Security Technician Jobs in England

Security Technician
UK > England

The median Security Technician salary in England is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 819 931 -
Rank change year-on-year +112 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Technician 3 10 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.004% 0.011% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.012% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 0
10th Percentile £27,200 - -
25th Percentile £27,875 £50,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £51,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -41.75% - -
75th Percentile £48,000 £52,000 -
90th Percentile £58,200 - -
UK median annual salary £30,000 £51,500 -
% change year-on-year -41.75% - -

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 80,251 85,470 125,579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,137 54,051 75,614
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,626 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

Security Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Technician in England

Security Technician
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Technician in England

Security Technician
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Technician in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Technician in England

Security Technician
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Midlands - 2 £29,250 -
West Midlands - 2 £29,250 -
London +140 1 £65,000 +30.00% 1
Security Technician
UK

Security Technician Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Security Technician 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 Security Technician in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Firmware
1 2 (66.67%) Forcepoint
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Nessus
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Release Management
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) CTC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
1 2 (66.67%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) C-CURE
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) CCTV
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management

Security Technician 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) CCTV
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Release Management
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CTC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Forcepoint
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft