Security Specialist Job Trends in London

Security Specialist
England > London

The median Security Specialist salary in London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 December 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 340 409 424
Rank change year-on-year +69 +15 +181
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 33 33 33
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.25% 0.20% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.21% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 28 13 25
10th Percentile £55,125 £66,500 -
25th Percentile £59,625 £68,750 £47,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £74,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +2.07% -3.33%
75th Percentile £90,625 £78,000 £107,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £84,550 £110,750
England median annual salary £58,650 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.21% +16.67% -20.00%

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 11,974 15,946 17,493
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 94.34% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 7,907 9,635 14,280
10th Percentile £35,900 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Security Specialist job vacancy trend in London

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Security Specialist job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Security Specialist job vacancies in London

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in London over the 6 months to 7 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Specialist in London

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 Security Specialist within the London region over the 6 months to 7 December 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
Central London +40 8 £80,000 +14.29% 1
East London - 4 £90,000 -
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 7 December 2025, 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 London region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 25 (75.76%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (63.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (63.64%) NIST
3 20 (60.61%) Risk Management
4 19 (57.58%) Information Security
5 16 (48.48%) CISSP
6 13 (39.39%) Azure
7 12 (36.36%) CEH
7 12 (36.36%) CISM
7 12 (36.36%) Firewall
7 12 (36.36%) Incident Management
7 12 (36.36%) Vulnerability Management
8 11 (33.33%) Degree
9 10 (30.30%) Incident Response
9 10 (30.30%) Risk Register
10 9 (27.27%) SIEM
11 8 (24.24%) Cloud Security
11 8 (24.24%) GRC
11 8 (24.24%) NIST 800
11 8 (24.24%) Security Operations
11 8 (24.24%) SOC 2
12 7 (21.21%) Disaster Recovery
12 7 (21.21%) PowerShell
12 7 (21.21%) Python
12 7 (21.21%) VMware
13 6 (18.18%) BCP
13 6 (18.18%) Commvault
13 6 (18.18%) CRISC
13 6 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 6 (18.18%) ISO 22301

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.03%) Apache
1 1 (3.03%) Confluence
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.03%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (39.39%) Azure
2 6 (18.18%) Nutanix
3 3 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.03%) Cloudflare
5 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (36.36%) Firewall
2 5 (15.15%) Network Security
3 3 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (3.03%) HTTP
4 1 (3.03%) HTTPS
4 1 (3.03%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (3.03%) SSL
4 1 (3.03%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Burp Suite
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 18 (54.55%) Finance
2 15 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 6 (18.18%) Law
4 5 (15.15%) Banking
5 4 (12.12%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (12.12%) Financial Institution
6 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) OAuth
1 1 (3.03%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Security Posture
2 6 (18.18%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (18.18%) Taxonomies
3 4 (12.12%) CMDB
4 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (3.03%) PKI
5 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.18%) Linux
2 5 (15.15%) Windows
3 1 (3.03%) Unix
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (75.76%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (60.61%) Risk Management
3 19 (57.58%) Information Security
4 12 (36.36%) Incident Management
4 12 (36.36%) Vulnerability Management
5 10 (30.30%) Incident Response
5 10 (30.30%) Risk Register
6 9 (27.27%) SIEM
7 8 (24.24%) Cloud Security
7 8 (24.24%) Security Operations
8 7 (21.21%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (18.18%) BCP
9 6 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (18.18%) Malware Analysis
9 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (18.18%) Resilience Testing
9 6 (18.18%) Runbook
9 6 (18.18%) Test Automation
10 5 (15.15%) Threat Intelligence
10 5 (15.15%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) PowerShell
1 7 (21.21%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (48.48%) CISSP
2 12 (36.36%) CEH
2 12 (36.36%) CISM
3 11 (33.33%) Degree
4 6 (18.18%) CRISC
4 6 (18.18%) Master's Degree
5 4 (12.12%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (12.12%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (12.12%) Novell Certification
6 2 (6.06%) CISA
7 1 (3.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (3.03%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (3.03%) OSCP
7 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (63.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 21 (63.64%) NIST
2 8 (24.24%) GRC
2 8 (24.24%) NIST 800
2 8 (24.24%) SOC 2
3 6 (18.18%) ISO 22301
3 6 (18.18%) SOC 1
4 2 (6.06%) Accessibility
4 2 (6.06%) GDPR
5 1 (3.03%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) RSA Archer
2 4 (12.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 4 (12.12%) CSIRT
3 1 (3.03%) Ansible
3 1 (3.03%) Terraform
3 1 (3.03%) VxRail
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) VMware
2 6 (18.18%) Commvault
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.03%) Darktrace
3 1 (3.03%) Imperva
3 1 (3.03%) Red Hat
3 1 (3.03%) Sophos
3 1 (3.03%) Splunk
3 1 (3.03%) Zscaler