Senior Security Specialist Jobs in Reading

Senior Security Specialist
Berkshire > Reading

The median Senior Security Specialist salary in Reading is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.058% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
75th Percentile £92,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £90,000 - -

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 1,509 1,692
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 93.61% 97.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,036 812 1,015
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 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +0.88% +3.64%

Senior Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Specialist in Reading

Senior Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Specialist in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Senior 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 Senior 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

Senior 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