Security Engineer Jobs in Staffordshire

Security Engineer
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median Security Engineer salary in Staffordshire is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 79 58 -
Rank change year-on-year -21 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 5 11 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 0.51% 2.02% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 2.17% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 0
10th Percentile £39,610 £37,500 -
25th Percentile £54,325 £39,063 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £42,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.94% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £45,438 -
90th Percentile - £46,000 -
West Midlands median annual salary £53,000 £47,500 £57,483
% change year-on-year +11.58% -17.37% +4.51%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Staffordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 940 506 578
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.92% 93.01% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 697 382 411
10th Percentile £24,000 £23,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,749 £53,750
90th Percentile £61,500 £67,500 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Staffordshire

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in Staffordshire.

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Staffordshire

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in Staffordshire

Security Engineer
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Stafford -8 1 £29,800 -29.47% 1
Security Engineer
West Midlands

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, 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 Staffordshire region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (60.00%) Operational Technology
3 3 (60.00%) SCADA
4 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) Network Security
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Cryptography
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Internet
4 1 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) LogRhythm

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) Internet
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Operational Technology
1 3 (60.00%) SCADA
2 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft