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 28 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 615 | 632 | 587 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +17 | -45 | +41 |
| Permanent Senior Security Engineer jobs | 225 | 38 | 160 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.19% | 0.077% | 0.24% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.20% | 0.085% | 0.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 118 | 32 | 128 |
| 10th Percentile | £47,500 | £58,000 | £48,936 |
| 25th Percentile | £61,563 | £62,500 | £60,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £76,000 | £83,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.89% | -8.71% | +18.93% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £91,250 | £92,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £104,250 | £101,500 |
| 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 28 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title | 111,899 | 44,574 | 64,814 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 92.11% | 90.14% | 95.27% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 75,070 | 26,702 | 36,798 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,625 | £28,250 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £35,000 | £42,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £59,623 | £52,500 | £57,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.57% | -7.89% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £73,750 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,750 | £93,750 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £45,390 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +21.17% | -9.22% | -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 Salary Trend
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 28 October 2026.
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 28 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +1 | 162 | £70,000 | +7.69% | 11 |
| England | -11 | 161 | £72,500 | -4.61% | 20 |
| Work from Home | +3 | 78 | £70,000 | +7.69% | 6 |
| Scotland | - | 57 | £48,000 | - | 1 |
| London | -33 | 54 | £85,000 | -3.68% | 12 |
| South East | -42 | 34 | £65,000 | - | 3 |
| South West | - | 30 | £70,000 | - | 3 |
| North of England | -50 | 26 | £70,000 | +7.69% | 1 |
| North West | -35 | 15 | £70,000 | +7.69% | 1 |
| East of England | -34 | 11 | £75,000 | -11.76% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | - | 11 | £66,250 | - | |
| Midlands | -69 | 4 | £66,250 | - | 1 |
| East Midlands | -38 | 2 | - | - | |
| West Midlands | -46 | 2 | £66,250 | - | 1 |
Senior Security Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 October 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.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cybersecurity | 47.6% | 107 |
| 2 | Firewall | 42.7% | 96 |
| 3 | Cloud Security | 32.0% | 72 |
| 4 | Network Security | 31.1% | 70 |
| 5 | Business Continuity | 27.6% | 62 |
| 6 | Decision-Making | 26.7% | 60 |
| 7 | BCP | 25.3% | 57 |
| 7 | Business Continuity Planning | 25.3% | 57 |
| 9 | Vulnerability Remediation | 24.0% | 54 |
| 10 | Project Delivery | 23.1% | 52 |
| 11 | Network Architecture | 21.8% | 49 |
| 11 | VLAN | 21.8% | 49 |
| 13 | Security Operations | 20.9% | 47 |
| 14 | Capacity Planning | 20.4% | 46 |
| 14 | Economics | 20.4% | 46 |
| 16 | Vulnerability Management | 19.1% | 43 |
| 17 | Azure | 17.3% | 39 |
| 18 | AWS | 15.1% | 34 |
| 18 | Microsoft | 15.1% | 34 |
| 20 | SIEM | 14.2% | 32 |
| 21 | CI/CD | 13.8% | 31 |
| 22 | Incident Response | 13.3% | 30 |
| 22 | Terraform | 13.3% | 30 |
| 24 | Cisco | 12.9% | 29 |
| 24 | Information Security | 12.9% | 29 |
| 26 | Problem-Solving | 12.4% | 28 |
| 26 | Threat Detection | 12.4% | 28 |
| 28 | Application Security | 12.0% | 27 |
| 28 | Infrastructure as Code | 12.0% | 27 |
| 28 | ISO/IEC 27001 | 12.0% | 27 |
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
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Cloud Engineer | 24.4% | 55 |
| 2 | Cloud Security Engineer | 20.4% | 46 |
| 3 | Cybersecurity Engineer | 16.9% | 38 |
| 4 | Senior Systems Engineer | 12.9% | 29 |
| 5 | Senior Network Security Engineer | 10.7% | 24 |
| 6 | Senior Network Engineer | 9.8% | 22 |
| 7 | Systems Engineer | 8.9% | 20 |
| 8 | Senior Software Engineer | 8.0% | 18 |
| 9 | Infrastructure Security Engineer | 5.3% | 12 |
| 9 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 5.3% | 12 |
| 11 | Network Infrastructure Engineer | 4.9% | 11 |
| 11 | Senior Firewall Engineer | 4.9% | 11 |
| 11 | SIEM Engineer | 4.9% | 11 |
| 14 | IT Security Engineer | 4.4% | 10 |
| 14 | Senior IT Engineer | 4.4% | 10 |
| 16 | Senior Applications Engineer | 4.0% | 9 |
| 16 | Senior Platform Engineer | 4.0% | 9 |
| 18 | GCP Engineer | 3.1% | 7 |
| 19 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 2.2% | 5 |
| 19 | Azure Security Engineer | 2.2% | 5 |