Senior Security Specialist Jobs in the North West

Senior Security Specialist
England > North West

The median Senior Security Specialist salary in the North West is £57,500 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 295 282 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Specialist 2 11 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.019% 0.15% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.17% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile £53,250 £62,088 -
25th Percentile £54,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £66,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.88% - -
75th Percentile £59,375 £67,000 -
90th Percentile £59,750 £68,000 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £66,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.22% -6.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 10,124 6,596 9,240
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.88% 89.24% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 7,670 3,972 5,398
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,138 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £40,791 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,525 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Senior Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Specialist in the North West

Senior Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Security Specialist in the North West.

Salary trend for Senior Security Specialist in the North West

Senior Security Specialist
Job Locations in the North West

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 North West 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
Lancashire - 2 £57,500 -
Senior Security Specialist
England

Senior Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

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 North West region featuring Senior Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (50.00%) NCSC
2 1 (50.00%) NIST

Senior Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) NIST 800