Senior Security Engineer
UK
The median Senior Security Engineer salary in the UK is £78,750 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 672 | 755 | 993 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +83 | +238 | -65 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer | 170 | 132 | 283 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.19% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.20% | 0.18% | 0.17% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 148 | 104 | 159 |
| 10th Percentile | £50,000 | £46,000 | £51,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £60,000 | £55,188 | £57,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £78,750 | £78,500 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.32% | +16.30% | -6.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £90,000 | £95,313 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £102,625 | £96,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,783 | £65,507 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.16% | +0.78% | +6.12% |
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% |
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 July 2024.
Senior Security Engineer
Top 16 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 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 | +52 | 141 | £80,000 | +8.42% | 11 |
| London | +92 | 91 | £86,000 | +7.50% | 5 |
| Work from Home | +85 | 74 | £65,000 | -7.14% | 4 |
| UK excluding London | -17 | 56 | £62,783 | -4.16% | 7 |
| North of England | +6 | 18 | £62,783 | -8.37% | 3 |
| Midlands | -18 | 13 | £60,000 | +33.33% | 2 |
| South East | +9 | 10 | £60,000 | -36.84% | 1 |
| North West | -12 | 9 | £62,783 | -28.25% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +57 | 7 | £62,783 | -8.37% | 1 |
| West Midlands | -7 | 7 | £85,000 | +88.89% | |
| East Midlands | - | 6 | £40,000 | - | 2 |
| Wales | - | 6 | £50,000 | - | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 5 | £90,000 | - | |
| South West | -4 | 2 | £75,000 | +7.14% | |
| Scotland | -41 | 2 | £75,000 | -14.29% | |
| North East | - | 2 | £62,783 | - | 1 |
Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 26 July 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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