Information Security Specialist
UK
The median Information Security Specialist salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 700 | 876 | 930 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +176 | +54 | +244 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Specialist | 29 | 7 | 31 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.052% | 0.007% | 0.031% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.057% | 0.007% | 0.034% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 5 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £72,000 | - | £48,625 |
| 25th Percentile | £73,125 | £42,500 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £57,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +30.43% | -11.54% | +8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,875 | £58,750 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £78,000 | £79,000 | £107,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £75,000 | £51,250 | £64,550 |
| % change year-on-year | +46.34% | -20.60% | +22.95% |
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 | 50,837 | 94,491 | 90,806 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.77% | 94.69% | 91.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,317 | 67,546 | 57,366 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Information Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Information Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Information Security Specialist
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Specialist.
Information Security Specialist
Top 6 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 |
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| England | +152 | 29 | £75,000 | +30.43% | 17 |
| Work from Home | - | 23 | - | - | 17 |
| UK excluding London | +191 | 21 | £75,000 | +46.34% | 13 |
| East of England | - | 11 | - | - | |
| South East | - | 10 | £75,000 | - | 6 |
| London | +119 | 6 | - | - | 4 |
Information Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, 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 featuring Information Security Specialist in the job title.
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Information Security 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: