Security Specialist Jobs in the Thames Valley

Security Specialist
South East > Thames Valley

The median Security Specialist salary in the Thames Valley 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 182 238 251
Rank change year-on-year +56 +13 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 4 4 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.12% 0.060% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.063% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 9
10th Percentile £75,125 - -
25th Percentile £75,313 £87,500 £35,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £90,000 £36,975
Median % change year-on-year -15.28% +143.41% -53.78%
75th Percentile £77,813 £92,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £78,375 - -
South East median annual salary £76,250 £50,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +50.99% +6.32% -17.53%

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 2,843 6,365 5,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.74% 94.69% 89.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,279 4,462 3,144
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £64,938 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £87,125
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in the Thames Valley

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Security Specialist in the Thames Valley

Security Specialist
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 Specialist within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +40 3 £76,250 -15.28% 4
Buckinghamshire +37 1 - - 2
Security Specialist
South East

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 3 (75.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (75.00%) CESG
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) SIEM
4 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
4 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (25.00%) Scorecard
4 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) Workflow
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) SCCP
4 1 (25.00%) Python
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) PowerShell

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) SCCP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) CESG
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Information Assurance
4 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Scorecard
4 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (25.00%) SIEM
4 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
4 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
1 3 (75.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft