Principal Security Engineer
UK
The median Principal Security Engineer salary in the UK is £92,500 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 | |
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| Rank | 878 | 951 | 1200 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +73 | +249 | -327 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Security Engineer | 19 | 50 | 11 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.020% | 0.047% | 0.007% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.021% | 0.051% | 0.008% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 10 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £80,235 | £62,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £88,750 | - | £71,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £92,500 | £81,928 | £110,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.90% | -25.52% | +100.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £96,250 | - | £115,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £89,235 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | £70,000 | £110,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -36.36% | +100.00% |
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 | 92,025 | 97,996 | 146,640 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.63% | 91.64% | 96.02% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,479 | 61,282 | 85,815 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £53,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.67% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £96,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
Principal Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Principal Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Principal Security Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Security Engineer.
Principal Security Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Security Engineer within the UK 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 |
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| England | +98 | 14 | £92,500 | +12.90% | 2 |
| UK excluding London | -13 | 12 | - | - | 3 |
| London | +152 | 5 | £92,500 | +12.90% | |
| North of England | - | 4 | - | - | 2 |
| South East | -3 | 3 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire | - | 2 | - | - | |
| North West | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | +25 | 1 | - | - | |
| South West | -14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wales | - | 1 | - | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Scotland | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Principal Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Principal 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 Principal Security Engineer in the job title.
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Principal 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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