Security Engineer
East Sussex > Brighton
The median Security Engineer salary in Brighton is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 September 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 27 | 49 | 64 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +22 | +15 | +36 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Brighton | 3.47% | 1.87% | 0.19% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 3.57% | 1.93% | 0.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £40,000 | £61,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £45,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.11% | -28.00% | -10.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £59,000 | £50,938 | £63,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £59,975 | £54,125 | - |
| East Sussex median annual salary | £58,750 | £45,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +30.56% | -28.00% | -10.71% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Brighton
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Brighton. 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 Brighton with a recognized job title | 168 | 415 | 482 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 97.11% | 96.96% | 93.96% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 118 | 335 | 434 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,375 | £30,000 | £33,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £43,750 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £55,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -4.35% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £67,500 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £77,500 |
| East Sussex median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.35% |
Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Brighton
Job postings that featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Brighton.
Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Brighton
Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Brighton.
Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Brighton
Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Brighton over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.
Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Brighton
For the 6 months to 17 September 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 Brighton region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.
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Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Brighton 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: