Security Officer
UK
The median Security Officer salary in the UK is £42,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 681 | 851 | 896 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +170 | +45 | +141 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Security Officer | 11 | 45 | 93 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.021% | 0.046% | 0.089% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.023% | 0.048% | 0.098% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 11 | 34 | 60 |
| 10th Percentile | £39,000 | £36,585 | £36,425 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,500 | £42,625 | £42,798 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £42,000 | £50,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.00% | -16.67% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £61,250 | £64,068 | £83,813 |
| 90th Percentile | £76,250 | £80,250 | £111,625 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £41,500 | £50,000 | £45,196 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.00% | +10.63% | -17.83% |
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 | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Security Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Security Officer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Officer.
Security Officer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Officer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Security Officer
Top 7 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +146 | 11 | £42,000 | -16.00% | 35 |
| UK excluding London | +183 | 8 | £41,500 | -17.00% | 30 |
| Midlands | +85 | 6 | £41,500 | +14.33% | 4 |
| West Midlands | +54 | 6 | £41,500 | +24.91% | 4 |
| Work from Home | +180 | 4 | £46,750 | -6.50% | 19 |
| London | +102 | 2 | £81,250 | +25.00% | 13 |
| South West | +100 | 2 | £53,750 | +7.50% | 2 |
Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security Officer 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 Security Officer in the job title.
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Security Officer 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: