IT Security Engineer
UK
The median IT Security Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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 7 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 680 | 845 | 873 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +165 | +28 | +255 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Engineer | 20 | 67 | 107 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.037% | 0.068% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.041% | 0.072% | 0.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 17 | 55 | 96 |
| 10th Percentile | £41,100 | £26,250 | £27,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £39,625 | £38,813 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | -7.69% | +13.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £61,250 | £81,250 | £77,542 |
| 90th Percentile | £69,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £47,500 | £45,000 | £58,750 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.56% | -23.40% | +2.20% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 49,015 | 93,487 | 94,651 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.63% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,518 | 67,038 | 59,603 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,550 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.42% | -12.42% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
IT Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Security Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Security Engineer.
IT Security Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Engineer over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.
IT Security Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 |
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| England | +135 | 15 | £47,500 | -34.48% | 24 |
| UK excluding London | +179 | 12 | £47,500 | +5.56% | 22 |
| Work from Home | +122 | 11 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 13 |
| London | +75 | 7 | £65,000 | -16.13% | 7 |
| Scotland | +128 | 4 | £57,500 | +16.75% | 2 |
| South West | +123 | 4 | £47,500 | +15.27% | 7 |
| Midlands | +57 | 3 | £45,000 | +50.00% | |
| West Midlands | +44 | 2 | £45,000 | - | |
| North of England | +54 | 1 | £57,500 | -4.17% | 3 |
| East Midlands | +48 | 1 | £40,000 | +33.33% | |
| North East | - | 1 | £57,500 | - |
IT Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, IT 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 featuring IT Security Engineer in the job title.
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IT Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: