Security Specialist Jobs in Northern Ireland

Security Specialist
UK > Northern Ireland

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Specialist salary in Northern Ireland.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.35% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £50,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +28.71% -22.31% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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 Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 267 661 826
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 95.52% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 72 321 450
10th Percentile £23,854 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,112 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £70,313 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £66,025
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Northern Ireland

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for Security Specialist in Northern Ireland

Security Specialist
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 1 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
County Antrim - 1 - - 2
Security Specialist
UK

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 1 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 Northern Ireland region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Data Encryption
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Encryption
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google