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 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 256 248
Rank change year-on-year +166 -8 +42
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 222 62 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.22% 0.51% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.49% 0.54% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 21 47 53
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £40,300
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +21.05% -14.41%
75th Percentile £53,688 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £73,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +3.70%

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 6,358 11,457 8,078
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.21% 94.46% 89.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,646 8,456 4,548
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +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 22 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 22 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 +147 151 £50,000 -13.04% 58
East Midlands +78 71 £44,500 -19.09% 32
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 210 (94.59%) Cybersecurity
2 196 (88.29%) Degree
3 191 (86.04%) BPSS Clearance
3 191 (86.04%) Risk Management
4 159 (71.62%) CISSP
5 155 (69.82%) CISM
5 155 (69.82%) Information Security
5 155 (69.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 155 (69.82%) JSP 440
6 151 (68.02%) NIST
7 147 (66.22%) Cyber Resilience
7 147 (66.22%) CESG Certified Professional
7 147 (66.22%) Security Testing
7 147 (66.22%) RMADS
7 147 (66.22%) Project Management
8 45 (20.27%) Computer Science
9 12 (5.41%) Vulnerability Management
9 12 (5.41%) Firewall
10 10 (4.50%) Microsoft
10 10 (4.50%) GIAC
10 10 (4.50%) ISACA
10 10 (4.50%) SANS
10 10 (4.50%) GRC
11 9 (4.05%) NCSC
11 9 (4.05%) SC Cleared
11 9 (4.05%) Security Cleared
11 9 (4.05%) ITIL
12 8 (3.60%) CISA
12 8 (3.60%) Azure
12 8 (3.60%) Problem Management

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:

Applications
1 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (3.60%) Azure
2 5 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (1.35%) AWS
3 3 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (1.35%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.45%) Cloudflare
4 1 (0.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.41%) Firewall
2 4 (1.80%) VPN
2 4 (1.80%) Wireless
3 3 (1.35%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (1.35%) Internet
3 3 (1.35%) Network Security
4 2 (0.90%) Cisco ASA
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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
General
1 6 (2.70%) Social Skills
2 5 (2.25%) Finance
3 3 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (1.35%) Legal
3 3 (1.35%) Police
4 2 (0.90%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.45%) Automotive
5 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (0.45%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.45%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 4 (1.80%) CCTV
2 3 (1.35%) PKI
3 2 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (0.90%) Driving Licence
3 2 (0.90%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.45%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.45%) IoT
4 1 (0.45%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.45%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (94.59%) 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 12 (5.41%) Vulnerability Management
7 9 (4.05%) ITIL
8 8 (3.60%) Compliance Management
8 8 (3.60%) Problem Management
9 6 (2.70%) SIEM
10 5 (2.25%) Penetration Testing
10 5 (2.25%) Security Operations
11 4 (1.80%) Incident Response
12 3 (1.35%) Cloud Security
12 3 (1.35%) Identity Management
12 3 (1.35%) Security Management
12 3 (1.35%) Threat Detection
12 3 (1.35%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.45%) Bash
1 1 (0.45%) Perl
1 1 (0.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 196 (88.29%) Degree
2 191 (86.04%) BPSS Clearance
3 159 (71.62%) 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 9 (4.05%) SC Cleared
7 9 (4.05%) Security Cleared
8 8 (3.60%) CISA
9 3 (1.35%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.35%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.35%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.90%) APMG
10 2 (0.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.90%) CEH
10 2 (0.90%) CISMP
10 2 (0.90%) Cyber Scheme
10 2 (0.90%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (69.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 155 (69.82%) JSP 440
2 151 (68.02%) NIST
3 147 (66.22%) RMADS
4 10 (4.50%) GRC
5 9 (4.05%) NCSC
6 7 (3.15%) 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
Systems Management
1 6 (2.70%) Nessus
2 3 (1.35%) FortiGate
2 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.45%) Kibana
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%) LogRhythm
3 1 (0.45%) Meraki
3 1 (0.45%) Palo Alto
3 1 (0.45%) Rapid7
3 1 (0.45%) Splunk