Security Engineer Job Trends in Sussex

Security Engineer
South East > Sussex

The median Security Engineer salary in Sussex is £54,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
16 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sussex 4.65% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.13% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £50,800 - -
25th Percentile £52,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 - -
75th Percentile £56,000 - -
90th Percentile £57,200 - -
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sussex. 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 Sussex with a recognized job title 39 181 13
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.70% 98.91% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 35 119 13
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,650
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -
75th Percentile £48,750 £60,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £88,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Sussex

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Sussex

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Sussex.

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Sussex

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sussex

For the 6 months to 16 September 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 Sussex region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Military
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 2 (100.00%) Police
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sussex 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Military
1 2 (100.00%) Police
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
131 Security Engineer jobs in the South East