Security Engineer
East Midlands > Leicestershire
The median Security Engineer salary in Leicestershire is £44,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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 7 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 31 | 103 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +72 | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer | 46 | 3 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire | 6.38% | 0.28% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 6.73% | 0.29% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £39,800 | £42,350 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £45,875 | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £44,500 | £53,500 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.82% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £48,500 | £55,250 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £50,000 | - | - |
| East Midlands median annual salary | £40,000 | £55,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -27.27% | +15.79% | -5.00% |
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 | 683 | 1,020 | 740 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.73% | 94.10% | 93.67% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 170 | 573 | 266 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £26,750 | £25,168 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,125 | £31,750 | £32,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | £45,000 | £45,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.56% | - | +5.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £57,500 | £57,500 | £57,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £72,400 | £67,500 |
| East Midlands median annual salary | £45,000 | £42,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.88% | -15.00% | +5.26% |
Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire
Job postings that featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.
Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Leicestershire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in Leicestershire.
Security Engineer
Job Locations in Leicestershire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 7 May 2025. 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 |
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| Lutterworth | - | 22 | - | - | |
| Hinckley | -12 | 19 | - | - | |
| Leicester | +44 | 1 | £49,000 | -8.41% | 6 |
| Security Engineer East Midlands |
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Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire
For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, 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 Security Engineer in the job title.
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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: