Security Officer Jobs in Birmingham

Security Officer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Security Officer salary in Birmingham is £47,400 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 130 185
Rank change year-on-year -15 +55 -42
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Officer 4 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.13% 0.056% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.060% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £31,995 - £45,500
25th Percentile £34,763 - £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,400 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £60,250 - £62,500
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £47,400 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -34.62% +20.83% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,956 1,664 3,017
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 92.81% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,353 1,307 2,255
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +0.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,250 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Officer in Birmingham

Security Officer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Officer in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Security Officer in Birmingham

Security Officer
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Officer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Officer in Birmingham

Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, 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 Birmingham region featuring Security Officer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Legal
3 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) EDI
3 2 (50.00%) CISSP
3 2 (50.00%) CISA
3 2 (50.00%) CISM
3 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (50.00%) Security Management
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (50.00%) DBS Check
3 2 (50.00%) Threat Management
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (50.00%) GDPR
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials

Security Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Legal
3 1 (25.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (50.00%) ISMS
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Security Management
3 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 2 (50.00%) Threat Management
3 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CISA
1 2 (50.00%) CISM
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
1 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS