Security Engineer Job Trends in the South West

Security Engineer
England > South West

The median Security Engineer salary in the South West is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 147 189
Rank change year-on-year +43 +42 +1
Permanent Security Engineer jobs 169 30 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.55% 0.82% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.68% 0.88% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 112 24 25
10th Percentile £30,000 £42,280 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,165 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £76,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.75% +52.50% -16.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £91,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.69% -5.60% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the South West matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the South West matching a recognised job title 10,083 3,394 6,024
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.39% 92.76% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 6,842 2,229 3,724
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,999 £54,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.09% -4.17%

Security Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Security Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Security Engineer job vacancy trend in the South West

Security Engineer Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in the South West

Security Engineer Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for Security Engineer jobs in the South West over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in the South West

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 Security Engineer jobs within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 October 2026. 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Gloucestershire +12 112 £75,000 -25.00% 32
Bristol -24 38 £30,000 -66.67% 8
Dorset - 13 £65,000 - 1
Wiltshire -16 6 £75,000 +46.89% 8
Security Engineer
England

Security Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, Security Engineer job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent Security Engineer job ads across the South West region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Software Engineering23.1%39
2AWS18.9%32
3Cloud Security17.2%29
4Collaborative Working13.6%23
4Cyber Intelligence13.6%23
6Security Cleared10.7%18
7DevOps10.1%17
8Linux9.5%16
9CI/CD7.1%12
9Firewall7.1%12
11Agile6.5%11
12GCP5.9%10
12Python5.9%10
14Batch Processing5.3%9
14Data Pipeline5.3%9
14Infrastructure Engineering5.3%9
17DV Cleared4.7%8
17Entra ID4.7%8
17Infrastructure as Code4.7%8
17ISO/IEC 270014.7%8
17Security Operations4.7%8
17Terraform4.7%8
17Test Automation4.7%8
17Vulnerability Management4.7%8
25Accessibility4.1%7
25Ansible4.1%7
25Cybersecurity4.1%7
25Decision-Making4.1%7
25Degree4.1%7
25Situational Awareness4.1%7

Security Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Cloud Engineer18.3%31
2Senior Security Engineer17.2%29
3Software Engineer16.6%28
4Systems Engineer15.4%26
5Cloud Security Engineer14.2%24
6Data Engineer10.7%18
7IT Security Engineer9.5%16
8Senior Software Engineer7.7%13
9Linux Engineer7.1%12
10Senior Cloud Engineer6.5%11
11AWS Data Engineer5.3%9
11Infrastructure Security Engineer5.3%9
11Trainee Electrical Engineer5.3%9
11Trainee Systems Engineer5.3%9
15DevOps Engineer4.7%8
16Senior Systems Engineer4.1%7
17Senior Platform Engineer2.4%4
18GCP Engineer1.8%3
18Graduate IT Engineer1.8%3
20Applications Engineer1.2%2
64 Security Engineer jobs in the South West