Security Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Security Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Security Engineer salary in the Midlands is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 253 240 283
Rank change year-on-year -13 +43 -63
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 62 68 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.51% 0.75% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.84% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 47 53 44
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,300 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -14.41% +0.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 11,430 8,135 10,492
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.52% 89.72% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 8,444 4,581 7,045
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,526
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in the Midlands

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in the Midlands

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in the Midlands

Security Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 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
West Midlands +5 45 £57,500 +26.37% 26
East Midlands -15 17 £55,000 +15.79% 13
Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 across the Midlands region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (38.71%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (32.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (27.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 17 (27.42%) NIST
4 13 (20.97%) Incident Response
5 12 (19.35%) Infrastructure as Code
5 12 (19.35%) Python
5 12 (19.35%) Firewall
6 11 (17.74%) Mentoring
6 11 (17.74%) Coaching
6 11 (17.74%) AWS
6 11 (17.74%) Threat Modelling
7 10 (16.13%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (16.13%) Serverless
7 10 (16.13%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 10 (16.13%) Amazon EC2
7 10 (16.13%) Amazon S3
7 10 (16.13%) AWS Certification
7 10 (16.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 10 (16.13%) AWS CloudTrail
7 10 (16.13%) AWS CloudFormation
7 10 (16.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 10 (16.13%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (14.52%) SCADA
8 9 (14.52%) Cloud Security
9 8 (12.90%) Operational Technology
9 8 (12.90%) Microsoft
10 7 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (11.29%) Analytics

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (1.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (17.74%) AWS
2 10 (16.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 10 (16.13%) Amazon EC2
2 10 (16.13%) Amazon GuardDuty
2 10 (16.13%) Amazon S3
2 10 (16.13%) AWS CloudFormation
2 10 (16.13%) AWS CloudTrail
2 10 (16.13%) AWS Lambda
2 10 (16.13%) Serverless
2 10 (16.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 5 (8.06%) Azure
4 3 (4.84%) AWS Control Tower
4 3 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.61%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (19.35%) Firewall
2 2 (3.23%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.23%) Wireshark
3 1 (1.61%) 802.11
3 1 (1.61%) Bluetooth
3 1 (1.61%) Internet
3 1 (1.61%) Network Security
3 1 (1.61%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.13%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Burp Suite
1 3 (4.84%) Metasploit
1 3 (4.84%) sqlmap
2 2 (3.23%) GitLab
3 1 (1.61%) JIRA
General
1 5 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (6.45%) Social Skills
3 3 (4.84%) Retail
4 2 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.23%) Finance
4 2 (3.23%) Legal
4 2 (3.23%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.61%) Automotive
5 1 (1.61%) Cyber-Physical System
5 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.61%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.52%) SCADA
2 8 (12.90%) Operational Technology
3 7 (11.29%) PropTech
4 5 (8.06%) Data Centre
4 5 (8.06%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (8.06%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (3.23%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.61%) CAN bus
6 1 (1.61%) CCTV
6 1 (1.61%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.61%) IoT
6 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.45%) Windows
2 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.71%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (27.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (20.97%) Incident Response
4 12 (19.35%) Infrastructure as Code
5 11 (17.74%) Coaching
5 11 (17.74%) Mentoring
5 11 (17.74%) Threat Modelling
6 9 (14.52%) Cloud Security
7 7 (11.29%) Analytics
7 7 (11.29%) DevSecOps
7 7 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (11.29%) Security Operations
7 7 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (9.68%) DevOps
8 6 (9.68%) Roadmaps
9 5 (8.06%) Network Architecture
9 5 (8.06%) Security Architecture
9 5 (8.06%) SIEM
9 5 (8.06%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.35%) Python
2 3 (4.84%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (16.13%) AWS Certification
2 6 (9.68%) SC Cleared
2 6 (9.68%) Security Cleared
3 5 (8.06%) Degree
4 3 (4.84%) CEH
5 2 (3.23%) CISSP
5 2 (3.23%) GCFA
5 2 (3.23%) GCFE
5 2 (3.23%) GCIH
5 2 (3.23%) GREM
5 2 (3.23%) OSCP
5 2 (3.23%) SANS
6 1 (1.61%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.61%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (1.61%) ECSA
6 1 (1.61%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (32.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (27.42%) NIST
3 5 (8.06%) NIST 800
3 5 (8.06%) SOC 2
4 4 (6.45%) Data Quality
5 3 (4.84%) NCSC
6 1 (1.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.61%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.61%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (1.61%) Firmware
1 1 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.23%) CSIRT
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.23%) SCCM
1 2 (3.23%) Terraform
2 1 (1.61%) CASB
2 1 (1.61%) Nessus
2 1 (1.61%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.23%) Qualys
3 1 (1.61%) EMC
3 1 (1.61%) LogRhythm
3 1 (1.61%) Netskope
3 1 (1.61%) VMware