Security Officer Jobs in the Midlands

Security Officer
England > Midlands

The median Security Officer salary in the Midlands is £47,400 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 June 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
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 331 303 349
Rank change year-on-year -28 +46 -78
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Officer 4 3 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.029% 0.035% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.039% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 11
10th Percentile £31,995 £67,625 £48,750
25th Percentile £34,763 £67,813 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,400 £71,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.47% +18.75% +14.29%
75th Percentile £60,250 £75,313 £70,625
90th Percentile - £75,875 £78,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 13,064 7,596 10,892
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 89.50% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 9,325 4,488 7,079
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,750 £37,500 £37,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,741 £66,389 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,300 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.94% +0.50% +9.09%

Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Officer in the Midlands

Security Officer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Officer in the Midlands

Security Officer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Officer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Officer in the Midlands

Security Officer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Officer within the Midlands 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
West Midlands -9 4 £47,400 -34.62% 2
Security Officer
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 Midlands 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 the Midlands 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%) Actionable Insight
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 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