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 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 652 716 971
Rank change year-on-year +64 +255 -240
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 212 178 215
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 169 131 166
10th Percentile £44,575 £45,000 £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 £75,500 £111,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,500 £61,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -18.22% -5.00% -

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 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +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 12 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 12 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 +14 77 £50,500 +1.00% 5
London +51 41 £75,000 - 11
North of England +20 40 £50,000 -24.24% 7
North West -5 35 £50,000 -24.24% 4
East of England +16 29 £47,500 - 3
South West -39 12 £60,000 -52.00% 4
Midlands -40 8 £60,000 -2.44% 8
Yorkshire +56 4 £49,375 -24.90% 3
West Midlands -17 4 - - 6
East Midlands - 4 £60,000 - 2
North East - 1 £57,500 -
Security Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 140 (66.04%) Cybersecurity
2 100 (47.17%) NIST
3 68 (32.08%) Def Stans
4 67 (31.60%) GRC
5 52 (24.53%) Information Security
6 33 (15.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 32 (15.09%) Incident Response
8 31 (14.62%) Security Cleared
9 29 (13.68%) Degree
10 28 (13.21%) Windows
11 27 (12.74%) Finance
12 26 (12.26%) Risk Management
12 26 (12.26%) Social Skills
13 25 (11.79%) Linux
13 25 (11.79%) Microsoft
14 24 (11.32%) Firewall
14 24 (11.32%) Network Security
15 20 (9.43%) Azure
16 18 (8.49%) AWS
16 18 (8.49%) Aerospace
17 17 (8.02%) Vulnerability Management
17 17 (8.02%) Problem-Solving
17 17 (8.02%) Cyber Essentials
18 16 (7.55%) VMware
18 16 (7.55%) Cisco
19 14 (6.60%) CISSP
19 14 (6.60%) Project Management
20 13 (6.13%) Palo Alto
20 13 (6.13%) Penetration Testing
20 13 (6.13%) 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 20 (9.43%) Azure
2 18 (8.49%) AWS
3 9 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (1.89%) Serverless
5 2 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (0.94%) Entra ID
5 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (0.94%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.47%) IaaS
6 1 (0.47%) PaaS
6 1 (0.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (11.32%) Firewall
1 24 (11.32%) Network Security
2 12 (5.66%) DNS
3 6 (2.83%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (1.42%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.94%) NAS
5 2 (0.94%) SAN
5 2 (0.94%) X.509
6 1 (0.47%) Internet
6 1 (0.47%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.42%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.47%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 1 (0.47%) SonarQube
General
1 27 (12.74%) Finance
2 26 (12.26%) Social Skills
3 18 (8.49%) Aerospace
4 12 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.25%) Banking
5 9 (4.25%) Manufacturing
6 7 (3.30%) Retail
7 4 (1.89%) Law
7 4 (1.89%) Legal
8 3 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.42%) Military
8 3 (1.42%) Multimedia
8 3 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.94%) Automotive
10 1 (0.47%) Advertising
10 1 (0.47%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.42%) Sass
2 1 (0.47%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.13%) Operational Technology
2 12 (5.66%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.25%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 8 (3.77%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (1.89%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.89%) PKI
5 4 (1.89%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (1.42%) Smart Energy
7 2 (0.94%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.94%) NHS
7 2 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.47%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.47%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.47%) Cybercrime
8 1 (0.47%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.47%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 28 (13.21%) Windows
2 25 (11.79%) Linux
3 12 (5.66%) Windows Server
4 9 (4.25%) Unix
5 6 (2.83%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.42%) Kali Linux
6 3 (1.42%) Rocky
6 3 (1.42%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (66.04%) Cybersecurity
2 52 (24.53%) Information Security
3 32 (15.09%) Incident Response
4 26 (12.26%) Risk Management
5 17 (8.02%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (8.02%) Vulnerability Management
6 14 (6.60%) Project Management
7 13 (6.13%) Penetration Testing
8 12 (5.66%) Change Management
8 12 (5.66%) Cryptography
8 12 (5.66%) Information Management
9 11 (5.19%) Security Operations
9 11 (5.19%) SIEM
10 10 (4.72%) Mentoring
10 10 (4.72%) OWASP
11 9 (4.25%) Cloud Security
11 9 (4.25%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 8 (3.77%) Coaching
12 8 (3.77%) Patch Management
12 8 (3.77%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.83%) Python
2 5 (2.36%) Bash
2 5 (2.36%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.42%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (14.62%) Security Cleared
2 29 (13.68%) Degree
3 14 (6.60%) CISSP
4 12 (5.66%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.83%) CISA
5 6 (2.83%) CISM
5 6 (2.83%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.83%) OSCP
6 5 (2.36%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.36%) CEH
6 5 (2.36%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.89%) GSEC
8 2 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.47%) CCA
9 1 (0.47%) CCNA
9 1 (0.47%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.47%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (47.17%) NIST
2 68 (32.08%) Def Stans
3 67 (31.60%) GRC
4 33 (15.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (8.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (3.77%) GDPR
6 8 (3.77%) NCSC
7 6 (2.83%) NIST 800
8 4 (1.89%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.94%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.94%) TickIT
10 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (5.66%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (5.19%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.42%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (3.77%) SCCM
2 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.42%) SELinux
3 2 (0.94%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.47%) Nessus
4 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (11.79%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.55%) Cisco
2 16 (7.55%) VMware
3 13 (6.13%) Palo Alto
4 12 (5.66%) Blue Coat
4 12 (5.66%) CheckPoint
4 12 (5.66%) Infoblox
4 12 (5.66%) Juniper
4 12 (5.66%) Riverbed
5 10 (4.72%) Qualys
6 3 (1.42%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.94%) Splunk
7 2 (0.94%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.47%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.47%) Forcepoint
8 1 (0.47%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.47%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.47%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.47%) Sonatype
8 1 (0.47%) Varonis