IT Security Specialist Jobs in East London

IT Security Specialist
London > East London

The median IT Security Specialist salary in East London is £96,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

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

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East London 0.57% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £87,875 - -
25th Percentile £90,313 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £96,250 - -
75th Percentile £102,813 - -
90th Percentile £105,625 - -
London median annual salary £105,000 £72,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +44.83% -9.38% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in East 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 East London with a recognized job title 224 173 385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 64.00% 79.36% 87.10%
Number of salaries quoted 59 138 272
10th Percentile £36,900 £28,850 £31,250
25th Percentile £61,500 £40,000 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% +9.52% -22.22%
75th Percentile £98,750 £82,188 £72,313
90th Percentile £108,750 £150,000 £94,750
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

IT Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Specialist in East London

IT Security Specialist
Salary Trend in East London

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

Salary trend for IT Security Specialist in East London

IT Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in East London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Specialist in East London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Security Specialist in East London

IT Security Specialist
Job Locations in East London

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 East London region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Docklands, London - 2 £96,250 -
IT Security Specialist
London

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East London

For the 6 months to 28 May 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 East London region featuring IT Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Taxonomies
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) CRISC
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) RSA Archer
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) SOC 2
1 2 (100.00%) SOC 1
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture

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

General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
1 2 (100.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CRISC
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 2 (100.00%) SOC 1
1 2 (100.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) RSA Archer