Security Officer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Officer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Officer salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 724 696 748
Rank change year-on-year -28 +52 -172
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Officer 36 55 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.051% 0.091% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.10% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 28 32 92
10th Percentile £36,210 £35,171 £43,750
25th Percentile £41,875 £38,606 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,348 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.88% -19.40% +27.78%
75th Percentile £51,563 £60,125 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,625 £75,875 £76,625
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +14.29%

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 67,268 53,729 68,078
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 89.16% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,545 30,499 42,724
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 £76,750 £81,251 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Officer in the UK excluding London

Security Officer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Officer in the UK excluding London

Security Officer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Officer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Officer in the UK excluding London

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 Security Officer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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 East +18 11 £48,750 -23.53% 9
South West -16 11 £50,000 +6.95% 5
Scotland -55 6 £46,386 +16.32% 6
North of England +31 4 £40,000 -5.88% 5
Midlands +4 3 £36,300 -49.05% 2
Yorkshire +72 2 £35,000 -12.50%
West Midlands +12 2 £33,225 -54.17%
North West +6 1 £40,000 - 5
East of England -3 1 £40,000 - 4
North East -4 1 £80,000 +45.45%
East Midlands -13 1 £65,000 -7.14% 2
Security Officer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Officer in the job title.

1 28 (77.78%) Information Security
2 24 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (47.22%) CISM
3 17 (47.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (44.44%) Data Protection
5 14 (38.89%) CISA
5 14 (38.89%) CISSP
6 11 (30.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 11 (30.56%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (27.78%) Risk Management
7 10 (27.78%) Security Cleared
8 9 (25.00%) Management Information System
9 8 (22.22%) Data Governance
9 8 (22.22%) SC Cleared
9 8 (22.22%) Cisco IPT
9 8 (22.22%) ModSecurity
9 8 (22.22%) GDPR
9 8 (22.22%) NCSC
10 6 (16.67%) GRC
10 6 (16.67%) Social Skills
10 6 (16.67%) Incident Response
10 6 (16.67%) Military
10 6 (16.67%) Firewall
11 5 (13.89%) Agile
11 5 (13.89%) Internal Audit
11 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
12 4 (11.11%) NIST
12 4 (11.11%) Finance
12 4 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
12 4 (11.11%) Information Security Management

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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (5.56%) Azure
1 2 (5.56%) WhatsApp
2 1 (2.78%) AWS
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (22.22%) Cisco IPT
2 6 (16.67%) Firewall
3 4 (11.11%) Network Security
4 3 (8.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) Big Data
General
1 6 (16.67%) Military
1 6 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Finance
4 3 (8.33%) Back Office
4 3 (8.33%) Local Government
5 2 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.56%) Legal
6 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Law
6 1 (2.78%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (22.22%) ModSecurity
2 2 (5.56%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 3 (8.33%) Security Posture
2 3 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (8.33%) Virtual Team
3 2 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.78%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (77.78%) Information Security
2 16 (44.44%) Data Protection
3 11 (30.56%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (27.78%) Risk Management
5 8 (22.22%) Data Governance
6 6 (16.67%) Incident Response
7 5 (13.89%) Agile
7 5 (13.89%) Internal Audit
8 4 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (11.11%) Information Security Management
8 4 (11.11%) ISMS
8 4 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (11.11%) Security Management
8 4 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
9 3 (8.33%) ITIL
9 3 (8.33%) Network Management
9 3 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
9 3 (8.33%) Security Operations
9 3 (8.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) C
Qualifications
1 17 (47.22%) CISM
2 14 (38.89%) CISA
2 14 (38.89%) CISSP
3 10 (27.78%) Security Cleared
4 8 (22.22%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.56%) CEH
5 2 (5.56%) CRISC
5 2 (5.56%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.78%) Degree
6 1 (2.78%) GIAC
6 1 (2.78%) HND
6 1 (2.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (2.78%) OSCP
6 1 (2.78%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (47.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (30.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (22.22%) GDPR
4 8 (22.22%) NCSC
5 6 (16.67%) GRC
6 4 (11.11%) NIST
7 2 (5.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (5.56%) PCI DSS
7 2 (5.56%) RMADS
7 2 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (5.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (8.33%) Cisco
1 3 (8.33%) SolarWinds