Security Engineer Jobs in Aberdeen

Security Engineer
Scotland > Aberdeen

The median Security Engineer salary in Aberdeen is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 6 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeen 1.97% - 1.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.03% - 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +29.17% +26.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Aberdeen

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Aberdeen. 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 Aberdeen with a recognized job title 295 144 120
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.04% 76.60% 93.02%
Number of salaries quoted 241 77 72
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -22.73% +22.22%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £65,625
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,600 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Aberdeen

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Aberdeen

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Aberdeen

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen

For the 6 months to 30 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 Aberdeen region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 6 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 4 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Purview
2 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 4 (66.67%) IaaS
2 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 4 (66.67%) GDPR
2 4 (66.67%) NIST
2 4 (66.67%) SaaS
2 4 (66.67%) PaaS
2 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (66.67%) CISSP
2 4 (66.67%) CISM
2 4 (66.67%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen 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 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 4 (66.67%) IaaS
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Purview
2 4 (66.67%) PaaS
2 4 (66.67%) SaaS
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
2 4 (66.67%) Change Management
2 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Azure Certification
2 4 (66.67%) CISM
2 4 (66.67%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) GDPR
1 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (66.67%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft