Security Engineer Jobs in West Sussex

Security Engineer
South East > West Sussex

The median Security Engineer salary in West Sussex is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 102 98
Rank change year-on-year +48 -4 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 17 11 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 2.43% 0.96% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.58% 1.14% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 17 7 7
10th Percentile £32,750 - £60,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £51,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -16.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £74,375
90th Percentile £58,250 £57,250 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% -12.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Sussex

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in West Sussex. 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 West Sussex with a recognized job title 659 962 1,076
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 84.02% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 489 481 744
10th Percentile £24,000 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £43,750 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £85,875
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in West Sussex

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in West Sussex

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in West Sussex

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in West Sussex over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in West Sussex

Security Engineer
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 25 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
Crawley +16 6 £33,500 -
East Grinstead - 6 £45,000 -
Worthing +8 4 £58,750 +11.90%
Security Engineer
South East

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 across the West Sussex region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (35.29%) Incident Response
2 4 (23.53%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (23.53%) Security Operations
3 3 (17.65%) Proactive Monitoring
3 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (17.65%) SIEM
3 3 (17.65%) Firewall
3 3 (17.65%) Data Security
3 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
3 3 (17.65%) Information Security
3 3 (17.65%) Operational Technology
4 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 2 (11.76%) Forensic Analysis
4 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Degree
4 2 (11.76%) Qualys
4 2 (11.76%) Network Security
4 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
4 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
4 2 (11.76%) Internet
4 2 (11.76%) Forcepoint
4 2 (11.76%) Windows
4 2 (11.76%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
4 2 (11.76%) Varonis
4 2 (11.76%) LogRhythm
4 2 (11.76%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Scanning

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (17.65%) Firewall
3 2 (11.76%) Internet
3 2 (11.76%) Network Security
General
1 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
1 3 (17.65%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (5.88%) Cybercrime
2 1 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Incident Response
2 4 (23.53%) Security Operations
2 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (17.65%) Data Security
3 3 (17.65%) Information Security
3 3 (17.65%) Proactive Monitoring
3 3 (17.65%) SIEM
4 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
4 2 (11.76%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (11.76%) Forensic Analysis
4 2 (11.76%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.76%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (11.76%) Threat Detection
4 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 1 (5.88%) Analytics
5 1 (5.88%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (5.88%) Security Hardening
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) BitLocker
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Forcepoint
2 2 (11.76%) LogRhythm
2 2 (11.76%) Qualys
2 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
2 2 (11.76%) Varonis