IT Security Officer Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Security Officer
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Security Officer salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 756 733 816
Rank change year-on-year -23 +83 -134
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Officer 7 15 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.010% 0.025% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.029% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 28
10th Percentile £33,840 £44,125 £51,100
25th Percentile £39,400 £44,688 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -22.92% +65.52%
75th Percentile £51,250 £49,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £61,500 £50,500 £63,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £46,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.11% -22.92% +26.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,828 52,627 68,668
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.17% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 47,933 30,028 42,497
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £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 £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured IT Security Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Officer in the UK excluding London

IT Security Officer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Security Officer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Security Officer in the UK excluding London

IT Security Officer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Officer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Security Officer in the UK excluding London

IT Security Officer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Officer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
South West - 4 £50,000 - 2
West Midlands - 2 £33,225 -
Midlands - 2 £33,225 -
South East -2 1 £75,000 +57.89%
IT Security Officer
UK

IT Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, IT 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Security Officer in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Information Security
2 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
2 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (28.57%) Network Security
3 2 (28.57%) ISMS
3 2 (28.57%) RMADS
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) GRC
3 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 2 (28.57%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Validation
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Facilities Management
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) EDI
3 2 (28.57%) CISSP
3 2 (28.57%) CISA
3 2 (28.57%) CISM
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Firewall
3 2 (28.57%) Information Security Management
3 2 (28.57%) Security Management

IT Security Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (28.57%) Cisco IPT
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) EDI
1 2 (28.57%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Information Security
2 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) Facilities Management
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 2 (28.57%) Information Security Management
3 2 (28.57%) ISMS
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Security Management
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Management
3 2 (28.57%) Validation
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) CISA
2 2 (28.57%) CISM
2 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 2 (28.57%) DBS Check
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (28.57%) GRC
2 2 (28.57%) NCSC
2 2 (28.57%) RMADS