Security Engineer Jobs in Bedfordshire

Security Engineer
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Security Engineer salary in Bedfordshire is £59,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 August 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 - 45
Rank change year-on-year - - +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 0.19% - 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 - -
75th Percentile £60,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -25.00% +20.00%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. 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 Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 493 344 223
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.26% 98.85% 81.68%
Number of salaries quoted 111 265 153
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £33,800
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -13.04% +8.04%
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £87,500 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Bedfordshire

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Bedfordshire

Security Engineer
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 29 August 2025. 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
Luton - 1 £59,500 - 1
Security Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 29 August 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 Bedfordshire region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Security
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Security
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft