Security Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 539 609 618
Rank change year-on-year +70 +9 +61
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 36 154 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.091% 0.22% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.23% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 13 129 85
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,848 £43,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% -12.17% -7.26%
75th Percentile - £53,250 £66,000
90th Percentile £74,750 £62,500 £72,600
UK median annual salary £65,000 £50,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +28.71% -22.31% +1.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 35,759 67,300 52,885
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 94.85% 89.15%
Number of salaries quoted 18,598 47,582 30,032
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in the UK excluding London

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Specialist in the UK excluding London

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Specialist in the UK excluding London

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 Security Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
East of England +31 12 - - 4
South East +35 10 £75,000 +48.51% 23
North of England +22 9 £56,000 +12.00% 24
North West -22 6 £60,000 +20.00% 15
Scotland +110 2 £52,000 -16.80% 4
South West +99 2 £47,500 -20.83% 2
North East - 2 £45,750 - 1
Yorkshire +65 1 £40,000 -18.99% 8
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 4
Security Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 30 (83.33%) Information Security
2 23 (63.89%) Management Information System
2 23 (63.89%) Risk Management
3 20 (55.56%) Degree
4 18 (50.00%) Mentoring
5 17 (47.22%) Identity Access Management
5 17 (47.22%) Collaborative Working
5 17 (47.22%) PowerShell
6 16 (44.44%) German Language
6 16 (44.44%) Identity Management
6 16 (44.44%) Risk Assessment
6 16 (44.44%) Salesforce
6 16 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
6 16 (44.44%) Active Directory
6 16 (44.44%) Okta
6 16 (44.44%) Virtual Team
6 16 (44.44%) SailPoint
7 11 (30.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (19.44%) CISSP
10 6 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 6 (16.67%) Security Architecture
10 6 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (16.67%) NIST
11 5 (13.89%) Information Assurance
12 4 (11.11%) Security Cleared
12 4 (11.11%) CESG
12 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
12 4 (11.11%) CISM

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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.56%) AWS
1 2 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.78%) GCP
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.11%) Firewall
2 2 (5.56%) Network Security
2 2 (5.56%) SCCP
3 1 (2.78%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.78%) VPN
General
1 16 (44.44%) German Language
2 6 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Finance
5 1 (2.78%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.78%) Legal
5 1 (2.78%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (44.44%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 23 (63.89%) Management Information System
2 16 (44.44%) Virtual Team
3 4 (11.11%) CESG
4 1 (2.78%) CCTV
4 1 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (83.33%) Information Security
2 23 (63.89%) Risk Management
3 18 (50.00%) Mentoring
4 17 (47.22%) Collaborative Working
4 17 (47.22%) Identity Access Management
5 16 (44.44%) Identity Management
5 16 (44.44%) Risk Assessment
6 9 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (16.67%) Security Architecture
7 6 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 5 (13.89%) Information Assurance
9 4 (11.11%) Cyber Assurance
9 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (8.33%) Incident Response
10 3 (8.33%) SIEM
11 2 (5.56%) Computer Science
11 2 (5.56%) Performance Management
11 2 (5.56%) Process Improvement
11 2 (5.56%) Service Delivery
11 2 (5.56%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 17 (47.22%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (55.56%) Degree
2 7 (19.44%) CISSP
3 6 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (11.11%) CESG Certified Professional
4 4 (11.11%) CISM
4 4 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 4 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.56%) CISA
5 2 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (2.78%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.78%) CCDA
6 1 (2.78%) CCNA
6 1 (2.78%) CCNP
6 1 (2.78%) CCSP
6 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.78%) MCSD
6 1 (2.78%) MCSE
6 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (30.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (16.67%) NIST
3 2 (5.56%) Def Stans
3 2 (5.56%) NCSC
3 2 (5.56%) NIST 800
4 1 (2.78%) GDPR
4 1 (2.78%) ISO 9001
4 1 (2.78%) ITGC
4 1 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (44.44%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 16 (44.44%) Okta
1 16 (44.44%) Salesforce
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.78%) Cisco
3 1 (2.78%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.78%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.78%) Google
3 1 (2.78%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.78%) Sophos