Infrastructure Security Engineer Jobs in Tyne and Wear

Infrastructure Security Engineer
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer salary in Tyne and Wear is £47,718 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 89 -
Rank change year-on-year +38 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 2 9 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 0.45% 0.68% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.70% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 0
10th Percentile £39,319 £35,000 -
25th Percentile £41,725 £35,920 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,718 £62,783 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% - -
75th Percentile £55,476 £67,968 -
90th Percentile £58,940 £70,000 -
North East median annual salary £47,718 £62,783 -
% change year-on-year -24.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 425 1,281 754
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.51% 96.53% 81.43%
Number of salaries quoted 308 1,070 465
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £36,250 £38,644
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,820 £76,900
North East median annual salary £47,750 £47,500 £47,672
% change year-on-year +0.53% -0.36% +19.18%

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in Tyne and Wear

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in Tyne and Wear

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Security Engineer in Tyne and Wear

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 3 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +36 2 £47,718 -24.00%
Infrastructure Security Engineer
North East

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Infrastructure 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) BCP
2 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST