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 28 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 597 | 740 | 819 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +143 | +79 | +138 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer | 114 | 170 | 145 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.21% | 0.17% | 0.15% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.23% | 0.18% | 0.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 56 | 155 | 127 |
| 10th Percentile | £51,250 | £56,219 | £50,700 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £57,597 | £60,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.43% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £88,500 | £95,625 |
| 90th Percentile | £94,375 | £101,250 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.33% | -7.69% | -7.14% |
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 | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| 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 | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
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 28 May 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 28 May 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 | +124 | 114 | £55,000 | -24.14% | 101 |
| UK excluding London | +214 | 88 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 44 |
| Midlands | +97 | 44 | - | - | 7 |
| West Midlands | +88 | 28 | - | - | 4 |
| North of England | +36 | 26 | £55,000 | -12.40% | 7 |
| North West | +11 | 26 | £55,000 | -12.40% | 4 |
| London | +53 | 25 | £83,750 | +4.69% | 72 |
| East Midlands | +52 | 16 | - | - | 3 |
| South East | +93 | 13 | £57,500 | -4.17% | 21 |
| Work from Home | +35 | 9 | £90,000 | +43.35% | 59 |
| East of England | +46 | 4 | £42,085 | - | 1 |
| South West | +114 | 1 | £77,500 | +30.20% | 5 |
Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 May 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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