Security Specialist Jobs in Central London

Security Specialist
London > Central London

The median Security Specialist salary in Central London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 190 224 303
Rank change year-on-year +34 +79 -53
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 5 10 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.13% 0.20% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.21% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 5 10 13
10th Percentile - £61,750 £69,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,875 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £68,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -9.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £86,250 £83,125 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,000 £93,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 3,631 4,755 8,121
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.33% 96.02% 95.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,747 3,927 6,409
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,875 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,744 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +3.10% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £93,250
90th Percentile £110,500 £112,500 £107,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Central London

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Security Specialist in Central London

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in Central London over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Specialist in Central London

Security Specialist
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the Central London region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
City of London +40 3 £60,000 -11.76% 1
West End of London - 1 £82,500 -
Security Specialist
London

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

For the 6 months to 10 June 2024, 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 Central London region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (20.00%) CISSP
4 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) CISA
4 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) Law
4 1 (20.00%) Legal
4 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (20.00%) CEH
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Ubuntu
4 1 (20.00%) Network Security
4 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (20.00%) OWASP
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) Linux

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Rocky
1 1 (20.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (20.00%) Key Management
3 1 (20.00%) OWASP
3 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Bash
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (20.00%) CEH
1 1 (20.00%) CISA
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (20.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat