Senior Security Specialist Jobs in the North of England

Senior Security Specialist
England > North of England

The median Senior Security Specialist salary in the North of England is £66,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 392 412 455
Rank change year-on-year +20 +43 -92
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Specialist 4 19 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.023% 0.11% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.12% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 5
10th Percentile £54,750 £61,844 -
25th Percentile £58,125 £63,250 £57,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £66,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% +1.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £68,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,750 £69,750 £69,000
England median annual salary £66,250 £66,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.38% +1.54% +52.94%

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 16,423 15,639 17,369
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.95% 89.43% 96.21%
Number of salaries quoted 12,697 8,299 11,117
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,811
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Senior Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Specialist in the North of England

Senior Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Specialist in the North of England

Senior Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Specialist in the North of England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Specialist in the North of England

Senior 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 Senior Security Specialist within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 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 0 4 £66,250 +0.38%
Senior Security Specialist
England

Senior Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 North of England region featuring Senior Security Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Application Security
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) OWASP
3 1 (25.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) OSCP
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) API Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Burp Suite
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Assurance
3 1 (25.00%) NIST 800
3 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (25.00%) NCSC
3 1 (25.00%) NIST

Senior 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Application Security
2 2 (50.00%) OWASP
2 2 (50.00%) Static Application Security Testing
3 1 (25.00%) API Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Assurance
3 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) NCSC
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) NIST 800