Information Security Jobs in Merseyside

Information Security (InfoSec)
North West > Merseyside

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 48 75
Rank change year-on-year -14 +27 -34
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 34 61 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 2.62% 5.59% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.25% 6.06% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 31 19 17
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,600 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,375 £41,663 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £46,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.08% -22.50% +60.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £68,750
90th Percentile - £67,650 £74,000
North West median annual salary £52,084 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.79% -4.55% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,046 1,007 1,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 80.52% 92.30% 92.86%
Number of salaries quoted 720 434 678
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,075 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,041
Median % change year-on-year - -0.09% +5.98%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £62,827
90th Percentile £75,077 £71,250 £75,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.03%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Merseyside

Information Security
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Merseyside

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Merseyside over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Merseyside

Information Security
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 25 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
Liverpool -22 29 £47,000 +1.08% 3
Birkenhead - 1 - - 1
Information Security
North West

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 14 (41.18%) Azure
2 13 (38.24%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.94%) IaaS
3 1 (2.94%) Mimecast
3 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (38.24%) DNS
2 12 (35.29%) DKIM
2 12 (35.29%) DMARC
3 10 (29.41%) Internet
4 3 (8.82%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (5.88%) Firewall
6 1 (2.94%) DHCP
6 1 (2.94%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (2.94%) SD-WAN
6 1 (2.94%) SNMP
6 1 (2.94%) VSAN
6 1 (2.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.71%) Finance
3 2 (5.88%) Legal
3 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.94%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (41.18%) Analyst
2 13 (38.24%) Information Analyst
2 13 (38.24%) Information Security Analyst
2 13 (38.24%) Security Analyst
3 8 (23.53%) Security Manager
4 7 (20.59%) Systems Manager
5 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) Lead
7 2 (5.88%) Developer
8 1 (2.94%) .NET Developer
8 1 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 1 (2.94%) Head of Information
8 1 (2.94%) Head of Information Security
8 1 (2.94%) Head of Infrastructure
8 1 (2.94%) Head of Security
8 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 1 (2.94%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) .NET
1 2 (5.88%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.94%) .NET Core
2 1 (2.94%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.94%) CSS
2 1 (2.94%) HTML
2 1 (2.94%) HTML5
2 1 (2.94%) jQuery
2 1 (2.94%) SAML
2 1 (2.94%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 17 (50.00%) Cyberattack
2 13 (38.24%) Management Information System
3 9 (26.47%) Security Posture
4 7 (20.59%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (11.76%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (5.88%) Data Centre
7 1 (2.94%) e-Learning
7 1 (2.94%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (2.94%) Mainframe
7 1 (2.94%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Windows
1 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
1 1 (2.94%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 15 (44.12%) SIEM
2 15 (44.12%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 13 (38.24%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (38.24%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (38.24%) Roadmaps
4 10 (29.41%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 10 (29.41%) SOAR
5 9 (26.47%) Project Management
5 9 (26.47%) Security Operations
6 8 (23.53%) Information Security Management
6 8 (23.53%) ISMS
6 8 (23.53%) Line Management
6 8 (23.53%) Risk Assessment
6 8 (23.53%) Security Management
7 7 (20.59%) Decision-Making
7 7 (20.59%) Development Roadmap
7 7 (20.59%) Incident Response
7 7 (20.59%) Regulatory Compliance
7 7 (20.59%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.82%) SQL
2 2 (5.88%) C#
3 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.94%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (35.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (29.41%) NIST
3 7 (20.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.94%) COBIT
5 1 (2.94%) GDPR
5 1 (2.94%) NCSC
5 1 (2.94%) PMO
5 1 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (14.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.94%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 10 (29.41%) CASB
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (32.35%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.65%) VMware
3 1 (2.94%) Aderant
3 1 (2.94%) IBM
3 1 (2.94%) SolarWinds