Security Specialist Jobs in England

Security Specialist
UK > England

The median Security Specialist salary in England is £50,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 649 726 944
Rank change year-on-year +77 +218 -233
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 193 189 213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.22% 0.21% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.23% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 157 133 162
10th Percentile £44,900 £44,118 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £54,175
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.31% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £110,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,500 £62,500 £64,250
% change year-on-year -19.20% -2.72% -1.15%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,789 81,044 130,352
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 91.54% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 60,868 51,693 74,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,525 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in England

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Specialist in England

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Specialist in England

Security Specialist
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
South East +34 74 £50,500 +1.00% 4
North of England +50 38 £50,000 -24.24% 5
London +44 36 £75,000 - 8
North West +17 34 £50,000 -24.24% 2
East of England +24 26 £47,500 - 5
South West -8 12 £60,000 -52.00% 3
Yorkshire +73 4 £49,375 -25.75% 2
Midlands -9 2 - - 9
East Midlands - 2 - - 2
Security Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 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 England region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 135 (69.95%) Cybersecurity
2 99 (51.30%) NIST
3 68 (35.23%) Def Stans
4 67 (34.72%) GRC
5 45 (23.32%) Information Security
6 33 (17.10%) Incident Response
7 32 (16.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 30 (15.54%) Degree
9 28 (14.51%) Finance
10 27 (13.99%) Security Cleared
11 26 (13.47%) Risk Management
12 25 (12.95%) Firewall
13 23 (11.92%) Windows
14 22 (11.40%) Microsoft
14 22 (11.40%) Social Skills
15 20 (10.36%) Linux
16 19 (9.84%) Aerospace
17 18 (9.33%) Cisco
17 18 (9.33%) Network Security
17 18 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
18 17 (8.81%) Azure
18 17 (8.81%) VMware
19 15 (7.77%) CISSP
19 15 (7.77%) Cyber Essentials
20 14 (7.25%) AWS
21 13 (6.74%) Vulnerability Management
21 13 (6.74%) VMware Infrastructure
21 13 (6.74%) Penetration Testing
21 13 (6.74%) Palo Alto
21 13 (6.74%) Operational Technology

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 17 (8.81%) Azure
2 14 (7.25%) AWS
3 8 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.07%) Serverless
5 2 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.04%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (1.04%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.52%) IaaS
6 1 (0.52%) OCI
6 1 (0.52%) PaaS
6 1 (0.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (12.95%) Firewall
2 18 (9.33%) Network Security
3 12 (6.22%) DNS
4 7 (3.63%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.55%) Wireshark
5 3 (1.55%) X.509
6 2 (1.04%) NAS
6 2 (1.04%) SAN
7 1 (0.52%) Internet
7 1 (0.52%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.52%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 1 (0.52%) SonarQube
General
1 28 (14.51%) Finance
2 22 (11.40%) Social Skills
3 19 (9.84%) Aerospace
4 12 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.66%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.15%) Banking
7 7 (3.63%) Retail
8 5 (2.59%) Legal
9 4 (2.07%) Law
9 4 (2.07%) Military
10 3 (1.55%) Multimedia
10 3 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.04%) Automotive
12 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.52%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.52%) Marketing
12 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.55%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.74%) Operational Technology
2 11 (5.70%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.66%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (4.66%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 5 (2.59%) PKI
5 4 (2.07%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.07%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.55%) Smart Energy
7 2 (1.04%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.52%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.52%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.52%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.52%) NHS
8 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.52%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.92%) Windows
2 20 (10.36%) Linux
3 9 (4.66%) Unix
4 6 (3.11%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.07%) Kali Linux
5 4 (2.07%) Ubuntu
5 4 (2.07%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.07%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (69.95%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (23.32%) Information Security
3 33 (17.10%) Incident Response
4 26 (13.47%) Risk Management
5 18 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (6.74%) Penetration Testing
6 13 (6.74%) Vulnerability Management
7 12 (6.22%) Change Management
7 12 (6.22%) Cryptography
7 12 (6.22%) Information Management
7 12 (6.22%) Project Management
8 10 (5.18%) OWASP
8 10 (5.18%) SIEM
9 9 (4.66%) Mentoring
9 9 (4.66%) Threat Management
10 8 (4.15%) Coaching
10 8 (4.15%) Computer Science
10 8 (4.15%) Patch Management
11 7 (3.63%) Security Architecture
11 7 (3.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (15.54%) Degree
2 27 (13.99%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.77%) CISSP
4 12 (6.22%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.63%) CISA
5 7 (3.63%) CISM
5 7 (3.63%) OSCP
6 6 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.11%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.59%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.59%) CEH
8 4 (2.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (2.07%) GSEC
9 3 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.04%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.04%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.52%) CCNA
11 1 (0.52%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (51.30%) NIST
2 68 (35.23%) Def Stans
3 67 (34.72%) GRC
4 32 (16.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (7.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (4.15%) GDPR
6 8 (4.15%) NCSC
7 6 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (3.11%) NIST 800
8 4 (2.07%) PCI DSS
9 2 (1.04%) HIPAA
9 2 (1.04%) TickIT
10 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (6.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.59%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.07%) Terminal Services
4 2 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (4.15%) SCCM
2 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.55%) SELinux
4 2 (1.04%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 22 (11.40%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.33%) Cisco
3 17 (8.81%) VMware
4 13 (6.74%) Palo Alto
5 12 (6.22%) Blue Coat
5 12 (6.22%) CheckPoint
5 12 (6.22%) Infoblox
5 12 (6.22%) Juniper
5 12 (6.22%) Riverbed
6 10 (5.18%) Qualys
7 1 (0.52%) Forcepoint
7 1 (0.52%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.52%) Meraki
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle
7 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.52%) Sonatype
7 1 (0.52%) Splunk
7 1 (0.52%) Varonis
7 1 (0.52%) Zscaler