Senior Security Engineer Jobs in Reading

Senior Security Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in Reading is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 135 -
Rank change year-on-year +16 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 2 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.12% 0.062% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.066% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 £46,298 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £49,182 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.00% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,065 -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £95,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -36.84% +18.75% -3.03%

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 1,620 1,505 1,693
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 93.59% 97.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,040 808 1,018
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%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Engineer in Reading

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Engineer in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Senior 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 Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (50.00%) SANS
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) COBIT
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) GCIA

Senior 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 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) GCIA
1 1 (50.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) COBIT
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) NIST