Security Jobs in United Kingdom
There are 3,620 open Security jobs in United Kingdom on freehire right now. 845 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 | £54,250 | £75,000 | £95,000 | 146 |
| GBP | day | £575 | £650 | £750 | 21 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- cloud 31%
- ai 20%
- cybersecurity 15%
- automation 14%
- aws 14%
- cloud-security 12%
- iso-27001 12%
- azure 12%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 683 · 19%
- Remote 254 · 7%
- Onsite 127 · 4%
Visa sponsorship offered in 39% of the 343 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 608
- Lead 302
- C-level 121
- Principal 112
- Junior 46
- Intern 45
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 510
- 501-1000 employees 183
- 51-200 employees 65
- 11-50 employees 20
- 201-500 employees 14
- 1-10 employees 1
Lead IAM Technical Architect
Lead the design and delivery of enterprise identity architecture, establishing identity as the primary security control plane across services using IGA, AM, PAM, CIAM, and Zero Trust principles.
Senior Security Technology Risk Analyst
Senior role assessing and testing security controls for Mastercard’s Vocalink unit, ensuring compliance with standards like ISO27001 and PCI DSS through audits and evidence collection.
M&A Collaboration & Security Platforms Engineer
Engineer specializing in collaboration-platform integrations for fintech acquisitions, migrating users, files, and security controls across Google Workspace, Slack, and Zoom.
Staff Security Architect
Design and audit security architectures for blockchain and web3 systems, conduct assessments, and advise teams on secure operations across Rust, AI, and crypto infrastructure.
Staff Security Engineer
Staff Security Engineer designs and builds detection logic, automates incident response, and tunes SIEM pipelines to protect Ripple’s crypto and financial infrastructure.
Senior Product Security Engineer
Senior engineer building and running the secure development lifecycle for crypto products, including threat modeling, automated security pipelines, and code reviews for Java/Kotlin and TypeScript/Python systems handling billions in transactions.
Security Engineer, Institutional Trading
Security Engineer embedded with Institutional Trading to secure off-chain trading infrastructure, key custody, order routing, and settlement pipelines, implementing monitoring, KMS/HSM hygiene, and risk controls for a crypto-fintech company.
Infrastructure Security Engineer
Build and maintain security tooling for a crypto wallet and exchange platform, integrating security into CI/CD, automating threat detection, and hardening cloud infrastructure in AWS/GCP.
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Leads global cybersecurity strategy for a leading crypto company, overseeing security engineering, operations, and compliance to safeguard digital assets and prepare for IPO readiness.
DevSecOps Engineer
Embed security into the software lifecycle for government and defence programmes, collaborating with engineering, cloud, and security teams in a hybrid role.