Security Specialist Jobs in Yorkshire

Security Specialist
England > Yorkshire

The median Security Specialist salary in Yorkshire is £49,375 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 215 304 268
Rank change year-on-year +89 -36 -46
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 4 14 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.070% 0.17% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.18% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4 10 7
10th Percentile £32,375 £63,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £34,063 £65,000 £51,643
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,375 £77,000 £61,174
Median % change year-on-year -35.88% +25.87% +22.35%
75th Percentile £65,625 £100,000 £67,500
90th Percentile - - £72,500
England median annual salary £50,500 £66,250 £64,500
% change year-on-year -23.77% +2.71% -0.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 5,483 7,617 6,956
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.41% 91.28% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4,218 3,597 4,732
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,742 £54,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.73% +9.20% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Yorkshire

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Security Specialist in Yorkshire

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Specialist in Yorkshire

Security Specialist
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 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
West Yorkshire +81 2 £63,750 -32.00% 1
North Yorkshire - 2 £33,750 -
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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 Yorkshire region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) SAN
1 2 (50.00%) Law
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) VMware
1 2 (50.00%) NAS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) OneDrive
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (50.00%) vCenter Server
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Presales
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Business Development
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) NAS
1 2 (50.00%) SAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Law
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (25.00%) Business Development
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Presales
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) VMware