Security Engineer Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Security Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Security Engineer salary in Oxfordshire is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 December 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 76 64
Rank change year-on-year +27 -12 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 7 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.99% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 0.13% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £42,500 - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -33.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile £73,500 - -
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -19.28%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 663 744 609
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 91.18% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 465 398 517
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,703 £31,400
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,250 £78,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in Oxfordshire

Security Engineer
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 December 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
Oxford - 3 £55,000 - 2
Banbury - 1 £40,000 -
Security Engineer
South East

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 28 December 2025, 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) Information Security
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 2 (28.57%) Data Science
2 2 (28.57%) SDLC
2 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (14.29%) City & Guilds
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Firewall
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (14.29%) Logistics
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) NIST
3 1 (14.29%) Qualys
3 1 (14.29%) Runbook
3 1 (14.29%) SIEM
3 1 (14.29%) Splunk
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Tenable
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) CCTV
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Information Security
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 2 (28.57%) Data Science
2 2 (28.57%) SDLC
2 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Logistics
3 1 (14.29%) Runbook
3 1 (14.29%) SIEM
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) City & Guilds
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Qualys
1 1 (14.29%) Splunk
1 1 (14.29%) Tenable