Security Engineer Jobs in Merseyside

Security Engineer
North West > Merseyside

The median Security Engineer salary in Merseyside is £41,625 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 87 98
Rank change year-on-year +39 +11 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 3 4 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 0.73% 0.31% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 0.33% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 7
10th Percentile £32,163 - £44,850
25th Percentile £35,406 £41,875 £50,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,625 £43,750 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.86% -17.45% -7.83%
75th Percentile £48,656 £45,625 £55,000
90th Percentile £52,388 - £55,250
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -15.38% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 303 1,225 872
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 73.90% 94.52% 79.93%
Number of salaries quoted 196 854 449
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,150 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -7.78% -2.75%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,625 £75,000 £70,730
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £54,882
% change year-on-year +0.11% -8.90% +4.54%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Merseyside

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Merseyside

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Merseyside over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in Merseyside

Security Engineer
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 4 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
Liverpool +41 2 £53,250 +21.71% 2
Security Engineer
North West

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 4 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 Merseyside region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) NGFW
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) CCTV

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
1 2 (66.67%) NGFW
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) CCTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving