Hybrid/Remote Security Engineer Job Trends
Security Engineer
UK > Work from Home
The median Security Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £71,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 260 | 318 | 285 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +58 | -33 | -26 |
| Permanent Security Engineer jobs | 227 | 90 | 196 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 0.89% | 0.56% | 0.99% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.94% | 0.59% | 1.02% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 114 | 74 | 155 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £48,165 | £46,713 |
| 25th Percentile | £55,000 | £55,469 | £48,888 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £71,250 | £69,692 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.24% | +16.15% | -0.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £90,000 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £95,000 | £91,250 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts with remote/hybrid work options and matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 4 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent remote/hybrid job adverts matching a recognised job title | 24,022 | 15,169 | 19,146 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 94.02% | 94.39% | 96.64% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16,168 | 8,878 | 11,952 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £29,250 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £56,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.14% | -6.67% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £96,250 | £98,750 |
| UK median annual salary | £59,000 | £52,500 | £57,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.38% | -7.89% | -5.00% |
Security Engineer Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Security Engineer job postings offering remote/hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Security Engineer Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution trend for remote/hybrid Security Engineer job vacancies.
Security Engineer Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution for Security Engineer jobs with remote/hybrid work options over the 6 months to 4 November 2026.
Security Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs
For the 6 months to 4 November 2026, 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 Security Engineer jobs with remote/hybrid work options.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cybersecurity | 70.0% | 159 |
| 2 | Firewall | 39.2% | 89 |
| 3 | Network Security | 31.7% | 72 |
| 4 | Cloud Security | 28.6% | 65 |
| 5 | Vulnerability Remediation | 27.3% | 62 |
| 6 | Decision-Making | 26.4% | 60 |
| 7 | ISO/IEC 27001 | 25.6% | 58 |
| 8 | Project Delivery | 22.9% | 52 |
| 9 | Azure | 22.5% | 51 |
| 9 | Microsoft | 22.5% | 51 |
| 11 | Business Continuity | 21.6% | 49 |
| 11 | Vulnerability Management | 21.6% | 49 |
| 13 | VLAN | 21.1% | 48 |
| 14 | AWS | 20.3% | 46 |
| 14 | BCP | 20.3% | 46 |
| 14 | Business Continuity Planning | 20.3% | 46 |
| 14 | Capacity Planning | 20.3% | 46 |
| 14 | Economics | 20.3% | 46 |
| 14 | Incident Response | 20.3% | 46 |
| 14 | Network Architecture | 20.3% | 46 |
| 21 | Python | 19.8% | 45 |
| 22 | NIST | 19.4% | 44 |
| 22 | Problem-Solving | 19.4% | 44 |
| 24 | GCP | 18.5% | 42 |
| 25 | Security Operations | 18.1% | 41 |
| 26 | Infrastructure Engineering | 17.6% | 40 |
| 27 | Information Security | 17.2% | 39 |
| 28 | CI/CD | 15.4% | 35 |
| 28 | Threat Detection | 15.4% | 35 |
| 30 | AI | 15.0% | 34 |
Security Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 Security Engineer | 34.8% | 79 |
| 2 | Cybersecurity Engineer | 31.3% | 71 |
| 3 | Cloud Security Engineer | 15.4% | 35 |
| 4 | Software Engineer | 7.5% | 17 |
| 5 | GCP Engineer | 7.0% | 16 |
| 6 | Senior Cloud Engineer | 6.2% | 14 |
| 7 | Infrastructure Security Engineer | 5.7% | 13 |
| 8 | Azure Engineer | 5.3% | 12 |
| 8 | Operations Engineer | 5.3% | 12 |
| 10 | Security Support Engineer | 4.4% | 10 |
| 10 | Technical Support Engineer | 4.4% | 10 |
| 12 | Azure Security Engineer | 4.0% | 9 |
| 12 | IT Security Engineer | 4.0% | 9 |
| 12 | Network Security Engineer | 4.0% | 9 |
| 15 | Embedded Engineer | 3.5% | 8 |
| 15 | Network Engineer | 3.5% | 8 |
| 17 | Applications Engineer | 3.1% | 7 |
| 17 | C++ Software Engineer | 3.1% | 7 |
| 19 | Python Software Engineer | 2.6% | 6 |
| 20 | Active Directory Support Engineer | 2.2% | 5 |