IT Security Engineer
UK
The median IT Security Engineer salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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 22 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 694 | 844 | 858 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +150 | +14 | +264 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Engineer | 20 | 67 | 105 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.036% | 0.067% | 0.11% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.040% | 0.071% | 0.12% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 17 | 54 | 96 |
| 10th Percentile | £44,000 | £26,250 | £27,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £39,438 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £73,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | -18.64% | +22.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £63,750 | £82,188 | £77,542 |
| 90th Percentile | £72,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £48,125 | £45,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.94% | -21.74% | -4.17% |
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 | 49,668 | 94,676 | 90,476 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.49% | 94.69% | 91.51% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,895 | 67,575 | 57,131 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,250 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,750 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,325 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -6.24% | +6.65% |
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 22 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 22 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 | +129 | 16 | £48,750 | -32.76% | 108 |
| UK excluding London | +171 | 12 | £48,125 | +6.94% | 102 |
| Work from Home | +110 | 11 | £52,500 | -12.50% | 22 |
| London | +95 | 8 | £67,500 | -14.29% | 24 |
| Scotland | +126 | 4 | £57,500 | +16.75% | 5 |
| South West | +104 | 4 | £47,500 | +15.27% | 17 |
| Midlands | +56 | 2 | £42,500 | +41.67% | 16 |
| North of England | +46 | 2 | £53,125 | -11.46% | 21 |
| North East | - | 2 | £53,125 | - | 3 |
| West Midlands | +68 | 1 | £45,000 | - | 8 |
| East Midlands | +28 | 1 | £40,000 | +33.33% | 7 |
IT Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 22 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: