Security Engineer Jobs in the East Midlands

Security Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Security Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £49,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 180 147
Rank change year-on-year +64 -33 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 43 23 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.57% 0.44% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 0.47% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 7 17 22
10th Percentile £35,000 - £43,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,750 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% +15.79% -11.63%
75th Percentile £50,813 £58,750 £57,188
90th Percentile £52,600 - £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,783 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.40% -10.31% +3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,586 4,885 2,297
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 94.38% 89.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,230 3,263 1,234
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,699
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £44,881 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% -14.51% +10.53%
75th Percentile £58,000 £56,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,501 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in the East Midlands

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Security Engineer in the East Midlands

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 15 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in the East Midlands

Security Engineer
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 July 2025. 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
Leicestershire +59 24 £49,000 +22.50% 10
Northamptonshire +22 11 - - 1
Derbyshire - 4 £52,375 - 5
Nottinghamshire +15 2 £35,000 -39.13% 5
Lincolnshire +8 2 £50,000 - 1
Security Engineer
England

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 15 July 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 East Midlands region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 37 (86.05%) Information Security
2 36 (83.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (83.72%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (81.40%) Degree
3 35 (81.40%) CISSP
3 35 (81.40%) CISM
3 35 (81.40%) Risk Management
4 34 (79.07%) Project Management
4 34 (79.07%) Security Testing
4 34 (79.07%) JSP 440
4 34 (79.07%) RMADS
4 34 (79.07%) BPSS Clearance
4 34 (79.07%) CESG Certified Professional
4 34 (79.07%) Cyber Resilience
4 34 (79.07%) NIST
5 4 (9.30%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (6.98%) ISMS
6 3 (6.98%) GDPR
7 2 (4.65%) Social Skills
7 2 (4.65%) Logistics
7 2 (4.65%) CISMP
7 2 (4.65%) Firewall
7 2 (4.65%) ITIL
7 2 (4.65%) GSEC
8 1 (2.33%) Asset Management
8 1 (2.33%) PRINCE2
8 1 (2.33%) Finance
8 1 (2.33%) GAP Analysis
8 1 (2.33%) Information Security Management
8 1 (2.33%) Security Management

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (2.33%) Azure
1 1 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.65%) Firewall
General
1 2 (4.65%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.33%) Finance
2 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (86.05%) Information Security
2 36 (83.72%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (81.40%) Risk Management
4 34 (79.07%) Cyber Resilience
4 34 (79.07%) Project Management
4 34 (79.07%) Security Testing
5 4 (9.30%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (6.98%) ISMS
7 2 (4.65%) ITIL
7 2 (4.65%) Logistics
8 1 (2.33%) Asset Management
8 1 (2.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (2.33%) GAP Analysis
8 1 (2.33%) Incident Management
8 1 (2.33%) Information Security Management
8 1 (2.33%) Infrastructure Management
8 1 (2.33%) PRINCE2
8 1 (2.33%) Security Management
8 1 (2.33%) SIEM
8 1 (2.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 35 (81.40%) CISM
1 35 (81.40%) CISSP
1 35 (81.40%) Degree
2 34 (79.07%) BPSS Clearance
2 34 (79.07%) CESG Certified Professional
3 2 (4.65%) CISMP
3 2 (4.65%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (83.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (79.07%) JSP 440
2 34 (79.07%) NIST
2 34 (79.07%) RMADS
3 3 (6.98%) GDPR
4 1 (2.33%) COBIT
4 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.33%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (2.33%) Rapid7