Senior Security Engineer Jobs in Birmingham

Senior Security Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in Birmingham is £115,000 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 142 140 189
Rank change year-on-year -2 +49 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 2 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.074% 0.099% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.11% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £65,125
25th Percentile £107,500 £57,500 £69,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £60,000 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year +91.67% -23.81% -
75th Percentile £122,500 £62,500 £89,063
90th Percentile - - £93,375
West Midlands median annual salary £115,000 £45,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +155.56% -40.00% +42.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,541 1,895 3,055
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.25% 93.49% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,078 1,440 2,390
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,538 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +7.53%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Engineer in Birmingham

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Engineer in Birmingham

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

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 Birmingham region featuring Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) GCIH
1 2 (100.00%) GCFA
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Wireshark
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) GREM
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) SANS
1 2 (100.00%) GCFE
1 2 (100.00%) CSIRT
1 2 (100.00%) Log Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) SOAR
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Log Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) GCFA
1 2 (100.00%) GCFE
1 2 (100.00%) GCIH
1 2 (100.00%) GREM
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
1 2 (100.00%) SANS
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) CSIRT