Senior Security Engineer Job Trends in Birmingham

Senior Security Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in Birmingham is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 - 144
Rank change year-on-year - - -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 2 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.067% - 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% - 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £67,500
25th Percentile £71,250 - £78,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - £87,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +45.83%
75th Percentile £73,750 - £98,125
90th Percentile - - £112,750
West Midlands median annual salary £72,500 - £87,500
% change year-on-year - - +90.22%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,773 1,088 2,784
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 94.44% 94.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,142 714 2,248
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,979 £42,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% - -
75th Percentile £71,286 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £83,375 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Senior Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for Senior Security Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Security Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 30 May 2026, Senior Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto