The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the East of England region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Engineer
Rank 246 239 263
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 16 33 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.195% 0.378% 0.206%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.205% 0.391% 0.218%
Number of salaries quoted 11 32 18
Average salary £48,500 £42,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.11% +14.86%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £28,700
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £50,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7811 8433 9185
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.35% 96.65% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 6806 7055 7869
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Engineer
England

Security Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Engineer across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England Security Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Security Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Security Engineer across the East of England region.

East of England Security Engineer Salary Trend

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Engineer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East of England Security Engineer Salary Histogram

Security Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridgeshire +6 9 £48,500 +38.57%
Hertfordshire +5 4 £65,000 +36.84%
Suffolk - 2 £35,000 -
Essex - 1 - -
Security Engineer
England

Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited Security Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Security Engineer in their job title.

1 26 (68.42%) Network Security
2 23 (60.53%) Firewall
3 21 (55.26%) Cisco
4 18 (47.37%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (44.74%) Information Security
6 15 (39.47%) CCNP
7 14 (36.84%) CheckPoint
7 14 (36.84%) Penetration Testing
8 13 (34.21%) Management Information System
9 11 (28.95%) F5
10 10 (26.32%) Telecoms
11 9 (23.68%) Juniper
12 8 (21.05%) Incident Management
13 7 (18.42%) Finance
13 7 (18.42%) Security Cleared
13 7 (18.42%) VPN
13 7 (18.42%) ITIL
13 7 (18.42%) Information Security Management
13 7 (18.42%) Security Management
13 7 (18.42%) Change Management
14 6 (15.79%) CISA
14 6 (15.79%) CISM
14 6 (15.79%) Risk Management
14 6 (15.79%) VMware
14 6 (15.79%) MPLS
14 6 (15.79%) LAN
14 6 (15.79%) VoIP
14 6 (15.79%) WAN
14 6 (15.79%) DHCP
14 6 (15.79%) DNS

Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited Security Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Security Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.632%) WebSphere
1 1 (2.632%) Java EE
1 1 (2.632%) Spring
1 1 (2.632%) OAuth
1 1 (2.632%) OpenID
1 1 (2.632%) SAML
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.263%) CMS
2 1 (2.632%) WebSphere Application Server
Communications & Networking
1 26 (68.42%) Network Security
2 23 (60.53%) Firewall
3 7 (18.42%) VPN
4 6 (15.79%) MPLS
4 6 (15.79%) LAN
4 6 (15.79%) VoIP
4 6 (15.79%) WAN
4 6 (15.79%) DHCP
4 6 (15.79%) DNS
4 6 (15.79%) RIP
4 6 (15.79%) TCP/IP
4 6 (15.79%) VLAN
5 5 (13.16%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (10.53%) Cisco PIX
7 2 (5.263%) X.509
7 2 (5.263%) IPsec
7 2 (5.263%) FTP
7 2 (5.263%) HTTP
7 2 (5.263%) SMTP
7 2 (5.263%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 2 (5.263%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (26.32%) Telecoms
2 7 (18.42%) Finance
3 2 (5.263%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 13 (34.21%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.53%) RMADS
2 4 (10.53%) PKI
3 2 (5.263%) VHDL
3 2 (5.263%) EMV
3 2 (5.263%) Chip and PIN
3 2 (5.263%) Human Factors
4 1 (2.632%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.263%) Windows
2 1 (2.632%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (44.74%) Information Security
2 14 (36.84%) Penetration Testing
3 8 (21.05%) Incident Management
4 7 (18.42%) ITIL
4 7 (18.42%) Information Security Management
4 7 (18.42%) Security Management
4 7 (18.42%) Change Management
5 6 (15.79%) Risk Management
5 6 (15.79%) Network Management
5 6 (15.79%) Ethical Hacking
6 4 (10.53%) Network Design
6 4 (10.53%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (7.895%) Supplier Management
7 3 (7.895%) Software Engineering
8 2 (5.263%) E-Commerce
8 2 (5.263%) Reverse Engineering
8 2 (5.263%) Cyber Security
8 2 (5.263%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (2.632%) ISMS
9 1 (2.632%) Computer Forensics
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.263%) Python
1 2 (5.263%) C
1 2 (5.263%) C++
2 1 (2.632%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (47.37%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (39.47%) CCNP
3 7 (18.42%) Security Cleared
4 6 (15.79%) CISA
4 6 (15.79%) CISM
4 6 (15.79%) CCDP
4 6 (15.79%) CISSP
4 6 (15.79%) SC Cleared
4 6 (15.79%) CEH
5 5 (13.16%) CCSE
6 4 (10.53%) JNCIS
7 3 (7.895%) Degree
8 2 (5.263%) CCNA
8 2 (5.263%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.632%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.79%) PCI DSS
1 6 (15.79%) COBIT
2 2 (5.263%) DO-178B
2 2 (5.263%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (15.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.632%) ProxySG
2 1 (2.632%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 1 (2.632%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (2.632%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (2.632%) Tivoli
1 1 (2.632%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 21 (55.26%) Cisco
2 14 (36.84%) CheckPoint
3 11 (28.95%) F5
4 9 (23.68%) Juniper
5 6 (15.79%) VMware
5 6 (15.79%) Citrix
6 5 (13.16%) Blue Coat
7 4 (10.53%) Websense
8 1 (2.632%) Imperva
Newmarket, Suffolk
We have a great opportunity for a Network Support Engineer ( Linux / Network / Security Engineer) with excellent communication and customer service skills. The successful candidate may already have a...
Gate Hampton Ltd
Salary: From £18,000 to £35,000 per annum + 25 days holiday, bens and bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Hatfield, Hertfordshire
A fantastic opportunity for a Senior Network Security Engineer to secure a position within a leading software technology company just north of London... As a ground breaking and...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Be - Shares, Pension, Health
Posted: 19 May 2013
Hertfordshire
The successful candidate should have experience in design and deployment of security products including firewalls and IDSs, wired and wireless security mechanisms, high availability switching and routing on...
Oho Group Ltd.
Salary: £40000 to £60000 per annum - Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Manage PKI Infrastructure... Preferred - Candidates should have some of the following: -Cisco CCNA -CISSP or similar -PKI knowledge -Previous SIEM Experience -LogRhythm -An awareness of Information Security standards (...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £26000 - £30000 per annum + 25% shift allowance + 5 bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Peterborough, East Anglia
Manage PKI Infrastructure... Preferred - Candidates should have some of the following:-Cisco CCNA -CISSP or similar -PKI knowledge -Previous SIEM Experience -LogRhythm -An awareness of Information Security standards (...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £26000 - £30000 per annum + 25% shift allowance + 5 bonus
Posted: 18 May 2013
Peterborough, East Anglia
Manage PKI Infrastructure... Preferred - Candidates should have some of the following:-Cisco CCNP-CISSP or similar -PKI knowledge -Previous SIEM Experience -LogRhythm -An awareness of Information Security standards (...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £36000 - £40000 per annum + bonus, call allowance, overtime
Posted: 18 May 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Manage PKI Infrastructure... Preferred - Candidates should have some of the following: -Cisco CCNP -CISSP or similar -PKI knowledge -Previous SIEM Experience -LogRhythm -An awareness of Information Security standards (...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £36000 - £40000 per annum + bonus, call allowance, overtime
Posted: 17 May 2013