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 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 702 771 889
Rank change year-on-year +69 +118 -88
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 129 158 242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.18% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.19% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 114 134 111
10th Percentile £56,219 £52,000 £53,500
25th Percentile £57,597 £60,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% +17.65%
75th Percentile £90,000 £94,375 £83,750
90th Percentile £106,250 £100,000 £96,250
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 81,130 82,270 127,705
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,549 52,263 74,733
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £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 £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,857 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 10 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 10 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 +103 84 £80,000 -5.88% 26
North of England +45 27 £62,783 -4.15% 7
North West +6 14 £62,783 +4.64% 6
Yorkshire +77 8 £59,526 -13.12%
South East -1 6 £60,000 -14.29% 5
North East - 5 £62,783 - 1
South West -18 4 £59,526 -4.76% 2
Midlands -21 4 £115,000 +150.00% 5
West Midlands -8 2 £115,000 +150.00% 3
East Midlands - 2 - - 2
East of England +18 1 - - 1
Senior Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 (60.47%) Azure
2 74 (57.36%) Cybersecurity
3 52 (40.31%) Microsoft
4 41 (31.78%) Cloud Security
5 38 (29.46%) DevOps
6 36 (27.91%) AWS
6 36 (27.91%) CISSP
7 35 (27.13%) Finance
8 34 (26.36%) Python
9 32 (24.81%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (24.03%) Windows
11 30 (23.26%) Active Directory
11 30 (23.26%) SIEM
12 29 (22.48%) Security Operations
12 29 (22.48%) PKI
13 28 (21.71%) Network Security
14 27 (20.93%) Public Cloud
14 27 (20.93%) Incident Response
15 26 (20.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 26 (20.16%) Information Security
16 24 (18.60%) CyberArk
17 23 (17.83%) PaaS
17 23 (17.83%) GCP
17 23 (17.83%) Firewall
17 23 (17.83%) CI/CD
18 22 (17.05%) Roadmaps
18 22 (17.05%) Agile
18 22 (17.05%) PowerShell
19 21 (16.28%) CEH
20 20 (15.50%) Secrets Management

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 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (7.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.33%) AutoCAD
3 3 (2.33%) Revit
4 2 (1.55%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 78 (60.47%) Azure
2 36 (27.91%) AWS
3 32 (24.81%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (17.83%) GCP
4 23 (17.83%) PaaS
5 18 (13.95%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (10.85%) GitHub
7 13 (10.08%) Azure Key Vault
7 13 (10.08%) Entra ID
8 12 (9.30%) AWS KMS
8 12 (9.30%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (9.30%) SaaS
9 7 (5.43%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (4.65%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 6 (4.65%) IaaS
11 5 (3.88%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (3.10%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.78%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 28 (21.71%) Network Security
2 23 (17.83%) Firewall
3 18 (13.95%) WAN
4 16 (12.40%) DNS
5 13 (10.08%) Cisco ISE
6 12 (9.30%) LAN
6 12 (9.30%) TCP/IP
6 12 (9.30%) VPN
7 8 (6.20%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (4.65%) BGP
8 6 (4.65%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (4.65%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (4.65%) DMZ
8 6 (4.65%) MPLS
8 6 (4.65%) SD-WAN
8 6 (4.65%) Unified Communications
8 6 (4.65%) VLAN
8 6 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (4.65%) Wireshark
9 4 (3.10%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.10%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (14.73%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (27.13%) Finance
2 19 (14.73%) Banking
3 18 (13.95%) Social Skills
4 14 (10.85%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.98%) Law
6 8 (6.20%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.10%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.10%) Legal
8 3 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.55%) Retail
9 2 (1.55%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.65%) HTML
2 2 (1.55%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.55%) web3js
3 1 (0.78%) JWT
3 1 (0.78%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 29 (22.48%) PKI
2 27 (20.93%) Public Cloud
3 18 (13.95%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (10.85%) Product Ownership
5 12 (9.30%) Cyberattack
5 12 (9.30%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (7.75%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (6.20%) Management Information System
8 6 (4.65%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (4.65%) Cybercrime
8 6 (4.65%) Data Centre
8 6 (4.65%) Hedge funds
9 5 (3.88%) Security Posture
10 4 (3.10%) Onboarding
11 3 (2.33%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (2.33%) Virtual Team
12 2 (1.55%) Blockchain
12 2 (1.55%) Operational Technology
12 2 (1.55%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (1.55%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 31 (24.03%) Windows
2 5 (3.88%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.10%) Android
3 4 (3.10%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.55%) Linux
5 1 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (57.36%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (31.78%) Cloud Security
3 38 (29.46%) DevOps
4 30 (23.26%) SIEM
5 29 (22.48%) Security Operations
6 27 (20.93%) Incident Response
7 26 (20.16%) Information Security
7 26 (20.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 23 (17.83%) CI/CD
9 22 (17.05%) Agile
9 22 (17.05%) Roadmaps
10 20 (15.50%) Secrets Management
11 19 (14.73%) Data Loss Prevention
11 19 (14.73%) Key Management
12 18 (13.95%) Use Case
12 18 (13.95%) Vulnerability Management
13 17 (13.18%) Infrastructure as Code
14 16 (12.40%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 15 (11.63%) Mentoring
16 14 (10.85%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 34 (26.36%) Python
2 22 (17.05%) PowerShell
3 8 (6.20%) C#
4 6 (4.65%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (4.65%) SQL
5 1 (0.78%) C
5 1 (0.78%) Embedded C
5 1 (0.78%) Go
5 1 (0.78%) Java
5 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.78%) Lua
5 1 (0.78%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.78%) Ruby
5 1 (0.78%) Rust
Qualifications
1 36 (27.91%) CISSP
2 21 (16.28%) CEH
3 16 (12.40%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (9.30%) Degree
5 10 (7.75%) CCSP
6 8 (6.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 8 (6.20%) SANS
7 6 (4.65%) CISM
8 4 (3.10%) CCIE
8 4 (3.10%) CRISC
8 4 (3.10%) GIAC
8 4 (3.10%) ISSMP
8 4 (3.10%) SSCP
9 3 (2.33%) Azure Certification
9 3 (2.33%) CCSK
9 3 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.33%) GSEC
9 3 (2.33%) ISSAP
9 3 (2.33%) ISSEP
9 3 (2.33%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 6 (4.65%) NIST
3 5 (3.88%) COBIT
4 4 (3.10%) NCSC
4 4 (3.10%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 30 (23.26%) Active Directory
2 15 (11.63%) Docker
3 4 (3.10%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.10%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (3.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (13.95%) Terraform
2 16 (12.40%) Kubernetes
3 14 (10.85%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (9.30%) CA Single Sign-On
5 8 (6.20%) Ansible
6 6 (4.65%) Cisco CUCM
6 6 (4.65%) Stealthwatch
7 5 (3.88%) CASB
8 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (3.10%) Nmap
9 2 (1.55%) CSIRT
9 2 (1.55%) Nessus
Vendors
1 52 (40.31%) Microsoft
2 24 (18.60%) CyberArk
3 18 (13.95%) Google
4 15 (11.63%) Cisco
5 13 (10.08%) CA
6 12 (9.30%) ServiceNow
6 12 (9.30%) Splunk
7 8 (6.20%) CheckPoint
7 8 (6.20%) Palo Alto
7 8 (6.20%) Qualys
8 6 (4.65%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (4.65%) SolarWinds
8 6 (4.65%) VMware
9 5 (3.88%) Rapid7
10 4 (3.10%) Alibaba
10 4 (3.10%) ArcSight
10 4 (3.10%) Atlassian
10 4 (3.10%) Carbon Black
10 4 (3.10%) McAfee
10 4 (3.10%) Thycotic