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 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 91 136
Rank change year-on-year -16 +45 -13
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 2,114 3,326 3,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.48% 3.59% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.89% 3.76% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,701 2,073 2,461
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,600 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,250 £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 73,142 88,488 126,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.63% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 53,950 52,292 73,824
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £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 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +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 30 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 30 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 -8 779 £75,000 +3.45% 251
North of England -12 427 £52,084 +4.17% 100
South East -15 349 £57,789 -2.05% 96
North West -13 260 £52,084 +4.17% 59
Midlands -39 237 £54,825 -6.68% 68
South West -19 185 £50,000 -9.09% 39
West Midlands -38 170 £55,000 -4.35% 37
Yorkshire +2 137 £50,000 - 33
East of England -11 118 £55,000 -5.58% 30
East Midlands +15 66 £52,500 -23.64% 31
North East 0 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 73 (3.45%) 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 65 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 26 (1.23%) MS Visio
4 15 (0.71%) SPSS
5 12 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 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
1 509 (24.08%) Azure
2 302 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 239 (11.31%) AWS
4 100 (4.73%) Power Platform
5 91 (4.30%) Entra ID
6 81 (3.83%) GCP
6 81 (3.83%) SaaS
7 62 (2.93%) IaaS
8 57 (2.70%) PaaS
9 48 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
9 48 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
10 46 (2.18%) Serverless
11 30 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
12 25 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
12 25 (1.18%) Snowflake
13 21 (0.99%) Matillion
14 20 (0.95%) OneDrive
15 18 (0.85%) Power Automate
16 17 (0.80%) PowerApps
17 12 (0.57%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 324 (15.33%) Firewall
2 187 (8.85%) Network Security
3 111 (5.25%) WAN
4 99 (4.68%) DNS
5 78 (3.69%) TCP/IP
6 72 (3.41%) LAN
7 71 (3.36%) Intrusion Detection
8 58 (2.74%) SD-WAN
8 58 (2.74%) VPN
9 42 (1.99%) Wireless
10 41 (1.94%) Internet
11 34 (1.61%) SSL
12 31 (1.47%) DHCP
13 29 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
14 26 (1.23%) SAN
15 25 (1.18%) DKIM
15 25 (1.18%) DMARC
15 25 (1.18%) VoIP
16 22 (1.04%) Wireshark
17 21 (0.99%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (4.35%) Power BI
2 65 (3.07%) SQL Server
3 32 (1.51%) Relational Database
4 31 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (1.18%) Data Lake
5 25 (1.18%) Metadata
6 24 (1.14%) Big Data
7 17 (0.80%) EDRMS
8 15 (0.71%) MySQL
9 8 (0.38%) SAP BW
10 7 (0.33%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.28%) Data Mining
11 6 (0.28%) SAP HANA
12 5 (0.24%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.24%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.24%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
13 4 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 43 (2.03%) 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 (30.09%) Social Skills
2 436 (20.62%) Finance
3 363 (17.17%) Analytical Skills
4 270 (12.77%) Legal
5 172 (8.14%) Law
6 111 (5.25%) Retail
7 97 (4.59%) Public Sector
8 83 (3.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 83 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
9 77 (3.64%) Military
10 47 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
11 45 (2.13%) Marketing
12 41 (1.94%) Banking
13 39 (1.84%) Telecoms
14 36 (1.70%) Aerospace
15 29 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
16 28 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
17 27 (1.28%) Advertising
18 26 (1.23%) Manufacturing
19 15 (0.71%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 449 (21.24%) Analyst
2 307 (14.52%) Security Analyst
3 274 (12.96%) Senior
4 229 (10.83%) Security Manager
5 221 (10.45%) Lead
6 166 (7.85%) Architect
7 160 (7.57%) Information Analyst
8 158 (7.47%) Information Security Analyst
9 137 (6.48%) Information Security Manager
10 135 (6.39%) Information Manager
11 130 (6.15%) Consultant
12 118 (5.58%) IT Manager
13 117 (5.53%) Security Consultant
14 107 (5.06%) Security Architect
15 101 (4.78%) Senior Analyst
16 98 (4.64%) Security Engineer
17 69 (3.26%) IT Analyst
18 61 (2.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
19 52 (2.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 52 (2.46%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (1.75%) .NET
2 35 (1.66%) HTML
3 32 (1.51%) CSS
4 22 (1.04%) React
5 17 (0.80%) 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 (0.61%) EDI
8 13 (0.61%) Entity Framework
8 13 (0.61%) 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
1 538 (25.45%) Management Information System
2 166 (7.85%) Security Posture
3 100 (4.73%) Security Operations Centre
4 96 (4.54%) Data Centre
5 87 (4.12%) Cyber Threat
6 68 (3.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 63 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
8 52 (2.46%) Cyberattack
9 51 (2.41%) Cyber Defence
10 48 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
11 46 (2.18%) PMI
12 42 (1.99%) Onboarding
13 37 (1.75%) PKI
14 35 (1.66%) Operational Technology
15 33 (1.56%) Product Ownership
16 29 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
17 27 (1.28%) Cloud Native
17 27 (1.28%) Driving Licence
18 26 (1.23%) Data Structures
19 25 (1.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 250 (11.83%) Windows
2 120 (5.68%) Linux
3 103 (4.87%) Windows Server
4 36 (1.70%) Windows 10
5 33 (1.56%) Apple iOS
5 33 (1.56%) Kali Linux
6 28 (1.32%) Android
7 17 (0.80%) 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
1 862 (40.78%) Cybersecurity
2 372 (17.60%) Risk Management
3 351 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
4 264 (12.49%) Data Protection
5 255 (12.06%) Incident Response
6 244 (11.54%) Security Operations
7 243 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 233 (11.02%) Cloud Security
8 233 (11.02%) SIEM
9 224 (10.60%) Project Management
10 222 (10.50%) Security Management
11 212 (10.03%) Vulnerability Management
12 206 (9.74%) Agile
13 203 (9.60%) ITIL
14 201 (9.51%) Security Architecture
15 188 (8.89%) Roadmaps
16 187 (8.85%) Computer Science
17 176 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
18 170 (8.04%) Information Security Management
19 153 (7.24%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 123 (5.82%) Python
2 120 (5.68%) PowerShell
3 111 (5.25%) SQL
4 44 (2.08%) Bash
5 29 (1.37%) T-SQL
6 28 (1.32%) 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
1 516 (24.41%) CISSP
2 414 (19.58%) Degree
3 341 (16.13%) CISM
4 222 (10.50%) Security Cleared
5 176 (8.33%) CISA
6 156 (7.38%) Cisco Certification
7 117 (5.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 117 (5.53%) SC Cleared
8 104 (4.92%) CCSP
9 90 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 89 (4.21%) CRISC
11 88 (4.16%) Azure Certification
12 75 (3.55%) AWS Certification
13 74 (3.50%) CEH
14 66 (3.12%) DV Cleared
15 65 (3.07%) CompTIA Security+
16 61 (2.89%) Master's Degree
17 56 (2.65%) CCSK
18 53 (2.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 53 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 669 (31.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 458 (21.67%) NIST
3 277 (13.10%) GDPR
4 243 (11.49%) Cyber Essentials
5 186 (8.80%) GRC
6 183 (8.66%) PCI DSS
7 100 (4.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 74 (3.50%) NCSC
9 62 (2.93%) NIST 800
10 53 (2.51%) COBIT
11 47 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 35 (1.66%) SOC 2
13 34 (1.61%) ISO 9001
14 32 (1.51%) SLA
15 31 (1.47%) QA
16 30 (1.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 29 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 28 (1.32%) Data Quality
19 27 (1.28%) RMADS
20 26 (1.23%) JSP 440
System Software
1 176 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 66 (3.12%) 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 (3.83%) Single Sign-On
2 58 (2.74%) Kubernetes
2 58 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (1.84%) CASB
4 27 (1.28%) Nmap
5 24 (1.14%) Ansible
6 23 (1.09%) Terraform
7 22 (1.04%) SCCM
8 21 (0.99%) Nessus
8 21 (0.99%) vCenter Server
9 20 (0.95%) Microsoft Clustering
10 12 (0.57%) WSUS
11 11 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 10 (0.47%) QRadar
13 8 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (0.33%) CSIRT
15 5 (0.24%) logstash
15 5 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
16 4 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
16 4 (0.19%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 530 (25.07%) Microsoft
2 98 (4.64%) VMware
3 95 (4.49%) Cisco
4 45 (2.13%) Google
5 44 (2.08%) ServiceNow
6 37 (1.75%) Rapid7
7 34 (1.61%) Oracle
7 34 (1.61%) Qualys
8 30 (1.42%) Databricks
8 30 (1.42%) SolarWinds
9 28 (1.32%) Splunk
10 27 (1.28%) CheckPoint
10 27 (1.28%) SAP
11 23 (1.09%) Commvault
11 23 (1.09%) Palo Alto
12 20 (0.95%) Sun
12 20 (0.95%) Veeam
13 19 (0.90%) Salesforce
14 18 (0.85%) IBM
15 17 (0.80%) Citrix