Information Security Jobs in the North East

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 89 98
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 -40
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 30 23 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 1.62% 1.78% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.87% 1.84% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 25 17 19
10th Percentile £26,400 £19,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +30.14% -25.13%
75th Percentile £64,418 £52,500 £46,875
90th Percentile £84,919 £73,000 £61,800
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
North East

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 North East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,608 1,249 1,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 87.01% 96.75% 87.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,311 605 931
10th Percentile £27,873 £30,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% +14.12% -5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,772 £73,750 £77,500
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 North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the North East

Information Security
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Information Security in the North East

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the North East over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the North East

Information Security
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the North East region over the 6 months to 5 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
Tyne and Wear +4 26 £40,000 -15.79% 9
Durham -2 4 £43,286 +4.94% 1
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (46.67%) Azure
2 7 (23.33%) Entra ID
2 7 (23.33%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (20.00%) AWS
4 4 (13.33%) SaaS
5 2 (6.67%) Cloudflare
5 2 (6.67%) IaaS
5 2 (6.67%) PaaS
5 2 (6.67%) Serverless
6 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (30.00%) WAN
2 7 (23.33%) DNS
2 7 (23.33%) Firewall
3 5 (16.67%) DHCP
4 4 (13.33%) SD-WAN
4 4 (13.33%) TCP/IP
5 3 (10.00%) LAN
5 3 (10.00%) Network Security
6 2 (6.67%) VoIP
6 2 (6.67%) Wireless
6 2 (6.67%) WLAN
7 1 (3.33%) VLAN
7 1 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Big Data
1 1 (3.33%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Selenium
General
1 9 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (23.33%) Legal
3 3 (10.00%) Automotive
3 3 (10.00%) Finance
4 2 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Tech for Good
5 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.33%) Games
5 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Law
5 1 (3.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Analyst
2 6 (20.00%) Lead
2 6 (20.00%) Security Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Architect
3 4 (13.33%) Lead Architect
3 4 (13.33%) Lead Security Architect
3 4 (13.33%) Security Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Head of IT
4 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Service Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Compliance Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Head of Information
5 2 (6.67%) Head of Information Security
5 2 (6.67%) Head of Security
5 2 (6.67%) IT Manager
5 2 (6.67%) IT Services Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Security Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Service Manager
6 1 (3.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) Web Services
2 1 (3.33%) .NET
2 1 (3.33%) .NET Core
2 1 (3.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.33%) CSS
2 1 (3.33%) Entity Framework
2 1 (3.33%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 13 (43.33%) Management Information System
2 4 (13.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (10.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (6.67%) NHS
4 2 (6.67%) PKI
5 1 (3.33%) Client/Server
5 1 (3.33%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (3.33%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.33%) Mainframe
5 1 (3.33%) Online Games
5 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (23.33%) Windows
2 5 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 4 (13.33%) Windows 10
4 3 (10.00%) Android
5 1 (3.33%) Linux
5 1 (3.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (23.33%) Cloud Security
1 7 (23.33%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (20.00%) Coaching
2 6 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (20.00%) SIEM
3 5 (16.67%) Document Management
3 5 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 5 (16.67%) Security Management
3 5 (16.67%) Zero Trust
4 4 (13.33%) Application Security
4 4 (13.33%) CI/CD
4 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (13.33%) Identity Management
4 4 (13.33%) IT Strategy
4 4 (13.33%) Kalman Filter
4 4 (13.33%) OWASP
4 4 (13.33%) Secure Coding
4 4 (13.33%) Security Architecture
4 4 (13.33%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.33%) C#
2 1 (3.33%) SQL
2 1 (3.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) CISM
1 6 (20.00%) CISSP
2 5 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 5 (16.67%) CCSP
2 5 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (13.33%) AWS Certification
3 4 (13.33%) Azure Certification
3 4 (13.33%) CCSK
4 1 (3.33%) CISA
4 1 (3.33%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (3.33%) CRISC
4 1 (3.33%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.33%) Degree
4 1 (3.33%) GSEC
4 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (53.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (43.33%) NIST
3 9 (30.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (16.67%) GDPR
5 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (6.67%) GRC
6 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (3.33%) PCI DSS
6 1 (3.33%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (13.33%) Docker
3 2 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (26.67%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (13.33%) Kubernetes
3 2 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.67%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (6.67%) Veeam
2 2 (6.67%) VMware
3 1 (3.33%) IBM
3 1 (3.33%) iManage
3 1 (3.33%) Intel