Security Engineer Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Security Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Security Engineer salary in Cambridgeshire is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 108 145
Rank change year-on-year +18 +37 -55
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 6 19 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.39% 1.22% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 1.40% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5 15 11
10th Percentile - £43,750 -
25th Percentile £75,000 £48,125 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% +22.22% -30.77%
75th Percentile - £60,000 £57,750
90th Percentile £80,450 - £58,000
East of England median annual salary £67,500 £53,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +26.76% +6.50% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 1,434 1,355 2,250
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 87.25% 94.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,109 643 981
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Security Engineer
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 18 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
Cambridge +3 3 £80,000 +39.13% 4
Security Engineer
East of England

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 18 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Electronics
3 3 (50.00%) Software Architecture
3 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (33.33%) NIST
4 2 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (33.33%) GDPR
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (33.33%) CISM
4 2 (33.33%) Information Security
4 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (33.33%) Azure
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (33.33%) CCSP
4 2 (33.33%) CISSP
4 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (16.67%) MATLAB
5 1 (16.67%) Embedded C
5 1 (16.67%) C
5 1 (16.67%) Python
5 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 1 (16.67%) Prototyping

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (50.00%) Software Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security
4 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded C
1 1 (16.67%) MATLAB
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (33.33%) CCSP
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (33.33%) CISM
3 2 (33.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft