Security Jobs in United Kingdom
There are 3,589 open Security jobs in United Kingdom on freehire right now. 850 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 | £54,000 | £75,000 | £95,000 | 143 |
| GBP | day | £575 | £650 | £750 | 21 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- cloud 32%
- ai 20%
- cybersecurity 15%
- automation 14%
- aws 14%
- iso-27001 12%
- cloud-security 12%
- azure 12%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 700 · 20%
- Remote 252 · 7%
- Onsite 125 · 3%
Visa sponsorship offered in 39% of the 340 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 596
- Lead 300
- C-level 124
- Principal 110
- Intern 45
- Junior 39
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 506
- 501-1000 employees 183
- 51-200 employees 62
- 11-50 employees 19
- 201-500 employees 14
- 1-10 employees 1
Cyber Threat Intelligence Lead
Leads cyber threat intelligence for Hiscox, analyzing global risks, advising leadership, and embedding threat-driven security strategies across the insurance group’s tech and business operations.
Application Security Engineer
Embed security into software design, build, and operations for a UK university, focusing on web/mobile apps, APIs, and cloud services using DevSecOps principles.
Technical Cyber Security Advisory, Vice President
Senior cybersecurity advisor at a global bank, translating technical risks into actionable plans for executives and driving security improvements across technology, risk, and compliance teams.
Head of Governance, Risk and Compliance (Information Security)
Lead the Information Security Governance, Risk and Compliance function, setting security standards and ensuring proportionate risk decisions across Leonardo UK’s regulated defence environment.
IT Security Officer (highly classified systems)
Oversees security controls and risk management for highly classified government systems, advising on compliance, risk assessments, and security architecture in defense/regulated environments.
Application Security Specialist
You’ll run penetration tests and threat modeling to find vulnerabilities in Barclays’ apps and systems, then report findings and guide secure coding practices across Java, .NET, Python and cloud-native stacks.
DevSecOps Engineer
Build and secure cloud-native DevSecOps platforms, automate CI/CD pipelines, manage Kubernetes clusters, and implement IaC with Terraform/Ansible for enterprise environments.
AI Security Research Engineer
Research and prototype AI security defenses for edge devices, combining ML and system security to protect models and data on client hardware.
Manager, DevSecOps Engineering
Lead a team to embed security into CI/CD pipelines, automate policy enforcement, and align DevSecOps with enterprise security standards across a global tech distributor.
Principal AI Cybersecurity Advisor
Advises clients on securing AI systems and integrating cybersecurity into AI initiatives, driving sales of security services and technologies.
AI Security Research Engineer
Research and build security designs to protect AI models and data on edge devices, combining ML expertise with system security knowledge.