Senior Security Engineer Job Trends in the West Midlands

Senior Security Engineer
England > West Midlands

As of 14 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Security Engineer salary in the West Midlands.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 189 177
Rank change year-on-year +13 -12 +105
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 2 10 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.038% 0.24% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.26% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -11.98%
75th Percentile - £55,000 £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £82,500 £81,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.23% +16.43% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 4,749 3,866 3,538
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.84% 93.34% 93.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,747 1,842 2,953
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -5.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Senior Security Engineer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Senior Security Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Security Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Senior 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 Senior Security Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Staffordshire -7 2 - -
Senior Security Engineer
England

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Senior Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Domain Models
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Modbus
1 2 (100.00%) Network Design
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Modbus
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
1 2 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Domain Models
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Network Design
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) NIST 800