Senior Security Engineer
UK
The median Senior Security Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 July 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 655 | 719 | 803 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +64 | +84 | +209 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer | 66 | 190 | 126 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.11% | 0.18% | 0.14% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.13% | 0.19% | 0.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 51 | 169 | 108 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,000 | £56,000 | £46,298 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £75,000 | £79,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.67% | -5.66% | +13.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £90,000 | £97,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £100,000 | £101,125 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £62,783 | £68,515 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.40% | -8.37% | +5.41% |
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 | 52,512 | 102,387 | 81,388 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.85% | 94.81% | 91.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28,421 | 72,229 | 54,035 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,000 | £38,750 | £44,250 |
| 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 | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.66% | +4.95% |
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 2 July 2025.
Senior Security Engineer
Top 9 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 2 July 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 | +56 | 66 | £55,000 | -27.87% | 255 |
| UK excluding London | +161 | 44 | £55,000 | -12.40% | 89 |
| North of England | +50 | 24 | £55,000 | -12.40% | 21 |
| North West | +34 | 24 | £55,000 | -12.40% | 18 |
| London | +20 | 21 | £83,750 | -1.47% | 184 |
| South East | +94 | 15 | £52,500 | -12.50% | 26 |
| Work from Home | +46 | 9 | £90,000 | +38.46% | 126 |
| East of England | +36 | 4 | £42,085 | - | 12 |
| South West | +113 | 1 | £77,500 | -3.13% | 11 |
Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 July 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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