IT Security Specialist Jobs in the South East

IT Security Specialist
England > South East

The median IT Security Specialist salary in the South East is £52,500 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 403 369 492
Rank change year-on-year -34 +123 -93
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 1 8 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.005% 0.060% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.067% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 14
10th Percentile - £37,625 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +75.44% -50.43%
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £66,563
90th Percentile - £53,125 £80,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £80,000 £57,600
% change year-on-year -56.25% +38.89% -2.37%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 17,582 11,899 20,479
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 89.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,383 7,812 12,372
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

IT Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Specialist in the South East

IT Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Security Specialist in the South East.

Salary trend for IT Security Specialist in the South East

IT Security Specialist
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Specialist within the South East 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
West Sussex +16 1 £52,500 +5.00%
IT Security Specialist
England

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, IT 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 South East region featuring IT Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Forcepoint
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Varonis
1 1 (100.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Forcepoint
1 1 (100.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Varonis