Security Engineer
UK
The median Security Engineer salary in the UK is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Jul 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 361 | 371 | 447 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +10 | +76 | -29 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer | 642 | 696 | 1,408 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.71% | 0.86% | 0.80% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.75% | 0.94% | 0.84% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 518 | 584 | 818 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,500 | £41,538 | £41,950 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,713 | £51,250 | £51,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £70,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.71% | +7.69% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £87,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £91,991 | £102,500 | £94,125 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £57,750 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +0.43% | +4.55% |
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 | 85,709 | 74,085 | 167,386 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.83% | 91.81% | 95.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 58,134 | 51,472 | 87,435 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £43,800 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,000 | £52,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +1.92% | +9.47% |
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 July 2024.
Security Engineer
Top 19 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 July 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 |
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| England | -5 | 559 | £62,783 | -10.31% | 158 |
| UK excluding London | -22 | 327 | £55,000 | -4.76% | 135 |
| London | +32 | 263 | £80,000 | - | 42 |
| Work from Home | -26 | 212 | £62,500 | -10.00% | 47 |
| Midlands | -24 | 81 | £59,000 | +24.21% | 31 |
| South East | -6 | 76 | £51,250 | -6.82% | 40 |
| North of England | 0 | 70 | £57,500 | -12.55% | 24 |
| West Midlands | -4 | 59 | £72,500 | +66.67% | 18 |
| North West | -19 | 45 | £55,000 | -15.38% | 14 |
| South West | -9 | 30 | £50,000 | -25.61% | 18 |
| East of England | +4 | 24 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 8 |
| East Midlands | -29 | 22 | £55,000 | +12.82% | 13 |
| Yorkshire | +54 | 19 | £60,000 | -12.43% | 7 |
| Wales | +37 | 17 | £50,000 | - | 7 |
| Scotland | -52 | 16 | £62,500 | -10.00% | 6 |
| Northern Ireland | +24 | 8 | £90,000 | +37.14% | 4 |
| North East | -6 | 6 | £56,546 | +7.71% | 4 |
| Channel Islands | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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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