Senior Security Engineer Jobs in the South East

Senior Security Engineer
England > South East

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in the South East is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 390 387 428
Rank change year-on-year -3 +41 -50
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 10 15 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.057% 0.11% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.12% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9 12 25
10th Percentile - £47,793 £69,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £61,250 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £62,500 £97,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £65,500 £109,875 £96,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% +11.54%

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 16,379 12,711 19,790
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 90.19% 96.36%
Number of salaries quoted 11,667 8,030 12,417
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £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 £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Engineer in the South East

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Engineer in the South East

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Engineer in the South East

Senior 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 Senior Security Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 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 +15 8 £40,000 -42.86% 1
Buckinghamshire - 4 £40,000 -
Berkshire +17 3 £60,000 -36.84% 1
West Sussex +25 1 £65,000 -
Oxfordshire +4 1 £65,000 -7.14%
Hampshire -29 1 £60,000 - 1
Senior Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 South East region featuring Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Network Security
2 4 (40.00%) ITIL
2 4 (40.00%) Firewall
2 4 (40.00%) SIEM
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (30.00%) Security Operations
3 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (30.00%) Information Security
3 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (20.00%) GCIA
4 2 (20.00%) Retail
4 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (20.00%) CCNP
4 2 (20.00%) CCNA
4 2 (20.00%) CISSP
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Application Security
4 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (20.00%) SANS
4 2 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Network Security
2 4 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (10.00%) SD-WAN
4 1 (10.00%) WAN
4 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (20.00%) Retail
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (10.00%) Cybercrime
2 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (40.00%) ITIL
1 4 (40.00%) SIEM
2 3 (30.00%) Information Security
2 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (20.00%) Application Security
3 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Advanced Persistent Threat
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) Ticket Management
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) CCNA
1 2 (20.00%) CCNP
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (20.00%) CISSP
1 2 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) GCIA
1 2 (20.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (10.00%) COBIT
3 1 (10.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco
1 1 (10.00%) Fortinet