Security Engineer Jobs in the South West

Security Engineer
England > South West

The median Security Engineer salary in the South West is £51,058 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 265 229
Rank change year-on-year +121 -36 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 36 22 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.03% 0.24% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 0.25% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 29 17 32
10th Percentile £34,500 £30,750 £38,346
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £41,206 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.91% -36.61% +30.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £62,833 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £67,750 £77,542
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,925 £67,500
% change year-on-year -8.22% -11.22% +1.89%

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 3,260 8,862 6,155
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 96.11% 89.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,021 6,471 3,849
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,000 £29,200
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,365 £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 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in the South West

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in the South West

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 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 +71 22 £78,750 +57.50% 23
Wiltshire +54 9 £51,058 +70.19% 4
Somerset - 5 - - 8
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 West region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (41.67%) AWS
2 14 (38.89%) Finance
2 14 (38.89%) Cloud Security
3 11 (30.56%) VPN
3 11 (30.56%) CISSP
4 10 (27.78%) Threat Modelling
5 9 (25.00%) Security Operations
5 9 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
5 9 (25.00%) NIST
5 9 (25.00%) CISM
5 9 (25.00%) Firewall
6 8 (22.22%) Information Security
6 8 (22.22%) Network Design
6 8 (22.22%) Microsoft
6 8 (22.22%) Network Security
6 8 (22.22%) Strategic Roadmap
6 8 (22.22%) Accessibility
6 8 (22.22%) Roadmaps
6 8 (22.22%) Security Posture
7 7 (19.44%) SC Cleared
7 7 (19.44%) Security Cleared
8 6 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (16.67%) Retail
8 6 (16.67%) Wireless
8 6 (16.67%) NCSC
8 6 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
8 6 (16.67%) Mentoring
9 5 (13.89%) Driving Licence
9 5 (13.89%) Application Security
9 5 (13.89%) Social Skills

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 15 (41.67%) AWS
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (11.11%) Azure
3 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (5.56%) Amazon ECS
4 2 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.56%) IaaS
4 2 (5.56%) PaaS
4 2 (5.56%) SaaS
5 1 (2.78%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.78%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (2.78%) AWS Step Functions
5 1 (2.78%) Serverless
5 1 (2.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (30.56%) VPN
2 9 (25.00%) Firewall
3 8 (22.22%) Network Security
4 6 (16.67%) Wireless
5 2 (5.56%) DHCP
5 2 (5.56%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
General
1 14 (38.89%) Finance
2 6 (16.67%) Retail
3 5 (13.89%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) Security Posture
2 5 (13.89%) Driving Licence
3 4 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (5.56%) CCTV
4 2 (5.56%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.33%) Windows
2 2 (5.56%) Linux
3 1 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (38.89%) Cloud Security
2 10 (27.78%) Threat Modelling
3 9 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 9 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
4 8 (22.22%) Information Security
4 8 (22.22%) Network Design
4 8 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 8 (22.22%) Strategic Roadmap
5 6 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
5 6 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 5 (13.89%) Application Security
7 4 (11.11%) API Integration
7 4 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (11.11%) Data Collection
7 4 (11.11%) Facilities Management
7 4 (11.11%) SIEM
7 4 (11.11%) Threat Detection
8 3 (8.33%) Patch Management
8 3 (8.33%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) C
1 2 (5.56%) C++
1 2 (5.56%) Go
1 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.56%) Rust
Qualifications
1 11 (30.56%) CISSP
2 9 (25.00%) CISM
3 7 (19.44%) SC Cleared
3 7 (19.44%) Security Cleared
4 4 (11.11%) Degree
5 2 (5.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (5.56%) AWS Certification
5 2 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (5.56%) CREST Certified
5 2 (5.56%) PhD
5 2 (5.56%) SANS
6 1 (2.78%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (25.00%) NIST
2 8 (22.22%) Accessibility
3 6 (16.67%) NCSC
4 2 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (2.78%) GDPR
5 1 (2.78%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Host Intrusion Detection System
1 2 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.78%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (2.78%) Fortinet
2 1 (2.78%) Oracle
2 1 (2.78%) Palo Alto
2 1 (2.78%) Sophos