Security Engineer Jobs in Berkshire

Security Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Security Engineer salary in Berkshire is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 November 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 135 190
Rank change year-on-year +19 +55 -21
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 16 20 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.73% 0.92% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.98% 0.096%
Number of salaries quoted 15 19 0
10th Percentile £44,000 - -
25th Percentile £48,125 £32,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £37,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% - -
75th Percentile £58,125 £47,500 -
90th Percentile £63,250 £57,500 -
South East median annual salary £53,050 £50,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +6.10% -20.00% +5.93%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 2,059 2,048 3,110
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 94.20% 93.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,098 1,206 1,990
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,868 £30,000
25th Percentile £46,063 £38,130 £42,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.09% -5.22% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £73,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £53,760 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.31% -2.25% +4.76%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Berkshire

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Berkshire

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 15 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in Berkshire

Security Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Bracknell -3 10 £51,250 +13.89%
Reading +22 5 £60,000 - 6
Security Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 15 November 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 Berkshire region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 9 (56.25%) Cisco
2 9 (56.25%) Firewall
2 9 (56.25%) Network Security
3 6 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (31.25%) F5
4 5 (31.25%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (31.25%) Windows Server
4 5 (31.25%) SANS
4 5 (31.25%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (31.25%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (31.25%) Application Security
4 5 (31.25%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (31.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (31.25%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
4 5 (31.25%) DV Cleared
4 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
4 5 (31.25%) SSL
4 5 (31.25%) Azure
4 5 (31.25%) Management Information System
4 5 (31.25%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (31.25%) CCNP
4 5 (31.25%) CCNA
4 5 (31.25%) ITIL
4 5 (31.25%) Windows
4 5 (31.25%) CISSP
4 5 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (31.25%) VMware
4 5 (31.25%) Information Security

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

Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (56.25%) Firewall
1 9 (56.25%) Network Security
2 5 (31.25%) Cisco Firepower
2 5 (31.25%) SSL
3 4 (25.00%) DHCP
3 4 (25.00%) DNS
3 4 (25.00%) LAN
3 4 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 4 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Retail
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) CCTV
2 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
1 5 (31.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (31.25%) Application Security
2 5 (31.25%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (31.25%) Information Security
2 5 (31.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (31.25%) ITIL
2 5 (31.25%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (31.25%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (25.00%) Change Control
3 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 4 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 4 (25.00%) SIEM
4 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) CCNA
1 5 (31.25%) CCNP
1 5 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (31.25%) CISSP
1 5 (31.25%) CompTIA Security+
1 5 (31.25%) DV Cleared
1 5 (31.25%) GCIA
1 5 (31.25%) SANS
1 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (18.75%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) vCenter Server
1 4 (25.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Cisco
2 5 (31.25%) F5
2 5 (31.25%) VMware
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft