Security Specialist Jobs in South Yorkshire

Security Specialist
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

As of 22 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Specialist salary in South Yorkshire.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 - 136
Rank change year-on-year - - -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 0.50% - 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% - 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £63,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £66,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.31%
75th Percentile - - £69,750
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £49,375 £66,500
% change year-on-year -18.99% -25.75% +2.31%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 379 1,287 1,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 92.66% 86.44%
Number of salaries quoted 241 1,031 530
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,000 £26,175
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,000 £33,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,772 £70,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,683 £49,068 £54,000
% change year-on-year -2.82% -9.13% +8.00%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in South Yorkshire

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Security Specialist in South Yorkshire

Security Specialist
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 22 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
Doncaster - 1 - - 2
Security Specialist
Yorkshire

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 22 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 Yorkshire region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
1 2 (100.00%) Fuzz Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Interactive Application Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SOAR
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Fuzz Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Interactive Application Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) SOAR
1 2 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft