Security Specialist Jobs in the North West

Security Specialist
England > North West

The median Security Specialist salary in the North West is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 257 285 301
Rank change year-on-year +28 +16 -53
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 35 20 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.36% 0.25% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.28% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 23 12 31
10th Percentile £42,500 £50,250 £48,750
25th Percentile £46,674 £55,289 £59,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £66,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.88% -26.67% +53.02%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,000 -
90th Percentile £72,000 £71,600 -
England median annual salary £50,500 £66,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -23.48% +1.54% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,214 7,075 9,039
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 89.07% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 7,073 4,121 5,468
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £82,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in the North West

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Security Specialist in the North West

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in the North West over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Specialist in the North West

Security Specialist
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 5 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
Lancashire +9 19 £60,000 +20.00%
Manchester +17 13 £50,000 -24.24% 1
Cheshire - 3 £45,000 -
Security Specialist
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 West region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 27 (77.14%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (51.43%) Degree
2 18 (51.43%) Risk Management
3 16 (45.71%) Incident Response
4 15 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (40.00%) Information Security
6 12 (34.29%) Change Management
6 12 (34.29%) Operational Technology
7 11 (31.43%) NIST
8 9 (25.71%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 9 (25.71%) Manufacturing
8 9 (25.71%) Security Cleared
9 7 (20.00%) Management Information System
9 7 (20.00%) NCSC
10 6 (17.14%) NIST 800
10 6 (17.14%) Cyber Assurance
10 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
10 6 (17.14%) Mentoring
10 6 (17.14%) Coaching
10 6 (17.14%) Security Architecture
10 6 (17.14%) OWASP
10 6 (17.14%) Information Assurance
11 5 (14.29%) Azure
11 5 (14.29%) AWS
11 5 (14.29%) Windows
11 5 (14.29%) Linux
11 5 (14.29%) Aerospace
11 5 (14.29%) Firewall
11 5 (14.29%) VMware
11 5 (14.29%) Social Skills

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (14.29%) AWS
1 5 (14.29%) Azure
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.86%) IaaS
3 1 (2.86%) PaaS
3 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.29%) Firewall
2 4 (11.43%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (8.57%) Network Security
4 2 (5.71%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Burp Suite
General
1 9 (25.71%) Manufacturing
2 5 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 5 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.57%) Legal
3 3 (8.57%) Retail
4 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Law
4 1 (2.86%) Mandarin Language
Miscellaneous
1 12 (34.29%) Operational Technology
2 9 (25.71%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 7 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 4 (11.43%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (8.57%) Smart Energy
6 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.29%) Linux
1 5 (14.29%) Windows
2 4 (11.43%) Kali Linux
2 4 (11.43%) Ubuntu
2 4 (11.43%) Windows 10
2 4 (11.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (77.14%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (51.43%) Risk Management
3 16 (45.71%) Incident Response
4 14 (40.00%) Information Security
5 12 (34.29%) Change Management
6 6 (17.14%) Coaching
6 6 (17.14%) Cyber Assurance
6 6 (17.14%) Information Assurance
6 6 (17.14%) Mentoring
6 6 (17.14%) OWASP
6 6 (17.14%) Security Architecture
7 4 (11.43%) Application Security
7 4 (11.43%) Static Application Security Testing
8 3 (8.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 3 (8.57%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
8 3 (8.57%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (8.57%) Risk Assessment
8 3 (8.57%) Threat Intelligence
9 2 (5.71%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 18 (51.43%) Degree
2 9 (25.71%) Security Cleared
3 4 (11.43%) OSCP
4 1 (2.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (2.86%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.86%) CCA
4 1 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.86%) CISSP
4 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.86%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (31.43%) NIST
3 7 (20.00%) NCSC
4 6 (17.14%) NIST 800
5 3 (8.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (8.57%) GDPR
6 2 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (5.71%) TickIT
7 1 (2.86%) PCI DSS
7 1 (2.86%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (11.43%) Terminal Services
1 4 (11.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.57%) SELinux
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.29%) VMware
3 4 (11.43%) Cisco