Security Jobs in United Kingdom
There are 3,486 open Security jobs in United Kingdom on freehire right now. 821 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are cloud, ai and cybersecurity.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBP | year | £55,000 | £75,000 | £95,000 | 145 |
| GBP | day | £575 | £650 | £750 | 21 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- cloud 30%
- ai 18%
- cybersecurity 14%
- aws 13%
- automation 13%
- iso-27001 11%
- cloud-security 11%
- azure 11%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 645 · 19%
- Remote 214 · 6%
- Onsite 117 · 3%
Visa sponsorship offered in 38% of the 317 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 616
- Lead 292
- C-level 116
- Principal 94
- Junior 51
- Intern 45
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 488
- 501-1000 employees 168
- 51-200 employees 64
- 11-50 employees 20
- 201-500 employees 14
- 1-10 employees 1
Cybersecurity Specialist - AI Systems
Review AI-generated cybersecurity outputs, create threat scenarios, and validate data for frameworks like NIST CSF and MITRE ATT&CK.
Team Lead, Cybersecurity Engineering
Lead the UK Security Operations Centre (SOC) team, providing technical leadership, guiding daily security operations, supporting analyst development, coordinating incident response, and ensuring consistent global SOC processes across time zones.
Cybersecurity Engineer
A Cybersecurity Engineer collaborates with teams to handle escalated security issues, manage SOC alerts, and lead incident response while implementing new security projects. Core focus: threat detection, incident coordination, and mentoring junior engineers using tools like Palo Alto, Azure, and SentinelOne.
Senior IT Security Consultant
Advises clients and internal teams on IT security posture, risk management, and compliance with standards like ISO27001 and NIST, while designing and implementing security controls and fostering a security culture.
Senior Cloud Security Engineer
Senior Cloud Security Engineer designs and implements secure cloud infrastructure for a global fintech firm, advising teams and hardening cloud environments.
Smart Systems & Cyber Security Apprentice
Assist with IT, smart technologies, and secure network systems by configuring hardware and supporting cybersecurity tasks.
Specialist Security Consultant
Embedded security consultant guiding an SAP S/4HANA migration, reviewing designs, identifying risks, and embedding controls across identity, APIs, cloud, and integrations.
Security Architect
Designs and secures cloud-based systems for a UK government project, focusing on AWS and Azure architectures while ensuring SC clearance compliance.