IT Security Specialist Jobs in the North of England

IT Security Specialist
England > North of England

The median IT Security Specialist salary in the North of England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

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

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 347 390 -
Rank change year-on-year +43 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.017% 0.011% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.012% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £42,000 £35,750 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,875 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -
75th Percentile £55,000 £44,375 -
90th Percentile £58,000 £46,250 -
England median annual salary £73,750 £29,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +150.00% -63.13% +39.01%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 10,815 16,750 15,196
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 94.99% 89.53%
Number of salaries quoted 5,780 12,957 8,065
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £39,544
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

IT Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Specialist in the North of England

IT Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Security Specialist in the North of England.

Salary trend for IT Security Specialist in the North of England

IT Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Specialist in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Security Specialist in the North of England

IT Security Specialist
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Specialist within the North of England region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Yorkshire +62 1 £40,000 +14.29%
North East - 1 £60,000 -
IT Security Specialist
England

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, IT 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 North of England region featuring IT Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Server Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) MCSD
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) CCDA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Server Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCDA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) MCSD
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco