Senior Security Engineer Job Trends in the North West

Senior Security Engineer
England > North West

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in the North West is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 202 193
Rank change year-on-year +23 -9 +87
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 7 3 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.11% 0.059% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.064% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 10
10th Percentile - £49,162 £46,100
25th Percentile - £53,227 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +0.80% -4.40%
75th Percentile £56,250 - £62,833
90th Percentile £80,500 - £66,925
England median annual salary £82,500 £81,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.23% +16.43% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 5,478 4,660 4,269
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.98% 92.20% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,043 2,452 3,359
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -5.87%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,113 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Senior Security Engineer job vacancy trend in the North West

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for Senior Security Engineer job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Security Engineer job vacancies in the North West

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Engineer in the North West

Senior Security Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Cheshire - 6 £45,000 - 1
Manchester +23 1 £65,000 +8.33% 3
Senior Security Engineer
England

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Senior Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Network Security
1 6 (85.71%) Security Operations
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) CCNA
3 1 (14.29%) CCNP
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (14.29%) CISSP
3 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (14.29%) Firewall
3 1 (14.29%) GCIA
3 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) SANS
3 1 (14.29%) SIEM
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Security Operations
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CCNA
1 1 (14.29%) CCNP
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (14.29%) CISSP
1 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (14.29%) GCIA
1 1 (14.29%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001