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 | 144 |
| 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
Senior Security Operations Analyst
Owns threat detection and incident response for a fast-growing UK fintech, writing SIEM rules, investigating alerts, and collaborating with IT and DevOps teams.
Staff Hardware Security Engineer
Designs and executes hardware security assessments for Arm’s SoC platforms, identifying silicon-level vulnerabilities and collaborating with teams to implement mitigations.
Cloud Security Engineer
Design and implement secure cloud infrastructure and automation for a large bank, integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and managing multi-cloud security controls across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Head of Security Engineering
Leads Product Security strategy and engineering practices for a cybersecurity SaaS company, embedding secure-by-design principles into software development, threat modeling, and AI-assisted workflows while collaborating closely with engineering teams.
Senior Security Researcher
Lead independent research into emerging cyber threats, analyse malicious files, and build proof-of-concept defenses to improve a cybersecurity product.
Security Architect
Design and own the firm’s security architecture strategy, including Azure, Zero Trust, SASE and AI-security governance across hybrid environments.
Cybersecurity Architect
Design and implement secure cloud architectures for JPMorgan Chase’s UK products, performing threat modeling and secure design reviews while applying DevSecOps and cloud security best practices.
TSB | Security Engineer | Grade E | CISO | Edinburgh or London | 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Security Engineer at TSB (Santander) deploys and manages security controls like Defender XDR and M365, coaches teams, and ensures secure delivery of IT projects in a fast-paced banking environment.
TSB | Security Architect | Grade E | CISO | Edinburgh or London | 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Design and enforce secure cloud and on-prem architectures for a UK retail bank, setting standards and guiding teams that adopt AWS, Azure and Citrix CVAD.