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 9 June 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 9 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 373 | 435 | 432 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +62 | -3 | -31 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer | 755 | 681 | 1,461 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.70% | 0.73% | 0.85% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.73% | 0.80% | 0.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 614 | 564 | 820 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £41,250 | £42,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £51,250 | £51,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £69,447 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.60% | +6.84% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £81,250 | £87,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £101,750 | £92,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £57,750 | £57,483 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +0.46% | +4.51% |
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 | 102,753 | 84,908 | 164,946 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.75% | 91.21% | 95.96% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 72,538 | 55,143 | 85,388 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,524 | £45,000 | £42,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,500 | £50,296 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +6.37% | +5.89% |
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 9 June 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 9 June 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 | +49 | 666 | £60,000 | -14.29% | 325 |
| UK excluding London | +10 | 422 | £52,500 | -9.09% | 231 |
| London | +44 | 285 | £80,000 | - | 106 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 258 | £60,000 | -11.11% | 127 |
| South East | +23 | 124 | £47,500 | -13.64% | 57 |
| North of England | +44 | 107 | £55,000 | -16.67% | 54 |
| Midlands | -14 | 86 | £57,500 | +22.99% | 50 |
| West Midlands | 0 | 61 | £65,000 | +49.86% | 19 |
| North West | -11 | 60 | £55,000 | -15.38% | 29 |
| Yorkshire | +77 | 37 | £38,500 | -43.81% | 23 |
| South West | -40 | 27 | £38,103 | -41.38% | 28 |
| East of England | -7 | 26 | £57,500 | +0.88% | 27 |
| East Midlands | -25 | 25 | £54,250 | +14.21% | 31 |
| Wales | +27 | 22 | £40,500 | -19.00% | 7 |
| Scotland | -71 | 19 | £60,000 | -13.60% | 12 |
| North East | -6 | 10 | £49,455 | -5.80% | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | +22 | 6 | £90,000 | +60.00% | 4 |
| Channel Islands | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | - | - |
Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 June 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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