Infrastructure Security Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Security Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Infrastructure Security Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 762 - 845
Rank change year-on-year - - -160
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Specialist 9 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.013% - 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% - 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 4
10th Percentile £46,674 - £44,750
25th Percentile £47,500 - £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +42.86%
75th Percentile £54,175 - £72,500
90th Percentile £65,625 - -
UK median annual salary £50,000 - £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +66.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,718 54,726 68,124
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,226 31,089 43,036
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Infrastructure Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Security Specialist in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Security Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Security Specialist in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Security Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Security Specialist in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Security Specialist
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Security Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
North of England - 7 £50,000 - 1
North West - 5 £50,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £63,750 -
South East - 1 £48,000 -
South West - 1 £50,950 -
Infrastructure Security Specialist
UK

Infrastructure Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Infrastructure 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 UK excluding London region featuring Infrastructure Security Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Windows
1 6 (66.67%) Azure
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) VMware
3 4 (44.44%) Linux
3 4 (44.44%) Cisco
3 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (44.44%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 4 (44.44%) Threat Intelligence
3 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 3 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 3 (33.33%) NIST
4 3 (33.33%) GDPR
4 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
4 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (33.33%) Windows 10
4 3 (33.33%) Kali Linux
4 3 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (33.33%) Smart Energy
4 3 (33.33%) SELinux
4 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (33.33%) AWS
4 3 (33.33%) Network Security
4 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (33.33%) Ubuntu

Infrastructure Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (66.67%) Azure
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (33.33%) AWS
3 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
3 2 (22.22%) OneDrive
4 1 (11.11%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
1 3 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (33.33%) Network Security
2 2 (22.22%) NAS
2 2 (22.22%) SAN
General
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Retail
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Law
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 3 (33.33%) Smart Energy
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
2 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Linux
3 3 (33.33%) Kali Linux
3 3 (33.33%) Ubuntu
3 3 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 3 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Preventative Maintenance
5 1 (11.11%) Agile
5 1 (11.11%) Coaching
5 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (11.11%) ITIL
5 1 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (11.11%) Security Operations
5 1 (11.11%) SIEM
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (11.11%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (33.33%) GDPR
2 3 (33.33%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Terminal Services
1 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (33.33%) SELinux
2 2 (22.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
1 5 (55.56%) VMware
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) Meraki
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle