Security Specialist Jobs in the South East

Security Specialist
England > South East

The median Security Specialist salary in the South East is £76,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 316 366
Rank change year-on-year +36 +50 +77
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 9 75 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.096% 0.45% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.47% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2 72 31
10th Percentile £75,125 - £27,750
25th Percentile £75,313 £45,000 £35,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £50,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +50.99% +6.32% -17.53%
75th Percentile £77,813 £53,250 £58,125
90th Percentile £78,375 - £65,000
England median annual salary £68,496 £50,500 £65,500
% change year-on-year +35.63% -22.90% +0.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 8,071 15,806 13,090
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.49% 93.98% 90.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,568 11,351 8,251
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,032 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in the South East

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in the South East.

Salary trend for Security Specialist in the South East

Security Specialist
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Thames Valley +56 4 £76,250 -15.28% 7
Berkshire +40 3 £76,250 -15.28% 4
Surrey -10 3 - - 1
Buckinghamshire +37 1 - - 2
Hampshire - 1 - - 6
Kent - 1 - - 2
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 11 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 South East region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Information Security
2 8 (88.89%) Management Information System
3 7 (77.78%) Risk Management
4 6 (66.67%) PowerShell
4 6 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (55.56%) Okta
5 5 (55.56%) Virtual Team
5 5 (55.56%) German Language
5 5 (55.56%) Risk Assessment
5 5 (55.56%) Degree
5 5 (55.56%) SailPoint
5 5 (55.56%) Mentoring
5 5 (55.56%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
5 5 (55.56%) Salesforce
5 5 (55.56%) Identity Management
6 3 (33.33%) Security Architecture
6 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
6 3 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 3 (33.33%) CESG Certified Professional
6 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (33.33%) CESG
6 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (33.33%) CISSP
7 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
8 1 (11.11%) Information Assurance
8 1 (11.11%) Azure
8 1 (11.11%) AWS
8 1 (11.11%) PaaS

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) SCCP
General
1 5 (55.56%) German Language
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (55.56%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (88.89%) Management Information System
2 5 (55.56%) Virtual Team
3 3 (33.33%) CESG
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Information Security
2 7 (77.78%) Risk Management
3 6 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (55.56%) Identity Access Management
4 5 (55.56%) Identity Management
4 5 (55.56%) Mentoring
4 5 (55.56%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (33.33%) Security Architecture
5 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 1 (11.11%) Incident Response
6 1 (11.11%) Information Assurance
6 1 (11.11%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 1 (11.11%) Scorecard
6 1 (11.11%) Security Monitoring
6 1 (11.11%) Security Operations
6 1 (11.11%) SIEM
6 1 (11.11%) Task Automation
6 1 (11.11%) Threat Detection
6 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) CESG Certified Professional
2 3 (33.33%) CISSP
2 3 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Okta
1 5 (55.56%) Salesforce
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft