Security Engineer Jobs in Hertfordshire

Security Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Security Engineer salary in Hertfordshire is £67,500 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 107 131 120
Rank change year-on-year +24 -11 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 10 5 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.51% 0.26% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.30% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 10 4 16
10th Percentile £51,500 £36,375 -
25th Percentile £53,438 £40,313 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -10.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £68,750 £51,250 £52,500
90th Percentile - £58,000 -
East of England median annual salary £62,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.74% +8.00% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 1,808 1,689 1,976
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 86.53% 96.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,427 831 974
10th Percentile £25,809 £30,688 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £35,165
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Hertfordshire

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Hertfordshire

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in Hertfordshire

Security Engineer
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Hertfordshire 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
Hemel Hempstead - 6 £67,500 - 1
Watford - 2 £56,250 -
Hatfield +17 1 £55,000 -8.33% 1
Security Engineer
East of England

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

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

1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
1 8 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 7 (70.00%) SIEM
2 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) Aerospace
3 6 (60.00%) Python
3 6 (60.00%) PowerShell
3 6 (60.00%) Bash
3 6 (60.00%) Splunk
3 6 (60.00%) Client Onboarding
4 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (40.00%) Fluentd
5 4 (40.00%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (40.00%) logstash
5 4 (40.00%) Windows
5 4 (40.00%) Linux
5 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (40.00%) Fluent Bit
6 2 (20.00%) Cisco
6 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
6 2 (20.00%) Firewall
6 2 (20.00%) Blue Coat
6 2 (20.00%) Cryptography
6 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (20.00%) Network Security
6 2 (20.00%) IoT
6 2 (20.00%) Palo Alto
6 2 (20.00%) Infoblox
7 1 (10.00%) Riverbed

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (20.00%) Firewall
1 2 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (10.00%) DNS
General
1 7 (70.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (10.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) Fluent Bit
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) IoT
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 7 (70.00%) SIEM
3 6 (60.00%) Client Onboarding
4 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (40.00%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (20.00%) Cryptography
7 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
7 1 (10.00%) Information Management
7 1 (10.00%) Information Security
7 1 (10.00%) Project Management
7 1 (10.00%) Threat Detection
7 1 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Bash
1 6 (60.00%) PowerShell
1 6 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (10.00%) GRC
2 1 (10.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Fluentd
1 4 (40.00%) logstash
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Splunk
2 2 (20.00%) Blue Coat
2 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco
2 2 (20.00%) Infoblox
2 2 (20.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (10.00%) Juniper
3 1 (10.00%) Riverbed