Security Officer Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Security Officer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Security Officer salary in the Thames Valley is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 November 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 191 174
Rank change year-on-year +11 -17 +100
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Officer 1 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.029% 0.046% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.049% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £55,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £165,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -71.21% +153.85%
75th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £172,500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £59,250 £96,500
% change year-on-year -7.17% -38.60% +26.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 3,174 4,116 3,102
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.26% 95.45% 93.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,706 2,108 2,203
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £54,763
% change year-on-year -13.64% +0.43% -0.43%

Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Security Officer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Security Officer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Security Officer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for Security Officer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Salary distribution trend for Security Officer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Security Officer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Officer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 November 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £55,000 - 8
Security Officer
South East

Security Officer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, Security Officer 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 Thames Valley region featuring Security Officer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

Security Officer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS