IT Security Engineer
UK
The median IT Security Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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 26 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 826 | 881 | 1114 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +55 | +233 | -336 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Engineer | 68 | 112 | 98 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.069% | 0.11% | 0.064% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.073% | 0.12% | 0.066% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 56 | 101 | 84 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,250 | £27,750 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,813 | £37,778 | £43,688 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £65,000 | £57,483 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +13.08% | +12.16% |
| 75th Percentile | £81,250 | £77,542 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £83,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £45,000 | £55,000 | £57,483 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.18% | -4.32% | +24.96% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 92,901 | 95,961 | 148,050 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.62% | 91.57% | 96.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,751 | 60,281 | 85,224 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,686 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.19% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,495 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
IT Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Security Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Security Engineer.
IT Security Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Engineer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.
IT Security Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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 |
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| England | +58 | 48 | £72,500 | +20.83% | 10 |
| Work from Home | +33 | 40 | £60,000 | -11.11% | 2 |
| London | +140 | 31 | £77,500 | -22.50% | 4 |
| UK excluding London | -51 | 31 | £45,000 | -18.18% | 7 |
| North of England | +35 | 8 | £60,000 | -20.59% | 2 |
| North West | +8 | 8 | £60,000 | -20.59% | 2 |
| Wales | - | 6 | £40,500 | - | |
| South East | -7 | 5 | £58,750 | +106.14% | 2 |
| Scotland | -59 | 4 | £49,250 | -34.81% | |
| Channel Islands | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Midlands | +2 | 2 | £30,000 | -36.84% | 1 |
| South West | -35 | 2 | £41,206 | -45.06% | 2 |
| West Midlands | +22 | 1 | - | - | |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £30,000 | - | 1 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | - | - |
IT Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, IT 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 featuring IT Security Engineer in the job title.
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IT Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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