Senior Security Engineer Job Trends in Dorset

Senior Security Engineer
South West > Dorset

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in Dorset is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 August 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.78% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £53,750 - -
25th Percentile £56,563 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £65,000 - £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +17.60%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 736 381 1,003
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.46% 96.21% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 438 224 554
10th Percentile £29,925 £27,450 £30,553
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -17.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £93,250 £80,000 £69,625
South West median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -8.90%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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 Dorset.

Senior Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Dorset

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Security Engineer job vacancies in Dorset

Senior Security Engineer
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Engineer within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 25 August 2026. 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
Bournemouth - 6 £65,000 - 4
Senior Security Engineer
South West

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 25 August 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 Dorset region featuring Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (50.00%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (33.33%) Application Security
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (33.33%) DDoS Mitigation
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (33.33%) Jenkins
3 2 (33.33%) Maven
3 2 (33.33%) OWASP
3 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (33.33%) Progress Chef
3 2 (33.33%) RBAC
3 2 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (33.33%) Wireless
3 2 (33.33%) Wireless Security
4 1 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Wireless
1 2 (33.33%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 2 (33.33%) Maven
1 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 2 (33.33%) PMI
1 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (50.00%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (33.33%) Application Security
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (33.33%) DDoS Mitigation
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 2 (33.33%) OWASP
3 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (33.33%) RBAC
3 2 (33.33%) Security Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Progress Chef