IT Security Engineer Jobs in the South West

IT Security Engineer
England > South West

The median IT Security Engineer salary in the South West is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 290 252
Rank change year-on-year +118 -38 +55
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Engineer 4 2 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.11% 0.022% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.023% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 14
10th Percentile £45,375 - £71,945
25th Percentile £45,938 - £73,565
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,206 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.27% -45.06% +36.36%
75th Percentile £48,750 - £76,906
90th Percentile - - £77,542
England median annual salary £47,500 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -34.48% +11.54% +13.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,278 8,876 6,184
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 96.20% 89.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,019 6,472 3,844
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £79,925
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

IT Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Engineer in the South West

IT Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for IT Security Engineer in the South West

IT Security Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 5 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
Bristol - 3 £47,500 - 1
Wiltshire - 1 £47,500 -
IT Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, 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 West region featuring IT Security Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Patch Management
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) Network Design
3 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) DHCP
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
3 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (50.00%) IaaS
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Network Security
3 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (50.00%) OWASP
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) SaaS
3 2 (50.00%) PaaS
3 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK

IT Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (50.00%) IaaS
1 2 (50.00%) PaaS
1 2 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) DHCP
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Patch Management
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (50.00%) Email Filtering
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) IT Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (50.00%) Network Design
3 2 (50.00%) OWASP
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Web Filtering
4 1 (25.00%) Application Security
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISA
1 1 (25.00%) CISM
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (25.00%) Sophos