Security Specialist Jobs in the North West

Security Specialist
England > North West

The median Security Specialist salary in the North West is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 254 273
Rank change year-on-year -25 +19 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 8 35 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.10% 0.36% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.38% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 7 23 12
10th Percentile £52,000 £42,500 £50,250
25th Percentile £56,000 £45,712 £55,289
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -16.67% -26.67%
75th Percentile £66,943 £62,500 £68,000
90th Percentile £73,886 £64,500 £71,600
England median annual salary £68,496 £50,500 £65,500
% change year-on-year +35.63% -22.90% +0.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 7,315 9,322 6,975
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.44% 94.61% 89.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,120 7,164 4,070
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,619 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in the North West

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in the North West.

Salary trend for Security Specialist in the North West

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in the North West over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Specialist in the North West

Security Specialist
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the North West region over the 6 months to 11 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
Lancashire -77 6 £60,000 - 2
Manchester +52 2 £71,991 +43.98% 4
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 11 May 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 North West region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (50.00%) NIST
3 4 (50.00%) Cyber Assurance
3 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (50.00%) Information Security
3 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (25.00%) Performance Management
4 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance
4 2 (25.00%) Azure
4 2 (25.00%) Bash
4 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) Banking
4 2 (25.00%) Retail
4 2 (25.00%) Python
4 2 (25.00%) CISM
4 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (25.00%) GCP
4 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) Docker
4 2 (25.00%) DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Mentoring

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) GCP
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Cyber Assurance
2 4 (50.00%) Information Security
2 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (25.00%) Coaching
3 2 (25.00%) DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery Management
3 2 (25.00%) Task Automation
3 2 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Bash
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (25.00%) CISM
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (50.00%) NIST
2 2 (25.00%) Def Stans
2 2 (25.00%) NCSC
2 2 (25.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes