Cybersecurity Engineer Jobs in the South East

Cybersecurity Engineer
England > South East

The median Cybersecurity Engineer salary in the South East is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 357 387 396
Rank change year-on-year +30 +9 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 28 27 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.17% 0.18% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.20% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 10 22 40
10th Percentile - £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £28,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - -35.29% +88.89%
75th Percentile £64,375 £71,563 -
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,375 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -22.58% +40.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 15,620 13,675 18,997
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 90.62% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,331 8,566 12,620
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Engineer in the South East

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Engineer in the South East

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Engineer in the South East

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +31 20 £60,000 -14.29% 3
Buckinghamshire - 18 - -
Surrey +12 6 £47,500 -55.81% 1
West Sussex - 2 £57,500 -
Berkshire - 2 £60,000 - 3
Cybersecurity Engineer
England

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Cybersecurity 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 South East region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 28 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (89.29%) Degree
3 23 (82.14%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (67.86%) Analytics
5 18 (64.29%) Mentoring
5 18 (64.29%) Coaching
5 18 (64.29%) Data Quality
5 18 (64.29%) Data Engineering
5 18 (64.29%) Data Modelling
5 18 (64.29%) Red Team
5 18 (64.29%) Data Science
5 18 (64.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (25.00%) Computer Science
6 7 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
7 6 (21.43%) Network Security
7 6 (21.43%) TCP/IP
8 4 (14.29%) Linux
8 4 (14.29%) Python
8 4 (14.29%) C
8 4 (14.29%) Mathematics
8 4 (14.29%) Physics
8 4 (14.29%) Software Engineering
8 4 (14.29%) Software Testing
8 4 (14.29%) Test Automation
8 4 (14.29%) Bash
8 4 (14.29%) SIEM
8 4 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (10.71%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (10.71%) Security Operations

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (7.14%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (21.43%) Network Security
1 6 (21.43%) TCP/IP
2 3 (10.71%) Firewall
3 1 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 18 (64.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Cyberattack
1 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (3.57%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (82.14%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (67.86%) Analytics
4 18 (64.29%) Coaching
4 18 (64.29%) Data Engineering
4 18 (64.29%) Data Modelling
4 18 (64.29%) Data Science
4 18 (64.29%) Mentoring
4 18 (64.29%) Red Team
5 7 (25.00%) Computer Science
6 4 (14.29%) Mathematics
6 4 (14.29%) Physics
6 4 (14.29%) SIEM
6 4 (14.29%) Software Engineering
6 4 (14.29%) Software Testing
6 4 (14.29%) Test Automation
7 3 (10.71%) Information Security
7 3 (10.71%) Security Operations
7 3 (10.71%) Vulnerability Management
8 2 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) Bash
1 4 (14.29%) C
1 4 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (3.57%) C++
Qualifications
1 25 (89.29%) Degree
2 7 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.14%) CCNA
3 2 (7.14%) CCNP
3 2 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (7.14%) CISSP
3 2 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (7.14%) GCIA
3 2 (7.14%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (64.29%) Data Quality
2 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.14%) NIST
3 1 (3.57%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft