Security Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Security Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Security Engineer salary in the Midlands is £49,000 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 84 261 260
Rank change year-on-year +177 -1 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 222 54 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.11% 0.46% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.38% 0.49% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 21 40 47
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,828 £39,150
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £56,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.89% +18.42% -13.64%
75th Percentile £53,688 £61,250 £60,750
90th Percentile £53,750 £70,375 £73,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £68,515
% change year-on-year -8.33% -12.43% +1.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,564 11,062 8,497
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 94.33% 89.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,863 8,268 4,764
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in the Midlands

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in the Midlands

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in the Midlands

Security Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +140 152 £50,000 -13.04% 52
East Midlands +95 70 £40,000 -27.27% 21
Security Engineer
England

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

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 Midlands region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 212 (95.50%) Cybersecurity
2 197 (88.74%) Degree
3 191 (86.04%) Risk Management
3 191 (86.04%) BPSS Clearance
4 160 (72.07%) CISSP
5 156 (70.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 155 (69.82%) JSP 440
6 155 (69.82%) CISM
6 155 (69.82%) Information Security
7 152 (68.47%) NIST
8 147 (66.22%) CESG Certified Professional
8 147 (66.22%) Cyber Resilience
8 147 (66.22%) Project Management
8 147 (66.22%) Security Testing
8 147 (66.22%) RMADS
9 45 (20.27%) Computer Science
10 13 (5.86%) Firewall
11 11 (4.95%) Vulnerability Management
12 10 (4.50%) ISACA
12 10 (4.50%) GIAC
12 10 (4.50%) Microsoft
12 10 (4.50%) GRC
12 10 (4.50%) SANS
12 10 (4.50%) NCSC
13 9 (4.05%) ITIL
13 9 (4.05%) Azure
14 8 (3.60%) SC Cleared
14 8 (3.60%) Security Cleared
14 8 (3.60%) Problem Management
14 8 (3.60%) CISA

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (4.05%) Azure
2 6 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (1.35%) AWS
3 3 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (1.35%) Entra ID
4 2 (0.90%) SaaS
5 1 (0.45%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.86%) Firewall
2 4 (1.80%) Internet
2 4 (1.80%) VPN
3 3 (1.35%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (1.35%) Network Security
4 2 (0.90%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (0.90%) Wireless
5 1 (0.45%) BGP
5 1 (0.45%) DHCP
5 1 (0.45%) DNS
5 1 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.45%) LAN
5 1 (0.45%) MPLS
5 1 (0.45%) OSPF
5 1 (0.45%) TACACS
5 1 (0.45%) VLAN
5 1 (0.45%) VoIP
5 1 (0.45%) WAN
General
1 4 (1.80%) Police
2 3 (1.35%) Finance
2 3 (1.35%) Social Skills
3 2 (0.90%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (0.90%) Legal
3 2 (0.90%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.45%) Automotive
4 1 (0.45%) German Language
4 1 (0.45%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 4 (1.80%) PKI
2 3 (1.35%) Management Information System
3 2 (0.90%) CCTV
3 2 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (0.90%) Driving Licence
3 2 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (0.45%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (0.45%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.45%) IoT
4 1 (0.45%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.45%) Windows
1 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (95.50%) Cybersecurity
2 191 (86.04%) Risk Management
3 155 (69.82%) Information Security
4 147 (66.22%) Cyber Resilience
4 147 (66.22%) Project Management
4 147 (66.22%) Security Testing
5 45 (20.27%) Computer Science
6 11 (4.95%) Vulnerability Management
7 9 (4.05%) ITIL
8 8 (3.60%) Compliance Management
8 8 (3.60%) Problem Management
9 5 (2.25%) Penetration Testing
9 5 (2.25%) Security Operations
9 5 (2.25%) SIEM
10 4 (1.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (1.80%) Identity Management
10 4 (1.80%) Incident Response
10 4 (1.80%) Security Management
10 4 (1.80%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 3 (1.35%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 197 (88.74%) Degree
2 191 (86.04%) BPSS Clearance
3 160 (72.07%) CISSP
4 155 (69.82%) CISM
5 147 (66.22%) CESG Certified Professional
6 10 (4.50%) GIAC
6 10 (4.50%) ISACA
6 10 (4.50%) SANS
7 8 (3.60%) CISA
7 8 (3.60%) SC Cleared
7 8 (3.60%) Security Cleared
8 3 (1.35%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.35%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.90%) APMG
9 2 (0.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (0.90%) CEH
9 2 (0.90%) Cyber Scheme
10 1 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.45%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (70.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 155 (69.82%) JSP 440
3 152 (68.47%) NIST
4 147 (66.22%) RMADS
5 10 (4.50%) GRC
5 10 (4.50%) NCSC
6 6 (2.70%) GDPR
7 3 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.90%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (1.80%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.45%) Firmware
2 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (3.15%) Nessus
2 3 (1.35%) FortiGate
2 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (4.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.25%) Cisco
2 5 (2.25%) Fortinet
2 5 (2.25%) Tenable
3 1 (0.45%) Aruba
3 1 (0.45%) CheckPoint
3 1 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (0.45%) Juniper
3 1 (0.45%) Meraki
3 1 (0.45%) Palo Alto
3 1 (0.45%) Rapid7
3 1 (0.45%) VMware