Security Engineer Jobs in South Yorkshire

Security Engineer
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Security Engineer salary in South Yorkshire is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 59 96
Rank change year-on-year +4 +37 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 11 9 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 1.30% 1.76% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 1.83% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 11 9 3
10th Percentile £35,000 £48,500 £38,100
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +22.45% +8.89%
75th Percentile £62,375 £65,000 £59,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,550 £59,900
Yorkshire median annual salary £48,750 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.10% +8.23% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 799 492 994
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 96.09% 97.83%
Number of salaries quoted 428 407 563
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,375 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,996 £45,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.21% -7.22% -3.00%
75th Percentile £68,113 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £67,500 £82,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in South Yorkshire

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in South Yorkshire

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 19 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in South Yorkshire

Security Engineer
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 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
Sheffield +2 11 £57,500 -4.17% 2
Security Engineer
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 South Yorkshire region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Network Security
2 6 (54.55%) Firewall
3 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (27.27%) Security Posture
4 3 (27.27%) Operational Technology
4 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 3 (27.27%) Palo Alto
4 3 (27.27%) Network Segmentation
4 3 (27.27%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (27.27%) Incident Response
4 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
4 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 3 (27.27%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (27.27%) Fortinet
4 3 (27.27%) SCADA
4 3 (27.27%) Network Management
4 3 (27.27%) SIEM
4 3 (27.27%) VPN
4 3 (27.27%) B2B
4 3 (27.27%) Cisco
4 3 (27.27%) CCNP
4 3 (27.27%) CCNA
4 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (27.27%) CheckPoint
4 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
4 3 (27.27%) CCSA
4 3 (27.27%) Tandem
4 3 (27.27%) CCSE
4 3 (27.27%) Intrusion Detection

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) Network Security
2 6 (54.55%) Firewall
3 3 (27.27%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (27.27%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (27.27%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (27.27%) VPN
General
1 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Operational Technology
1 3 (27.27%) SCADA
1 3 (27.27%) Security Posture
1 3 (27.27%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (27.27%) B2B
2 3 (27.27%) Incident Response
2 3 (27.27%) Network Management
2 3 (27.27%) Network Segmentation
2 3 (27.27%) SIEM
2 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
3 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) CCNA
1 3 (27.27%) CCNP
1 3 (27.27%) CCSA
1 3 (27.27%) CCSE
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) CheckPoint
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco
1 3 (27.27%) Fortinet
1 3 (27.27%) Palo Alto