Senior Information Security Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Information Security Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Information Security Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 740 - 857
Rank change year-on-year - - -200
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Information Security Specialist 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.003% - 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% - 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £72,250 - -
25th Percentile £73,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - -
75th Percentile £81,250 - -
90th Percentile £82,750 - -
UK median annual salary £77,500 - £87,500

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 65,737 55,972 67,654
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.35% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 46,859 31,643 43,312
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,738 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Senior Information Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Information Security Specialist in the UK excluding London

Senior Information Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Senior Information Security Specialist in the UK excluding London

Senior Information 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 Senior Information Security Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 April 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 West - 2 £77,500 -
North of England - 2 £77,500 -
Senior Information Security Specialist
UK

Senior Information Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Senior Information 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 Senior Information Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) OSCP
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Burp Suite
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering

Senior Information 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001