Security Engineer Jobs in Basingstoke

Security Engineer
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The median Security Engineer salary in Basingstoke is £53,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
2 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 49 52
Rank change year-on-year +23 +3 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 30 8 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basingstoke 6.85% 1.43% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.41% 1.47% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 26 8 1
10th Percentile £46,250 - -
25th Percentile £51,500 £42,200 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +10.53% -29.63%
75th Percentile £54,500 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £56,750 £54,125 -
Hampshire median annual salary £53,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.95% -19.23% +10.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Basingstoke

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Basingstoke. 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 Basingstoke with a recognized job title 405 543 338
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 97.31% 92.35%
Number of salaries quoted 353 454 232
10th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,942 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -1.87% -3.60%
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £72,813
90th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £83,750
Hampshire median annual salary £54,000 £50,000 £51,525
% change year-on-year +8.00% -2.96% -1.86%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Basingstoke

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Basingstoke

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Basingstoke

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, 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 Basingstoke region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 26 (86.67%) OSPF
1 26 (86.67%) BGP
1 26 (86.67%) EIGRP
1 26 (86.67%) Firewall
1 26 (86.67%) Cisco
1 26 (86.67%) Fortinet
1 26 (86.67%) SC Cleared
1 26 (86.67%) DV Cleared
1 26 (86.67%) Security Cleared
1 26 (86.67%) Network Security
2 9 (30.00%) FortiGate
2 9 (30.00%) Juniper
3 4 (13.33%) Master's Degree
3 4 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (13.33%) Key Management
3 4 (13.33%) Application Security
3 4 (13.33%) Mobile App
3 4 (13.33%) Time Management
3 4 (13.33%) Android
3 4 (13.33%) Reverse Engineering
3 4 (13.33%) Apple iOS
3 4 (13.33%) Degree
3 4 (13.33%) Computer Science
3 4 (13.33%) C
3 4 (13.33%) C++
3 4 (13.33%) Java
3 4 (13.33%) HTTP
3 4 (13.33%) TCP/IP
3 4 (13.33%) HTTPS
3 4 (13.33%) Objective-C

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke 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 26 (86.67%) BGP
1 26 (86.67%) EIGRP
1 26 (86.67%) Firewall
1 26 (86.67%) Network Security
1 26 (86.67%) OSPF
2 4 (13.33%) HTTP
2 4 (13.33%) HTTPS
2 4 (13.33%) TCP/IP
3 3 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (10.00%) DMVPN
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Mobile App
1 4 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.33%) Android
1 4 (13.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (13.33%) Application Security
1 4 (13.33%) Computer Science
1 4 (13.33%) Cryptography
1 4 (13.33%) Key Management
1 4 (13.33%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (13.33%) Reverse Engineering
1 4 (13.33%) Time Management
2 3 (10.00%) Boundary Protection
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) C
1 4 (13.33%) C++
1 4 (13.33%) Java
1 4 (13.33%) Kotlin
1 4 (13.33%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 26 (86.67%) DV Cleared
1 26 (86.67%) SC Cleared
1 26 (86.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (13.33%) Degree
2 4 (13.33%) Master's Degree
3 3 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 9 (30.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 26 (86.67%) Cisco
1 26 (86.67%) Fortinet
2 9 (30.00%) Juniper
22 Security Engineer jobs in Hampshire