Security Officer Jobs in the South East

Security Officer
England > South East

The median Security Officer salary in the South East is £48,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 383 406 442
Rank change year-on-year +23 +36 -84
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Officer 11 9 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.066% 0.059% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.066% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 8 9 42
10th Percentile £42,497 - £48,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,798 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £57,188 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £84,375 £84,450 £65,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% +14.29%

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 15,621 13,714 18,970
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 90.60% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,330 8,594 12,572
10th Percentile £27,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,750 £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 £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Officer in the South East

Security Officer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Security Officer in the South East

Security Officer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Officer in the South East over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Officer in the South East

Security Officer
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 Security Officer within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 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
Surrey +11 5 £47,925 -16.65%
Hampshire -14 3 £97,500 +18.18%
Thames Valley +15 2 £47,500 +5.10% 5
Oxfordshire - 2 £47,500 - 2
West Sussex - 1 £50,000 - 1
Security Officer
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 South East region featuring Security Officer in the job title.

1 6 (54.55%) Information Security
2 5 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (36.36%) Data Protection
3 4 (36.36%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (27.27%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (27.27%) Virtual Team
4 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (27.27%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 3 (27.27%) Onboarding
4 3 (27.27%) SolarWinds
4 3 (27.27%) Network Management
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) Local Government
4 3 (27.27%) Cisco
4 3 (27.27%) CISSP
4 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
4 3 (27.27%) Firewall
4 3 (27.27%) Wireless
4 3 (27.27%) Back Office
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (18.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
5 2 (18.18%) Network Security
5 2 (18.18%) SOC 2
5 2 (18.18%) GRC
5 2 (18.18%) WhatsApp
5 2 (18.18%) NIST
5 2 (18.18%) PCI DSS
5 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity

Security Officer 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 (18.18%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Firewall
1 3 (27.27%) Wireless
2 2 (18.18%) Network Security
General
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (27.27%) Back Office
1 3 (27.27%) Local Government
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Law
2 1 (9.09%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Onboarding
1 3 (27.27%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (27.27%) Virtual Team
2 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Information Security
2 4 (36.36%) Data Protection
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) Analytical Thinking
3 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
3 3 (27.27%) Network Management
4 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (18.18%) Line Management
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Data Security
5 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
5 1 (9.09%) Information Security Management
5 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
5 1 (9.09%) SABSA
5 1 (9.09%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (9.09%) Scrum
5 1 (9.09%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) CEH
2 1 (9.09%) CISM
2 1 (9.09%) GIAC
2 1 (9.09%) OSCP
2 1 (9.09%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (36.36%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (18.18%) GDPR
3 2 (18.18%) GRC
3 2 (18.18%) NIST
3 2 (18.18%) PCI DSS
3 2 (18.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (18.18%) SOC 2
4 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco
1 3 (27.27%) SolarWinds