Senior Security Engineer Jobs in the South East

Senior Security Engineer
England > South East

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in the South East is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 275 384 385
Rank change year-on-year +109 +1 +42
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 14 6 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.15% 0.036% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.038% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 15
10th Percentile £51,250 - £52,279
25th Percentile £54,375 £40,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £97,500
90th Percentile - £64,000 £105,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -17.24% +3.57% -6.67%

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 8,071 15,806 13,090
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.49% 93.98% 90.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,568 11,351 8,251
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,032 £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 £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Engineer in the South East

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Engineer in the South East

Senior 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 Senior Security Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Surrey - 6 £62,500 - 1
Hampshire - 4 - - 2
Thames Valley +53 2 £61,250 +22.50% 7
Berkshire +38 2 £61,250 +2.08% 7
Middlesex - 2 - -
Senior Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (57.14%) Degree
2 7 (50.00%) Network Security
3 6 (42.86%) Computer Science
3 6 (42.86%) Penetration Testing
3 6 (42.86%) TCP/IP
3 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (42.86%) Application Security
4 5 (35.71%) Cisco
4 5 (35.71%) CCNP
4 5 (35.71%) Juniper
4 5 (35.71%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (28.57%) Firewall
5 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
5 4 (28.57%) Objective-C
5 4 (28.57%) Information Security
5 4 (28.57%) Cryptography
5 4 (28.57%) HTTPS
5 4 (28.57%) HTTP
5 4 (28.57%) C
5 4 (28.57%) C++
5 4 (28.57%) Java
5 4 (28.57%) CISSP
5 4 (28.57%) Time Management
5 4 (28.57%) Reverse Engineering
5 4 (28.57%) Android
5 4 (28.57%) Security Architecture
5 4 (28.57%) SIEM
5 4 (28.57%) Apple iOS
5 4 (28.57%) Mobile App
5 4 (28.57%) Master's Degree

Senior 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 (14.29%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) AWS
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) Network Security
2 6 (42.86%) TCP/IP
3 4 (28.57%) Firewall
3 4 (28.57%) HTTP
3 4 (28.57%) HTTPS
4 3 (21.43%) BGP
4 3 (21.43%) MPLS
4 3 (21.43%) SD-WAN
4 3 (21.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Bitbucket
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (14.29%) Law
1 2 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (14.29%) Retail
1 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
1 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 4 (28.57%) Mobile App
1 4 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (21.43%) PMI
3 1 (7.14%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Android
1 4 (28.57%) Apple iOS
2 2 (14.29%) Linux
2 2 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Application Security
1 6 (42.86%) Computer Science
1 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (42.86%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (28.57%) Cryptography
2 4 (28.57%) Information Security
2 4 (28.57%) Key Management
2 4 (28.57%) Reverse Engineering
2 4 (28.57%) Security Architecture
2 4 (28.57%) SIEM
2 4 (28.57%) Time Management
3 3 (21.43%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (21.43%) Network Architecture
3 3 (21.43%) Project Planning
4 2 (14.29%) Case Management
4 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (14.29%) Data Science
4 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 2 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (14.29%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) C
1 4 (28.57%) C++
1 4 (28.57%) Java
1 4 (28.57%) Kotlin
1 4 (28.57%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Degree
2 5 (35.71%) CCNP
2 5 (35.71%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (28.57%) CISSP
3 4 (28.57%) Master's Degree
4 3 (21.43%) PMI Certification
5 2 (14.29%) CCFP
5 2 (14.29%) CCNA
5 2 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (14.29%) EnCE
5 2 (14.29%) GCFA
5 2 (14.29%) GCFE
5 2 (14.29%) GCIA
5 2 (14.29%) GREM
5 2 (14.29%) SANS
6 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) FortiGate
2 2 (14.29%) EnCase
2 2 (14.29%) FTK
2 2 (14.29%) RSA Security Analytics
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Cisco
1 5 (35.71%) Juniper
2 3 (21.43%) Fortinet
3 2 (14.29%) Atlassian
3 2 (14.29%) FireEye
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) NetWitness
3 2 (14.29%) Palo Alto
3 2 (14.29%) Splunk