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 1 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 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 724 | 816 | 970 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +92 | +154 | -117 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer | 185 | 131 | 293 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.18% | 0.14% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.19% | 0.15% | 0.18% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 169 | 116 | 135 |
| 10th Percentile | £56,219 | £49,149 | £52,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,597 | £59,688 | £58,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,500 | £77,250 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.15% | +10.36% | +12.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £90,000 | £97,500 | £80,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,250 | £101,875 | £91,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,783 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.41% | - | +16.79% |
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 | 99,552 | 86,380 | 162,088 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.85% | 91.27% | 96.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 70,786 | 55,655 | 84,889 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,625 |
| 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 | £50,244 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +6.48% | +5.78% |
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 1 June 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 1 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 | +66 | 159 | £72,500 | -3.33% | 48 |
| London | +128 | 93 | £80,000 | -5.88% | 32 |
| Work from Home | +93 | 91 | £62,783 | -10.31% | 38 |
| UK excluding London | -5 | 78 | £62,783 | -3.41% | 19 |
| North of England | +41 | 33 | £62,783 | -3.41% | 5 |
| North West | +2 | 17 | £62,783 | +4.64% | 3 |
| Midlands | -10 | 12 | £60,000 | +30.43% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | +60 | 11 | £60,000 | -10.46% | 1 |
| South East | -8 | 11 | £60,000 | -27.27% | 1 |
| Wales | - | 7 | £50,000 | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | -17 | 6 | £85,000 | +84.78% | 3 |
| East Midlands | - | 6 | £40,000 | - | 5 |
| South West | -23 | 5 | £60,000 | -4.00% | 2 |
| North East | - | 5 | £62,783 | - | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 5 | £90,000 | - | |
| Scotland | -62 | 4 | £59,763 | -31.70% | |
| East of England | -1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 June 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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