Cybersecurity Specialist
UK
The median Cybersecurity Specialist salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 June 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 703 | 787 | 878 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +84 | +91 | +332 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist | 23 | 120 | 69 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.041% | 0.11% | 0.073% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.046% | 0.12% | 0.080% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 12 | 96 | 65 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,050 | - | £44,118 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £45,000 | £55,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £50,500 | £58,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.81% | -12.93% | -11.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £78,125 | £53,250 | £72,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £87,500 | £66,875 | £83,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £50,500 | £58,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.81% | -12.93% | -11.70% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 50,451 | 99,560 | 86,387 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.29% | 94.86% | 91.27% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,358 | 70,793 | 55,662 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,967 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.93% | -6.54% | +6.48% |
Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist.
Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.
Cybersecurity Specialist
Top 8 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +97 | 23 | £60,000 | +18.81% | 96 |
| UK excluding London | +100 | 16 | £60,000 | +18.81% | 88 |
| North of England | +44 | 16 | £60,000 | - | 23 |
| Yorkshire | - | 9 | - | - | 7 |
| London | +96 | 7 | £75,000 | - | 16 |
| North West | -4 | 6 | £60,000 | - | 13 |
| Work from Home | +115 | 5 | £70,000 | +16.67% | 8 |
| North East | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 June 2025, Cybersecurity 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 featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.
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Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: