Principal Security Engineer Jobs in England

Principal Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Principal Security Engineer salary in England is £92,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 823 898 1108
Rank change year-on-year +75 +210 -276
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Security Engineer 14 49 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.052% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.057% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 8
10th Percentile - - £62,500
25th Percentile £88,750 - £69,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £81,928 £98,750
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -17.03% +79.55%
75th Percentile £96,250 - £115,000
90th Percentile - £96,542 -
UK median annual salary £92,500 £81,928 £98,750
% change year-on-year +12.90% -17.03% +79.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,250 85,781 125,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,143 54,189 75,436
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,375 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

Principal Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Security Engineer in England

Principal Security Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Security Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Principal Security Engineer in England

Principal Security Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Security Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 25 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
London +122 5 £92,500 +12.90%
North of England - 4 - - 3
South East -14 3 - - 1
Yorkshire - 2 - -
North West - 2 - - 3
South West -21 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
Principal Security Engineer
UK

Principal Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Principal 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 England region featuring Principal Security Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
1 5 (35.71%) Security Operations
1 5 (35.71%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 5 (35.71%) Network Security
1 5 (35.71%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (28.57%) Azure
3 2 (14.29%) AWS
3 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (14.29%) Degree
3 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 2 (14.29%) Fintech
3 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 2 (14.29%) GCP
3 2 (14.29%) SDLC
3 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security

Principal Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) Network Security
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Security Operations
1 5 (35.71%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 5 (35.71%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security
2 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (14.29%) Fintech
2 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 2 (14.29%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
1 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft