Security Officer Jobs in London

Security Officer
England > London

The median Security Officer salary in London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 496 586
Rank change year-on-year +106 +90 +279
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Officer 3 11 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.024% 0.046% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.049% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 20
10th Percentile £69,000 £41,275 £41,250
25th Percentile £69,375 £57,625 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,750 £83,484
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -17.65% +7.72%
75th Percentile £73,125 £111,875 £111,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £117,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year +20.00% -21.57% +6.25%

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 11,455 22,637 31,177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.43% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,909 16,798 22,986
10th Percentile £40,971 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,000 £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 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Officer in London

Security Officer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Security Officer in London

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Security Officer 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 Officer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 2 (66.67%) Budgeting
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) SOC 2
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
2 2 (66.67%) OWASP
2 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Time Management
2 2 (66.67%) ISMS
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) CISM
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Broadband

Security Officer 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Broadband
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) French Language
3 1 (33.33%) German Language
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Budgeting
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) ISMS
2 2 (66.67%) OWASP
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
2 2 (66.67%) SOC 2
3 1 (33.33%) ISAE 3402
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft