Information Assurance Jobs in the North West

Information Assurance
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Information Assurance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Assurance over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 266 300 300
Rank change year-on-year +34 0 -62
Permanent jobs citing Information Assurance 24 6 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.25% 0.076% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.079% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24 6 36
10th Percentile - £40,750 £63,094
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,875 £74,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% -27.78% +71.43%
75th Percentile £65,571 £70,000 -
90th Percentile £74,782 - £92,500
England median annual salary £66,275 £68,663 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.48% -1.91% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Information Assurance 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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,069 7,579 8,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.15% 95.75% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 6,136 3,921 5,378
10th Percentile £27,875 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,298 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Assurance in the North West

Information Assurance
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance in the North West.

Salary trend for Information Assurance in the North West

Information Assurance
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Assurance in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Assurance in the North West

Information Assurance
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Cheshire - 17 £55,000 - 1
Lancashire - 6 £60,000 -
Manchester +23 1 £60,000 -14.29%
Information Assurance
England

Information Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Burp Suite
General
1 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Aerospace
3 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.17%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Information Assurance Manager
1 11 (45.83%) Information Manager
2 6 (25.00%) Architect
2 6 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 6 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 6 (25.00%) Security Specialist
3 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Security Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Senior
3 1 (4.17%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (4.17%) Senior Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (50.00%) Coaching
2 12 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 7 (29.17%) Information Security
4 6 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
4 6 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
4 6 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 6 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 6 (25.00%) Cyber Assurance
4 6 (25.00%) Data Architecture
4 6 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 6 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
4 6 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 6 (25.00%) IT Strategy
4 6 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 6 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 6 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 6 (25.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (70.83%) SC Cleared
1 17 (70.83%) Security Cleared
2 11 (45.83%) CESG Certified Professional
3 6 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (70.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (25.00%) NCSC
2 6 (25.00%) NIST
2 6 (25.00%) NIST 800
2 6 (25.00%) SLA