Senior Security Specialist
UK
The median Senior Security Specialist salary in the UK is £66,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 699 | 901 | 929 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +202 | +28 | +291 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Specialist | 10 | 11 | 33 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.018% | 0.011% | 0.034% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.020% | 0.011% | 0.037% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £54,000 | £52,872 |
| 25th Percentile | £60,000 | £56,250 | £61,492 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £66,250 | £60,000 | £66,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.42% | -9.09% | +1.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £74,688 | £76,250 | £68,438 |
| 90th Percentile | £76,875 | £86,000 | £69,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £66,250 | £60,000 | £66,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.42% | -9.09% | +7.89% |
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 | 50,066 | 97,923 | 88,829 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.36% | 94.81% | 91.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,124 | 69,761 | 56,179 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,750 | £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 | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Senior Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Security Specialist
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Security Specialist.
Senior Security Specialist
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Specialist over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.
Senior Security Specialist
Top 7 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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 | +157 | 10 | £66,250 | +10.42% | 8 |
| UK excluding London | +196 | 8 | £66,250 | +10.42% | 8 |
| South East | +88 | 4 | £75,000 | -16.67% | 3 |
| North of England | +54 | 4 | £60,000 | +4.35% | 3 |
| North West | +11 | 4 | £60,000 | +4.35% | 3 |
| Work from Home | - | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| London | +111 | 1 | - | - |
Senior Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Security Specialist in the job title.
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Senior 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: