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 7 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 260 315 458
Rank change year-on-year +55 +143 -104
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 284 327 593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.16% 1.03% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 1.09% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 244 264 346
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £62,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 23,159 30,059 71,270
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.51% 95.02% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 17,072 22,540 35,061
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £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 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +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 7 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 7 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 +55 49 £80,000 -5.88% 17
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 7 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.

1 139 (48.94%) Cybersecurity
2 132 (46.48%) Azure
3 99 (34.86%) Finance
4 95 (33.45%) CISSP
5 86 (30.28%) AWS
6 84 (29.58%) Python
7 82 (28.87%) Microsoft
8 73 (25.70%) Firewall
9 72 (25.35%) Information Security
10 71 (25.00%) Network Security
11 69 (24.30%) PowerShell
11 69 (24.30%) SIEM
12 62 (21.83%) Cloud Security
13 61 (21.48%) Microsoft 365
14 49 (17.25%) Incident Response
15 48 (16.90%) Vulnerability Management
16 46 (16.20%) Social Skills
17 44 (15.49%) Windows
18 43 (15.14%) Degree
19 42 (14.79%) CEH
19 42 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
20 41 (14.44%) Security Operations
21 40 (14.08%) Banking
21 40 (14.08%) Cisco Certification
22 37 (13.03%) Cisco
23 36 (12.68%) CISM
24 35 (12.32%) Data Loss Prevention
25 34 (11.97%) GCP
26 32 (11.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
27 31 (10.92%) NIST

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 2 (0.70%) Apache
1 2 (0.70%) Confluence
1 2 (0.70%) nginx
1 2 (0.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.35%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.41%) AutoCAD
3 4 (1.41%) Revit
4 2 (0.70%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.70%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.41%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 132 (46.48%) Azure
2 86 (30.28%) AWS
3 61 (21.48%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (11.97%) GCP
5 20 (7.04%) Cloud Computing
6 17 (5.99%) SaaS
7 14 (4.93%) Azure Sentinel
8 13 (4.58%) Microsoft Purview
9 12 (4.23%) PaaS
10 10 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (3.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 8 (2.82%) AWS Direct Connect
12 8 (2.82%) Azure AKS
12 8 (2.82%) IaaS
13 7 (2.46%) Power Platform
14 5 (1.76%) Amazon EC2
14 5 (1.76%) Amazon S3
14 5 (1.76%) Entra ID
15 4 (1.41%) Mimecast
16 2 (0.70%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 73 (25.70%) Firewall
2 71 (25.00%) Network Security
3 31 (10.92%) LAN
4 28 (9.86%) WAN
5 21 (7.39%) VPN
6 16 (5.63%) BGP
7 15 (5.28%) Wireless
8 13 (4.58%) TCP/IP
9 12 (4.23%) SD-WAN
10 11 (3.87%) Cisco Nexus
10 11 (3.87%) VLAN
10 11 (3.87%) Wireshark
11 10 (3.52%) OSPF
11 10 (3.52%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (3.17%) Cisco Firepower
12 9 (3.17%) Cisco Wireless
13 8 (2.82%) Cisco ISE
13 8 (2.82%) DNS
14 6 (2.11%) DMZ
14 6 (2.11%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.46%) Power BI
2 5 (1.76%) BigQuery
2 5 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.76%) Hadoop
2 5 (1.76%) Relational Database
2 5 (1.76%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.35%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 19 (6.69%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.76%) Git
3 4 (1.41%) Artifactory
3 4 (1.41%) JIRA
4 2 (0.70%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.35%) GitLab
General
1 99 (34.86%) Finance
2 46 (16.20%) Social Skills
3 40 (14.08%) Banking
4 21 (7.39%) Law
5 14 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (2.82%) Health Technology
7 8 (2.82%) Tech for Good
8 7 (2.46%) Financial Institution
9 6 (2.11%) Legal
10 5 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.76%) Marketing
10 5 (1.76%) Retail
11 4 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.41%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.41%) Publishing
12 3 (1.06%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.06%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.70%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.82%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.76%) Kafka
2 5 (1.76%) XMPP
3 4 (1.41%) web3js
4 3 (1.06%) OAuth
5 2 (0.70%) CSS
5 2 (0.70%) HTML
5 2 (0.70%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.70%) OpenID
6 1 (0.35%) .NET
6 1 (0.35%) JSON
6 1 (0.35%) RESTful
6 1 (0.35%) SAML
6 1 (0.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.21%) Management Information System
2 21 (7.39%) Data Centre
3 18 (6.34%) PKI
4 12 (4.23%) Cyberattack
4 12 (4.23%) Security Posture
5 11 (3.87%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (3.17%) CCTV
6 9 (3.17%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (3.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 9 (3.17%) Public Cloud
7 8 (2.82%) Blockchain
7 8 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (2.82%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.46%) Blog
9 6 (2.11%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.76%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (1.76%) Cybercrime
10 5 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.76%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 44 (15.49%) Windows
2 18 (6.34%) Linux
3 12 (4.23%) Unix
4 7 (2.46%) Android
4 7 (2.46%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.46%) Ubuntu
5 6 (2.11%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.41%) CentOS
6 4 (1.41%) Solaris
6 4 (1.41%) zOS
7 2 (0.70%) Debian
7 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.35%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (48.94%) Cybersecurity
2 72 (25.35%) Information Security
3 69 (24.30%) SIEM
4 62 (21.83%) Cloud Security
5 49 (17.25%) Incident Response
6 48 (16.90%) Vulnerability Management
7 42 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
8 41 (14.44%) Security Operations
9 35 (12.32%) Data Loss Prevention
10 29 (10.21%) Computer Science
11 28 (9.86%) DevOps
12 27 (9.51%) Agile
12 27 (9.51%) CI/CD
13 26 (9.15%) DevSecOps
14 25 (8.80%) Cryptography
15 24 (8.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 24 (8.45%) ITIL
16 23 (8.10%) Identity Access Management
17 22 (7.75%) Application Security
18 21 (7.39%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 84 (29.58%) Python
2 69 (24.30%) PowerShell
3 16 (5.63%) Bash
4 14 (4.93%) Kusto Query Language
5 8 (2.82%) Java
6 6 (2.11%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.11%) SQL
7 4 (1.41%) C++
8 3 (1.06%) C
8 3 (1.06%) C#
9 2 (0.70%) Go
10 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 95 (33.45%) CISSP
2 43 (15.14%) Degree
3 42 (14.79%) CEH
4 40 (14.08%) Cisco Certification
5 36 (12.68%) CISM
6 22 (7.75%) CCNP
7 18 (6.34%) CCNA
7 18 (6.34%) GIAC
8 15 (5.28%) CCSP
9 14 (4.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 14 (4.93%) CISA
10 12 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (4.23%) CRISC
11 9 (3.17%) GSEC
12 8 (2.82%) ISSMP
13 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (2.46%) SANS
14 6 (2.11%) GCIA
14 6 (2.11%) GCIH
14 6 (2.11%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (11.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (10.92%) NIST
3 14 (4.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 11 (3.87%) PCI DSS
5 10 (3.52%) COBIT
6 7 (2.46%) GDPR
7 6 (2.11%) NCSC
8 5 (1.76%) 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 (0.70%) NIST 800
System Software
1 21 (7.39%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.82%) Docker
2 8 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (2.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.41%) vSphere
5 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (9.86%) Ansible
2 19 (6.69%) Kubernetes
3 18 (6.34%) CASB
3 18 (6.34%) Terraform
4 13 (4.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (3.17%) QRadar
6 8 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (2.11%) Nmap
8 5 (1.76%) logstash
9 4 (1.41%) DatAdvantage
9 4 (1.41%) vRealize
9 4 (1.41%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 2 (0.70%) Nessus
11 1 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.35%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 82 (28.87%) Microsoft
2 37 (13.03%) Cisco
3 25 (8.80%) Splunk
4 24 (8.45%) CyberArk
5 21 (7.39%) Qualys
6 19 (6.69%) ArcSight
6 19 (6.69%) Carbon Black
6 19 (6.69%) Palo Alto
6 19 (6.69%) Rapid7
7 17 (5.99%) CheckPoint
8 15 (5.28%) Atlassian
9 14 (4.93%) Google
9 14 (4.93%) McAfee
10 13 (4.58%) VMware
11 10 (3.52%) Fortinet
12 8 (2.82%) Alibaba
12 8 (2.82%) CrowdStrike
12 8 (2.82%) Kenna
13 7 (2.46%) F5
14 6 (2.11%) Zscaler