Security Specialist Jobs in London

Security Specialist
England > London

The median Security Specialist salary in London is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 472 541 793
Rank change year-on-year +69 +252 -277
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 40 103 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.17% 0.28% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.30% 0.096%
Number of salaries quoted 31 72 55
10th Percentile £47,725 £55,055 £55,200
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,125 £59,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,125 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £98,000
England median annual salary £50,500 £66,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -23.48% +1.54% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,108 34,442 62,791
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 95.06% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,669 25,177 34,949
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in London

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Security Specialist in London

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in London over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Specialist in London

Security Specialist
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the London region over the 6 months to 23 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
Central London +49 6 £66,250 -17.19% 2
South London +5 3 £50,950 -
Security Specialist
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 London region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 26 (65.00%) Finance
2 23 (57.50%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (40.00%) Windows
3 16 (40.00%) Linux
4 15 (37.50%) Incident Response
5 14 (35.00%) Penetration Testing
6 12 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (27.50%) Microsoft
7 11 (27.50%) Vulnerability Management
7 11 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (22.50%) Threat Management
8 9 (22.50%) CISSP
8 9 (22.50%) Unix
8 9 (22.50%) VMware
8 9 (22.50%) Information Security
8 9 (22.50%) VMware Infrastructure
8 9 (22.50%) NIST
9 8 (20.00%) Qualys
9 8 (20.00%) SCCM
9 8 (20.00%) Banking
9 8 (20.00%) SIEM
9 8 (20.00%) Patch Management
10 7 (17.50%) Social Skills
10 7 (17.50%) CISA
11 6 (15.00%) CISM
11 6 (15.00%) Firewall
11 6 (15.00%) Degree
11 6 (15.00%) Computer Science
11 6 (15.00%) Agile
11 6 (15.00%) Vulnerability Assessment

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (10.00%) AWS
1 4 (10.00%) Azure
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.00%) Firewall
2 3 (7.50%) X.509
3 2 (5.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 26 (65.00%) Finance
2 8 (20.00%) Banking
3 7 (17.50%) Social Skills
4 3 (7.50%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Law
5 2 (5.00%) Legal
6 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.50%) Marketing
6 1 (2.50%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) PKI
2 4 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (7.50%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (7.50%) Mainframe
3 3 (7.50%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.00%) Algorithms
4 2 (5.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (5.00%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.50%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (40.00%) Linux
1 16 (40.00%) Windows
2 9 (22.50%) Unix
3 5 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (57.50%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (37.50%) Incident Response
3 14 (35.00%) Penetration Testing
4 11 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (27.50%) Vulnerability Management
5 9 (22.50%) Information Security
5 9 (22.50%) Threat Management
6 8 (20.00%) Patch Management
6 8 (20.00%) SIEM
7 6 (15.00%) Agile
7 6 (15.00%) Computer Science
7 6 (15.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 5 (12.50%) Application Security
8 5 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 5 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
9 4 (10.00%) Coaching
9 4 (10.00%) OWASP
9 4 (10.00%) Risk Management
9 4 (10.00%) Security Operations
9 4 (10.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 9 (22.50%) CISSP
2 7 (17.50%) CISA
3 6 (15.00%) CISM
3 6 (15.00%) Degree
4 4 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 3 (7.50%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (5.00%) Azure Certification
6 2 (5.00%) CEH
6 2 (5.00%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (5.00%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.50%) OSCP
7 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (22.50%) NIST
3 5 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (10.00%) GDPR
5 3 (7.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (7.50%) PCI DSS
6 2 (5.00%) HIPAA
7 1 (2.50%) GRC
7 1 (2.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (22.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (5.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (27.50%) Microsoft
2 9 (22.50%) VMware
3 8 (20.00%) Qualys