IT Security Specialist Jobs in London

IT Security Specialist
England > London

The median IT Security Specialist salary in London is £105,000 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 389 511 591
Rank change year-on-year +122 +80 +326
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 3 1 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.024% 0.004% 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.004% 0.063%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 12
10th Percentile £89,500 - £73,250
25th Percentile £94,375 £71,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £72,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +44.83% -9.38% -
75th Percentile £109,375 £73,750 £111,250
90th Percentile £110,500 - -
England median annual salary £73,750 £24,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +207.29% -69.03% +34.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,289 22,453 31,519
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.39% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,829 16,734 23,288
10th Percentile £41,200 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,143 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

IT Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Specialist in London

IT Security Specialist
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for IT Security Specialist in London

IT Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for IT Security Specialist in London

IT Security Specialist
Job Locations in London

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 London 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
East London - 2 £96,250 -
IT Security Specialist
England

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

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 London region featuring IT Security Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Register
2 2 (66.67%) SOC 2
2 2 (66.67%) SOC 1
2 2 (66.67%) GRC
2 2 (66.67%) RSA Archer
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
2 2 (66.67%) NIST 800
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) CRISC
2 2 (66.67%) Taxonomies
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) GIAC
3 1 (33.33%) GCIA
3 1 (33.33%) GSEC

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) IaaS
1 1 (33.33%) PaaS
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (66.67%) Taxonomies
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Register
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Information Management
3 1 (33.33%) Internal Audit
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CRISC
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
2 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (33.33%) AWS Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) CCSK
2 1 (33.33%) CCSP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) FFIEC
2 1 (33.33%) GCED
2 1 (33.33%) GCIA
2 1 (33.33%) GCIH
2 1 (33.33%) GIAC
2 1 (33.33%) GREM
2 1 (33.33%) GSEC
2 1 (33.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) GRC
2 2 (66.67%) NIST 800
2 2 (66.67%) SOC 1
2 2 (66.67%) SOC 2
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco