IT Security Engineer Jobs

IT Security Engineer
UK

The median IT Security Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
6 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 843 872 1128
Rank change year-on-year +29 +256 -330
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Engineer 67 107 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.068% 0.10% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.11% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 55 96 86
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £39,625 £38,813 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,483
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.08% +9.49%
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,542 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £58,750 £57,483
% change year-on-year -23.40% +2.20% +22.30%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,479 94,643 151,222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,031 59,595 85,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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.

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Engineer in the UK

IT Security Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Security Engineer.

Salary trend for IT Security Engineer in the UK

IT Security Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Engineer over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Security Engineer in the UK

IT Security Engineer
Top 15 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 6 May 2024. 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
England +46 47 £72,500 +11.54% 13
Work from Home +32 40 £60,000 -20.00% 4
UK excluding London -53 31 £45,000 -23.40% 11
London +123 30 £77,500 -22.50% 3
North of England +49 8 £60,000 -20.59% 3
North West +19 8 £60,000 -20.59% 3
Wales - 6 £40,500 -
South East -18 5 £58,750 +106.14% 4
Scotland -62 4 £49,250 -34.81%
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Midlands +11 2 £30,000 -38.46% 3
South West -44 2 £41,206 -45.06% 2
West Midlands +22 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £30,000 - 3
Isle of Man - 1 - -

IT Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, 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.

1 32 (47.76%) Azure
2 25 (37.31%) Cybersecurity
3 24 (35.82%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (35.82%) Security Operations
4 22 (32.84%) Microsoft
5 19 (28.36%) Incident Response
6 18 (26.87%) Social Skills
6 18 (26.87%) Information Security
7 16 (23.88%) AWS
8 15 (22.39%) SIEM
8 15 (22.39%) Windows
9 14 (20.90%) Active Directory
10 13 (19.40%) PowerShell
11 12 (17.91%) Firewall
11 12 (17.91%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 12 (17.91%) Data Loss Prevention
12 11 (16.42%) CISSP
12 11 (16.42%) Vulnerability Management
13 10 (14.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 10 (14.93%) Degree
13 10 (14.93%) Risk Management
13 10 (14.93%) Finance
13 10 (14.93%) NIST
13 10 (14.93%) Cyberattack
14 9 (13.43%) Data Security
15 8 (11.94%) Cisco Certification
15 8 (11.94%) Python
15 8 (11.94%) Cloud Security
15 8 (11.94%) Customer Service
16 7 (10.45%) Problem-Solving

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:

Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (47.76%) Azure
2 24 (35.82%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (23.88%) AWS
4 7 (10.45%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (4.48%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (4.48%) GCP
7 2 (2.99%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 12 (17.91%) Firewall
2 7 (10.45%) Network Security
3 4 (5.97%) LAN
3 4 (5.97%) WAN
4 3 (4.48%) Internet
5 2 (2.99%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.49%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
General
1 18 (26.87%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.93%) Finance
3 7 (10.45%) Banking
4 3 (4.48%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (2.99%) Law
5 2 (2.99%) Welsh Language
6 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.93%) Cyberattack
2 6 (8.96%) Management Information System
2 6 (8.96%) Operational Technology
3 4 (5.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 4 (5.97%) Security Posture
4 3 (4.48%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (4.48%) PKI
4 3 (4.48%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.49%) Cybercrime
5 1 (1.49%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.49%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.49%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 15 (22.39%) Windows
2 5 (7.46%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.48%) Unix
4 2 (2.99%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (37.31%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (35.82%) Security Operations
3 19 (28.36%) Incident Response
4 18 (26.87%) Information Security
5 15 (22.39%) SIEM
6 12 (17.91%) Data Loss Prevention
6 12 (17.91%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 11 (16.42%) Vulnerability Management
8 10 (14.93%) Risk Management
9 9 (13.43%) Data Security
10 8 (11.94%) Cloud Security
10 8 (11.94%) Customer Service
11 7 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (8.96%) Data Protection
12 6 (8.96%) Offensive Security
12 6 (8.96%) Task Automation
13 5 (7.46%) Incident Management
13 5 (7.46%) ITIL
13 5 (7.46%) Root Cause Analysis
13 5 (7.46%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.40%) PowerShell
2 8 (11.94%) Python
3 1 (1.49%) Bash
3 1 (1.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (16.42%) CISSP
2 10 (14.93%) Degree
3 8 (11.94%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (7.46%) CCNP
4 5 (7.46%) CEH
5 4 (5.97%) GCIA
5 4 (5.97%) GCIH
5 4 (5.97%) GIAC
5 4 (5.97%) GSEC
6 3 (4.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (4.48%) Azure Certification
6 3 (4.48%) CCSK
6 3 (4.48%) CCSP
6 3 (4.48%) SC Cleared
6 3 (4.48%) Security Cleared
7 2 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.99%) CASP
7 2 (2.99%) CISA
7 2 (2.99%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (2.99%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (14.93%) NIST
2 4 (5.97%) GDPR
3 3 (4.48%) COBIT
3 3 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (4.48%) PCI DSS
3 3 (4.48%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.49%) GRC
4 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (1.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (20.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.97%) CASB
3 2 (2.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (2.99%) Nessus
3 2 (2.99%) SCCM
4 1 (1.49%) QRadar
Vendors
1 22 (32.84%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.96%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (5.97%) LogRhythm
4 3 (4.48%) Netskope
4 3 (4.48%) Qualys
4 3 (4.48%) Splunk
4 3 (4.48%) Symantec
4 3 (4.48%) Zscaler
5 2 (2.99%) Forcepoint
5 2 (2.99%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.99%) Rapid7
5 2 (2.99%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.99%) Varonis
5 2 (2.99%) VMware
6 1 (1.49%) Cisco
6 1 (1.49%) Citrix
6 1 (1.49%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.49%) IBM
6 1 (1.49%) iManage
6 1 (1.49%) Tripwire
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