IT Security Specialist
UK
The median IT Security Specialist salary in the UK is £60,000 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 | |
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| Rank | 721 | 872 | 932 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +151 | +60 | +280 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist | 8 | 11 | 29 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.014% | 0.011% | 0.029% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.016% | 0.012% | 0.032% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £43,750 | - | £27,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,875 | £24,000 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £29,500 | £77,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +103.39% | -61.94% | +34.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £98,125 | £51,250 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £109,000 | £55,875 | £111,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £49,750 | £29,500 | £46,250 |
| % change year-on-year | +68.64% | -36.22% | +32.62% |
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% |
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 18 May 2025.
IT Security Specialist
Top 10 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 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 | +127 | 6 | £73,750 | +207.29% | 3 |
| UK excluding London | +170 | 5 | £49,750 | +68.64% | 4 |
| London | - | 3 | £105,000 | - | 1 |
| Work from Home | +128 | 2 | £96,250 | +83.33% | 5 |
| North of England | +45 | 2 | £50,000 | +25.00% | |
| Scotland | +111 | 1 | £52,000 | -16.80% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +66 | 1 | £40,000 | +14.29% | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| North East | - | 1 | £60,000 | - | |
| South West | - | 1 | £47,500 | - |
IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, 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:
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