Security Engineer Jobs in Berkshire

Security Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Security Engineer salary in Berkshire is £44,700 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 160 161
Rank change year-on-year +15 +1 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 20 38 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.65% 1.19% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 1.29% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 14 8 21
10th Percentile £33,250 £47,839 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,800 £48,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,700 £53,591 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.59% +19.09% -45.45%
75th Percentile £47,500 £97,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £62,500 - £82,500
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
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 2,943 2,939 3,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.40% 92.42% 96.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,122 1,673 2,157
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,875 £40,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £81,250
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 Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Berkshire

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Berkshire

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in Berkshire

Security Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Reading +12 9 £60,000 +22.45% 8
Bracknell +4 6 £45,000 -52.63% 3
Security Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Berkshire region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (45.00%) Degree
2 8 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (35.00%) SIEM
3 7 (35.00%) Firewall
3 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
4 6 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (30.00%) Information Security
5 5 (25.00%) Network Security
5 5 (25.00%) Cloud Security
6 4 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (20.00%) Security Operations
6 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 3 (15.00%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (15.00%) PKI
7 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (15.00%) VMware
7 3 (15.00%) Computacenter
7 3 (15.00%) Nessus
7 3 (15.00%) Benchmarking
7 3 (15.00%) ITIL
7 3 (15.00%) Windows
7 3 (15.00%) Python
7 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
7 3 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
7 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (15.00%) Vulnerability Management

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (10.00%) AWS
1 2 (10.00%) Azure
1 2 (10.00%) GCP
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (5.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) Firewall
2 5 (25.00%) Network Security
3 2 (10.00%) SSL
3 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) PKI
2 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (35.00%) SIEM
3 6 (30.00%) Information Security
3 6 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (25.00%) Cloud Security
5 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (20.00%) Security Operations
6 3 (15.00%) Benchmarking
6 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (15.00%) Cyber Resilience
6 3 (15.00%) ITIL
6 3 (15.00%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (15.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (10.00%) Application Security
7 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (10.00%) Fintech
7 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
7 2 (10.00%) SDLC
8 1 (5.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (15.00%) Python
2 1 (5.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) Degree
2 8 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (10.00%) CCNA
4 2 (10.00%) CCNP
4 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (10.00%) CISSP
4 2 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (10.00%) GCIA
4 2 (10.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (10.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.00%) COBIT
3 1 (5.00%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Computacenter
2 3 (15.00%) VMware
3 2 (10.00%) Cisco
3 2 (10.00%) Juniper
3 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.00%) AlienVault