Security Engineer Jobs in Sheffield

Security Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Security Engineer salary in Sheffield is £36,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 95 86
Rank change year-on-year +18 -9 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 13 5 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 1.01% 0.58% 0.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 0.65% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 12 5 4
10th Percentile £35,075 - £53,125
25th Percentile £35,750 £55,000 £55,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £62,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -41.60% +2.04% -
75th Percentile £39,188 £68,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £58,500 £69,150 -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £36,500 £61,250 £61,250
% change year-on-year -40.41% - +36.51%

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 1,232 767 886
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.17% 88.36% 98.66%
Number of salaries quoted 967 424 486
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £29,900
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,250 £70,000 £82,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Sheffield

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Sheffield

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Sheffield

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Sheffield over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in Sheffield

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

For the 6 months to 20 June 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 Sheffield region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (38.46%) CCTV
1 5 (38.46%) C-CURE
1 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (30.77%) Private Cloud
2 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) Service Management
3 2 (15.38%) ITIL
3 2 (15.38%) DevOps
3 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
3 2 (15.38%) Coaching
3 2 (15.38%) GitLab
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Network Security
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (15.38%) Operational Stability
3 2 (15.38%) NIST
3 2 (15.38%) Terraform
3 2 (15.38%) Security Architecture
4 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto
4 1 (7.69%) Incident Response
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Security
4 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) SaaS
4 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
4 1 (7.69%) VPN
4 1 (7.69%) B2B
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco
4 1 (7.69%) CCNP

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:

Business Applications
1 5 (38.46%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Network Security
2 1 (7.69%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) GitLab
General
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) CCTV
2 4 (30.77%) Private Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) Coaching
3 2 (15.38%) DevOps
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (15.38%) ITIL
3 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
3 2 (15.38%) Operational Stability
3 2 (15.38%) Security Architecture
3 2 (15.38%) Service Management
4 1 (7.69%) B2B
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Security
4 1 (7.69%) Incident Response
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) CCNA
1 1 (7.69%) CCNP
1 1 (7.69%) CCSA
1 1 (7.69%) CCSE
1 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) CheckPoint
1 1 (7.69%) Cisco
1 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
1 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto