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The median annual salary for a Security Engineer was £60,000 in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 13 April 2021. 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
13 Apr 2021 |
Same period 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
| Rank |
348 |
338 |
381 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-10 |
+43 |
+75 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer |
686 |
1,020 |
1,212 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK |
0.83% |
0.90% |
0.81% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.89% |
0.94% |
0.85% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
557 |
790 |
935 |
| 10th Percentile |
£38,750 |
£39,975 |
£37,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£45,000 |
£49,000 |
£46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£60,000 |
£60,000 |
£57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
+4.35% |
+9.52% |
| 75th Percentile |
£75,000 |
£77,500 |
£72,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£92,305 |
£92,500 |
£83,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£52,250 |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+0.48% |
+4.50% |
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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 |
77,346 |
108,572 |
142,944 |
| % of permanent IT jobs with a recognized job title |
93.13% |
95.37% |
96.02% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
60,849 |
88,179 |
115,251 |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,500 |
£29,750 |
£28,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£40,750 |
£37,750 |
£37,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+4.76% |
+5.00% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£72,500 |
£71,250 |
£68,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£88,750 |
£87,500 |
£85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.56% |
- |
+2.27% |
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