Security Specialist Jobs in the North of England

Security Specialist
England > North of England

The median Security Specialist salary in the North of England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 403 398
Rank change year-on-year +54 -5 -45
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 39 35 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.22% 0.20% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.23% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 27 24 44
10th Percentile £42,500 £53,250 £48,750
25th Percentile £44,125 £63,250 £57,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £66,250 £66,069
Median % change year-on-year -16.98% +0.27% +32.14%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £65,625 £100,000 -
England median annual salary £50,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -22.31% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 16,585 15,443 17,451
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 89.57% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 12,833 8,208 11,000
10th Percentile £27,260 £30,500 £27,988
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,544 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in the North of England

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Security Specialist in the North of England

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in the North of England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Specialist in the North of England

Security Specialist
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 13 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
North West +19 35 £55,000 -16.67% 2
Yorkshire +73 4 £49,375 -27.39% 1
Security Specialist
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 North of England region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 28 (71.79%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (48.72%) Degree
3 18 (46.15%) Risk Management
4 16 (41.03%) Incident Response
5 15 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (33.33%) Information Security
7 12 (30.77%) Change Management
7 12 (30.77%) Operational Technology
8 11 (28.21%) NIST
9 9 (23.08%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 9 (23.08%) Manufacturing
9 9 (23.08%) Security Cleared
10 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
10 8 (20.51%) Mentoring
11 7 (17.95%) NCSC
11 7 (17.95%) Windows
11 7 (17.95%) Management Information System
11 7 (17.95%) VMware
11 7 (17.95%) Azure
12 6 (15.38%) Information Assurance
12 6 (15.38%) Security Architecture
12 6 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (15.38%) NIST 800
12 6 (15.38%) Cyber Assurance
12 6 (15.38%) Coaching
13 5 (12.82%) OWASP
13 5 (12.82%) AWS
13 5 (12.82%) Aerospace
13 5 (12.82%) Firewall
13 5 (12.82%) Linux

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 7 (17.95%) Azure
2 6 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (12.82%) AWS
4 2 (5.13%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.13%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.56%) IaaS
5 1 (2.56%) PaaS
5 1 (2.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.82%) Firewall
2 4 (10.26%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (10.26%) Network Security
3 2 (5.13%) NAS
3 2 (5.13%) SAN
3 2 (5.13%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Burp Suite
General
1 9 (23.08%) Manufacturing
2 5 (12.82%) Aerospace
3 4 (10.26%) Social Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Law
4 3 (7.69%) Legal
4 3 (7.69%) Retail
5 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Mandarin Language
Miscellaneous
1 12 (30.77%) Operational Technology
2 9 (23.08%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 7 (17.95%) Management Information System
4 4 (10.26%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (7.69%) Smart Energy
6 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.95%) Windows
2 5 (12.82%) Linux
3 4 (10.26%) Kali Linux
3 4 (10.26%) Ubuntu
3 4 (10.26%) Windows 10
3 4 (10.26%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (71.79%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (46.15%) Risk Management
3 16 (41.03%) Incident Response
4 13 (33.33%) Information Security
5 12 (30.77%) Change Management
6 8 (20.51%) Mentoring
7 6 (15.38%) Coaching
7 6 (15.38%) Cyber Assurance
7 6 (15.38%) Information Assurance
7 6 (15.38%) Security Architecture
8 5 (12.82%) OWASP
9 3 (7.69%) Application Security
9 3 (7.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 3 (7.69%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
9 3 (7.69%) Static Application Security Testing
9 3 (7.69%) Threat Intelligence
10 2 (5.13%) Offensive Security
10 2 (5.13%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 19 (48.72%) Degree
2 9 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.26%) OSCP
4 1 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (2.56%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.56%) CCA
4 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.56%) CISSP
4 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.56%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (28.21%) NIST
3 7 (17.95%) NCSC
4 6 (15.38%) NIST 800
5 4 (10.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (7.69%) GDPR
7 2 (5.13%) TickIT
8 1 (2.56%) PCI DSS
8 1 (2.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (10.26%) Terminal Services
1 4 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (5.13%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (7.69%) SELinux
3 2 (5.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.95%) VMware
3 4 (10.26%) Cisco