Senior Security Specialist Jobs in the Thames Valley

Senior Security Specialist
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior Security Specialist salary in the Thames Valley is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 241 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Specialist 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.045% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
75th Percentile £92,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £90,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,370 5,514 6,643
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 89.89% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,544 3,216 4,191
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,977 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,463 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Senior Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Specialist in the Thames Valley

Senior Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Security Specialist in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Senior Security Specialist in the Thames Valley

Senior Security Specialist
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Buckinghamshire - 2 - -
Berkshire - 1 £90,000 - 1
Senior Security Specialist
South East

Senior Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 28 April 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 Thames Valley region featuring Senior Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Automotive
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Cyberattack
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Hadoop
2 1 (33.33%) Inversion of Control
2 1 (33.33%) tcpdump
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms

Senior Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (33.33%) tcpdump
1 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Hadoop
General
1 2 (66.67%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (33.33%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Inversion of Control
2 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk