Senior Security Engineer Jobs in England

Senior Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in England is £71,287 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 684 782 923
Rank change year-on-year +98 +141 -113
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 145 144 252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.16% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.18% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 130 127 111
10th Percentile £56,219 £52,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £57,597 £60,000 £63,651
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,287 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.84% -6.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £88,500 £95,625 £82,500
90th Percentile £104,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +12.00%

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 82,670 80,142 132,199
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.50% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 61,486 50,956 74,862
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £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%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Engineer in England

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Engineer in England

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Engineer in England

Senior 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 Senior Security Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 23 May 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 +120 89 £80,000 -5.88% 39
North of England +40 31 £62,783 -4.15% 4
North West +4 16 £62,783 -3.41% 3
Yorkshire +74 10 £59,763 -12.77%
South East +4 9 £50,000 -28.57% 15
Midlands -11 7 £72,500 +57.61% 5
South West -12 5 £59,526 -4.76% 1
North East - 5 £62,783 - 1
West Midlands +3 4 £85,000 +84.78% 2
East Midlands - 3 £40,000 - 3
East of England +8 1 - - 4
Senior Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 81 (55.86%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (55.17%) Azure
3 50 (34.48%) Microsoft
4 41 (28.28%) Cloud Security
5 40 (27.59%) Finance
6 39 (26.90%) AWS
7 38 (26.21%) DevOps
7 38 (26.21%) Python
8 37 (25.52%) CISSP
9 36 (24.83%) Network Security
10 32 (22.07%) Microsoft 365
11 31 (21.38%) SIEM
12 29 (20.00%) Security Operations
12 29 (20.00%) Windows
13 28 (19.31%) Active Directory
13 28 (19.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 27 (18.62%) Incident Response
14 27 (18.62%) Information Security
14 27 (18.62%) PKI
14 27 (18.62%) Public Cloud
15 25 (17.24%) CyberArk
15 25 (17.24%) CI/CD
16 24 (16.55%) Firewall
17 23 (15.86%) GCP
17 23 (15.86%) PowerShell
17 23 (15.86%) PaaS
18 22 (15.17%) Agile
18 22 (15.17%) Roadmaps
19 21 (14.48%) CEH
20 20 (13.79%) Terraform

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (5.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.07%) AutoCAD
3 3 (2.07%) Revit
4 2 (1.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 80 (55.17%) Azure
2 39 (26.90%) AWS
3 32 (22.07%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (15.86%) GCP
4 23 (15.86%) PaaS
5 19 (13.10%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (9.66%) GitHub
7 13 (8.97%) Azure Key Vault
7 13 (8.97%) Entra ID
8 12 (8.28%) AWS KMS
8 12 (8.28%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (8.28%) SaaS
9 7 (4.83%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (4.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 6 (4.14%) IaaS
11 5 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (2.76%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.69%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 36 (24.83%) Network Security
2 24 (16.55%) Firewall
3 16 (11.03%) DNS
3 16 (11.03%) WAN
4 12 (8.28%) LAN
5 11 (7.59%) Cisco ISE
5 11 (7.59%) TCP/IP
6 10 (6.90%) VPN
7 8 (5.52%) BGP
7 8 (5.52%) Wireshark
8 6 (4.14%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (4.14%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (4.14%) DMZ
8 6 (4.14%) MPLS
8 6 (4.14%) Unified Communications
8 6 (4.14%) VLAN
8 6 (4.14%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (2.76%) SD-WAN
9 4 (2.76%) Wireless
9 4 (2.76%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.76%) Power BI
2 1 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.69%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 20 (13.79%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.69%) GitLab
General
1 40 (27.59%) Finance
2 20 (13.79%) Banking
3 17 (11.72%) Social Skills
4 14 (9.66%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.21%) Law
6 8 (5.52%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.76%) Legal
8 3 (2.07%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.38%) Retail
9 2 (1.38%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.69%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.76%) HTML
2 2 (1.38%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.38%) web3js
3 1 (0.69%) JWT
3 1 (0.69%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 27 (18.62%) PKI
1 27 (18.62%) Public Cloud
2 18 (12.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (9.66%) Product Ownership
4 12 (8.28%) Cyberattack
4 12 (8.28%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (6.90%) Security Operations Centre
6 8 (5.52%) Management Information System
7 6 (4.14%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (4.14%) Cybercrime
7 6 (4.14%) Data Centre
8 5 (3.45%) Onboarding
8 5 (3.45%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.76%) Hedge funds
10 3 (2.07%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (2.07%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.38%) Blockchain
11 2 (1.38%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.38%) Operational Technology
11 2 (1.38%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 29 (20.00%) Windows
2 4 (2.76%) Android
2 4 (2.76%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.07%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.38%) Linux
5 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (55.86%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (28.28%) Cloud Security
3 38 (26.21%) DevOps
4 31 (21.38%) SIEM
5 29 (20.00%) Security Operations
6 28 (19.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 27 (18.62%) Incident Response
7 27 (18.62%) Information Security
8 25 (17.24%) CI/CD
9 22 (15.17%) Agile
9 22 (15.17%) Roadmaps
10 20 (13.79%) Secrets Management
11 19 (13.10%) Data Loss Prevention
11 19 (13.10%) Key Management
11 19 (13.10%) Use Case
12 17 (11.72%) Infrastructure as Code
12 17 (11.72%) Vulnerability Management
13 16 (11.03%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 15 (10.34%) Mentoring
14 15 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 38 (26.21%) Python
2 23 (15.86%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.14%) C#
3 6 (4.14%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (2.76%) SQL
5 1 (0.69%) C
5 1 (0.69%) Embedded C
5 1 (0.69%) Go
5 1 (0.69%) Java
5 1 (0.69%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.69%) Lua
5 1 (0.69%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.69%) Ruby
5 1 (0.69%) Rust
Qualifications
1 37 (25.52%) CISSP
2 21 (14.48%) CEH
3 15 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (8.28%) Degree
5 10 (6.90%) CCSP
6 8 (5.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 8 (5.52%) SANS
7 6 (4.14%) CISM
8 4 (2.76%) CRISC
8 4 (2.76%) GIAC
8 4 (2.76%) ISSMP
8 4 (2.76%) SSCP
9 3 (2.07%) Azure Certification
9 3 (2.07%) CCNA
9 3 (2.07%) CCSK
9 3 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.07%) GSEC
9 3 (2.07%) RIBA
10 2 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.38%) GCFE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (6.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 8 (5.52%) NIST
3 5 (3.45%) COBIT
4 4 (2.76%) NCSC
4 4 (2.76%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.69%) GDPR
System Software
1 28 (19.31%) Active Directory
2 16 (11.03%) Docker
3 4 (2.76%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.38%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (13.79%) Terraform
2 18 (12.41%) Kubernetes
3 14 (9.66%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (8.28%) CA Single Sign-On
5 11 (7.59%) Ansible
6 5 (3.45%) CASB
7 4 (2.76%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (2.76%) Nmap
7 4 (2.76%) Stealthwatch
8 2 (1.38%) CSIRT
8 2 (1.38%) Nessus
Vendors
1 50 (34.48%) Microsoft
2 25 (17.24%) CyberArk
3 18 (12.41%) Google
4 13 (8.97%) CA
4 13 (8.97%) Cisco
5 12 (8.28%) ServiceNow
6 10 (6.90%) Splunk
7 9 (6.21%) Qualys
8 8 (5.52%) CheckPoint
8 8 (5.52%) Palo Alto
9 6 (4.14%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (4.14%) SolarWinds
10 5 (3.45%) ArcSight
10 5 (3.45%) Atlassian
10 5 (3.45%) Carbon Black
10 5 (3.45%) McAfee
10 5 (3.45%) Rapid7
11 4 (2.76%) Alibaba
11 4 (2.76%) Thycotic
11 4 (2.76%) VMware