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 leading to 12 June 2024.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 714 | 791 | 967 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +77 | +176 | -80 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer | 191 | 128 | 297 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.17% | 0.14% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.18% | 0.15% | 0.18% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 172 | 112 | 137 |
| 10th Percentile | £56,219 | £46,868 | £52,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £60,000 | £59,688 | £57,500 |
| 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 | £100,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £103,375 | £91,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,783 | £65,250 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.78% | +0.38% | +16.79% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 104,121 | 84,323 | 165,675 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.77% | 91.19% | 95.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 73,469 | 54,972 | 85,174 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,603 | £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 | £53,519 | £50,296 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.58% | +6.41% | +5.89% |
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 12 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 12 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 | +68 | 163 | £72,970 | +0.65% | 43 |
| London | +116 | 97 | £80,000 | -5.88% | 27 |
| Work from Home | +77 | 89 | £64,250 | -17.10% | 21 |
| UK excluding London | -30 | 75 | £62,783 | -3.78% | 20 |
| North of England | +14 | 29 | £62,783 | -6.30% | 3 |
| North West | -19 | 16 | £62,783 | -17.66% | 3 |
| Midlands | -31 | 16 | £60,000 | +31.87% | 8 |
| South East | -29 | 11 | £60,000 | -27.27% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +60 | 8 | £62,783 | -6.30% | |
| West Midlands | -12 | 8 | £85,000 | +86.81% | 5 |
| East Midlands | - | 8 | £40,000 | - | 3 |
| Wales | - | 6 | £50,000 | - | 1 |
| North East | - | 5 | £62,783 | - | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 5 | £90,000 | - | |
| South West | -38 | 4 | £70,000 | +12.00% | 4 |
| Scotland | -65 | 3 | £60,000 | -31.43% | |
| East of England | -10 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 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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