IT Security Engineer Job Trends in Durham

IT Security Engineer
North East > Durham

The median IT Security Engineer salary in Durham is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 June 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 0.21% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
North East median annual salary £40,000 £48,750 -
% change year-on-year -17.95% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Durham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Durham. 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 Durham with a recognized job title 448 142 459
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.12% 82.56% 89.30%
Number of salaries quoted 216 48 316
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £27,594 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £36,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -19.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £72,500 £59,063
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,775 £70,000
North East median annual salary £50,000 £48,000 £46,382
% change year-on-year +4.17% +3.49% -7.24%

IT Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

IT Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Durham

IT Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for IT Security Engineer job vacancies in Durham.

Salary distribution trend for IT Security Engineer job vacancies in Durham

IT Security Engineer
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Engineer within the Durham region over the 6 months to 16 June 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
Newton Aycliffe - 1 £40,000 - 1
IT Security Engineer
North East

IT Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham

For the 6 months to 16 June 2026, IT 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 Durham region featuring IT Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

IT Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware