Security Officer Jobs in Birmingham

Security Officer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Security Officer salary in Birmingham is £33,225 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 146 142 191
Rank change year-on-year -4 +49 -56
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Officer 2 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.073% 0.050% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.054% 0.100%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £30,765 - £45,500
25th Percentile £31,688 - £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,225 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.32%
75th Percentile £34,763 - £62,500
90th Percentile £35,685 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £33,225 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -54.17% +20.83% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,571 1,864 3,002
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 93.48% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,097 1,427 2,322
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,914 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%

Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Officer in Birmingham

Security Officer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Officer in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Security Officer in Birmingham

Security Officer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Security Officer 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 Birmingham region featuring Security Officer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) EDI
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM

Security Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check
35 Security Officer jobs in England