Security Specialist Jobs in Cheshire

Security Specialist
North West > Cheshire

The median Security Specialist salary in Cheshire is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 - 108
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.20% - 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £62,500
75th Percentile £47,500 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £56,250 £66,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -14.77% -26.67% +53.02%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,480 834 986
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.92% 89.29% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,113 483 532
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,420 £24,050
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,625 £58,188
90th Percentile £71,915 £88,750 £72,375
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Cheshire

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Security Specialist in Cheshire

Security Specialist
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Warrington - 3 £45,000 -
Security Specialist
North West

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 3 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 Cheshire region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) Legal
2 2 (66.67%) ISMS
2 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) TickIT
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) Data Security
2 2 (66.67%) Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Register
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity
2 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (66.67%) Data Security
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) ISMS
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Register
2 2 (66.67%) Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) TickIT