Senior Security Specialist Jobs in England

Senior Security Specialist
UK > England

The median Senior Security Specialist salary in England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 819 927 1115
Rank change year-on-year +108 +188 -287
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Specialist 13 29 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.015% 0.031% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.034% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 7 10 13
10th Percentile - £55,847 £46,350
25th Percentile £47,725 £63,250 £57,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.54% +52.94%
75th Percentile £78,750 £68,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,250 £69,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £66,000 £61,174
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.89% +43.94%

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 80,061 86,064 125,517
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.56% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,068 54,328 75,797
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +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%

Senior Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Specialist in England

Senior Security Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Specialist in England

Senior Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Specialist in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Specialist in England

Senior 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 Senior Security Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 24 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
London +162 7 £50,950 - 1
North of England +36 3 £72,500 +9.85% 1
North West -1 3 £72,500 +9.85% 1
South West -14 3 £50,950 -
South East - 3 £90,000 - 1
Senior Security Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Senior 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 Senior Security Specialist in the job title.

1 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (61.54%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (46.15%) SIEM
3 6 (46.15%) Windows
3 6 (46.15%) Linux
4 5 (38.46%) Windows Server
4 5 (38.46%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 5 (38.46%) Threat Intelligence
4 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
5 4 (30.77%) Application Security
5 4 (30.77%) Information Security
5 4 (30.77%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (30.77%) OWASP
6 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (23.08%) Agile
6 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (23.08%) Mainframe
6 3 (23.08%) Firewall
6 3 (23.08%) Security Operations
6 3 (23.08%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
6 3 (23.08%) Coaching
6 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
6 3 (23.08%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 3 (23.08%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (23.08%) DevSecOps
6 3 (23.08%) NIST
6 3 (23.08%) Security Monitoring
7 2 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials

Senior 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 2 (15.38%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (7.69%) tcpdump
2 1 (7.69%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Burp Suite
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Automotive
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Mainframe
1 3 (23.08%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (15.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (7.69%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Linux
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (61.54%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (46.15%) SIEM
4 5 (38.46%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (38.46%) Threat Intelligence
5 4 (30.77%) Application Security
5 4 (30.77%) Information Security
5 4 (30.77%) OWASP
5 4 (30.77%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Agile
6 3 (23.08%) Coaching
6 3 (23.08%) DevSecOps
6 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
6 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
6 3 (23.08%) Security Monitoring
6 3 (23.08%) Security Operations
6 3 (23.08%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (23.08%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (23.08%) NIST
2 2 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (15.38%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Splunk