Overview
Salary increases overall have declined. In most areas the decline has been relatively small, however, in the case of consultancies it has been more dramatic, with some offers for non-urgent recruitment being made below a candidate’s existing salary. The general decline is both a result of increasing candidate availability and increasing pressure on budgets.
Salary survey
Barclay Simpson analyse the salary data that accumulates from the placements we make in the UK. This provides a useful guide to salaries and salary trends in IT security.
This survey consists of 20 profiles of typical security specialists, for whom we have provided an approximate salary range they could realistically expect to achieve. The profiles are for good rather than exceptional individuals and take no account of other benefits that can accrue to information security specialists such as company cars, nor do they take account of non-contractual bonus and profit sharing arrangements.
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London |
Rest of UK |
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Security Analyst
Experience including monitoring and awareness for information security. Likely to be working for a retail bank or other financial institution.
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£36-40,000
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£30-37,000 |
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Senior Security Engineer
An experienced technical security engineer with vendor certifications from Check Point and Cisco. Installs, configures and monitors firewalls and IDS / IPS among other security devices.
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£43-50,000 |
£37-45,000
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Disaster Recovery Test Manager
Working in the investment banking field with excellent disaster recovery knowledge and experience. A career history working for large complex organisations in lead positions for DR testing.
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£51-72,000
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£44-67,000 |
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Penetration Tester
Working for a boutique security consultancy this skilled penetration tester will have good client-facing skills, and be able to undertake application penetration testing, code level reviews and reverse engineering.
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£52-60,000 |
£49-56,000
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Security Consultancy Business Development Manager
Strong market knowledge and proven ability to plan and execute a business development plan in a similar business environment. Consultative senior sales experience.
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£52-86,000 basic,
OTE £100-135,000
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£48-72,000 basic,
OTE £90-125,000
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Identity Management Consultant
Solid skills in identity and access management design and architecture. Background of working in consultancy, with good client-facing skills and bid work experience.
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£57-65,000
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£53-62,000 |
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Information Risk Relationship Manager
A background in risk assessment. Looks after the relationship between an information security supplier, internal or outsourced, and IT & business contacts. No reports.
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£58-65,000
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£47-52,000 |
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CLAS Consultant
At a senior level within the security practice of a large consultancy or SI. Skills in technical and non-technical security areas such as security architecture as well as security policy formulation and review, and risk assessment. Also undertakes business development activities.
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£58-67,000
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£52-61,000 |
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UK Crisis and Business Continuity Manager
Significant crisis and business continuity management experience gained in large scale financial services sector positions. Business continuity team management responsibilities.
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£59-90,000
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£50-70,000 |
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Security Architect
Working for a consultancy, undertaking security design and architecture for large-scale client projects. Senior person also involved in bid / proposal work and mentoring team members.
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£64-73,000
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£57-66,000 |
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Operational Security Manager
Managing 5-6 personnel within a large department and answering directly to the head of department.
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£79-84,000
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£63-68,000 |
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Big 4 Senior Manager
Individual with business development experience and a policy focus to their information security experience.
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£80-95,000 |
£68-74,000
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VP of Sales
EMEA focused role with 8-10 direct reports. Experienced manager with a background in security sales. Skilled in selling products, along with consultancy services, to large corporate accounts.
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£80-95,000 basic,
OTE £140-170,000
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£60-70,000 basic,
OTE £110-130,000
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Big 4 Director
Strong practice manager providing strategic overview to a Big 4 information security advisory practice having proven themselves as a business developer and leader.
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£95-145,000
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£90-115,000 |
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Head of Information Security
Managing a team of 20 security professionals in a financial services company, assisted by 2 more junior managers.
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£110-130,000
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£80-88,000 |
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Business Continuity Analyst (Contract)
Working in the financial services industry with a good grounding in business continuity, articulate, focused with good team working skills.
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£225 – 325
per day
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£200-300
per day
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IDS Analyst (Contract)
Working within a government department providing day-to-day security operation of the system, monitoring the security mechanisms for security events and incidents. Analysing and responding to real-time security events/incidents and assisting in investigations.
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£350-450
per day |
£300-£400
per day
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ISO 27001 Consultant (Contract)
An ISO 27001 Lead Auditor working for a consultancy. Role would include advice on ISO 27001 implementation, gap analysis, risk assessment, security policy review and selection of controls to align with the standard.
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£600-650
per day
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£500-550
per day |
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Identity Management Consultant (Contract)
A skilled IdM consultant with experience of various identity management suites from the leading providers. Will have had exposure to the identity management process from beginning to end. Working in a commercial environment they will have good client-facing skills.
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£650-£700
per day |
£550-£600
per day |
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CLAS Consultant (Contract)
Experienced CLAS Consultant responsible for security policy development during government programmes such as Risk Management Accreditation Document Sets (RMADS) and associated documentation.
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£700-800
per day |
£500-600
per day
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Other sections
To view further sections of this report, please visit:
- Executive summary
- Information Security – market analysis
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