Security Specialist Jobs in London

Security Specialist
England > London

The median Security Specialist salary in London is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 465 522 820
Rank change year-on-year +57 +298 -295
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 38 97 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.16% 0.28% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.30% 0.094%
Number of salaries quoted 28 66 56
10th Percentile £57,750 £55,000 £55,500
25th Percentile £66,875 £61,375 £59,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,535 £113,750 £95,625
England median annual salary £50,500 £65,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -22.90% +0.77% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,236 32,601 64,987
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 95.01% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 16,671 24,034 34,497
10th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in London

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Security Specialist in London

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

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 10 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
Central London +41 6 £66,250 -2.57% 2
Security Specialist
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 London region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 27 (71.05%) Finance
2 21 (55.26%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (39.47%) Incident Response
4 13 (34.21%) Windows
4 13 (34.21%) Linux
5 12 (31.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (28.95%) Penetration Testing
6 11 (28.95%) Microsoft
7 10 (26.32%) VMware
8 9 (23.68%) Unix
8 9 (23.68%) CISSP
8 9 (23.68%) Information Security
8 9 (23.68%) NIST
8 9 (23.68%) Threat Management
8 9 (23.68%) Vulnerability Management
8 9 (23.68%) VMware Infrastructure
9 8 (21.05%) Patch Management
9 8 (21.05%) Social Skills
9 8 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (21.05%) Banking
9 8 (21.05%) Qualys
9 8 (21.05%) SCCM
10 7 (18.42%) CISA
11 6 (15.79%) CISM
11 6 (15.79%) Firewall
11 6 (15.79%) Computer Science
11 6 (15.79%) Degree
11 6 (15.79%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 5 (13.16%) PKI
12 5 (13.16%) Cyber Essentials

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 4 (10.53%) AWS
1 4 (10.53%) Azure
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.79%) Firewall
2 3 (7.89%) X.509
3 2 (5.26%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.63%) Network Security
General
1 27 (71.05%) Finance
2 8 (21.05%) Banking
2 8 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.89%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.26%) Law
4 2 (5.26%) Legal
5 1 (2.63%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.63%) Marketing
5 1 (2.63%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) PKI
2 4 (10.53%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (7.89%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (7.89%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.89%) Security Posture
4 2 (5.26%) Algorithms
4 2 (5.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (2.63%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (34.21%) Linux
1 13 (34.21%) Windows
2 9 (23.68%) Unix
3 2 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (55.26%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (39.47%) Incident Response
3 11 (28.95%) Penetration Testing
4 9 (23.68%) Information Security
4 9 (23.68%) Threat Management
4 9 (23.68%) Vulnerability Management
5 8 (21.05%) Patch Management
5 8 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (15.79%) Computer Science
6 6 (15.79%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 5 (13.16%) Application Security
7 5 (13.16%) SIEM
8 4 (10.53%) OWASP
8 4 (10.53%) Risk Management
9 3 (7.89%) Agile
9 3 (7.89%) Critical Thinking
9 3 (7.89%) Risk Assessment
9 3 (7.89%) Secure Coding
9 3 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (7.89%) Validation
Qualifications
1 9 (23.68%) CISSP
2 7 (18.42%) CISA
3 6 (15.79%) CISM
3 6 (15.79%) Degree
4 4 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (10.53%) Security Cleared
5 3 (7.89%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (5.26%) Azure Certification
6 2 (5.26%) CEH
6 2 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (5.26%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (5.26%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (2.63%) CCNA
7 1 (2.63%) OSCP
7 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (31.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (23.68%) NIST
3 5 (13.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (10.53%) GDPR
5 3 (7.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (7.89%) PCI DSS
6 2 (5.26%) HIPAA
7 1 (2.63%) GRC
7 1 (2.63%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (23.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (5.26%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.63%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (21.05%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (28.95%) Microsoft
2 10 (26.32%) VMware
3 8 (21.05%) Qualys
4 1 (2.63%) Cisco
4 1 (2.63%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.63%) Zscaler