Security Specialist Job Trends in the Midlands

Security Specialist
England > Midlands

The median Security Specialist salary in the Midlands is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 228 264 227
Rank change year-on-year +36 -37 +129
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 1 17 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.018% 0.17% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.18% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 8
10th Percentile - - £45,315
25th Percentile £81,250 £60,000 £46,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £61,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.69% +22.50% -13.04%
75th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £59,313
90th Percentile - - £64,750
England median annual salary £74,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +23.33% - -14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 5,212 9,367 5,191
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.83% 94.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,243 5,051 3,979
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,550 £35,700 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £51,128
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.21% +2.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,450 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in the Midlands

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Security Specialist job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Security Specialist job vacancies in the Midlands

Security Specialist
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 September 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
West Midlands +31 1 £82,500 +24.53% 4
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 September 2025, 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 Midlands region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GRC

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (100.00%) Azure
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft