Security Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Security Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 215 214
Rank change year-on-year +146 -1 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 153 35 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.43% 0.48% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.83% 0.51% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 17 24 30
10th Percentile £35,430 £35,000 £40,200
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,855 £41,344
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% +16.32% -17.37%
75th Percentile £53,688 £67,500 £61,625
90th Percentile £55,000 £73,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,925 £67,500
% change year-on-year -8.22% -11.22% +1.89%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,992 6,812 5,981
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.37% 94.09% 89.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,797 5,151 3,348
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in the West Midlands

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Security Engineer in the West Midlands

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in the West Midlands

Security Engineer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Warwickshire +45 97 £34,000 -24.44% 9
Birmingham +46 22 £45,000 -25.00% 15
Coventry +18 22 - - 6
Staffordshire +33 8 £53,079 -18.34% 12
Solihull +6 4 £52,500 +50.00% 2
Security Engineer
England

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 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 West Midlands region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 147 (96.08%) Cybersecurity
2 132 (86.27%) Degree
3 126 (82.35%) Risk Management
3 126 (82.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 111 (72.55%) CISSP
5 106 (69.28%) CISM
5 106 (69.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 106 (69.28%) JSP 440
6 105 (68.63%) Information Security
7 103 (67.32%) NIST
8 98 (64.05%) Cyber Resilience
8 98 (64.05%) Project Management
8 98 (64.05%) RMADS
8 98 (64.05%) Security Testing
8 98 (64.05%) CESG Certified Professional
9 29 (18.95%) Computer Science
10 13 (8.50%) Firewall
11 10 (6.54%) GIAC
11 10 (6.54%) SANS
11 10 (6.54%) ISACA
11 10 (6.54%) NCSC
12 9 (5.88%) GRC
12 9 (5.88%) Vulnerability Management
12 9 (5.88%) Azure
12 9 (5.88%) ITIL
12 9 (5.88%) Microsoft
13 8 (5.23%) CISA
13 8 (5.23%) SC Cleared
13 8 (5.23%) Security Cleared
13 8 (5.23%) Problem Management

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.31%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.88%) Azure
2 6 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (1.96%) AWS
3 3 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (1.96%) SaaS
4 2 (1.31%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.65%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.50%) Firewall
2 4 (2.61%) Internet
2 4 (2.61%) VPN
3 3 (1.96%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (1.96%) Network Security
4 2 (1.31%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (1.31%) Wireless
5 1 (0.65%) BGP
5 1 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.65%) LAN
5 1 (0.65%) MPLS
5 1 (0.65%) OSPF
5 1 (0.65%) TACACS
5 1 (0.65%) VLAN
5 1 (0.65%) VoIP
5 1 (0.65%) WAN
General
1 4 (2.61%) Police
2 3 (1.96%) Finance
3 2 (1.31%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (1.31%) Law
3 2 (1.31%) Legal
3 2 (1.31%) Social Skills
4 1 (0.65%) Automotive
4 1 (0.65%) German Language
4 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.61%) PKI
2 3 (1.96%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.31%) CCTV
3 2 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (1.31%) Driving Licence
3 2 (1.31%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (0.65%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (0.65%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.65%) IoT
4 1 (0.65%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.65%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.31%) Windows
1 2 (1.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (96.08%) Cybersecurity
2 126 (82.35%) Risk Management
3 105 (68.63%) Information Security
4 98 (64.05%) Cyber Resilience
4 98 (64.05%) Project Management
4 98 (64.05%) Security Testing
5 29 (18.95%) Computer Science
6 9 (5.88%) ITIL
6 9 (5.88%) Vulnerability Management
7 8 (5.23%) Compliance Management
7 8 (5.23%) Problem Management
8 5 (3.27%) Penetration Testing
8 5 (3.27%) Security Operations
9 4 (2.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (2.61%) Identity Management
9 4 (2.61%) Incident Response
9 4 (2.61%) Security Management
9 4 (2.61%) SIEM
9 4 (2.61%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 3 (1.96%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.31%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 132 (86.27%) Degree
2 126 (82.35%) BPSS Clearance
3 111 (72.55%) CISSP
4 106 (69.28%) CISM
5 98 (64.05%) CESG Certified Professional
6 10 (6.54%) GIAC
6 10 (6.54%) ISACA
6 10 (6.54%) SANS
7 8 (5.23%) CISA
7 8 (5.23%) SC Cleared
7 8 (5.23%) Security Cleared
8 3 (1.96%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.96%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.31%) APMG
9 2 (1.31%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (1.31%) CEH
9 2 (1.31%) Cyber Scheme
10 1 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (69.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 106 (69.28%) JSP 440
2 103 (67.32%) NIST
3 98 (64.05%) RMADS
4 10 (6.54%) NCSC
5 9 (5.88%) GRC
6 4 (2.61%) GDPR
7 2 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.31%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (2.61%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.31%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (4.58%) Nessus
2 3 (1.96%) FortiGate
2 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.27%) Cisco
2 5 (3.27%) Fortinet
2 5 (3.27%) Tenable
3 2 (1.31%) VMware
4 1 (0.65%) Aruba
4 1 (0.65%) CheckPoint
4 1 (0.65%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (0.65%) Juniper
4 1 (0.65%) Meraki
4 1 (0.65%) Palo Alto