IT Security Specialist Jobs in England

IT Security Specialist
UK > England

The median IT Security Specialist salary in England is £73,750 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 677 831 891
Rank change year-on-year +154 +60 +280
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 6 11 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.012% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.013% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 20
10th Percentile £43,125 - £27,750
25th Percentile £49,688 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £24,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +207.29% -69.03% +34.55%
75th Percentile £102,813 £44,375 £80,000
90th Percentile £109,375 £55,750 £111,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £29,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +103.39% -60.67% +51.75%

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 43,919 83,679 79,671
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.64% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 23,116 62,210 50,998
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,084 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

IT Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Specialist in England

IT Security Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Security Specialist in England

IT Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for IT Security Specialist in England

IT 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 IT Security Specialist within the England 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
London +122 3 £105,000 +44.83% 1
North of England +41 2 £50,000 +25.00%
Yorkshire +62 1 £40,000 +14.29%
North East - 1 £60,000 -
South West - 1 £47,500 -
IT Security Specialist
UK

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

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 England region featuring IT Security Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (83.33%) Information Security
3 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (66.67%) Firewall
3 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (50.00%) NIST
4 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (50.00%) Banking
4 3 (50.00%) Finance
4 3 (50.00%) CISM
4 3 (50.00%) Security Posture
5 2 (33.33%) Risk Register
5 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
5 2 (33.33%) CCNP
5 2 (33.33%) CCNA
5 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
5 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 2 (33.33%) Cisco
5 2 (33.33%) CISA
5 2 (33.33%) CISSP
5 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (33.33%) Taxonomies
5 2 (33.33%) Degree
5 2 (33.33%) SOC 2
5 2 (33.33%) SOC 1
5 2 (33.33%) GRC

IT 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 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) IaaS
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) PaaS
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) VPN
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Banking
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (33.33%) Taxonomies
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Information Security
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Register
5 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
5 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
5 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) Server Management
5 1 (16.67%) SIEM
5 1 (16.67%) Time Management
5 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CISM
2 2 (33.33%) CCNA
2 2 (33.33%) CCNP
2 2 (33.33%) CISA
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (33.33%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) CRISC
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (16.67%) AWS Certification
3 1 (16.67%) CCDA
3 1 (16.67%) CCSK
3 1 (16.67%) CCSP
3 1 (16.67%) FFIEC
3 1 (16.67%) GCED
3 1 (16.67%) GREM
3 1 (16.67%) MCSD
3 1 (16.67%) MCSE
3 1 (16.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (50.00%) NIST
3 2 (33.33%) GRC
3 2 (33.33%) NIST 800
3 2 (33.33%) SOC 1
3 2 (33.33%) SOC 2
4 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
4 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (16.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
3 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto
3 1 (16.67%) Sophos