IT Security Specialist
UK
The median IT Security Specialist salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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 26 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 885 | 959 | 1190 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +74 | +231 | -317 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist | 9 | 34 | 22 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.009% | 0.032% | 0.014% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.010% | 0.035% | 0.015% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9 | 25 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £24,000 | £27,750 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £47,500 | £27,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £80,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -37.50% | +39.13% | -6.12% |
| 75th Percentile | £53,750 | - | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,000 | £96,250 | £81,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £28,500 | £34,875 |
| % change year-on-year | +75.44% | -18.28% | -40.64% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 92,901 | 95,961 | 148,050 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.62% | 91.57% | 96.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,751 | 60,281 | 85,224 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,686 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.19% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,495 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
IT Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Security Specialist
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Security Specialist.
IT Security Specialist
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Specialist over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.
IT Security Specialist
Top 9 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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 |
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| UK excluding London | -6 | 9 | £50,000 | +75.44% | 4 |
| England | +92 | 7 | £45,000 | -43.75% | 4 |
| Work from Home | +65 | 5 | £52,500 | -19.23% | 3 |
| South East | +21 | 3 | £52,500 | +84.21% | |
| East of England | - | 2 | £24,000 | - | 3 |
| North of England | - | 2 | £40,000 | - | |
| Scotland | - | 2 | £62,500 | - | 1 |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | £35,000 | - | |
| North West | - | 1 | £45,000 | - |
IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, IT 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 IT Security Specialist in the job title.
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IT 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: