Security Engineer
UK
The median Security Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 244 | 383 | 397 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +139 | +14 | +13 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer | 634 | 670 | 860 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.22% | 0.68% | 0.83% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.35% | 0.72% | 0.90% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 366 | 548 | 624 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,358 | £35,000 | £41,538 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,231 | £42,500 | £51,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £59,526 | £67,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.60% | -11.16% | +3.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £80,000 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £92,500 | £91,075 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,000 | £50,000 | £59,526 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.00% | -16.00% | +13.38% |
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 | 46,971 | 93,051 | 95,196 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.06% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,308 | 66,827 | 59,871 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,750 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.00% | -12.08% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,344 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.69% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
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 30 April 2025.
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 30 April 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 | +148 | 603 | £55,000 | -8.22% | 482 |
| UK excluding London | +208 | 489 | £53,000 | +6.00% | 336 |
| Midlands | +179 | 222 | £49,000 | -10.91% | 62 |
| West Midlands | +144 | 153 | £50,000 | -9.50% | 43 |
| Work from Home | +73 | 135 | £60,000 | +0.80% | 221 |
| London | -6 | 130 | £80,000 | - | 183 |
| North of England | +84 | 98 | £51,237 | -2.41% | 75 |
| South East | +88 | 96 | £55,000 | +22.22% | 82 |
| North West | +52 | 71 | £53,250 | -3.18% | 51 |
| East Midlands | +96 | 69 | £37,500 | -31.82% | 18 |
| South West | +130 | 37 | £51,058 | +23.91% | 53 |
| Yorkshire | +51 | 17 | £50,000 | +19.76% | 17 |
| East of England | +47 | 15 | £45,000 | -21.74% | 27 |
| Scotland | +113 | 13 | £90,000 | +63.64% | 29 |
| North East | +53 | 10 | £45,000 | -28.32% | 7 |
| Wales | +31 | 7 | £54,500 | +34.57% | 7 |
| Northern Ireland | +33 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, 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 Security Engineer in the job title.
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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:
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