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 28 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 290 | 382 | 413 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +92 | +31 | +9 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer | 600 | 715 | 762 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.10% | 0.70% | 0.78% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.21% | 0.74% | 0.85% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 327 | 587 | 585 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,550 | £35,000 | £41,625 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,869 | £42,625 | £51,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £60,000 | £68,515 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | -12.43% | +5.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £80,000 | £87,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £91,100 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.95% | -12.50% | +9.09% |
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 | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
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 28 May 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 28 May 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 | +89 | 567 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 1,518 |
| UK excluding London | +179 | 453 | £53,000 | +0.95% | 1,422 |
| Midlands | +165 | 220 | £49,000 | -14.78% | 263 |
| West Midlands | +141 | 149 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 155 |
| London | -4 | 129 | £75,000 | -6.25% | 285 |
| Work from Home | -30 | 93 | £70,000 | +16.67% | 482 |
| South East | +58 | 88 | £53,000 | +11.58% | 377 |
| North of England | +19 | 84 | £55,000 | +4.76% | 303 |
| East Midlands | +89 | 71 | £44,500 | -19.09% | 96 |
| North West | +14 | 69 | £55,000 | - | 159 |
| South West | +130 | 35 | £51,058 | +11.96% | 187 |
| Scotland | +115 | 14 | £90,000 | +51.19% | 70 |
| Yorkshire | +32 | 10 | £52,500 | +10.53% | 107 |
| East of England | +27 | 10 | £46,250 | -19.57% | 192 |
| North East | +43 | 5 | £57,500 | +16.27% | 37 |
| Wales | +30 | 5 | £54,500 | +34.57% | 49 |
| Northern Ireland | +39 | 1 | - | - | 29 |
Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 May 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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