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 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 655 717 974
Rank change year-on-year +62 +257 -242
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 205 179 215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.22% 0.22% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.24% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 164 132 166
10th Percentile £44,138 £44,206 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £65,000 £65,689
Median % change year-on-year -22.31% -1.05% +1.06%
75th Percentile £62,500 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £76,750 £110,875 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,500 £60,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.87% -6.54% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 89,619 75,210 137,772
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 91.22% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 65,535 49,495 75,192
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,300 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.94% +0.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £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 10 June 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 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
South East +21 74 £50,500 +1.00% 4
London +44 41 £75,000 - 10
North of England +25 39 £50,000 -24.24% 4
North West +2 35 £50,000 -24.24% 3
East of England +15 28 £47,500 - 3
South West -24 12 £60,000 -52.00% 4
Midlands -34 6 £60,000 -2.44% 8
Yorkshire +61 4 £49,375 -24.90% 1
West Midlands -19 3 - - 6
East Midlands - 3 £60,000 - 2
Security Specialist
UK

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

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 England region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 137 (66.83%) Cybersecurity
2 99 (48.29%) NIST
3 68 (33.17%) Def Stans
4 67 (32.68%) GRC
5 49 (23.90%) Information Security
6 32 (15.61%) Incident Response
7 31 (15.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 30 (14.63%) Security Cleared
9 29 (14.15%) Degree
10 28 (13.66%) Finance
11 26 (12.68%) Windows
12 25 (12.20%) Risk Management
12 25 (12.20%) Social Skills
13 24 (11.71%) Firewall
13 24 (11.71%) Linux
13 24 (11.71%) Microsoft
14 23 (11.22%) Network Security
15 19 (9.27%) Azure
16 18 (8.78%) Aerospace
16 18 (8.78%) Problem-Solving
17 17 (8.29%) Vulnerability Management
17 17 (8.29%) AWS
18 16 (7.80%) VMware
18 16 (7.80%) Cisco
18 16 (7.80%) Cyber Essentials
19 15 (7.32%) CISSP
20 14 (6.83%) Project Management
21 13 (6.34%) Penetration Testing
21 13 (6.34%) Palo Alto
21 13 (6.34%) 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 19 (9.27%) Azure
2 17 (8.29%) AWS
3 8 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (1.95%) Serverless
5 2 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (0.98%) Entra ID
5 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (0.98%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.49%) IaaS
6 1 (0.49%) PaaS
6 1 (0.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (11.71%) Firewall
2 23 (11.22%) Network Security
3 12 (5.85%) DNS
4 6 (2.93%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.46%) Wireshark
5 3 (1.46%) X.509
6 2 (0.98%) NAS
6 2 (0.98%) SAN
7 1 (0.49%) Internet
7 1 (0.49%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.46%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.49%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 1 (0.49%) SonarQube
General
1 28 (13.66%) Finance
2 25 (12.20%) Social Skills
3 18 (8.78%) Aerospace
4 12 (5.85%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.39%) Banking
5 9 (4.39%) Manufacturing
6 7 (3.41%) Retail
7 4 (1.95%) Law
7 4 (1.95%) Legal
8 3 (1.46%) Military
8 3 (1.46%) Multimedia
8 3 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.98%) Automotive
9 2 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.49%) Advertising
10 1 (0.49%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.49%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.46%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.34%) Operational Technology
2 12 (5.85%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.39%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 8 (3.90%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.44%) PKI
6 4 (1.95%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.95%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.46%) Smart Energy
8 2 (0.98%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.98%) NHS
8 2 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.49%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.49%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.49%) Cybercrime
9 1 (0.49%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.49%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 26 (12.68%) Windows
2 24 (11.71%) Linux
3 10 (4.88%) Windows Server
4 9 (4.39%) Unix
5 6 (2.93%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.46%) Kali Linux
6 3 (1.46%) Rocky
6 3 (1.46%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (66.83%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (23.90%) Information Security
3 32 (15.61%) Incident Response
4 25 (12.20%) Risk Management
5 18 (8.78%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (8.29%) Vulnerability Management
7 14 (6.83%) Project Management
8 13 (6.34%) Penetration Testing
9 12 (5.85%) Change Management
9 12 (5.85%) Cryptography
9 12 (5.85%) Information Management
10 11 (5.37%) SIEM
11 10 (4.88%) OWASP
12 9 (4.39%) Cloud Security
12 9 (4.39%) Mentoring
13 8 (3.90%) Coaching
13 8 (3.90%) Patch Management
13 8 (3.90%) Security Operations
13 8 (3.90%) Threat Management
13 8 (3.90%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.44%) Python
2 4 (1.95%) Bash
2 4 (1.95%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.98%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 29 (14.15%) Degree
3 15 (7.32%) CISSP
4 12 (5.85%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.41%) CISA
5 7 (3.41%) CISM
6 6 (2.93%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.93%) OSCP
7 5 (2.44%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.44%) CEH
7 5 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.95%) GSEC
8 4 (1.95%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.49%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.49%) CCA
10 1 (0.49%) CCNA
10 1 (0.49%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (48.29%) NIST
2 68 (33.17%) Def Stans
3 67 (32.68%) GRC
4 31 (15.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (7.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (3.90%) GDPR
6 8 (3.90%) NCSC
7 7 (3.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (2.93%) NIST 800
9 4 (1.95%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.98%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.98%) TickIT
11 1 (0.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (5.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (4.39%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.46%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.49%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (3.90%) SCCM
2 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.46%) SELinux
3 2 (0.98%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (11.71%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.80%) Cisco
2 16 (7.80%) VMware
3 13 (6.34%) Palo Alto
4 12 (5.85%) Blue Coat
4 12 (5.85%) CheckPoint
4 12 (5.85%) Infoblox
4 12 (5.85%) Juniper
4 12 (5.85%) Riverbed
5 10 (4.88%) Qualys
6 3 (1.46%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.49%) Forcepoint
7 1 (0.49%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.49%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.49%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.49%) Sonatype
7 1 (0.49%) Splunk
7 1 (0.49%) Varonis
7 1 (0.49%) Zscaler