Senior Security Engineer Jobs in London

Senior Security Engineer
England > London

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in London is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 419 522 763
Rank change year-on-year +103 +241 -172
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 84 97 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.36% 0.28% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.30% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 76 81 54
10th Percentile £58,125 £60,000 £63,750
25th Percentile £68,688 £67,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £103,750 £103,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,236 32,601 64,987
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 95.01% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 16,671 24,034 34,497
10th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Engineer in London

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Engineer in London

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Engineer in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Engineer in London

Senior 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 Senior Security Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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 +40 9 £72,970 -14.15% 3
Senior Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Senior 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 Security Engineer in the job title.

1 58 (69.05%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (63.10%) Azure
3 39 (46.43%) Microsoft
4 31 (36.90%) CISSP
4 31 (36.90%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (33.33%) Windows
5 28 (33.33%) Cloud Security
6 25 (29.76%) Security Operations
7 24 (28.57%) Incident Response
8 23 (27.38%) SIEM
8 23 (27.38%) Finance
8 23 (27.38%) Network Security
9 22 (26.19%) PowerShell
9 22 (26.19%) AWS
10 21 (25.00%) Information Security
11 20 (23.81%) Python
12 19 (22.62%) CEH
13 18 (21.43%) Active Directory
13 18 (21.43%) WAN
13 18 (21.43%) Firewall
13 18 (21.43%) Data Loss Prevention
14 17 (20.24%) PKI
15 16 (19.05%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 15 (17.86%) Social Skills
16 15 (17.86%) Cisco
17 14 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
17 14 (16.67%) DevOps
17 14 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
18 13 (15.48%) Cisco ISE
18 13 (15.48%) Problem-Solving

Senior 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 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (11.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.57%) AutoCAD
3 3 (3.57%) Revit
4 2 (2.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 53 (63.10%) Azure
2 31 (36.90%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (26.19%) AWS
4 12 (14.29%) GCP
4 12 (14.29%) PaaS
5 11 (13.10%) Cloud Computing
6 10 (11.90%) SaaS
7 7 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (7.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 6 (7.14%) IaaS
9 5 (5.95%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (4.76%) Power Platform
11 3 (3.57%) GitHub
12 1 (1.19%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (1.19%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (27.38%) Network Security
2 18 (21.43%) Firewall
2 18 (21.43%) WAN
3 13 (15.48%) Cisco ISE
4 12 (14.29%) LAN
4 12 (14.29%) VPN
5 8 (9.52%) Cisco Firepower
5 8 (9.52%) TCP/IP
6 6 (7.14%) BGP
6 6 (7.14%) Cisco IOS
6 6 (7.14%) Cisco Nexus
6 6 (7.14%) DMZ
6 6 (7.14%) MPLS
6 6 (7.14%) SD-WAN
6 6 (7.14%) Unified Communications
6 6 (7.14%) VLAN
6 6 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (4.76%) DNS
7 4 (4.76%) Wireless
7 4 (4.76%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (9.52%) Jenkins
General
1 23 (27.38%) Finance
2 15 (17.86%) Social Skills
3 9 (10.71%) Law
4 8 (9.52%) Banking
4 8 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.38%) Legal
7 2 (2.38%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.38%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.14%) HTML
2 2 (2.38%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.38%) web3js
3 1 (1.19%) JWT
3 1 (1.19%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.24%) PKI
2 12 (14.29%) Cyberattack
3 9 (10.71%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 6 (7.14%) Hedge funds
5 5 (5.95%) Cybercrime
5 5 (5.95%) Management Information System
6 4 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (4.76%) Onboarding
6 4 (4.76%) Public Cloud
6 4 (4.76%) Security Posture
7 3 (3.57%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (3.57%) Product Ownership
7 3 (3.57%) Virtual Team
8 2 (2.38%) Blockchain
8 2 (2.38%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (2.38%) Web3
9 1 (1.19%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.19%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (1.19%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 28 (33.33%) Windows
2 5 (5.95%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.76%) Android
3 4 (4.76%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.19%) Linux
4 1 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (69.05%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 25 (29.76%) Security Operations
4 24 (28.57%) Incident Response
5 23 (27.38%) SIEM
6 21 (25.00%) Information Security
7 18 (21.43%) Data Loss Prevention
8 16 (19.05%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 14 (16.67%) DevOps
9 14 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
10 13 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (13.10%) Agile
11 11 (13.10%) CI/CD
11 11 (13.10%) Cryptography
11 11 (13.10%) Data Security
11 11 (13.10%) ITIL
12 10 (11.90%) Roadmaps
12 10 (11.90%) Strategic Thinking
13 9 (10.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 8 (9.52%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (26.19%) PowerShell
2 20 (23.81%) Python
3 7 (8.33%) C#
4 6 (7.14%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (7.14%) SQL
5 1 (1.19%) Go
5 1 (1.19%) Java
5 1 (1.19%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.19%) Lua
5 1 (1.19%) Ruby
5 1 (1.19%) Rust
Qualifications
1 31 (36.90%) CISSP
2 19 (22.62%) CEH
3 14 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (11.90%) CCSP
4 10 (11.90%) Degree
5 8 (9.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (7.14%) CISM
7 4 (4.76%) CCIE
7 4 (4.76%) CRISC
7 4 (4.76%) GIAC
7 4 (4.76%) ISSMP
7 4 (4.76%) SANS
7 4 (4.76%) SSCP
8 3 (3.57%) Azure Certification
8 3 (3.57%) CCSK
8 3 (3.57%) GSEC
8 3 (3.57%) ISSAP
8 3 (3.57%) ISSEP
8 3 (3.57%) RIBA
9 1 (1.19%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 6 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (5.95%) NIST
4 4 (4.76%) COBIT
4 4 (4.76%) NCSC
4 4 (4.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.76%) Docker
2 4 (4.76%) Hyper-V
2 4 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (9.52%) Ansible
2 6 (7.14%) Cisco CUCM
2 6 (7.14%) Stealthwatch
2 6 (7.14%) Terraform
3 5 (5.95%) Kubernetes
4 4 (4.76%) CASB
4 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (4.76%) Nmap
5 2 (2.38%) Nessus
5 2 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (46.43%) Microsoft
2 15 (17.86%) Cisco
3 12 (14.29%) CyberArk
3 12 (14.29%) Splunk
4 8 (9.52%) CheckPoint
4 8 (9.52%) Palo Alto
4 8 (9.52%) Qualys
5 7 (8.33%) Google
6 6 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
6 6 (7.14%) SolarWinds
6 6 (7.14%) VMware
7 5 (5.95%) Rapid7
8 4 (4.76%) Alibaba
8 4 (4.76%) ArcSight
8 4 (4.76%) Atlassian
8 4 (4.76%) Carbon Black
8 4 (4.76%) McAfee
8 4 (4.76%) Netskope
8 4 (4.76%) Thycotic
9 3 (3.57%) Symantec