Infrastructure Security Engineer Jobs in the North East

Infrastructure Security Engineer
England > North East

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer salary in the North East is £47,718 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 106 -
Rank change year-on-year +35 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 2 9 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 0.26% 0.48% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.51% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 0
10th Percentile £39,319 £35,000 -
25th Percentile £41,725 £35,920 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,718 £62,783 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% - -
75th Percentile £55,476 £67,968 -
90th Percentile £58,940 £70,000 -
England median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -28.00% +19.05%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 689 1,777 1,018
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.02% 95.74% 80.09%
Number of salaries quoted 381 1,429 602
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £27,000 £35,920 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,672
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -0.36% +19.18%
75th Percentile £66,389 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,250 £75,150 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in the North East

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the North East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer in the North East.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in the North East

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer in the North East over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Security Engineer in the North East

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer within the North East region over the 6 months to 15 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
Tyne and Wear +36 2 £47,718 -24.00%
Infrastructure Security Engineer
England

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Infrastructure 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 North East region featuring Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) BCP
2 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST