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The median annual salary for a Security Engineer was £62,500 in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 26 May 2020. The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| Security Engineer UK |
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6 months to
26 May 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
319 |
356 |
440 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+37 |
+84 |
-19 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer |
863 |
1,249 |
1,218 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK |
0.94% |
0.87% |
0.70% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.99% |
0.90% |
0.73% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
736 |
933 |
1,019 |
| Median annual salary |
£62,500 |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+4.17% |
+9.09% |
+4.76% |
| 10th Percentile |
£41,250 |
£37,500 |
£35,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£92,500 |
£85,000 |
£77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£52,500 |
£52,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-4.76% |
- |
+10.53% |
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.
| All Permanent IT Job Vacancies UK |
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title |
87,162 |
138,305 |
167,516 |
| % of permanent IT jobs with a recognized job title |
95.23% |
96.02% |
96.38% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
69,950 |
109,815 |
136,158 |
| Median annual salary |
£52,907 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.81% |
- |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£30,000 |
£28,313 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£87,500 |
£85,000 |
£80,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.56% |
- |
+5.88% |
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Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Security Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer.
Security Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer over the 6 months to 26 May 2020.
Security Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 May 2020.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
+47 |
811 |
£62,500 |
+4.17% |
78 |
| London |
+83 |
456 |
£70,000 |
+7.69% |
31 |
| UK excluding London |
-13 |
392 |
£50,000 |
-4.76% |
47 |
| South East |
+47 |
115 |
£52,500 |
-4.55% |
7 |
| North of England |
+1 |
113 |
£50,000 |
- |
20 |
| North West |
+82 |
79 |
£50,000 |
-4.76% |
10 |
| Work from Home |
+52 |
71 |
£55,000 |
-8.33% |
11 |
| East of England |
+23 |
54 |
£51,000 |
-2.86% |
9 |
| Midlands |
+82 |
47 |
£55,000 |
- |
6 |
| Scotland |
+48 |
32 |
£45,000 |
-10.00% |
1 |
| East Midlands |
+57 |
31 |
£45,000 |
-25.00% |
3 |
| Yorkshire |
-26 |
29 |
£57,500 |
+15.00% |
10 |
| South West |
+52 |
24 |
£55,000 |
-2.65% |
4 |
| West Midlands |
+56 |
16 |
£59,500 |
+3.48% |
3 |
| Wales |
-9 |
6 |
£48,750 |
-2.50% |
1 |
| North East |
+17 |
5 |
£50,000 |
+25.00% |
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| Northern Ireland |
+22 |
3 |
£50,000 |
-9.09% |
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Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills
For the 6 months to 26 May 2020, Security Engineer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Security Engineer in the job title.
Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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