Security Engineer Jobs in Ellesmere Port

Security Engineer
Cheshire > Ellesmere Port

The median Security Engineer salary in Ellesmere Port is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

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

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - 10
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Ellesmere Port 6.67% - 11.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.76% - 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £65,000
75th Percentile £57,500 - £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year - -37.14% +105.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Ellesmere Port

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Ellesmere Port. 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 Ellesmere Port with a recognized job title 17 5 18
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 56.67% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 16
10th Percentile £48,500 £24,700 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 - £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £28,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +96.43% -46.67% -8.70%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £58,750
90th Percentile - £67,000 £63,125
Cheshire median annual salary £37,500 £46,148 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.74% -2.85% -

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Ellesmere Port

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Ellesmere Port

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Ellesmere Port

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Ellesmere Port

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Ellesmere Port

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 Ellesmere Port region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) SSCP
1 2 (100.00%) CISA
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) GIAC
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) GCIH
1 2 (100.00%) GISF
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) CRISC
1 2 (100.00%) ISACA
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) SANS
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Runbook
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Ellesmere Port 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 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 2 (100.00%) Runbook
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CISA
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) CRISC
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) GCIH
1 2 (100.00%) GIAC
1 2 (100.00%) GISF
1 2 (100.00%) ISACA
1 2 (100.00%) SANS
1 2 (100.00%) SSCP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft