Senior Security Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in the UK excluding London 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 707 697 744
Rank change year-on-year -10 +47 -94
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 68 57 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.092% 0.098% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.11% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 62 49 57
10th Percentile £50,000 £46,238 £45,750
25th Percentile £56,219 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +25.78%
75th Percentile £67,968 £76,316 £75,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £98,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% +12.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 70,239 51,739 70,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 89.07% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 49,597 29,705 42,866
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Security Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Senior Security Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
North of England +50 31 £62,783 -3.78% 5
North West +9 16 £62,783 -3.41% 3
Yorkshire +73 10 £59,763 -12.77% 1
South East -3 10 £60,000 -14.29% 2
Midlands -7 7 £72,500 +57.61% 6
Wales - 6 £50,000 - 1
South West -23 5 £59,526 -4.76% 1
North East - 5 £62,783 - 1
West Midlands +5 4 £85,000 +84.78% 3
Scotland -53 4 £59,526 -31.97%
Northern Ireland - 4 £90,000 -
East Midlands - 3 £40,000 - 3
East of England -4 1 - - 2
Senior Security Engineer
UK

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 33 (48.53%) Azure
1 33 (48.53%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (38.24%) DevOps
2 26 (38.24%) Public Cloud
3 21 (30.88%) Python
4 18 (26.47%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (26.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 17 (25.00%) Cloud Security
5 17 (25.00%) Terraform
5 17 (25.00%) Jenkins
5 17 (25.00%) Finance
6 16 (23.53%) AWS
6 16 (23.53%) Network Security
7 15 (22.06%) Infrastructure as Code
7 15 (22.06%) Roadmaps
8 14 (20.59%) Product Ownership
8 14 (20.59%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (20.59%) CI/CD
8 14 (20.59%) Use Case
8 14 (20.59%) GitHub
8 14 (20.59%) Docker
8 14 (20.59%) PaaS
8 14 (20.59%) GCP
8 14 (20.59%) Kubernetes
8 14 (20.59%) Google
8 14 (20.59%) Agile
8 14 (20.59%) Banking
9 13 (19.12%) Microsoft
10 12 (17.65%) DNS
10 12 (17.65%) CA

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 33 (48.53%) Azure
2 16 (23.53%) AWS
3 14 (20.59%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (20.59%) GCP
3 14 (20.59%) GitHub
3 14 (20.59%) PaaS
4 12 (17.65%) AWS KMS
4 12 (17.65%) Azure Key Vault
4 12 (17.65%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (23.53%) Network Security
2 12 (17.65%) DNS
3 8 (11.76%) Firewall
4 4 (5.88%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.94%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (2.94%) Wireshark
6 1 (1.47%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.47%) WAN
6 1 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 17 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (25.00%) Finance
2 14 (20.59%) Banking
3 12 (17.65%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.41%) Social Skills
5 2 (2.94%) Legal
5 2 (2.94%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.94%) Retail
6 1 (1.47%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.47%) CSS
1 1 (1.47%) Django
1 1 (1.47%) Flask
1 1 (1.47%) HTML
1 1 (1.47%) Jinja
1 1 (1.47%) Pyramid
Miscellaneous
1 26 (38.24%) Public Cloud
2 18 (26.47%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (20.59%) Product Ownership
4 12 (17.65%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (17.65%) PKI
5 4 (5.88%) Cyberattack
6 3 (4.41%) Cloud Native
6 3 (4.41%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (4.41%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.47%) CCTV
8 1 (1.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.47%) Cybercrime
8 1 (1.47%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.47%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.41%) Unix
1 3 (4.41%) Windows
2 2 (2.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (48.53%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (38.24%) DevOps
3 18 (26.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 17 (25.00%) Cloud Security
5 15 (22.06%) Infrastructure as Code
5 15 (22.06%) Roadmaps
6 14 (20.59%) Agile
6 14 (20.59%) CI/CD
6 14 (20.59%) Use Case
7 12 (17.65%) Coaching
7 12 (17.65%) Identity Management
7 12 (17.65%) Key Management
7 12 (17.65%) Mentoring
7 12 (17.65%) Privileged Identity Management
7 12 (17.65%) Secrets Management
8 10 (14.71%) Risk Management
9 9 (13.24%) SIEM
10 5 (7.35%) Application Security
10 5 (7.35%) Information Security
10 5 (7.35%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (30.88%) Python
2 1 (1.47%) C
2 1 (1.47%) C++
2 1 (1.47%) Embedded C
2 1 (1.47%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.47%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (5.88%) CISSP
1 4 (5.88%) SANS
2 2 (2.94%) CCNA
2 2 (2.94%) CCNP
2 2 (2.94%) CEH
2 2 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (2.94%) Degree
2 2 (2.94%) GCFA
2 2 (2.94%) GCFE
2 2 (2.94%) GCIA
2 2 (2.94%) GCIH
2 2 (2.94%) GREM
2 2 (2.94%) OSCP
3 1 (1.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.47%) COBIT
3 1 (1.47%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (20.59%) Docker
2 12 (17.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (25.00%) Terraform
2 14 (20.59%) Kubernetes
3 12 (17.65%) CA Single Sign-On
3 12 (17.65%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.94%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 14 (20.59%) Google
2 13 (19.12%) Microsoft
3 12 (17.65%) CA
3 12 (17.65%) CyberArk
3 12 (17.65%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.47%) Cisco
4 1 (1.47%) Fortinet