Security Specialist Jobs in Leeds

Security Specialist
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Security Specialist salary in Leeds is £63,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 November 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 - 192
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 6 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.43% - 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% - 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £56,625 - -
25th Percentile £60,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.38%
75th Percentile £65,625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £63,750 - £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 1,356 1,675 3,334
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.31% 97.95% 96.55%
Number of salaries quoted 814 1,034 2,031
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,242 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.44% +0.44% +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,188 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Leeds

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Security Specialist in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 15 November 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 Leeds region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Law
1 6 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 3 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 3 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (50.00%) CSOC
2 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (50.00%) Migration
2 3 (50.00%) VMware
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (50.00%) Virtual Team
2 3 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 3 (50.00%) vCenter Server
2 3 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Open Source
2 3 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (50.00%) Trend Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) SIEM
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Protective Monitoring
2 3 (50.00%) DevOps
2 3 (50.00%) Penetration Testing

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) NAS
1 3 (50.00%) SAN
General
1 6 (100.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) CSOC
1 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 3 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
1 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) DevOps
2 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (50.00%) Migration
2 3 (50.00%) Open Source
2 3 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 3 (50.00%) Protective Monitoring
2 3 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 3 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (50.00%) SIEM
2 3 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Trend Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) VMware