Security Specialist Jobs in the South East

Security Specialist
England > South East

The median Security Specialist salary in the South East 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 327 361 441
Rank change year-on-year +34 +80 -84
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 74 36 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.44% 0.25% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.28% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 71 31 31
10th Percentile - £35,463 £27,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,981 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £53,250 £58,750 £81,250
90th Percentile - £65,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £50,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -22.31% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,863 12,953 19,286
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 90.32% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11,342 8,193 12,383
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in the South East

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in the South East.

Salary trend for Security Specialist in the South East

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Security Specialist in the South East

Security Specialist
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the South East 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
Surrey +59 68 £50,500 -8.18%
Thames Valley +9 4 £90,000 +56.52% 1
Berkshire +17 2 £90,000 +143.41%
Buckinghamshire -16 2 - - 1
West Sussex +23 1 £52,500 +5.00%
Home Counties - 1 £48,000 -
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 71 (95.95%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (93.24%) NIST
3 68 (91.89%) Def Stans
4 66 (89.19%) GRC
5 3 (4.05%) Azure
5 3 (4.05%) Microsoft
6 2 (2.70%) Automotive
6 2 (2.70%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.70%) SIEM
6 2 (2.70%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (2.70%) Incident Response
6 2 (2.70%) Security Operations
7 1 (1.35%) Threat Detection
7 1 (1.35%) Data Loss Prevention
7 1 (1.35%) Cyber Intelligence
7 1 (1.35%) Proactive Monitoring
7 1 (1.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.35%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (1.35%) Decision-Making
7 1 (1.35%) Infrastructure as Code
7 1 (1.35%) Meraki
7 1 (1.35%) Varonis
7 1 (1.35%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.35%) Kalman Filter
7 1 (1.35%) Coaching
7 1 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.35%) Dashboard Development

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (4.05%) Azure
2 2 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.35%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.35%) Firewall
1 1 (1.35%) Internet
1 1 (1.35%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (1.35%) tcpdump
1 1 (1.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.35%) Hadoop
General
1 2 (2.70%) Automotive
2 1 (1.35%) Aerospace
2 1 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (1.35%) Finance
2 1 (1.35%) Legal
2 1 (1.35%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (1.35%) Cyberattack
1 1 (1.35%) Data Centre
1 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
1 1 (1.35%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.35%) Linux
1 1 (1.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (95.95%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (2.70%) Incident Response
2 2 (2.70%) Security Operations
2 2 (2.70%) SIEM
2 2 (2.70%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (1.35%) Coaching
3 1 (1.35%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (1.35%) Cyber Intelligence
3 1 (1.35%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (1.35%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (1.35%) Data Protection
3 1 (1.35%) Decision-Making
3 1 (1.35%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (1.35%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (1.35%) Inversion of Control
3 1 (1.35%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (1.35%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (1.35%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (1.35%) Threat Detection
3 1 (1.35%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (2.70%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.35%) CISA
2 1 (1.35%) CISM
2 1 (1.35%) CISSP
2 1 (1.35%) Degree
2 1 (1.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (93.24%) NIST
2 68 (91.89%) Def Stans
3 66 (89.19%) GRC
4 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (4.05%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.35%) Cisco
2 1 (1.35%) Forcepoint
2 1 (1.35%) LogRhythm
2 1 (1.35%) Meraki
2 1 (1.35%) Oracle
2 1 (1.35%) Qualys
2 1 (1.35%) ServiceNow
2 1 (1.35%) Splunk
2 1 (1.35%) Varonis