Senior Security Engineer Jobs in London

Senior Security Engineer
England > London

The median Senior 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 406 528 792
Rank change year-on-year +122 +264 -180
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 93 79 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.38% 0.25% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.26% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 83 71 54
10th Percentile £59,350 £60,000 £63,225
25th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £66,176
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +21.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £85,938
90th Percentile £105,250 £105,000 £103,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +7.14% +7.69%

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%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Engineer in London

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Engineer in London

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Engineer in London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Engineer in London

Senior 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 Senior 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 +52 14 £80,000 -5.88% 4
Senior Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Senior 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 Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 58 (62.37%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (58.06%) Azure
3 36 (38.71%) Microsoft
3 36 (38.71%) CISSP
4 34 (36.56%) Finance
5 31 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (30.11%) Python
7 27 (29.03%) SIEM
7 27 (29.03%) AWS
8 26 (27.96%) PowerShell
9 25 (26.88%) Network Security
9 25 (26.88%) Information Security
9 25 (26.88%) Windows
9 25 (26.88%) Security Operations
9 25 (26.88%) Cloud Security
10 24 (25.81%) Incident Response
11 20 (21.51%) Data Loss Prevention
11 20 (21.51%) Firewall
12 19 (20.43%) CEH
13 17 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (17.20%) Vulnerability Management
14 16 (17.20%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 15 (16.13%) Active Directory
15 15 (16.13%) WAN
15 15 (16.13%) CyberArk
15 15 (16.13%) DevOps
16 14 (15.05%) Ansible
16 14 (15.05%) Cisco Certification
16 14 (15.05%) CI/CD
16 14 (15.05%) Social Skills

Senior 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 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (7.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.23%) AutoCAD
3 3 (3.23%) Revit
4 2 (2.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.15%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 54 (58.06%) Azure
2 31 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (29.03%) AWS
4 13 (13.98%) Cloud Computing
5 12 (12.90%) GCP
6 11 (11.83%) PaaS
7 10 (10.75%) SaaS
8 8 (8.60%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (7.53%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (6.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 6 (6.45%) IaaS
11 5 (5.38%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (4.30%) Power Platform
13 2 (2.15%) GitHub
14 1 (1.08%) Azure Key Vault
14 1 (1.08%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 25 (26.88%) Network Security
2 20 (21.51%) Firewall
3 15 (16.13%) WAN
4 12 (12.90%) LAN
5 10 (10.75%) Cisco ISE
6 9 (9.68%) BGP
6 9 (9.68%) VPN
7 7 (7.53%) Wireshark
8 6 (6.45%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (6.45%) DMZ
8 6 (6.45%) MPLS
8 6 (6.45%) TCP/IP
8 6 (6.45%) Unified Communications
8 6 (6.45%) VLAN
8 6 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (5.38%) Cisco Firepower
10 4 (4.30%) Cisco Wireless
10 4 (4.30%) DNS
10 4 (4.30%) Wireless
10 4 (4.30%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.30%) Power BI
2 1 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (1.08%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 8 (8.60%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.15%) Artifactory
2 2 (2.15%) Git
3 1 (1.08%) GitLab
General
1 34 (36.56%) Finance
2 14 (15.05%) Social Skills
3 11 (11.83%) Law
4 10 (10.75%) Banking
5 8 (8.60%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.15%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.15%) Legal
7 2 (2.15%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.15%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.23%) HTML
2 2 (2.15%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.90%) Cyberattack
2 11 (11.83%) PKI
3 9 (9.68%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (7.53%) Onboarding
5 6 (6.45%) Data Centre
6 5 (5.38%) Cybercrime
6 5 (5.38%) Management Information System
7 4 (4.30%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (4.30%) Product Ownership
7 4 (4.30%) Public Cloud
8 3 (3.23%) Cloud Native
8 3 (3.23%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (3.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (3.23%) Hedge funds
8 3 (3.23%) Security Posture
8 3 (3.23%) Virtual Team
9 2 (2.15%) Blockchain
9 2 (2.15%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (1.08%) Driving Licence
10 1 (1.08%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 25 (26.88%) Windows
2 4 (4.30%) Android
2 4 (4.30%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.15%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.08%) Linux
4 1 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (62.37%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (29.03%) SIEM
3 25 (26.88%) Cloud Security
3 25 (26.88%) Information Security
3 25 (26.88%) Security Operations
4 24 (25.81%) Incident Response
5 20 (21.51%) Data Loss Prevention
6 17 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (17.20%) Vulnerability Management
7 16 (17.20%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 15 (16.13%) DevOps
9 14 (15.05%) CI/CD
10 12 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 11 (11.83%) Data Security
11 11 (11.83%) ITIL
12 10 (10.75%) Agile
12 10 (10.75%) Strategic Thinking
13 9 (9.68%) Cryptography
13 9 (9.68%) Use Case
13 9 (9.68%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 28 (30.11%) Python
2 26 (27.96%) PowerShell
3 6 (6.45%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (3.23%) C#
4 3 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (38.71%) CISSP
2 19 (20.43%) CEH
3 14 (15.05%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (10.75%) CCSP
4 10 (10.75%) Degree
5 8 (8.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (6.45%) CRISC
7 4 (4.30%) CISM
7 4 (4.30%) GIAC
7 4 (4.30%) ISSMP
7 4 (4.30%) SANS
7 4 (4.30%) SSCP
8 3 (3.23%) Azure Certification
8 3 (3.23%) CCNA
8 3 (3.23%) CCSK
8 3 (3.23%) GSEC
8 3 (3.23%) RIBA
9 2 (2.15%) CISA
9 2 (2.15%) ISSAP
9 2 (2.15%) ISSEP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 8 (8.60%) NIST
3 6 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (4.30%) COBIT
4 4 (4.30%) NCSC
4 4 (4.30%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.08%) GDPR
System Software
1 15 (16.13%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.30%) Docker
2 4 (4.30%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.08%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (15.05%) Ansible
2 8 (8.60%) Terraform
3 7 (7.53%) Kubernetes
4 4 (4.30%) CASB
4 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (4.30%) Nmap
5 3 (3.23%) Cisco CUCM
5 3 (3.23%) Stealthwatch
6 2 (2.15%) Nessus
7 1 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (38.71%) Microsoft
2 15 (16.13%) CyberArk
3 12 (12.90%) Cisco
4 11 (11.83%) Qualys
5 9 (9.68%) Splunk
6 8 (8.60%) CheckPoint
6 8 (8.60%) Palo Alto
7 7 (7.53%) ArcSight
7 7 (7.53%) Atlassian
7 7 (7.53%) Carbon Black
7 7 (7.53%) McAfee
8 6 (6.45%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (6.45%) Google
8 6 (6.45%) SolarWinds
9 5 (5.38%) Rapid7
10 4 (4.30%) Alibaba
10 4 (4.30%) Netskope
10 4 (4.30%) Thycotic
10 4 (4.30%) Zscaler
11 3 (3.23%) Fortinet