Security Engineer Jobs in Central London

Security Engineer
London > Central London

The median Security Engineer salary in Central London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 200 206
Rank change year-on-year +58 +6 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 50 36 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.31% 0.73% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 0.76% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 43 29 82
10th Percentile £28,250 £44,500 £51,625
25th Percentile £70,509 £67,500 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +21.43% +12.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £102,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £110,250 £105,000 £85,000
London median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £72,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 3,630 4,740 8,150
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.33% 96.03% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,739 3,920 6,408
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,625 £53,938 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,744 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +3.10% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,375 £92,625
90th Percentile £110,250 £112,500 £107,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Central London

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Central London

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in Central London

Security Engineer
Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 12 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
City of London +52 45 £80,000 -5.88% 10
Lambeth - 4 - -
Security Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 Central London region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 32 (64.00%) Azure
2 25 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (44.00%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (42.00%) Network Security
5 19 (38.00%) Microsoft
6 18 (36.00%) Firewall
6 18 (36.00%) Degree
6 18 (36.00%) AWS
7 17 (34.00%) Finance
7 17 (34.00%) Cloud Security
8 16 (32.00%) Computer Science
9 15 (30.00%) Information Security
10 14 (28.00%) Python
10 14 (28.00%) CISSP
10 14 (28.00%) Rapid7
11 13 (26.00%) Social Skills
11 13 (26.00%) Vulnerability Management
12 12 (24.00%) PowerShell
12 12 (24.00%) Penetration Testing
13 11 (22.00%) Agile
13 11 (22.00%) SIEM
13 11 (22.00%) Microsoft Intune
13 11 (22.00%) NIST
14 10 (20.00%) Splunk
14 10 (20.00%) Management Information System
15 9 (18.00%) Wireshark
15 9 (18.00%) CEH
15 9 (18.00%) Data Loss Prevention
16 8 (16.00%) Virtual Machines
16 8 (16.00%) DevOps

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 (2.00%) Confluence
1 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Trello
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (64.00%) Azure
2 22 (44.00%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (36.00%) AWS
4 8 (16.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 7 (14.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (12.00%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (8.00%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (8.00%) Mimecast
9 3 (6.00%) Entra ID
9 3 (6.00%) SaaS
10 2 (4.00%) ClickUp
11 1 (2.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 21 (42.00%) Network Security
2 18 (36.00%) Firewall
3 9 (18.00%) Wireshark
4 5 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (10.00%) LAN
4 5 (10.00%) TCP/IP
4 5 (10.00%) WAN
5 4 (8.00%) BGP
5 4 (8.00%) DKIM
5 4 (8.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 4 (8.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 4 (8.00%) OSPF
6 2 (4.00%) VPN
7 1 (2.00%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.00%) Amazon Redshift
1 2 (4.00%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.00%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (34.00%) Finance
2 13 (26.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.00%) Law
6 1 (2.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) HTML
1 1 (2.00%) Kafka
1 1 (2.00%) OAuth
1 1 (2.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (2.00%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (8.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (6.00%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (6.00%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.00%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.00%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.00%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.00%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (2.00%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.00%) Windows
2 6 (12.00%) Android
2 6 (12.00%) Apple iOS
3 4 (8.00%) Linux
4 2 (4.00%) Debian
4 2 (4.00%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (34.00%) Cloud Security
3 16 (32.00%) Computer Science
4 15 (30.00%) Information Security
5 13 (26.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 12 (24.00%) Penetration Testing
7 11 (22.00%) Agile
7 11 (22.00%) SIEM
8 9 (18.00%) Data Loss Prevention
9 8 (16.00%) DevOps
9 8 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (14.00%) Application Security
10 7 (14.00%) Change Control
10 7 (14.00%) Digital Forensics
10 7 (14.00%) Identity Access Management
11 6 (12.00%) Incident Response
11 6 (12.00%) Secrets Management
11 6 (12.00%) Security Operations
11 6 (12.00%) Validation
12 5 (10.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 14 (28.00%) Python
2 12 (24.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.00%) Bash
4 1 (2.00%) C#
4 1 (2.00%) C++
4 1 (2.00%) Go
4 1 (2.00%) Java
4 1 (2.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 18 (36.00%) Degree
2 14 (28.00%) CISSP
3 9 (18.00%) CEH
4 7 (14.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (12.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 6 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (12.00%) CISM
5 6 (12.00%) SANS
6 5 (10.00%) CCSP
6 5 (10.00%) SSCP
7 3 (6.00%) Azure Certification
8 2 (4.00%) Master's Degree
9 1 (2.00%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (22.00%) NIST
2 7 (14.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (12.00%) PCI DSS
4 2 (4.00%) GDPR
4 2 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (4.00%) QA
5 1 (2.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (16.00%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (10.00%) Docker
2 5 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (22.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (16.00%) CASB
3 7 (14.00%) QRadar
4 6 (12.00%) Kubernetes
5 5 (10.00%) Nmap
6 4 (8.00%) DatAdvantage
7 3 (6.00%) Terraform
8 1 (2.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 19 (38.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (28.00%) Rapid7
3 10 (20.00%) Splunk
4 8 (16.00%) Cisco
5 7 (14.00%) Kenna
6 6 (12.00%) Qualys
7 5 (10.00%) Palo Alto
7 5 (10.00%) Thycotic
8 4 (8.00%) Darktrace
8 4 (8.00%) Fortinet
8 4 (8.00%) ServiceNow
8 4 (8.00%) Varonis
9 3 (6.00%) IBM
10 2 (4.00%) CyberArk
10 2 (4.00%) iManage
10 2 (4.00%) LogRhythm
11 1 (2.00%) Netskope
11 1 (2.00%) Okta
11 1 (2.00%) Red Hat