Security Specialist Job Trends in Doncaster

Security Specialist
South Yorkshire > Doncaster

The median Security Specialist salary in Doncaster is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 October 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 17 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Doncaster 0.25% 0.98% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 1.59% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £73,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £28,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Doncaster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Doncaster. 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 Doncaster with a recognized job title 305 63 51
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 76.63% 61.76% 75.00%
Number of salaries quoted 142 37 31
10th Percentile £26,115 £24,000 £34,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,087 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £30,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -50.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £32,250 -
90th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -19.05% +16.67%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Doncaster

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

Security Specialist job vacancy trend in Doncaster

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Doncaster

Salary distribution trend for Security Specialist job vacancies in Doncaster.

Salary distribution trend for Security Specialist job vacancies in Doncaster

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Doncaster

For the 6 months to 14 October 2026, 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 Doncaster region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Doncaster 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft