IT Security Specialist Jobs in West Yorkshire

IT Security Specialist
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median IT Security Specialist salary in West Yorkshire is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.081% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 -
% change year-on-year +14.29% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,124 2,875 4,804
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 95.96% 93.17%
Number of salaries quoted 645 2,120 2,331
10th Percentile £28,600 £28,000 £31,569
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -9.09% +7.84%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £83,750 £86,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,683 £49,500 £54,882
% change year-on-year -3.67% -9.81% +9.76%

IT Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Specialist in West Yorkshire

IT Security Specialist
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for IT Security Specialist in West Yorkshire

IT Security Specialist
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Pontefract - 1 £40,000 -
IT Security Specialist
Yorkshire

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 14 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 across the West Yorkshire region featuring IT Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft