Security Engineer Jobs in London

Security Engineer
England > London

The median Security Engineer salary in London is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 326 463
Rank change year-on-year +77 +137 -114
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 283 334 586
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.17% 1.05% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.10% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 246 271 340
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,625 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £70,250
Median % change year-on-year - +13.88% +0.36%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £85,313
90th Percentile £101,250 £110,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% +8.00%

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 22,824 30,324 70,462
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 95.02% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 16,907 22,700 34,725
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in London

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in London.

Salary trend for Security Engineer in London

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in London

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 Security Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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 +56 47 £80,000 -5.88% 10
North London - 3 £45,000 - 2
South London - 2 £44,000 - 1
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 Security Engineer in the job title.

1 141 (49.82%) Cybersecurity
2 133 (47.00%) Azure
3 95 (33.57%) CISSP
3 95 (33.57%) Finance
4 86 (30.39%) Microsoft
5 80 (28.27%) Python
5 80 (28.27%) AWS
6 73 (25.80%) Firewall
7 70 (24.73%) Network Security
7 70 (24.73%) PowerShell
8 69 (24.38%) Information Security
8 69 (24.38%) SIEM
9 65 (22.97%) Cloud Security
10 63 (22.26%) Microsoft 365
11 50 (17.67%) Incident Response
12 47 (16.61%) Vulnerability Management
13 46 (16.25%) Social Skills
13 46 (16.25%) Windows
14 43 (15.19%) CEH
15 42 (14.84%) Degree
15 42 (14.84%) Security Operations
16 40 (14.13%) Banking
16 40 (14.13%) Cisco Certification
17 39 (13.78%) Cisco
18 38 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
19 37 (13.07%) Data Loss Prevention
19 37 (13.07%) CISM
20 35 (12.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
21 33 (11.66%) LAN
22 32 (11.31%) WAN

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 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.71%) Apache
2 2 (0.71%) Confluence
2 2 (0.71%) nginx
2 2 (0.71%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.35%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 10 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.41%) AutoCAD
2 4 (1.41%) Revit
3 2 (0.71%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.71%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 133 (47.00%) Azure
2 80 (28.27%) AWS
3 63 (22.26%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (11.31%) GCP
5 19 (6.71%) Cloud Computing
6 17 (6.01%) SaaS
7 16 (5.65%) Azure Sentinel
8 15 (5.30%) Microsoft Purview
9 13 (4.59%) PaaS
10 12 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (3.18%) Azure AKS
11 9 (3.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 8 (2.83%) AWS Direct Connect
12 8 (2.83%) IaaS
13 7 (2.47%) Power Platform
14 5 (1.77%) Amazon EC2
14 5 (1.77%) Amazon S3
14 5 (1.77%) Entra ID
15 4 (1.41%) Mimecast
16 2 (0.71%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 73 (25.80%) Firewall
2 70 (24.73%) Network Security
3 33 (11.66%) LAN
4 32 (11.31%) WAN
5 23 (8.13%) VPN
6 16 (5.65%) TCP/IP
7 15 (5.30%) Wireless
8 14 (4.95%) BGP
8 14 (4.95%) SD-WAN
9 11 (3.89%) Cisco Firepower
9 11 (3.89%) Cisco Nexus
9 11 (3.89%) VLAN
9 11 (3.89%) Wireshark
10 10 (3.53%) Cisco ISE
10 10 (3.53%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (3.18%) Cisco Wireless
12 8 (2.83%) DNS
12 8 (2.83%) OSPF
13 6 (2.12%) DMZ
13 6 (2.12%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.47%) Power BI
2 5 (1.77%) BigQuery
2 5 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.77%) Hadoop
2 5 (1.77%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.41%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.35%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 20 (7.07%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.41%) JIRA
3 2 (0.71%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.71%) Git
4 1 (0.35%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.35%) GitLab
General
1 95 (33.57%) Finance
2 46 (16.25%) Social Skills
3 40 (14.13%) Banking
4 18 (6.36%) Law
5 11 (3.89%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.18%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (3.18%) Health Technology
7 9 (3.18%) Tech for Good
8 6 (2.12%) Legal
9 5 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.77%) Marketing
9 5 (1.77%) Retail
10 4 (1.41%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.41%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.41%) Publishing
11 3 (1.06%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.06%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.71%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.83%) 802.1X
2 6 (2.12%) web3js
3 5 (1.77%) Kafka
3 5 (1.77%) XMPP
4 4 (1.41%) HTML
5 3 (1.06%) OAuth
6 2 (0.71%) CSS
6 2 (0.71%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.71%) OpenID
7 1 (0.35%) .NET
7 1 (0.35%) JSON
7 1 (0.35%) RESTful
7 1 (0.35%) SAML
7 1 (0.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.60%) Management Information System
2 22 (7.77%) PKI
3 21 (7.42%) Data Centre
4 13 (4.59%) Security Operations Centre
5 12 (4.24%) Cyberattack
5 12 (4.24%) Security Posture
6 9 (3.18%) CCTV
6 9 (3.18%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (3.18%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (2.47%) Blockchain
7 7 (2.47%) Blog
7 7 (2.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 7 (2.47%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.47%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.47%) Web3
8 6 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.77%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.77%) Cybercrime
9 5 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.77%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 46 (16.25%) Windows
2 17 (6.01%) Linux
3 12 (4.24%) Unix
4 9 (3.18%) Android
4 9 (3.18%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.12%) Ubuntu
5 6 (2.12%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.41%) CentOS
6 4 (1.41%) Solaris
6 4 (1.41%) zOS
7 2 (0.71%) Debian
7 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (49.82%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (24.38%) Information Security
2 69 (24.38%) SIEM
3 65 (22.97%) Cloud Security
4 50 (17.67%) Incident Response
5 47 (16.61%) Vulnerability Management
6 42 (14.84%) Security Operations
7 38 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (13.07%) Data Loss Prevention
9 29 (10.25%) Agile
9 29 (10.25%) Cryptography
10 28 (9.89%) Computer Science
10 28 (9.89%) DevOps
11 26 (9.19%) CI/CD
12 25 (8.83%) Application Security
12 25 (8.83%) DevSecOps
12 25 (8.83%) Identity Access Management
13 24 (8.48%) ITIL
14 21 (7.42%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 19 (6.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 80 (28.27%) Python
2 70 (24.73%) PowerShell
3 15 (5.30%) Bash
3 15 (5.30%) Kusto Query Language
4 8 (2.83%) Java
4 8 (2.83%) SQL
5 6 (2.12%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.77%) C#
7 4 (1.41%) C++
8 3 (1.06%) C
9 2 (0.71%) Go
10 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 95 (33.57%) CISSP
2 43 (15.19%) CEH
3 42 (14.84%) Degree
4 40 (14.13%) Cisco Certification
5 37 (13.07%) CISM
6 19 (6.71%) CCNP
7 18 (6.36%) GIAC
8 17 (6.01%) CCSP
9 16 (5.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 15 (5.30%) CCNA
11 11 (3.89%) CISA
11 11 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (3.18%) CRISC
12 9 (3.18%) GSEC
12 9 (3.18%) SANS
13 8 (2.83%) ISSMP
13 8 (2.83%) SSCP
14 7 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (2.12%) GCIA
15 6 (2.12%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (12.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (10.95%) NIST
3 14 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 13 (4.59%) PCI DSS
5 10 (3.53%) COBIT
6 7 (2.47%) GDPR
7 6 (2.12%) NCSC
8 5 (1.77%) Data Quality
9 4 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.41%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.06%) QA
10 3 (1.06%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.71%) NIST 800
System Software
1 22 (7.77%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.18%) Docker
3 8 (2.83%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (2.83%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.41%) vSphere
6 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (9.19%) Ansible
2 20 (7.07%) Kubernetes
3 19 (6.71%) Terraform
4 18 (6.36%) CASB
5 15 (5.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (3.18%) QRadar
7 8 (2.83%) Nmap
8 7 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.77%) logstash
10 4 (1.41%) DatAdvantage
10 4 (1.41%) vRealize
10 4 (1.41%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 3 (1.06%) Cisco CUCM
11 3 (1.06%) Stealthwatch
12 2 (0.71%) Nessus
Vendors
1 86 (30.39%) Microsoft
2 39 (13.78%) Cisco
3 28 (9.89%) Splunk
4 23 (8.13%) CyberArk
5 22 (7.77%) Qualys
6 21 (7.42%) Rapid7
7 19 (6.71%) Palo Alto
8 18 (6.36%) ArcSight
8 18 (6.36%) Carbon Black
9 17 (6.01%) CheckPoint
10 15 (5.30%) Google
11 14 (4.95%) Atlassian
11 14 (4.95%) VMware
12 13 (4.59%) McAfee
13 8 (2.83%) Alibaba
13 8 (2.83%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (2.83%) Fortinet
13 8 (2.83%) Kenna
13 8 (2.83%) Thycotic
14 7 (2.47%) F5