Security Specialist Jobs in Bristol

Security Specialist
South West > Bristol

The median Security Specialist salary in Bristol is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 148 165 146
Rank change year-on-year +17 -19 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 9 4 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.29% 0.15% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.16% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 33
10th Percentile £45,500 - £31,250
25th Percentile £57,500 - £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £125,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -52.00% +38.89% +44.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £60,000 £125,000 £69,000
% change year-on-year -52.00% +81.16% +10.40%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 3,007 2,455 3,223
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.03% 92.75% 97.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,247 1,540 2,218
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,810 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% +8.85% +13.48%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,776 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Bristol

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in Bristol.

Salary trend for Security Specialist in Bristol

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in Bristol over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Specialist in Bristol

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Security Specialist 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 Bristol region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (88.89%) NIST
3 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (44.44%) Serverless
4 4 (44.44%) Workshop Facilitation
4 4 (44.44%) DevSecOps
4 4 (44.44%) OSCP
4 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (44.44%) AWS Certification
4 4 (44.44%) Threat Modelling
4 4 (44.44%) Internal Audit
4 4 (44.44%) Remediation Plan
4 4 (44.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (44.44%) CISSP
4 4 (44.44%) Information Security
4 4 (44.44%) GSEC
4 4 (44.44%) Agile
4 4 (44.44%) Retail
4 4 (44.44%) CEH
4 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (44.44%) OWASP
4 4 (44.44%) Azure
4 4 (44.44%) AWS
4 4 (44.44%) Digital Engineering
4 4 (44.44%) Static Application Security Testing
4 4 (44.44%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 4 (44.44%) Interactive Application Security Testing
4 4 (44.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 4 (44.44%) Customer Service

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 4 (44.44%) AWS
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
1 4 (44.44%) Serverless
General
1 9 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Cloud Security
2 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
2 4 (44.44%) DevSecOps
2 4 (44.44%) Digital Engineering
2 4 (44.44%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 4 (44.44%) Information Security
2 4 (44.44%) Interactive Application Security Testing
2 4 (44.44%) Internal Audit
2 4 (44.44%) OWASP
2 4 (44.44%) Remediation Plan
2 4 (44.44%) Static Application Security Testing
2 4 (44.44%) Threat Modelling
2 4 (44.44%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Response
3 1 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) AWS Certification
1 4 (44.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 4 (44.44%) CEH
1 4 (44.44%) CISSP
1 4 (44.44%) GSEC
1 4 (44.44%) OSCP
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (88.89%) NIST
2 4 (44.44%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001