Security Engineer Jobs in East Sussex

Security Engineer
South East > East Sussex

The median Security Engineer salary in East Sussex is £58,875 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 June 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 73 100
Rank change year-on-year +25 +27 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 3 6 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 0.69% 0.79% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.85% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 0
10th Percentile £57,088 - -
25th Percentile £57,406 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,875 £40,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +47.19% - -
75th Percentile £60,219 £47,500 -
90th Percentile £60,463 £50,000 -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -21.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in East Sussex. 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 East Sussex with a recognized job title 394 702 778
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.20% 92.86% 82.42%
Number of salaries quoted 212 573 565
10th Percentile £25,550 £25,000 £34,050
25th Percentile £32,188 £32,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,375 £80,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in East Sussex

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in East Sussex

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in East Sussex

Security Engineer
Job Locations in East Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
Brighton +29 3 £58,875 +47.19% 22
Security Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 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 Sussex region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Forcepoint
3 1 (33.33%) SSCP
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) ISSEP
3 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (33.33%) Qualys
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) PaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) IaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Mimecast
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex 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 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Storage
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) IaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Mimecast
2 1 (33.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Intelligent Network
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) VMS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Presales
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (33.33%) ISSEP
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SSCP
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) CASB
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Forcepoint
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) Qualys