Security Engineer Job Trends in St Albans

Security Engineer
Hertfordshire > St Albans

The median Security Engineer salary in St Albans is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 March 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in St Albans 0.88% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £60,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £70,000 £52,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -22.22% +80.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
St Albans

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in St Albans. 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 St Albans with a recognized job title 107 27 96
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 72.97% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 84 18 93
10th Percentile £31,125 £30,550 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% -10.42% +4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £67,875 £87,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,320 £52,000
% change year-on-year -0.58% +6.38% -5.45%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in St Albans

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in St Albans.

Security Engineer job vacancy trend in St Albans

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in St Albans

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in St Albans.

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in St Albans

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in St Albans

For the 6 months to 13 March 2026, Security Engineer job roles required 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 job ads across the St Albans region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Value Proposition
1 1 (100.00%) WAN

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in St Albans by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet