Security Specialist Jobs in Reading

Security Specialist
Berkshire > Reading

The median Security Specialist salary in Reading is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 135 115
Rank change year-on-year +12 -20 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 1 1 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.058% 0.062% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.066% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £64,000
25th Percentile £87,500 - £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.00%
75th Percentile £92,500 - £78,750
90th Percentile - - £81,000
Berkshire median annual salary £90,000 £36,975 £80,000
% change year-on-year +143.41% -53.78% +28.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,621 1,510 1,696
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 93.56% 97.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,037 809 1,020
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,863
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Reading

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Security Specialist in Reading

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 Reading region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Hadoop
1 1 (100.00%) Inversion of Control
1 1 (100.00%) tcpdump
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) tcpdump
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Hadoop
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Inversion of Control
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk