Senior Security Engineer Jobs

The median annual salary for a Senior Security Engineer was £60,000 in advertised job vacancies during the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Senior Security Engineer UK
Location	3 months to 27 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	787	818	894
Rank change year-on-year	+31	+76
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer	103	114	88
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.12%	0.12%	0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.12%	0.12%	0.083%
Number of salaries quoted	58	92	75
Median salary	£60,000	£55,000	£55,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+9.09%	-0.90%
90% offered a salary of more than	£49,750	£46,000	£46,250
10% offered a salary of more than	£72,500	£72,250	£68,750
UK excluding London median salary	£57,500	£50,750	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+13.30%	-7.72%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles UK
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	85544	95045	105654
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	95.95%	96.52%	96.56%
Number of salaries quoted	69856	80154	87088
Median salary	£46,500	£47,500	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-2.10%	+5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£27,500	£26,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£74,000	£70,000	£72,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+2.40%	+3.75%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised that featured Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Engineer in the UK

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Security Engineer.

Salary trend for Senior Security Engineer in the UK

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Senior Security Engineer over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Engineer in the UK

Senior Security Engineer
Top 30 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 3 months to 27 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+47	101	£60,000	+9.09%	6
South East	+62	48	£56,250	-2.17%	2
London	+23	34	£62,500	+8.69%	2
Berkshire	+37	26	£55,000	-24.13%
Reading	+47	25	£55,000	-26.66%
East of England	+2	15	£72,500	-3.33%
Surrey	+38	10	£58,750	+14.07%
Hertfordshire	-	10	£70,000	-
City of London	+29	6	£66,250	-1.85%	1
Oxfordshire	-	5	£63,000	-	1
Woking	-	5	£62,500	-
Oxford	-	5	£63,000	-	1
Bedfordshire	-	4	-	-
South West	-4	3	£55,000	-	1
Sussex	-	3	£50,000	-
Scotland	-7	2	£52,500	+5.00%	2
Hampshire	-	2	£45,000	-
Portsmouth	-	2	£45,000	-
East Sussex	-	2	£44,000	-	1
Edinburgh	-	2	£52,500	-	2
Kidlington	-	2	£63,000	-
Bedford	-	2	-	-
Bracknell	+24	1	£52,500	-
Midlands	+3	1	£65,000	+18.18%
Gloucestershire	-5	1	£50,000	-17.35%
Cambridge	-15	1	£75,000	-
Cambridgeshire	-21	1	£75,000	-
Bristol	-28	1	-	-
Wiltshire	-	1	£60,000	-
Gloucester	-	1	£50,000	-

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 27 June 2017, Senior Security Engineer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads featuring Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1	149 (79.26%)	Firewall
2	121 (64.36%)	Cisco
3	106 (56.38%)	CheckPoint
4	98 (52.13%)	Network Security
5	87 (46.28%)	Juniper
6	84 (44.68%)	Palo Alto
7	77 (40.96%)	F5
8	67 (35.64%)	TCP/IP
9	66 (35.11%)	Blue Coat
10	65 (34.57%)	Windows
11	54 (28.72%)	VPN
12	53 (28.19%)	Cisco Certification
13	51 (27.13%)	Linux
14	49 (26.06%)	Unix
14	49 (26.06%)	Information Security

15	46 (24.47%)	WAN
15	46 (24.47%)	Security Operations
15	46 (24.47%)	Kalman Filter
16	44 (23.40%)	Mentoring
17	42 (22.34%)	ITIL
18	38 (20.21%)	Risk Management
18	38 (20.21%)	Sourcefire
18	38 (20.21%)	Digital Economy
19	37 (19.68%)	Fortinet
20	33 (17.55%)	SIEM
20	33 (17.55%)	BGP
20	33 (17.55%)	Internet
21	32 (17.02%)	SLA
21	32 (17.02%)	Security Operations Centre
22	31 (16.49%)	LAN

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	9 (4.79%)	Apache
1	9 (4.79%)	IIS
1	9 (4.79%)	Tomcat
1	9 (4.79%)	WebLogic
2	2 (1.06%)	Exchange Server 2013
3	1 (0.53%)	Skype for Business

Applications
1	23 (12.23%)	MS Visio
2	19 (10.11%)	Microsoft Excel
2	19 (10.11%)	Microsoft Office
2	19 (10.11%)	Microsoft PowerPoint

Cloud Services
1	9 (4.79%)	Amazon AWS
2	5 (2.66%)	Akamai
2	5 (2.66%)	Office 365
3	3 (1.60%)	Microsoft Azure
4	1 (0.53%)	Cloud Computing
4	1 (0.53%)	IaaS

Communications & Networking
1	149 (79.26%)	Firewall
2	98 (52.13%)	Network Security
3	67 (35.64%)	TCP/IP
4	54 (28.72%)	VPN
5	46 (24.47%)	WAN
6	33 (17.55%)	BGP
6	33 (17.55%)	Internet
7	31 (16.49%)	LAN
8	30 (15.96%)	Cisco ASA
9	26 (13.83%)	OSPF
10	21 (11.17%)	DNS
11	17 (9.04%)	SSL
12	15 (7.98%)	Cisco IOS
13	13 (6.91%)	HTTP
14	12 (6.38%)	IPsec
14	12 (6.38%)	MPLS
15	11 (5.85%)	Cisco ISE
15	11 (5.85%)	NetScaler
15	11 (5.85%)	SMTP
16	10 (5.32%)	BIG-IP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	3 (1.60%)	SQL Server
2	1 (0.53%)	Blockchain
2	1 (0.53%)	SQL Server 2008

Development Applications
1	1 (0.53%)	Team Foundation Server

General
1	38 (20.21%)	Digital Economy
2	20 (10.64%)	Finance
3	12 (6.38%)	French Language
3	12 (6.38%)	German Language
4	4 (2.13%)	Marketing
5	2 (1.06%)	Advertising
5	2 (1.06%)	Law
6	1 (0.53%)	Financial Institution
6	1 (0.53%)	Telecoms

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	13 (6.91%)	802.1X
2	10 (5.32%)	HTML
3	5 (2.66%)	XML
4	4 (2.13%)	Web Services
5	1 (0.53%)	.NET
5	1 (0.53%)	.NET Framework
5	1 (0.53%)	ActiveX
5	1 (0.53%)	WinForms
5	1 (0.53%)	X-Windows

Miscellaneous
1	32 (17.02%)	Security Operations Centre
2	15 (7.98%)	Data Centre
3	12 (6.38%)	Analytical Skills
4	9 (4.79%)	Computer Science
5	7 (3.72%)	PKI
6	6 (3.19%)	Management Information System
7	5 (2.66%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
8	4 (2.13%)	Distributed Denial-of-Service
9	3 (1.60%)	Data Protection Act
9	3 (1.60%)	Video Conferencing
9	3 (1.60%)	Virtual Team
10	2 (1.06%)	Clustering
10	2 (1.06%)	Enterprise Software
10	2 (1.06%)	Fintech
10	2 (1.06%)	iPad
11	1 (0.53%)	Cyberthreat
11	1 (0.53%)	Hedge funds
11	1 (0.53%)	Mainframe
11	1 (0.53%)	Mobile App
11	1 (0.53%)	RSA SecurID

Operating Systems
1	65 (34.57%)	Windows
2	51 (27.13%)	Linux
3	49 (26.06%)	Unix
4	20 (10.64%)	Windows Server 2008
5	19 (10.11%)	Solaris
5	19 (10.11%)	Windows 2000
5	19 (10.11%)	Windows Server 2003
6	6 (3.19%)	Windows Server
7	3 (1.60%)	Apple iOS
7	3 (1.60%)	Mac OS X
8	2 (1.06%)	CentOS
8	2 (1.06%)	Ubuntu
8	2 (1.06%)	Windows 10
8	2 (1.06%)	Windows 7

Processes & Methodologies
1	49 (26.06%)	Information Security
2	46 (24.47%)	Kalman Filter
2	46 (24.47%)	Security Operations
3	44 (23.40%)	Mentoring
4	42 (22.34%)	ITIL
5	38 (20.21%)	Risk Management
6	33 (17.55%)	SIEM
7	26 (13.83%)	Vulnerability Management
8	24 (12.77%)	Cybersecurity
9	21 (11.17%)	Coaching
10	20 (10.64%)	Identity Management
10	20 (10.64%)	Security Management
11	19 (10.11%)	Content Management
12	17 (9.04%)	Agile Software Development
12	17 (9.04%)	Presales
13	14 (7.45%)	Change Management
13	14 (7.45%)	OWASP
14	13 (6.91%)	Network Management
14	13 (6.91%)	Penetration Testing
15	11 (5.85%)	Security Architecture

Programming Languages
1	5 (2.66%)	PowerShell
1	5 (2.66%)	VB
2	2 (1.06%)	SQL
3	1 (0.53%)	C#
3	1 (0.53%)	Java
3	1 (0.53%)	VB.NET

Qualifications
1	53 (28.19%)	Cisco Certification
2	30 (15.96%)	CCNP
3	27 (14.36%)	CCIE
4	25 (13.30%)	CCSE
5	23 (12.23%)	JNCIS
6	19 (10.11%)	CCIE Service Provider
6	19 (10.11%)	CCSP
7	18 (9.57%)	CISM
7	18 (9.57%)	CISSP
8	15 (7.98%)	Degree
9	8 (4.26%)	CCSA
9	8 (4.26%)	CISA
10	6 (3.19%)	CCDP
10	6 (3.19%)	CEH
10	6 (3.19%)	Computer Science Degree
11	5 (2.66%)	CCNA
12	4 (2.13%)	CCIE Security
13	3 (1.60%)	SANS
14	2 (1.06%)	GIAC
14	2 (1.06%)	Master's Degree

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	32 (17.02%)	SLA
2	12 (6.38%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3	11 (5.85%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	10 (5.32%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
5	3 (1.60%)	PCI DSS
5	3 (1.60%)	PMO
6	1 (0.53%)	HMG Security Policy Framework
6	1 (0.53%)	JSP 440
6	1 (0.53%)	RMADS

System Software
1	19 (10.11%)	ProxySG
2	5 (2.66%)	Active Directory
2	5 (2.66%)	vSphere
3	1 (0.53%)	VMware Infrastructure

Systems Management
1	5 (2.66%)	vCenter Server
1	5 (2.66%)	vMotion
2	3 (1.60%)	FortiGate
2	3 (1.60%)	Nagios
2	3 (1.60%)	SCOM
3	2 (1.06%)	Microsoft Clustering
4	1 (0.53%)	Network Intrusion Detection System
4	1 (0.53%)	RSA enVision

Vendors
1	121 (64.36%)	Cisco
2	106 (56.38%)	CheckPoint
3	87 (46.28%)	Juniper
4	84 (44.68%)	Palo Alto
5	77 (40.96%)	F5
6	66 (35.11%)	Blue Coat
7	38 (20.21%)	Sourcefire
8	37 (19.68%)	Fortinet
9	30 (15.96%)	Microsoft
10	21 (11.17%)	Crossbeam
11	20 (10.64%)	HP
12	19 (10.11%)	Imperva
12	19 (10.11%)	McAfee
12	19 (10.11%)	Proofpoint
12	19 (10.11%)	TippingPoint
13	13 (6.91%)	VMware
14	10 (5.32%)	Citrix
15	9 (4.79%)	Sun
16	7 (3.72%)	Splunk
17	5 (2.66%)	Arista