Security Compliance Specialist Job Trends in Southampton

Security Compliance Specialist
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Security Compliance Specialist salary in Southampton is £44,241 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Compliance Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,241 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £44,241 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 514 666 340
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.07% 97.65% 96.87%
Number of salaries quoted 367 489 268
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -11.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,000 £73,750 £75,550
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% -7.27%

Security Compliance Specialist Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 1 December 2025, Security Compliance Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Southampton region featuring Security Compliance Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis

Security Compliance Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800