IT Security Specialist Jobs in Cheshire

IT Security Specialist
North West > Cheshire

The median IT Security Specialist salary in Cheshire is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
North West median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 770 1,577 614
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 73.06% 95.75% 86.97%
Number of salaries quoted 384 1,109 418
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,000 £25,420
25th Percentile £25,087 £34,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £45,096 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.06% -5.06% +5.56%
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £66,750 £67,500 £88,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

IT Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Specialist in Cheshire

IT Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for IT Security Specialist in Cheshire

IT Security Specialist
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Specialist within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 20 July 2025. 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
Warrington - 2 £60,000 -
IT Security Specialist
North West

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 4 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 20 July 2025, IT 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 Cheshire region featuring IT Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Splunk
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk