IT Security Engineer Jobs in the South East

IT Security Engineer
England > South East

The median IT Security Engineer salary in the South East is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 394 366 432
Rank change year-on-year -28 +66 -56
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Engineer 4 41 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.024% 0.28% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.31% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3 37 37
10th Percentile - - £27,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £27,750 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £28,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +84.21% -52.50% +27.66%
75th Percentile £59,375 £53,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £62,750 £75,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £57,483
% change year-on-year +11.54% +13.08% +9.49%

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 15,795 13,135 19,055
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 90.36% 96.44%
Number of salaries quoted 11,343 8,294 12,415
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £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 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Engineer in the South East

IT Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for IT Security Engineer in the South East

IT Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Security Engineer in the South East

IT Security 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 IT Security Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
West Sussex +27 3 £52,500 -
Thames Valley +13 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 - -
IT Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, IT 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 South East region featuring IT Security Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (75.00%) Data Security
2 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (75.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 2 (50.00%) Threat Detection
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Internet
3 2 (50.00%) Forcepoint
3 2 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (50.00%) Qualys
3 2 (50.00%) Network Security
3 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (50.00%) Varonis
3 2 (50.00%) LogRhythm
3 2 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (25.00%) Cybercrime
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing

IT Security 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 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
1 2 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (75.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (25.00%) Cybercrime
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (75.00%) Data Security
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (50.00%) Threat Detection
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (25.00%) Advanced Persistent Threat
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) COBIT
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Forcepoint
1 2 (50.00%) LogRhythm
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Qualys
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (50.00%) Varonis