Security Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Security Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Security Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 196 188
Rank change year-on-year +17 -8 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 61 66 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.91% 1.07% 1.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 1.19% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 24 27 70
10th Percentile £35,000 £48,500 £42,375
25th Percentile £42,200 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% -6.67% +22.45%
75th Percentile £60,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £93,000 -
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
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,377 5,525 6,690
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 89.93% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4,540 3,223 4,198
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,925
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
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 the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in the Thames Valley

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Security Engineer in the Thames Valley

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in the Thames Valley

Security Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Buckinghamshire +10 36 £45,000 -45.45% 1
Berkshire +7 21 £45,000 -16.03% 13
Oxfordshire +2 4 £60,000 - 1
Security Engineer
South East

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 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 Thames Valley region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 43 (70.49%) Degree
2 33 (54.10%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (47.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 25 (40.98%) Mentoring
5 23 (37.70%) Coaching
5 23 (37.70%) Analytics
5 23 (37.70%) Data Quality
5 23 (37.70%) Data Engineering
5 23 (37.70%) Red Team
5 23 (37.70%) Data Science
5 23 (37.70%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (37.70%) Data Modelling
6 10 (16.39%) Microsoft
6 10 (16.39%) Security Operations
7 9 (14.75%) Firewall
7 9 (14.75%) SIEM
7 9 (14.75%) Security Cleared
7 9 (14.75%) SC Cleared
8 8 (13.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 7 (11.48%) Social Skills
10 6 (9.84%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (9.84%) Schematic Capture
10 6 (9.84%) Network Security
10 6 (9.84%) Project Planning
10 6 (9.84%) Electronics
10 6 (9.84%) Manufacturing
10 6 (9.84%) Information Security
10 6 (9.84%) Firmware
10 6 (9.84%) EMC
11 5 (8.20%) Windows

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.28%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.56%) Azure
1 4 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.28%) AWS
2 2 (3.28%) Entra ID
2 2 (3.28%) GCP
2 2 (3.28%) WhatsApp
3 1 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.64%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.75%) Firewall
2 6 (9.84%) Network Security
3 3 (4.92%) SSL
4 2 (3.28%) SAN
4 2 (3.28%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.64%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (1.64%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 29 (47.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (11.48%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.84%) Electronics
3 6 (9.84%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.28%) Retail
5 1 (1.64%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.56%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (4.92%) PKI
3 2 (3.28%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.28%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.64%) Blockchain
4 1 (1.64%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.64%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.20%) Windows
2 2 (3.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (54.10%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (40.98%) Mentoring
3 23 (37.70%) Analytics
3 23 (37.70%) Coaching
3 23 (37.70%) Data Engineering
3 23 (37.70%) Data Modelling
3 23 (37.70%) Data Science
3 23 (37.70%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (37.70%) Red Team
4 10 (16.39%) Security Operations
5 9 (14.75%) SIEM
6 8 (13.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (9.84%) Information Security
7 6 (9.84%) Project Planning
7 6 (9.84%) Schematic Capture
8 5 (8.20%) Cloud Security
8 5 (8.20%) Penetration Testing
8 5 (8.20%) Vulnerability Management
9 4 (6.56%) Client Onboarding
9 4 (6.56%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.20%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (4.92%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.92%) Python
3 1 (1.64%) Rust
Qualifications
1 43 (70.49%) Degree
2 9 (14.75%) SC Cleared
2 9 (14.75%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (4.92%) DV Cleared
4 3 (4.92%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.28%) CCNA
5 2 (3.28%) CCNP
5 2 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.28%) CISSP
5 2 (3.28%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (3.28%) GCIA
5 2 (3.28%) SANS
6 1 (1.64%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (37.70%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.64%) COBIT
4 1 (1.64%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (9.84%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (9.84%) Firmware
2 5 (8.20%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.92%) Nessus
Vendors
1 10 (16.39%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.84%) EMC
3 5 (8.20%) VMware
4 3 (4.92%) Cisco
4 3 (4.92%) Computacenter
5 2 (3.28%) Juniper
5 2 (3.28%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.64%) AlienVault
6 1 (1.64%) F5