Security Engineer Job Trends in Lancaster

Security Engineer
Lancashire > Lancaster

The median Security Engineer salary in Lancaster is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 14 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancaster 1.47% 3.45% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% 4.76% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £48,792 -
25th Percentile £60,000 £48,948 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £51,237 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.86% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £53,353 -
90th Percentile - £53,405 -
Lancashire median annual salary £65,000 £50,055 £54,891
% change year-on-year +29.86% -8.81% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Lancaster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Lancaster. 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 Lancaster with a recognized job title 64 42 111
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 72.41% 98.23%
Number of salaries quoted 31 42 105
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,730 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,511 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,134 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% +1.53% -14.67%
75th Percentile £54,178 £53,093 £52,540
90th Percentile £57,500 £53,494 £62,250
Lancashire median annual salary £45,497 £50,055 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.11% +11.23% -4.76%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancaster

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Lancaster.

Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Lancaster

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Lancaster

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Lancaster.

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Lancaster

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancaster

For the 6 months to 21 April 2026, Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Lancaster region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Web Filtering

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancaster by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 1 (100.00%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet