Security Specialist Jobs in Yorkshire

Security Specialist
England > Yorkshire

The median Security Specialist salary in Yorkshire is £40,000 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 150 216 284
Rank change year-on-year +66 +68 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 10 4 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.34% 0.066% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.069% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 12
10th Percentile - £32,375 £51,100
25th Percentile - £34,063 £63,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £49,375 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.99% -25.75% -1.48%
75th Percentile - £65,625 £100,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £71,750 £50,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +42.08% -22.31% -0.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,698 5,791 6,990
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.69% 95.53% 90.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,300 4,439 3,419
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £31,149
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £49,274 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -6.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Yorkshire

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Security Specialist in Yorkshire

Security Specialist
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the Yorkshire region 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
West Yorkshire +55 4 £40,000 -37.25% 5
North Yorkshire +4 3 - - 1
South Yorkshire - 2 - - 2
East Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, 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 Yorkshire region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 10 (100.00%) Firewall
1 10 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 10 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 9 (90.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 9 (90.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 9 (90.00%) Interactive Application Security Testing
2 9 (90.00%) SOAR
2 9 (90.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 9 (90.00%) Fuzz Testing
2 9 (90.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 9 (90.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (90.00%) Security Testing
2 9 (90.00%) Azure
2 9 (90.00%) AWS
2 9 (90.00%) Security Architecture
2 9 (90.00%) SIEM
2 9 (90.00%) Penetration Testing
2 9 (90.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Information Security
3 1 (10.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (10.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Server Management
3 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 10 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (90.00%) AWS
2 9 (90.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (10.00%) Marketing
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 10 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 9 (90.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (90.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 9 (90.00%) Fuzz Testing
2 9 (90.00%) Incident Management
2 9 (90.00%) Interactive Application Security Testing
2 9 (90.00%) Penetration Testing
2 9 (90.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 9 (90.00%) Security Architecture
2 9 (90.00%) Security Testing
2 9 (90.00%) SIEM
2 9 (90.00%) SOAR
2 9 (90.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 9 (90.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (10.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (10.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Server Management
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft