Senior Security Engineer Job Trends

Senior Security Engineer
UK

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 November 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 618 615 593
Rank change year-on-year -3 -22 +29
Permanent Senior Security Engineer jobs 221 41 154
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.079% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.088% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 120 35 124
10th Percentile £47,500 £59,500 £47,517
25th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £82,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% -2.94% +21.43%
75th Percentile £80,000 £97,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £114,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
11 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 113,137 46,791 63,694
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.78% 90.01% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 74,688 28,721 35,684
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%

Senior Security Engineer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Senior Security Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Security Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Security Engineer Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Security Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Security Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Security Engineer Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for Senior Security Engineer jobs over the 6 months to 11 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Engineer in the UK

Senior Security Engineer Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Senior Security Engineer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 11 November 2026. 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England -55 157 £72,500 -12.12% 255
UK excluding London -46 151 £70,000 +7.69% 121
Work from Home -11 80 £70,000 +7.69% 128
London -28 61 £82,500 -13.16% 144
Scotland - 57 £48,000 - 12
South East -54 34 £65,000 - 31
South West - 29 £65,000 - 11
North of England -79 17 £70,000 -15.15% 22
North West -48 15 £70,000 -15.15% 9
East of England -47 11 £75,000 -11.76% 21
Midlands -79 3 £66,250 - 8
West Midlands -56 2 £66,250 - 4
Yorkshire - 2 £66,250 - 7
East Midlands -52 1 - - 4

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

For the 6 months to 11 November 2026, Senior Security Engineer job ads cited 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 Senior Security Engineer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Cybersecurity48.9%108
2Firewall42.5%94
3Network Security33.0%73
4Cloud Security31.2%69
5Business Continuity27.6%61
6BCP25.8%57
6Business Continuity Planning25.8%57
6Decision-Making25.8%57
9Vulnerability Remediation24.4%54
10Project Delivery23.5%52
11Network Architecture22.2%49
11VLAN22.2%49
13Security Operations21.3%47
14Capacity Planning20.8%46
14Economics20.8%46
14Vulnerability Management20.8%46
17Azure19.0%42
18Microsoft16.7%37
19AWS14.5%32
19Incident Response14.5%32
19SIEM14.5%32
22Information Security13.6%30
23CI/CD13.1%29
23Problem-Solving13.1%29
23Threat Detection13.1%29
26AI12.7%28
26ISO/IEC 2700112.7%28
26Terraform12.7%28
29Application Security12.2%27
30Infrastructure as Code11.3%25

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Cloud Engineer27.1%60
2Cloud Security Engineer21.3%47
3Cybersecurity Engineer17.2%38
4Senior Network Security Engineer10.9%24
5Senior Network Engineer10.0%22
6Senior Systems Engineer8.6%19
7Senior Software Engineer8.1%18
8Infrastructure Security Engineer5.4%12
8IT Security Engineer5.4%12
8Senior Infrastructure Engineer5.4%12
8Senior IT Engineer5.4%12
12Network Infrastructure Engineer5.0%11
12Senior Firewall Engineer5.0%11
12SIEM Engineer5.0%11
15Systems Engineer4.5%10
16Artificial Intelligence Engineer4.1%9
16Senior Applications Engineer4.1%9
18GCP Engineer3.6%8
19Azure Security Engineer2.7%6
19Senior Platform Engineer2.7%6
326 Senior Security Engineer jobs Nationwide