Senior Security Specialist Jobs in England

Senior Security Specialist
UK > England

The median Senior Security Specialist salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 679 819 907
Rank change year-on-year +140 +88 +219
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Specialist 10 12 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.020% 0.014% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.015% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 10
10th Percentile - £54,750 £55,847
25th Percentile - £58,125 £63,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £71,250 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +7.95% +1.54%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,938 £68,000
90th Percentile £77,250 £89,875 £69,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £71,250 £66,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +7.95% +1.54%

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 44,309 80,989 82,470
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 94.48% 91.56%
Number of salaries quoted 24,260 60,410 52,484
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,613 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

Senior Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Specialist in England

Senior Security Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Specialist in England

Senior Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Senior Security Specialist in England

Senior 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 Senior Security Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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
South East +101 4 £76,250 -15.28% 5
North of England +53 4 £60,000 - 3
North West +7 4 £60,000 - 2
London +111 1 - - 4
Senior Security Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Security Specialist in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Information Security
2 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (60.00%) Risk Management
4 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
4 5 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (50.00%) Security Architecture
5 4 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (30.00%) CESG Certified Professional
6 3 (30.00%) Security Operations
6 3 (30.00%) Threat Detection
6 3 (30.00%) Security Monitoring
6 3 (30.00%) Scorecard
6 3 (30.00%) SIEM
6 3 (30.00%) CESG
6 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
6 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
6 3 (30.00%) Information Assurance
6 3 (30.00%) Azure
6 3 (30.00%) AWS
6 3 (30.00%) PaaS
6 3 (30.00%) Workflow
6 3 (30.00%) Finance
6 3 (30.00%) Python
6 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (30.00%) CISSP
6 3 (30.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
6 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
6 3 (30.00%) Task Automation

Senior 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 3 (30.00%) AWS
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
1 3 (30.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) SCCP
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (30.00%) CESG
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Information Security
2 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (60.00%) Risk Management
4 5 (50.00%) Security Architecture
5 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
5 3 (30.00%) Information Assurance
5 3 (30.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (30.00%) Scorecard
5 3 (30.00%) Security Monitoring
5 3 (30.00%) Security Operations
5 3 (30.00%) SIEM
5 3 (30.00%) Task Automation
5 3 (30.00%) Threat Detection
5 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 3 (30.00%) Workflow
6 2 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (20.00%) Cyber Assurance
6 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (30.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (30.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 3 (30.00%) CISSP
2 3 (30.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Degree
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (20.00%) NCSC
2 2 (20.00%) NIST
2 2 (20.00%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft