The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Engineer
Rank 454 563 624
Rank change year-on-year
+109 +61
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 507 356 283
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.460% 0.296% 0.220%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.487% 0.312% 0.234%
Number of salaries quoted 327 287 218
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £29,700 £27,760
10% offered a salary of more than £62,400 £60,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-8.23% -
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
104165 114120 121133
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.97% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 86738 97875 102752
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Security Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Security Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Security Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the UK.

Security Engineer Salary Trend

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Engineer over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 within the UK.

Security Engineer Salary Histogram

Security Engineer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
England +115 472 £45,000 - 45
London +169 239 £50,000 - 19
South East +20 152 £39,000 -8.23% 12
Berkshire +48 102 £39,000 -13.33% 5
City of London +32 52 £55,000 +15.78% 9
Bracknell -4 29 £37,500 +5.63% 2
Reading -5 25 £42,500 -10.52% 1
Hampshire -12 21 £39,000 +4.00% 4
County Antrim - 21 £42,500 -
Belfast - 21 £42,500 -
Northern Ireland - 21 £42,500 -
Surrey +7 19 £44,000 +27.53% 2
South West +5 19 £44,000 +13.54%
West Midlands -12 19 £39,000 +1.96% 2
North West +15 18 £45,000 -5.26% 5
Yorkshire -12 15 £32,500 -7.14% 2
Birmingham +3 13 £39,000 -64.54% 2
Southampton - 12 £39,000 -
East of England -15 11 £60,000 +41.17% 4
Brentford +18 10 - -
Manchester -9 10 £35,000 +40.00% 4
West Yorkshire -13 10 £32,500 -16.12% 2
Newbury - 9 £39,000 - 1
Bristol -3 8 £60,000 +33.33%
Buckinghamshire -11 8 £45,000 -16.27%
Basingstoke -27 8 £39,000 +11.42% 4
Wiltshire +13 7 £39,000 -
Cheshire +10 7 £55,000 -21.42% 1
Docklands, London +4 7 £32,500 -27.77%
South Wales 0 7 £48,750 +45.52% 2

Security Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Security Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Security Engineer in their job title.

1 665 (61.75%) Firewall
2 596 (55.34%) Network Security
3 546 (50.70%) Cisco
4 538 (49.95%) CheckPoint
5 416 (38.63%) Juniper
6 376 (34.91%) Cisco Certification
7 307 (28.51%) Cisco ASA
8 302 (28.04%) F5
9 298 (27.67%) CCNP
10 277 (25.72%) Blue Coat
11 266 (24.70%) Finance
12 257 (23.86%) Windows
13 218 (20.24%) Telecoms
14 209 (19.41%) Information Security
15 197 (18.29%) CCSE
16 193 (17.92%) Cisco PIX
16 193 (17.92%) TCP/IP
17 170 (15.78%) CISSP
18 165 (15.32%) VPN
19 164 (15.23%) UNIX
20 161 (14.95%) Websense
21 144 (13.37%) Linux
21 144 (13.37%) CCNA
22 143 (13.28%) Internet
23 132 (12.26%) Degree
24 130 (12.07%) ITIL
25 129 (11.98%) Penetration Testing
26 126 (11.70%) Security Cleared
27 122 (11.33%) Management Information System
28 116 (10.77%) Microsoft

Security Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Security Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Security Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 41 (3.807%) Web Services
2 16 (1.486%) CSS
3 15 (1.393%) .NET
4 11 (1.021%) XML
5 10 (0.929%) Regular Expression
6 9 (0.836%) DCOM
6 9 (0.836%) ASP
7 7 (0.650%) SOAP
8 6 (0.557%) J2EE
9 5 (0.464%) HTML
9 5 (0.464%) Middleware
10 4 (0.371%) CGI
10 4 (0.371%) JSP
11 3 (0.279%) SAML
11 3 (0.279%) REST
12 2 (0.186%) Ajax
12 2 (0.186%) Windows SharePoint Services
12 2 (0.186%) RESTful
12 2 (0.186%) HTML5
12 2 (0.186%) COM
Application Platforms
1 45 (4.178%) SharePoint
2 38 (3.528%) IIS
3 35 (3.250%) MS Exchange
4 31 (2.878%) Exchange Server 2003
5 20 (1.857%) Exchange Server 2010
6 19 (1.764%) Live Communications Server
6 19 (1.764%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 18 (1.671%) Documentum
8 12 (1.114%) Tomcat
9 10 (0.929%) Apache
10 2 (0.186%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.093%) Exchange Server 2007
11 1 (0.093%) WordPress
11 1 (0.093%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.093%) CMS
11 1 (0.093%) LiveLink
Applications
1 85 (7.892%) MS Excel
2 20 (1.857%) MS Visio
3 17 (1.578%) MS Office
4 1 (0.093%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 10 (0.929%) Sentinel
2 7 (0.650%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.093%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 665 (61.75%) Firewall
2 596 (55.34%) Network Security
3 307 (28.51%) Cisco ASA
4 193 (17.92%) Cisco PIX
4 193 (17.92%) TCP/IP
5 165 (15.32%) VPN
6 143 (13.28%) Internet
7 114 (10.58%) WAN
8 111 (10.31%) LAN
9 103 (9.564%) Intrusion Detection
10 93 (8.635%) Wireless
11 82 (7.614%) DNS
12 70 (6.500%) MPLS
13 69 (6.407%) BGP
14 65 (6.035%) VoIP
15 63 (5.850%) DHCP
16 60 (5.571%) SNMP
16 60 (5.571%) SSL
17 57 (5.292%) OSPF
17 57 (5.292%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (5.385%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.207%) RDBMS
3 9 (0.836%) MySQL
3 9 (0.836%) Informix
4 1 (0.093%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.093%) MS Access
4 1 (0.093%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (0.557%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 3 (0.279%) StarTeam
3 2 (0.186%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.093%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.093%) Subversion
4 1 (0.093%) AppScan
General
1 266 (24.70%) Finance
2 218 (20.24%) Telecoms
3 83 (7.707%) Retail
4 52 (4.828%) Banking
5 23 (2.136%) Investment Banking
6 20 (1.857%) Legal
7 17 (1.578%) Back Office
7 17 (1.578%) Law
8 13 (1.207%) Billing
8 13 (1.207%) French Language
8 13 (1.207%) German Language
9 10 (0.929%) Financial Institution
10 5 (0.464%) Electronics
11 3 (0.279%) Games
11 3 (0.279%) Military
12 2 (0.186%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.186%) Italian Language
12 2 (0.186%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.186%) Marketing
12 2 (0.186%) Dutch Language
Miscellaneous
1 122 (11.33%) Management Information System
2 64 (5.942%) Computer Science
3 43 (3.993%) PKI
4 34 (3.157%) Clustering
5 22 (2.043%) Blackberry
6 20 (1.857%) Mainframe
7 19 (1.764%) Replication
8 18 (1.671%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.578%) Client/Server
9 17 (1.578%) Cryptography
10 14 (1.300%) Firmware
11 13 (1.207%) Hedge funds
12 12 (1.114%) Digital Media
13 10 (0.929%) Enterprise Storage
14 8 (0.743%) RMADS
14 8 (0.743%) Mathematics
15 6 (0.557%) Mobile App
16 5 (0.464%) CESG
17 4 (0.371%) Open Source
18 3 (0.279%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 257 (23.86%) Windows
2 164 (15.23%) UNIX
3 144 (13.37%) Linux
4 56 (5.200%) Windows Server 2003
5 50 (4.643%) Windows Server 2008
6 39 (3.621%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 30 (2.786%) Windows XP
8 21 (1.950%) Android
8 21 (1.950%) Apple iOS
9 18 (1.671%) Windows Vista
10 16 (1.486%) HPUX
11 12 (1.114%) Solaris
12 8 (0.743%) Windows 2000
13 7 (0.650%) Windows NT
14 5 (0.464%) AIX
15 2 (0.186%) Windows 7
15 2 (0.186%) Windows 2000 Server
16 1 (0.093%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (19.41%) Information Security
2 130 (12.07%) ITIL
3 129 (11.98%) Penetration Testing
4 107 (9.935%) SIEM
5 80 (7.428%) Load Balancing
6 77 (7.149%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 67 (6.221%) Project Management
8 64 (5.942%) Incident Management
9 63 (5.850%) Network Design
10 58 (5.385%) Security Architecture
11 57 (5.292%) Change Control
12 54 (5.014%) Change Management
13 50 (4.643%) Risk Management
14 41 (3.807%) Information Management
15 37 (3.435%) Disaster Recovery
15 37 (3.435%) Security Testing
15 37 (3.435%) Vulnerability Management
16 32 (2.971%) E-Commerce
17 31 (2.878%) Strategic Planning
18 30 (2.786%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 95 (8.821%) SQL
2 66 (6.128%) Perl
3 50 (4.643%) PowerShell
4 28 (2.600%) Java
5 17 (1.578%) Python
6 14 (1.300%) JavaScript
7 11 (1.021%) C
8 5 (0.464%) C#
8 5 (0.464%) Ruby
9 4 (0.371%) C++
10 1 (0.093%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.093%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.093%) PHP
Qualifications
1 376 (34.91%) Cisco Certification
2 298 (27.67%) CCNP
3 197 (18.29%) CCSE
4 170 (15.78%) CISSP
5 144 (13.37%) CCNA
6 132 (12.26%) Degree
7 126 (11.70%) Security Cleared
8 114 (10.58%) SC Cleared
9 113 (10.49%) JNCIS
10 110 (10.21%) CCSA
11 99 (9.192%) CCSP
12 71 (6.592%) JNCIA
13 63 (5.850%) CCIE
14 46 (4.271%) DV Cleared
15 34 (3.157%) CISM
16 27 (2.507%) CEH
17 21 (1.950%) GIAC
17 21 (1.950%) CCDP
18 19 (1.764%) ITIL Certification
19 16 (1.486%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (7.614%) PCI DSS
2 77 (7.149%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (3.435%) COBIT
4 33 (3.064%) SLA
5 21 (1.950%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 17 (1.578%) QA
7 4 (0.371%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.279%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.093%) ISO 9000
9 1 (0.093%) BS7799
9 1 (0.093%) DO-178B
System Software
1 86 (7.985%) Active Directory
2 44 (4.085%) ProxySG
3 39 (3.621%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (2.414%) Snort
4 26 (2.414%) Forefront TMG
5 20 (1.857%) ISA Server
6 8 (0.743%) UAG
7 6 (0.557%) vSphere
7 6 (0.557%) VMware ESX
8 3 (0.279%) RACF
9 1 (0.093%) NFS
9 1 (0.093%) Nmap
9 1 (0.093%) SRDF
9 1 (0.093%) Tivoli Directory Server
9 1 (0.093%) SpamAssassin
Systems Management
1 30 (2.786%) McAfee ePO
2 28 (2.600%) Norton AntiVirus
3 22 (2.043%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 21 (1.950%) CORE IMPACT
4 21 (1.950%) FortiGate
5 18 (1.671%) Nessus
6 11 (1.021%) Nagios
7 6 (0.557%) Tivoli
7 6 (0.557%) MIMEsweeper
7 6 (0.557%) HP Operations Orchestration
8 4 (0.371%) SCCM
9 3 (0.279%) Cacti
10 2 (0.186%) SCOM
10 2 (0.186%) Veritas Storage Foundation
10 2 (0.186%) OpenView
10 2 (0.186%) MOM
10 2 (0.186%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.186%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.093%) Cisco UCCX
11 1 (0.093%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 546 (50.70%) Cisco
2 538 (49.95%) CheckPoint
3 416 (38.63%) Juniper
4 302 (28.04%) F5
5 277 (25.72%) Blue Coat
6 161 (14.95%) Websense
7 116 (10.77%) Microsoft
8 72 (6.685%) McAfee
9 56 (5.200%) Oracle
10 54 (5.014%) Symantec
10 54 (5.014%) Fujitsu
11 50 (4.643%) VMware
12 49 (4.550%) HP
13 44 (4.085%) Fortinet
14 39 (3.621%) Red Hat
15 36 (3.343%) LogLogic
16 34 (3.157%) Brocade
17 33 (3.064%) Citrix
18 30 (2.786%) Nokia
19 28 (2.600%) Qualys
East London
The Ashdown Group has been engaged by a leading technology organisation to assist them in their search for a Firewall / Network security engineer. To be suitable for this...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + £4,800 on-call allowance
Posted: 12 June 2013
Cheadle, Cheshire
Our client is one of the largest service providers in the UK. They have customers in both the private and public sector around the UK. Due to recent...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Woking, Surrey
If you are an ambitious network / security engineer who is looking to move to a company who offer excellent training and the opportunity to progress your career. As...
Informatiq Consulting
Salary: Excellent benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
Network Security Engineer, £40-60k + bonus, London A large telecoms company are looking for a Network Security Engineer to join their team in London. Focusing on Network and...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + bonus
Posted: 29 May 2013
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Key Skills: Network, Security, Solutions, Engineer, Cisco, Firewall, Routers, Switches, VMware, ITIL, TCP/IP, UDP, VPN... VMware and Cisco virtualisation; Good communication skills; Strong organisational and planning skills;...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £50K (incl. Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + Hedge Fund Bonus
Posted: 31 May 2013
Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Be - Shares, Pension, Health
Posted: 16 June 2013
Surrey
Aston Carter
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 16 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Alderbridge Network Recruitment
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 11 June 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Advanced Resource Managers
Salary: £35000.0000 - £45000.0000 per annum + Allowance & Bonus
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
London
EMS Technical Personnel
Salary: From £55,000 to £60,000 per annum Bonus, 25 days, Pension, BUPA
Posted: 13 June 2013
West London
E-synergy Solutions
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Package
Posted: 11 June 2013
Berkshire
Advanced Resource Managers
Salary: £38000.0000 - £43000.0000 per annum + £6.2K Car + Bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013
Hayes, Middlesex
Rackspace
Salary: Unspecified COMPETITIVE
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Sussex
Clearwater People Solutions
Salary: £32000 - 35000 Per Annum bonus, benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
harringtonstarr
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Harrington Starr
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Wales
EADS
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Sky
Salary: competitive
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
British Sky Broadcasting
Salary: competitive
Posted: 21 May 2013
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £35K (incl. Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Three
Salary: £Competitive + benefits + bonus
Posted: 10 June 2013
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