Security Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield
The median Security Engineer salary in Sheffield is £45,218 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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 7 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 37 | 75 | 102 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +38 | +27 | -14 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield | 1.40% | 1.03% | 0.43% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.46% | 1.08% | 0.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £35,000 | £56,125 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,716 | £35,750 | £57,813 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,218 | £36,500 | £64,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +23.88% | -42.97% | +4.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £55,938 | £37,250 | £68,625 |
| 90th Percentile | £59,875 | £38,025 | £69,300 |
| South Yorkshire median annual salary | £45,218 | £36,500 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +23.88% | -41.60% | +2.04% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title | 274 | 1,017 | 823 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 95.80% | 95.49% | 88.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 187 | 822 | 406 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,000 | £27,550 | £24,575 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £36,813 | £33,713 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £47,500 | £47,754 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.79% | -0.53% | -9.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £74,375 | £65,000 | £63,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,500 | £80,000 | £71,550 |
| South Yorkshire median annual salary | £50,000 | £47,500 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | +5.56% | -10.00% |
Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield
Job postings that featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.
Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Sheffield
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in Sheffield.
Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Sheffield
Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Sheffield over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.
Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield
For the 6 months to 7 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 Sheffield region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.
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Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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: