Security Specialist Jobs in Lancashire

Security Specialist
North West > Lancashire

The median Security Specialist salary in Lancashire is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 72 127
Rank change year-on-year +4 +55 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 19 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 1.46% 0.29% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.57% 0.35% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile £55,500 - £43,950
25th Percentile £57,500 - £46,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £62,500 - £57,625
90th Percentile - - £59,650
North West median annual salary £56,250 £66,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -14.77% -26.67% +53.02%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 1,207 567 1,241
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 81.94% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,027 360 373
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £24,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,249 £47,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.73% +10.59% +6.25%
75th Percentile £60,741 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £69,658
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Lancashire

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for Security Specialist in Lancashire

Security Specialist
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 8 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
Preston +14 6 £60,000 +20.00%
Security Specialist
North West

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, 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 Lancashire region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 19 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (94.74%) Risk Management
3 15 (78.95%) Degree
4 12 (63.16%) Change Management
4 12 (63.16%) Incident Response
4 12 (63.16%) Operational Technology
5 9 (47.37%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 9 (47.37%) Manufacturing
5 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
6 6 (31.58%) Information Assurance
6 6 (31.58%) Security Architecture
6 6 (31.58%) Mentoring
6 6 (31.58%) Coaching
6 6 (31.58%) Information Security
6 6 (31.58%) NIST 800
6 6 (31.58%) NCSC
6 6 (31.58%) NIST
6 6 (31.58%) Cyber Assurance
6 6 (31.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (26.32%) Aerospace
8 1 (5.26%) Management Information System

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

General
1 9 (47.37%) Manufacturing
2 5 (26.32%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 12 (63.16%) Operational Technology
2 9 (47.37%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (94.74%) Risk Management
3 12 (63.16%) Change Management
3 12 (63.16%) Incident Response
4 6 (31.58%) Coaching
4 6 (31.58%) Cyber Assurance
4 6 (31.58%) Information Assurance
4 6 (31.58%) Information Security
4 6 (31.58%) Mentoring
4 6 (31.58%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 15 (78.95%) Degree
2 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (31.58%) NCSC
1 6 (31.58%) NIST
1 6 (31.58%) NIST 800