Security Engineer Jobs in Cheshire

Security Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Security Engineer salary in Cheshire is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 79 97
Rank change year-on-year -22 +18 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 5 12 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.33% 1.28% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 1.44% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 5
10th Percentile £52,375 £50,125 -
25th Percentile £54,063 £62,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £87,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% +105.88% -20.93%
75th Percentile £60,938 £105,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £71,625 £120,000 £44,500
North West median annual salary £53,750 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -17.31% - +23.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,488 836 979
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.00% 89.32% 93.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,119 477 528
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,250 £24,588
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £88,750 £72,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Cheshire

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Cheshire

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Cheshire over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in Cheshire

Security Engineer
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 26 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
Knutsford -13 2 £55,000 -40.54%
Warrington -34 1 £72,500 -19.44% 1
Winsford - 1 £52,500 - 1
Chester - 1 - - 2
Security Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 Cheshire region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (40.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (40.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) OOP
2 2 (40.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Design Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Symantec
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) SCADA
3 1 (20.00%) Protective Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Darktrace
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations

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

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (40.00%) Client/Server
1 2 (40.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (40.00%) OOP
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (20.00%) Protective Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Darktrace
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Symantec