Security Engineer Jobs in England

Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Security Engineer salary in England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 347 407 437
Rank change year-on-year +60 +30 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 656 668 1,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.72% 0.79% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.87% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 534 524 683
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,538 £42,500
25th Percentile £44,063 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £82,068
90th Percentile £91,991 £103,750 £94,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £69,447 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.60% +6.84% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 86,435 76,952 135,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.31% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 63,785 50,234 75,047
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in England

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Security Engineer in England

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in England

Security Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
London +61 283 £80,000 - 120
South East -7 120 £47,500 -13.64% 53
North of England +51 110 £55,000 -15.71% 42
Midlands +3 80 £57,500 +21.05% 34
North West -19 59 £55,000 -15.38% 28
West Midlands -2 57 £65,000 +44.44% 15
Yorkshire +78 41 £50,000 -27.02% 11
East of England -1 26 £57,500 +0.88% 27
South West -41 26 £41,206 -41.13% 22
East Midlands -8 23 £55,000 +15.79% 19
North East -2 10 £49,455 -5.80% 4
Security Engineer
UK

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 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 across the England region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 294 (44.82%) Cybersecurity
2 202 (30.79%) Azure
3 145 (22.10%) Microsoft
4 132 (20.12%) Finance
5 131 (19.97%) Python
6 127 (19.36%) AWS
7 124 (18.90%) Firewall
8 122 (18.60%) Network Security
8 122 (18.60%) Cloud Security
9 117 (17.84%) SIEM
10 109 (16.62%) CISSP
11 100 (15.24%) Degree
12 99 (15.09%) Information Security
13 98 (14.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 94 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
14 94 (14.33%) Security Operations
14 94 (14.33%) PowerShell
15 87 (13.26%) Microsoft 365
16 86 (13.11%) Incident Response
17 82 (12.50%) NIST
18 78 (11.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
19 77 (11.74%) DevOps
20 74 (11.28%) Windows
21 72 (10.98%) Social Skills
22 71 (10.82%) Vulnerability Management
23 66 (10.06%) Cisco
23 66 (10.06%) Mentoring
24 63 (9.60%) Coaching
25 55 (8.38%) Cisco Certification
26 53 (8.08%) CEH

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.46%) Confluence
2 3 (0.46%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.30%) Apache
3 2 (0.30%) nginx
4 1 (0.15%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 12 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.61%) AutoCAD
3 4 (0.61%) Revit
4 2 (0.30%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.76%) C-CURE
2 2 (0.30%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 202 (30.79%) Azure
2 127 (19.36%) AWS
3 87 (13.26%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (7.01%) GCP
5 37 (5.64%) SaaS
6 30 (4.57%) Cloud Computing
7 29 (4.42%) Azure Sentinel
8 26 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (3.81%) PaaS
10 24 (3.66%) Entra ID
11 21 (3.20%) Microsoft Purview
12 19 (2.90%) Amazon EC2
12 19 (2.90%) Amazon S3
13 16 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
14 15 (2.29%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 15 (2.29%) AWS CloudTrail
14 15 (2.29%) Serverless
14 15 (2.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 14 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
15 14 (2.13%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 124 (18.90%) Firewall
2 122 (18.60%) Network Security
3 46 (7.01%) LAN
4 42 (6.40%) WAN
5 32 (4.88%) TCP/IP
6 28 (4.27%) VPN
7 24 (3.66%) DNS
8 22 (3.35%) Wireless
9 19 (2.90%) Cisco Firepower
9 19 (2.90%) Wireshark
10 16 (2.44%) SD-WAN
11 15 (2.29%) BGP
12 12 (1.83%) SSL
12 12 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (1.68%) Cisco Nexus
13 11 (1.68%) VLAN
14 10 (1.52%) Cisco ISE
14 10 (1.52%) NGFW
15 9 (1.37%) Cisco Wireless
15 9 (1.37%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (1.22%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.07%) Power BI
4 5 (0.76%) BigQuery
4 5 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.76%) Hadoop
4 5 (0.76%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.15%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 28 (4.27%) Jenkins
2 13 (1.98%) GitLab
3 6 (0.91%) Burp Suite
4 5 (0.76%) JIRA
5 3 (0.46%) Git
5 3 (0.46%) Metasploit
5 3 (0.46%) sqlmap
6 2 (0.30%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.30%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.30%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.15%) MSI
General
1 132 (20.12%) Finance
2 72 (10.98%) Social Skills
3 48 (7.32%) Banking
4 45 (6.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (3.20%) Law
6 19 (2.90%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (2.59%) Public Sector
8 14 (2.13%) Electronics
9 12 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (1.83%) Manufacturing
9 12 (1.83%) Retail
10 9 (1.37%) Health Technology
10 9 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.37%) Tech for Good
11 8 (1.22%) Legal
12 7 (1.07%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.07%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.76%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.76%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.37%) 802.1X
2 5 (0.76%) Kafka
2 5 (0.76%) web3js
2 5 (0.76%) XMPP
3 4 (0.61%) Fluent Bit
3 4 (0.61%) HTML
4 3 (0.46%) JSON
4 3 (0.46%) OAuth
5 2 (0.30%) CSS
5 2 (0.30%) JSON Schema
5 2 (0.30%) KML
5 2 (0.30%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.30%) OpenID
5 2 (0.30%) Regular Expression
5 2 (0.30%) XML
5 2 (0.30%) XML Schema
6 1 (0.15%) .NET
6 1 (0.15%) RESTful
6 1 (0.15%) SAML
6 1 (0.15%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (6.40%) Management Information System
2 41 (6.25%) PKI
3 35 (5.34%) CCTV
4 32 (4.88%) Data Centre
4 32 (4.88%) Security Operations Centre
5 28 (4.27%) Public Cloud
6 24 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
6 24 (3.66%) Private Cloud
7 18 (2.74%) Security Posture
8 17 (2.59%) Operational Technology
9 16 (2.44%) Cyberattack
10 15 (2.29%) Cyber Threat
11 13 (1.98%) Product Ownership
11 13 (1.98%) PropTech
12 12 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.83%) SCADA
13 11 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (1.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 9 (1.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 9 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 74 (11.28%) Windows
2 30 (4.57%) Linux
3 19 (2.90%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.29%) Android
4 15 (2.29%) Apple iOS
5 12 (1.83%) Unix
6 6 (0.91%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.61%) CentOS
7 4 (0.61%) Solaris
7 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.61%) zOS
8 2 (0.30%) Debian
8 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (44.82%) Cybersecurity
2 122 (18.60%) Cloud Security
3 117 (17.84%) SIEM
4 99 (15.09%) Information Security
5 98 (14.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 94 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
6 94 (14.33%) Security Operations
7 86 (13.11%) Incident Response
8 77 (11.74%) DevOps
9 71 (10.82%) Vulnerability Management
10 66 (10.06%) Mentoring
11 63 (9.60%) Coaching
12 50 (7.62%) Agile
13 49 (7.47%) Data Loss Prevention
14 47 (7.16%) Infrastructure as Code
15 46 (7.01%) ITIL
16 42 (6.40%) Analytics
16 42 (6.40%) DevSecOps
17 40 (6.10%) Data Modelling
18 39 (5.95%) Cryptography
Programming Languages
1 131 (19.97%) Python
2 94 (14.33%) PowerShell
3 26 (3.96%) Bash
4 21 (3.20%) Kusto Query Language
5 13 (1.98%) SQL
6 11 (1.68%) Java
7 9 (1.37%) C
8 8 (1.22%) C++
9 6 (0.91%) C#
9 6 (0.91%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.30%) Go
11 1 (0.15%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.15%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.15%) Rust
11 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 109 (16.62%) CISSP
2 100 (15.24%) Degree
3 55 (8.38%) Cisco Certification
4 53 (8.08%) CEH
5 44 (6.71%) Security Cleared
6 36 (5.49%) CISM
7 35 (5.34%) SC Cleared
8 25 (3.81%) CCNP
9 24 (3.66%) CCNA
10 23 (3.51%) CCSP
11 22 (3.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 20 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
12 20 (3.05%) GIAC
13 19 (2.90%) SANS
14 17 (2.59%) DV Cleared
15 15 (2.29%) AWS Certification
16 14 (2.13%) SSCP
17 13 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
18 12 (1.83%) CISA
19 10 (1.52%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (12.50%) NIST
2 78 (11.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (4.88%) Data Quality
4 27 (4.12%) PCI DSS
5 16 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 11 (1.68%) COBIT
7 11 (1.68%) GDPR
8 9 (1.37%) NCSC
9 8 (1.22%) NIST 800
9 8 (1.22%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.61%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.46%) QA
13 1 (0.15%) GRC
System Software
1 43 (6.55%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.59%) Docker
3 14 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.07%) Embedded Firmware
6 7 (1.07%) Firmware
7 5 (0.76%) vSphere
8 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 47 (7.16%) Terraform
2 34 (5.18%) Ansible
3 28 (4.27%) Kubernetes
4 26 (3.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (3.51%) CASB
6 19 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (2.13%) Nmap
8 12 (1.83%) CA Single Sign-On
9 9 (1.37%) logstash
9 9 (1.37%) QRadar
10 5 (0.76%) Nessus
11 4 (0.61%) DatAdvantage
11 4 (0.61%) Fluentd
11 4 (0.61%) vRealize
11 4 (0.61%) vRealize Orchestrator
12 3 (0.46%) Cisco CUCM
12 3 (0.46%) Stealthwatch
13 2 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.30%) CSIRT
13 2 (0.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 145 (22.10%) Microsoft
2 66 (10.06%) Cisco
3 43 (6.55%) Splunk
4 35 (5.34%) CyberArk
5 32 (4.88%) Qualys
6 31 (4.73%) Palo Alto
7 27 (4.12%) Rapid7
8 23 (3.51%) Google
9 20 (3.05%) CheckPoint
9 20 (3.05%) ServiceNow
10 19 (2.90%) VMware
11 18 (2.74%) ArcSight
11 18 (2.74%) Carbon Black
12 15 (2.29%) CA
12 15 (2.29%) F5
13 14 (2.13%) Atlassian
13 14 (2.13%) Thycotic
14 13 (1.98%) McAfee
15 12 (1.83%) Fortinet
16 10 (1.52%) CrowdStrike