Senior Security Engineer Jobs in Berkshire

Senior Security Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in Berkshire is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 184 175
Rank change year-on-year +19 -9 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 2 4 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.065% 0.13% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.14% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £60,158 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £80,949 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £95,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.84% +18.75% -3.03%
75th Percentile £62,500 £97,500 £82,500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 2,948 2,909 3,302
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.16% 92.32% 96.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,147 1,661 2,174
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,963 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Senior Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Engineer in Berkshire

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Security Engineer in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Senior Security Engineer in Berkshire

Senior Security Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +7 2 £60,000 +22.00% 4
Senior Security Engineer
South East

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Senior Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (50.00%) SANS
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) COBIT
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) GCIA

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) GCIA
1 1 (50.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) COBIT
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) NIST