Information Security Specialist Jobs in England

Information Security Specialist
UK > England

The median Information Security Specialist salary in England is £76,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 June 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 654 848 851
Rank change year-on-year +194 +3 +275
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Specialist 28 14 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.057% 0.015% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.015% 0.040%
Number of salaries quoted 4 10 23
10th Percentile £72,375 £42,500 £45,500
25th Percentile £74,063 £54,375 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £68,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% +5.77% +8.33%
75th Percentile £81,875 £86,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,050 £107,500
UK median annual salary £76,250 £68,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.91% +5.77% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 44,621 90,711 74,498
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 94.63% 91.18%
Number of salaries quoted 23,807 66,089 49,198
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £73,886 £70,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Information Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Specialist in England

Information Security Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Information Security Specialist in England

Information Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Specialist in England over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security Specialist in England

Information Security Specialist
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
East of England - 11 - -
South East - 8 £75,000 - 8
London +118 7 £87,500 +9.38% 1
Information Security Specialist
UK

Information Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 June 2025, 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 England region featuring Information Security Specialist in the job title.

1 28 (100.00%) Information Security
2 25 (89.29%) Management Information System
3 23 (82.14%) Risk Management
3 23 (82.14%) PowerShell
3 23 (82.14%) Collaborative Working
4 21 (75.00%) Okta
4 21 (75.00%) Mentoring
4 21 (75.00%) Identity Access Management
4 21 (75.00%) Virtual Team
4 21 (75.00%) Degree
4 21 (75.00%) German Language
4 21 (75.00%) SailPoint
4 21 (75.00%) Risk Assessment
4 21 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (75.00%) Active Directory
4 21 (75.00%) Salesforce
4 21 (75.00%) Identity Management
5 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (14.29%) Security Architecture
6 4 (14.29%) CISSP
6 4 (14.29%) CESG
6 4 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 4 (14.29%) CESG Certified Professional
6 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
6 4 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (10.71%) Finance
8 2 (7.14%) Python
8 2 (7.14%) Workflow
8 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
8 2 (7.14%) SCCP

Information Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) AWS
1 2 (7.14%) Azure
1 2 (7.14%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) SCCP
General
1 21 (75.00%) German Language
2 3 (10.71%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (75.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 25 (89.29%) Management Information System
2 21 (75.00%) Virtual Team
3 4 (14.29%) CESG
4 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Information Security
2 23 (82.14%) Collaborative Working
2 23 (82.14%) Risk Management
3 21 (75.00%) Identity Access Management
3 21 (75.00%) Identity Management
3 21 (75.00%) Mentoring
3 21 (75.00%) Risk Assessment
4 4 (14.29%) Security Architecture
4 4 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (7.14%) Decision-Making
5 2 (7.14%) Incident Response
5 2 (7.14%) Information Assurance
5 2 (7.14%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 2 (7.14%) Scorecard
5 2 (7.14%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (7.14%) Security Operations
5 2 (7.14%) SIEM
5 2 (7.14%) Task Automation
5 2 (7.14%) Threat Detection
5 2 (7.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 23 (82.14%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (75.00%) Degree
2 4 (14.29%) CESG Certified Professional
2 4 (14.29%) CISSP
2 4 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.57%) ISAE 3402
2 1 (3.57%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (75.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 21 (75.00%) Okta
1 21 (75.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft