IT Security Specialist Jobs in West Sussex

IT Security Specialist
South East > West Sussex

The median IT Security Specialist salary in West Sussex is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 109 104
Rank change year-on-year +41 -5 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 3 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 0.43% 0.35% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.42% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile - - £54,370
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £55,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £57,600
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.19% +0.17%
75th Percentile £59,375 £52,500 £62,525
90th Percentile £62,750 - £63,260
South East median annual salary £52,500 £28,500 £28,500
% change year-on-year +84.21% - -54.40%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Sussex

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in West Sussex. 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 West Sussex with a recognized job title 659 962 1,076
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 84.02% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 489 481 744
10th Percentile £24,000 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £43,750 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £85,875
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

IT Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Specialist in West Sussex

IT Security Specialist
Salary Trend in West Sussex

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Security Specialist in West Sussex.

Salary trend for IT Security Specialist in West Sussex

IT Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Specialist in West Sussex over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Security Specialist in West Sussex

IT Security Specialist
Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex region over the 6 months to 25 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
Worthing - 3 £52,500 -
IT Security Specialist
South East

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 25 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 across the West Sussex region featuring IT Security Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Detection
2 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (66.67%) Qualys
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Varonis
2 2 (66.67%) LogRhythm
2 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) Forcepoint
2 2 (66.67%) Data Security
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (33.33%) GRC

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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 (66.67%) Internet
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (66.67%) Data Security
2 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Detection
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GRC
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Forcepoint
1 2 (66.67%) LogRhythm
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Qualys
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
1 2 (66.67%) Varonis