Security Engineer
UK
The median Security Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 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 | |
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| Rank | 383 | 404 | 426 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +21 | +22 | -38 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer | 675 | 788 | 1,376 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.68% | 0.79% | 0.86% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.71% | 0.87% | 0.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 552 | 598 | 807 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £41,625 | £42,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £51,563 | £48,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £68,515 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.43% | +5.41% | +8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £85,000 | £81,125 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,900 | £100,000 | £91,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £58,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.48% | +5.45% | +1.85% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 94,483 | 90,798 | 154,064 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.68% | 91.49% | 96.09% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67,539 | 57,358 | 84,412 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,526 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,000 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +6.00% | +5.26% |
Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Security Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer.
Security Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.
Security Engineer
Top 19 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the UK 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 |
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| England | +18 | 592 | £60,000 | -14.29% | 285 |
| UK excluding London | -14 | 372 | £52,500 | -9.48% | 195 |
| London | +49 | 264 | £80,000 | +3.23% | 105 |
| Work from Home | -28 | 249 | £59,526 | -8.42% | 129 |
| South East | -25 | 112 | £47,500 | -13.64% | 57 |
| North of England | +48 | 100 | £52,500 | -19.23% | 37 |
| Midlands | -17 | 59 | £57,500 | +21.05% | 32 |
| North West | -21 | 53 | £55,000 | -15.38% | 25 |
| West Midlands | +3 | 43 | £57,500 | +26.37% | 19 |
| Yorkshire | +83 | 38 | £41,750 | -39.06% | 7 |
| East of England | +15 | 26 | £57,500 | +5.50% | 31 |
| Scotland | -54 | 25 | £57,263 | -12.87% | 8 |
| South West | -34 | 22 | £41,206 | -41.13% | 30 |
| Wales | +26 | 20 | £40,500 | -19.00% | 8 |
| East Midlands | -8 | 16 | £55,000 | +15.79% | 13 |
| North East | - | 9 | £62,783 | - | 5 |
| Northern Ireland | +26 | 4 | £90,000 | +71.43% | 3 |
| Channel Islands | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
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 featuring Security Engineer in the job title.
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Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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