Infrastructure Security Specialist Jobs in England

Infrastructure Security Specialist
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Security Specialist salary in England is £50,475 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 804 - 1126
Rank change year-on-year - - -283
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Specialist 10 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.012% - 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% - 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 4
10th Percentile £47,417 - £44,750
25th Percentile £47,500 - £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,475 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £54,175 - £81,875
90th Percentile £65,625 - £98,750
UK median annual salary £50,475 - £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 79,522 86,974 124,954
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.61% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 59,823 54,838 76,240
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,386
25th Percentile £38,087 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Infrastructure Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Security Specialist in England

Infrastructure Security Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Security Specialist in England

Infrastructure Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Security Specialist in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Security Specialist in England

Infrastructure Security Specialist
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Security Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
North of England - 6 £50,000 - 1
North West - 4 £50,000 -
London - 3 £50,950 -
South West - 3 £50,950 -
Yorkshire - 2 £63,750 - 1
South East - 1 £48,000 -
Infrastructure Security Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Infrastructure 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 England region featuring Infrastructure Security Specialist in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (60.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 6 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (60.00%) Linux
3 6 (60.00%) Azure
4 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (50.00%) VMware
4 5 (50.00%) Windows Server
4 5 (50.00%) Mentoring
5 4 (40.00%) Cisco
5 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (30.00%) Network Security
6 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (30.00%) AWS
6 3 (30.00%) Agile
6 3 (30.00%) Retail
6 3 (30.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (30.00%) Ubuntu
6 3 (30.00%) Terminal Services
6 3 (30.00%) Mainframe
6 3 (30.00%) Firewall
6 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
6 3 (30.00%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (30.00%) Coaching
6 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (30.00%) Windows 10

Infrastructure Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (60.00%) Azure
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (30.00%) AWS
3 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (20.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (10.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Firewall
1 3 (30.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (30.00%) Network Security
2 2 (20.00%) NAS
2 2 (20.00%) SAN
General
1 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (30.00%) Retail
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (30.00%) Mainframe
1 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (30.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 3 (30.00%) Smart Energy
2 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Linux
3 5 (50.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (30.00%) Kali Linux
4 3 (30.00%) Ubuntu
4 3 (30.00%) Windows 10
4 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (60.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 5 (50.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (30.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) Coaching
4 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (30.00%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (30.00%) Security Operations
4 3 (30.00%) SIEM
4 3 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (30.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (20.00%) Migration
5 2 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
6 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (10.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (30.00%) GDPR
2 3 (30.00%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Terminal Services
1 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (30.00%) SELinux
2 2 (20.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (50.00%) VMware
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) Meraki
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle