Security Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Specialist salary in the UK excluding London 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 611 618 715
Rank change year-on-year +7 +97 -106
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 169 110 159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.22% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 137 87 113
10th Percentile £43,645 £43,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £57,500 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% -10.85% +13.34%
75th Percentile £53,750 £66,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £72,000 £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
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in the UK excluding London

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Security Specialist in the UK excluding London

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Specialist in the UK excluding London

Security Specialist
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Specialist within the UK excluding London 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
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
Scotland -82 3 £62,500 +7.76% 2
North East - 1 £57,500 -
Security Specialist
UK

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 118 (69.82%) Cybersecurity
2 91 (53.85%) NIST
3 68 (40.24%) Def Stans
4 66 (39.05%) GRC
5 41 (24.26%) Information Security
6 28 (16.57%) Security Cleared
7 25 (14.79%) Degree
8 23 (13.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 23 (13.61%) Risk Management
9 19 (11.24%) Social Skills
9 19 (11.24%) Incident Response
10 18 (10.65%) Aerospace
10 18 (10.65%) Network Security
11 17 (10.06%) Firewall
12 15 (8.88%) Cisco
13 13 (7.69%) Azure
13 13 (7.69%) Operational Technology
14 12 (7.10%) Palo Alto
14 12 (7.10%) Cyber Essentials
14 12 (7.10%) DV Cleared
14 12 (7.10%) Riverbed
14 12 (7.10%) Infoblox
14 12 (7.10%) Information Management
14 12 (7.10%) Blue Coat
14 12 (7.10%) Cryptography
14 12 (7.10%) Juniper
14 12 (7.10%) DNS
14 12 (7.10%) Change Management
14 12 (7.10%) CheckPoint
14 12 (7.10%) Project Management

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (7.69%) Azure
2 8 (4.73%) AWS
3 6 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.37%) Serverless
5 2 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.18%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (1.18%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.59%) IaaS
6 1 (0.59%) PaaS
6 1 (0.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (10.65%) Network Security
2 17 (10.06%) Firewall
3 12 (7.10%) DNS
4 4 (2.37%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.78%) Wireshark
6 2 (1.18%) NAS
6 2 (1.18%) SAN
7 1 (0.59%) Internet
7 1 (0.59%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.59%) Hadoop
General
1 19 (11.24%) Social Skills
2 18 (10.65%) Aerospace
3 11 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.33%) Manufacturing
5 7 (4.14%) Retail
6 4 (2.37%) Law
7 3 (1.78%) Legal
7 3 (1.78%) Military
7 3 (1.78%) Multimedia
8 2 (1.18%) Automotive
9 1 (0.59%) Finance
9 1 (0.59%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.59%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.18%) LDAP
2 1 (0.59%) J2EE
2 1 (0.59%) OAuth
2 1 (0.59%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.59%) OpenID
2 1 (0.59%) REST
2 1 (0.59%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.69%) Operational Technology
2 9 (5.33%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 8 (4.73%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.96%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.78%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (1.78%) Smart Energy
6 2 (1.18%) NHS
6 2 (1.18%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (0.59%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.33%) Windows
2 5 (2.96%) Linux
3 4 (2.37%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.78%) Kali Linux
4 3 (1.78%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.78%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.78%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (69.82%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (24.26%) Information Security
3 23 (13.61%) Risk Management
4 19 (11.24%) Incident Response
5 12 (7.10%) Change Management
5 12 (7.10%) Cryptography
5 12 (7.10%) Information Management
5 12 (7.10%) Project Management
6 10 (5.92%) Mentoring
6 10 (5.92%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (4.14%) Coaching
7 7 (4.14%) OWASP
8 6 (3.55%) Customer Service
8 6 (3.55%) Cyber Assurance
8 6 (3.55%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
8 6 (3.55%) Information Assurance
8 6 (3.55%) Security Architecture
8 6 (3.55%) Static Application Security Testing
9 5 (2.96%) Cloud Security
9 5 (2.96%) Remediation Plan
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.59%) Java
Qualifications
1 28 (16.57%) Security Cleared
2 25 (14.79%) Degree
3 12 (7.10%) DV Cleared
4 8 (4.73%) CISSP
5 6 (3.55%) OSCP
6 5 (2.96%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (2.37%) CEH
7 4 (2.37%) GSEC
7 4 (2.37%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.37%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.59%) CCA
9 1 (0.59%) CISA
9 1 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.59%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (53.85%) NIST
2 68 (40.24%) Def Stans
3 66 (39.05%) GRC
4 23 (13.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (7.10%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (4.14%) NCSC
6 7 (4.14%) NIST 800
7 6 (3.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.78%) GDPR
9 2 (1.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (1.18%) TickIT
10 1 (0.59%) COBIT
10 1 (0.59%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.59%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.59%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (1.78%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.78%) Terminal Services
1 3 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.78%) SELinux
2 2 (1.18%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.59%) Nessus
3 1 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (8.88%) Cisco
2 12 (7.10%) Blue Coat
2 12 (7.10%) CheckPoint
2 12 (7.10%) Infoblox
2 12 (7.10%) Juniper
2 12 (7.10%) Palo Alto
2 12 (7.10%) Riverbed
3 10 (5.92%) Microsoft
4 6 (3.55%) VMware
5 3 (1.78%) Splunk
6 2 (1.18%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.59%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.59%) Forcepoint
7 1 (0.59%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.59%) Qualys
7 1 (0.59%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.59%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.59%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.59%) Varonis
7 1 (0.59%) Zscaler