Senior Security Specialist Jobs in Manchester

Senior Security Specialist
North West > Manchester

The median Senior Security Specialist salary in Manchester is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 April 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
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 212 233 -
Rank change year-on-year +21 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Specialist 2 15 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.040% 0.29% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.32% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile £72,250 £62,088 -
25th Percentile £73,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £66,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +17.42% - -
75th Percentile £81,250 £67,000 -
90th Percentile £82,750 £68,000 -
North West median annual salary £72,500 £66,000 -
% change year-on-year +9.85% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,767 4,710 5,518
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.02% 91.92% 97.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,720 2,720 3,756
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,700 £57,413 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.72% +4.39% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £84,150 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,941 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.99% +4.65% +10.53%

Senior Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Specialist in Manchester

Senior Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Specialist in Manchester

Senior Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 17 April 2024, Senior 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 Manchester region featuring Senior Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) OSCP
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Burp Suite
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering

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

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001