Security Officer Jobs in the Midlands

Security Officer
England > Midlands

The median Security Officer salary in the Midlands is £36,300 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 311 327 335
Rank change year-on-year +16 +8 -79
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Officer 3 3 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.026% 0.031% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.034% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 14
10th Percentile £31,380 £67,625 £34,625
25th Percentile £33,225 £67,813 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,300 £71,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -49.05% +18.75% +33.33%
75th Percentile £51,900 £75,313 £78,438
90th Percentile £61,260 £75,875 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £68,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +14.58% +15.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 10,771 8,748 10,346
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 89.46% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 8,166 4,815 7,203
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,551 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Officer in the Midlands

Security Officer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Officer in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Security Officer in the Midlands

Security Officer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Officer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Officer in the Midlands

Security Officer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Officer within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +34 2 £33,225 -54.17% 1
East Midlands -15 1 £65,000 -7.14% 2
Security Officer
England

Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Security Officer 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 Midlands region featuring Security Officer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) EDI
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) DBS Check
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Management
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (33.33%) LLM
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Application Security
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery

Security Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Big Data
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Management
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) LLM
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DBS Check
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP