Security Engineer Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Security Engineer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Security Engineer salary in West Yorkshire is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 93 123
Rank change year-on-year -42 +30 +72
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 4 9 27
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.17% 0.75% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.80% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 24
10th Percentile £38,750 - £35,825
25th Percentile £41,750 £51,250 £44,167
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% -7.08% -5.08%
75th Percentile £56,375 £53,750 £62,833
90th Percentile £60,050 £84,500 £67,077
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -20.35% -5.08%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,205 1,126 2,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.39% 94.23% 96.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,387 604 1,938
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,913 £27,675
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,500 £97,528 £84,974
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.90%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Security Engineer job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 6 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in West Yorkshire

Security Engineer
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 6 March 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
Leeds -43 3 £54,250 +3.33% 8
Bradford - 1 £38,500 - 2
Security Engineer
Yorkshire

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 6 March 2026, 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 Yorkshire region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (25.00%) Checkmarx
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (25.00%) Fintech
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) GRC
2 1 (25.00%) HTTP
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) HTTP
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Snyk
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CCTV
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Fintech
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (25.00%) Observability
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Secure Coding
2 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (25.00%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Checkmarx
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Okta
1 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (25.00%) Qualys
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Trend Micro