IT Security Officer Jobs in the West Midlands

IT Security Officer
England > West Midlands

The median IT Security Officer salary in the West Midlands is £33,225 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 245 - 286
Rank change year-on-year - - -57
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Officer 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.028% - 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% - 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £30,765 - -
25th Percentile £31,688 - £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,225 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.32%
75th Percentile £34,763 - £62,500
90th Percentile £35,685 - -
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -20.83% +37.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,823 5,988 6,870
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 89.96% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 5,157 3,359 4,771
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,117 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,833 £60,775 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.42% +1.29% +9.09%

IT Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured IT Security Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Officer in the West Midlands

IT Security Officer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Security Officer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for IT Security Officer in the West Midlands

IT Security Officer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Officer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Birmingham - 2 £33,225 -
IT Security Officer
England

IT Security Officer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, IT 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 across the West Midlands region featuring IT Security Officer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) EDI
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM

IT Security Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check