Information Security Engineer
UK
The median Information Security Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 July 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 717 | 893 | 872 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +176 | -21 | +374 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Engineer | 22 | 9 | 37 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.036% | 0.009% | 0.042% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.040% | 0.009% | 0.046% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9 | 7 | 34 |
| 10th Percentile | £41,900 | £58,155 | £28,800 |
| 25th Percentile | £53,750 | £63,213 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £87,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.43% | +45.83% | -7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £91,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £94,750 | £90,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £65,000 | £59,425 | £56,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.38% | +6.12% | -13.85% |
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 | 54,440 | 99,490 | 79,929 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.76% | 94.79% | 91.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 29,856 | 69,921 | 54,790 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £28,750 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,000 | £38,750 | £44,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,363 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.66% | +4.02% |
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
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Engineer over the 6 months to 9 July 2025.
Information Security Engineer
Top 8 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 9 July 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 | +168 | 22 | £60,000 | -31.43% | 8 |
| London | +94 | 13 | £60,000 | -32.39% | 3 |
| UK excluding London | +165 | 9 | £65,000 | +9.38% | 5 |
| Work from Home | +97 | 8 | £65,000 | +0.78% | 7 |
| South East | +86 | 7 | £75,000 | +26.21% | 3 |
| Midlands | +85 | 2 | £47,250 | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | +74 | 1 | £39,500 | - | |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £55,000 | - | 1 |
Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 July 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: