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 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 250 311 454
Rank change year-on-year +61 +143 -102
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 283 336 587
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 245 273 342
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £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 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,750 £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 22,868 30,463 70,595
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 95.03% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 16,938 22,839 34,712
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,875 £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 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +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 2 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 2 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% 11
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 2 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.

1 140 (49.47%) Cybersecurity
2 133 (47.00%) Azure
3 96 (33.92%) Finance
4 95 (33.57%) CISSP
5 86 (30.39%) Microsoft
6 81 (28.62%) Python
6 81 (28.62%) AWS
7 73 (25.80%) Firewall
8 70 (24.73%) Information Security
8 70 (24.73%) Network Security
8 70 (24.73%) PowerShell
9 69 (24.38%) SIEM
10 64 (22.61%) Cloud Security
11 63 (22.26%) Microsoft 365
12 50 (17.67%) Incident Response
13 48 (16.96%) Vulnerability Management
14 46 (16.25%) Social Skills
14 46 (16.25%) Windows
15 43 (15.19%) CEH
16 42 (14.84%) Degree
16 42 (14.84%) Security Operations
17 41 (14.49%) Cisco Certification
18 40 (14.13%) Banking
19 39 (13.78%) Cisco
19 39 (13.78%) Problem-Solving
20 37 (13.07%) Data Loss Prevention
21 36 (12.72%) CISM
22 35 (12.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
23 33 (11.66%) LAN
23 33 (11.66%) GCP

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 2 (0.71%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 133 (47.00%) Azure
2 81 (28.62%) AWS
3 63 (22.26%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (11.66%) GCP
5 20 (7.07%) 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%) Azure Key Vault
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 3 (1.06%) Git
4 2 (0.71%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.71%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.35%) GitLab
General
1 96 (33.92%) Finance
2 46 (16.25%) Social Skills
3 40 (14.13%) Banking
4 19 (6.71%) Law
5 11 (3.89%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (3.18%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.18%) Health Technology
6 9 (3.18%) Tech for Good
7 6 (2.12%) Legal
8 5 (1.77%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.77%) Marketing
8 5 (1.77%) Retail
9 4 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.41%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.41%) Publishing
10 3 (1.06%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.06%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.71%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.83%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.77%) Kafka
2 5 (1.77%) web3js
2 5 (1.77%) XMPP
3 4 (1.41%) HTML
4 3 (1.06%) OAuth
5 2 (0.71%) CSS
5 2 (0.71%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.71%) 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 30 (10.60%) Management Information System
2 21 (7.42%) Data Centre
2 21 (7.42%) PKI
3 13 (4.59%) Security Operations Centre
4 12 (4.24%) Cyberattack
4 12 (4.24%) Security Posture
5 9 (3.18%) CCTV
5 9 (3.18%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (3.18%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (2.83%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.47%) Blockchain
7 7 (2.47%) Blog
7 7 (2.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 7 (2.47%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.12%) Web3
9 5 (1.77%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.77%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (1.77%) Cybercrime
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
1 140 (49.47%) Cybersecurity
2 70 (24.73%) Information Security
3 69 (24.38%) SIEM
4 64 (22.61%) Cloud Security
5 50 (17.67%) Incident Response
6 48 (16.96%) Vulnerability Management
7 42 (14.84%) Security Operations
8 39 (13.78%) Problem-Solving
9 37 (13.07%) Data Loss Prevention
10 29 (10.25%) Agile
10 29 (10.25%) DevOps
11 28 (9.89%) Computer Science
11 28 (9.89%) Cryptography
12 26 (9.19%) CI/CD
13 25 (8.83%) DevSecOps
13 25 (8.83%) Identity Access Management
14 24 (8.48%) Application Security
14 24 (8.48%) ITIL
15 21 (7.42%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 20 (7.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 81 (28.62%) 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 41 (14.49%) Cisco Certification
5 36 (12.72%) CISM
6 20 (7.07%) CCNP
7 18 (6.36%) GIAC
8 17 (6.01%) CCSP
9 16 (5.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 16 (5.65%) CCNA
10 12 (4.24%) CISA
11 11 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (3.53%) CRISC
13 9 (3.18%) GSEC
13 9 (3.18%) SANS
14 8 (2.83%) ISSMP
14 8 (2.83%) SSCP
15 7 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (2.12%) GCIA
16 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