Senior Security Engineer
UK
The median Senior Security Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 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 | 561 | 747 | 809 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +186 | +62 | +125 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer | 123 | 138 | 178 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.24% | 0.14% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.26% | 0.15% | 0.19% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66 | 122 | 144 |
| 10th Percentile | £51,250 | £56,219 | £52,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £55,000 | £57,597 | £57,180 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £72,500 | £69,447 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.24% | +4.40% | -7.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £90,000 | £90,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £92,500 | £106,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £62,783 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.40% | +0.45% | -13.79% |
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% |
Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Security Engineer.
Senior Security Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Engineer over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
Senior Security Engineer
Top 12 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior 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 | +187 | 123 | £60,000 | -17.24% | 63 |
| UK excluding London | +252 | 93 | £55,000 | -12.40% | 30 |
| Midlands | +103 | 46 | £50,000 | -56.52% | 6 |
| West Midlands | +79 | 30 | £50,000 | -56.52% | 4 |
| London | +52 | 29 | £85,000 | +6.25% | 36 |
| North of England | +83 | 25 | £55,000 | -12.40% | 5 |
| North West | +45 | 25 | £55,000 | -12.40% | 4 |
| South East | +125 | 17 | £61,250 | +2.08% | 9 |
| Work from Home | +117 | 16 | £83,750 | +32.64% | 36 |
| East Midlands | +63 | 16 | - | - | 2 |
| East of England | +60 | 4 | £42,085 | -43.89% | 2 |
| South West | +112 | 1 | £77,500 | +30.20% | 4 |
Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, Senior 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 Senior Security Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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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