Security Engineer Jobs in Reading

Security Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Security Engineer salary in Reading is £66,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 128 121
Rank change year-on-year +12 -7 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 8 12 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.47% 0.74% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.80% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 6
10th Percentile £58,625 £47,179 £26,875
25th Percentile £60,313 £48,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £49,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.20% +63.33% -56.20%
75th Percentile £72,813 £52,065 £53,125
90th Percentile £74,875 £57,126 £60,000
Berkshire median annual salary £44,400 £53,591 £45,000
% change year-on-year -17.15% +19.09% -45.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,621 1,509 1,692
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 93.61% 97.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,036 812 1,015
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,863
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +0.88% +3.64%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Reading

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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 Reading region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) SIEM
2 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (62.50%) Cloud Security
3 4 (50.00%) Degree
4 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
4 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (37.50%) Benchmarking
4 3 (37.50%) Computacenter
4 3 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (37.50%) Cyber Resilience
5 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (25.00%) GCP
5 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
5 2 (25.00%) SDLC
5 2 (25.00%) Fintech
5 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (25.00%) Information Security
5 2 (25.00%) ITIL
5 2 (25.00%) Firewall
5 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (25.00%) AWS
5 2 (25.00%) Network Security
6 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (12.50%) COBIT
6 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) GCP
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
1 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) SIEM
2 5 (62.50%) Cloud Security
2 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (37.50%) Benchmarking
3 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
3 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (25.00%) Fintech
4 2 (25.00%) Information Security
4 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (25.00%) SDLC
4 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (12.50%) Application Security
5 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (12.50%) CCNA
4 1 (12.50%) CCNP
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (12.50%) CISSP
4 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (12.50%) GCIA
4 1 (12.50%) SANS
4 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) COBIT
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Computacenter
2 1 (12.50%) AlienVault
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft