Information Security Specialist Jobs in Central London

Information Security Specialist
London > Central London

The median Information Security Specialist salary in Central London is £81,250 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 192 244 295
Rank change year-on-year +52 +51 -39
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Specialist 2 2 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.053% 0.037% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.039% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 8
10th Percentile £72,875 £61,000 £67,750
25th Percentile £75,313 £70,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,250 £87,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £87,813 £102,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,625 £110,000 £82,625
London median annual salary £81,250 £65,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -10.34% +11.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 3,581 5,151 7,605
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.06% 96.26% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,828 4,311 6,411
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £111,250 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Information Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Specialist in Central London

Information Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Specialist in Central London.

Salary trend for Information Security Specialist in Central London

Information Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Specialist in Central London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security Specialist in Central London

Information Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Information 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 Central London region featuring Information Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CISA
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Law
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) Key Management
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing

Information Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Law
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Key Management
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CISA
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001