Senior Security Specialist Jobs in England

Senior Security Specialist
UK > England

The median Senior Security Specialist salary in England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 854 876 1174
Rank change year-on-year +22 +298 -284
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Specialist 11 25 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.030% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.033% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 3 12 14
10th Percentile £54,000 £50,025 £46,400
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,289 £57,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -2.22% -6.90%
75th Percentile £76,250 £68,000 £90,313
90th Percentile £86,000 £69,575 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £66,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.54% -10.34%

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 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £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%

Senior Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Specialist in England

Senior Security Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Specialist in England

Senior Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Specialist in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Specialist in England

Senior 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 Senior Security Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +115 4 - -
South East - 4 £90,000 -
North of England +18 2 £57,500 -12.88% 2
North West -13 2 £57,500 -12.88% 2
Senior Security Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Senior 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 Senior Security Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (54.55%) Vulnerability Management
3 5 (45.45%) NIST
4 4 (36.36%) SIEM
4 4 (36.36%) Incident Response
4 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (36.36%) Information Security
4 4 (36.36%) Windows
4 4 (36.36%) Linux
4 4 (36.36%) Firewall
5 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
5 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
5 3 (27.27%) DRM
5 3 (27.27%) Sass
5 3 (27.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (27.27%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 3 (27.27%) AWS
5 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
5 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (27.27%) Critical Thinking
5 3 (27.27%) Thought Leadership
5 3 (27.27%) Windows Server
5 3 (27.27%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (27.27%) GDPR
5 3 (27.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (27.27%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (18.18%) DevSecOps
6 2 (18.18%) Application Security
6 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Remediation

Senior 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 3 (27.27%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (9.09%) tcpdump
2 1 (9.09%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Hadoop
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Automotive
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (27.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (9.09%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Linux
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (54.55%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (36.36%) Incident Response
3 4 (36.36%) Information Security
3 4 (36.36%) SIEM
4 3 (27.27%) Critical Thinking
4 3 (27.27%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 3 (27.27%) DRM
4 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) Thought Leadership
4 3 (27.27%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (18.18%) Application Security
5 2 (18.18%) Benchmarking
5 2 (18.18%) Coaching
5 2 (18.18%) DevSecOps
5 2 (18.18%) OWASP
5 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 1 (9.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 1 (9.09%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) NIST
2 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (27.27%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (27.27%) GDPR
4 1 (9.09%) NCSC
4 1 (9.09%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Splunk