Information Security Jobs in England

Information Security (InfoSec)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 87 135
Rank change year-on-year -21 +48 -11
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 2,110 3,455 3,855
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.49% 3.71% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.90% 3.87% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,700 2,078 2,453
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,063 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,814 89,178 125,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.66% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 53,731 52,642 73,765
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,327
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in England

Information Security
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Information Security in England

Information Security
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in England

Information Security
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London -12 778 £75,000 +3.45% 193
North of England -14 429 £52,084 +4.17% 93
South East -19 348 £57,500 -2.54% 84
North West -16 261 £52,084 +4.17% 56
Midlands -44 235 £54,650 -4.96% 62
South West -21 186 £50,000 -9.09% 44
West Midlands -43 170 £55,000 -4.35% 36
Yorkshire -1 138 £52,500 +5.00% 29
East of England -28 114 £57,500 +4.55% 30
East Midlands +14 64 £52,500 -23.64% 26
North East +3 30 £40,000 -15.79% 8
Information Security
UK

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 71 (3.36%) SharePoint
2 57 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (0.95%) IIS
4 15 (0.71%) SAS
4 15 (0.71%) Skype for Business
5 14 (0.66%) WordPress
6 10 (0.47%) CMS
7 9 (0.43%) Confluence
8 8 (0.38%) nginx
9 6 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
11 4 (0.19%) Apache
12 3 (0.14%) Drupal
13 2 (0.095%) Exchange Server 2003
13 2 (0.095%) Exchange Server 2007
13 2 (0.095%) Exchange Server 2010
13 2 (0.095%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.047%) ArcGIS
14 1 (0.047%) Site Server
14 1 (0.047%) WebSphere
Applications
1 64 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.71%) SPSS
6 12 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.095%) Notion
Business Applications
1 11 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
2 10 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.28%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.24%) Shopify
5 4 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.19%) Relativity
5 4 (0.19%) SAP GRC
6 3 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.095%) Farmplan
7 2 (0.095%) KEYPrime
7 2 (0.095%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.095%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.095%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.095%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.095%) Veritas eDiscovery
8 1 (0.047%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.047%) Endur
8 1 (0.047%) Ringtail
Cloud Services
1 510 (24.17%) Azure
2 302 (14.31%) Microsoft 365
3 240 (11.37%) AWS
4 98 (4.64%) Power Platform
5 91 (4.31%) Entra ID
6 82 (3.89%) SaaS
7 81 (3.84%) GCP
8 63 (2.99%) IaaS
9 58 (2.75%) PaaS
10 48 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
10 48 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
11 46 (2.18%) Serverless
12 30 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
13 25 (1.18%) Snowflake
14 24 (1.14%) Azure Sentinel
15 21 (1.00%) Matillion
16 20 (0.95%) OneDrive
17 18 (0.85%) Power Automate
18 17 (0.81%) PowerApps
19 12 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 321 (15.21%) Firewall
2 184 (8.72%) Network Security
3 111 (5.26%) WAN
4 96 (4.55%) DNS
5 78 (3.70%) TCP/IP
6 72 (3.41%) LAN
7 71 (3.36%) Intrusion Detection
8 59 (2.80%) VPN
9 58 (2.75%) SD-WAN
10 42 (1.99%) Wireless
11 41 (1.94%) Internet
12 34 (1.61%) SSL
13 32 (1.52%) DHCP
14 29 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
15 26 (1.23%) SAN
16 25 (1.18%) DKIM
16 25 (1.18%) DMARC
16 25 (1.18%) VoIP
17 22 (1.04%) Wireshark
18 21 (1.00%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (4.27%) Power BI
2 66 (3.13%) SQL Server
3 32 (1.52%) Relational Database
4 31 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (1.23%) Metadata
6 25 (1.18%) Data Lake
7 24 (1.14%) Big Data
8 17 (0.81%) EDRMS
9 15 (0.71%) MySQL
10 8 (0.38%) SAP BW
11 7 (0.33%) NoSQL
12 6 (0.28%) Data Mining
12 6 (0.28%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.24%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.24%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.24%) Hadoop
13 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
14 4 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
14 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 43 (2.04%) Burp Suite
2 42 (1.99%) JIRA
3 41 (1.94%) Metasploit
4 15 (0.71%) Jenkins
5 14 (0.66%) Git
6 6 (0.28%) GitLab
6 6 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.28%) Toad
7 5 (0.24%) MSTest
7 5 (0.24%) webpack
8 3 (0.14%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.095%) GDB
9 2 (0.095%) Selenium
10 1 (0.047%) MSI
10 1 (0.047%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.047%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.047%) Subversion
10 1 (0.047%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.047%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.047%) WebDriver
General
1 636 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 437 (20.71%) Finance
3 365 (17.30%) Analytical Skills
4 270 (12.80%) Legal
5 172 (8.15%) Law
6 111 (5.26%) Retail
7 99 (4.69%) Public Sector
8 85 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
9 83 (3.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 77 (3.65%) Military
11 47 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
12 45 (2.13%) Marketing
13 41 (1.94%) Banking
14 39 (1.85%) Telecoms
15 32 (1.52%) Aerospace
16 29 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
16 29 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
17 26 (1.23%) Advertising
17 26 (1.23%) Manufacturing
18 15 (0.71%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 449 (21.28%) Analyst
2 307 (14.55%) Security Analyst
3 274 (12.99%) Senior
4 230 (10.90%) Security Manager
5 221 (10.47%) Lead
6 166 (7.87%) Architect
7 160 (7.58%) Information Analyst
8 158 (7.49%) Information Security Analyst
9 138 (6.54%) Information Security Manager
10 136 (6.45%) Information Manager
11 131 (6.21%) Consultant
12 119 (5.64%) IT Manager
12 119 (5.64%) Security Consultant
13 106 (5.02%) Security Architect
14 100 (4.74%) Senior Analyst
15 98 (4.64%) Security Engineer
16 70 (3.32%) IT Analyst
17 61 (2.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 52 (2.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 52 (2.46%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (1.75%) .NET
2 35 (1.66%) HTML
3 32 (1.52%) CSS
4 22 (1.04%) React
5 17 (0.81%) ASP.NET
6 15 (0.71%) .NET Framework
6 15 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
6 15 (0.71%) Middleware
7 14 (0.66%) SAML
8 13 (0.62%) EDI
8 13 (0.62%) Entity Framework
8 13 (0.62%) REST
9 12 (0.57%) 802.1X
9 12 (0.57%) ASP.NET MVC
9 12 (0.57%) HTML5 Canvas
10 10 (0.47%) Web Services
11 9 (0.43%) JSON
12 8 (0.38%) AngularJS
12 8 (0.38%) HTML5
12 8 (0.38%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 541 (25.64%) Management Information System
2 165 (7.82%) Security Posture
3 100 (4.74%) Security Operations Centre
4 95 (4.50%) Data Centre
5 87 (4.12%) Cyber Threat
6 68 (3.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 63 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
8 51 (2.42%) Cyber Defence
8 51 (2.42%) Cyberattack
9 49 (2.32%) Data Protection Act
10 46 (2.18%) PMI
11 42 (1.99%) Onboarding
12 37 (1.75%) PKI
13 33 (1.56%) Operational Technology
13 33 (1.56%) Product Ownership
14 30 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
15 27 (1.28%) Cloud Native
15 27 (1.28%) Driving Licence
16 26 (1.23%) Data Structures
17 25 (1.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 251 (11.90%) Windows
2 119 (5.64%) Linux
3 102 (4.83%) Windows Server
4 36 (1.71%) Windows 10
5 33 (1.56%) Apple iOS
5 33 (1.56%) Kali Linux
6 28 (1.33%) Android
7 17 (0.81%) Unix
8 14 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (0.43%) Mac OS
10 9 (0.43%) zOS
11 8 (0.38%) Solaris
12 7 (0.33%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.24%) VMS
14 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
15 2 (0.095%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.095%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.047%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 863 (40.90%) Cybersecurity
2 368 (17.44%) Risk Management
3 353 (16.73%) Problem-Solving
4 265 (12.56%) Data Protection
5 255 (12.09%) Incident Response
6 245 (11.61%) Security Operations
7 243 (11.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 235 (11.14%) SIEM
9 233 (11.04%) Cloud Security
10 221 (10.47%) Security Management
11 220 (10.43%) Project Management
12 212 (10.05%) Vulnerability Management
13 204 (9.67%) Agile
14 203 (9.62%) ITIL
15 200 (9.48%) Security Architecture
16 188 (8.91%) Computer Science
17 187 (8.86%) Roadmaps
18 176 (8.34%) Disaster Recovery
19 169 (8.01%) Information Security Management
20 153 (7.25%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 122 (5.78%) Python
2 120 (5.69%) PowerShell
3 112 (5.31%) SQL
4 44 (2.09%) Bash
5 29 (1.37%) T-SQL
6 28 (1.33%) C#
7 27 (1.28%) JavaScript
8 22 (1.04%) TypeScript
9 20 (0.95%) Java
10 19 (0.90%) PHP
11 7 (0.33%) Perl
12 4 (0.19%) Ruby
13 3 (0.14%) Korn
13 3 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.14%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.095%) AWK
14 2 (0.095%) Go
14 2 (0.095%) R
15 1 (0.047%) Rust
15 1 (0.047%) sed
Qualifications
1 515 (24.41%) CISSP
2 414 (19.62%) Degree
3 339 (16.07%) CISM
4 216 (10.24%) Security Cleared
5 173 (8.20%) CISA
6 156 (7.39%) Cisco Certification
7 117 (5.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 117 (5.55%) SC Cleared
8 104 (4.93%) CCSP
9 92 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 88 (4.17%) Azure Certification
10 88 (4.17%) CRISC
11 75 (3.55%) AWS Certification
12 73 (3.46%) CEH
13 65 (3.08%) CompTIA Security+
14 62 (2.94%) DV Cleared
15 61 (2.89%) Master's Degree
16 56 (2.65%) CCSK
17 54 (2.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 53 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 669 (31.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 458 (21.71%) NIST
3 278 (13.18%) GDPR
4 245 (11.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 187 (8.86%) GRC
6 183 (8.67%) PCI DSS
7 101 (4.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 73 (3.46%) NCSC
9 61 (2.89%) NIST 800
10 54 (2.56%) COBIT
11 47 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 34 (1.61%) ISO 9001
12 34 (1.61%) SOC 2
13 32 (1.52%) SLA
14 31 (1.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 31 (1.47%) QA
15 29 (1.37%) Data Quality
15 29 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 27 (1.28%) RMADS
17 26 (1.23%) JSP 440
System Software
1 178 (8.44%) Active Directory
2 67 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (2.37%) Docker
4 26 (1.23%) Hyper-V
4 26 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 23 (1.09%) vSphere
6 20 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.19%) Firmware
8 4 (0.19%) pfSense
9 2 (0.095%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.095%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.047%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.047%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.047%) Lustre
10 1 (0.047%) LXC
10 1 (0.047%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.047%) Snort
10 1 (0.047%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.047%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 81 (3.84%) Single Sign-On
2 58 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 57 (2.70%) Kubernetes
4 40 (1.90%) CASB
5 27 (1.28%) Nmap
6 24 (1.14%) Ansible
7 23 (1.09%) Terraform
8 22 (1.04%) SCCM
9 21 (1.00%) Nessus
9 21 (1.00%) vCenter Server
10 20 (0.95%) Microsoft Clustering
11 12 (0.57%) WSUS
12 11 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 10 (0.47%) QRadar
14 8 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
15 7 (0.33%) CSIRT
16 5 (0.24%) logstash
16 5 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
17 4 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
17 4 (0.19%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 532 (25.21%) Microsoft
2 99 (4.69%) VMware
3 91 (4.31%) Cisco
4 45 (2.13%) Google
5 43 (2.04%) ServiceNow
6 36 (1.71%) Rapid7
7 34 (1.61%) Oracle
7 34 (1.61%) Qualys
8 30 (1.42%) Databricks
8 30 (1.42%) SolarWinds
9 28 (1.33%) Splunk
10 27 (1.28%) SAP
11 23 (1.09%) CheckPoint
11 23 (1.09%) Commvault
12 20 (0.95%) Sun
12 20 (0.95%) Veeam
13 19 (0.90%) Palo Alto
13 19 (0.90%) Salesforce
14 18 (0.85%) IBM
15 17 (0.81%) Citrix