Security Specialist Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Security Specialist
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The median Security Specialist salary in Nottinghamshire is £51,058 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 0.16% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,165 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 - -
75th Percentile £53,951 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £51,058 £60,000 £48,628
% change year-on-year -14.90% +23.39% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Nottinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Nottinghamshire. 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 Nottinghamshire with a recognized job title 603 1,111 367
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.26% 98.23% 96.83%
Number of salaries quoted 369 469 305
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,500 £26,850
25th Percentile £28,750 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,449 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.10% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £58,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £85,000 £82,500
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% -9.52% +5.00%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Security Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire.

Security Specialist job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for Security Specialist job vacancies in Nottinghamshire.

Salary distribution trend for Security Specialist job vacancies in Nottinghamshire

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, Security Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Nottinghamshire region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (100.00%) Anomaly Detection
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Black-Box Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISMP
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GPEN
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Metasploit
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Insider Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Anomaly Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Black-Box Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISMP
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GPEN
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft