Security Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton
The median Security Engineer salary in Southampton is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 34 | 75 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +41 | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton | 1.48% | 0.34% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.50% | 0.35% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,500 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £61,250 | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £62,500 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £72,500 | £63,750 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Hampshire median annual salary | £53,000 | £52,500 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.95% | -25.00% | +7.28% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title | 333 | 848 | 714 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 98.81% | 97.25% | 92.97% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 258 | 717 | 562 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £28,500 | £27,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,313 | £32,500 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £45,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.22% | -10.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £64,688 | £61,250 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £72,500 | £72,500 | £80,000 |
| Hampshire median annual salary | £53,000 | £50,000 | £52,446 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.00% | -4.66% | -0.10% |
Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton
Job postings that featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.
Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Southampton
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in Southampton.
Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Southampton
Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Southampton over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.
Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton
For the 6 months to 12 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 Southampton region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.
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Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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: