Security Engineer Jobs in Warwickshire

Security Engineer
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The median Security Engineer salary in Warwickshire is £34,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 78 118
Rank change year-on-year +54 +40 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 98 9 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Warwickshire 7.87% 0.87% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.39% 0.94% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - £43,000 -
25th Percentile £32,000 £43,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £45,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% - -
75th Percentile £36,000 £46,250 -
90th Percentile - £47,000 -
West Midlands median annual salary £49,000 £57,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year -14.78% +25.00% -19.98%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Warwickshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Warwickshire. 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 Warwickshire with a recognized job title 1,168 955 1,305
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 92.72% 87.23%
Number of salaries quoted 213 522 334
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,208 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £76,125 £75,000
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

Job postings that featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Warwickshire

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Warwickshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in Warwickshire.

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Warwickshire

Security Engineer
Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Rugby +10 28 - -
Leamington Spa -8 24 - -
Nuneaton - 23 £34,000 -
Warwick - 23 - - 6
Security Engineer
West Midlands

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, 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 across the Warwickshire region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 95 (96.94%) Cybersecurity
2 87 (88.78%) BPSS Clearance
2 87 (88.78%) Risk Management
2 87 (88.78%) Degree
3 77 (78.57%) CISSP
4 76 (77.55%) CISM
4 76 (77.55%) JSP 440
5 69 (70.41%) Information Security
6 68 (69.39%) Project Management
6 68 (69.39%) RMADS
6 68 (69.39%) Security Testing
6 68 (69.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 68 (69.39%) CESG Certified Professional
6 68 (69.39%) Cyber Resilience
6 68 (69.39%) NIST
7 19 (19.39%) Computer Science
8 8 (8.16%) Problem Management
8 8 (8.16%) SC Cleared
8 8 (8.16%) Security Cleared
8 8 (8.16%) ITIL
8 8 (8.16%) CISA
8 8 (8.16%) GIAC
8 8 (8.16%) NCSC
8 8 (8.16%) GRC
8 8 (8.16%) SANS
8 8 (8.16%) Compliance Management
8 8 (8.16%) ISACA
9 5 (5.10%) Vulnerability Management
9 5 (5.10%) Tenable
9 5 (5.10%) Nessus

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.06%) Cisco Firepower
1 3 (3.06%) Firewall
1 3 (3.06%) VPN
2 2 (2.04%) Wireless
3 1 (1.02%) Network Security
General
1 2 (2.04%) Finance
1 2 (2.04%) Legal
1 2 (2.04%) Social Skills
2 1 (1.02%) Automotive
2 1 (1.02%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.04%) CCTV
2 1 (1.02%) IoT
2 1 (1.02%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (96.94%) Cybersecurity
2 87 (88.78%) Risk Management
3 69 (70.41%) Information Security
4 68 (69.39%) Cyber Resilience
4 68 (69.39%) Project Management
4 68 (69.39%) Security Testing
5 19 (19.39%) Computer Science
6 8 (8.16%) Compliance Management
6 8 (8.16%) ITIL
6 8 (8.16%) Problem Management
7 5 (5.10%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (3.06%) SIEM
9 2 (2.04%) Data Loss Prevention
9 2 (2.04%) EAM
9 2 (2.04%) Identity Access Management
10 1 (1.02%) Agile
10 1 (1.02%) Cloud Security
10 1 (1.02%) Security Auditing
Qualifications
1 87 (88.78%) BPSS Clearance
1 87 (88.78%) Degree
2 77 (78.57%) CISSP
3 76 (77.55%) CISM
4 68 (69.39%) CESG Certified Professional
5 8 (8.16%) CISA
5 8 (8.16%) GIAC
5 8 (8.16%) ISACA
5 8 (8.16%) SANS
5 8 (8.16%) SC Cleared
5 8 (8.16%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.04%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (77.55%) JSP 440
2 68 (69.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (69.39%) NIST
2 68 (69.39%) RMADS
3 8 (8.16%) GRC
3 8 (8.16%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 5 (5.10%) Nessus
2 3 (3.06%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (5.10%) Tenable
2 3 (3.06%) Cisco
2 3 (3.06%) Fortinet