Security Engineer Jobs in Surrey

Security Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median Security Engineer salary in Surrey is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 141 143 137
Rank change year-on-year +2 -6 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 13 16 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 0.51% 0.66% 2.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.70% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 13 14 10
10th Percentile - £55,125 £50,875
25th Percentile £43,750 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +6.38% -18.97%
75th Percentile £58,750 £84,375 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £105,250 £66,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% -12.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 2,314 2,276 3,318
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 93.89% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,488 1,416 2,089
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £31,975
25th Percentile £38,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +8.11% +5.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Surrey

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Surrey

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Surrey

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Surrey over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in Surrey

Security Engineer
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Guildford - 4 £47,500 -
Redhill - 2 £45,000 -
Epsom - 2 £57,500 - 2
Staines - 1 £80,000 - 1
Security Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 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 Surrey region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (84.62%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (53.85%) Network Security
3 6 (46.15%) TCP/IP
3 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (46.15%) Azure
4 5 (38.46%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (38.46%) C
4 5 (38.46%) Degree
5 4 (30.77%) Mathematics
5 4 (30.77%) Physics
5 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
5 4 (30.77%) Software Engineering
5 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
5 4 (30.77%) Linux
5 4 (30.77%) Python
5 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
5 4 (30.77%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
5 4 (30.77%) Bash
5 4 (30.77%) SIEM
5 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (23.08%) Security Architecture
7 2 (15.38%) AWS
7 2 (15.38%) Twilio
7 2 (15.38%) Cyberattack
7 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
7 2 (15.38%) Email Filtering
7 2 (15.38%) Web Filtering
7 2 (15.38%) Security Operations
7 2 (15.38%) Security Operations Centre

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (15.38%) AWS
3 2 (15.38%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
3 2 (15.38%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Network Security
2 6 (46.15%) TCP/IP
3 2 (15.38%) DHCP
3 2 (15.38%) DNS
3 2 (15.38%) Firewall
3 2 (15.38%) VPN
3 2 (15.38%) Wireless
General
1 4 (30.77%) Organisational Skills
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Retail
3 1 (7.69%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Cyberattack
1 2 (15.38%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Digital Media
2 1 (7.69%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
3 4 (30.77%) Mathematics
3 4 (30.77%) Physics
3 4 (30.77%) SIEM
3 4 (30.77%) Software Engineering
3 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
3 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
4 3 (23.08%) Security Architecture
5 2 (15.38%) Email Filtering
5 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
5 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (15.38%) ITIL
5 2 (15.38%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 2 (15.38%) Security Operations
5 2 (15.38%) Web Filtering
6 1 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) C
2 4 (30.77%) Bash
2 4 (30.77%) Python
3 2 (15.38%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) MCP
2 2 (15.38%) MCSA
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft