Information Security Jobs

Information Security (InfoSec)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 10 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 97 146
Rank change year-on-year -22 +49 -24
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 2,400 3,137 4,896
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.20% 3.38% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 3.54% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,834 2,002 2,818
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,625
90th Percentile £96,250 £98,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Information Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 90,269 88,624 164,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.80% 95.42% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,401 53,794 83,120
10th Percentile £29,605 £33,838 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the UK

Information Security
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Information Security in the UK

Information Security
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the UK

Information Security
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
England -22 2,196 £60,000 -7.69% 505
UK excluding London -32 1,521 £53,500 -2.73% 328
Work from Home -10 951 £60,000 -6.25% 222
London -14 786 £75,000 +7.14% 167
North of England -1 461 £52,084 +4.17% 77
South East -32 347 £59,500 -0.83% 78
North West -9 277 £52,084 +4.17% 37
Midlands -26 277 £55,000 -4.35% 80
South West -16 203 £50,000 -13.04% 48
West Midlands -30 196 £57,500 +4.55% 55
Yorkshire +11 146 £50,000 -5.66% 34
East of England -30 106 £57,500 -3.36% 27
Scotland -57 94 £50,750 -21.92% 16
East Midlands +5 80 £52,500 -20.75% 25
North East +6 38 £43,072 -6.11% 6
Wales +11 24 £62,500 +35.87% 5
Northern Ireland -5 5 £42,500 -15.00% 1
Isle of Man -14 4 £46,500 +3.33%
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 72 (3.00%) SharePoint
2 66 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.08%) IIS
4 15 (0.63%) SAS
4 15 (0.63%) Skype for Business
5 12 (0.50%) WordPress
6 11 (0.46%) CMS
7 8 (0.33%) Confluence
7 8 (0.33%) nginx
8 6 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
10 4 (0.17%) Apache
11 3 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.083%) Drupal
12 2 (0.083%) Exchange Server 2003
12 2 (0.083%) Exchange Server 2007
12 2 (0.083%) Exchange Server 2010
12 2 (0.083%) IBM Domino
12 2 (0.083%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.042%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 85 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.04%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.63%) SPSS
6 14 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.042%) Notion
8 1 (0.042%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
1 12 (0.50%) Endur
2 11 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.25%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.21%) Shopify
5 4 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.17%) Relativity
5 4 (0.17%) Ripple
5 4 (0.17%) SAP GRC
6 3 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.083%) Farmplan
7 2 (0.083%) KEYPrime
7 2 (0.083%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.083%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.083%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.083%) Veritas eDiscovery
8 1 (0.042%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.042%) Ringtail
Cloud Services
1 569 (23.71%) Azure
2 317 (13.21%) Microsoft 365
3 299 (12.46%) AWS
4 153 (6.38%) Entra ID
5 109 (4.54%) Power Platform
6 103 (4.29%) SaaS
7 99 (4.13%) GCP
8 70 (2.92%) IaaS
9 65 (2.71%) PaaS
10 51 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
11 48 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
12 42 (1.75%) Serverless
13 33 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
14 25 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
15 22 (0.92%) OneDrive
15 22 (0.92%) Snowflake
16 18 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
16 18 (0.75%) Matillion
17 15 (0.63%) PowerApps
18 14 (0.58%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 345 (14.38%) Firewall
2 203 (8.46%) Network Security
3 119 (4.96%) WAN
4 103 (4.29%) DNS
5 92 (3.83%) LAN
6 75 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
7 73 (3.04%) TCP/IP
8 62 (2.58%) SD-WAN
9 59 (2.46%) VPN
10 43 (1.79%) Internet
10 43 (1.79%) Wireless
11 35 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
12 33 (1.38%) SSL
12 33 (1.38%) VoIP
13 30 (1.25%) DHCP
14 27 (1.13%) SAN
15 26 (1.08%) DKIM
15 26 (1.08%) DMARC
16 23 (0.96%) OSPF
17 22 (0.92%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (4.08%) Power BI
2 81 (3.38%) SQL Server
3 41 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (1.63%) Relational Database
5 27 (1.13%) Metadata
6 24 (1.00%) Big Data
7 21 (0.88%) Data Lake
8 17 (0.71%) EDRMS
9 16 (0.67%) MySQL
10 14 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (0.38%) NoSQL
12 9 (0.38%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.29%) SAP BW
14 6 (0.25%) Data Mining
14 6 (0.25%) SAP HANA
15 5 (0.21%) BigQuery
15 5 (0.21%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.21%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 42 (1.75%) Burp Suite
2 41 (1.71%) Metasploit
3 39 (1.63%) JIRA
4 23 (0.96%) Git
5 21 (0.88%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.29%) GitLab
7 6 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 6 (0.25%) Toad
8 5 (0.21%) MSTest
8 5 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.21%) webpack
9 4 (0.17%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.17%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.13%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.13%) git-flow
10 3 (0.13%) Selenium
10 3 (0.13%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.083%) GDB
11 2 (0.083%) SpecFlow
12 1 (0.042%) Vagrant
General
1 722 (30.08%) Social Skills
2 532 (22.17%) Finance
3 380 (15.83%) Analytical Skills
4 336 (14.00%) Legal
5 183 (7.63%) Law
6 122 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 117 (4.88%) Retail
8 115 (4.79%) Public Sector
9 106 (4.42%) Banking
10 97 (4.04%) Military
10 97 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
11 67 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
12 57 (2.38%) Marketing
13 40 (1.67%) Telecoms
14 38 (1.58%) Aerospace
15 37 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
16 29 (1.21%) Advertising
16 29 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
17 26 (1.08%) Manufacturing
18 16 (0.67%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 547 (22.79%) Analyst
2 342 (14.25%) Senior
3 333 (13.88%) Security Analyst
4 239 (9.96%) Security Manager
5 223 (9.29%) Lead
6 188 (7.83%) Architect
7 172 (7.17%) Information Analyst
8 170 (7.08%) Information Security Analyst
9 160 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
10 139 (5.79%) Information Manager
11 138 (5.75%) Information Security Manager
12 135 (5.63%) Consultant
13 128 (5.33%) Security Architect
14 119 (4.96%) IT Manager
15 112 (4.67%) Security Engineer
16 111 (4.63%) Security Consultant
17 69 (2.88%) IT Analyst
18 67 (2.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 61 (2.54%) Cybersecurity Analyst
20 60 (2.50%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (1.96%) .NET
2 28 (1.17%) HTML
3 27 (1.13%) CSS
4 22 (0.92%) React
4 22 (0.92%) REST
5 20 (0.83%) Elastic Stack
6 19 (0.79%) ASP.NET
7 16 (0.67%) SAML
8 15 (0.63%) Web Services
9 14 (0.58%) Middleware
10 12 (0.50%) 802.1X
11 9 (0.38%) .NET Framework
11 9 (0.38%) ADO
11 9 (0.38%) ModSecurity
12 8 (0.33%) AngularJS
12 8 (0.33%) EDI
12 8 (0.33%) Entity Framework
12 8 (0.33%) HTML5 Canvas
12 8 (0.33%) JSON
12 8 (0.33%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 647 (26.96%) Management Information System
2 178 (7.42%) Security Posture
3 123 (5.13%) Data Centre
4 105 (4.38%) Security Operations Centre
5 88 (3.67%) Cyber Threat
6 77 (3.21%) Cyberattack
7 69 (2.88%) Cyber Defence
8 64 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
9 63 (2.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 57 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
11 52 (2.17%) Onboarding
12 43 (1.79%) PMI
13 38 (1.58%) Product Ownership
14 37 (1.54%) Operational Technology
15 35 (1.46%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 32 (1.33%) Driving Licence
16 32 (1.33%) PKI
17 29 (1.21%) Cloud Native
18 27 (1.13%) Data Structures
19 24 (1.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 281 (11.71%) Windows
2 163 (6.79%) Linux
3 120 (5.00%) Windows Server
4 41 (1.71%) Unix
5 40 (1.67%) Apple iOS
6 37 (1.54%) Windows 10
7 35 (1.46%) Android
8 31 (1.29%) Kali Linux
9 15 (0.63%) Mac OS X
10 13 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 13 (0.54%) Ubuntu
11 12 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (0.46%) Solaris
12 11 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
13 10 (0.42%) zOS
14 9 (0.38%) Mac OS
15 5 (0.21%) VMS
16 4 (0.17%) Rocky
16 4 (0.17%) Windows XP
17 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 980 (40.83%) Cybersecurity
2 430 (17.92%) Risk Management
3 417 (17.38%) Problem-Solving
4 317 (13.21%) Security Operations
5 304 (12.67%) Incident Response
6 300 (12.50%) Data Protection
7 288 (12.00%) Agile
8 264 (11.00%) SIEM
9 259 (10.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 257 (10.71%) Cloud Security
11 251 (10.46%) Vulnerability Management
12 248 (10.33%) Project Management
12 248 (10.33%) Security Management
13 240 (10.00%) Roadmaps
14 234 (9.75%) ITIL
15 228 (9.50%) Security Architecture
16 211 (8.79%) Computer Science
17 201 (8.38%) Incident Management
18 198 (8.25%) Information Security Management
19 193 (8.04%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 183 (7.63%) SQL
2 179 (7.46%) PowerShell
3 135 (5.63%) Python
4 41 (1.71%) Bash
5 34 (1.42%) T-SQL
6 33 (1.38%) Java
7 26 (1.08%) JavaScript
8 25 (1.04%) C#
9 17 (0.71%) PHP
9 17 (0.71%) TypeScript
10 9 (0.38%) Go
10 9 (0.38%) Perl
11 5 (0.21%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.17%) Ruby
13 3 (0.13%) Korn
13 3 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.13%) VB
14 2 (0.083%) C++
14 2 (0.083%) R
14 2 (0.083%) Rust
Qualifications
1 578 (24.08%) CISSP
2 474 (19.75%) Degree
3 426 (17.75%) CISM
4 238 (9.92%) Security Cleared
5 204 (8.50%) CISA
6 159 (6.63%) Cisco Certification
7 126 (5.25%) SC Cleared
8 110 (4.58%) Azure Certification
9 106 (4.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 101 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 96 (4.00%) CCSP
12 95 (3.96%) CRISC
13 93 (3.88%) AWS Certification
14 80 (3.33%) CEH
15 75 (3.13%) Master's Degree
16 68 (2.83%) DV Cleared
17 61 (2.54%) GIAC
18 54 (2.25%) CCSK
18 54 (2.25%) OSCP
18 54 (2.25%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 702 (29.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 470 (19.58%) NIST
3 300 (12.50%) GDPR
4 266 (11.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 193 (8.04%) GRC
6 172 (7.17%) PCI DSS
7 103 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 83 (3.46%) NCSC
9 69 (2.88%) NIST 800
10 65 (2.71%) COBIT
11 47 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 45 (1.88%) SLA
13 44 (1.83%) QA
14 36 (1.50%) ISO 9001
15 34 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 31 (1.29%) Data Quality
17 30 (1.25%) JSP 440
17 30 (1.25%) SOC 2
18 27 (1.13%) RMADS
19 26 (1.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 253 (10.54%) Active Directory
2 61 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (2.08%) RACF
4 48 (2.00%) Docker
5 32 (1.33%) Hyper-V
6 24 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
6 24 (1.00%) vSphere
7 20 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.17%) Firmware
9 4 (0.17%) pfSense
10 2 (0.083%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.083%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.042%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.042%) Lustre
11 1 (0.042%) LXC
11 1 (0.042%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.042%) Snort
11 1 (0.042%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.042%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 84 (3.50%) Single Sign-On
2 80 (3.33%) Kubernetes
3 67 (2.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 43 (1.79%) CASB
5 34 (1.42%) Ansible
6 29 (1.21%) SCCM
6 29 (1.21%) Terraform
7 24 (1.00%) Nmap
8 21 (0.88%) vCenter Server
9 20 (0.83%) Microsoft Clustering
10 13 (0.54%) Nessus
10 13 (0.54%) WSUS
11 11 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 10 (0.42%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 10 (0.42%) QRadar
13 9 (0.38%) Puppet
14 8 (0.33%) CSIRT
15 7 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
16 6 (0.25%) logstash
17 5 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 634 (26.42%) Microsoft
2 106 (4.42%) VMware
3 99 (4.13%) Cisco
4 65 (2.71%) CyberArk
5 54 (2.25%) ServiceNow
6 47 (1.96%) Google
7 40 (1.67%) Oracle
8 32 (1.33%) Dell
8 32 (1.33%) Rapid7
8 32 (1.33%) Splunk
9 30 (1.25%) Qualys
10 29 (1.21%) Databricks
11 27 (1.13%) SAP
12 26 (1.08%) SolarWinds
13 25 (1.04%) CheckPoint
14 23 (0.96%) Commvault
14 23 (0.96%) Palo Alto
14 23 (0.96%) Salesforce
14 23 (0.96%) Veeam
15 22 (0.92%) HP