Information Security Jobs in the East Midlands

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 147 113
Rank change year-on-year +19 -34 -21
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 67 34 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.54% 1.18% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 1.22% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 51 16 65
10th Percentile £33,966 £37,125 £35,045
25th Percentile £37,500 £55,938 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £68,750 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% +37.03% +14.03%
75th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £89,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,512 2,776 3,201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 80.75% 96.09% 91.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,484 1,326 2,090
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,531 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,162 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.68% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £56,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the East Midlands

Information Security
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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

Salary trend for Information Security in the East Midlands

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Information Security in the East Midlands

Information Security
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Leicestershire -1 25 £52,500 -25.00% 2
Nottinghamshire -6 20 £70,000 -6.67% 13
Northamptonshire +6 9 £67,500 +37.76% 5
Lincolnshire - 7 £45,000 - 1
Derbyshire +12 6 £50,000 -6.98% 9
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (2.99%) IIS
1 2 (2.99%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 19 (28.36%) Azure
2 8 (11.94%) Entra ID
3 6 (8.96%) AWS
4 4 (5.97%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (5.97%) IaaS
4 4 (5.97%) PaaS
5 2 (2.99%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.49%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.96%) Firewall
2 5 (7.46%) NAS
2 5 (7.46%) SAN
3 4 (5.97%) DHCP
3 4 (5.97%) DNS
3 4 (5.97%) IPsec
3 4 (5.97%) Kerberos
3 4 (5.97%) SSL
4 2 (2.99%) NX-OS
5 1 (1.49%) LAN
5 1 (1.49%) Network Security
5 1 (1.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.49%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) GitLab
1 2 (2.99%) JIRA
General
1 16 (23.88%) Social Skills
2 15 (22.39%) Finance
3 12 (17.91%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (11.94%) Legal
5 5 (7.46%) Retail
6 4 (5.97%) Aviation
6 4 (5.97%) Avionics
7 3 (4.48%) Aerospace
7 3 (4.48%) Automotive
8 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.99%) Local Government
8 2 (2.99%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.49%) Back Office
9 1 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (28.36%) Analyst
1 19 (28.36%) Security Analyst
2 14 (20.90%) Information Analyst
2 14 (20.90%) Information Security Analyst
3 12 (17.91%) Security Manager
4 11 (16.42%) Information Manager
4 11 (16.42%) Information Security Manager
4 11 (16.42%) Senior
5 7 (10.45%) Senior Analyst
5 7 (10.45%) Senior Information Analyst
5 7 (10.45%) Senior Information Security Analyst
5 7 (10.45%) Senior Security Analyst
6 6 (8.96%) Architect
6 6 (8.96%) Security Architect
7 5 (7.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (7.46%) IT Manager
8 4 (5.97%) IT Administrator
8 4 (5.97%) Systems Administrator
8 4 (5.97%) Windows Administrator
8 4 (5.97%) Windows Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.99%) .NET
1 2 (2.99%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (19.40%) Management Information System
2 7 (10.45%) Data Centre
2 7 (10.45%) Security Posture
3 6 (8.96%) Cyberattack
3 6 (8.96%) PKI
4 4 (5.97%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (5.97%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (5.97%) Replication
4 4 (5.97%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (4.48%) CSOC
5 3 (4.48%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.99%) Digital Media
6 2 (2.99%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (2.99%) Freedom of Information Act
6 2 (2.99%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.49%) Cybercrime
7 1 (1.49%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (1.49%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (19.40%) Windows
2 6 (8.96%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.97%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.49%) Linux
4 1 (1.49%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.49%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.49%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.87%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (20.90%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (14.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (14.93%) Data Protection
3 10 (14.93%) Project Management
4 8 (11.94%) Coaching
4 8 (11.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (10.45%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 7 (10.45%) ERD
5 7 (10.45%) Incident Response
5 7 (10.45%) ITIL
5 7 (10.45%) Mentoring
5 7 (10.45%) Penetration Testing
5 7 (10.45%) Requirements Gathering
5 7 (10.45%) SIEM
5 7 (10.45%) Threat Intelligence
6 6 (8.96%) CI/CD
6 6 (8.96%) Risk Management
6 6 (8.96%) Roadmaps
6 6 (8.96%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.45%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.99%) Java
2 2 (2.99%) Python
2 2 (2.99%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (25.37%) CISSP
2 13 (19.40%) CISM
3 6 (8.96%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (8.96%) Degree
4 4 (5.97%) Azure Certification
4 4 (5.97%) CISMP
5 3 (4.48%) CEH
5 3 (4.48%) OSCP
5 3 (4.48%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.48%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.99%) A+ Certification
6 2 (2.99%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.99%) CCNA
6 2 (2.99%) MCSE
6 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.99%) SANS
7 1 (1.49%) CISA
7 1 (1.49%) CRISC
7 1 (1.49%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (19.40%) PCI DSS
2 12 (17.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (13.43%) NIST
4 8 (11.94%) GDPR
5 4 (5.97%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (4.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (2.99%) Data Quality
7 2 (2.99%) GRC
7 2 (2.99%) PMO
7 2 (2.99%) QA
8 1 (1.49%) Accessibility
8 1 (1.49%) COBIT
8 1 (1.49%) ISO 9001
8 1 (1.49%) ITGC
8 1 (1.49%) TickIT
System Software
1 10 (14.93%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.96%) Hyper-V
2 6 (8.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.99%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (7.46%) WSUS
2 2 (2.99%) FortiGate
2 2 (2.99%) Terraform
3 1 (1.49%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (11.94%) Microsoft
1 8 (11.94%) VMware
2 7 (10.45%) CrowdStrike
2 7 (10.45%) Proofpoint
2 7 (10.45%) Rapid7
3 6 (8.96%) Cisco
3 6 (8.96%) HP
4 4 (5.97%) Dell
4 4 (5.97%) Veeam
5 1 (1.49%) IBM
5 1 (1.49%) Ivanti
5 1 (1.49%) Shavlik
5 1 (1.49%) Tanium