Security Specialist Jobs in Pontefract

Security Specialist
West Yorkshire > Pontefract

The median Security Specialist salary in Pontefract is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Pontefract 6.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 7.41% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £63,750 £100,000
% change year-on-year -37.25% -36.25% +63.47%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Pontefract

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Pontefract. 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 Pontefract with a recognized job title 27 13 8
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 84.38% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2 12 8
10th Percentile £42,250 £16,400 £29,100
25th Percentile £45,625 £20,000 £30,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £30,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -7.69% -21.21%
75th Percentile £60,625 £31,500 £34,887
90th Percentile £64,750 £32,245 £38,296
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +9.62%

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Pontefract

For the 6 months to 28 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 Pontefract region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (50.00%) Fuzz Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
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%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Interactive Application Security Testing

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Pontefract 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 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Fuzz Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Interactive Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Server Management
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft