Information Security Jobs in Birmingham

Information Security (InfoSec)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 51 78
Rank change year-on-year -24 +27 -9
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 74 104 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.71% 5.22% 3.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.28% 5.44% 3.99%
Number of salaries quoted 60 76 102
10th Percentile £50,956 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,813 £47,500 £43,118
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% +4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £96,250 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £87,500 £87,250
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +5.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,253 1,911 3,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 82.59% 95.84% 97.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,825 1,411 2,313
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £34,050
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,725 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,480 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% +2.69% +6.80%
75th Percentile £69,914 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £83,750 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Birmingham

Information Security
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Birmingham

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Birmingham over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Birmingham

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 5 (6.76%) nginx
2 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.35%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.70%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 14 (18.92%) Azure
2 11 (14.86%) AWS
3 8 (10.81%) IaaS
3 8 (10.81%) PaaS
3 8 (10.81%) SaaS
4 7 (9.46%) GCP
5 5 (6.76%) npm
6 4 (5.41%) Entra ID
6 4 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (5.41%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.70%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.46%) Firewall
1 7 (9.46%) SD-WAN
1 7 (9.46%) WAN
2 4 (5.41%) DHCP
2 4 (5.41%) DNS
2 4 (5.41%) Fibre Channel
2 4 (5.41%) iSCSI
2 4 (5.41%) SNMP
3 2 (2.70%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.16%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (6.76%) MySQL
3 2 (2.70%) Power BI
4 1 (1.35%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (1.35%) GIS
4 1 (1.35%) Metadata
4 1 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.35%) QGIS
4 1 (1.35%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 5 (6.76%) Git
1 5 (6.76%) JIRA
1 5 (6.76%) webpack
General
1 26 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 23 (31.08%) Finance
3 20 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (18.92%) Legal
5 7 (9.46%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (4.05%) Law
7 3 (4.05%) Marketing
8 1 (1.35%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (13.51%) Architect
2 9 (12.16%) Lead
3 8 (10.81%) Data Manager
3 8 (10.81%) Head of IT
3 8 (10.81%) Security Manager
3 8 (10.81%) Senior
4 7 (9.46%) Analyst
4 7 (9.46%) Information Manager
5 6 (8.11%) Cloud Architect
5 6 (8.11%) Data Governance Analyst
5 6 (8.11%) Data Governance Manager
5 6 (8.11%) Governance Manager
6 5 (6.76%) Developer
6 5 (6.76%) Full Stack Developer
6 5 (6.76%) Full Stack PHP Developer
6 5 (6.76%) Information Security Manager
6 5 (6.76%) PHP Developer
7 4 (5.41%) Infrastructure Manager
7 4 (5.41%) Lead Architect
7 4 (5.41%) Senior Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.11%) Middleware
2 5 (6.76%) CSS
2 5 (6.76%) HTML
2 5 (6.76%) HTML5
2 5 (6.76%) jQuery
2 5 (6.76%) LAMP
2 5 (6.76%) Laravel
2 5 (6.76%) LEMP Stack
2 5 (6.76%) LESS
2 5 (6.76%) React
2 5 (6.76%) Sass
2 5 (6.76%) Vue
3 1 (1.35%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 35 (47.30%) Management Information System
2 11 (14.86%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (10.81%) Freedom of Information
3 8 (10.81%) Taxonomies
4 7 (9.46%) Data Centre
5 6 (8.11%) Cloud Native
6 5 (6.76%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (6.76%) Mobile App
7 4 (5.41%) PMI
8 3 (4.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (4.05%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (4.05%) Virtual Team
9 2 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (2.70%) Product Ownership
10 1 (1.35%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (1.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (18.92%) Windows
2 11 (14.86%) Linux
3 6 (8.11%) Solaris
3 6 (8.11%) Ubuntu
3 6 (8.11%) Unix
4 4 (5.41%) VMS
4 4 (5.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (59.46%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (27.03%) Project Management
3 19 (25.68%) Agile
4 17 (22.97%) IT Strategy
5 14 (18.92%) Risk Management
6 13 (17.57%) Analytics
7 12 (16.22%) Security Management
8 11 (14.86%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (14.86%) Data Protection
9 10 (13.51%) Coaching
9 10 (13.51%) Computer Science
9 10 (13.51%) Server Management
9 10 (13.51%) Technology Strategy
10 9 (12.16%) Business Continuity
10 9 (12.16%) Data Governance
10 9 (12.16%) Decision-Making
10 9 (12.16%) Incident Response
10 9 (12.16%) Information Management
10 9 (12.16%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.76%) JavaScript
1 5 (6.76%) PHP
2 4 (5.41%) SQL
3 3 (4.05%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (17.57%) Azure Certification
1 13 (17.57%) CISSP
1 13 (17.57%) Degree
2 11 (14.86%) CISM
3 9 (12.16%) AWS Certification
4 6 (8.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 6 (8.11%) CISA
5 5 (6.76%) PCI QSA
6 4 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (5.41%) PMI Certification
7 3 (4.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (4.05%) CCSK
7 3 (4.05%) CCSP
7 3 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.70%) APMP
8 2 (2.70%) GCFE
8 2 (2.70%) GREM
8 2 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.70%) OSCP
8 2 (2.70%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (24.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (17.57%) NIST
3 9 (12.16%) PCI DSS
4 6 (8.11%) GDPR
5 5 (6.76%) GRC
6 2 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (5.41%) Active Directory
1 4 (5.41%) Hyper-V
1 4 (5.41%) pfSense
1 4 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.05%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.05%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.05%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.70%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 7 (9.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.41%) BroadSoft
2 4 (5.41%) Brocade
2 4 (5.41%) Cisco
2 4 (5.41%) Dell
2 4 (5.41%) Dell Compellent
2 4 (5.41%) Fortinet
2 4 (5.41%) QNAP
2 4 (5.41%) Ubiquiti
2 4 (5.41%) Veeam
2 4 (5.41%) VMware
2 4 (5.41%) Zerto
3 2 (2.70%) Oracle
3 2 (2.70%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.70%) SAP
3 2 (2.70%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.70%) Sun
4 1 (1.35%) Google