Security Engineer Jobs in Portsmouth

Security Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Security Engineer salary in Portsmouth is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 - 68
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 0.82% - 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% - 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £60,350 - -
25th Percentile £61,625 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +31.58%
75th Percentile £73,125 - £63,750
90th Percentile £74,250 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £53,000 £52,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.95% -25.00% +7.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 356 478 398
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.80% 93.73% 91.71%
Number of salaries quoted 176 411 294
10th Percentile £32,750 £24,500 £28,575
25th Percentile £47,637 £35,000 £38,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £44,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.60% -11.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £68,125 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% -3.85% -0.95%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Portsmouth

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Portsmouth

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in Portsmouth

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 Portsmouth region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 2 (66.67%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (66.67%) CEH
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
2 2 (66.67%) Presales
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) GCP
2 2 (66.67%) QRadar
2 2 (66.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Detection
2 2 (66.67%) GDPR
2 2 (66.67%) Forensic Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (66.67%) HIPAA
2 2 (66.67%) Bash
2 2 (66.67%) Splunk
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) OSCP
2 2 (66.67%) Degree

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (66.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Forensic Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Presales
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Bash
1 2 (66.67%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CEH
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) OSCP
2 1 (33.33%) AWS Certification
2 1 (33.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) GDPR
2 2 (66.67%) HIPAA
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (33.33%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
2 2 (66.67%) Splunk