IT Security Engineer Jobs in England

IT Security Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Security Engineer salary in England is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 816 802 1097
Rank change year-on-year -14 +295 -316
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Engineer 49 99 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.054% 0.12% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.13% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 40 89 76
10th Percentile £29,625 £27,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +25.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £85,313 £77,542 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Engineer in England

IT Security Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Security Engineer in England

IT Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Security Engineer in England

IT Security Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
London +113 32 £78,750 -17.11% 3
North of England +26 8 £60,000 -20.59% 1
North West -4 8 £60,000 -20.29% 1
Midlands -14 4 £30,000 -40.00% 1
South East -42 3 £58,750 +92.62% 5
East Midlands - 3 £30,000 - 1
South West -37 2 £41,206 -45.06%
West Midlands -17 1 - -
IT Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, IT 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 England region featuring IT Security Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (46.94%) Azure
2 21 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (38.78%) Security Operations
4 17 (34.69%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (32.65%) Information Security
5 16 (32.65%) Microsoft
6 15 (30.61%) Incident Response
6 15 (30.61%) PowerShell
7 13 (26.53%) Active Directory
7 13 (26.53%) Social Skills
8 12 (24.49%) CISSP
9 11 (22.45%) Windows
9 11 (22.45%) AWS
9 11 (22.45%) Data Loss Prevention
10 10 (20.41%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 10 (20.41%) Degree
10 10 (20.41%) Python
11 9 (18.37%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (18.37%) Banking
11 9 (18.37%) Risk Management
11 9 (18.37%) Finance
11 9 (18.37%) Cyberattack
12 8 (16.33%) SIEM
12 8 (16.33%) Data Security
12 8 (16.33%) Cloud Security
13 7 (14.29%) NIST
13 7 (14.29%) Firewall
13 7 (14.29%) CEH
14 6 (12.24%) GIAC
14 6 (12.24%) ISO/IEC 27001

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

Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (46.94%) Azure
2 17 (34.69%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (22.45%) AWS
4 4 (8.16%) Amazon EC2
4 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (6.12%) GCP
6 2 (4.08%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (4.08%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.29%) Firewall
2 5 (10.20%) Network Security
3 2 (4.08%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (4.08%) LAN
3 2 (4.08%) WAN
3 2 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.04%) Internet
General
1 13 (26.53%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.37%) Banking
2 9 (18.37%) Finance
3 3 (6.12%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (4.08%) Law
4 2 (4.08%) Welsh Language
5 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.37%) Cyberattack
2 5 (10.20%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.16%) Security Posture
4 3 (6.12%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (6.12%) PKI
4 3 (6.12%) Virtual Team
5 2 (4.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (4.08%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (2.04%) Cybercrime
6 1 (2.04%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (22.45%) Windows
2 3 (6.12%) Unix
3 2 (4.08%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.08%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (38.78%) Security Operations
3 16 (32.65%) Information Security
4 15 (30.61%) Incident Response
5 11 (22.45%) Data Loss Prevention
6 10 (20.41%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 9 (18.37%) Risk Management
8 8 (16.33%) Cloud Security
8 8 (16.33%) Data Security
8 8 (16.33%) SIEM
9 6 (12.24%) Data Protection
9 6 (12.24%) Offensive Security
9 6 (12.24%) Task Automation
10 5 (10.20%) Customer Service
10 5 (10.20%) ITIL
10 5 (10.20%) Proactive Management
10 5 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (10.20%) Security Architecture
10 5 (10.20%) Vulnerability Management
11 4 (8.16%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.61%) PowerShell
2 10 (20.41%) Python
3 1 (2.04%) Bash
Qualifications
1 12 (24.49%) CISSP
2 10 (20.41%) Degree
3 9 (18.37%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (14.29%) CEH
5 6 (12.24%) CCNP
5 6 (12.24%) GCIA
5 6 (12.24%) GCIH
5 6 (12.24%) GIAC
5 6 (12.24%) GSEC
6 3 (6.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (6.12%) Azure Certification
6 3 (6.12%) CCSK
6 3 (6.12%) CCSP
6 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
6 3 (6.12%) Security Cleared
7 2 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (4.08%) CASP
7 2 (4.08%) CISA
7 2 (4.08%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (4.08%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.29%) NIST
2 6 (12.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (8.16%) GDPR
4 3 (6.12%) COBIT
4 3 (6.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (6.12%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (2.04%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (26.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.16%) CASB
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.04%) QRadar
Vendors
1 16 (32.65%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.24%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (6.12%) LogRhythm
3 3 (6.12%) Netskope
3 3 (6.12%) Symantec
3 3 (6.12%) Zscaler
4 2 (4.08%) Qualys
4 2 (4.08%) Rapid7
5 1 (2.04%) Cisco
5 1 (2.04%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.04%) Forcepoint
5 1 (2.04%) IBM
5 1 (2.04%) iManage
5 1 (2.04%) Kenna
5 1 (2.04%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.04%) Splunk
5 1 (2.04%) Tripwire
5 1 (2.04%) Varonis