Senior Information Security Engineer Jobs in London

Senior Information Security Engineer
England > London

The median Senior Information Security Engineer salary in London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 506 636
Rank change year-on-year +108 +130 +254
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Information Security Engineer 5 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.039% 0.013% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.014% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile - - £55,800
25th Percentile - £71,250 £61,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +0.69% +25.22%
75th Percentile - £81,875 £81,500
90th Percentile - £86,750 £86,600
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +20.83% -7.69%

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 11,591 22,195 33,076
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.08% 94.12% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 7,387 16,681 24,330
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £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 £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Senior Information Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Information Security Engineer in London

Senior Information Security Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Senior Information Security Engineer in London

Senior Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, Senior Information 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 Senior Information Security Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (60.00%) Cybercrime
3 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (60.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (60.00%) Cyber Intelligence
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
3 3 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (60.00%) Network Security
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Forensics
3 3 (60.00%) Service Management
3 3 (60.00%) GIS
3 3 (60.00%) ITSM
3 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (40.00%) Finance
4 2 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (40.00%) Splunk
4 2 (40.00%) SIEM
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (40.00%) SOAR

Senior Information 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) GIS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (60.00%) Cybercrime
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Forensics
3 3 (60.00%) Cyber Intelligence
3 3 (60.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (60.00%) ITSM
3 3 (60.00%) Service Management
3 3 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) SIEM
4 2 (40.00%) SOAR
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Splunk