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 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 423 543 775
Rank change year-on-year +120 +232 -177
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 89 87 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.38% 0.26% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.27% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 81 77 54
10th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £63,225
25th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £66,176
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £71,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +18.88% -5.30%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £87,188
90th Percentile £115,000 £104,250 £103,500
England median annual salary £71,287 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +1.84% -6.67% +15.38%

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 22,363 31,644 68,018
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 95.15% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 16,672 23,333 34,565
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,360 £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 £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.57% +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 23 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 23 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 +51 12 £73,441 -13.60% 6
Senior Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 (65.17%) Cybersecurity
2 55 (61.80%) Azure
3 37 (41.57%) Microsoft
4 32 (35.96%) CISSP
5 31 (34.83%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (31.46%) Finance
6 28 (31.46%) Cloud Security
7 26 (29.21%) Windows
8 25 (28.09%) AWS
8 25 (28.09%) Security Operations
9 24 (26.97%) SIEM
9 24 (26.97%) Python
9 24 (26.97%) Network Security
9 24 (26.97%) Incident Response
10 23 (25.84%) PowerShell
11 22 (24.72%) Information Security
12 19 (21.35%) CEH
12 19 (21.35%) Firewall
13 18 (20.22%) Data Loss Prevention
14 16 (17.98%) Active Directory
14 16 (17.98%) WAN
14 16 (17.98%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 15 (16.85%) PKI
16 14 (15.73%) DevOps
16 14 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
16 14 (15.73%) Social Skills
17 13 (14.61%) CI/CD
17 13 (14.61%) CyberArk
17 13 (14.61%) Vulnerability Management
17 13 (14.61%) Cisco

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 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (8.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.37%) AutoCAD
3 3 (3.37%) Revit
4 2 (2.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 55 (61.80%) Azure
2 31 (34.83%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (28.09%) AWS
4 12 (13.48%) GCP
4 12 (13.48%) PaaS
5 11 (12.36%) Cloud Computing
6 10 (11.24%) SaaS
7 8 (8.99%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (7.87%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (6.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 6 (6.74%) IaaS
10 5 (5.62%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (4.49%) Power Platform
12 3 (3.37%) GitHub
13 1 (1.12%) Azure Key Vault
13 1 (1.12%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 24 (26.97%) Network Security
2 19 (21.35%) Firewall
3 16 (17.98%) WAN
4 12 (13.48%) LAN
5 11 (12.36%) Cisco ISE
6 10 (11.24%) VPN
7 8 (8.99%) BGP
8 7 (7.87%) TCP/IP
9 6 (6.74%) Cisco Firepower
9 6 (6.74%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (6.74%) DMZ
9 6 (6.74%) MPLS
9 6 (6.74%) Unified Communications
9 6 (6.74%) VLAN
9 6 (6.74%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (6.74%) Wireshark
10 4 (4.49%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (4.49%) Cisco Wireless
10 4 (4.49%) SD-WAN
10 4 (4.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.49%) Power BI
2 1 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (1.12%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (10.11%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.12%) GitLab
General
1 28 (31.46%) Finance
2 14 (15.73%) Social Skills
3 9 (10.11%) Banking
3 9 (10.11%) Law
4 8 (8.99%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.37%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.25%) Legal
6 2 (2.25%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.49%) HTML
2 2 (2.25%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.25%) web3js
3 1 (1.12%) JWT
3 1 (1.12%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.85%) PKI
2 12 (13.48%) Cyberattack
3 9 (10.11%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (6.74%) Data Centre
5 5 (5.62%) Cybercrime
5 5 (5.62%) Management Information System
5 5 (5.62%) Onboarding
6 4 (4.49%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (4.49%) Hedge funds
6 4 (4.49%) Public Cloud
6 4 (4.49%) Security Posture
7 3 (3.37%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (3.37%) Product Ownership
7 3 (3.37%) Virtual Team
8 2 (2.25%) Blockchain
8 2 (2.25%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (2.25%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (2.25%) Web3
9 1 (1.12%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 26 (29.21%) Windows
2 4 (4.49%) Android
2 4 (4.49%) Apple iOS
3 3 (3.37%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.12%) Linux
4 1 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (65.17%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (31.46%) Cloud Security
3 25 (28.09%) Security Operations
4 24 (26.97%) Incident Response
4 24 (26.97%) SIEM
5 22 (24.72%) Information Security
6 18 (20.22%) Data Loss Prevention
7 16 (17.98%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 14 (15.73%) DevOps
8 14 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (14.61%) CI/CD
9 13 (14.61%) Vulnerability Management
10 11 (12.36%) Agile
10 11 (12.36%) Cryptography
10 11 (12.36%) Data Security
10 11 (12.36%) ITIL
11 10 (11.24%) Roadmaps
11 10 (11.24%) Strategic Thinking
12 9 (10.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 9 (10.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 24 (26.97%) Python
2 23 (25.84%) PowerShell
3 6 (6.74%) Kusto Query Language
4 5 (5.62%) C#
5 4 (4.49%) SQL
6 1 (1.12%) Go
6 1 (1.12%) Java
6 1 (1.12%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.12%) Lua
6 1 (1.12%) Ruby
6 1 (1.12%) Rust
Qualifications
1 32 (35.96%) CISSP
2 19 (21.35%) CEH
3 13 (14.61%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (11.24%) CCSP
4 10 (11.24%) Degree
5 8 (8.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (6.74%) CISM
7 4 (4.49%) CRISC
7 4 (4.49%) GIAC
7 4 (4.49%) ISSMP
7 4 (4.49%) SANS
7 4 (4.49%) SSCP
8 3 (3.37%) Azure Certification
8 3 (3.37%) CCSK
8 3 (3.37%) GSEC
8 3 (3.37%) RIBA
9 2 (2.25%) CCIE
9 2 (2.25%) ISSAP
9 2 (2.25%) ISSEP
10 1 (1.12%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 7 (7.87%) NIST
3 6 (6.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (4.49%) COBIT
4 4 (4.49%) NCSC
4 4 (4.49%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.12%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (17.98%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.62%) Docker
3 4 (4.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.25%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (12.36%) Ansible
2 8 (8.99%) Terraform
3 7 (7.87%) Kubernetes
4 4 (4.49%) CASB
4 4 (4.49%) Cisco CUCM
4 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (4.49%) Nmap
4 4 (4.49%) Stealthwatch
5 2 (2.25%) Nessus
5 2 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (41.57%) Microsoft
2 13 (14.61%) Cisco
2 13 (14.61%) CyberArk
3 10 (11.24%) Splunk
4 9 (10.11%) Qualys
5 8 (8.99%) CheckPoint
5 8 (8.99%) Palo Alto
6 7 (7.87%) Google
7 6 (6.74%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (6.74%) SolarWinds
8 5 (5.62%) ArcSight
8 5 (5.62%) Atlassian
8 5 (5.62%) Carbon Black
8 5 (5.62%) McAfee
8 5 (5.62%) Rapid7
9 4 (4.49%) Alibaba
9 4 (4.49%) Netskope
9 4 (4.49%) Thycotic
9 4 (4.49%) VMware
10 3 (3.37%) Zscaler