Security Engineer Jobs in the South East

Security Engineer
England > South East

The median Security Engineer salary in the South East is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 288 263 272
Rank change year-on-year -25 +9 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 112 136 228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.66% 0.95% 1.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 1.05% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 66 87 127
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £36,700
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -18.52% +20.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £75,000 £81,875
90th Percentile £63,125 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,861 12,921 19,187
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 90.26% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11,350 8,154 12,404
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,032 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in the South East

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Security Engineer in the South East

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in the South East

Security Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 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
Thames Valley +9 59 £52,500 -25.00% 17
Buckinghamshire +11 37 £45,000 -47.06% 3
Berkshire +9 18 £52,500 -2.04% 13
West Sussex +34 14 £45,000 -14.29% 2
Surrey -5 13 £50,000 -20.00% 8
Hampshire -30 12 £53,750 -17.31% 9
Kent -23 8 £30,000 +5.26% 4
Sussex - 6 £30,000 -
Oxfordshire -6 4 £60,000 -11.11% 1
Security Engineer
England

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, 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 South East region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 47 (41.96%) Degree
2 43 (38.39%) Cybersecurity
3 30 (26.79%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (25.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (22.32%) Mentoring
6 23 (20.54%) Coaching
6 23 (20.54%) Data Engineering
6 23 (20.54%) Analytics
6 23 (20.54%) Data Quality
6 23 (20.54%) Data Modelling
6 23 (20.54%) Red Team
6 23 (20.54%) Data Science
7 19 (16.96%) Network Security
8 14 (12.50%) Security Cleared
8 14 (12.50%) SIEM
9 12 (10.71%) DV Cleared
10 11 (9.82%) Security Operations
10 11 (9.82%) Social Skills
11 10 (8.93%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (8.93%) Firewall
11 10 (8.93%) Python
11 10 (8.93%) Microsoft
11 10 (8.93%) SC Cleared
12 9 (8.04%) Computer Science
12 9 (8.04%) Cisco
13 8 (7.14%) EMC
13 8 (7.14%) TCP/IP
13 8 (7.14%) Cloud Security
14 7 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 7 (6.25%) SSL

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.89%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.25%) AWS
1 7 (6.25%) Azure
2 5 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.68%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (2.68%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.79%) GCP
4 2 (1.79%) Twilio
5 1 (0.89%) GitHub
5 1 (0.89%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 19 (16.96%) Network Security
2 10 (8.93%) Firewall
3 8 (7.14%) TCP/IP
4 7 (6.25%) SSL
5 5 (4.46%) Cisco Firepower
6 4 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.79%) DHCP
7 2 (1.79%) DNS
7 2 (1.79%) VPN
7 2 (1.79%) Wireless
8 1 (0.89%) Internet
8 1 (0.89%) SAN
Development Applications
1 2 (1.79%) Robot Framework
1 2 (1.79%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.89%) MSI
General
1 29 (25.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 11 (9.82%) Social Skills
3 7 (6.25%) Electronics
4 6 (5.36%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.57%) Retail
6 3 (2.68%) Finance
7 1 (0.89%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.36%) PKI
2 4 (3.57%) CCTV
2 4 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.68%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (2.68%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (1.79%) Cyberattack
4 2 (1.79%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.89%) Blockchain
5 1 (0.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (0.89%) Cybercrime
5 1 (0.89%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.89%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.89%) IoT
5 1 (0.89%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.36%) Windows
1 6 (5.36%) Windows Server
2 4 (3.57%) Linux
3 2 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (38.39%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (26.79%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (22.32%) Mentoring
4 23 (20.54%) Analytics
4 23 (20.54%) Coaching
4 23 (20.54%) Data Engineering
4 23 (20.54%) Data Modelling
4 23 (20.54%) Data Science
4 23 (20.54%) Red Team
5 14 (12.50%) SIEM
6 11 (9.82%) Security Operations
7 9 (8.04%) Computer Science
8 8 (7.14%) Cloud Security
9 7 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 6 (5.36%) Information Security
10 6 (5.36%) Project Planning
10 6 (5.36%) Schematic Capture
10 6 (5.36%) Test Automation
10 6 (5.36%) Vulnerability Management
11 5 (4.46%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.93%) Python
2 6 (5.36%) PowerShell
3 5 (4.46%) C
3 5 (4.46%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (3.57%) Bash
5 2 (1.79%) C++
6 1 (0.89%) Rust
Qualifications
1 47 (41.96%) Degree
2 14 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 12 (10.71%) DV Cleared
4 10 (8.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (8.93%) SC Cleared
5 6 (5.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.68%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.79%) CCNA
7 2 (1.79%) CCNP
7 2 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.79%) CISSP
7 2 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.79%) GCIA
7 2 (1.79%) MCP
7 2 (1.79%) MCSA
7 2 (1.79%) SANS
8 1 (0.89%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (20.54%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.68%) NIST
3 2 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.89%) COBIT
System Software
1 6 (5.36%) Active Directory
1 6 (5.36%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (5.36%) Firmware
2 3 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (5.36%) Ansible
1 6 (5.36%) Terraform
2 1 (0.89%) Nessus
2 1 (0.89%) WMI
Vendors
1 10 (8.93%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.04%) Cisco
3 8 (7.14%) EMC
4 5 (4.46%) F5
5 3 (2.68%) Computacenter
5 3 (2.68%) VMware
6 2 (1.79%) Juniper
7 1 (0.89%) AlienVault
7 1 (0.89%) Forcepoint
7 1 (0.89%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.89%) Qualys
7 1 (0.89%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.89%) Varonis