Security Engineer jobs in London — demand, required skills, and comparable metros (2026)
As of 2026-05-23, Skillenai has indexed 40 Security Engineer postings located in London over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Python, with demand down 38% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-23
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Frequently asked questions about Security Engineer jobs in London
+Are Security Engineer jobs being posted in London right now?
Yes. Skillenai has indexed 40 Security Engineer postings located in London over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, with demand down 38% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Security Engineer jobs in London require?
Across Security Engineer postings in London indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, the skills mentioned most often are Python, incident response, AWS, SIEM, CI/CD.
+Which other cities are hiring Security Engineer?
As of 2026-05-23, the metro areas posting the most Security Engineer jobs outside London are New York City, San Francisco, Austin, Bengaluru, Seattle, based on the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly Security Engineer postings in London — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Security Engineer in London
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 11 | 11.0% |
| incident response | 11 | 11.0% |
| AWS | 10 | 10.0% |
| SIEM | 9 | 9.0% |
| CI/CD | 8 | 8.0% |
| SAST | 8 | 8.0% |
| penetration testing | 8 | 8.0% |
| Security engineering | 8 | 8.0% |
| threat modeling | 8 | 8.0% |
| vulnerability management | 7 | 7.0% |
| DAST | 6 | 6.0% |
| Application security | 6 | 6.0% |
Other top cities hiring Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 88 | 29.9% |
| San Francisco | 68 | 23.1% |
| Austin | 26 | 8.8% |
| Bengaluru | 25 | 8.5% |
| Seattle | 20 | 6.8% |
| Hyderabad | 15 | 5.1% |
| Toronto | 15 | 5.1% |
| Los Angeles | 14 | 4.8% |
| Sydney | 13 | 4.4% |
| Boston | 10 | 3.4% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, filtered to postings whose canonical role is “Security Engineer” and whose locationCity is “London”.
- city
- London
- role
- Security Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-05-23
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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