IT Security Specialist Job Trends in Hampshire

IT Security Specialist
South East > Hampshire

The median IT Security Specialist salary in Hampshire is £46,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.12% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 - -
75th Percentile £49,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £46,000 - £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +110.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 2,378 2,683 1,581
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 96.72% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,650 1,691 1,015
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,750 £28,770
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

IT Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Security Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

IT Security Specialist job vacancy trend in Hampshire

IT Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for IT Security Specialist job vacancies in Hampshire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Security Specialist job vacancies in Hampshire

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 23 December 2025, IT Security Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Hampshire region featuring IT Security Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Situational Awareness
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) VPN

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Legal
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Situational Awareness
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence