IT Security Engineer Jobs in Leicestershire

IT Security Engineer
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median IT Security Engineer salary in Leicestershire is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 0.14% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £41,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £30,000 -
% change year-on-year +33.33% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 684 1,020 739
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 94.10% 93.66%
Number of salaries quoted 168 572 265
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £25,134
25th Percentile £32,375 £31,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,813 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,450 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%

IT Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Engineer in Leicestershire

IT Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

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

Salary trend for IT Security Engineer in Leicestershire

IT Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, 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 Leicestershire region featuring IT Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture

IT Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft