Security Officer Jobs in the South West

Security Officer
England > South West

The median Security Officer salary in the South West is £53,750 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 177 275 263
Rank change year-on-year +98 -12 +55
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Officer 2 11 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.056% 0.12% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.12% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 2 11 3
10th Percentile £41,725 £47,500 £41,100
25th Percentile £45,813 - £44,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -1.96% +7.37%
75th Percentile £61,813 - £51,750
90th Percentile £65,975 £52,500 £51,900
England median annual salary £42,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% -16.67% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,363 8,935 6,012
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.78% 96.22% 89.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,035 6,536 3,754
10th Percentile £27,350 £28,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,336 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,400 £77,500 £79,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Officer in the South West

Security Officer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Officer in the South West.

Salary trend for Security Officer in the South West

Security Officer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Officer in the South West over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Officer in the South West

Security Officer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Officer within the South West 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
Devon +27 1 £67,500 -
Somerset - 1 £40,000 - 1
Security Officer
England

Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, Security Officer 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 West region featuring Security Officer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) CEH
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Due Diligence
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Law

Security Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Due Diligence
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CEH
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune