Senior Security Specialist Job Trends in London

Senior Security Specialist
England > London

The median Senior Security Specialist salary in London is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 April 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 406 403 495
Rank change year-on-year -3 +92 +138
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Specialist 1 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.005% 0.008% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.009% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £78,750 - £47,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 - £50,950
75th Percentile £86,250 - £54,175
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £45,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% +12.50% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 18,244 11,561 21,875
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.88% 90.19% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 12,298 7,527 16,627
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,454
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,125
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.06%

Senior Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Senior Security Specialist job vacancy trend in London

Senior Security Specialist
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Security Specialist job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Security Specialist job vacancies in London

Senior Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 28 April 2026, Senior 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 Senior Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) VXLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) VXLAN
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler