Senior Security Engineer Jobs in London

Senior Security Engineer
England > London

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in London is £82,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 434 523 783
Rank change year-on-year +89 +260 -161
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 96 73 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.39% 0.23% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.24% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 84 65 58
10th Percentile £61,750 £60,000 £63,525
25th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,281
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +21.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £87,188
90th Percentile £104,750 £105,000 £107,250
England median annual salary £73,441 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.30% +3.57% +7.69%

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 23,153 29,839 71,327
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 94.99% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 17,040 22,415 34,936
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,578 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,750 £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 £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +52 17 £82,500 -2.94% 4
Senior Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 (60.42%) Cybersecurity
2 55 (57.29%) Azure
3 40 (41.67%) Finance
4 38 (39.58%) CISSP
5 34 (35.42%) Microsoft
6 32 (33.33%) AWS
7 31 (32.29%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (32.29%) Python
8 28 (29.17%) SIEM
9 27 (28.13%) Information Security
9 27 (28.13%) Network Security
10 26 (27.08%) PowerShell
11 25 (26.04%) Security Operations
12 24 (25.00%) Windows
12 24 (25.00%) Cloud Security
12 24 (25.00%) Incident Response
13 21 (21.88%) Firewall
13 21 (21.88%) CEH
14 20 (20.83%) Data Loss Prevention
15 19 (19.79%) Problem-Solving
16 17 (17.71%) Vulnerability Management
17 16 (16.67%) CyberArk
17 16 (16.67%) Ansible
17 16 (16.67%) DevOps
17 16 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 16 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
18 15 (15.63%) CI/CD
18 15 (15.63%) Cisco Certification
18 15 (15.63%) Cloud Computing
19 13 (13.54%) Law

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 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.13%) AutoCAD
2 3 (3.13%) Revit
3 2 (2.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.17%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 55 (57.29%) Azure
2 32 (33.33%) AWS
3 31 (32.29%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (15.63%) Cloud Computing
5 13 (13.54%) GCP
6 10 (10.42%) PaaS
6 10 (10.42%) SaaS
7 8 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (7.29%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (6.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 6 (6.25%) IaaS
10 5 (5.21%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (4.17%) Power Platform
12 1 (1.04%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (1.04%) Entra ID
12 1 (1.04%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 27 (28.13%) Network Security
2 21 (21.88%) Firewall
3 13 (13.54%) WAN
4 12 (12.50%) LAN
5 11 (11.46%) BGP
6 9 (9.38%) Wireshark
7 8 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
8 7 (7.29%) VPN
9 6 (6.25%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (6.25%) DMZ
9 6 (6.25%) MPLS
9 6 (6.25%) Unified Communications
9 6 (6.25%) VLAN
9 6 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (5.21%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 5 (5.21%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 5 (5.21%) OSPF
10 5 (5.21%) TCP/IP
11 4 (4.17%) DNS
11 4 (4.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.17%) Power BI
2 2 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (2.08%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (7.29%) Jenkins
2 4 (4.17%) Artifactory
2 4 (4.17%) Git
3 1 (1.04%) GitLab
General
1 40 (41.67%) Finance
2 13 (13.54%) Law
2 13 (13.54%) Social Skills
3 10 (10.42%) Banking
4 8 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.17%) Financial Institution
5 4 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.08%) Legal
7 2 (2.08%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.08%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.08%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.04%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.50%) Cyberattack
2 9 (9.38%) PKI
2 9 (9.38%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 6 (6.25%) Data Centre
5 5 (5.21%) Cybercrime
5 5 (5.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 5 (5.21%) Management Information System
5 5 (5.21%) Product Ownership
5 5 (5.21%) Public Cloud
6 4 (4.17%) Blockchain
6 4 (4.17%) Cloud Native
6 4 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (3.13%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (3.13%) Security Posture
7 3 (3.13%) Virtual Team
8 2 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (1.04%) CCTV
9 1 (1.04%) Private Cloud
9 1 (1.04%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 24 (25.00%) Windows
2 4 (4.17%) Android
2 4 (4.17%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.04%) Linux
3 1 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.04%) Unix
3 1 (1.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (60.42%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (29.17%) SIEM
3 27 (28.13%) Information Security
4 25 (26.04%) Security Operations
5 24 (25.00%) Cloud Security
5 24 (25.00%) Incident Response
6 20 (20.83%) Data Loss Prevention
7 19 (19.79%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (17.71%) Vulnerability Management
9 16 (16.67%) DevOps
9 16 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 16 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 15 (15.63%) CI/CD
11 11 (11.46%) Data Security
11 11 (11.46%) ITIL
12 10 (10.42%) Open Source
12 10 (10.42%) Strategic Thinking
13 9 (9.38%) Agile
13 9 (9.38%) DevSecOps
13 9 (9.38%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (32.29%) Python
2 26 (27.08%) PowerShell
3 6 (6.25%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.04%) C#
4 1 (1.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (39.58%) CISSP
2 21 (21.88%) CEH
3 15 (15.63%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (10.42%) CCSP
4 10 (10.42%) Degree
5 8 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 8 (8.33%) CRISC
6 5 (5.21%) CCNA
7 4 (4.17%) CCNP
7 4 (4.17%) CISA
7 4 (4.17%) CISM
7 4 (4.17%) GIAC
7 4 (4.17%) ISSMP
7 4 (4.17%) SANS
7 4 (4.17%) SSCP
8 3 (3.13%) Azure Certification
8 3 (3.13%) CCSK
8 3 (3.13%) GSEC
8 3 (3.13%) RIBA
9 1 (1.04%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.42%) NIST
2 9 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 6 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (4.17%) COBIT
4 4 (4.17%) NCSC
4 4 (4.17%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.04%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (13.54%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.17%) Docker
2 4 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (16.67%) Ansible
2 9 (9.38%) Terraform
3 8 (8.33%) Kubernetes
4 4 (4.17%) CASB
4 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (4.17%) Nmap
5 2 (2.08%) Nessus
6 1 (1.04%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (1.04%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.04%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 34 (35.42%) Microsoft
2 16 (16.67%) CyberArk
3 12 (12.50%) Qualys
4 10 (10.42%) Cisco
5 8 (8.33%) ArcSight
5 8 (8.33%) Atlassian
5 8 (8.33%) Carbon Black
5 8 (8.33%) CheckPoint
5 8 (8.33%) McAfee
5 8 (8.33%) Palo Alto
6 7 (7.29%) Splunk
7 6 (6.25%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (6.25%) SolarWinds
8 5 (5.21%) Fortinet
8 5 (5.21%) Google
8 5 (5.21%) Rapid7
9 4 (4.17%) Alibaba
9 4 (4.17%) Netskope
9 4 (4.17%) Thycotic
9 4 (4.17%) Zscaler