Security Support Engineer Jobs

Security Support Engineer
UK

The median Security Support Engineer salary in the UK is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 872 984 1188
Rank change year-on-year +112 +204 -298
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Support Engineer 22 1 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.001% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.001% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 22 1 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £34,250 £33,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £51,250 - £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,500 - £42,500
% change year-on-year - - -38.18%

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 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
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%

Security Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Support Engineer in the UK

Security Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Support Engineer in the UK

Security Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Support Engineer over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Support Engineer in the UK

Security Support Engineer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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
England +142 19 £30,000 -7.69% 2
Work from Home +120 17 £30,000 -7.69% 1
UK excluding London - 15 £33,500 - 2
South East - 14 £33,500 -
London +163 4 £27,500 -15.38%
East Midlands - 1 £30,000 - 1
Midlands - 1 £30,000 - 1

Security Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Security Support 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 Security Support Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Customer Service
2 7 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (31.82%) Amazon EC2
2 7 (31.82%) Azure
2 7 (31.82%) AWS
3 4 (18.18%) Linux
3 4 (18.18%) Python
3 4 (18.18%) TCP/IP
3 4 (18.18%) C
3 4 (18.18%) Software Testing
3 4 (18.18%) Degree
3 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
3 4 (18.18%) Test Automation
3 4 (18.18%) Mathematics
3 4 (18.18%) Physics
3 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
3 4 (18.18%) Network Security
3 4 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (18.18%) Bash
4 1 (4.55%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (4.55%) C++

Security Support 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) Amazon EC2
1 7 (31.82%) AWS
1 7 (31.82%) Azure
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Network Security
1 4 (18.18%) TCP/IP
General
1 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Customer Service
2 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
2 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (18.18%) Mathematics
2 4 (18.18%) Physics
2 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
2 4 (18.18%) Software Testing
2 4 (18.18%) Test Automation
3 1 (4.55%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) Bash
1 4 (18.18%) C
1 4 (18.18%) Python
2 1 (4.55%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
Systems Management
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Intune