Information Security Specialist Jobs in England

Information Security Specialist
UK > England

The median Information Security Specialist salary in England is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 829 880 1107
Rank change year-on-year +51 +227 -293
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Specialist 7 29 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.033% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.037% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 5 23 55
10th Percentile - £45,500 £43,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £72,500 £68,250
90th Percentile £79,000 £107,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 84,097 79,150 134,411
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.43% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 62,393 50,588 75,337
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 28 May 2024.

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 28 May 2024. 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
North of England +47 4 £51,250 -21.15% 2
North West +8 4 £51,250 -2.38% 2
Midlands -5 2 - - 3
East Midlands - 2 - -
London +136 1 £90,000 +28.57%
Information Security Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, 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 7 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (42.86%) OWASP
2 3 (42.86%) Legal
2 3 (42.86%) Business Continuity
2 3 (42.86%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (28.57%) TickIT
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Information Security Management
3 2 (28.57%) Data Security
3 2 (28.57%) Security Management
3 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
3 2 (28.57%) OSCP
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Wireshark
3 2 (28.57%) ISMS
3 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (28.57%) NIST
3 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Static Application Security Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Application Security
3 2 (28.57%) Offensive Security
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
3 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
3 2 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
4 1 (14.29%) CompTIA CySA+

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Wireshark
General
1 3 (42.86%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (42.86%) Business Continuity
2 3 (42.86%) OWASP
2 3 (42.86%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Application Security
3 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
3 2 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (28.57%) Data Security
3 2 (28.57%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Information Security Management
3 2 (28.57%) ISMS
3 2 (28.57%) Offensive Security
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
3 2 (28.57%) Security Management
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Static Application Security Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
4 1 (14.29%) Key Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) OSCP
2 1 (14.29%) CEH
2 1 (14.29%) CISA
2 1 (14.29%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) NIST
2 2 (28.57%) TickIT