Security Officer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Officer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Officer salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 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 735 685 769
Rank change year-on-year -50 +84 -159
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Officer 45 43 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.056% 0.078% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.088% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 37 30 93
10th Percentile £36,180 £36,425 £42,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,798 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £53,772 £69,688 £63,000
90th Percentile £69,250 £74,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +13.21%

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 Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Officer in the UK excluding London

Security Officer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Officer in the UK excluding London

Security Officer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Security Officer in the UK excluding London

Security Officer
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 Officer 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 West -28 14 £50,000 +5.82% 6
South East -26 12 £48,750 -17.37% 7
Scotland -60 8 £39,000 -35.00% 8
North of England +7 6 £52,500 +31.25% 5
West Midlands -8 4 £47,400 -34.62% 3
Midlands -36 4 £47,400 -33.47% 5
North East - 3 £55,000 - 1
Yorkshire +58 2 £35,000 -12.50% 1
East of England -17 1 £40,000 - 2
North West - 1 £40,000 - 3
Security Officer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Security Officer 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 Officer in the job title.

1 36 (80.00%) Information Security
2 33 (73.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (51.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (48.89%) CISM
5 18 (40.00%) CISA
5 18 (40.00%) CISSP
5 18 (40.00%) Data Protection
6 15 (33.33%) GDPR
7 13 (28.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 13 (28.89%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (24.44%) Security Cleared
8 11 (24.44%) Management Information System
9 9 (20.00%) Cisco IPT
9 9 (20.00%) SC Cleared
9 9 (20.00%) Data Governance
9 9 (20.00%) Risk Management
9 9 (20.00%) ModSecurity
9 9 (20.00%) NCSC
9 9 (20.00%) Incident Response
10 8 (17.78%) Internal Audit
11 7 (15.56%) NIST
11 7 (15.56%) GRC
11 7 (15.56%) Firewall
11 7 (15.56%) Penetration Testing
12 6 (13.33%) ISMS
12 6 (13.33%) PCI DSS
12 6 (13.33%) Information Security Management
12 6 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
12 6 (13.33%) Finance
12 6 (13.33%) Security Management

Security Officer 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 4 (8.89%) Azure
2 3 (6.67%) WhatsApp
3 2 (4.44%) AWS
3 2 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.00%) Cisco IPT
2 7 (15.56%) Firewall
3 4 (8.89%) Network Security
4 3 (6.67%) Wireless
General
1 6 (13.33%) Finance
1 6 (13.33%) Military
2 5 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.67%) Back Office
4 3 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (6.67%) Legal
4 3 (6.67%) Local Government
5 2 (4.44%) Law
6 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (20.00%) ModSecurity
2 2 (4.44%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (24.44%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.67%) Security Posture
2 3 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.67%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.44%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.22%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (80.00%) Information Security
2 18 (40.00%) Data Protection
3 13 (28.89%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (20.00%) Data Governance
4 9 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 9 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 8 (17.78%) Internal Audit
6 7 (15.56%) Penetration Testing
7 6 (13.33%) Agile
7 6 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (13.33%) Information Security Management
7 6 (13.33%) ISMS
7 6 (13.33%) Security Management
8 5 (11.11%) Business Continuity
8 5 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (6.67%) Analytical Thinking
10 3 (6.67%) Contingency Planning
10 3 (6.67%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.22%) C
Qualifications
1 22 (48.89%) CISM
2 18 (40.00%) CISA
2 18 (40.00%) CISSP
3 11 (24.44%) Security Cleared
4 9 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (6.67%) CEH
5 3 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (4.44%) CRISC
6 2 (4.44%) DBS Check
6 2 (4.44%) Degree
6 2 (4.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (2.22%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (73.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (51.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (33.33%) GDPR
4 13 (28.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (20.00%) NCSC
6 7 (15.56%) GRC
6 7 (15.56%) NIST
7 6 (13.33%) PCI DSS
8 3 (6.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (6.67%) SOC 2
9 2 (4.44%) RMADS
System Software
1 2 (4.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (6.67%) Cisco
1 3 (6.67%) SolarWinds