Senior Security Engineer Jobs in England

Senior Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in England is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 714 761 872
Rank change year-on-year +47 +111 -63
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 128 168 264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.18% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.20% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 113 137 116
10th Percentile £56,219 £52,000 £54,875
25th Percentile £57,597 £60,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £84,063
90th Percentile £107,250 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% +25.00%

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 80,536 84,581 127,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 60,273 53,585 75,560
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,595 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,820 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Engineer in England

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Engineer in England

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Engineer in England

Senior 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 Senior Security Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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 +101 83 £80,000 -5.88% 28
North of England +39 26 £62,783 -3.41% 6
North West +8 13 £62,783 +4.64% 5
Yorkshire +79 8 £59,526 -13.12%
South East +10 5 £60,000 -14.29% 8
North East - 5 £62,783 - 1
Midlands +2 4 £115,000 +150.00% 3
South West -25 4 £59,526 - 2
West Midlands +17 2 £115,000 +150.00% 2
East of England +16 2 £75,000 +38.89% 2
East Midlands - 2 - - 1
Senior Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 78 (60.94%) Azure
2 73 (57.03%) Cybersecurity
3 52 (40.63%) Microsoft
4 41 (32.03%) Cloud Security
5 39 (30.47%) DevOps
6 36 (28.13%) AWS
6 36 (28.13%) CISSP
7 34 (26.56%) Finance
8 33 (25.78%) Python
9 32 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
10 30 (23.44%) Windows
10 30 (23.44%) Active Directory
10 30 (23.44%) PKI
11 29 (22.66%) SIEM
11 29 (22.66%) Network Security
12 28 (21.88%) Security Operations
13 27 (21.09%) Public Cloud
13 27 (21.09%) Information Security
14 26 (20.31%) Incident Response
15 25 (19.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 23 (17.97%) Firewall
16 23 (17.97%) GCP
16 23 (17.97%) PaaS
16 23 (17.97%) CyberArk
17 22 (17.19%) PowerShell
17 22 (17.19%) Agile
17 22 (17.19%) CI/CD
18 21 (16.41%) Roadmaps
18 21 (16.41%) CEH
19 20 (15.63%) WAN

Senior 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 7 (5.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (8.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.34%) AutoCAD
3 3 (2.34%) Revit
4 2 (1.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 78 (60.94%) Azure
2 36 (28.13%) AWS
3 32 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (17.97%) GCP
4 23 (17.97%) PaaS
5 18 (14.06%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (10.94%) GitHub
7 13 (10.16%) Azure Key Vault
7 13 (10.16%) Entra ID
8 12 (9.38%) AWS KMS
8 12 (9.38%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (9.38%) SaaS
9 7 (5.47%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (4.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 6 (4.69%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (4.69%) IaaS
11 4 (3.13%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.78%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 29 (22.66%) Network Security
2 23 (17.97%) Firewall
3 20 (15.63%) WAN
4 16 (12.50%) DNS
5 14 (10.94%) Cisco ISE
6 13 (10.16%) VPN
7 12 (9.38%) LAN
7 12 (9.38%) TCP/IP
8 9 (7.03%) Cisco Firepower
9 8 (6.25%) SD-WAN
10 7 (5.47%) Cisco IOS
10 7 (5.47%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (4.69%) BGP
11 6 (4.69%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (4.69%) DMZ
11 6 (4.69%) MPLS
11 6 (4.69%) Unified Communications
11 6 (4.69%) VLAN
11 6 (4.69%) Wireshark
12 4 (3.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (14.84%) Jenkins
General
1 34 (26.56%) Finance
2 18 (14.06%) Banking
3 17 (13.28%) Social Skills
4 14 (10.94%) Public Sector
5 9 (7.03%) Law
6 8 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.91%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.13%) Legal
9 3 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.56%) Retail
10 2 (1.56%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.47%) HTML
2 2 (1.56%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.56%) web3js
3 1 (0.78%) JWT
3 1 (0.78%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 30 (23.44%) PKI
2 27 (21.09%) Public Cloud
3 18 (14.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (10.94%) Product Ownership
5 12 (9.38%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (8.59%) Cyberattack
7 10 (7.81%) Security Operations Centre
8 8 (6.25%) Management Information System
9 7 (5.47%) Hedge funds
10 6 (4.69%) Cybercrime
10 6 (4.69%) Data Centre
11 5 (3.91%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (3.91%) Security Posture
12 3 (2.34%) Cloud Security Posture
12 3 (2.34%) Onboarding
12 3 (2.34%) Virtual Team
13 2 (1.56%) Blockchain
13 2 (1.56%) Operational Technology
13 2 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
13 2 (1.56%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 30 (23.44%) Windows
2 5 (3.91%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.13%) Android
3 4 (3.13%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.56%) Linux
5 1 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (57.03%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (32.03%) Cloud Security
3 39 (30.47%) DevOps
4 29 (22.66%) SIEM
5 28 (21.88%) Security Operations
6 27 (21.09%) Information Security
7 26 (20.31%) Incident Response
8 25 (19.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 22 (17.19%) Agile
9 22 (17.19%) CI/CD
10 21 (16.41%) Roadmaps
11 20 (15.63%) Secrets Management
12 19 (14.84%) Data Loss Prevention
12 19 (14.84%) Key Management
13 18 (14.06%) Vulnerability Management
14 17 (13.28%) Infrastructure as Code
14 17 (13.28%) Use Case
15 15 (11.72%) ITIL
15 15 (11.72%) Mentoring
15 15 (11.72%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 33 (25.78%) Python
2 22 (17.19%) PowerShell
3 9 (7.03%) C#
4 7 (5.47%) SQL
5 6 (4.69%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.78%) C
6 1 (0.78%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.78%) Go
6 1 (0.78%) Java
6 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.78%) Lua
6 1 (0.78%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.78%) Ruby
6 1 (0.78%) Rust
Qualifications
1 36 (28.13%) CISSP
2 21 (16.41%) CEH
3 17 (13.28%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (9.38%) Degree
5 11 (8.59%) CCSP
6 9 (7.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 8 (6.25%) SANS
8 7 (5.47%) CISM
9 4 (3.13%) CCIE
9 4 (3.13%) CRISC
9 4 (3.13%) GIAC
9 4 (3.13%) ISSMP
9 4 (3.13%) SSCP
10 3 (2.34%) Azure Certification
10 3 (2.34%) CCSK
10 3 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (2.34%) GSEC
10 3 (2.34%) ISSAP
10 3 (2.34%) ISSEP
10 3 (2.34%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (7.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 7 (5.47%) NIST
4 5 (3.91%) COBIT
5 4 (3.13%) NCSC
5 4 (3.13%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 30 (23.44%) Active Directory
2 15 (11.72%) Docker
3 4 (3.13%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (14.06%) Terraform
2 16 (12.50%) Kubernetes
3 14 (10.94%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (9.38%) CA Single Sign-On
5 7 (5.47%) Ansible
5 7 (5.47%) Cisco CUCM
5 7 (5.47%) Stealthwatch
6 5 (3.91%) CASB
7 4 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (3.13%) Nmap
8 2 (1.56%) CSIRT
8 2 (1.56%) Nessus
Vendors
1 52 (40.63%) Microsoft
2 23 (17.97%) CyberArk
3 18 (14.06%) Google
4 17 (13.28%) Cisco
5 13 (10.16%) CA
5 13 (10.16%) Splunk
6 12 (9.38%) ServiceNow
7 8 (6.25%) CheckPoint
7 8 (6.25%) Palo Alto
8 7 (5.47%) Qualys
9 6 (4.69%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (4.69%) SolarWinds
9 6 (4.69%) VMware
10 5 (3.91%) Rapid7
11 4 (3.13%) Alibaba
11 4 (3.13%) Netskope
11 4 (3.13%) Thycotic
12 3 (2.34%) Atlassian
12 3 (2.34%) Carbon Black
12 3 (2.34%) Zscaler