.49%) EMC
9 2 (1.49%) Meraki
9 2 (1.49%) SonicWALL
9 2 (1.49%) Sophos