Security Engineer Jobs in Wiltshire

Security Engineer
South West > Wiltshire

The median Security Engineer salary in Wiltshire is £51,058 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 94 77
Rank change year-on-year +49 -17 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 9 2 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wiltshire 2.41% 0.16% 1.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.57% 0.16% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 13
10th Percentile £30,000 - £51,400
25th Percentile £46,250 - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £30,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +70.19% -60.00% +21.95%
75th Percentile £53,951 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £51,058 £41,206 £70,000
% change year-on-year +23.91% -41.13% +40.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 350 1,221 889
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 95.39% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 269 896 551
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,029 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £61,875
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £75,000
South West 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 Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Wiltshire

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Wiltshire

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Wiltshire

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Wiltshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in Wiltshire

Security Engineer
Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Swindon +32 8 £51,058 +70.19% 3
Chippenham - 1 £47,500 -
Security Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 Wiltshire region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Information Security
1 6 (66.67%) Retail
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) AWS
1 6 (66.67%) Security Operations
1 6 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 6 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 5 (55.56%) VPN
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 4 (44.44%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (44.44%) Threat Detection
3 4 (44.44%) Data Loss Prevention
3 4 (44.44%) API Integration
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Purview
3 4 (44.44%) Data Collection
4 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 3 (33.33%) CISSP
4 3 (33.33%) CISM
5 2 (22.22%) Windows
5 2 (22.22%) Linux
5 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (22.22%) Azure
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 2 (22.22%) CCTV
5 2 (22.22%) Docker
5 2 (22.22%) Microservices
5 2 (22.22%) AWS Certification
5 2 (22.22%) Kubernetes

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

Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) AWS
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (22.22%) Amazon ECS
3 2 (22.22%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) VPN
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
General
1 6 (66.67%) Retail
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 4 (44.44%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (22.22%) CCTV
3 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 6 (66.67%) Information Security
1 6 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 4 (44.44%) API Integration
2 4 (44.44%) Data Collection
2 4 (44.44%) Data Loss Prevention
2 4 (44.44%) Threat Detection
3 2 (22.22%) Blue Team
3 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
3 2 (22.22%) Containerisation
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
3 2 (22.22%) DevSecOps
3 2 (22.22%) Forensic Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Microservices
3 2 (22.22%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) CISM
2 3 (33.33%) CISSP
3 2 (22.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (22.22%) AWS Certification
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (22.22%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) CISA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
2 1 (11.11%) Palo Alto
2 1 (11.11%) Sophos