Security Engineer Jobs in the South East

Security Engineer
England > South East

The median Security Engineer salary in the South East is £53,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 220 278 273
Rank change year-on-year +58 -5 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 88 119 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.93% 0.69% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 0.73% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 58 73 83
10th Percentile £46,250 £30,550 £27,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.58% -13.64% -18.52%
75th Percentile £62,125 £55,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £73,250 £63,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 8,226 16,296 12,776
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.93% 94.07% 90.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,393 11,638 8,088
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in the South East

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in the South East

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in the South East

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 Security Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
Hampshire +96 43 £53,000 -3.64% 13
Middlesex - 20 - - 1
Surrey +54 15 £55,000 +10.00% 10
Thames Valley +9 6 £50,000 -4.76% 29
Berkshire +24 4 £50,000 -4.76% 12
Kent +34 3 £95,000 +216.67% 19
Buckinghamshire -2 2 £55,000 +29.41% 12
West Sussex +27 1 £42,500 -5.56% 3
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 South East region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 45 (51.14%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (42.05%) Firewall
3 35 (39.77%) Cisco
4 32 (36.36%) Degree
4 32 (36.36%) Security Cleared
5 28 (31.82%) Network Security
5 28 (31.82%) Azure
5 28 (31.82%) Microsoft
6 27 (30.68%) DV Cleared
6 27 (30.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (30.68%) Fortinet
7 26 (29.55%) SC Cleared
7 26 (29.55%) BGP
7 26 (29.55%) Security Posture
8 23 (26.14%) EIGRP
8 23 (26.14%) OSPF
9 22 (25.00%) PowerShell
9 22 (25.00%) NIST
10 21 (23.86%) Computer Science
10 21 (23.86%) Vulnerability Management
11 19 (21.59%) Master's Degree
11 19 (21.59%) Application Security
11 19 (21.59%) Mentoring
12 18 (20.45%) DevOps
12 18 (20.45%) PaaS
13 17 (19.32%) Computer Science Degree
13 17 (19.32%) Azure DevOps
14 16 (18.18%) GDPR
14 16 (18.18%) DevSecOps
14 16 (18.18%) CI/CD

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.27%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 28 (31.82%) Azure
2 18 (20.45%) PaaS
3 17 (19.32%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (12.50%) AWS
5 7 (7.95%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (6.82%) GCP
7 3 (3.41%) IaaS
7 3 (3.41%) SaaS
8 2 (2.27%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 37 (42.05%) Firewall
2 28 (31.82%) Network Security
3 26 (29.55%) BGP
4 23 (26.14%) EIGRP
4 23 (26.14%) OSPF
5 7 (7.95%) HTTP
5 7 (7.95%) TCP/IP
6 6 (6.82%) DNS
6 6 (6.82%) WAN
7 4 (4.55%) HTTPS
7 4 (4.55%) VPN
8 3 (3.41%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (3.41%) DHCP
8 3 (3.41%) DMVPN
8 3 (3.41%) LAN
8 3 (3.41%) MPLS
8 3 (3.41%) SD-WAN
8 3 (3.41%) SMTP
9 1 (1.14%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (1.14%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Bitbucket
1 2 (2.27%) GitLab
1 2 (2.27%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.27%) JIRA
1 2 (2.27%) Robot Framework
General
1 15 (17.05%) Finance
1 15 (17.05%) Social Skills
2 12 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (7.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (5.68%) Law
4 5 (5.68%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (5.68%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.27%) Automotive
6 1 (1.14%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (17.05%) YAML
2 2 (2.27%) Django
2 2 (2.27%) React
Miscellaneous
1 26 (29.55%) Security Posture
2 4 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.55%) Mobile App
2 4 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.41%) PMI
4 2 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.14%) CCTV
5 1 (1.14%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.14%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.14%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.68%) Windows
2 4 (4.55%) Android
2 4 (4.55%) Apple iOS
2 4 (4.55%) Linux
3 3 (3.41%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (2.27%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (51.14%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (23.86%) Computer Science
2 21 (23.86%) Vulnerability Management
3 19 (21.59%) Application Security
3 19 (21.59%) Mentoring
4 18 (20.45%) DevOps
5 16 (18.18%) CI/CD
5 16 (18.18%) DevSecOps
6 15 (17.05%) Agile
6 15 (17.05%) Backlog Management
6 15 (17.05%) Coaching
6 15 (17.05%) Creative Thinking
6 15 (17.05%) OWASP
6 15 (17.05%) Product Management
6 15 (17.05%) Product Strategy
6 15 (17.05%) SDLC
6 15 (17.05%) Security Testing
6 15 (17.05%) Test Automation
6 15 (17.05%) Threat Modelling
6 15 (17.05%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 22 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 9 (10.23%) Python
3 6 (6.82%) C++
4 4 (4.55%) Bash
4 4 (4.55%) C
4 4 (4.55%) Java
4 4 (4.55%) Kotlin
4 4 (4.55%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (4.55%) Objective-C
5 2 (2.27%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (36.36%) Degree
1 32 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 27 (30.68%) DV Cleared
3 26 (29.55%) SC Cleared
4 19 (21.59%) Master's Degree
5 17 (19.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (10.23%) CISSP
7 7 (7.95%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (6.82%) CEH
8 6 (6.82%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (4.55%) CISM
9 4 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (4.55%) OSCP
10 3 (3.41%) Azure Certification
10 3 (3.41%) CCNP
10 3 (3.41%) PMI Certification
11 2 (2.27%) CISMP
11 2 (2.27%) GCFA
11 2 (2.27%) GCFE
11 2 (2.27%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (30.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (25.00%) NIST
3 16 (18.18%) GDPR
3 16 (18.18%) NCSC
4 7 (7.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (7.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (7.95%) HIPAA
5 2 (2.27%) SLA
6 1 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (3.41%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.41%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (3.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (13.64%) FortiGate
2 4 (4.55%) QRadar
3 3 (3.41%) vCenter Server
3 3 (3.41%) WSUS
4 2 (2.27%) EnCase
4 2 (2.27%) FTK
4 2 (2.27%) RSA Security Analytics
4 2 (2.27%) Terraform
5 1 (1.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 35 (39.77%) Cisco
2 28 (31.82%) Microsoft
3 27 (30.68%) Fortinet
4 14 (15.91%) Juniper
5 8 (9.09%) Splunk
6 6 (6.82%) Palo Alto
7 3 (3.41%) Google
7 3 (3.41%) VMware
8 2 (2.27%) AlienVault
8 2 (2.27%) Atlassian
8 2 (2.27%) FireEye
8 2 (2.27%) NetWitness
8 2 (2.27%) Red Hat