Security Specialist Jobs in Leeds

Security Specialist
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Security Specialist salary in Leeds is £63,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 173 186
Rank change year-on-year +46 +13 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 2 7 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.088% 0.23% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.24% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile - £90,250 -
25th Percentile £61,875 - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £100,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.25% +63.93% +22.00%
75th Percentile £65,625 - £65,310
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £63,750 £93,750 £61,000
% change year-on-year -32.00% +53.69% +22.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 2,190 2,919 3,662
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.97% 95.21% 97.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,572 1,743 2,554
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,600 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,959 £86,250 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Leeds

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Security Specialist in Leeds

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 Leeds region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) SAN
1 2 (100.00%) Law
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) NAS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 2 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) NAS
1 2 (100.00%) SAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Law
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware