Cybersecurity Specialist Jobs in the South East

Cybersecurity Specialist
England > South East

The median Cybersecurity Specialist salary in the South East is £50,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 322 380 485
Rank change year-on-year +58 +105 -113
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 71 13 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.42% 0.089% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.099% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 69 10 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 £27,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £45,750 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.38% +60.53% -52.50%
75th Percentile £53,250 £49,243 £29,250
90th Percentile - £50,068 £38,550
England median annual salary £50,500 £60,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -15.83% -29.41% +25.93%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,797 13,155 19,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 90.38% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,357 8,270 12,438
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in the South East

Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist in the South East.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in the South East

Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Specialist in the South East

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Surrey +68 68 £50,500 -8.18%
Thames Valley +16 2 - -
Buckinghamshire - 2 - -
West Sussex - 1 £65,000 -
Cybersecurity Specialist
England

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Cybersecurity 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 South East region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 71 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 68 (95.77%) Def Stans
2 68 (95.77%) NIST
3 67 (94.37%) GRC
4 2 (2.82%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (2.82%) Azure
4 2 (2.82%) Automotive
4 2 (2.82%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.41%) Degree
5 1 (1.41%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (1.41%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.41%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.41%) CISSP
5 1 (1.41%) CISA
5 1 (1.41%) CISM
5 1 (1.41%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.41%) Migration
5 1 (1.41%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (1.41%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (1.41%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.41%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (1.41%) Analytics
5 1 (1.41%) Incident Response
5 1 (1.41%) Security Operations
5 1 (1.41%) Remediation Plan
5 1 (1.41%) Cyber Intelligence
5 1 (1.41%) Dashboard Development
5 1 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.41%) Identity Access Management

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (2.82%) Azure
1 2 (2.82%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 2 (2.82%) Automotive
2 1 (1.41%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (1.41%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (1.41%) Analytics
2 1 (1.41%) Cyber Intelligence
2 1 (1.41%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (1.41%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (1.41%) Incident Response
2 1 (1.41%) Migration
2 1 (1.41%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (1.41%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (1.41%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (1.41%) Security Operations
2 1 (1.41%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (1.41%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (1.41%) CISA
1 1 (1.41%) CISM
1 1 (1.41%) CISSP
1 1 (1.41%) Degree
1 1 (1.41%) SC Cleared
1 1 (1.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (95.77%) Def Stans
1 68 (95.77%) NIST
2 67 (94.37%) GRC
Vendors
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft
12 Cybersecurity Specialist jobs in England