Security Engineer Jobs in the South West

Security Engineer
England > South West

The median Security Engineer salary in the South West is £41,206 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 270 218 220
Rank change year-on-year -52 +2 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 22 61 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.24% 0.84% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.94% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 17 38 55
10th Percentile £30,750 £37,885 £36,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £48,125 £45,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,206 £59,526 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.78% +19.05% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,833 £75,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,750 £75,763 £67,800
England median annual salary £59,526 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.42% - +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 8,683 6,462 7,604
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.13% 89.46% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 6,407 3,971 5,127
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,364 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.37% +0.42% +9.09%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in the South West

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in the South West.

Salary trend for Security Engineer in the South West

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in the South West

Security Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 18 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
Bristol +5 14 £50,000 -16.00% 14
Gloucestershire -34 3 £80,000 +33.33% 2
Wiltshire -4 2 £30,000 -60.00% 3
Devon - 2 £41,206 - 4
Dorset -10 1 £60,000 +14.29% 1
Security Engineer
England

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 18 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 South West region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (31.82%) Azure
2 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (22.73%) Cloud Security
3 5 (22.73%) Firewall
3 5 (22.73%) Agile
4 4 (18.18%) Python
4 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 4 (18.18%) PaaS
4 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (13.64%) DevOps
5 3 (13.64%) GCP
5 3 (13.64%) Public Cloud
5 3 (13.64%) Kubernetes
5 3 (13.64%) Palo Alto
5 3 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (13.64%) Terraform
5 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
5 3 (13.64%) CI/CD
5 3 (13.64%) Product Ownership
5 3 (13.64%) Jenkins
5 3 (13.64%) Docker
5 3 (13.64%) GitHub
5 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (13.64%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (13.64%) Network Security
5 3 (13.64%) WatchGuard
5 3 (13.64%) Use Case
5 3 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (13.64%) Sophos

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 7 (31.82%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) PaaS
3 3 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (13.64%) GCP
3 3 (13.64%) GitHub
4 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 2 (9.09%) SaaS
5 1 (4.55%) AWS
5 1 (4.55%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Firewall
2 3 (13.64%) Network Security
3 1 (4.55%) Internet
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (13.64%) Banking
1 3 (13.64%) Finance
2 2 (9.09%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) JSON
1 2 (9.09%) JSON Schema
1 2 (9.09%) KML
1 2 (9.09%) Regular Expression
1 2 (9.09%) XML
1 2 (9.09%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Product Ownership
1 3 (13.64%) Public Cloud
2 2 (9.09%) CCTV
2 2 (9.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Linux
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
2 2 (9.09%) Windows Server
2 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (22.73%) Agile
2 5 (22.73%) Cloud Security
3 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (13.64%) CI/CD
4 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (13.64%) DevOps
4 3 (13.64%) Information Security
4 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
4 3 (13.64%) Use Case
4 3 (13.64%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (9.09%) Analytics
5 2 (9.09%) CAD
5 2 (9.09%) Community of Practice
5 2 (9.09%) Fintech
5 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (9.09%) Security Testing
5 2 (9.09%) SIEM
5 2 (9.09%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) Python
2 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.55%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) CCNA
2 3 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (9.09%) Azure Certification
3 2 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (9.09%) Degree
3 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.55%) NIST
1 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Docker
2 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Kubernetes
1 3 (13.64%) Terraform
2 2 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (9.09%) Ansible
3 1 (4.55%) CASB
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Cisco
1 3 (13.64%) Forcepoint
1 3 (13.64%) Google
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
1 3 (13.64%) Palo Alto
1 3 (13.64%) Sophos
1 3 (13.64%) WatchGuard