Security Specialist Jobs in England

Security Specialist
UK > England

The median Security Specialist salary in England is £50,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 638 733 902
Rank change year-on-year +95 +169 -187
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 194 199 222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.22% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.24% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 160 140 169
10th Percentile - £43,975 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £53,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £65,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.90% +0.77% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £75,250 £107,875 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,500 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year -22.31% +1.56% -1.54%

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 81,041 82,556 127,446
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,522 52,365 74,626
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in England

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Specialist in England

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Specialist in England

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 Security Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East +40 76 £50,500 +6.32% 1
North of England +58 39 £55,000 -16.98% 3
London +44 38 £75,000 - 9
North West +29 35 £55,000 -16.67% 1
East of England +40 23 £47,500 - 7
South West -20 12 £60,000 -52.00% 4
Yorkshire +80 4 £49,375 -27.39% 1
Midlands -20 2 - - 4
East Midlands - 2 - -
Security Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 England region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 135 (69.59%) Cybersecurity
2 98 (50.52%) NIST
3 68 (35.05%) GRC
3 68 (35.05%) Def Stans
4 48 (24.74%) Information Security
5 36 (18.56%) Incident Response
6 33 (17.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 30 (15.46%) Degree
8 28 (14.43%) Finance
9 27 (13.92%) Security Cleared
10 26 (13.40%) Risk Management
11 24 (12.37%) Firewall
12 23 (11.86%) Microsoft
13 22 (11.34%) Social Skills
14 21 (10.82%) Windows
15 19 (9.79%) Linux
15 19 (9.79%) Aerospace
16 18 (9.28%) Cisco
16 18 (9.28%) Azure
17 17 (8.76%) Network Security
17 17 (8.76%) VMware
18 16 (8.25%) Problem-Solving
19 15 (7.73%) Operational Technology
19 15 (7.73%) CISSP
19 15 (7.73%) Penetration Testing
20 14 (7.22%) Vulnerability Management
20 14 (7.22%) Cyber Essentials
21 13 (6.70%) Palo Alto
21 13 (6.70%) AWS
21 13 (6.70%) VMware 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 18 (9.28%) Azure
2 13 (6.70%) AWS
3 9 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.06%) Serverless
5 2 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.03%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (1.03%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.52%) IaaS
6 1 (0.52%) OCI
6 1 (0.52%) PaaS
6 1 (0.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (12.37%) Firewall
2 17 (8.76%) Network Security
3 12 (6.19%) DNS
4 7 (3.61%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.55%) Wireshark
5 3 (1.55%) X.509
6 2 (1.03%) Internet
6 2 (1.03%) NAS
6 2 (1.03%) SAN
7 1 (0.52%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.52%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.52%) SonarQube
General
1 28 (14.43%) Finance
2 22 (11.34%) Social Skills
3 19 (9.79%) Aerospace
4 11 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.64%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.12%) Banking
7 7 (3.61%) Retail
8 6 (3.09%) Legal
9 5 (2.58%) Law
10 4 (2.06%) Military
10 4 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.55%) Multimedia
12 2 (1.03%) Automotive
13 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.52%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.52%) Marketing
13 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.03%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.73%) Operational Technology
2 12 (6.19%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.64%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (4.64%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 5 (2.58%) PKI
5 4 (2.06%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.06%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.55%) Smart Energy
7 2 (1.03%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.52%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.52%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.52%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.52%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.82%) Windows
2 19 (9.79%) Linux
3 9 (4.64%) Unix
4 4 (2.06%) Kali Linux
4 4 (2.06%) Ubuntu
4 4 (2.06%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.06%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (69.59%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (24.74%) Information Security
3 36 (18.56%) Incident Response
4 26 (13.40%) Risk Management
5 16 (8.25%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (7.73%) Penetration Testing
7 14 (7.22%) Vulnerability Management
8 13 (6.70%) OWASP
9 12 (6.19%) Change Management
9 12 (6.19%) Cryptography
9 12 (6.19%) Information Management
9 12 (6.19%) Project Management
10 9 (4.64%) Mentoring
10 9 (4.64%) SIEM
10 9 (4.64%) Threat Management
10 9 (4.64%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 8 (4.12%) Application Security
11 8 (4.12%) Coaching
11 8 (4.12%) Computer Science
11 8 (4.12%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (15.46%) Degree
2 27 (13.92%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.73%) CISSP
4 12 (6.19%) DV Cleared
5 9 (4.64%) OSCP
6 8 (4.12%) CISA
7 7 (3.61%) CISM
8 6 (3.09%) CEH
8 6 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (3.09%) Master's Degree
9 5 (2.58%) AWS Certification
10 4 (2.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (2.06%) GSEC
11 3 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (1.03%) Azure Certification
12 2 (1.03%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (1.03%) SC Cleared
13 1 (0.52%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (50.52%) NIST
2 68 (35.05%) Def Stans
2 68 (35.05%) GRC
3 33 (17.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (7.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (4.12%) NCSC
6 7 (3.61%) GDPR
7 6 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (3.09%) NIST 800
8 4 (2.06%) PCI DSS
9 2 (1.03%) HIPAA
9 2 (1.03%) TickIT
10 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (6.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.06%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.06%) Terminal Services
3 2 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (4.12%) SCCM
2 4 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.55%) SELinux
4 2 (1.03%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 23 (11.86%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.28%) Cisco
3 17 (8.76%) VMware
4 13 (6.70%) Palo Alto
5 12 (6.19%) Blue Coat
5 12 (6.19%) CheckPoint
5 12 (6.19%) Infoblox
5 12 (6.19%) Juniper
5 12 (6.19%) Riverbed
6 11 (5.67%) Qualys
7 2 (1.03%) Forcepoint
7 2 (1.03%) LogRhythm
7 2 (1.03%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.03%) Varonis
8 1 (0.52%) Meraki
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle
8 1 (0.52%) Sonatype
8 1 (0.52%) Splunk
8 1 (0.52%) Zscaler