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

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 85 136
Rank change year-on-year -22 +51 -11
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 2,115 3,537 3,836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.50% 3.76% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.90% 3.93% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,707 2,088 2,432
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £48,363
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,750 £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 72,854 89,915 124,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.97% 95.66% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 53,893 52,961 73,929
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,299
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,186
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 24 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 24 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 -9 787 £75,000 +3.45% 248
North of England -22 425 £52,084 +4.17% 104
South East -23 351 £57,500 -4.17% 96
North West -25 257 £52,084 -5.30% 61
Midlands -41 236 £54,650 -8.92% 68
South West -25 187 £50,000 -9.09% 47
West Midlands -40 173 £55,000 -4.35% 42
Yorkshire -4 138 £52,500 +5.00% 35
East of England -24 108 £57,500 +6.48% 32
East Midlands +5 62 £52,500 -23.64% 26
North East +11 30 £40,000 -17.95% 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 72 (3.40%) 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 11 (0.52%) CMS
7 8 (0.38%) Confluence
7 8 (0.38%) nginx
8 6 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
10 4 (0.19%) Apache
11 3 (0.14%) Drupal
12 2 (0.095%) Exchange Server 2003
12 2 (0.095%) Exchange Server 2007
12 2 (0.095%) Exchange Server 2010
12 2 (0.095%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.047%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.047%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.047%) Site Server
Applications
1 62 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.09%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.71%) SPSS
6 12 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.095%) Notion
9 1 (0.047%) 1Password
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
1 511 (24.16%) Azure
2 304 (14.37%) Microsoft 365
3 240 (11.35%) AWS
4 100 (4.73%) Power Platform
5 93 (4.40%) Entra ID
6 82 (3.88%) GCP
6 82 (3.88%) SaaS
7 64 (3.03%) IaaS
8 59 (2.79%) PaaS
9 49 (2.32%) Cloud Computing
10 48 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
10 48 (2.27%) Serverless
11 29 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
12 26 (1.23%) Snowflake
13 25 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
14 22 (1.04%) Matillion
15 20 (0.95%) OneDrive
16 19 (0.90%) Power Automate
17 18 (0.85%) PowerApps
18 12 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 314 (14.85%) Firewall
2 179 (8.46%) Network Security
3 113 (5.34%) WAN
4 91 (4.30%) DNS
5 75 (3.55%) TCP/IP
6 72 (3.40%) LAN
7 68 (3.22%) Intrusion Detection
8 60 (2.84%) SD-WAN
9 59 (2.79%) VPN
10 42 (1.99%) Wireless
11 41 (1.94%) Internet
12 34 (1.61%) SSL
13 31 (1.47%) 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 (0.99%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (4.30%) Power BI
2 66 (3.12%) SQL Server
3 32 (1.51%) Relational Database
4 31 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (1.28%) Metadata
6 26 (1.23%) Data Lake
7 24 (1.13%) Big Data
8 17 (0.80%) 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 44 (2.08%) JIRA
2 43 (2.03%) Burp Suite
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%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.047%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.047%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.047%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.047%) TestRail
10 1 (0.047%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.047%) WebDriver
General
1 643 (30.40%) Social Skills
2 440 (20.80%) Finance
3 368 (17.40%) Analytical Skills
4 269 (12.72%) Legal
5 176 (8.32%) Law
6 107 (5.06%) Retail
7 100 (4.73%) Public Sector
8 87 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
9 81 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 78 (3.69%) Military
11 47 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
12 45 (2.13%) Marketing
13 42 (1.99%) Banking
14 40 (1.89%) Telecoms
15 29 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
16 28 (1.32%) Aerospace
16 28 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
17 26 (1.23%) Advertising
17 26 (1.23%) Manufacturing
18 15 (0.71%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 451 (21.32%) Analyst
2 307 (14.52%) Security Analyst
3 275 (13.00%) Senior
4 233 (11.02%) Security Manager
5 219 (10.35%) Lead
6 168 (7.94%) Architect
7 162 (7.66%) Information Analyst
8 160 (7.57%) Information Security Analyst
9 140 (6.62%) Information Security Manager
10 137 (6.48%) Information Manager
11 132 (6.24%) Consultant
12 121 (5.72%) IT Manager
13 119 (5.63%) Security Consultant
14 107 (5.06%) Security Architect
15 100 (4.73%) Security Engineer
16 99 (4.68%) Senior Analyst
17 66 (3.12%) IT Analyst
18 59 (2.79%) Cybersecurity Analyst
19 54 (2.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
20 52 (2.46%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (1.75%) .NET
2 36 (1.70%) 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
9 12 (0.57%) 802.1X
9 12 (0.57%) ASP.NET MVC
9 12 (0.57%) HTML5 Canvas
9 12 (0.57%) REST
10 10 (0.47%) Web Services
11 9 (0.43%) HTML5
12 8 (0.38%) ADO
12 8 (0.38%) AngularJS
12 8 (0.38%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 539 (25.48%) Management Information System
2 160 (7.57%) Security Posture
3 98 (4.63%) Security Operations Centre
4 96 (4.54%) Data Centre
5 88 (4.16%) 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 (2.17%) PMI
12 43 (2.03%) Onboarding
13 38 (1.80%) PKI
14 35 (1.65%) Product Ownership
15 32 (1.51%) Operational Technology
16 30 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
17 27 (1.28%) Data Structures
17 27 (1.28%) Driving Licence
18 26 (1.23%) Cloud Native
19 25 (1.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 250 (11.82%) Windows
2 118 (5.58%) Linux
3 101 (4.78%) 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 16 (0.76%) 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
1 868 (41.04%) Cybersecurity
2 373 (17.64%) Risk Management
3 357 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
4 265 (12.53%) Data Protection
5 254 (12.01%) Incident Response
6 245 (11.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 241 (11.39%) Security Operations
8 234 (11.06%) Cloud Security
9 229 (10.83%) SIEM
10 225 (10.64%) Security Management
11 219 (10.35%) Project Management
12 209 (9.88%) Vulnerability Management
13 203 (9.60%) ITIL
14 202 (9.55%) Agile
15 200 (9.46%) Security Architecture
16 191 (9.03%) Roadmaps
17 188 (8.89%) Computer Science
18 177 (8.37%) Disaster Recovery
19 173 (8.18%) Information Security Management
20 156 (7.38%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 121 (5.72%) Python
2 117 (5.53%) PowerShell
3 113 (5.34%) SQL
4 44 (2.08%) Bash
5 30 (1.42%) 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 6 (0.28%) 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%) Bourne shell
15 1 (0.047%) Scala
Qualifications
1 516 (24.40%) CISSP
2 411 (19.43%) Degree
3 343 (16.22%) CISM
4 218 (10.31%) Security Cleared
5 174 (8.23%) CISA
6 155 (7.33%) Cisco Certification
7 121 (5.72%) SC Cleared
8 118 (5.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 104 (4.92%) CCSP
10 92 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
11 88 (4.16%) CRISC
12 87 (4.11%) Azure Certification
13 75 (3.55%) AWS Certification
14 72 (3.40%) CEH
15 65 (3.07%) CompTIA Security+
16 61 (2.88%) DV Cleared
17 60 (2.84%) Master's Degree
18 56 (2.65%) CCSK
19 55 (2.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
20 53 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 673 (31.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 463 (21.89%) NIST
3 279 (13.19%) GDPR
4 250 (11.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 189 (8.94%) GRC
6 180 (8.51%) PCI DSS
7 107 (5.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 76 (3.59%) NCSC
9 60 (2.84%) NIST 800
10 56 (2.65%) COBIT
11 47 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 35 (1.65%) ISO 9001
13 34 (1.61%) SOC 2
14 32 (1.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 31 (1.47%) SLA
16 29 (1.37%) Data Quality
16 29 (1.37%) QA
16 29 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 28 (1.32%) RMADS
18 27 (1.28%) JSP 440
System Software
1 179 (8.46%) Active Directory
2 67 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (2.41%) 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%) Microsoft Intune
3 56 (2.65%) Kubernetes
4 38 (1.80%) CASB
5 27 (1.28%) Nmap
6 23 (1.09%) Ansible
6 23 (1.09%) Nessus
7 22 (1.04%) Terraform
8 20 (0.95%) Microsoft Clustering
8 20 (0.95%) SCCM
8 20 (0.95%) vCenter Server
9 11 (0.52%) WSUS
10 10 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 8 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
11 8 (0.38%) QRadar
12 5 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 5 (0.24%) CSIRT
12 5 (0.24%) logstash
12 5 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 4 (0.19%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 534 (25.25%) Microsoft
2 100 (4.73%) VMware
3 87 (4.11%) Cisco
4 46 (2.17%) Google
5 42 (1.99%) ServiceNow
6 36 (1.70%) Rapid7
7 35 (1.65%) Oracle
8 32 (1.51%) Qualys
9 31 (1.47%) Databricks
10 30 (1.42%) SolarWinds
11 28 (1.32%) SAP
11 28 (1.32%) Splunk
12 23 (1.09%) Commvault
13 20 (0.95%) Sun
13 20 (0.95%) Veeam
14 19 (0.90%) CheckPoint
14 19 (0.90%) Salesforce
15 18 (0.85%) IBM
16 17 (0.80%) Citrix
16 17 (0.80%) Tripwire