Infrastructure Security Engineer Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Infrastructure Security Engineer
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer salary in Tyne and Wear is £48,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 78 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.13% 0.13% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.14% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,875 £37,716 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £37,935 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.51% - -
75th Percentile £50,625 £38,154 -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £48,750 £37,935 -
% change year-on-year +28.51% - -

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 745 722 332
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 96.14% 97.65%
Number of salaries quoted 533 342 297
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,300 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £76,750
North East median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.04% -2.00%

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Infrastructure Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer job vacancies 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 19 December 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 +7 1 £48,750 +28.51% 1
Infrastructure Security Engineer
North East

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Infrastructure 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST