IT Security Engineer Jobs

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 13 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
13 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 812 867 1122
Rank change year-on-year +55 +255 -328
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Engineer 66 105 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.067% 0.10% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.11% 0.075%
Number of salaries quoted 54 95 85
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £39,438 £37,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,542 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -21.74% -4.17% +27.66%

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 93,699 92,665 152,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,079 58,510 84,912
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,719 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

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.

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Engineer in the UK

IT Security Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Security Engineer in the UK

IT Security Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Engineer over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Security Engineer in the UK

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 13 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
England +49 46 £72,500 +11.54% 11
Work from Home +36 39 £60,000 -20.00% 5
London +111 30 £77,500 -22.50% 3
UK excluding London -52 30 £45,000 -21.74% 11
North of England +44 8 £60,000 -20.59% 3
North West +5 8 £60,000 -20.59% 3
Wales - 6 £40,500 -
South East -24 4 £52,500 +84.21% 2
Scotland -53 4 £49,250 -34.81% 1
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Midlands -5 2 £30,000 -38.46% 2
South West -29 2 £41,206 -45.06% 2
West Midlands +13 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £30,000 - 2
Isle of Man - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 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.

1 31 (46.97%) Azure
2 25 (37.88%) Cybersecurity
3 24 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (34.85%) Security Operations
5 22 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 18 (27.27%) Information Security
6 18 (27.27%) Social Skills
6 18 (27.27%) Incident Response
7 15 (22.73%) SIEM
7 15 (22.73%) AWS
7 15 (22.73%) Windows
8 14 (21.21%) Active Directory
8 14 (21.21%) PowerShell
9 12 (18.18%) Firewall
9 12 (18.18%) Data Loss Prevention
9 12 (18.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 11 (16.67%) CISSP
10 11 (16.67%) Finance
11 10 (15.15%) Risk Management
11 10 (15.15%) Vulnerability Management
11 10 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 10 (15.15%) Degree
11 10 (15.15%) Cyberattack
11 10 (15.15%) NIST
12 9 (13.64%) Data Security
12 9 (13.64%) Python
13 8 (12.12%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (12.12%) Banking
13 8 (12.12%) Cloud Security
13 8 (12.12%) Customer Service

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:

Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (46.97%) Azure
2 24 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (22.73%) AWS
4 7 (10.61%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (4.55%) GCP
7 2 (3.03%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 12 (18.18%) Firewall
2 7 (10.61%) Network Security
3 3 (4.55%) LAN
3 3 (4.55%) WAN
4 2 (3.03%) Internet
4 2 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
General
1 18 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.67%) Finance
3 8 (12.12%) Banking
4 3 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.03%) Law
5 2 (3.03%) Welsh Language
6 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.15%) Cyberattack
2 6 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.58%) Operational Technology
4 4 (6.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 4 (6.06%) Security Posture
5 3 (4.55%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (4.55%) PKI
5 3 (4.55%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.52%) Cybercrime
6 1 (1.52%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.52%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 15 (22.73%) Windows
2 5 (7.58%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.55%) Unix
4 2 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (37.88%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (34.85%) Security Operations
3 18 (27.27%) Incident Response
3 18 (27.27%) Information Security
4 15 (22.73%) SIEM
5 12 (18.18%) Data Loss Prevention
5 12 (18.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 10 (15.15%) Risk Management
6 10 (15.15%) Vulnerability Management
7 9 (13.64%) Data Security
8 8 (12.12%) Cloud Security
8 8 (12.12%) Customer Service
9 7 (10.61%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (9.09%) Data Protection
10 6 (9.09%) Offensive Security
10 6 (9.09%) Task Automation
11 5 (7.58%) Incident Management
11 5 (7.58%) ITIL
11 5 (7.58%) Root Cause Analysis
11 5 (7.58%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 14 (21.21%) PowerShell
2 9 (13.64%) Python
3 1 (1.52%) Bash
3 1 (1.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (16.67%) CISSP
2 10 (15.15%) Degree
3 8 (12.12%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (9.09%) CEH
5 5 (7.58%) CCNP
5 5 (7.58%) GCIA
5 5 (7.58%) GCIH
5 5 (7.58%) GIAC
5 5 (7.58%) GSEC
6 3 (4.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (4.55%) Azure Certification
6 3 (4.55%) CCSK
6 3 (4.55%) CCSP
6 3 (4.55%) SC Cleared
6 3 (4.55%) Security Cleared
7 2 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (3.03%) CASP
7 2 (3.03%) CISA
7 2 (3.03%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (3.03%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (15.15%) NIST
2 4 (6.06%) GDPR
3 3 (4.55%) COBIT
3 3 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (4.55%) PCI DSS
3 3 (4.55%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (1.52%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (21.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.06%) CASB
3 2 (3.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (3.03%) Nessus
3 2 (3.03%) SCCM
4 1 (1.52%) QRadar
Vendors
1 22 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (6.06%) LogRhythm
4 3 (4.55%) Netskope
4 3 (4.55%) Qualys
4 3 (4.55%) Splunk
4 3 (4.55%) Symantec
4 3 (4.55%) Zscaler
5 2 (3.03%) Forcepoint
5 2 (3.03%) Rapid7
5 2 (3.03%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.03%) Varonis
5 2 (3.03%) VMware
6 1 (1.52%) Cisco
6 1 (1.52%) Citrix
6 1 (1.52%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.52%) IBM
6 1 (1.52%) iManage
6 1 (1.52%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.52%) Tripwire