Information Security Engineer
UK
The median Information Security Engineer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 March 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Mar 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 685 | 821 | 955 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +136 | +134 | +179 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Engineer | 16 | 17 | 56 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.029% | 0.020% | 0.050% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.032% | 0.021% | 0.054% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 17 | 54 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £27,750 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £55,750 | £50,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £70,000 | £59,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +18.64% | +4.89% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £73,750 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £90,000 | £81,375 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | £56,500 | £54,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +4.63% | +13.68% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 49,232 | 82,135 | 103,886 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.70% | 94.73% | 93.03% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,108 | 61,102 | 64,910 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,250 | £28,500 | £32,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £38,750 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,033 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.51% | -8.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £72,500 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £92,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Information Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Information Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Information Security Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Engineer.
Information Security Engineer
Top 5 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 11 March 2025. 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 |
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| England | +122 | 16 | £70,000 | +5.78% | 12 |
| London | +63 | 11 | £70,000 | -3.45% | 9 |
| UK excluding London | +148 | 5 | - | - | 6 |
| South East | +78 | 5 | - | - | |
| Work from Home | +116 | 2 | - | - | 14 |
Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 11 March 2025, Information 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 featuring Information Security Engineer in the job title.
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Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: