Senior Information Security Engineer
UK
The median Senior Information Security Engineer salary in the UK is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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 5 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 911 | 949 | 1225 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +38 | +276 | -328 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Information Security Engineer | 3 | 15 | 10 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.003% | 0.014% | 0.006% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.003% | 0.016% | 0.007% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 13 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £53,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £71,250 | £52,000 | £57,188 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,500 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.83% | -7.69% | +30.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £81,875 | £65,000 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £86,750 | £72,500 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +30.00% |
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 | 93,221 | 94,676 | 150,515 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.62% | 91.51% | 96.07% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,838 | 59,581 | 85,408 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +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 | £53,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +6.00% | +5.26% |
Senior Information Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Information Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Information Security Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Information Security Engineer.
Senior Information Security Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Information Security Engineer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.
Senior Information Security Engineer
Top 3 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Information Security Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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 |
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| London | +129 | 3 | £72,500 | +0.69% | |
| England | +91 | 3 | £72,500 | +20.83% | |
| Work from Home | +75 | 2 | £72,500 | +34.26% |
Senior Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Senior Information 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 Senior Information Security Engineer in the job title.
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Senior Information 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: