IT Security Engineer Jobs in England

IT Security Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Security Engineer salary in England is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
25 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 790 837 1027
Rank change year-on-year +47 +190 -284
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Engineer 47 110 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.055% 0.12% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.13% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 41 99 84
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,764 £43,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £60,000 £57,483
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% +4.38% +9.49%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,542 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £84,625
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,483
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.73% +12.16%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,250 85,781 125,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,143 54,189 75,436
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,375 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

IT Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Engineer in England

IT Security Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Security Engineer in England.

Salary trend for IT Security Engineer in England

IT Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Security Engineer in England

IT Security Engineer
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
London +121 30 £77,500 -18.42% 6
North of England +32 8 £60,000 -20.59% 2
North West +13 8 £60,000 -20.59% 2
South East -15 5 £58,750 +106.14% 2
Midlands +3 2 £30,000 -36.84% 1
South West -32 2 £41,206 -45.06% 2
West Midlands +14 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £30,000 - 1
IT Security Engineer
UK

IT Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, IT 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 England region featuring IT Security Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (51.06%) Azure
2 21 (44.68%) Security Operations
3 18 (38.30%) Cybersecurity
4 17 (36.17%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (36.17%) Microsoft
4 17 (36.17%) Incident Response
5 15 (31.91%) Information Security
6 13 (27.66%) Active Directory
6 13 (27.66%) AWS
6 13 (27.66%) Social Skills
7 12 (25.53%) Data Loss Prevention
8 11 (23.40%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 11 (23.40%) PowerShell
8 11 (23.40%) Windows
9 10 (21.28%) CISSP
10 9 (19.15%) Data Security
10 9 (19.15%) Risk Management
10 9 (19.15%) Degree
10 9 (19.15%) SIEM
10 9 (19.15%) Cyberattack
11 8 (17.02%) Cloud Security
12 7 (14.89%) NIST
12 7 (14.89%) Vulnerability Management
12 7 (14.89%) Firewall
12 7 (14.89%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (12.77%) Python
13 6 (12.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 6 (12.77%) Data Protection
13 6 (12.77%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (12.77%) Offensive Security

IT Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (51.06%) Azure
2 17 (36.17%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (27.66%) AWS
4 4 (8.51%) Amazon EC2
4 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (6.38%) GCP
6 2 (4.26%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.13%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.89%) Firewall
2 5 (10.64%) Network Security
3 4 (8.51%) Internet
3 4 (8.51%) LAN
3 4 (8.51%) WAN
4 2 (4.26%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (4.26%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.13%) VPN
5 1 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (2.13%) WLAN
General
1 13 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.64%) Banking
2 5 (10.64%) Finance
3 3 (6.38%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Law
4 2 (4.26%) Welsh Language
5 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.15%) Cyberattack
2 5 (10.64%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.51%) Operational Technology
3 4 (8.51%) Security Posture
4 3 (6.38%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (6.38%) PKI
4 3 (6.38%) Virtual Team
5 2 (4.26%) Data Centre
5 2 (4.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (4.26%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.13%) Cybercrime
6 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.13%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (23.40%) Windows
2 3 (6.38%) Unix
3 2 (4.26%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (44.68%) Security Operations
2 18 (38.30%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (36.17%) Incident Response
4 15 (31.91%) Information Security
5 12 (25.53%) Data Loss Prevention
6 11 (23.40%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 9 (19.15%) Data Security
7 9 (19.15%) Risk Management
7 9 (19.15%) SIEM
8 8 (17.02%) Cloud Security
9 7 (14.89%) Vulnerability Management
10 6 (12.77%) Data Protection
10 6 (12.77%) Offensive Security
10 6 (12.77%) Task Automation
11 5 (10.64%) Customer Service
11 5 (10.64%) ITIL
11 5 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (10.64%) Security Architecture
12 4 (8.51%) Agile
12 4 (8.51%) Proactive Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.40%) PowerShell
2 6 (12.77%) Python
3 1 (2.13%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (21.28%) CISSP
2 9 (19.15%) Degree
3 7 (14.89%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (8.51%) CCNP
5 3 (6.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (6.38%) Azure Certification
5 3 (6.38%) CCSK
5 3 (6.38%) CCSP
5 3 (6.38%) CEH
5 3 (6.38%) SC Cleared
5 3 (6.38%) Security Cleared
6 2 (4.26%) CASP
6 2 (4.26%) CCIE
6 2 (4.26%) CCNA
6 2 (4.26%) CISA
6 2 (4.26%) CISM
6 2 (4.26%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (4.26%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (4.26%) GCIA
6 2 (4.26%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.89%) NIST
2 6 (12.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (8.51%) GDPR
4 3 (6.38%) COBIT
4 3 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (6.38%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.13%) GRC
5 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (2.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (27.66%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.51%) CASB
1 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.13%) QRadar
Vendors
1 17 (36.17%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.77%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (8.51%) LogRhythm
4 3 (6.38%) Netskope
4 3 (6.38%) Palo Alto
4 3 (6.38%) Qualys
4 3 (6.38%) Symantec
4 3 (6.38%) Zscaler
5 2 (4.26%) Forcepoint
5 2 (4.26%) Rapid7
5 2 (4.26%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.26%) Varonis
6 1 (2.13%) Cisco
6 1 (2.13%) CyberArk
6 1 (2.13%) IBM
6 1 (2.13%) iManage
6 1 (2.13%) Kenna
6 1 (2.13%) Splunk
6 1 (2.13%) Tripwire
6 1 (2.13%) VMware
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