Senior Security Engineer
UK
The median Senior Security Engineer salary in the UK is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 26 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 757 | 801 | 925 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +44 | +124 | -101 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer | 137 | 192 | 290 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.14% | 0.18% | 0.19% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.15% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 123 | 156 | 131 |
| 10th Percentile | £56,219 | £52,000 | £52,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,597 | £56,219 | £63,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,500 | £68,515 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.82% | -8.65% | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £89,250 | £90,000 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £103,250 | £100,000 | £93,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,783 | £60,000 | £73,750 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.64% | -18.64% | +28.26% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 92,901 | 95,961 | 148,050 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.62% | 91.57% | 96.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,751 | 60,281 | 85,224 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,686 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.19% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,495 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
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 26 April 2024.
Senior 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 Senior Security Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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 | +58 | 124 | £72,500 | +4.40% | 54 |
| Work from Home | +84 | 82 | £63,141 | +1.03% | 32 |
| London | +110 | 79 | £80,000 | -5.88% | 30 |
| UK excluding London | -32 | 50 | £62,783 | +4.64% | 22 |
| North of England | +34 | 27 | £62,783 | +2.50% | 4 |
| North West | +7 | 14 | £62,783 | +4.64% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +81 | 8 | £59,526 | -11.16% | |
| South East | +15 | 5 | £60,000 | -14.29% | 6 |
| North East | - | 5 | £62,783 | - | 1 |
| Midlands | +1 | 4 | £115,000 | +150.00% | 4 |
| South West | -24 | 4 | £59,526 | - | 2 |
| East of England | +26 | 3 | £75,000 | +38.89% | 3 |
| Scotland | -63 | 3 | £59,526 | - | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | £90,000 | - | |
| West Midlands | +19 | 2 | £115,000 | +150.00% | 3 |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Wales | - | 1 | £45,000 | - | 3 |
Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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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