IT Security Specialist Job Trends in the City of London

IT Security Specialist
Central London > City of London

The median IT Security Specialist salary in the City of London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
11 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 165 176
Rank change year-on-year +38 +11 +99
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 2 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.11% 0.11% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.12% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.51%
75th Percentile - - £85,000
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £80,000 - £80,000
% change year-on-year - - -13.51%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 City of London with a recognized job title 1,781 2,598 2,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 92.69% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,391 1,735 2,603
10th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% -2.67%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%

IT Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Security Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

IT Security Specialist job vacancy trend in the City of London

IT Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for IT Security Specialist job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for IT Security Specialist job vacancies in the City of London

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 11 December 2025, IT Security Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring IT Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft