Senior Security Engineer
UK
The median Senior Security Engineer salary in the UK is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 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 15 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 749 | 825 | 971 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +76 | +146 | -116 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer | 146 | 152 | 262 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.15% | 0.15% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.16% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 130 | 132 | 125 |
| 10th Percentile | £56,219 | £52,000 | £56,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,597 | £60,000 | £62,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,500 | £70,000 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.57% | -6.67% | +22.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £90,000 | £95,000 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £104,000 | £100,000 | £93,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,783 | £65,000 | £72,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.41% | -10.34% | +30.27% |
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 | 93,908 | 91,208 | 153,609 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.68% | 91.47% | 96.09% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67,161 | 57,434 | 84,375 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,521 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £80,500 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,950 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,000 | £50,173 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +5.64% | +5.63% |
Senior Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Security Engineer.
Senior Security Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Engineer over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.
Senior Security Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 15 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 | +50 | 130 | £72,500 | +3.57% | 48 |
| London | +118 | 85 | £80,000 | -5.88% | 24 |
| Work from Home | +85 | 82 | £63,500 | -8.31% | 33 |
| UK excluding London | -41 | 51 | £62,783 | -3.41% | 27 |
| North of England | +39 | 27 | £62,783 | -3.78% | 7 |
| North West | +7 | 14 | £62,783 | +4.64% | 6 |
| Yorkshire | +79 | 8 | £59,526 | -13.12% | |
| South East | -7 | 6 | £60,000 | -14.29% | 6 |
| North East | - | 5 | £62,783 | - | 1 |
| Midlands | -11 | 4 | £115,000 | +150.00% | 5 |
| South West | -23 | 4 | £59,526 | -4.76% | 2 |
| Scotland | -52 | 3 | £59,526 | -31.97% | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | £90,000 | - | |
| Wales | - | 3 | £50,000 | - | 6 |
| West Midlands | +10 | 2 | £115,000 | +150.00% | 3 |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| East of England | +4 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 15 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 featuring Senior Security Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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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